Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD. ATHLETICS. BASE BALL SCHEDULE. April 25, Dedham High at Quincy. May 2, Everett High at Everett. May 9, Milton High at Quincy. May 13, Volkmann at Quincy. May 17, Milton High at Milton. May 19, Adams Academy at Quincy. May 22, West Roxbury High at Quincy. May 27, Everett High at Quincy. May 29, Dedham High at Dedham. June 6, Roxbury High at Quincy. O PROSPECTS OF TIIE BASE-BALL TEAM. The recurrence of the spring season brings with it an oft- repeated question of High school youth. What about the Base- Ball Team ? Such an early spring query can only be answered by the statement of a few simple facts which vaguely tell us what we may reasonably expect from the group of men who are daily practising on the Merry Mount Park field. At a meeting of the Executive committee held some weeks ago, Marden Hayward, 1902, a promising and popular player of last year's team, was chosen captain. The team itself will be an untried one. Only four players of last year's nine, Hayward, Miller, Brown and Fallon, have as yet responded to the call for practice. The new material is promising. Already fifteen players are competing for the open positions of the infield and outfield. It is reasonable to suppose, in view of this, that team play will be largely missing in the earlier games of our season’s schedule. We are assured, however, that under the efficient leadership of Mr. Smith, whom we are glad to welcome as an athletic director, team play will receive its proper emphasis. Nowhere is it more true than on the base-ball nine that we are all members one of another and that the whole game is affected by each individual. And what applies to fielding applies equally well to batting. “ Base-ball bats—they are but polished timber hewn to fan the air,” was the exclamation of a young friend of mine who once struck out. But in spite of friendship, I feel that his was a thoroughly wooden opinion, “one of those literal judgments,” which stick to the fact and miss the truth. It generally applies to the youth who wields his bat to fulfill a home run-aspiration. But we are striving to learn the truth that a sacrifice hit is a base-ball form of self-denial which augurs well for victory. If only we remember these simple truths, we have faith to hope that the victory will come. The Quincy High School Base-Ball Niue calls for our loyal school support. It deserves, it needs, it must have it, if it is to succeed. Let us be truly generous to those who are striving in their own way to contribute to the athletic success of our High school, by giving them just the encouragment which shall best urge them on to a season of victory. THE OPENING GAME. The Quincy High School base ball team opened the season, Thursday at Mcrrymonnt Park with the strong Mechanics Art High school of Boston. Barring the fatal first inning, in which the Mechanics team by timely hitting and the misplays of their opponents, gained a large margin of eleven runs, the playing of both teams was uniformly good and at times brilliant. It may fairly be said that during the last eight innings the Quincy team played the superior game. They made a deter- mined effort by timely batting to overcome the overwhelming lead and succeeded in rolling up a score of nine runs. But the lead was too great and Mechanics won by the score of 15—9. The clean fielding of Alden and Hayward at critical points in the game, a pretty running catch by Brown, and two outfield plays of De Coste deserve special mention, and the hits of Miller, Drake, Hunt, and Brown were well placed and timely. In fact the playing of the whole team was such as to augur well, for a season of victory. The full score: QUINCY HIGH. A-B- B. P.O. A. B. Brown, c., 4 I 9 2 2 Miller, lb., 5 2 11 1 2 Fallon, 2b., 4 0 2 0 4 Dc Costc, c.f.. 5 0 2 0 2 Drake, r.f.. 4 1 0 0 0 11. Huot, 8S-, 5 1 0 3 1 Oswold. l.f., I 0 0 0 1 Saunders, If., I 0 0 0 0 Hayward, p., 0 0 1 12 0 Aidcn, 3b., 4 0 2 4 0 Totals, 37 5 27 21 12 MECHANICS ART. A-B. B. P.O . A. E. Hinckley, 3b., 5 1 1 1 1 Merrill, s.s., 3 I 0 1 2 Moore, p., lb., 4 0 4 s 0 Hanson, c., 5 2 13 4 6 Strobel, 2b., 5 I 4 3 0 Holden, c.f„ lb., 3 0 4 7 0 Jewell, c.l., 4 1 1 0 2 Bricklcy, r.f., 4 1 0 0 0 Curtis, r.f., 1 1 0 0 0 Bjockland, p., 2 1 0 6 0 Totals, 38 9 27 30 11 Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Quincy, 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0—9 M. A.H.S., 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1- -15 Runs made—Brown, 3; Miller, DeCoste, Oj- wald, 2; Hayward, 2; Hinckley, 2; Merrill, 2; Moore, 2, Hanson, 2; Strobel, Bjockland, Jew- ell, Curtis, Bricklcy. Three-base hits—Strobel. Stolen bases — Quincy, 13; Mechanics, 12. First base on balls—By Quincy,2; by M.A.H.S.» 7. Struck out—by Quincy, 7; by M. A. H. S., 11. Double plajs—Hunt to Miller to Alden. Hit by pitched ball—Hay ward, Fallon, Moore. Time 2.13. Umpires—Smith, Nolan, Shcp pard.

