Pembroke High School - Mattakeesett Yearbook (Pembroke, MA)

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22 THE WAMPUM however, and then the real ight began. The Woods were alive with the beasts, some were on the ground with their great clubs, while others were in trees hurling dswn huge stones. The howl- ing and shrieking was deafening, the ground was covered with dead and dy- ing. The ape-men, even in their last struggles, would bite a piece of flesh from a leg, if any came near them. The Indians once started to give way, but the encouragement of the gunners rallied them, and they charged. The foe in the tree had long before either climbed down or jumped onto the heads of their enemies, so that they had noth- ing now to fear from that direction. Soon the ape-men broke and fled 3 they were pushed backward to the very place where the day before they had executed the Indians, and there the ape-men disappeared from the plateau and Went out of existence. The young chief, being very grate- ful to the four explorers, showed them an underground passageway from the plateau. Their only luggage was their rifles and a large crudely-fashioned box, the contents were known only to Roxton and Challenger. Zamba, the one negro that had not deserted them, had sent for a rescue party, and the trip to civilization was uneventful. At a lecture given soon after their arrival at home, Prof. Challenger proved all his statements by the' use of the contents of this large box. It was one of the flying reptiles which had attacked them in the swamp. As soon as he was able, Malone went to see Gladys, whom to his unimagin- able surprise he found married to a clerk. The next evening at the club, Prof. Challenger had a surprise for them. He had, while on the plateau, picked up many small stones which he thought might be diamonds, and upon investigation he found them to be worth about two hundred thousand dollars. He would listen to no other agreement than an equal division, and upon asking them what they were go- ing to do with their portions, he learned that Summerlee intended to establish a museum, while Roxton and Malone were planning to take an- other chance on the old plateau. W. G. P. '18. ATHLETICS 1916. P. H. S. 7-P. A. 0 'The first game with Partridge, played at Pembroke, resulted ina shut- out for P. H. S., who won '7 to 0. Crowell was practically invincible, and the boys from Duxbury were unable to solve his delivefry. Summary: Batteries, Pembroke, Crowell and C. Johnson, P. Academy, Briggs and Fortesque. Struckout by Crowell, 135 Briggs, 8. Base on Balls off Briggs, 45 oif Crowell, 4. Umpire, Chandler. P. H. S. 17-K. H. S. 8 For the Hrst time in several years, Pembroke met Kingston High School for a series of two games. The first one was played at the Plymouth Cord- age Co.'s ground where P. H. S. show- ed its ability to hit the ball. The game was a wild one with many errors by the home team. Pembroke walloped the ball to all corners of the lot, and when the ninth inning was reached the score stood 17 to 8 in Pembroke,s fa- vor. The second game was called off, ow- -, in

