Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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20 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR l£ C 11 ATHLETICS On September 10, at the call of Captain Graham, the football team began a campaign under condi- tions which look fairly encouraging. With some of 1900’s veterans and an abundance of new mate- rial. our outlook is bright. Rut whether the cup rests on Central hill for 1901 or not. the reputation of S. H. S. teams for fast, clean football will be sus- tained. Schedule of League Games. October 22, Cambridge High, Tufts oval. October 30, Dorchester High. Charles River park. November 5, Malden High. Tufts oval. November 10, English High. Charles River park. November 28, C. M. T. S., Charles River park. Somerville High, 6; Malden High, 0. 'Flic first game of the season was played with Malden Saturday, September 28. on Tufts oval. Somerville won the game, 0 to 0. Gctchcll won the toss for Malden and took advantage of the wind. Somerville kicked off, and Getchell caught the ball, making a thirty-yard run. Malden then lost the ball and Somerville carried it to Malden’s one-yard line. Here Malden gained the ball on downs, the referee not being able to see the goal line, and after two attempts at the line, Stout kicked to the middle of the field. During the remainder of the half the ball was kept away from both goals. The half ended with the ball in Malden’s posses- sion. No score for the first half. In the second half Somerville took a brace and played a steadier game. Two long runs by Graham and Story brought the ball well into Malden’s territory, and ten minutes after the half started t'nderhill. on an end’s back play, carried the ball over for a touch- down. 'Fhe goal was kicked by Story. Story. Graham, and Blackwell excelled for Somerville, while Getchell and Stout were the stars for Malden. The line-up:— SOMERVILLE. MALDEN Blackwell. 1. e.........................l.c.. Gage Graham (Capt.J, I t......................Ft.. Black Richardson. (Stone), Fg.................Fg., Weeks Allen. (Russell), r.g Philbrick. (McLaughlin), r.t. ... r.t.. Hill IIafford. (Burton), r.e Dickinson. (Currier), (Nolan), q.b q.b., Toomey McCoy, l.h.............................Fh.. Cox Story, r.h..................r.h., Getchell (Capt.) Underhill, (Bean), f.b...............f.b., Stout Umpire—Frank Story. Referee—McCarthy. Linesmen—Frank Fitts and Weeks. Timekeeper —Mullikcn. Touchdown—Underhill. Goal— Story. Total score—Somerville, 5. Length of halves—twenty minutes. Andover, 5; Somerville, 0. ()n Wednesday, ()ctobcr 2, Somerville met its first defeat of the season, at the hands of Phillips Andover. Graham won the toss and took the ad- vantage of the wind. On the kick-off Somerville gained five vards, and then on the first play Jones gained ten vards through tackle. Andover held for downs, and Jones punted out of bounds at Som- erville's twenty-five yard line. By a series of hard rushes Taylor, of Andover, was pulled over for their first touchdown of the year. Kenney missed an easy goal. )n an end run by Jones, and some con- sistent line bucking. Somerville advanced the ball to Andover’s onc-vard line. Here an Andover man punched the ball from Graham’s grasp. 'Fhe ref- eree had no eves for such things, and it was An- dover’s ball on their five-yard line. They punted out of danger. For the rest of the half the ball was kept in the middle of the field. Score for first half: Andover. 5 : Somerville. 0. In the second half both sides kicked frequently. On every exchange of punts Jones gained yards on his opponent. With one minute to play. Jones made a fair catch, and Story attempted a goal from

