Wilmington High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Wilmington, MA)

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a..a.o6-all BASEBALL Our baseball team did a fine job and if you will notice in our schedule only two teams were able to beat us twice in our series and of these two, Reading really was a stronger team. Reading, Punchard and Chelmsford were a little out of our class in these contests. Pitching was our big problem. Dick Gearty, who came along so well last season was scholastically ineligible the first half of the schedule and was not up to his old form when he finally came out. Wilbur Sheldon, who had some experience last year, showed some improvement, but was not ready for top flight competition. We were on the lookout for someone with a good arm and Gus Blaisdell got the call for Ser- vice. Gus, incidently, was doing a fine job in center field. After two heartbreaking losses, which 'never should have beenn against Punchard and Chelmsford, both by a 3-2 score, we got started and gave a pretty good account from there on. In both Reading games Blaisdell was unable to pitch so we were not as strong as we might have been. The old jinx that caught up with Ted Nichols last fall in the Tewksbury game where he broke his wrist, side tracked him in the Chelmsford game where he broke his leg slid- ing into home plate. We had a rained-out game with Dracut. Thus we bring to a close another year of athletics in which we were able to win our share of the victories. We accepted our losses with good sportsmanship and congratu- lated our opponents on their better playing. To our Seniors we say 'good luck' for a successful future. We know we will miss you when the next season rolls around.

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AA' lip sedan GIRLS' BASKETBALL First row--left to right: Elizabeth Martino, Patrice Reagan, Eileen Porter, Dorothy Weatherbee, Maria Tessicini, Geraldine Porter. Second row: Miss Greenwood fcoachj, Roberta Ware, Helen Bedell, Elizabeth Melzar, Phyllis O'br1en, Elizabeth Cavanaugh, Dorothy Oman. Third row: ladeline Lyons, Alice Rooney, Muriel Martin, Barbara Gammons, and Alice Haley. An enthusiastic and hardworking group of girls were those who were seen practicing basketball in the gym practically every after noon. The team started off well by defeating Howe and continued on being victorious in their next three consecutive games which were Johnson, Tewksbury and Burlington. Having won their first four games, two of which, Tewksbury and Burlington, were considered tough opposition, they went to Chelmsford with their hopes high and with much spirit. However, in spite of hard playing, the Wil- mington girls were defeated. Dracut and John son were quite easily defeated. Although three ga es were lost the girls felt as though they had accomplished something in de- feating Tewksbury, their top rival in both games. . Under the excellent coaching of Miss Greenwood and with the cooperative spirit of the girls, the team enjoyed a good season in spite of inadequate gym facilities, chalking up seven wins to three losses.

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5 THE CHIEER LEADERS Front left to right Madeline Lyons, Eileen Porter, Dorothy Weatherbee, Ann Lacy, Rear left to rivht Roberta Hillis, Eleanor Cuoco, Muriel Martin, Marjorie Johnston, Led by Dorothy Weatherbee and Eileen Porter, this group of energetic young girls went through a very successful season of bringing encouragement to our boys on the football fields and basketball courts. Al- though games were lost, the cheer leaders' enthusiasm still remained. It was their cheering that produced the needed spark to win the game. A great deal of credit is also due to their helpful coach, Miss E. Greenwood.