Rockport High School - Tatler Yearbook (Rockport, ME)

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14 TH E TATLER and worst of all, for enjoying it . As the Reverend Plately went home he looked at the lovely scenery around him and wondered if the congregation would ever realize and appreciate the handiwork of God, even on Sunday, Josephine Pitts, '40. HISTORY OF BASEBALL The National game of the U. S. is baseball and has been played since early in the nineteenth century. its rules and form have changed very much but it is still the most popular game. Baseball is of uncertain ori- ging some claim its forerunner was an English game called rounders but its origin is otherwise unknown. The first baseball rules were set up by the Knickerbocker Club of New York and games were held with other teams. Interest grew until in 1857, a convenrtion was held to unify the rules and the National Baseball Association was born. The rules drawn up then are strange indeed to the modern player. The ball was never thrown but tossed, and all curves were prohibited. None ot' the players wore gloves and the ball softer than the modern catcher nearly always ball on the first bounce its not being very lively was much ball. The caughit the and due to it eouldnlt be hit very far and more emphasis was placed on team play and place hitting than upon slug- ging as is very common today. Professional baseball started with the Cincinnati t'Red Stockings in t1868ll who played through the year 1869 to 1870 without losing a game. The interest in baseball grew rapid- ly and in 1876 the National League ot' light clubs was formed and drew such attention that in 1882 another league, the .Xinierican was formed. Modern professional baseball is in three classes: The Major leagues, or the National league: The American League consisting ot' eight clubs each, the minor leagues which are very numerous and generally have a. connection with the Major league team for the purpose of training new players, and the so-called 'tllush Leagues which are semi-prot'ession- al and organized in nearly all the small communities of the nation. Modern baseball rules differ wide- ly from their original form and equipment used now is also very much improved. The ball has changed from a semi-soft horsehide covered ball ot' string to the extreme- ly lively and hard ball in use today. The result is that team play is not in practice as it should be and more home runs are wanted. They have different equipment as one knows now. The strain is put almost whol- ly on the pitcher and the hits made are usually home runs. ln earlv twelve home baseball a record of runs in a season was hard to equal but today they run as high as sixty. changed but Baseball rules have it is still the National game and every summer from the smallest sehool lot to the largest stadium, crowds will watch professional and amateur with pleasure and enthus- iasui, Earl llpham, 39.

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Til IC TATLER The pots and pans around me flew. Some going out the door: Then I got hit with an old shoe, And so l'l1 write no more. R. Marcello. BEAU BRUMMEL There was an Alpine climber brave. Whose deeds were quite the thing - Albhough he many lives did save. His weakness was to sing. From hill to hill his songs would ring From morn-ing 'til the nightg He knew one song, Mir Bist Du Schon But never sang it right. Warren Barrows, 41 THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER The daylight darkeinrs into nightj 16 THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL lT R-is Iior Rockport, a grand old place, O-is for zero, mark of disgrace C-is for Clifford, who for us does draw K--is for Keller's work with-out Haw P-is for Phyllis, now we have two 0-is for one, this year will be thnou-gh. R-is for Richardes, who higher wvill climb T-is for Tfolman who talks alll the time. H-is for Hyssong. the boy twins of our school I-is for Ingraham, who obeys every rule G-is for Gladys, n-ice litltl-e miss H-is for Hoyle. the author of this. S-is for Spear, the Freshmen class pest C-is for Carolyn, who is filled full of zest, H-is for Helen, whose voice is so small O-is for Orris. nice player of ball. O-is for 0'Jaila the set of girl twins L-is for Lewis with plenty of grins. Norma Hoyle. '42. A WRITER'S LAM ENTATIONS I took my English book one night. I started out for homeg And now I'll tell you of my plight- I had to write a poem. I took my pen and sat right down, I started in to write: I had to find a common noun. And then we had a fight. The waves are like soft spray,- The lighthouse keeper burns a light. To guide the sailor on his way. Years may come in and years may go out S-till this light will shine on high: The keeper's.posi'tio-n' wiould 'be lost, no doubt If the ocean should go dry. Dorothy Kimball, '39. FRIENDS If you want friends, be friendly. This rule is always true: For who would wish to be your friend Had he no friend in you? B. Collins, '40,