Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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Plrrsi-'1r:Lnll1ou St:llooL l9t3 Foo ffm The P. ll. S. footballers suffered a decided setbaek in their I9-12 season. Though they emerged from this hard campaign with but one victory registered, they may well be given a hand for their never die spirit. For the opening game the grid men journeyed to Greenfield. To its dismay, P. ll. S. encountered an aggressive group of players, and before the game ended, the foe had ehalked up 27 points to our nothing. The following Saturday, Tech of Springfield invaded Dorothy Deming Park and pounded its way to a 20-0 victory. Forgetting tl1e past and starting anew, our boys next took to the field against a more powerful eleven, Albany Academy. The outcome was a 13-0 P. H. S. set- back. On October 17, our warriors rnarehed against a favored Adams gridiron club and suffered a defeat of 32-0. The initial win of the season came the following week, after an inspiring rally by the student body and the faculty. The recorded score was P. li. S. 13, Drury of North Adams 7. Un home ground the next. Saturday, our eleven suffered its worst defeat. of the season. We were trouneed, to the tune of 50-12, by Poughkeepsie. Climaxing its seven game schedule, came a tilt. with St. Joe, in which P. ll. S. fought its foe to a scoreless tie. Though the season was not a glorious one for P. li. S., recognition should be given for outstanding play to Co-captains Fran Fields and La Forest Smith: to Bob Miller, Dick Anderson, Tom llieei, and Ted Oslund: and to the team as a whole for excellent sportsmanship. -f10ll-

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l,lTTSFIl'fI.ll llltill Stzuooi. 1913 Basfeefba The basketball fans of Pittsfield lfigh School had something to cheer about this season. In recent years there have been a few stars on each team, but this year was an exceptional one for us at Pittsfield lfigh, for each member of the varsity was a star in his own right. Our boys tasted defeat only three times during their entire campaign, but these three were hcart-breakers. Pittsfield opened the season with two brilliant road victories, the victims being Williamstown and Bennington. llowever, our morale was dealt a crushing blow at our home court debut. An underdog Dalton team emerged victor in a furious contest by the slim margin of one point. Gritting their teeth, the Purple and White quintet swept through the remaining first half of the schedule with impressive wins over Drury, Adams, St. Joe tXorth Adamsj, and our hard-fighting arch-rival, St. Joe of Pittsfield. Our jersey men renewed hostilities for the second half of the schedule by play ing Williamstown. Led by phenomenal Bill lfart, the inspired Williamstown tealn defeated P. ll. S. in a close contest. Then the varsity bounced back to the win column, overwhelming Bennington, and chalking up in rapid succession, victories over Dalton, Drury, and Adams. With the defeat of St. Joe of Pittsfield 51-31, the city title was clenched. The team completed its schedule by trouncing St. .loscph of North Adams. Then came the thrilling County series. Pittsfield won the first game Q12-35, but in the second contest Lce avenged its previous defeat, nosing out Pittsfield by one heart-breaking point. Much to the joy of the Shire City fans, the third game went to Pittsfield 39-21. In a special lied Cross benefit, Pittsfield maintained its high rank by defeating a visiting Westfield quintet 31-28. For a fine record, hats off to the Berkshire County Champions of 19 13. JI lossy