Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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THE W. H. S. DEI5ATER PA(iE TinirrEEN 1 I I TRACK T ' HE prospect for a good track team this sprinjj. was very bright. For the first time iu the history of the scliool we could turn out a team cai)able of doing- creditable work in competi- tion with other high schools of (Greater Boston. jack Gordon, with a faithful few, and without any encouragement from the student body, training- faith- fully without any coaching, made the start that enables us to have a team this year. Inspired by their success, Captain Joseph Duggan started a cross-country team last fall. A dozen boys reported and from these a fine team was picked. Runs were arranged with Peaboily, Stoneham, and Woburn. The team finished second in the Mystic League, and fifth at the meet hehl under the auspices of Worcester Academy. Captain Joseph Duggan, George (4ood vin, and Charles Kirk were our most cousistent runners, and for their faithfulness and good work they were rewarded with W ' s . (4eorge Goodwin finished first iu every run, except at Worcester where he finisheil third. He broke the rec- ord of the Mystic League by two minutes. Much of the success of the team is due to ] [anag:er Millard Thresher. As a result of the fine showing-, interest in track work ran high and when Captain Duggan called out the candidates for the indoor relay team, about thirty fellows responded. Maiden High School offered us the use of its outdoor track for any afternoon in the week after four o ' clock. Later in the season Captain Connelly of Co. A allowed us to practice evenings in the Armory with the Co. A track team. We are very grateful to the INIalden High

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PAGE TWELVE THE W. H. S. DEBATER HONOR PARTS Valedictorian GLADYS VVATKINS Salutatoriaii BARBARA RANDALL IIoiioi- I ' ait TIIEL.M A IJKIIXiE

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VM,K FOriri ' KKX THE W. II. S. DEBATEll and to Captaiu Connelly for niakintj ' it possible for us to have an indoor traek team. Time trials were hek) eacli week for the relay team. Captaiu Duitfyau, Paul K. Guillow, Harold Moucrief, and Wilfred Moncrief made the team as regulars and Earl Gliddeu and Robert Philbrook as substitutes. This team ran iu the B. A. A. Irish-Americau and at the Armory. At both games Wakefield came iu third and at the Armory meet they beat Stoueham High. On February 19, the track team held an athletic meet in the State Armory. The main features of this meet were the relay races between Huntington School, Maiden, Stoneham, and Wakefield, and Co. K and Co. A. rhis meet was a big success. The proceeds en- abled a track coach to be hired for the spring. The work is not, however, without its drawbacks. The school session, which lasts from eight o ' clock in the morning until four-thirty iu the afternoon, makes practice in regular squads almost impossible, except in the evening. The absence of any playgrounds or proper field for track comi)etitiou is also discouraging. Lack of fuuds is also another drawback. Despite all this, the men under Captaiu Duggau are training faith- fully) and will be ready to give an account of them- selves when the opportunity is offered. Meets with Peabody, Melrose, and Hindge Technical schools have been arranged, and teams representing the Wakefield High School will be sent to the games at Peabody, Arlington, Harvard, and Worcester. The fellows out for track are Captaiu Duggan, H. and W. Moucrief, Maxwell, Barry, Eaton, (tuIIIow, Gliddeu, Dignan, Drugan, Winslow, Sexton, Philbrook, Coakley, Dillaway, C. and J. Kirk, Zwicker, Goodwin, and Collinsou. Paul K. Guillow, 1915. INDOOR TRACK V EET OUTDOOR TRACK ueeT THROUGH the efforts of Faculty Manager , John Sawyer, Student Manager 31ilhird @@a Thresher, and the track squad, a very suc- cessful Athletic Meet was held at the State Armory, Friday evening, February 19. As additional features, the relay teams of Huntington School, Maiden High, Stoneham High, Co. A, and Co. K, were invited to comijete. A military drill, led by Major Ralph lielmore, opened the program. The cadets gave a fine account of themselves and were well received by the crowd. The greatest surprise of the evening was the victory of Maiden High over the Huntington ScIkjoI in llie relay. Wakefield High had little trouble iu defeating Stone- ham High, beating them by half a la]). w AKEFIELD High opened itt i outdoor track season Th defeating ursday afternoon, Peabody High, April 29, by WM 44-28, on the park. Score : Wakefield Peabody 100 vds. 3 i 2-20 yds. 3 6 880 yds. 6 3 Mile 8 1 Pole vault 5 4 Running broad 4 5 Running high 6 3 Shot put 9 Totals 44 28 Paul K. Guillow, 1915. M neiRose ueeT ELROSE defeated WakefieM in a dual track meet, 45 to 27, at Melrose, May Itj. Wakefield faile l to land a point in the 100 yd. shot put or broad jump. The score : Me Irose W akefield 100 yds. 9 220 vds. 6 3 Half-mile 1 (S Mile 3 (J Pole-vault 2 7 Shot-put 9 Broad-jump 9 High-jumi) 6 3 Total. C.VPTAIN Fred Reid called out the baseball candidates the last week in March. About a thirty boys resi)()nded and after three weeks ' ]iractice. Coach dleorge Melouey cut the scjuad to eie en men. The veterans ' back, besides Captain Fred Reid, 1 b, ]), are Frank Reid, rf, .Malcolm Ealon, 2b, Thomas Dignan, cf, j), Morris Donnevan, ss. Earl (ilidden, cf, Thomas Murray, p, cf, Eugene Sullivan, if, aiul Gibbons, c. Raymond ( assidy, 3b, Daniel Galviu, c, and Huestis, c, are the new members of the team. C issidy is i)ut- tiiig u]) a line game at third. ' I ' his is the first time lie has come out for the team. It is also (Jalvin ' s first try, aiul he is making good fast. The substitutes are Burke, ]). rf, Lukciii c, rf; Branch, fielder. Sexton, cf, Bar- rett, 2b. 1 ' aul K. (mm, low.