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

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Reading High School Class o F 19 3 7 FOOTBA LL—1936 Front row: Roy White, Earle Van Horn, Earl Delong, Edson King, Henry Perkins, George Radulski, Coach Batchelder, John Eisenhaure, Theodore Haselton, James Lawler, Francis Thornton, Robert Skane, John Devaney. Second row: Walter Doucette, John Donovan, Clarence Meuse, Henry Phillips, Kenneth Spellman, Arthur Beaudoin, Donald Burhoe, Nelson Burbank, William Davis. Back row: Russell Gavin, Lloyd Chisholm, Albert Dinsmore. Gilbert McQuesten, Richard Stratton, Robert Wakeling, Ralph Pomeroy, Lester Dobbins, John Beaudoin, Spencer Robbins, Ralph Keating, Arthur Rees, Wilfred White. BASEBALL—1937 Front row: Frank Dinsmore, Donald White, Stewart Ferriera, Richard Austin, Francis Brennan, Lawrence Winn, Cleveland Blaisdell. Second row: Austin Bennett, Gordon Hill, James Lawler, Theodore Haselton, George Radulski, John Devaney, Brendon Hoyt, George Madden, Raymond Doane. Back row: Coach Batchelder, Alfred Burbine, Donald Miller, Henry Perkins, Philip Wakeling, Albert Dinsmore, Ralph Keating, Leslie Gilman.

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Reading H igh School - - - Class of 1937 BASKETBALL Front row: Richard Merrill. John Devaney. Roy Dole. Rack row: Leslie Gilman, (manager), Henry Skane, George Radulski, Theodore Haselton, Mr. Althoff. had won the League Championship. This has certainly been rated as the best season ever to be had at our school. Some of the typical sights of the season were the sen¬ sational dashes and spectacular shots by “Bud Merrill in collaboration with Skane’s trick faking; the intricate plays developed by Radulski at pivot with Merrill and Skane as forwards; the clever guarding by led Hasel¬ ton and “Tige” Devaney varied by Ted ' s long shots from the middle of the floor and “TigeV fast dashes through the opponents ' defense, and last but not least Roy Dole ' s right-hand corner shots. Donald Burhoe 37 BASKETBALL CHATTER Our amiable captain, “Tiger ' sure brought his team along the a enue of real first class basketball, eventual!) annexing the Middlesex League title. Howling fans tagged a peerle» name on the team—- none other than the “Flying (Quintuplets. What a moniker! Did they look like a bunch of babies? During basketball season. “Bones’ Skane kept warm on cold and raw days In breaking out in a new suit of “long undies (red at that». By the way Hank, how is the green grass on the corner of Bancroft and Middlesex Avenue? “Ted Haselton, our huge and snappy guard, fell before the blonde charms of a certain pretty “lassie from the Highlands. We must not forget Roy Doles famv shots from the floor that converted a loss into a win. Roy played good ball all the year and tame through nicely in the pinches. Our tall, blonde, captain-elect, Fran Ihornton i sure a lady’s man. He possesses that certain something which makes a woman’s heart pop after she takes her first look at him. W hat is it, Frannie? “Bud Merrill, high scoring star of the team, has got his eye on a certain war in the farway sticks of Martin ' s Rond. Or is it “Waugh, Bud; seemingly 1 can t remember, so you will have to let us in on the secret. Dick Pierce, the tallest man on the team, during the course of a game, found time to catch up on some of the sleep that he had missed the night liefore. Coach Althoff bought oranges for the squad, and after the half was over, the players dashed down to the locker room only to find that the oranges had disappear¬ ed. The solution to the case of missing oranges can easily be solved by asking the respective managers namely Gilman and Madden. Bert Legg, diminutive captain of the second team, was noted as being the wild man of the squad. Bert was heard to reply after a foul had been called on him for hipping a big fellow, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Ask “Bones” how the new play was created. Prob¬ ably he won ' t tell you, but 1 will. It seems that the “Love Bug’ had bitten Bones ' to such an extent that he was in a fog all the day. A play was started. Bones cut the wrong way, shot, and made a basket, still being in the fog. This error of his resulted in creating a new play called the “double ring which proved to be a big w inning factor during the season. 1 clone with the fondest memories of a wonderful and successful season. 1 hope that next year and the years to come our school will produce another team and win another championship such as “Tige and his “boys did. Lawrence O’Brien ’37

