Rye Neck High School - Scraps Yearbook (Mamaroneck, NY)

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FOR MRRITOUS SERVICE Each ycar when the athletic season has passvd it is the vustoni for those who 4-ngrigctl in sports for thc glory of Rye' Nvck to he :iwardcd some distinction. It is quitv fitting that this should hc done for thosu who sacrificed tinu' and vm-rgy should gain sonic rvvognition for thx' nwrit- ous sc'rvic'c. Those who will be awarded lette-rs for meritous survive during' thi- 1928-1920 .ith letiv season are: Hare Nichols K Periconi Furuya Ockershauscn Cuyler Foo'r1sALL Halsey I4-mon Fitzroy l.a Polla Camphc-ll, J. ' I.1ll'lg'W0l'tlly, A. Hains. Mgr. SENIOR ATHLETES A pcrson playing in one sport receives a va-rtain stylu lr-ttcrg two sports, anothvr type- is the rcwardg and a thrcc' lcttcr man gains tho highest athletic award. ll swcatcr with thc- spccial style lcttvr upon it. 'l'hx'sc awards should hold thc interest of cvcryom- and everyone should he desirous of gaining at lcast om- lvttcr. 'flu-sc ap- pointments arc souu-thing to look forward to and som:-thing to think of when prcsscd with the heat of hattlt' in some' spirited contest. Nichols Periconi lrawrc-nm: Harc- Nichols Harriott Lawrence Oc-kvrshausvn Page Twenty-seven BAsKi-:'mALL Haro Ortiz Zcrvga llains, Mgr. BAs12:uALL Eye Allen Zura'g':1 Langworthy. F. Ilains, Mgr. Rohert C. Ilains, Athletic Manager, '28 9

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ATEILETICS Looking back over the 1928-1929 athletic season we find it to be. in some ways, quite successful and in some other ways-well, not quite so good. In football we engaged in four games with three teams. Harrison, in spite of the excell- ent defense put up by our boys succeeded in defeating us. Searsdale, having a much heavier team easily took us in tow. But the morale of the squad was not broken and even when Harrison won again the team kept right on going. The boys went into the Mamaroneck game with a Do or Die spirit and when the final whistle sounded the visi- tors had to be content with a mere tie score. This was accounted for by the speed with which the work of the team was carried out. The lightness of the Rye Neck boys gave us a slight advantage over the heavy Mamaroneck squad and if the contest had gone a few minutes more a victory might have been our lot. After a short rest the call for Basketball came. Here was a sport quite different from football, one that would give those who were too timid for the rougher sport the chance to play and fight for Rye Neck. A few days of practice and the squad was cut: a few days more, the squad was cut again. At last Coach Sherwood was con- centrating his talents on about fifteen players that were to represent our school on the court. Long hours of faithful practice and at last the great chance came. The Alumni were taken first. The old meni' were quite surprised when the final score was posted as 19-l2l Tile next two games went the way of the first, Victoriesl Then the break, two games were dropped, Rye Neck had met defeat! The team went right back and won the next one but was stopped again by the Salesians. And so it was throughout the rest of the season, win and lose, lose and win. At last the basketball togs were put away and the last score found to sum up to, six victories and six games left by the wayside. A few short weeks of rest and the last call for sports! Spring was in the air. Baseball season had come! New faces were seen on the diamond. New hands were in the gloves. New hands were swinging bats. The veterans had left and the rookies were learning the game. The new players started off in great style. The first game was a victory over the Roger Ascham nine. The next was another win., Rye High School falling before us. Then the new hands fal- tered, the bats wavered and a seeming jinx settled on the squad. Hare and Nichols were out of a gameg then Nichols hurt his finger. The losing streak begun, was hard to shake off and the bad luck stayed till tl1e end of the season. Out of the eight games scheduled six were lost, two were victories. ' The blame belongs to no one. It was largely lack of experience. Next year the team that takes our place will do better. Since the records seem to indicate that basketball was the sport in which our ath- letes made the best showing we will set down the scores in that activity. They are: Opp. R. N. Dee. 21-Alumni . . . 12 19 Jan. 10-Searsdale .. . 28 29 25-Harrison ...... . 30 26 29-Mamaroneck . . . . 28 19 Feb. 1-Eastchester . . 21 25 6-Salesians . . . . 38 28 8-Eastchcster . . . 24 22 15-Rye .......... . 20 24- 19-Mamaroneck . . . . 29 21 27-Salesians . . .... 20 17 141 32 Mar. 1-Harrison ....... Robert C. Hains, Athletic Manager '28-,29 GIRLS' BASKETBALL The girls' basketball team was not as suc- cessful this year as in the years before. The team had six games scheduled but only were victorious in two of them. Miss Scott, despite the number of games lost, gave each girl the school letters. The girls all put up a hard struggle to win and spent many hours practicing. Tlms they earned their letters- not by winning but by putting forth such an effort. Dorothy Halsey Page Twenty-sin:

