Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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The football season is here. The team, led by Cap. Treat, is backed by last season’s steady play- ers. Stevens. Paasche, Jack Reardon and Patten. Although the lack of candidates was disappoint- ing to Coach O’Donnell, still a remarkable team has been formed. The epidemic was a slight set- back but the boys are now there with more pluck and pep than ever. This is the time the boys need your support; show them you are there strong and it will make them fight harder for the Red and Blue. All together now and back your team. Somerville, 34; Battery Wharf, 0 Somerville met its first opponent, October 20, at Somerville Field, when she vanquished a naval eleven from Battery Wharf by the score of 34 to 0. The plays were few in number, but were carried off with unusual snap. Dowd, playing full back, made several noticeable plays and Capt. Treat fitted well into his new position at tackle. Somerville’s first score was the result of a 35- yard end run by Dowd, followed by Donaldson going over in a straight line plunge. Somerville then kicked off, regained the ball on downs, and Tom Reardon romped over for the second score. The third score was a long run by Dowd for a touchdown. The fourth score was made possible by a 20-yard run by Patten and a forward pass to Cook. Tom Reardon then pushed the ball over. Dowd made the final touchdown after steady progress down the field. The lineup was con- stantly changed, but the opening positions were as follows: Somerville Nigh Battery Wharf Cook, Chase, le...................................re, Cronin Treat. It.........................................rt, Murphy McNamara, lg......................................rg, Labelle J. Reardon, c..........'................ c. Lavfne Stevens, rg..............................lg, Connolly Paasche. rt..............................It. Reardon Lynch. Downey, le.................................re. Cronin Donaldson, qb....................... qb. Rush. Gill Patten, lh...............................rh. Grinslea T. Reardon, rh...................... lh, Wall, Neal Dowd, fb..........................................fb. O’Day Score. Somerville 34; Battery Wharf. 0. Touchdowns, Donaldson, T. Reardon 2. Dowd 2. Goals from touch- downs, Treat 4. Umpire, Leary. Referee, Faziolli. Time, eight-minute periods. Somerville Masters Malden Somerville started its first league game by de- feating Dave Morey’s team IS to 0. Although the score would indicate that Malden was boldly out- classed, such was not the case. The game was fea- tured by hard, clean and interesting football from the kickoff to the whistle. Straight football was used for the most part by both teams, for end runs and forward passes met with little success. Both elevens tackled hard and low and seldom did a player get away Patten, Treat, Tom Rear- don. Paasche and Stevens played fine football for Somerville, while in Malden’s lineup Loud and Hopkins were much in evidence.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 21 Makem wun derwat cher thinking, Never letem getoo hopeful. Never sayther doing well, Makem wish they didn’t cum here, Makem wisliu were — at home. —Selected. IIow many of you intend to earn and give that $5 bill to the United War Work Campaign? We want to be the foremost class in this activity and set a good example to the two lower classes. We want no slackers in our class. Don’t forget the Debati ' Society. 1921 • Margaret No lax, Editor Earned your ?5 yet? Better get busy. He—“Do you think you rule the universe?” She—“No; but 1 rule the first letter in it.” Smart Child—“I know when the world will end and my teacher don’t.” “When? Who told you?” Smart Child—“Mother said it would end when children stopped asking questions that nobody could answer.” Emerson—“Teacher, can you get punished for things you don’t do?” Teacher—“No; why?” Emerson—“Well, I didn’t do any home work.” Instructor — “It would have been better to write ‘twelve hundred’ instead of ‘one thousand and two hundred’ in your theme.” M r-1—“But it would have been three words short—you said to have a hundred words.” Too bad that we can’t have four or five class presidents, editors, etc., to satisfy every one in our class. 