Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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26 STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK CROSS COUNTRY First Row: A. Morton, G. Bower, C. Morrell, E. Farrell, G. Holden, R. Dodge. Second Row: Coach Davis, S. MacNeil, R. Stetson, H. Varney, S. Merrifleld, .1 Dewhurst. CROSS COUNTRY TEAM Setting an example which the hockey team and the football squad were glad to follow, the Stoneham hill and dalers, refusing to go through their season with all defeats, took Reading High School, both here and there, within a week to 24-40, and 25-37. The other runs were not so good, however, although the home harriers came very close to winning when they raced Wakefield, losing just 25 to 30. In the Beverly six-team meet, Bower, Dew- hurst, Dodge and Merrifleld, placed 23, 29, 30, and 32, respectively, which was very good be- cause of the great number of boys running. In the other meets, Stoneham lost to Woburn 20-38, 19-40; to Beverly 17-46; to Winchester 15-51; at the hands of Melrose, she suffered her worst defeat, 15-75. Boys who have run for Stoneham are : Morton, Farrell, Holden, Schumann, Bower, Dodge, Dew- hurst, Watkins, Merrifleld, Gardner, McNeill, Davies, Hanson, Blanchard, Patterson, Stetson, and Varney.

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STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK 25 RIDING CLUB First Row: S. Buckler, V. Barnes, M. Flukes, P. Ireland, G. Thomas, D. Jelley, S. Baxter. Second Row: A. Smith, R. Lawson, P. Jefferson, R. Kidder, B. Rogers, N. Downs, J. Bridgman. Third Row: Miss Dunning, L. Cameron, B. Leighton, M. Lister, J. McHale, E. Kirkpatrick. FOOTBALL Coaching a new team, green in experience and ability, was what “Doc” Gordon had to put up against in moulding a football team last fall, for the previous year’s team had been made up almost entirely of seniors. The team didn’t really start to click until they met their arch enemy and Turkey Day rivals, Reading. Then one ought to have heard the fans make up for lost time in the cheering section. Of course the score wasn’t very big, 2-0, but the game was much more one-sided than the score indicates. Seniors who are singing their swan song as far as school football is concerned are Captain Jimmie Huff, Bill Truesdale, Ray Johnson, Henry Ward, Joe Tole, Ed Bruce, Sam Vacca and Brad Leach. The season’s summary: Milton 13- Stcneham 0 Woburn 18 — Stoneham 0 Winchester 25 — Stoneham G Concord 33 — Stoneham 0 Lexington 19 — Stoneham 6 Punchard 54 — Stoneham 0 Maynard 13 — Stoneham 0 Stcneham 2 — Reading 0

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STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK 27 FIELD HOCKEY First Row: Blaisdell, Gardner, Kirkpatrick, Barnes, Bowser, Blinn, Piper Alley. Second Row: Kuhn, Mustone, Duff, Blaisdell, Brown, Robinson, Ringland, Corkum, Kelman, Chase. Third Row: Ireland, Janigan, Girard, Rogers, Landers, Flukes, Rubin, Mrs. Lawson. FIELD HOCKEY The field hockey squad, captained by Ruth Bowser, met its greatest rival, Melrose, in a scoreless tie in the first game of the season. The second was still more disappointing when the Stoneham girls were surprised by a Wilmington victory of 2-1. Under the guidance of two able coaches, Miss Ruth Finn and Mrs. Vera Lawson, the team finished the remainder of the season victoriously. The plucky eleven came through with the total of one defeat, one tie, and three victories. Under the excellent leadership of Captain-elect Margaret Girard, next year’s team should have an even more successful season. The season’s summary: Melrose 0 — Stoneham 0 Wilmington 2 — Stoneham 1 Stoneham 1 — Wakefield 0 Stoneham 1 —Medford 0 Stoneham 2 — Reading 0