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

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WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 49 Mar. 7th, the Hebron Academy Re- The following are players of the 1937- serves were our guests. Earlier in the season Hebron had squeezed out a vic- tory on VVinthrop. This time our boys turned the 'tables in the last minute of play and won 35-32. Mar. 19th, Wiiithrop played the Alumni. Though they put up a stiff light throughout the game our boys were in better shape and found no difficulty winning 46-33. Even with the graduation of veterans and lettermen, indications of a better team under Coach Ingalls for the 1938- 1939 season are strong with the prospects that will be available. 1938 season: X E. Hamblen Maxwell X -I. Hinkley Rourke X G. Stetson Tebbetts X R. Stetson Auclair X W. Healey Hinds X A. Maxwell Smith X S. Kus Higgins X VV. Allen Deblois X R. Boutin Jackson X R. Drapeau G. Ruman X Indicates letter men. The members of the squad and coach wishes to express their thanks to Mr. Lapham for the wonderful score board he constructed. Many thanks. GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM Front Row: D. Taylor. A. Dostie, B. Webln, R. Kinney, M. Rourke, B. French, B. lovin Second Raw: L. Fowle. R, Bruneau, R. Richards, Coach jordan, B. Shute, R. Lyons, A. Gale

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48 NWNTHROP WINNER Basketball Our boys started the 1937-38 season with a new coach, Mr. Hollis Ingalls. VVith only the loss of one man from the 1936 and 1937 season through gradua- tion, Captain Bob Fountain, and with most of our boys veterans of past cam- paigns, Wfinthrop looked forward to a good season. Giving Coach Ingalls full co-operation our boys, under Captain Alfred Maxwell, were soon in shape and rolling into the season's campaign. Dec. 11th, VVinthrop went to Hebron to play its first game with the Hebron Reserves. Our boys put up a game fight but Hebron gained the decision 35- 38. George Stetson took all honors for high scoring. 1 Dec 17th. Rockport High was our guest for our first home game of the season. Qur boys jumped into the lead and easily won 40-13. This game saw our prospects for future basketball teams take a bow. jan. 14th, after a month's lay off, Hallowell High was our guest. The Hallowell boys showed their wonderful passing ability as they won from our boys 21-42. jan. 19, our guest was a new rival on our schedule, Cony High of Augusta. Faced by their sharp-shooting forwards Cony sank our boys under a shower of baskets 17-40. jan. 21st, after a long stay at home we journeyed to Richmond. Starting slowly but quickly picking up, our boys took the lead which they never lost winning 32-14. jan. 24th. This time we went to Gardiner. Here we were amazed by a long-range, eagle-eyed youngster who brought Gardiner those points needed to nose out our boys 30-31. The score see- sawed throughout the game and the final whistle blew with Gardiner's holding a one point lead. jan. 28th. Next we went to Hallowell. This time our boys sought revenge for an earlier defeat, They kept Hallowell on the run but Hallowell showed the greater strength edging our boys 26-33. Feb. lst, our boys played at Cony High in Augusta. Through the first quarter our boys built up a brilliant defense and only allowed Cony to score points. Slowly Cony broke through and when the game ended, they led 15-33. Feb. 4th, after two weeks on the road we played Richmond on our home floor. Our boys took the lead from the start and were never headed. Robert Stetson led the scoring in the game which ended in a 38-13 victory. Feb. 11th, Gardiner came to VVinthrop seeking a second victory over our boys. But VVinthrop was not to be won over and took revenge for the earlier defeat 44-10. The Stetson brothers led our boys in scoring. Feb. 10th, we journeyed to Lawrence High in Fairfield. This was a rough and tumble game which saw Lawrence in the lead 32-13 at the whistle. Feb. 22nd, Mechanic Falls High was our guest. This game showed the power and ability of our capable reserves who, taking the lead were never headed. lt ended in a 50-34 victory as Wfallace Allen led the way as high scorer. Feb. 24th, we played the Kents Hill Reserves at Kents Hill. Both teams jflayed nip and tuck throughout and the game ended in a tie. ln the overtime our boys sank the points needed to bring a 17-14 victory. Feb. 26th, Lawrence High of Fair- field was our guest. Lawrence showed its superiority over our boys a second time by sending them to defeat 18-29. Mar. 1st, Kents Hill Reserves came to VVinthrop. Kents Hill jumped into the lead, but our boys wore them down and passed them, winning 18-29. Mar. 4th, Winthrojn went to Mechanic Falls High. After a slow start our boys turned on the pressure and taking the lead were never headed. Our boys won 37'- 27.

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50 VVINTHROP VVINNER Girls' Basketball VVinthrop Rockport VVinthrop Hallowell Xlfinthrop Richmond VVinthrop Gardiner VVinthrop Hallowell VVinthrop Richmond Winthrop Gardiner Vlfinthrop Kents Hill Winthrop Mechanic Falls VVinthrop Fairfield VVinthrop Mechanic Falls VVinthrop Fairfield Physical activities for girls in Win- throp High School are limited to Basket- ball. Perhaps in the future the girls will get together and add more sports to their list. N ever-the-less in the sport we do enter we are proud to say, we have an excellent record in victories and health returns. The season this year opened with the class games. Much interest was shown by the girls and twenty reported for Var- sity practice. The girls worked hard from the beginning to make their team outstanding. Many of the fast teams in this section were scheduled, such as Fair- field, Mechanic Falls, and Hallowell, and a good fight was put up by the Winthrop girls. During the latter part of the season the team lost a very valuable player, Helen lovin, but even so, the team worked to- gether and the Mechanic Falls team had a hard time in winning by only two bas- kets. Much loyalty and sportsmanship has been shown among the players this year, and seven received Varsity letters: Helen lovin, Betty Webb, Anita Dostie, Dor- othy Taylor, Marie Rourke, Captain Rachel Kinney, and Barbara French. Next year the girls will come out with a much stronger team, for there are a number of players in the present eighth grade that have shown their ability as players. There is also a strong guard section with Captain elect Marie Rourke, Betty VV ebb, Dorothy Taylor, Rhona Richards, Helen Leird, Ruth Bruneau. ln the forward section, Betty Shute, Bar- bara French, Beatrice lovin, Reta Lyons, and Blanch lovin. The girls were scheduled to play in the Fairfield tournament. The first game was with Hermon. The girls had little difficulty in taking this game by a 27 to 13 victory. The second game was played with Hallowell, this time the girls were unable to pull to the top and Hallo- well won by a 28 to 23 victory. The third game was with New Sharon and NVinthrop forfeited the consolation cup to 1t. The season closed with the Augusta Co-eds. The Winthrop girls won with a 34 to 23 score. George Ruman won a contest by shav- ing Gill Ruman in eighteen seconds. Gill should have got a medal for bravery. Ingalls: 'Wlfelg Boys, know your lesson for today PM H. Deblois: Sure, don't you ?,'