Wayland Central School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Wayland, NY)

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The KICK-OFF 1924 FOOTBALL 1923 Unfortunately our 1923 football schedule was made up of teams from schools, some of which were as many as seven times our size. When one realizes what a handicap this was to us it is no wonder we did not have any better average. The only team we played which was of our size was Webster and it resulted in a big victory for us. The Gene- seo school was about our size but as it included the normal it took in a much larger attendance than Wayland. Our team was very light and every team we played outweighed us from fifteen to thirty-five pounds per man. There were only four letter men of the previous season back (Haves, Glover, White, Strat- ton) so that nearly the entire team had to be picked from green materi- al. Yes, and it really was green. There were at least six men who made regular positions on the team who had never had a football in their hands and some of them had never even seen a football game. This was due to the fact that it was only Wayland’s third year at foot- ball and not much interest had been shown by the youngsters, but im- provement can be seen. Our first game was one of a home and home series with Dans- ville and it resulted in a big victory for the heavier team, as did the sec- ond of the same series at Dansville. A home and home series with Warsaw resulted in a game for each on the home grounds. ()ur next was with Bath. It came on Saturday after we had play- ed a hard uphill game to win from Warsaw the day before. Every man was tired out and it was only by hard fighting that we kept the score as low as we did. Such errors as we made when Geneseo came here were enough to lose any game and we did lose it by just a small score. I think this game was our poorest exhibition but we made up for it when we went to Geneseo by rolling up a large score. We won easily from Webster for they were the only school that ranked in our class in weight. The last game of the season was with Penn Yan and it can be considered as a win for Wayland although the score does not show it that way. This was the heaviest team that we played and it was also the largest school. Penn Yan had been playing and winning from all the large high school teams in the vicinity and also from college fresh- men teams and it speaks well for us when we held them to fourteen points on their home grid.

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FOOT BALL TEAM—1923

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The KICK-OFF 1924 All in all, 1 think every member of the squad believes that the season was a grand success and that they were repaid many times tor their effort, in closing we wish to extend our thanks to Mr. Thwing and also to the townspeople who backed us. Oct. G—Dansville 63 Wayland 0 Oct. 12—Warsaw 18 Wayland 28 Oct. lit—Bath 26 Wayland 0 Oct. 20—Dansville 73 Wayland 0 Oct. 27—Geneseo 6 Wayland 0 Noy. -‘1—Warsaw 27 Wayland 7 Nov. 10—Geneseo 6 Wayland 39 Nov. 17—Webster 0 Wayland 34 Nov. 24—Penn Van 14 Wayland 0 ( denotes games out of town) ‘W’—Letter Men—‘W’ Hayes, White, Glover, Stratton, Smalt, May, K. Carpenter, W. Carpen- ter, Kimmel, Roberts, MacArthur, McCoy, Conrad, Clearwater The Afterwards Four short years of Wayland High, How we wish we might live them again, But as it is we utter a sigh For all the bright days that have been. But lest we conclude our joys arc'd’er, And settle with faces so grim, Let’s remember that life has a great deal in store In a home life like “Andy” and “Min.” So Seniors why worry and fret all the while Over problems we’re sure no one knows. Just plod right along and let us all smile, While remembering the Gray and the Rose.