Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 29 Coach Wilson predicts a fine outdoor team this season, since most of last year’s material remains. Earle, Minot, Morse, Foley, Sansone, MacLean, Bird, Francis, Hartrey, Cook and Parrish are promising veterans. Platner Foy and Daley will excel in the short distances. Manager Felix has arranged the fol- lowing schedule: April 24—Milton Academy at Milton. April 30—Rindge Tech at Quincy. May 15—Hyde Park at Quincy. May 21—Winthrop at Quincy. May 28—Open. June 2—Xewton at Xewton. Basket-Ball Team Top Row—Clark. G. S.. Coach. Parish, L.. Nichols, N., Hayes, J.. Manager, Rider. C., Lindholm, W., Ganley, A. L.. Fac. Mgr. Second Row—O'Brien, W.. Maclean. M , Hamre, J. Capt., Fancher, J., Ahlstrom, C. BASKETBALL Too many thanks cannot be extended to Coach Clark for his untiring efforts to improve the basketball team. The team also has shown that indomitable spirit and true sportsmanship which gives Quincy High School its enviable reputa- tion. Mr. Clark we arc grateful! Team, you have our undying admira- tion and respect for your great ability. We are sure that the names of MacLean, Lindholm, Fancher, O’Brien, Parrish, Ryder and Hamre will have an enduring position in the hall of fame of Quincy High School. Quincy vs. Braintree On Jan. 6 the basketball team opened the season by inflicting a 24 to 12 defeat on Braintree High at Quincy. O’Brien and MacLean were the high scorers for Quincy, but the entire team simply amazed the fans by the brilliancy of its playing. This, indeed, was a fine way to start the season. Our second team, with Anderson and Robinson starring, defeated Braintree second with the score of 10 to 6.

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BASEBALL Ronald Woodman, manager of the Quincy High baseball team, has an- nounced the following schedule for the coming season: May 1—Boston Latin at Quincy. May 4—Dedham at Quincy. May 8—Boston English at Quincy. May 11—Hingham at Quincy. May 15—Open. A lay 19—Open. May 22—Brockton at Quincy. May 26—Dedham at Dedham. May 29—Dorchester at Quincy. June 2—Brockton at Brockton. June 8—Hingham at Hingham. June 12—Milton at Quincy. Without an exception, each school on the schedule has always had a good base- ball team. This fact promises plenty of excitement for the fans. Coach Franklin B. Mitchell will open practise about April 1, although there may be indoor practise earlier. There arc a few letter men who are expected to report this year, Lubarsky and Asnes, pitchers; Hebert, catcher; O’Brien, first base; Fitzgerald at third; Nichols, out- field. The new material, however is very- promising, and Coach Mitchell expects a first-rate team this year. TRACK We are certainly proud of the wonder- ful record of the relay team this season. It has defeated every team on the sched- ule; teams which are considered among the best in the state. Our boys have won five medals for their remarkable work. Coach Wilson is not a little responsible for these victories. Surely one cannot wish for a better combination, a working team and an efficient coach. Our indoor relay team, composed of Captain Xorman Earle, Joseph Morse, Bryant Minot, and Milford Platner, de- feated Concord, Gloucester and Peabody High Schools, and turned in second-best time for the two-lap relays at the B. A. A. Inter-scholastic meet on Saturday, Feb. 7, 1925. In the Quincy meet, Gloucester drew the pole, which gave the Gloucester run- ner a two-yard lead over Platner. The distance between them was the same when Minot took up the running, but he shortened it gradually and gave Morse an even start. Morse got away like a flash and when he turned the race over to Earle he had a fifteen-yard lead over the nearest competitor. True to form, Earle, running strong, finished 30 yards ahead of the nearest man, a Gloucester runner. Our team made the remarkable time of 3 min. 5 sec. They nearly lapped the Concord team, since their last man was starting on the last lap when Earle crossed the finish line. At the Harvard Inter-scholastic Indoor meet at Mechanics Building on Saturday . Feb. 28, our team defeated Winthrop and Portland High Schools. Quincy also tied with Jamaica Plain for the fastest time honors in Class B, and Norman Earle finished fourth in the 300-yard dash, thus giving Quincy a total of 5 4 points. In other meets our team defeated Hyde Park (time: 2 min. 3 sec.), and Rindge Tech (time: 1 min. 25 sec.). Due to the lack of facilities Coach Wil- son did not try to put a full indoor team in the meets, but was contented to enter the relay and a few individual events.

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30 Quincy vs. Belmont THE GOLDEN-ROD On Jan. 9 a second victory was added to our list by the defeat of Belmont High in our own gym, with the score of 21 to 7. The team showed that we were ready to fight for the championship. O’Brien and MacLean played cleverly on the offensive, and Ryder and Lindholm were especially prominent on the defens- ive. Fancher was the highest scorer. The pass-work was especially notable. The second team in a fast game de- feated Belmont Second. The score was 20 to 7. Quincy vs. Milton Quincy played a hard and fast game at Milton on Jan. 16, and won by a score of 18 to 15. Fancher and Hamre were best in the scoring division, while the rest of the team showed that never-say- die spirit which has won for us so many games this season. Our second team defeated Milton sec- ond with a score of 15 to 6. Berman and Foley played well for Quincy. Quincy vs. Rivers Our team continued to lengthen its list of victories when it defeated Rivers School at Quincy on Jan. 20, with a score of 17 to 9. It was a well-played game and was hotly contested from the begin- ning to end. Our team’s clever pass-work completely dazzled Rivers, while Mac- Lean, Fancher and Hamre shot baskets from all angles. Thackerberry and Merchant, on the Rivers team, gave our boys effective op- position. Quincy vs. Milton Academy The team won its fifth successive vic- tory when it defeated Milton Academy at Milton on Jan. 23, with a score of 27 to 15. The Academy team was outplayed throughout the game by our boys. Fan- cher and MacLean tied for high scoring honors, and, as usual, Ryder, Hamre, and Parrish were effective on the defense. Quincy vs. Wellesley Quincy High returned victorious from Wellesley on Jan. 27. The score was 38 to 7. This was O’Brien’s last game for Quincy, as he graduated the next day. It may be said that he played the best game of his career. Wellesley was powerless against the heavy onslaught of Fancher, MacLean, Ryder and Ahlstrom. Quincy vs. Everett On Jan. 30 our team inflicted a crush- ing defeat on Everett, with the score of 21 to 5. Hamre, Fancher and MacLean again scored for Quincy and Ryder and Parrish placed a perfect network of de- fense before Everett. This was the seventh successive victory. Quincy vs. Walpole On Feb. 7 our team again triumphed over Walpole High. In a game which was replete with clever team-work and dazzling plays, our boys ran rough-shod over the Walpole quintet with the score of 44 to 15. Fancher was at his best, securing 13 baskets which, incidentally, is the record for our gym. Again notable for their fast playing were Ryder, Mac- Lean, and Hamre. Higgins and Penza starred for Walpole. Our second team ran up a score of 31 to 14 against Walpole second. Ander- son, who is promising material for next year’s team, De Yulus, and Reardon, were prominent for their clever work. Quincy vs. Medford At Medford on Feb. 10 our team suf- fered its first and only defeat of the sea- son with the score of 11 to 22. It seemed that fate was against our boys, yet they fought like savages to win the game, but alas! to no avail. The Medford gym is much smaller than ours and this might explain the defeat. How Quincy got revenge for this catastrophe will be told in another chapter (as Nick Carter says).