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THE GOLDEN-ROD. supreme. The vision took a more definite shape, the face became distinct. A fearfully accusing expression was on every feature as the right hand was raised and pointed straight at the cabin door. Every head turned; there stood Frederick Ever- son, his face fairly livid, his hands clenched, and the veins in his forehead standing out like whipcords. A look of awful fear was on his face. I turned shudderingly away for the sight was not pleasant. I looked again due east—the vision had gone. The night was still; no one stirred. And then we heard a splash — we all knew what it meant. Mabkl Dokmax, 1903. CLIPPINGS. HAD SUSPENDED. “ Ah ! ” he said, as the door opened, “but do I address the lady of the house?” “ No, sir,” replied the girl as her face melted a little; “I am the housekeeper.” “ Urn, she is out then? ” “ Yes, sir—gone to the card party.” “ And the gentleman?” “ lie’s gone off to a raffle.” “ Um ! Any daughters?” “ Two of ’em, sir, the oldest, which is Fannie, is across the way learning how to play ping-pong, and the other, which is Susie, has rigged up as an actress and gone down to have a statuesque photograph taken.” “ Um, no sons?” “ Only one, sir, and this is the hour when he takes his boxing lesson. Did you wish to see any one in particular?” “ Well, I am taking orders for the Cottage Family Bible, and I was in hopes of securing a subscriber. Perhaps you—” “O, its no use talking, sir; ” she interrupted, as the door began to close. “ My beau brought me fifteen dime novels last night, and I go to three dances a week, and I am just catching on to ping-pong; and really, sir, you’d better hit the family next door. I think we have suspended business in your line of goods.” o PERHAPS? “ Went to college, Joined the eleven, Played one game And went to heaven.'’ O MENTAL ARITHMETIC. “ How many birds are there in seven soft boiled eggs? If you have five cucumbers and eat three, what will you have left? Two. No you are wrong, you will have more than that, you will have c'flic enough to double you up in a knot for six hours. You may go to the foot of your class. If a horse weighing 1,900 pounds can haul four tons of pig-iron ; how many seasons will a front gate painted blue carry a young woman on one side and a young man on the other?” (The Tribune Primer.) FASHIONABLE CALL. Could a fashionable call be better described than in the following lines upon the subject, taken from an exchange. “I heard it!” “ Who told you? ” “ Her friend?” “ You don't say?” “ Tis dreadful! ” “ Yes, awful ” “ Don't tell it, I pray!” “ Lord help us! ” Poor creature” “So artful!” “So sly!” “ No beauty! ” “ Quite thirty • Between you and I,” “ I'm going.” “ Don't,—stay, love!,” “ I can’t” “ I’m forlorn! “ Farewell, dear!” “Good bye, sweet! ” “ I'm so glad she's gone ! ” Sunday School teacher questioning her class: “ What kind of little boys go to heaven, children?” Bright little bur-year-old boy :—“ Dead ones.” “ How dear to iny heart Is the cash for subscription, When the generous subscriber Presents it to view. But the boy who won't pay We refrain from description For perhaps, gentle reader, That boy may be you.” «. Phillips Brooks was walking along the street one day, when he saw a small boy standing on tiptoe and trying his best to reach the door bell of a house. Seeing his efforts were likely to prove in vain; the Bishop rang the bell for the lad. “ Now run,’ ’ were his thanks. j “ ‘ When Reuben comes to town ’ ” in June, I'll hear the Seniors sing their tunc; And if their presence I may shun, ’Twill be because I'm not a nun.” A Ninety-Niner. “ Last summer my garden was sterile, IIow shall I make it bare?” Verdant Freshman—“The plague took off all the flesh from the bones, and then the people died : ” o Heard in Math. III. Teacher :—“ What is a parallelopiped? Smart Youth : “ A parallelolopid is a right parallelopiped.” White : —“ Ned, your face is all scarred up.” Pratt: —“Yes, I find that foot-ball was a skin game.”

