Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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28 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR jFootball tLeam For the last month Coach Mahoney has had the football candidates hard at work at City field even- week-day afternoon. The largest number of play- ers never came over forty, and usually was nearer thirty, so that no cut has been made. Quite a number of the squad are football men of last fall, and the result should be a good eleven. Captain Garland, Doane, Dardis. Parks. Pitman, aim Cohen, all “S men, are back, and also York and Merrill. This year George or Pitman will play quarter- back. Garland, Dardis, Ellis, and Page will be the halfbacks, while Doane. Leland, and Bradley are working out as fullbacks. Parks will play one end. and Pitman or Townsend the other. Hop- kins. a promising end. had his cheek bone frac- tured in a scrimmage, and was obliged to give up football. Dutclle and Heffcrnan also are show- ing up well i:i this position. York, Dearborn. Wiley, Brodil, Merrill. Palmer, and Kitchen will fill up the tackle and guard positions. Cohen and Anderson are the contestants for centre. This number of the Radiator will go to press too early to permit of accurately picking a first team. The schedule has been arranged by Manager Whittaker, and is made up of twelve games. All but two games, those at Newton and Malden, will be played at Somerville. The dates are as fol- lows :— October 7—Cambridge Latin at City field. October 1 'Z—Brockton High at new athletic field. (Dedication of field). October H—M. I. T.. T 1. at new athletic field. October 18—Boston English at new field. October 21—Waltham High at new field. October 'Ll—Newton High at Newton. October 2S—Dorchester High at new field. ‘November 1—Malden High at Malden. November 11—Medford High at new field. November 18—Everett High at new field. November 25—Melrose High at new field. November 30—Rindgc Technical at new field. •Suburban League games. ----------•• -------------- Mr. Tones IResions Bv the withdrawal of Mr. Jones from the posi- tion of treasurer of the High School Athletic As- sociation. Somerville lost an earnest and sincere worker for the good of high school athletics. Mr. Jones has held this position for many years, and the financial success of Somerville teams has been largely due to his careful administration of the athletic funds. Mr. Jones has always been con- scientious in the performance of his duties, al- though he has sometimes been criticised unjustly by people wlvo held ideas and opinions different from himself. He would not have given up the treasurership except that the added work in his new position as supervisor of manual arts de- manded more of his time. The Radiator wishes him the best success in his new position. KKgyaE KKjitXMHKSg Somerville EErims Cambridge TLatin, 12 to 3 On October 7 Somerville High won the first game of the season from Cambridge Latin by the score of 12 to 3. The game was played on City field, which was very wet and muddy from recent rains. This condition of the field caused much slipping, and end runs were almost impossible. Somerville’s new line showed signs of weakness during the first two periods, and the Cambridge backs readily broke through for gains. But in the second half affairs changed, and the Red and Blue line men held hard, often forcing their oppo- nents to kick. The Somerville backfield showed up well. Garland pulled off some end runs, ijoane hit the line for steady gains, and Dardis played a fast all-round game. Pitman and Parks changed places in the third period; both ran the team well. Cohen and York put up a good game in the line. For Cambridge Kimbcr did well, his drop kick from the thirty-yard line being worthy of mention.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 27 Ube Hvramicmcnts of the Hcw BtbUtic jficlb The decision of Mayor Burns to allow the new athletic field to be enclosed and admission charged to high school games came as a great relief to those who were worried as to the future of Somerville High athletics. The arrangements of the new field will now be the same as those for Broadway field in past years. This decision of the mayor was gained only by the earnest efforts of Mr. Avery and of the High School Athletic Association, which represented the wishes of all students of the school. Z k jfootball Coacb As is well known to everyone interested in the High School football team, the coach for 191.1 is Stephen H. Mahoney. Mahoney is a graduate of the Somerville Latin School, and is well known throughout the city. While at High School he played on the baseball nine for several years, and also played prominently on the football team of 1907. After graduating from the Latin School Mahoney entered Holy Cross, where he had no difficultv in making good in athletics. In 1909 he was at Boston College, and last year coached the ALKWIFE BROOK ATilLKTIC FIELD. Boston College High football team in a very suc- cessful season. He was always interested in Somerville High athletics, and after Coach White left the High School football squad without a leader in the final week of last November, Mahoney took charge, and in a few days brought the demoralized team into condition to give Rindge one of the hardest contests of the season. He also assisted Coach Dickinson in 1909. This year, with a large number of veteran play- ers back, Mahoney should be able to turn out «a successful eleven.