Washington High School - Washingtonian Yearbook (Fremont, CA)

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Baseball Another successful season has been completed and above is a photo¬ graph of the triumphant “little nine.” “Kelly” Wales gave some valuable advice to the squad at the opening of the season. Coach Edwards ottered a medal to the player who would do the most for the success of the team and “Getty” Dondero was the for¬ tunate winner. All through the season each player did remarkably well. On April 25th W. U. H. S. trimmed Hayward 5 to 1 with Secada pitch¬ ing. “Getty” Dondero played a spectacular game. Goulart on second and Captain Bettencourt catching, played in fine unison. The Mission game was a wonder. Powers, Silveria, and Brown played a perfect game in the field. The Oakland Prep game showed great form with Sweeney holding down third base. In the practice game with Santa Clara, the old fight and confidence came back. The growl for Hayward’s meat was started. The entire season may be summed up a success. Washington High’s motto is: “Uphold the previous record.” The following is the record for the season: Date V. W. February 28 .San Jose at Centerville 6 3 March 6 .San Jose at San Jose 1 4 March 14 ....Whites at Centerville 1 17 March 21 ....Oak. Preps, at Centerville 7 5 March 24 ...Mission at Mission 1 5 March 27 ...Potter at Potter 3 15 April 14 ..Alameda at Centerville 8 3 April 18 ..S. C. Preps, at Centerville 7 6 April 23 ...Hayward at Hayward 1 5

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Football season opened with the old “Spirit of 1899.” The spirit pre¬ dominated throughout the entire season. In the San Rafael game, the extra fight and energy in the battling eleven showed up vividly. Day, the crushing wonder, gave a good exhibi¬ tion to the spectators. The guards, Brown and Santos, played a great game. Bettencourt at center was the bulwark of the line. Potter, Galilio, Fremont, and Alameda were only practice games. Al¬ though Alameda came out in the lead, W. U. H. S. was not disheartened. Hayward, having put up a good fight against Alameda, held a superior feeling toward us. This feeling however, was taken out of them when W. U. H. S. cleaned them up to the tune of 32-0. The tackles, Laws, Steinmetz and Musick, kept the holes open for the plunging back-field, Ormsby, Day, Sweeney, and Lawlor. Goulart, Don- dero and Silvera filled the end positions splendidly. The work of the second team is worthy of note. In their game with Hayward second team they defeated them 14 to 0. The first team schedule was as follows: Date Team Place September 9...Fremont at Centerville September 16 ...San Rafael at San Rafael September 22 ' .Piedmont at Centerville September 30 ...Gallileo at Centerville October 7 .Potter at Centerville October 14 ...Alameda at Alameda November 3 .Hayward at Centerville Football

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Track The track season of 1923 has been a very successful one. Only a small squad was practicing during the baseball season. As the number of the meets in the schedule increased, interest in track grew. On May 5th Washington met Cogswell at San Francisco and was beaten 36 to 92. Our team showed great improvement when it met Santa Clara on May 11th. The closest score in this year ' s track record was 86 to 72, when Wash¬ ington defeated Hayward on Hayward’s own grounds. Pleasanton and Livermore did not take part in this annual meet of lower Alameda County, much to the regret of the other contending teams. Since the organization of the C. A. C. A. L., the Washington track team has held the championship continuously.