Wells High School - Crimson and Gray Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY 2?, Southbridge High Wins From Bartlett 13 to on Slippery Gridiron Southbridge High 13, Bartlett High 0. This tells the story of the football game in Wellsworth field between the time-honored rivals. It was a fine game despite the wet ball and slippery condition of the field and more than 600 attended. The playing was hard but clean, only three penalties being in- flicted. Bartlett suffered two for holding, and the other for interference iu a fair catch, and Southbridge lost five yards for dilatory tactics. The entire Southbridge team gave a fine exhibition, playing together both on the offense and defense, but it was Capt. Jim McKinstry who proved to be the real hero. He scored both touchdowns and his long run just before the close of the third quarter paved the way for the first score. He was all over the field and contributed some fine tackles. Beane, Tisdale, Lavallee and Ed McKinstry contributed to the success of the team. For the Bartlett eleven Love ' s de- fensive work kept the score down, as he secured most of the tackles made by his team. Nolf at fullback was the best ground-gainer for the visitors. Southbridge won the toss and received the ball, defending the south goal. Both teams tried several forward passes during the first half, none of which was successfully com- pleted owing to the slippery field and wet ball. Neither goal line was in imminent danger during the half though Southbridge outrushed and outpunted its rivals. With the opening of the second half, Congdon, the Southbridge quarter, who played a fine game and handled his team like a veteran, changed his style of attack, adopting a line-plunging game with Capt. McKinstry, Beane and Tis- dale carrying the ball. Southbridge started right in toward the opposing goal line and Capt. McKinstry paved the way for the ini- tial touchdown when he reeled off 25 yards on a speedy end run, with Ed McKinstry do- ing some clever blocking. This brought the ball to the 7-yard line and Tisdale gained four yards through center. McKinstry car- ried the ball to within two feet of the line on the next play and sliol through a hole be- tween Back and Bracketl lor the score. Beane kicked a perfect goal. Klebart, the Bartlett center, sustained a broken nose in the scrimmage and retired from the game. Soon after the opening of the final quarter, Lavallee recovered one of Beane ' s kicks and Southbridge started on its way for the second touchdown. A suc- cession of line shift formations, which had the Bartlett boys guessing, carried the ball to the three-yard line and McKinstry carried it over. Beane missed the goal. The ball al- ternated between the two teams for the re- mainder of the game though Bartlett was never dangerous. Just before the close of the contest J. Ryan replaced Ed McKinstry at left end, Dugas went in for Spielman at right tackle and Nolan substituted for Cheney at center. The lineup : SOUTHBRIDGE— 13 Ed McKinstry, J- Ryan, ' Brackett, l.g. Cheney, Nolan, c. John McKinstry, r.g. Spielman, Dugas, r.t. Lavallee, r.e. l.t Congdon, q.b. Beane, -l.h.h. Capt. Jim McKinstry, r Tisdale, f.b. 0— BARTLETT I.e. r.e., Moore, Braniff r.t., Simons, Avery r.g., Rosenner c, Rawleigh, Klebart l.g., Musgrave , Love, Sulyduia, Schwartz I.e., Bartholomei, Schwartz q.b., Kujawski .h.b. r.h.b., Bazinet l.h.b., Bartholomei, Love f.b., Capt. Nolf Score — Southbridge High 13, Bartlett High 0. Touchdowns — Jim McKinstry 2. Goal from touch- down — Beane. Goal missed — Beane. Referee — Dr. Frank Cahill, Worcester. Umpire — John E. Dowd, Worcester. Linesman — Bart Murphy, Worcester. Timers — McGeary, Webster and Genereux, South- bridge. Time — 12-minute periods. Attendance — 600. Senior Track Meet Did you go to the Senior Track meet ? Well, if you didn ' t you surely missed a good time. From 8 until 9.30 everyone took part in the events, and the winning team which was Yale with seven points was awarded a package of life savers. Worces- ter Tech was second with five points and al- so received some life savers. Then refresh-