1922 Freshmen: We are glad to welcome you to our school. You have the distinction of being the last freshman class in the school, and it is to be hoped that your career will be a memorable one- You arc now a part of the school and must share in all its duties and privileges. That which you gain from our course here will be according to your effort. You are now the Somerville High School and the school is judged by you. In be- half of the upper classmen and the Radiator staff, the editor welcomes you to the school. Note: Next month your class editors will have been appointed, and you will have a column of our own.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 23 Somerville High Cook. Downey, Kelleher, le.. Treat (Capt.). It.......... Pearce, McNamara, lg....... Reardon, c................. Stevens, rg................ Paasche. rt................ Chase. O’Donnell, Lynch, re. Donaldson, qb.............. Dowd, Avery, Ihb........... T. Reardon, rhb............ Patten, fb................. Malden II igh ...re, Krohn, Crawford .....rt, Nayor (Capt.) ....rg. Perry, Melnick ..............c, Budd lg, Plummer, Schwartz .........It, Hopkins ........ le, Glennon .....qb. Loud, Upham .......rhb, Deitchman ....Ihb, Locke, Knight ...fb, Welsh, Davenport Score. Somerville High, 18; Malden High, 0. Touch- downs. Patten. T. Reardon, Donaldson. Referee. Nor- man Bankart. Umpire, Dick Smith. Heal linesman, Guild. Time, 12-minute quarters. Medford, 10; Somerville, 0 Somerville lost her first game to Medford at the Fulton Street Grounds. The Medford eleven was possessed of plenty of confidence and aggressive- ness and with Gordon Mangles, the star of the game, practically upset Somerville eleven. Som- erville lacked confidence and made many fumbles and costly mistakes. The greater part of the game was played on Somerville’s territory. The Somerville line put up a good defense and checked Medford’s plays through the line. ' Dur- ing the second half a costly fumble by the Som- erville backfield was scooped up by Blair, who ran 45 yards for a touchdown. After this Med- ford resorted entirely to a kicking game. Begien, in the last quarter, dropped a pretty kick which just cleared Somerville’s cross bar. Capt. Treat played a sensational game, while Paasche was much in evidence. Medford High Blair, le............ McGoldrick, It....... Prior, lg............ Healy (Capt.), c..... Berry, rg............ Morrissey, rt........ Pearce, re........... Sanford, Galley, qb.... Jackson. Graves, Ihb, Mangles, rhb....:.... Norton, fb........... Somerville II igh ...re, Chase. Lynch, Ivelliher ....... rt. Stevens, Paasche ..........rg, Pierce, Stevens ...............c, J. Reardon ........lg, McNamara, Pierce .............. It, Treat Capt.) le. Cook. Downing, O’Connell ........qb. Patten, Donaldson ..............rhb, T. Reardon .................Ihb, Dowd ..........fb. Paasche. Patten Score. Medford High, 10; Somerville High, 0. Touch- down. Blair. Goal from touchdown. Morrissey. Goal from field. Begien. Referee, A. J. Woodlock. Umpire. Cannell. Schedule Nov. 2—Malden at Somerville. Nov. 9—Somerville at Medford. Nov. 1G—Cambridge Latin at Somerville. Nov. 23—Somerville at Everett. Nov. 28—Rindge at Somerville. Gridiron Notes Walter Johnston, class of 1920, has been elected assistant football manager by the Ath- letic Association. Football fans are sorry to learn that Somer- ville will not meet her old opponent, Waltham, this season. Sports have been discontinued in the Watch City. Somerville will beat Everett. Will Everett beat Medford? Let us hope so. Jokes in other books remind us, We may have some bad ones, too But if you don’t contribute. What can the editors do? —Exchange. Silently, one by one, In the notebooks of the teachers. Blossom the little zeros. The forget-me-nots of the seniors. —Exchange! Urchin (to another) — “What’s your dog’s name?” Second Urchin—“Spearmint,” Urchin—“Why do you call him that?” Second Urchin—“Because his tail’s wriggly.” Exchange: Latin Teacher — “The perfect subjunctive of sum, please.” Pupil (unprepared)—“Sim, sit, sis, simus, sitis, sint.” Teacher (dryly)—“I shall have to tell you to sit. sis.” First Senior—“Are you going to the dance?” Second Senior—“No; T expect to be out of town.” First Senior—“No one asked me, either.”—Ex change.