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THE WAMPUM 21 their provisions and make themselves quite comfortable for the night. The next day in their explorations, they find a large swamp in which there are hundreds of huge flying reptiles. The professors get into an argument, and make so much noise that they alarm the beasts and are attacked. Two of the men are bitten so severely that they are very ill with a fever for several days. About two o'clock one morning Ma- lone is seized with the idea of going out alone and seeing the great lake, which they all know is in the middle of the plateau. He finds a gun and starts out, but is very sorry for his action long before he reaches the la.ke. In his haste -he has taken a shotgun, and he finds the woods silent and ugly. He reaches the lake, however, and sees many strange animals, he even thinks he sees lights in the distance. On returning to camp, he is chased by a monstrous beast. He hurls his worth- less gun away and runs faster than a man ever ran before or since. In his great haste he stumbles into a pitfall, where he remains stunned for several hours. Finally he climbs from the pit with little trouble and staggers toward camp. His ho1'ror is increased to the limit by the sight which lies before him. The camp is torn to pieces 5 their provisions are strewn over the ground, and near the gate is a small pool of blood. He spends the rest of the day in a fruitless search for his compan- ions. The next morning, after he has restored the camp as much as possible, he feels a touch upon his shoulder. He turns quickly to look into the pale, drawn face of Lord John Roxton. Roxton soon told the story without any questioning from Malone. They had been awakened about daylight by an attack on the camp from over a hundred ape-men. Only one shot had been fired, they had soon been over- powered by the strong beasts and drag- ged to their colony. There were other prisoners there, small men, a type of Indians. That morning they witnessed the execution of about half the Indians. They were hurled from the top of the plateau onto a great field of bamboo six hundred feet below, with the idea of seeing whether they would be spear- ed by the sharp sticks or would fall between them and be dashed to pieces on the hard ground. Malone and Roxton get four guns and hasten to the rescue of their friends. They arrive just in time, the ape-men are preparing to hurl them from the plateau. A few shots, how- ever, scatter the ape-men, and their companions join in helping them save the f-our remaining Indians, one of them a young chief. The Indians lead the four explorers toward their village. They are met by a strong force that has started out in search of the young chief. After a little sign-talking they all decide to make an attack upon the ape-men accompanied by the four ex- plorers with their high power rifies. The next day at dawn they started out to fight the great battle. The In- dians had bows and arrows and long poles with sharp pieces of bone at- tached. They spread out in a long line about six deep with Summerlee and Malone on the right Hank and Roxton and Challenger on the left. The first skirmish was with about fifty of the ape-men, who made an assault on the middle of the line. They were armed with great clubs which they wielded with fearful effect, often kill- ing four or live before they could be speared. The attack was easily re- pulsed without any help from the gun- ners. They soon got under the trees,

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THE WAMPUM 23 ing to the disbandment of the K. H. S. team. Batteries: Pembroke, Crowell and C. Johnson, Kingston, Henry and Howland. Struckout: Crowell, 133 Henry, 6. Base on Balls off Crowell, 2 5 off Henry, 4. Two Base Hits: Graham, Snow, Crowell and Raymond. P. H.. S. 2-P. A. 1 The second game with Partridge Academy proved to be a closely con- tested one. It developed into a pit- cher's battle between Crowell and Briggs, with the former a shade better than his rival. Pembroke secured its first run in the fourth, on a two bagger by Crowell, which sent Snow home. Partridge evened things up, however, in her half, when Crowell made a wild heave over second, which sent the little Duxbury catcher over the pan. Not until the ninth was P. H. S. able to put across the winning tally. With Snow on third, Fortesque tried to catch him napping and threw over the third baseman's head. Bill,' then romped home with the bacon. Summary: Two Base Hits, Crowell. Struckout, Briggs, 9 , Crowell, 15. Hit by pitcher, Burkett. Base on Balls, Crowell, 53 Briggs, 1. leisurely With the Partridge game ended Pembroke's schedule for the season. Seven games were played, all of which were won by Pembroke. This is a rec- ord of which the townspeople should be proud, and one for future teams to try to duplicate. Crowell was the unanimous choice for Captain and Burkett for Managerg but because the latter left school, Snow has been acting in that capacity. The baseball team for 1917 is much different from those that have repre- sented P. H. S. in the last two years. E. Johnson, Crossley and Graham were lost by graduation, and Burkett, our speedy shortstop, went to Rockland. We were, however, successful in hav- ing some very promising material from the incoming Freshman class, and Whitney, a Junior. The position of E. Johnson, last yearts heavy hitter and captain, has been taken by Whit- ney, who handles it like Jake Daubert. Snow has been shifted. to shortstop, where he is playing his accustomed good game. Markie is playing second, and Donnell again guards the hot corner,', a difficult place on account of the roughness of the ground. Our crack battery, Crowell and Johnson, were ready at the first call, the former twirled them over in fine style and his partner, Johnson, received them like a veteran. The number of candidates for the outfield was the largest in years, showing the interest each one has taken in the sport. Hill, West, and Torres are the first choice, with Roberts and Reed close seconds. We wish to thank Mr. Warner for his gift, and also Mr. Shepherd for the use of the Held. I The freshman stood on the burning deck, And so far as we can learn, He stood in perfect safety, For he was too green to burn. Ex. The young man led for a heart, The maid for a diamond played, The old man came down with a club. And the Sexton used the spade. Ex.,