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

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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

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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 High School Class o F 19 3 7 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM Front row: Marjorie Foye, Lois Knapp, Lillian Carder, Catherine Powell, Josephine Veazie, Beatrice O’D onnell, Mildred Murphy, Dorothy Macmann, Mary Norton. Second row: Gladys White, Marilyn Knapp, Pauline Carter, Evelyn White, Marjorie Crosby, Helen Madden, Irene Goodwin, Helen Riley, Jeannette Davis, Bernardine Hazelton, Mary Widell, Grace Storti. Third row: Irene Atkinson, Barbara Marshall, Astrid Johnson, Rita Riley, Mava Classen, Dorothea Dornin, Nancy Wentworth, Margaret Richards, Mary Story, Elizabeth Emery. GIRLS’ HOCKEY TEAM Front row: Lois Knapp, Marilyn Knapp, Gladys White, Marjorie Crosby, Rita Riley, Irene Goodwin, Jeanette Davis, Bernardine Hazelton, Mary Widell, Marion Bassett, Edith Olsen. Second row: Josephine Veazie, Barbara Marshall, Helen Madden, Beatrice O’Connell, Astrid Johnson, Mava Classen, Mary Norton, Dorothy Macmann, Beatrice O’Donnell.