Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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13 THE DEBATER. THK VVAKKKIELD HIGH SCHOOL NINli. ATHLETIC NOTES. The Wakefield High School base ball team for 1907 has made a record which has been equalled by few teams in the state this year. Out of the 18 games already played we have won 17, having been beaten only once and that, by Winchester High whom we afterward easily defeated on their home grounds. Therefore, we have really not been beaten by any team. The team this year while not possess- ing as many individual stars as some of the past teams have had, is made up of nine ball players and not three or four good men with the balance worse than useless. Every man has fielded his po- sition well, and all have contributed their share of hits and runs. Time and again the team has pulled out a hard- earned victory, over older and more ex- ' perienced teams by all playing together and supporting each other. The team has been finely managed by Lester Harte who made up a .schedule which has been very satisfactory to all. Among the games, are two quite long trips, one to Derry, N. H., and one to Gloucester. The trip to Derry has al- ready been made and as seen by the list of victories we had an easy win. This trip was much enjoyed by all the team and we were treated very courte- ousl} ' by the Pinkerton Academy boys. They showed that they knew how to treat a visiting team even though it had beaten them. The trip to Glou-

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THE DEBATER. 12 question to answer. While we are glad to feel that all our work is over for the year, that we have no more to worry to find material to fill its pages or to pub- lish it on the regular date, still our work has in many ways been a pleasure to us and we can say that, after all, it was worth while. We have done our best to edit a paper that would fairly represent the ability of the school and we hope we have succeeded, at least, in some meas- ure. The school undoubtedly has good literary talent, and the chief difficulty the editors of The Debater must wres- tle with is to discover just where it lies and bring it to notice. As a final word we wish to thank all who in any way have contributed to our support, — the teachers who furnished us with literary matter, the debating socie- ties whose gifts ena])led us to start the paper unencumbered by any burden- some debt, our advertisers by whose generosity alone we are enabled to run the paper, all our subscribers ; and we hope that next year The Debater will receive the full support and considera- tion from the meml)ers of the school that it should receive. If it does there can be no question as to its success. assistant editors and the advertising manager with his assistants is due spe- cial thanks. The assistant editors have shared equally with the editor-in-chief the work of securing material and com- posing the paper, and the advertising manager, overcoming many ' difficulties, has succeeded in bringing the financial side of The Debater to a successful end. May the future editors of The Debater have no more cause for com- plaint than there has been this year. Wakefield high school should be, and is, proud of her base ball team. Vic- tory after victory has gone down in the score book with clock-like regularity, man} ' of them won from schools larger and more important than Wakefield high. But the games we look at with the most pleasure are those in which the desperate rally in the final inning has changed defeat into victory. Let the good work go on when we are done playing base ball. Fight it out to the end. Never sav die. The editor wishes to thank person- ally the associate members of The Debater staff. Never has it been his good for- tune to work with a body more congenial, earnest, and hard working. Every member of the staff has done his or her work faith- fully and well, and what- ever success the paper has obtained is due equallyto everyone of them. To the We hope we have not tired our readers this year witli the length of our edito- rial column. In every issue we have extended it to two pages, and through it the editorial staff has expressed its opinion on all school su])jects. If it has been uninteresting we are sorry, but many of tlie papers con- tained so much lev- ity in some of the articles that we were fain to bal- ance matters by the editorial col- innn.

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THE DEBATER. H cester will undoubtedly be made by rail, as Mr. Harte does not care to risk the chance of arriving there with nine very seasick men as he did the last time we played there. Local enthusiasm over our team is nearly as great as is manifested for the Waketields which shows that the base ball public appreciate the fact that we are representing the town with a first- class ball team. Another team next year, as good as this year ' s, which seems very probable, wi ll put us back among the top-notch base ball schools of the state, where we were several years ago. It is to be re- gretted that we could not enter the Surburban League this year, as we would have won it easily having twice defeated Melrose the leader of the league. Our victory over Dorchester is one which we may well be proud of, as they are considered one of the fastest high school teams in the state, and have de- feated many taf the best teams in and around Boston. There is no doubt but that this year Wakefield High has had the best all- round team itever put on the diamond. Many of our hardest games have been won at the last moment by a grand bat- ting rally. This faculty of not giving up until the last man is out has won many of our victories for us and has excited much favorable comment from the base ball fans of the town, as being one of the re- quisites of a first-class team. Wakefield High seems to be about the only team which has made a good record this spring, that has not claimed the championship of the state. But, while we have not laid any claim to this uncertain title there is no doubt but that we can hold our own with any team in the state. As we have some very good material in the three lower classes the outlook for having a first class team next year is very bright The only players who will leave are Buxton, Simonds, Coombs and Lowe, and while they will be greatly missed there is no reason why their places can- not be filled. As before stated we have played i8 of our schedule of 25 games and at least three of the remaining 5 are expected to be easy victories. If the team wins all the remaining games they will have established a re- cord which has never before been equaled by a Wakefied team or any high school team in this vicinity. Following are the games as played and the results. April 6. Wakefield, 16 ; Danvers, o. April 19. Wakefield, 5 ; Woburn, 3. April 20. Wakefield, 26; Roxbury, 17. April 25. Wakefield, 17; Stoneliam, r. April 27. Wakefield, 5 ; Reading, 4. May I. Wakefield, i; Woburn, o. May 3. Wakefield, 6; Boston College Prep., o. May 7. Winchester, 5 ; Wakefield, 4. May 10. Wakefield, lo; Reading, 2. May 14. Wakefield, 12; Cambridge Ivatin, 6. May 17. Wakefield, 5 ; Melrose, i. May 22. Wakefield, 2; Dorcliester, I. May 25. Wakefield, 4; Winchester, 2. May 30. Wakefield, 6; Lowell,:. June I. Wakefield, 12; Pinkerton Academy, i. June 4. Wakefield, 4. Boston, Eng., 3. June 6. Wakefield, 8; Melrose, 4. June 8. Wakefield, 6 ; Swampscott, 8. The team this year has had the hearty support of both the boys and girls of tlie school and the mcml)ers of the team wish to thank them through these columns. The last three or four games have