Whitman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Whitman, MA)

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4. H' ' Q I tat... iisning, 5 . aa, ,gs , f 1m sm! mm :mtg f l FOOTBALL First Row: lleft to rightl Edward Giberti, Allan Marshall, William Deehan, Paul Plausse, Burton Rosen, Wallace Darsch, Robert Godbout, Paul Carey, Bert Brine, James Harrington, john Hutchinson. Second Row: Mr. Etelman. Henry Bailey, Edward McCarthy, William Danforth, Burton Smith, Walter D Mackerwicz, Roger Bates, Richard Randall, Richard Carey, Charles Tobin, Mr. Lane. Third Row: Francis Tero, Robert Millett, Thomas Beary, John Sanborn, William White, Harold Green, Bernard Hayes, Russell Thomas. ,ya . i'ill7 BASEBALL Front Row: Cleft to rightl William Deehan, Bernard Hayes, Robert Millett, Burton Smith. Milton Cook, Harold Manson, Clyde McKenzie. A Second Row: William Danforth, Leslie Milne, Joseph Josselyn, Robert Staples, James Harrington, Manley Robbins. John Sanborn. V ' t Third Row: Bert Brine, Burton Rosen Albert Gregory, Harry Terzian, Joseph Comerford, Edward Gibertl. Henry Bailey. Back Row: Allen Marshall fmanagerl, Mr. Leavitt fcoachl, Mr. Lane tfaculty managerll, John Hutchinson Cmanagerl.

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ATHLETIC COUNCIL Front Row: ileft to right! Mr, Lane, William White, Elizabeth Comerford, Mrs. Mclnnes. Back Row: James Riddell, Robert Landers. Athletic Association The Athletic Association was organized to give all members equal representation in the athletic activities of the school, and is the one organization to which all may belong. Its affairs are controlled by the Executive Board, elected annually by the entire student body. This year the students of Whitman High School elected William White, President: Leon Heddericg, Vice-Presidentg Mary White. Secretaryg Paul Plasse, Treasurer, Eliza- beth Comerford, Senior Representative, Harold Hathaway, Junior Representativeg Robert Lan- ders, Sophomore Representative, and Mrs. Mc- Innes, Adviser. Mr. Lane had already been ap- pointed Faculty Manager. During the football season, the Executive Board conducted a very successful membership drive throughout the school. At the opening rally, reports were read by the members of the Board, and a short skit, written by Elizabeth Comerford, 28 was presented by all the members of the Execu- tive Board. It was voted to award sweaters to the Senior football players who had earned them, and to the others who would have earned them had they not left school to serve in the Armed Forces. It was also voted to award basketball numerals to the girls on intramural teams. An Injury Fund Drive was held in the school and throughout the town, and was so successful that in two days 3185.59 had been donated to put the Drive over the top. During the year, the Executive Board lost three of its representatives because of the war, and its secretary because of extra-curricular points. For this reason, James Riddell was elected Treasurer, and Elizabeth Comerford Secretary. The other members were not replaced because of the short time left in the school year.

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or H. H. o 0 Ol t 1 ! v lo 0 l P l' l N 1 O t 1 lo D ' l X l' l N 1 lo .1 1 4 lf O s 1 I N 'Q o D C o o D 4 o o v 1 1 s O D 4 lo Q P 4 o 1 s 0 v.vrv,v'v, ,v,Xf,NO o , I OyS G ICS ' 'A',v'A',v'A'.v',v',v',v'A',v',x',x',x'.x'.x'-x'.x'.x'1 'TJ C C '-3 U3 D' F' F' For the first time in Whitman High School foot- ball competition, Whitman was unable to secure at least one victory. At the first call of re-appointed Coach Etelman, about -15 candidates reported for football. The season looked very bright with nine lettermen coming back for their second season. Before this seasoned squad lay an enormous task. First. there was only one coach to handle the entire squad: second, there was the transportation problem. For the first game. Whitman traveled to Bridge- water-the game progressed very slowly, and in the closing minutes of the game, a long pass was completed to Whitman's fifteen, where a series of end runs scored a touchdown for Bridgewater. Whitman dropped its first game 7 to 0. Again Whitman was on the road, this time to big and powerful Stoughton. A more determined Whitman team played Stoughton to a standstill in the first quarter. In the beginning of the second quarter, an attempted pass from kick formation was blocked, then caught and run for Stoughton's first touchdown. At the final whistle of the game, a hard-fighting Whitman team was beaten 19 to 0. After a hard week of practice, Whitman traveled to far-away Hingham to be handed its worst de- feat of the season. The boys suffered severely at the hands of flashy Allum and hard hitting full- back Handrahan. When the smoke cleared, it was Hingham 48, Whitman 0. After this game, nothing hit Whitman but trouble. During the following week of practice, quarter-back Bob Tero was definitely sidelined for the season with two bad shoulders, and half- back Russ Thomas was sent to the hospital with a slight concussion of the brain. Whitman went into its first home game in a much weakened condition. The boys, determined to end their losing streak, roared out in the first period to score 6 points and take the lead. In the second period Milton evened the count 6 all. An intercepted Whitman flat pass provided Milton with their winning tally. So far in the first four games, the Whitman forward wall seemed to hold well, but the backs seemed to be the weak spot. Although Whitman scored their first touchdown, they were beaten 12 to 6. The following week Whitman met Plymouth on their home park for their second week at home. It seemed that all luck was against Whitman. Left half-back Hayes ran a dazzling 66-yard run to give Whitman a short-lived victory. Poor kicking and a bad passing defense caused a hard fighting Whitman team to go down to a 12 to 7 defeat, although the line was most outstanding in its de- fensive play. Whitman High then traveled to play Rockland. Rockland boasted its best record in a decade, high- lighted by the magnificent passing of Jack Scott, and the hard running of Franky DelPrete. Whit- man's only score in a 35 to 6 defeat was by half- back Hayes, who caught a flat pass and ran 75 yards for a touchdown. For the next game Whitman was supposed to travel to far off North Andover, but due to trans- portation difficulties, the game was cancelled. Going into the last weeks of practice before the Thanksgiving Day game, Whitman's hopes for victory grew slightly with the return of Russ Thomas to the team. All the boys on the squad set their goal to beat Abington or hold them scoreless. Abington to date had been undefeated and untied, and the odds soared in favor of Abing- ton as the game neared. At last Whitman's luck turned, as a driving rain storm soaked Legion Field and hindered Abington's passing attack. A hard-fighting and well-spirited Whitman team completely outfought and outplayed a highly favored Abington team. Abington scored first and led 6 to 0-Whitman struck back fiercely, and Hayes caught a pass and raced over the goal to even the count. At the half, it was 6 to 6 and Whitman's hopes were high. As the second half started, Abington started a drive that even the strong Whitman line could not hold. Abington scored their second touchdown and point, to make it 13 to 6. Whitman fought back with every avail- able ounce of strength to score again, but to no avail. Whitman was never outfought from begin- ning to end, and a moral victory was achieved at any rate. The forward line showed up to advantage as usual, with Co-Captains Mackiewicz and Smith, as well as Roger Bates and Francis Tero.