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THE GOIiDEN - ROD. FOOTBALL. The Executive Committee of the Athletic Association award- ed blue Q’s to the following members of last fall’s foot ball team. 1. Harris Barbour. 2. Harry Clements. 3. Thomas Fallon. 4. Harvey Jewell. 5. William Jones. 6. Augustus McDonald. 7. Gordon McGregor. 8. Fletcher Miller. 9. Rob- ert Pinkham. 10. R. Garfield Wright (captain). j j j BASKET BALL. The lack of a gymnasium, and the failure to obtain a hall for our use, has made basket ball with us an out door sport. While we regret the lack of this opportunity for exercise during the winter months, there are obvious advantages in playing in the open air, on the soft turf, where there is abundance of room, instead of on the hard floor of a poorly adapted hall. We are confronted at the outset by the loss of our field. A little investigation, however, has resulted in finding a field near by which has certain advantages over the old location. Efforts are being made to secure it, which we hope will be successful. It is expected that all the players will appear in regulation suits this spring. The result will be better playing and a better appearance. The first and second school teams, which will be made up as soon as the class practice is well under way, will, of course, require them. We are always ready to welcome new players. No exper- ience is necessary. The exercise will develop you mentally and physically, giving you endurance and the ability to sec clearly and act quickly. And above all, you will gain that enthusiastic loyalty to class and school which is better than knowledge. o LEARNING TO RIDE A BICYCLE. I determined to learn the art of bicycle riding. A crtain friend gave me to understand that it was an easy uncomplicated matter even for the most inexperienced person. He had a repu- tation for great veracity but if this was an example of it, I con- sider that the interpretation to be given to his remarks must be similar to that which a person should grant to a woman’s yeses and noes. First I climbed onto the saddle. To do this I propped my steed on a curbstone. With a wild push I started off. Having got well under way, as I thought, I hoped that I would feel the thrill of motion that the bird experiences as it flies high in the sky. But my expectations were rudely shattered, for I un- avoidably attempted to emulate the Greek heroes, and Icarion- like, I fell, not into the ever divine gray sea, but into a sheet of muddy water a yard long and of unknown depth. The sensation I experienced was not that of a man sitting placidly by his fireside. Somewhat daunted, I again ascended to the saddle’s perilous height. But woe, woe, not for the lovely Adonis! but for luckless me, not knowing well how to guide my treacherous steed over the muddy plains of Quincy Me Mis- eruml as I strove unsuccessfully at the wheel, I rushed headlong with my deadly engine of warfare right into the stomach of a gentleman, who lacked not goodly dimensions. Apologies ten- dered and doubtfully accepted. Yet once more, comrades, did I tumble into that justly re- doubtable saddle in vain hopes that the fickle goddess Fortune would attend my third attempt; but the stale old proverb lied. Agricultural pursuits then engaged my mind and limbs, for as Xenophon tells of the Spartan phalanx ploughing the Theban lines, as a ship’s beak ploughs the sea, even so did I plough a neighboring ditch, hoping to render fertile the land. The exclamations torn from me, brought up a trusty learned friend to assist me. To him do I rightly give the name of my pre- server; for his choice technical observations and vigorous well applied exhortations roused my ire to such an extent that I succeeded. With that famous Syracusan philosopher, I could justly exclaim “Eureka!” H. P. A., 1902. j SCHOOL NOTICES. SENIOR CLASS. The Class of 1902 has elected the following committees for graduation: Committee on Class Photographer. Miss Nellie Moir. Mr. James B. Mahoney, Chairman. Mr. Ray Brown. Committee on Invitations. Miss Corinne L. Hayward. Miss Eleanor M. Nelson. Mr. Harris M. Barbour, Chairman. Committee on Refreshments. Miss Mary Ferguson. Mr. John D. Smith, Chairman. Mr. Marden W. Hayward. Committee on Decorations. Mr. Frank Healy, Chairman. Mr. Houghton H. Schumacher. Mr. Edward P. Williams. JUNIOR CLASS. The class treasury is in fine condition (?), but please pay your dues more promptly. SOPHOMORE CLASS. We are without a president. Is not the executive com- mittee a little slow ? FRESHMAN CLASS. Still fresh.