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

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Eruimu nf the Iffaavliall 992151111 nf 1915 p 1-11 ,Lamp GI, , AST Spring, military drill occupied only two afternoons aiweek, and baseballiwas con- :gpekfyz , Ev-lgsyjgv' sequently able to take its place again as the principal activity of the Spring lerm. Six nun,-my mC111l1Cl'S of the 1917 team were on hand at the opening of the season, and it seemed as Er-:x.if fl' if a successful iteam' would be turned out. The pitching staff, however, was small and, with the u exception of Captain Smith, of rather inferior quality. The fielding also was somewhat ir- e V 1 ll 1-egular in a number of games and the team displayed an unfortunate inability to bunch their hits. P 4 St. Cweorge's was additionally handicapped in the early part of the season by the illness of Lap- 5 ' it tain Smith, who was unable to take part in the first five games. Newell, the best of the sub- , V. ,. stitute pitchers, was also taken ill shortly after the first game, thus further crippling the pitching . , '.,, ff- department. . x u , A.l'f'if I' ig' The season opened on April 17th with a defeat at the hands ofthe Providence Lunglish 4 ,fd 1... High School. The game was loosely played on both sides, but the visitors hunched their hits more effectively than the home team, and the final score was 11--8 in their favor. On Saturday, April 20th, St. George's again met with defeat in. a one-sided contest with ra! team fromuthe Naval Training Station, and on the following VVednesday the team won a game from Pl'0VlLlCllCC .l CChl1lC21l High SCh00l li the score of I8-I . y On April 27th, 3St. George's was beaten in an uninteresting game with the Brown l l'CSl'lmCH3 but 'The following YVednesday witnessed one of the most interesting contests of the season. The visitors were Hope St. High, and they played excellent ball. The home team also played well and the game was close throughout. Hope St. High finally won b the score of S to 6. Y On Wednesday, May Sth, the team was beatengfor the second time by the Naval Training Station. This game, however, was much more interesting than the first. Billy Bull of the Reserves pitched for St. George's, and Mr. Nevins plllayed third base. The game was-well played and closely contested, and the somewhat large score of IO to 8 was due c iefl to ood hittin f and 110t to errors. yThgnext two igiames were poorly played and uninteresting to watch. ln the first one the team was defeated by the Boston High School of Commerce, and the second, a contest with Roxbury Latin proved a walk-over for St. George's in spite of their man errors. On Saturdaiy, May 25fl'l,i the team journeyed to Milton Academy and was defeated by the score of 7.tQ I. Cap- tain Smith pitched a very good game for St. George's, but failed to receive proper support from the shaky infield. The lhlilgon cpitchers on the other hand, while twii-ling no better than Smith, received errorless support from his infield and t e 't. ieorge s men were unable to score more than once. The game with Middlesex, on Saturday, June Ist, was the most exciting contest which has taken place at St. George's School for many years. The game'was absorbing from start to finish and the suspense did not slacken a moment until the last play had been made. After a few errors in the first inning the team speedily settled down to busi- ness, and gave errorless support to Captain Smith, who was pitching very effectively. Among the many thrilling fea- tures ofthe afternoon was Bushls home run in the fifth inning, which brought in four runs for St. Georges Middlesex finally won the game by a ninth inning rally in which they made five runs. The, final score was Il 'to IO in their favor. With the exception of the first inning the team played remarkably well and the defeat was due entirely to the lack of a good substitute pitcher to take Captain Smith's place in the ninth inning. il. J. P. Y 79

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