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LONG THE WA WEEDS Maintenance of a good lawn means a con- stant fight with weeds. While most of these pests must be pulled or dug out, there are some which can be discouraged by other methods less laborious. We are all, more or less, familiar with weedsg but the plantain, a perennial and propagated by seeds, is per- haps one of the most common. Its seeding time is from July to October. This plantain causes much destruction, for the basal leaves of this plant spread out to such an extent that they shade and frequently kill the grasses underneath. Plantain may be destroyed by treating it with carbolic acid or it may be cut out. The best time for either operation is in dry weather. In a lawn. which may not be re- made for twenty years it is apt to become a serious pest if not checked. Pauline Harms MY FRIEND TRIXIE A few days ago, I lost a fine friend-a dog. He wasn't much to many but he meant the world to me. That little brown dog- one ear up and the other downg with his clear eyes always looking for a momcnt's fung --he meant much to me. YVhen he first came to me we became friends right then and that was years ago. Through all these years he had served faith- fully. Just a little dog he was but what an alarm he would make at the sound of an unfamiliar step. Of course, he troubled the neighbor's chickens but hc was good for all that. In the fields or woods he'd delight to run before and lead the way or chase some ani- mal that came in sight. He was a compan- ion indeed in those days. As years came on, he was always the same good-natured dog, but a hit stouter and less agile than heforeg but he was still my dog, and it certainly hurt to see him go. Wm. Ehrbar ON SEASONS The seasons serve for both variety and happiness. Our lives would be strangely dull were it not for the constant changes nature makes. Also umeh of our natural happiness would be lost for almost every- one derives some joy in anticipation of a new season. If one longs for thc snow and ice of a cold climate, he may travel far to the northg if for burning sands and a trop- ical clime, he may go in the opposite direc- tion. But how umch more apt to uxan's tem- perament is the climate of changing seasons by which he has little time to tire of either extreme. And above all how pleasant are those months of change-spring with its prom- ise of new life, and autmnn when nature seems to be going to rest. So, everyone may find the fulfillment of his desires in such a climate. Marion Hare ON SPORTS Sports serve a great purpose. As studies serve to develop one mentally, so sports serve to develop one physically. All over the world sports are considered an excellent practice for the increase of youth and the decrease of old age. Therefore let us have plenty of good clean sports in this country. which in itself is the very essence of youth- fulness. Some sports require more physical exer- tion than others and must be participated in by those of a hardier nature. If you have ,not a body as good as the next fellow and P-annot play a certain game as well as he, do not be discouraged. You have not found the right game. Look around for something that suits your own ability better. It occurs to me that sports may be compared to the different professions and life tasks in this way. If you play the right game and play it well, you will find satisfaction of the same order as that of a successful honest busi- ness man in his life's work of that of a great artist or author. So look around now for the nearest exit from the hum drum of the world and choose a door of healthy sport. Harold Harriot Page Twenty-eight