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 19 1902. Miss Black tells us that Aeneas’ sailors rolled round on their heads.” They probably were out for the team.” Russ lacks the chief requisite of a football player — hair. Mr. Abbott says “Thank you” to every person who gives a good recitation. Give us .Vs. Mr. Ab- bott. and we'll do the same for you. A red ribbon badge marked S. C. 1 . S., ’02, is the symbol of a new full-fledged mysterious so- ciety. composed of Seniors. The society is organ- ized for a good cause, and the frequent heated dis- cussions show that they have more in them than ordinary knowledge. At last 1902 has downed 1903 in basket ball. 15 to Keep it up, girls. Mason thinks that brevity is the soul of an English quotation. 11 is teacher has another think. however. Phillips will become a student teacher in chem- i. try next year. Look out for Phillips' and Earle’s Manual.” Shcdd surely has ragtime on the brain. YY henever he studies very hard, his feet move in- voluntarily. Notes for the Radiator will always be in order. The editor will be found somewhere between the lunch counter and Room 29 at any time in the da . 1903. Class officers: President, Brooks Crosby: vice- president. Edwin Philbrick; secretary and treas- urer, Herbert Currier; editor. Scott Neely. He has been very low,” said the doctor, but he will pull through. Pull' Pull!” echoed the Junior. It seems my very existence depends upon a pull. The first class in chemistry have found various ways of spelling oxide.” Some of them are: Ox-hide. Ox-eyed,” and “Ox-id. L.ittle lines of Latin. Little lines to scan. Make a mighty Virgil, And a crazy man. We are the largest Junior class that ever entered this school. Let us keep this good record to the end. Master Me.— Mav I go to mv room and get my block?” Teacher.— You won’t need your block (?) this period. Senior (ten vears hence).— Yes, sir, our school has turned out some great men.” Junior.— I suppose you are one of them? Senior.—“Well, the school didn’t turn me out ex- actly. but I was turned out of school. We are sorrv to hear that our classmate and edi- tor. Scott Xeelv. has left school. 1904. Now that the most of our class sits on the third floor, the school ought to have an elevator. Blackwell. Allen, and Russell are making a good showing this vear at football. Teacher.— We are now on the road to knowl- edge.” Pupil.—“Will you please tell me where Easy street is?” 1905. High School at last! Only Freshmen, to be sure. but. remember, upper classmen, you were there once. No one can deny that we have the most pleasant rooms in the building, for the first floor seems to be the favorite resort of the other classes. As usual, the Freshmen class is the finest yet en- tered. surpassing all previous records in numbers. A recent High School graduate had been ini- tiated into the same college fraternity of which his father was a member, and replied thus to a frater- nal letter urging him to refrain from college pranks: Dear Brother: Don't worry.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 21 a place kick. It failed by two feet. Jones, Graham. Dickinson, and Story excelled for Somer- ville. and Taylor was Andover’s star. The line-up:— SC) M ER VILLE. A N DOVER. Dickinson, Burton, l.e..............r.e., Watkins Graham, l.t......................r.t., Frye, Smith Richardson, l.g..........r.g.. Thompson. Kenney Merrifield, c.........................c., Dutcher Philbrick, r.g...........l.g., Kenney, Thompson Allen, r.t............................l.t., Davis Blackwell, Hafford, r.e...............l.e., Cates Story, q.b..........................q.b., Sumner Jones, l.h............................l.h., Taylor Shepard, r.h..................r.h.. Leavenworth Underhill, f.b....................f.b., MacDugan Umpire—Almeida. Referee—Stearns. Time- keepers—Chase and Nichols. Time—lOmin. halves. Linesmen—Grant and McCoy. Total score—Andover, 5; Somerville, 0. Somerville, 6; Medford, 0. Somerville lined up against Medford on Tufts ova! Saturday. October o. Graham won the toss tor Somerville, and gave Medford the ball. Med- ford kicked to Somerville, and the ball was downed on Somerville's twenty-five-vard line. Jones kicked to Medford's forty-yard line. After a series of plays in centre field, Somerville gave the ball to Jones for a magnificent run of seventy-five yards to Medford's one-yard line, where time was called for first half. No score. In the second half the ball was in