Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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CHIMES 31 FOOTBALL rirst row: T. Chadbourne, D. Schultz, R. Glvnii, R. Dwyer, J. Arcana, C. Patterson, C. Fleming, C. Vickery, E. Swift, K. Stone. Second row: W. Swift, R. Ewell, W. Vining, R. Holcomb, T. Macy, T. Dunne, D. McPherson, D. Yuhr, R. Flaherty, W. Dacey, Coach Dixon. Third row: M. Spinola, R. Whittaker, E. Merritt, V. Dunphy, J. Goddard, A. James, R. Roberts, E. Soule, F. Cole, S. Bartlett, J. McCarthy, T. Butler. BASKETBALL First ro ' w: W. Swift, R. Holcomb, C. Patterson, W. Dacey, G. O ' Neil, C. Vickery. T. Dunne. Second row: M. Spinola, T. Breen, J. Goddard, R. Dwyer, V. Dunphy, R, Whittaker, G. Cob- bett, T. Butler, Coach Dixon. Third row: D. McPherson, K. Stone, A. James, R. Flaherty, E. Swift.

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30 CHIMES Daniel Yuhr, ' 46 FOOTBALL Last season, the boys in the blue and white won two gridiron bouts and lost six. To best describe the season ' s activities would be to quote a line from a past Chimes. They were the best team on the field in everything except scoring. We had a volunteer, but welcome, assistant in the person of Mr. Dodge. We started out by losing to a larger and heavier Hingham team. Our boys looked very green, and very little like football players. We lost the second game to an inexperienced Barnstable team. Barnstable scored a touchdown in the second quarter and sewed it up with a safety in the third. We won our first game when we invaded our traditional rivals, Cohasset. The Blue and White scored two touchdowns, one a pass and one a blocked kick. We lost a third time to an inferior Kingston team. The game with Marshfield was the best game of the season. Marshfield scored two touchdowns and one conversion in the first quarter. Then one of Scituate ' s players was hurt. The score at the time was 13-0, but we came through and won that game for Teddy Dunne, 13-14. We next lost a close and hair-raising game to Randolph. The score was a tie, 6-6, for most of the game, but in the last minute, Stetson scored again, to win. Scituate gave a 18-0 victory to a superior Han- over team. Although it seemed as though we were about to score several times, Hanover always stiffened just in time. To end a rather bad season the boys lost 26-0 to a much larger and more experienced Norwood team. The first string and the first-string substitutes were as follows: E. Swift and W. Dacey, C; C. Fleming and R. Frisina, G; T. Chadbourne, D. Schultz, and T. Macy, T; K. Stone, R. Flaherty, R. Holcomb, and W. Swift, E; R. Glynn, T. Dunne, and R. Ewell, HB; C. Patterson and C. Vickery, QB; and J. Arcana, FB. The team had almost entirely new equipment last year, thanks to the fruitful efforts of Mr. Dixon. The better half of the team will be back next year so we are looking forward to a good foot- ball season in 1945. The football results were as follows: Sept. 30 Hingham Here 7 22 Oct. 7 Barnstable Here 0 8 Oct. 12 Cohasset There 13 7 Oct. 20 Kingston There 6 20 Oct. 28 Marshfield Here 14 13 Nov. 4 Randolph Here 6 12 Nov. 11 Hanover There 0 20 Nov. 18 Norwood There 0 27

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32 CHIMES BASKETBALL The basketball team did very well this year, considering that it was almost entirely new ma- terial, R. Holcomb, C. Patterson, W. Swift, and C. Fleming comprising our only veterans. Pete Fleming ' s season was, unfortunately, very short as the result of an injury received in the first league game. Although the team started out poorly, they came back to break even and win fourth place in the league. To end the season the basketball team competed in the Brockton Tournament, losing to Holbrook, 34-2 5. For the first time Scituate had a second team which had fourteen scheduled games with the second team of other South Shore schools. The game with Duxbury, here, has been classi- fied as the outstanding game of the year. The teamwork and passing was tops. Another game that deserves special attention was the game with Cohasset, here, when the boys ran up a score of 5 0 points. They were really clicking that night. It is quite obvious that at the first of the sea- son the team was green and inexperienced, but after a few games they acquired the skill and co-operation which is required to win games. The individual scoring was as follows: Hol- comb 124 points, Patterson 95, Dacey 83, Vick- ery 5 5, O ' Neil 27, Swift 17, Dunne 10, Cobbett 7, Fleming 1, and Butler 1. The scores of the games were as follows: Team Scituate Opponent Duxbury 20 24 Kingston 16 26 Marshfield 26 3 1 ' - Hanover 11 34 Norwell 26 24 ' -- Cohasset 37 22 Duxbury 48 24 Kingston 19 36 Marshfield 37 49 Hanover 17 50 Norwell 38 26 Pembroke 34 30 Cohasset 50 34 ' Pembroke 49 32 ■• Home games. 1945 BASEBALL SEASON As we go to press early this year before the baseball season opens, this column must neces- sarily be vague. However the prospects for the coming season seem very good. We lost only two first-string players from last year ' s team, one through graduation and one to a different school. Although we will feel their loss, the increase of age and experience will be a deciding factor with the other seven veterans. We will have our highly-efiicient battery, Holcomb and Dacey, back this year. Even though we thought we were go- ing to lose Charlie Patterson to the draft last January, it seems likely that he will be back on first. He is also a relief pitcher. We all expect Charlie Vickery to prove himself at short-stop again this year. For the outfields we have Stone, Mongeau, McCarthy, and Butler for a probable combination. And that pretty well covers the baseball situation. Prospects look very good; don ' t they? INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL Coach Dixon has introduced an excellent pro- gram of basketball which is open to all the boys at Scituate High. Under this program each class has one or more teams, and games are scheduled for the classes to play one another. As there are six different classes, this program gives an oppor- tunity to play to many more boys than could be used in the varsity and second teams, and pre- pares future players for the varsity teams. Under the rules arranged by Coach Dixon, no varsity or second team member is allowed to play in the intramural program. However, if a boy in the intramural competition shows up particularly well, he is advanced to the second team and is given a chance to make the varsity. The teams ' standings are as follows: Grade Team Won Lost Tied 7 Panther (Capt. Dunne) 3 0 0 8 Eagle Squadron (Capt. Damon) .... 2 0 0 9 The Crows (Capt. R. Fallon) 2 1 0 10 Wandering Wolves (Capt. Devine) . . 2 1 0 11 Junior Sharks (Capt. W. Vining) . . 2 2 0 8 Suicide Squad (Capt. J. Devine) . . 1 2 0 8 V ild Cats (Capt. T. Flaherty 1 2 0 8 Bull Dozers (Capt. Lamoine) 1 2 0 9 Blockbusters (Capt. H. Welch) 2 1 0 7 Beavers (Capt. Fernandez) 0 2 0 7 Red Six (Capt. Henderson) 0 2 0 7 Ravens (Capt. Duval) 1 2 0 12 The Mops (Capt. E. Swift) 0 2 0 «