Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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Men's Athletics The athletic season of 1913-14 has proved to be a very successful one, both from the standpoint of games won and the improvement in the physical condition of the men of the school. The object of athletics in our school is, Hrst, to give the men a chance for physical exercise, and, second, to train them to become competent coaches in the schools i11 which they may teach. The football candidates were called out by Coach Coffey the second week of school. Sixteen men reported, and the prospect for a successful season looked bright. The men drilled in the rudimcnts of the game for two weeks, when the first game was played with Haverhill High. Although our team met with defeat, the game showed we had the makings of a good team. After t-his defeat, our boys went into the game with a do or die spirit, which might well be compared with the spirit of '76,' 5 and the result was that the team won six, lost three, and tied two games during the season. Coach Coffey and Captain Hutchinson awarded fourteen letters to the men for their work. The basketball season was postponed till after the mid-year vacation, in order to give the men a chance to rest up from the strenuous football season. Captain Hogan deserves much credit for molding the team out. of the material at hand, as he had only two veterans available from last year's team. After three weeks, practice, the first game was played with Fitchburg Normal, and was won by the visiting team by a score of 11-9. The show- ing of our team was a great surprise, as the visitors were the same team that won the game last year by a much larger score. Throughout the entire year the team played hard and clean basketball. The baseball team is to be captained by Andreas Turner, who is perfectly capable of turning out a winning team from the material at hand. Turner played three years on the Lynn English High team, and last year was second baseman on our team. The men's athletic season has been very successful, taking into consideration that only twenty-two men are available for use in the sports. M. R. H. They sat a little way apart Upon themselves intent, A coolness lay between them, Do you wonder what it meant? But it was not so serious As in some ways 'twould seem, For swift the barrier passed away, The coolness was - ice cream. ' T. J. D. 22

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