South High School - Index Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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TEAM FOOTBALL

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BASKET BALL TEAM The season of 1907-8 has been one of the most successful that the South High Basket Ball Team ever had. Manager Marble did himself credit in making out the schedule, securing games with a number of fast teams, some of which would have done credit to a college. Such teams as Leicester Academy, Webster H. S., Silent Five of Gardner, Leicester Alumnae, Westfield Y. M. C. A., Southbridge H. S., Nicols Academy, the B. S. Club of Worcester, Leominster H. S., W. P. I. 2nd, Crimson A. A., Wesleyan Academy, Classical H. S., and S. H. S. Alumnae, were to be found on the schedule. South High finished the season by making it the third that the team has not lost a game on its home floor, and by winning thirteen of the nineteen games played. Captain Dennis showed capitol judgement in picking out his men and placing them. He and McCullough made two of the best forwards that South High School has ever seen. As a center, McDermott was certainly a star, getting the top on every 'tcenter he met, while Marble and Dixon did splendid work as backs, holding all the opposing teams down to small scores. Withstandley and Holden did fine work for the team, acting as sub-forward and sub-back respectively. This year South High also had a second Basket Ball Team which was managed by Raymond Fletcher and captained by Holden. 79

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THE FGOTBALL TEAM The Football Team of 1907 passed a successful season, although it was discouraging in many ways. Coach Donnelly turned out a fine team at the beginning of the season, but owing to injuries, ineligibility, and disqualification, many of the best players were kept from the team which handicapped it greatly. Only five games were played, as the Wesleyan Academy, Brockton High, Dedham High, and Cushing Academy games were cancelled and the M. I. T. Freshmen failed to show up. The five games played were with St. Mark's Academy, Pomfret Academy, Rindge Manual Training, Springfield High and Kalumet Boat Club. South High showed up well in the number of players, ten of the seventeen playing in at least one game coming from our school. Marble, Dennis, Hanley, Steele, MacLaren and Callahan being on the first team at the beginning of the season, and Andrews, Warren, Holden, and Quinn playing later. Capt. Butler, Manager Burns, Nylen, Melican, DeMa1'co and Keegan came from Classical and DlEwart from English. Although the interest in football seems to be dying out in High School, nevertheless we have material for a good team, and we all sincerely wish Capt. Dennis a successful year. 81