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

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Reading High School School Activities BOYS’ BASKETBALL 1936 Seated, (left to right) : F. Kenney, J. Creiger, R. Galvin. Standing, (left to right: D. Cotreau, F. Thornton, F. Heselton, J. Devaney, R. Merrill, G. Radulski, L. Cate, H. Landry, R. DePatie, R. Chanonhouse, R. Skane, A. Legg, O. O’Brien. FOOTBALL 1936 Front row, left to right: John Devaney, Henry Landry, Richard Crooker, James Lawler, Clifton Englund, Captain Robert Chanonhouse, Coach Batchelder, Manager John Creiger, Leo Meuse, Francis Thornton, John Done, Gor¬ don Hill, Lawrence O ' Brien, John Eisenhaure, and Gardner Knapp. Second row, left to right: Ronald DePatie, Earl Van Horn, Earl Delong, Charles Stark, George Radulski (Capt. elect i, Arthur Randall, Robert Skane, Richard Merrill, George Harris, Theodore Heselton, Roy White and Del- mer Cotreau. 1 hird row, left to right: John Carney, Spencer Robbins, Arthur Rees, Nelson Burbank, Robert Staples, Henry Perkins Donald Burhoe, Raymond Mansfield, Kenneth Spellman, Robert Wakeling, Clarence Meuse, and George Madden! fourth row left to right: Charles Dunn, Albert Lord, Carroll Colby, Ralph Pomeroy, George Newbury, James Howard and Henry Watkins.

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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

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Reading High School 19 3 6 School Activities you—he’s a neat little fielder and the only reason (which is reason enough) he is not on the first team is his broken collar bone. Bet he wishes it was a collar button instead! Coincidence. All our pitchers are named Henry. Henry Philips and Henry Perkins take over Henry Landry’s position whenever the need arises. This year Reading apparently has a wealth of twirlers. We see that “Brendy” Hoyt seems to have what it takes, too. Then there is “Dick” Crooker, who might as well aim a gun at you when he winds up. Unfortunately he is right now out of the line-up, due to sickness. “Ducky” Dew- hurst, “Ozz” Poland, “Bob” Chanonhouse, the ’ole standby’ who has been taking over the catcher’s duty, Dan Barrett, Johnnie Eisenhaure, Ted Haselton, James Lawlor, Clarence Muse, “Danny” O’Keefe, George Piercy, Roy White, Donald White and Harold Xavier complete the team. “Ernie” Leavitt and John Goodridge constitute the mana¬ gerial staff. The baseball schedule for 1936 is as follows: Reading Opponent April 18 Reading at Wakefield 4 3 24 Reading at Lexington 1 6 May 1 Reading at Belmont 4 5 5 Stoneham at Reading 8 16 8 Winchester at Reading 5 7 12 Concord at Reading 10 8 15 Reading at Maynard 9 1 22 Reading at Lexington 3 8 26 Belmont at Reading 8 16 28 Reading at Stoneham 6 10 June 2 Reading at Winchester 4 11 6 Reading at Concord 9 Maynard at Reading TENNIS Tennis seems to be the coming sport in R. H. S. Never before has there been as much interest as has been shown this spring. A tennis tournament to determine the school champion was organized, sponsored by “Scholastic” magazine. There were thirty-two entries—enough to fill the entire tourna¬ ment blank. The matches were especially keen in competition. In addition to the tournament, a tennis team was also organized. Those players, judged by past tournaments and last year’s team, who composed the first eight seeded players, were given berths on the new team. A ladder tournament within the team was started to place the team members ac¬ cording to merit. Matches with other schools were obtained. The members of the tennis team are William Timmerman, Leo Meuse, Richard Merrill, Gardner Knapp, Fred Kenney, John Cullinane, Bernard Nichols, and Albert Legg. GOLF The 1936 R. H. S. golf team is composed of the following members: Lawrence Cate, Richard Cleve¬ land, Frank Sargent, Donald Blaisdell, Richard Smith, Ralph Pomeroy, Robert Clinch, and John Carney. Three of the team, “Larry” Cate, Dick Cleve¬ land, and Frank Sargent played golf for R. H. S. on last year’s team. In view of this, a good sea¬ son is looked forward to. With Meadow Brook Golf Course as the home divot grounds, matches with other schools have been arranged. The sea¬ son’s schedule follows: May 8 Reading as Wakefield 11 Woburn at Reading 18 Melrose at Reading 19 Reading at Lexington 21 Reading at Woburn 25 Wakefield at Reading 29 R eading at Melrose June 1 Lexington at Reading TRACK A track team was started this spring with all major track sports represented, including the 100 yard dash, mile, high jump, broad jump, shot put, and others. Jim Russell is largely responsible for the organization of the team and the interest shown in it. Considering the fine work he’s done in the past two years with the cross-country team, it looks as if Reading should have a successful track team. Richard Cleveland and Everett Packer will be the “old reliables” on the running end of the meets. Dick Cleveland, who walked oil with first prize in the American Legion Annual Road Race and whose running is constantly improving, should be one to watch and depend on. Everett Packer needs no comment. He’s still the fleet footed “natural,” who had just as soon run a mile as eat. We under¬ stand that he used to practice by running around Lake Quannapowitt every day. Others in the sports are Earl Van Horn, hefty shot putter, who looks capable of throwing the thing a hundred yards or so; Richard Smith; Rob¬ ert Clinch; Richard Pierce; who aspires to high jumping honors; Harold Amirault; Russell Bird; and Robert Nichols. Gardner Knapp ’36 Sports Editor