Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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Reading High School .1936 .School Activities SCHOOL ACTIVITIES BOYS’ ATHLETICS BASKETBALL A Summary of the Season In this season’s team Reading basketball fans boasted one of the best teams in the league. Every game was full of fast passing and fine shooting. The team worked together with excellent co-opera¬ tion, and directly because of this, Reading was the only league team to defeat Lexington, the cham¬ pions. “Bud ' ’ Merrill, the league’s highest scorer, and “Bob” Chanonhouse were our forwards. Incident¬ ally “Bob” has a great deal of credit coming to him. His berth on the first team, he gained by continual practice and fine playing, which were apparent throughout the season. George Radulski, our rangy center, did a fine job on the tip-offs. His shooting was accurate and his passwork good. Henry Landry, our cagey captain, and “Tiger” Devaney, who rose from second team ranks after a fine exhibition in the season’s first game, thwarted our opponents and successfully guarded the home basket against the onslaught of the opposing teams. “Ronnie” Depatie was perfectly capable of tak¬ ing over any position when the need arose. He proved, as was the case in other years, that he had plenty of speed and playing ability. We wonder if we have another “Bud” Merrill in “Cal” Greenough. His solo dashes down the floor to score, breaking a deadlock, reminded us of the incomparable “Bud.” Too much cannot be said of Captain Henry Landry, who brought the team through one of the greatest seasons in the history of Reading’s basket¬ ball. His clever passing and dribbling resulted in Reading’s scoring more than once. The complete membership in the squad in¬ cluded “Dell” Cotreau, “Ozzie” O’Brien, “Russ” Galvin, Richard Pierce, “Ronnie” Depatie, George Radulski, “Cal” Greenough, “Bert” Legg, “Bud ’ Merrill, “Tiger” Devaney, Henry Landry, “Bob Chanonhouse, John Crieger, John Widell, “Bones Skane, Earl Van Horn, “Frannie” Thornton, “Ted” Heselton, Fred Kenney. Reading finished in a triple tie with Winchester and Stoneham for second place. The team had a remarkably good season, and Coach Althoff looks forward to an even better one next year. Here’s to it! 2 . 3. 4. League Standing First Team Lexington Stoneham Reading Winchester Wakefield Belmont Second Team 1 . 2 . 3. 4. 5. 6 . Winchester Wakefield Reading Lexington Belmont Stoneham First Team Opp. Reading Second Team Opp. Reading Dec. 21 Alumni and DeMolay 33-34 16-18 Jan. 3 Belmont 14-23 11-19 8 Lexington 10 at Stoneham 18-24 32-25 21-22 15-21 15 at Hamilton 14-33 22-25 17 Wakefield 24-22 24-22 22 at Winchester 24-23 27-16 24 at Lexington 23-24 29-14 Jan. 29 at Belmont 17-32 11-17 31 at Wakefield 16-23 28-25 Feb. 5 Melrose 16-32 14-15 7 Stoneham 32-22 15-16 14 Winchester 20-27 32-18 First Won 9 Second Won 8 Team Lost 4 Team Lost 5 BASEBALL As usual, Reading has a good baseball team this year. Already (at the time of writing) several games have been played, with fairly good success. The team is in good shape due to continual practice and the able coaching of Mr. Batchelder. On the team are several of last year ' s letter men. On the team are the following: “Del’ Cotreau— catcher; he sprained his ankle in the Stoneham game and unfortunately could not play for two or three games. “Del” has been a catcher for the past two years, and is a valuable man to any team. Hen¬ ry Landry is one of our hinders who has plenty of speed and what it takes to slip ’em across. George Radulski is still the six foot scooper-upper on first base, who performed so cieditably last year. On second we have John Doane, who also played on last year’s team. At shortstop is “Tiger Devaney. In third base we again find “Bones’ Skane of home run fame. “Ozzie” O’Brien, who incidentalh is holding out for $75,000 next year, ' ' Ronnie” De¬ patie, and “Bob” Chanonhouse complete the out¬ field. All three are adept at catching flies when not hitting ’ em out for somebody else to chase. Gordon Hill due to an injury v as unable to play this season but we look forward to seeing him in the line-up next year. If anyone should ask