Winthrop High School - Winthrop Winner Yearbook (Winthrop, ME)

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WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 29 'iiDonald Maxim ...... ......... B ackfleld :tAmbrose Maxim ..... .. itRobert House ...... . tPaul Holmes ........... .. :tRoger Bernier ............ . George Sturtevant ...... Tackle End Guard Tackle Center Russell Stockford ...,............................... Sub. Thomas Skromo ...................................... Sub. Received Letters. Points for, 97. Against 134. Games won, 5. Lost, 5. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Winthrop High started off the 1930- 31 season in fine style, winning over Mechanic Falls by a 26-5 score. This game was featured by close guarding, Mechanic Falls scoring only in the last half. Continuing the good work, Winthrop obtained a 36-35 victory over Hallowell after the game had gone into an over- time period. R. House gave his team- mates this win with a basket in the last few seconds of play. Playing the first home game before a great crowd, our boys had the hard luck to drop it to Hebron Academy jayvees, 44-37. Hebron showed iine teamwork, and their playing ability can be realized by their record, for the season, of 13 wins and no losses. Our next game took us to Richmond and again we were victorious, this time by a 30-24 score. The game was in doubt until the fourth period, when Winthrop opened up a smooth passing attack which proved too good for the Richmond team. So far, the Winthrop boys had played four games in two weeks and after the vacation period was over, continued their stellar playing by defeating Me- chanic Falls in the gym, 30-28. Folks who saw the first game said the Falls team seemed to be an entirely different playing team away from home. Our boys thought so, too. Playing Kent's Hill jayvees next, Winthrop brought their record up to five victories in six starts by winning, 29-26. D. Roberts starred in this game, netting 13 points to place his team in the lead during the fourth period. The score at the end of the third quarter was 18-18. January 14th, Winthrop journeyed to Gardiner, where they met defeat in a slow 25-15 game. Winthrop was handi- capped by the loss of Berry, regular forward, and by the off form of the other members of the team. Neverthe- less, Gardiner worked for that victory. Oakland High tried the caliber of Winthrop's team next and lost in an ex- citing game in the gym, 38-32. Roberts and C. Gordon proved to be the sharp- shooters, netting 11 and 12 points, re- sp-ectively. A losing streak was due to fall to our boys and began with the loss, the next game, to Kent's Hill, 27-18. Playing on Kent's Hill's trick floor is no joke. Ask how many teams have won up there and you'll find that others have the same difficulty dodging posts that our boys had. A snappy thriller for the next game gave the boys plenty to holler about. Gardiner eked out a 21-20 victory over our boys, who led until the final 30 sec- onds of play. February 13th, Winthrop travelled to Oakland, losing to a highly superior team, 36-20. Oakland showed plenty of speed and looped in plenty of shots be- fore Winthrop found themselves. Snapping out of their slump, our boys again played real basketball to down Hallowell in a return game, 33-25. February 27th found Richmond play- ing on our own floor, and again our boys were victors by a 34-13 score. At the half we led, 21-3. Duck House, our

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28 WINTHROP WINNER were nailed in their tracks. Nothing but admiration came from our players for this team which had defeated them, and some one remarked that they were so good that even Carideo couldn't have gotten through. A real compliment for the Pintos. The Bridgton game on our grounds gave the fans plenty of thrills, as both teams were fighting hard and clean. After our touchdown, to which we missed the extra point, a savage Bridg- ton eleven, superior only in weight, backed us to the shadows of our goal, but at this point, with our new 6-3-2 de- fense, they got no further. The game ended as our victory, 6-0, but our real enthusiasm was dampened because of an injury suffered by a Bridgton player who broke his leg on a pile-up during scrimmage. Our ancient rival, Monmouth Acad- emy, came to our grounds as our next opponent and sudered a 20-0 defeat. Harris showed power for the Academy, while C. Gordon and Capt. Nedza flashed for Winthrop. Nedza's end runs were a feature of the game, while Gordon's power on defense was noticeable. Ber- nier, our tackle, opened plenty of holes for the backfield and showed rare form as a tackler. A close game was played with the Jayvees from Kent's Hill, both teams playing hard football. The Hill team eked out a 7-6 victory. Weakness in se- curing that extra point was evident in all our games, due to the lack of a good kicker in that line. Hallowell was the victor in our next game, played on our home grounds, 33-0. They played a hard brand of foot- ball and showed the art of blocking and interfering when running the ends. They were our superiors in this contest, but our team did not seem in usual form by letting a team which was tied by an- other team we had previously defeated, beat them by such a score as Wilton Academy tied Hallowell in their con- test. Norway proved to be the best team we had encountered for the season and showed that they knew football. We suffered a 20-6 defeat in their hands on our own field against their smashing charges. Our line showed the strain of a tough schedule, but the way they dug in against such assaults shows their spirit. Our last game was played at Mon- mouth practically in darkness as the contest got under way late. We were vic- torious in a 33-12 struggle, featured by heavy football on both sides. Two more stars were uncovered in Roberts, half- back, and Berry, at end. Doug Roberts galloped 90 yards for a touchdown, while Berry captured two long passes, one for a touchdown and the other for about 40 yards. Coach Joe Jordan is to be highly congratulated on the way he handled the team and for his thoughtfulness in securing a tackling dummy and charg- ing machine to brush up on practice. He could stack up with the best of them. The squad wishes to thank Senator Wadsworth for his kindness in giving the boys tickets to a Chamber of Com- merce banquet at the Town Hall. The following are the players on the team : Capt. John Nedza Charles Gordon ....,... ...... Q. B. H '-'Douglass Roberts ..... ....... L . .B. se Irving House ......... .. 'l'George Gordon . ........ ..... . Russell Young ...... ........ 'Roland Berry ........ ...... R . H. B. Backfield fArthur Rice ........... ........ C enter fVance Lincoln ....... ......... G uard :yr Charles Thomas .... ........ T ackle

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WINTHROP WINNER WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKET BALL TEAM 1930-1931 WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKET BALL TEAM 1930-1931