Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 15 Athletic Notes The football season for 1010 began at the High School, Sept. 12, when about thirty reported for practice under the guidance of Captain Harold Hill and Edward Burns. The prospects for a good team were the brightest in years. In Captain Hill the team has an excellent football player and an able leader, and with the support of the stu- dent body his team was expected to make a good showing. The following men from last year’s team were available, Captain Hill, Manning, Arthur. Johnson, Harmon, Blackmur, Rice and IT. Prout. The schedule as arranged by Manager Blackmur was a good one and it was hoped that the team would make an enviable record. The schedule as played was as follows: Sept. 27, Cambridge Latin at Quincy. Sept. JO, Weymouth High at Quincy. Oct. 4. Holbrook High at Quincy. Oct. 7, Abington High at Quincy. Oct. 14, Brockton High at Brockton. Oct. 22, Dedham High at Dedham. Oct. 25, South Boston High at Quincy. Oct. 27, Boston College High at Quincy. Nov. 1, Ilvde Park'High at Quincy. Nov. 8, East Boston High at Quincy. Nov. 11, Ilingham High at Quincy. Nov. 19, Dorchester High at Dorchester. The games as played are as follows: SEPTEMBER 27. 1910. The first game of the season was played with Cambridge Latin. Although the Cambridge team outweighed the Quincy eleven they were finally defeated by a score of 6-0. The playing of the whole Quincy eleven was noteworthy. SEPTEMBER JO, 1910. The second game of the season proved to be a more decisive victory for Quincy than the first. Weymouth High was the loser by a score of 4J-0. The game proved fatal to Trainer, the Weymouth captain, who was knocked unconscious during the game. OCTOBER 4. 1910. The third game also resulted in a victory for Quincy. This time Holbrook High was the loser by a score of J2-0. Mostly second team men played for Quincy. OCTOBER 7. 1910. The fourth straight victory for Quincy was won over Abington. the score being 37-0. The feature play of this game was made by Captain Hill when he received the ball on the kick off and ran the length of the field for a touchdown.

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14 THE GOLDEN-ROD pie after his hearty dinner. lie glanced longing- ly at its apple dumpling sides and hesitated. But discretion won the victory and Jack replied, “No, thank you, Father.’’—as did the rest of the family, with the exception of myself. I decided to have mine then and there. “Some pie, Lucile?” A terrible crash of thunder prevented my reply and brought us all almost instantaneously to our feet. In the general alarm that followed all thoughts of pie were forgotten. Father turned the lights on all over the house. Bright fires glowed, sparkled and hissed cheerily to us from the fireplaces. Father sang to us in his deep bass voice to Nan’s accompaniment on the piano. Jack played chess with the twins, and I curled up on the rug before the fire-place with “Alice in Wonderland.” “Alice in Wonderland,” for once did not in- terest me. The Cheshire Cat seemed to glare at me from within the printed pages. I wanted pie! Just pie! and pie I would have. I glanced around me but everyone seemed occu- pied with his own affairs. Father still sang on. Jack and the twins quarreled and laughed fitful- ly over the chess-board, Nan’s white fingers glid- ed daintily over the keys of the piano,—I smiled in triumph. The White Queen seemed to nod en- couragingly from within the printed pages. The Cheshire Cat continued to glare. I left the room noisily, knocking over Jack’s chess-board as I passed. Once out of the room, however, I stole cautiously toward the pantry. Ah, there it was! Its apple dumpling sides tempting and delicious. Neatly, and with a dex- terity of which I blush to write, I transferred that pic from the pantry shelf to a more sensible and safer hiding place behind the flour barrel. There! that done I could return to my story. As I left the pantry I encountered Jack coming in. “I was looking for the corn popper,” he ex- plained, rather discomfited. I handed it to him in silence and left him, to return to my story. The printed page continued to dance before my eyes. The Cheshire Cat continued to glare. Jack had returned with the popper; his eyes avoided mine in passing. A terrible suspicion entered my mind. I glanced around for Nan; she had vanished! I hadn’t seen her leave the room. What if she had—? I sprang up hastily and quitted the room, again knocking over that unfortunate chess- board. “What are you trying to do, Lucile ?” said Nan’s voice behind me, “Break up housekeep- ing?” 1 turned to see the dimples of mischief darting to and fro in her cheeks. Her brown eyes were alight with merriment. She had come from the direction of the pantry. What if she had—? I hastened on toward the pantry only to meet Father coming out. He smiled dryly as he passed by. Father loved, above all things, a good joke. 11 is humorous expression filled me with an anxi- ous foreboding. I walked toward the pantry to see if my prize had been disturbed, but as the in- exorable Fates would have it, Father turned and said, “Come with me child, and read some of your story to me.” And could I refuse? At about ten o’clock we all met in the pantry. “For Goodness’ sakes, children, what are you rummaging for in that flour barrel?” Father was saying, as I came in, a trifle testily to the twins who seemed to have some weighty secret on their minds. “Nan, tell me what it is you are looking for.” Father’s patience was fast disap- pearing. “Jack, I am surprised at you; come from be- neath that ice chest at once. Lucile! what are you doing behind the flour barrel?” All this from Father who was gazing into an empty cof- fee box with a mystified expression on his face. Silently we wended our way upstairs; but to this day when apple pie is mentioned in our family, we avoid each others eyes and murmur sadly to ourselves, “Who took that pie?” A. D. ’12.