Medford’s ter- ritory most of the time. About three minutes after the half began. Somerville once more reached Med- ford’s onc-vard line. She was prevented from scor- ing then by the imagination of the umpire. It had been playing him tricks all through the game, and now it made him believe he saw an offside play when no one else on the field could see it. The ball was taken back to Medford’s ten-yard line. After a few rushes. Underhill was thrown over for a touchdown. Story kicked the goal. In the last minute of plav Medford tried a drop kick for goal, which failed by several feet. Total score: Somer- ville, »: Medford, 0. Somerville played fast foot- ball. and. except for her fumbling, has improved greatlv since the Malden game. Jones. Graham. Underbill, and McCoy excelled for Somerville, while Brown put up the best game for Medford. The line-up:— SOMERVILLE. M EDFOR D. Blackwell, l.e...............................r.e.. Begien Graham (Capt.), l.t...........r.t.. Brown (Capt.) Richardson, l.g.........................r.g.. Brvan Merrifield. c...................................c.. Dutton Allen, r.g............................l.g., Loomis McCoy r.t....................................l.t., Gifford Dickinson, r.e...............................l.e., Papkcc Story, q.b.........................q.b., St. Dennis Jones, l.h.b............................r.h.b.. Coe Bean, r.h.b................................l.h.b.. Smith Underhill, f.b..........................f.b.. Cram Score—Somerville, G; Medford, 0. Touchdown —Underhill. Goal from touchdown—Story. Ref- eree—Frank Story. Umpire—R. St. Dennis. Linesmen—Brown. Medford ; Harts, Somerville. Timers—Riley and Crow-ell. Time—lomin. halves. Basket Ball. The first basket ball game of the year was played Wednesday. October 2, between last year’s teams of girls of the Junior and Sophomore classes. The contest was held to raise funds for the Basket Ball Association. The Seniors outplayed the Juniors, and won by a good margin. Miss Crocker excelled for the Seniors, and Miss Paon for the Juniors. The summary:— SENIOR. JUNIOR. Ruby White, l.e...........s.c., Alice Stodder Ida Stodder, h............h., Elizabeth Grady Bessie Crocker, h.............h., Louise Paon Helen Frye, h. Florence Bemis, sc......s.c., Blanche Holman Elizabeth Landers, s.c....s.c.. Mabel Duddy Iva Grant, g................g., Beatrice Frazer Ruby Harrison, g..............g., Alice Darling Eva Sanborn, g. Score—Seniors, 15; Juniors, 6. Free goals- Miss Grady, 2; Miss Crocker, 3. Goals from scrimmage—Miss Paon, 1: Miss Stodder. 3: Miss Crocker, 3; Miss Grady, 1. Referee—Miss White. Time—lomin. halves. Sporting Notes. W. D. Eaton, of last year’s victorious relay team, has won honor for himself and the Quindonian Club by his magnificent performances at Buffalo on Sep- tember 5 and 6. He ran the sixty-yard dash in six and two-fifths seconds, defeating Hargrave, the man who recently won the 100 in the dual games with the English athletes, and Westney. Pennsyl- vania’s crack. The 110-yard was won by him in eleven and two-fifths seconds, against a very stiff wind. Great credit is due Mr. Samson, who has trained the school track team for several years, and to the Quindonian Club, by whose efforts Eaton was enabled to make the trip for his fine exhibition. At the annual meeting of the S. H. and L. A. A., held Wednesday, September 18, the following offi- cers were elected: President, Percy Underhill, E.. '02; vice-president, Joe Story, L., ’02; secretary. I). B. Marshall, L., ’03; treasurer, H. L. Jones; faculty graduate members, executive committee. Bennett, L., ’01, Stone, E., ’98; faculty members, executive committee, G. M. Ilosmcr, Latin school. Mr. Sears. English school; manager baseball. Fred Smith, E., ’02; assistant manager, F. H. Baldwin, L.. ’03; manager track team. Guy Moses, L., 02; assistant manager track team, Philbrick. E., ’03. “Chet Whitaker, last year’s right tackle, distin- guished himself in the Amherst Agricultural-IIolv Cross game Saturday. September 28. The former eleven, of which Whitaker is right halfback, won by