St Georges High School - Lance Yearbook (Middletown, RI)

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Haut Emu Hearn in Athleiira THLETICS have been steadily progressing during the past two years at St. George's. The football 5 :ig A team of 1910 can hardly be termed a success. Of the seven games played, two were victories, !l 1 two were ties, and the remaining three, defeats. Among theselast were the Milton and Middlesex L 5 Mg--,N games, which were lost by the scores of 15-o and I2-3 respectively. Save in the Roxbury Latin ii r'?'1 game, which was won by the score of I7-O, the team showed little or no aggressive power. During ' -' 5 -4 the season it showed no evidence of having improved. In the Milton game it was clearly outplayed and seemed to be in the throes of a severe slump. By the time of the Middlesex gallle it had par- tially recovered from this and held its opponents in check for two periods, at the same time scoring a field goal, however, in the third period our rivals scored two touchdowns in quick succession and St. George's had lost the game. In the Club series of this fall, Sachuest had distinctly the better team and gained a substantial lead for the cham- pionship. After the football season was over, soccer football was played and it proved a greater success than usual, as some organized coaching was obtained. During the winter term Mr. McLean turned out the most successful basket ball team in the history of the school. Unfortunately, its schedule was marred by illness, but in spite of this the team succeeded in showing excellent form and winning a greater part of its games. The hockey team managed to obtain more practice than usual owing to an extremely early winter, developing quite a good deal of speed. However, it was defeated by Milton in the one important game of its schedule, the score being 3-o. ln baseball, the team turned out was undoubtedly the best we have ever had. Of the thirteen games played ten proved to be victories. At the beginning of the season the team was without a pitcher, but Capt. Swain stepped into the breach and, though his regular position was short stop, he proved to be one of the best pitchers St. George's has ever seen. Not only did he pitch his team to eight victories, but he also won several of these by his timely and powerful batting. He broke up many games by his hitting, making no less than 20 hits in 42 times at bat, among these being three home-runs and two three-base hits. He was ably supported by the rest of the team. Some of the players devel- oped marked hitting ability towards the end of the season. The most exciting game of the season was played on May 82

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9th, with Milton on St. George's ground. Tl1e home team came to the bat in the ni11tl1 inning with the score seven to two against them. With two on bases and one out, Swain made the longest hit ever seen on the home field, and three men scored for St. George's. The Milton pitcher was unnerved and four hits in succession followed, winning the game by the score of 8 to 7. The team had its annual slump in the Harvard Freshman game and was defeated I5-3, but by the time of tl1e Middlesex game it reached the highest perfection. This contest proved to be a pitchers' battle in which Swain won out, and the team ended its brilliant season by bringing back from Concord a three to one victory over its rival. The tennis team gained its second victory over Middlesex, winning by the score of 3 to 2. In the Club baseball games, Sachuest won rather easily, and also in boating Sachuest had the superior crew, In spite of Sakonnet's easy victory in tennis, Sachuest won the championship by a wide margin. At the beginning of the fall of 1911, the prospects for a successful football team were far fro111 bright, all but three members of the last year's team having graduated. Early in the season, however, tl1e team developed unexpected ability. After the first game, which resulted in a tie, it won five victories in succession only to be defeated in the final game by Middlesex. The score, 18-5, does not indicate in any way how hard-fought the game was, our rivals scoring two of their touchdowns on long runs. The greater part of the game was even, St. George's having, perhaps, a slight advantage. This defeat was somewhat offset by the splendid victory that the team gained over Milton, the first time we have ever defeated this school in football. At the time of this contest the team played its best football, combining a strong defence with a powerful and fast attack. In spite of the final defeat, the season may be termed a success, and in addition to this the outlook for next year is most promising. The club games ended in favor of Sachuest, who thereby gained quite a lead towards the championship. Soccer-football was played after the footballseason, and also a game known as tag-football, which proved some- what more popular than the former. It is a mixture of football and basketball and is very adaptable for this season of the year. The hockey team lacked experience but played fairly well and developed some promising materialfor future years. The only important game of the season, played with Hope Street High, was a defeat, but in spite of this the team showed up moderately well. In basketball the team also lacked experience and played in an erratic fashion. It showed a marked tendency to slow up towards the end of the game. In fact, several games were lost in the second half after a seemingly safe lead had been obtained in the first. Of the nine games played only three were won, the rest being for the most part lost by close scores. As few fellows on the squad graduate this year, a better team may be hoped for in the future. 83