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16 THE GOLDEN-ROD OCTOBER 14. 1910. The team played its first game away from home when it journeyed to Brockton and was defeated by the score of 9-0. Quincy was handicapped by an injury to'Captain Hill early in the game. The playing of Arthur. II. Chapman and Ilill was good. OCTOBER 22, 1910. The team took its second trip away from home going to Dedham and defeating that team by a score of 5-0. The feature was a run for a touch- down by Captain Ilill. OCTOBER 25. 1910. The seventh game of the season with South Boston High resulted in a splendid victory for Quincy by a score of 6-0. The pleasing part of the game was the return of .Manning to the team, after an enforced lay off. His run for thirty yards gave Quincy its only touchdown and en- abled it to win the game. OCTOBER 27, 1910. The team lost its second game of the season when it was defeated by Boston College High 5-0. The game was hard fought and much credit is due the Quincy team for the manner in which it held the heavy college team. NOVEMBER 1, 1910, The ninth game of the season with Hyde Park High resulted in a tie score 0-0, the game being called on account of darkness in the third period. The star men for Quincy were Ilill and Manning each making several long gains. NOVEMBER 8, 1910. Quincy annexed its seventh victory when East Boston High was defeated by a score of 21-0. The victory was largely due to the work of Hill, White, Manning and II. Chapman. NOVEMBER 11, 1910. The eleventh game of the season resulted in the same way as seven others have, namely in a vic- tory for Quincy, Ilingham High being defeated by a score of 13-0. The features were a touch- down by Pfaft’man and a goal from the field by II. Chapman. NOVEMBER 19, 1910. Quincy vs. Dorchester at Dorchester. During the week before this game the Quincy team was helped materially in the coaching de- partment by having Kersberg, an all American guard of two years ago, come out. He gave the team a good deal of much-needed coaching and on the day before the game, gave the team a lec- ture. On the day of the game the team went to Dorchester and was followed by the largest cheer- ing squad of students ever accompanying a Quin- cy team, nearly three hundred in number. The game was played under very favorable condi- tions, and for the first time in the school’s history Captain Hill’s team came home with a victory by the score of 11-0. The victory was well earned, as every member of the team played in top notch form, there being no individual stars. This vic- tory ended one of the most successful football seasons Quincy High ever had. The team has won 9, lost 2. and tied 1. Much credit is due Captain Ilill for this success, as he has played a star game all the season and has aided materially in coaching the team. The other players, Man- ning, II. Prout, II. Chapman, Blackmur. Harmon, Rice, Arthur, Johnson, Tirrell, Smith, Holmes, Pfaffman, Church, White, Edwards, W. Cran- shaw, R. Cranshaw and Anderson, have had much to do with the success of the team, and it is hoped that they all will be given a rousing foot- ball reception. Three cheers and a tiger for every member of Captain Hill’s championship team. • » Captains and Managers for teams of 1910: Football—Captain—II. Hill. Manager—P. Blackmur. Basket Ball—Captain W. Manning. Mana- ger—L. Arthur. Base Ball—Captain M. Chapman. Manager— W. Manning.