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 29 In the second half he was hurt and taken out. Green also was hurt, sustaining a bad gash on his forehead. Adams was disqualified for rough playing in the fourth period, and the resulting penalty put Somerville within easy scoring dis- tance. Roth teams used a large number of sub- stitutes throughout the game. Cambridge Latin was the first to tally. In the first period, after a series of rushes had brought the ball to Somerville’s thirty-yard line, K imber dropped the ball over the crossbar for the Can- tabs' only score. Somerville’s first touchdown came in the third quarter. .Parks kicked off to Cambridge, and the ball was run back twelve yards. Cambridge was unable to gain, and lost the ball on downs on their twenty-five-vard line. Garland went through for two yards. Doane gained, and Cambridge was penalized five yards for offside play. Pitman at- tempted to circle the end, but slipped and was downed for a loss. Doane hit the line for a five- yard gain. Pitman tried a forward pass, but again slipped and threw the ball as he fell. Cam- bridge secured it on her three-yard line. A cen- tre rush failed to gain, and on the next play Cowan kicked into the line. Somerville recovering the ball. Doane then rushed the ball across the line. After a punt-out Parks kicked an easy goal. Somerville scored again in the final quarter. The period opened with Cambridge in possession of the ball on their own four-yard line. They were unable to advance the ball by rushing, and punted to Garland, who ran back fifteen yards be- fore being downed. Here Adams was sent out for illegal use of hands, and the distance to the Cambridge goal was halved as the penalty. Gar- land then carried the ball around left end for the second touchdown, and Parks kicked the goal. The line-up:— SOM E R VILLE. CA M R RIDGE L ATI N. Townsend, Heffernan, l.e., r.e.. Green, Jones, Finnegan, Harlough York, l.t................r.t., Harrington, Wells Palmer. Kitchen, l.g........................r.g., Cowatt Cohen, c......................................e.. Stevens Dearborn, Anderson. A. Merrill, r.g.. l.g., Adams, Harrington C. Merrill, r.t................l.t., Coleman Parks. Pitman, r.e..........l.e., Norris, Tuttle Pitman, Parks, q.b...................q.b., Dec Dardis, Ellis, l.h.b..........r.h.b., O'Connor Garland, r.h.b.. .l.h.b., Rradlcy, Scranton, Rradlev Doane. Leland, f.b.. f.b.. K imber. Scranton, K imber Score—Somerville, 12; Cambridge Latin, 3.. Touchdowns—Doane, Garland. Goals from touch- downs—Parks (2). Goal from field—Kimber. Referee—Gilbert. Umpire—Hannigan. Head linesman—Dewey. Linesmen—Dickson and Reece. Field judge—Rice. Time—Alternate ten and eight-minute periods. Events of Spring anfc Summer, 1011 The Somerville High baseball team of 1011 was without doubt one of the fastest nines that has represented the school in recent years. Out of twenty games played thirteen were victories and seven were defeats, the team ending the season with a total percentage of .583. We print the Suburban League percentages below:— Per Won. Lost. Cent. Medford 8 3 .727 Melrose 7 4 .63( Somerville 7 5 .583 Everett 4 8 .333 Malden 3 1) .250 •Tie game not counted. In the last week of the school year of 1011 John Norton was elected captain of the 1012 baseball team. Norton is easily the best shortstop in the Suburban League, and was the unanimous choice for that position on the All-Interscholastic teams, picked by various newspapers. His brilliant all- round playing was largely responsible for the good showing made by the baseball team of last spring. Sweaters and “S's” have been awarded to thir- teen members and the manager of the 1011 base- ball team. The following are the names: W il- liams. Norton, Fallis, Parks, Whittaker. Knox, Laurie, Holmes, Townsend. Mitchell, Dickson, Donahue, O’Donoghue, and Coogan. A new feature of the last baseball season was the gift of two silver cups from Senator Rlanchard to players on the High School nine. The first cup, known as the Raxter cup. was awarded to the Somerville player with the highest batting aver- age in Suburban League games. Mitchell was the winner of this prize. His average was .353.