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22 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Bed Lavallee was the star of the game, his tackling was superb, he broke up many of Palmer ' s plays. Bean also played an ex- cellent game at end. His 25-yard run after grabbing a forward out of the air was one of the best plays of the game. The line played its usually fine game. Lineup : SOUTHBRIDGE— Beane, I.e. Beck, l.t. J. MacKinstrey, l.g. Cheney, Nolan, c. Braekett, r.g. Spielman, r.t. Red ' Lavalee, r.e. Congdon, q.b. Duclos, l.li.b. James MacKinstry, r.h.b. Tetreault, f.b. 0— PALMER I.e., Crimmins l.t., Allen l.g., Faulkner c, Austlne r.g., Dwyer r.t., Slowick r.e., Banks q.b., Chainblain l.b.b., Sanders r.b.b., Kempton f.b., Flynn Referee — Pierson. Umpire — Donbure. Head linesman — W. Ryan. Time — Four 15-min. periods. Attendance — 500. The Third Game The third game was played in South- bridge with Fiskdale. The game was play- ed on H. W. Co. field. The Southbridge team completely outplayed the Fiskdale team, the score being 32-0. Mac MacKinstry was the star of the game, getting four touchdowns. The speedy Duclos was in every play. He showed some wonderful iuterference and al- so got a touchdown. Red Lavallee played his same fast game. Tbe back-field was working smoothly and the Southbridge team ' s goal was never in danger. Lineup : SOUTHBRIDGE— 32 0— FISKDALE Lavallee, r.e. r.e., Julian Speilman, r.t. r.t., Beaudreu Braekett, r.g. r.g., Denault Nolan, Casey, c. c, Ruel l.g., Lafortune l.t., Dupree I.e., Miner q.b., Dube r.b.b., Gaulin l.li.b., G. Julian f.b. Cartier John McKinstrv, l.g. Beck, l.t. Beane, J. Ryan, I.e. Congdon, q.b. James MeKinstry, r.b.b. Duclos, l.b.li. Tetreault f.b. The Fourth Game The fourth game was played in Palmer, the score being 28 to in favor of our op- ponents. In this game the Southbridge team was handicapped from the start, as Duclos, our star back, missed the train connections, and did not arrive until the second half of r.g., Faulkner c, Austin l.g., Dwyer l.t., Slowick I.e., Banks q.b., Jones r.b.b., Kempton l.b.b., Sanders the game and also by the injuries received by the full back Tetreault, who had to be carried from the field during the first two minutes of play. MacKinstrey was also slowed up by a wrenched knee. Jabber Mackinstry, who replaced Tetreault played a great game. The Southbridge line did not play its best, and Palmer put over her four touchdowns by line smashes. During the last quarter Southbridge threatened to score. Lineup : SOUTHBRIDGE O 2S— PALMER Lavallee, r.e. r.e., Crimmens Spielmau, r.t. r.t., Allen Braekett, r.g. Cheney, c. John MacKinstry, l.g. Beck, l.t. Ryan, Bean, I.e. Congdon, q.b. James MeKinstry, r.h.b. Beane, Duclos, l.b.b. Tetreault, Nolan, Casey and Ed MacKinstry, f.b. f.b., Chamberlain Touchdowns — (. hamberlain, Jones, Kempton 2. Goals — Jones 4. Timers — Gagnon, Donahue. Re- ferees — Doc. Lawlor and Kelley. Fifth Game Southbridge, although a far lighter team, completely demoralized the Webster defense with a series of fake plays and criss cross combination plays. The feature of the game was the carrying back of the ball on the kickoff by Quarterback Cougdon. South- bridge ' s first touchdown came by line {dung- ing and the second when Tisdale, S. H. S. fullback, intercepted a Webster forward pass and dashed ninety yards for a touchdown. The game was broken up by the Webster spectators with only two minutes to go be- cause they did not agree with a decision made by Umpire King. Lineup: S. H. s.— 14 Lavallee, r.e. Spielman, r.t. Braekett, r.g. Cheney, c. John McKinistrv, l.g. Beck, l.t. McKinstrey, I.e. Congdon, q.b. Capt. McKinistry, r.h.b Beane, l.b.b. Tisdale, f.b. 6— WEBSTER r.e., Rawley r.t., Dwyer r.g., Musgrave c, Klebart l.g., Rosener l.t, Simmons I.e., Braniff q.b., Kujawski r.h.b., Bazinet l.b.b., Bartolmie f.b., Capt. Nolf Touchdowns — Beane, Tisdale, Nolf. Goal — Me- Kinstry 1, Bean 1. Timers — Cassidy, Dufault. Referees — Zeiger and King.

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24 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY inents were served in charge of Almeda Walker who tried to keep Joe Congdon from walking off with a few pennies. The danc- ing began, and oh ! what music ! Everyone was sucking lolly-pops which were sold be- tween the dances. The hall was artistically decorated with college banners. Stanley Cheney, Mr. Clement, and William Lavallee acted as judges, and Mr. Beane was starter. The success of the party was due first to Miss Sheehan, and then to the committee: Muriel Grimwade, Alice Wixted, Dorothy Claflin, Laurence Cheney, Maurice McGilv- ray, and Schuyler West.