Unity High School - Monitor Yearbook (Unity, ME)

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First row, left to right: G. Shorey, C. Hillman, A. Danforth, li. Walker Second row: F. Tozier, M. Vickery, A. McCormick, K. McKeehnie, K. Tozier Third row: Mr. llirks, coach, G. Moody, H. Reynolds, l . Luce, VV. Rich, R. llillinan BASEBALL Baseball at Unity llipgh School got a very good start last fall when we won two games from l i4-edoin lay the scores of 18-8 and 14-bi. Our lrattery provexl to he a capable one in our two graines last fall, and each iniielder did well it his position. The outfield did well. too. The players are young and need more practice, hut when the hasehall season starts this spring' I know the team will he in the hest of condi- tion. At hatting' we need more practice, hut, on th-e whole, I think we have a very good hit- ting' team. The boys realize their hig chance ot' becoming champions has come, and with our new coach we are sure that next spring.-5's baseball season will he a successful one. --f-Walter Rich '45 Page Thirteen

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I Seated, left to right: Eleanor McCormick. W yona Barnes, Barbara Maxim Beyeilv Dean Standing, left to right: Marilyn Tozier, Besse Fletcher, Beverly He ild Miss lohn on Barbara Reynolds, Eva Brillard, Frances Bacon. Page Twelve SOFTBALL As soon as school began last fall, We were very anxious to play softball. With Miss John- son as our coach we practiced faithfully and had good results, as we won two games played with Freedom on October 5 and on October 16. This spring' we are looking forward to play- ing' more games.

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LITE A SURPRISE Excitement is running high, because today the big football game of the season is to take place betwe-en two deadly rivals, Swashbuckle High and Knee High. These two schools have been rivals ever since the Civil War when Knee High fought for the North and Swash- rbuckle fought for the South. Ealch town is rooting heartily for its own team, but Knee High has a slight advantage because the game is being played on its own field. Both teams have good players. Johnny Johnson of Knee High, having a bad sense of direction has scored more points for his op- ponents than he has for Knee High. Swash- 'buckl-e's best player, Piggy McGinty, has an average of a minus fifteen yards per kick. In a few minutes the game will beging the grandstand is filled and people are standing up. About one hundred and fifty people are there. The grandstand actually seats three hundred, but the townspeople in Knee are large and each person takes up two seats. Qlt would be easy for the Knee people to get time and a half in a warplant.J On the field the three-piece band of Knee High is playing discords to perfection On the side line Knee High'g mascot, a goat, is but- ting into other people's business, while Swash- lbuckle's jackrabbit is doing some fancy hops for the fans. Both teams are now czming on the field. Those red and green uniforms of Knee H'gh really glitter in the sun and contrast with the dull gray of Swashbuckle High. The teams captains. Johnson an-d McGinty, are conferring with the officials. The coin is tossed and there is a scramble. McGinty finds kick off. begin. Everyone football, it's a nearly twenty the penny and lhiis team will Now the game is ready to is tense. McGinty kicks the ibeautful kick which goes yards. Johnson receives the punt and starts up the field. He can really run and does the one hundred' yard ldash in thirty seconds flat. One of Swashbuckle's men hits Johnson, but it only spins h'm around. There is a great shout from the stands for Johnson is running the wrong way and goes over the goal line standing up, for a score for Swashbuckle. The try for the -extra point is blocked by one of Swaslrbuckle's own men and the score is six to zero in favor of Swashbuckle. Swashbuckle again kicks off, and this time Johnson takes the ball back to his own thirty Page Fourteen RARY yard line. James of Knee High receives the ball and does an end around around his own ,lend and is thrown for a ten yard loss. John- son then throws a pass that is complete to a Swashbuckle player, who immediately scores another touchdown. The kick for the extra point wobbles over the goal post and Swash- Ibuckle leads, thirteen to zero. The game see-saws back and forth, and at the end of the half, Swashbuckle leads fifty- four to forty-nine. What a game! The second half is much like the first, a com- bination of great and magnificent bone-head plays. It is the last period, and there are only a few seconds to play. Knee High has the ball. The score is tied, ninety to ninety. 'The crowd is in a frenzy and is ready to come on the field as soon as the game is over. P The ball is -down on Swashbu-ckle's ninete-en yard line. Knee High goes into a huddle , and then the players come back to the line of scrimmage and the play is ready to be re- sumed. The ball is given to the quarterback, who gives it to Johnson. Johnson starts run- ning, but he'seems to 'be lost and is going in the wrong direction. Everybody is stupefied. Johnson's teammates shout to him, but it is no use. Then tli big surprise comes. While only a few yards from his own goal line, Johnson turns and throws a long pass far' up the field to a teammate waiting to catch the ball. The play is such a surprise that none of Swash- buckle's p-layers realize what is happening un- til the Knee High player scores. The score is ninety-six to ninety in favor of Knee High and the air rifle goes off ending the game. For years the people of Knee will talk about that great play that won the game. Karl McKechnie, '46 SEEING A GHOST It was about time to close the little village store for the night. Polly, the storekeeper's daughter was in charge as her dad was away. The customers had finished. their trading and had gone home. The only people left were half a dozen young boys who were huddled around an older boy. What'sm cooking, Rusty? asked Polly, ad- dressing the oldest iboy. , The boy addressed ran his fingers through his red locks an-d looked up at her with mis- chief in his eyes, as he replied, Try a guess, Polly. Likely you're scheming something to take Charlie down a peg, she replied.