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Reading High School Class o F 19 3 7 BASEBALL This year the baseball team has looked good in the early games and seems headed for a successful season. In the games already played the players have hit and fielded unusually well while lots of “pep” has been present at all times. 1 he line-up has been changed a bit since the open¬ ing of the season. At present “Jimmy” Doucette, a new addition to the team, is occupying first base while second is being held down by the veteran “Danny” O ' Keefe. Shortstop is being covered by John Devaney, and on third base Geor ge Radulski, our all-around star, is showing his usual aptitude. Co-Captain “Bunk” Hill and “Bogey” White make up two-thirds of the out-field, and besides being fast are both good hitters. Special mention should be made of “Gil McQuesten, who though only a sophomore is playing center field and fast becoming one of the best outfielders in the league. Pitching has usually been a problem in the past, but this year no trouble is expected, with Co-Captain Ted Haselton catching the curves of our “big three”: “Brendy Hoyt, Henry Perkins, and “Butch” Lawler. Much credit should be given to Coach Batchelder and his able assistant “Wojy” W hite who have done a great job in molding the team and in correcting the faults of the individual players. The outstanding game as yet has been the Lex ington game when Ted Haselton, coming up with a man on second and the score 6-5 in favor of Lexington, hit a home run and won the game 7-6. A summary of the season thus far follows: April 16 Reading 0 Concord 4 April 27 Reading 1 At Watertown 11 April 30 Reading 12 At W inchester 1 May 3 Reading 5 At Maynard 14 May 5 Reading 7 Lexington 6 May 7 Reading 1 Belmont 6 May 10 Reading 0 Watertown 9 May 12 Reading 20 At Stoneham 26 May 15 Reading 0 At Concord 5 Mav 21 Reading 6 Winchester 5 May 25 Reading 4 At Lexington 5 May 28 Reading 6 May nard 5 June 1 Reading 8 At Belmont 4 June 4 Reading 3 Stoneham 2 John Devaney 1937 BOYS’ TEAMS TEAM The boys’ tennis team has been reorganized this year under the direction of Mr. Althoff. About eighteen boys signed up, and we have been practicing regularly. The team consists of Richard Merrill, Richard Lyons, Arthur Coolidge, Harold Davis, Harold Xavier, Ben Howe, Edward Greenlaw, Ralph Meuse, ! ewel Mc¬ Kenzie, George Hodgkins, Roy Dole, John Goodridge, Arthur Beaman, John Sawyer, Ernest Arsenault, Bert Legg, and George Dunn. To date we have played two matches, one a practice match with Wakefield and the other a regular match with Stoneham. We took five out of the six matches with W akefield, and beat Stoneham 5-0 winning all five matches. The schedule is not all filled out yet, but during May we had the following programs: Wakefield at Reading May 5 Stoneham at Reading May 10 Reading at Wakefield May 13 Reading at Stoneham May 20 Wakefield at Reading May 26 We ha e a strong team this year, and we ought to w in most of our matches. Richard Lyons AIR GOLF The golf team got an early start, in its spring prac¬ tice, at the Red Hill Country Club under the able guidance of Mr. Althoff. Stiff muscles and dubbed shots gave evidence of lack of practice during the winter months. A couple of weeks of serious practice brought results, and the regulars began hitting the ball fair and far down the fairways. Last season the team lost, through graduation, three of its regulars: Cate, Sargent, and Blaisdell. However, the remaining regulars, Cleveland, Carney and Smith, are receiving valuable aid from Johnny Donovan and Herb Madden. The team had its first match with Woburn High at the Woburn Country Club. Cleveland and Madden scored the only points for Reading, and the match re¬ sulted in a loss by the score of 6 1 • to 2 . Fir t match nervousness probably served to upset the games of some of the players. A return match with Woburn was played at the .Meadow Brook Golf Club. In the meantime, Woburn had scored a victory over Worcester, state champions, and came with an enhanced reputation. The match, however, resulted in an upset, and Reading emerged victorious by the score of 5 - , to 3’- ». A last minute shift, pitting Carney and Smith against Woburn ' s third team, gained three valuable points. Golf at Reading High is more popular thi season than ever before. Ten aspirant for team positions have come out: Madden, Carney, Smith, Cleveland, Donovan, Hopkins, Clinch, Pomeroy, Sears, and Nichols. Future matches have been scheduled with Melrose, W akefield, and Malden. The team is grateful to the Meadow Brook Golf Club for its co-operation and assistance in making avail¬ able its course fur matches and practice during the sea¬ son. Hubert Clinch ’3