Woonsocket High School - Quiver Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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26 THE QUIVER The members of the team were Frank Seaver, Stanton Cook. Lorenzo Emidy, Eliot Bryant, Buell Card, Orrell Davis, Avery Davis, Dorrall Beasley, John Dalton, Everett Crumerine, Paul Smith, George Roberts, Augustus Savaria, and Frederick Brown. An innovation in the way of transportation this year was the use of automobiles for the out-of-town trips. They belonged to Dr. G. R. Smith and Mr. Frank R. Beasley, and were driven by Paul Smith and Dorrall Beasley, members of the team. WOONSOCKET HIGH BASKETBALL The basketball team was, as usual, very successful, going down before only two other teams, Uxbridge High and Rhode Island Commercial School. The season was late in starting on account of difficulty in securing a suitable hall. A few afternoon games were played in the Coliseum, but later Harris hall became the scene of the home games. Much interest has been manifested in basketball this year and the crowds at the contests have been large, particularly at the Uxbridge game, when Harris hall was filled to its capacity by the spectators. Since last year’s rivalry, the Uxbridge game has superseded the Franklin game as the big event of the whole schedule. About eighty W. H. S. pupils attended the Woonsocket-Uxbridge meet at Uxbridge, making the trip in a special car. The number of points scored by the W. H. S. players totaled 309, against a total of 182 made against them. Of the baskets from the floor, Robert Kelly caged the most, with 44 to his credit. Avery Davis shot 21 baskets, Lorenzo Emidy and Stanton Cook 19 each, Eliot Bryant 17, Frank Seaver 12, Augustus Savaria 10, Albert Goulet 2, and Walter Geary 1. Kelly shot 24 baskets from the foul line, and Davis and Savaria shot 1 each. Usually, between the halves of the home games, the second team played some other quintet of equal calibre. The schedule was arranged by John Carroll, while Eliot Bryant

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THE QUIVKIt 25 THE 1914 FOOTBALL SEASON AT WOONSOCKET HIGH The football season was not very successful, judging by the number of games won, but the players showed a great deal of good spirit in facing superior teams, and battled hard in all the games. W. H. S., as a member of the int.rsvholastic League, was forced to face heavier teams from the 1 .rger schools in the league. The first game of Woonsocket’s season was a league affair against Hope High at Clinton Oval, Hope winning by a score of 16-6. The defeat was due mainly to the fact that several of our players had never been in a real game before. Cranston High played hard, but failed to score, and lost the game to us, 6-c ; while at Warwick, the home team triumphed 12-c, with two touchdowns. In this game Woonsocket High had the misfortune to lose a touchdown by a margin of tw’o inches. We lest also at Clinton Cval in the Pawtucket game, which was a decisive victory for the visitors, who succeeded in running up a score of 41-0. The Woonsocket High boys showed a great deal of stubborn fight ing spirit in the game against Classical High, when, in the face of almost certain defeat, on account of severe penalties, they held the Providence team to a scoreless tie. Against Technical High, also, they gave abundant evidence of their grit, when on the Tech field they gave the champions one of the hardest games of their season, holding them to the comparatively low tally of 28-0. For the final game, East Providence played here in the most interesting contest of the year. The teams were well matched and with the W. H. S. men growing steadily stronger, the result was in doubt almost to the last minute. Each side made two touchdowns, but the visitors excelled in goal kicking and won. 14-12. Two other games were played, one against Northbridge High and one with Pascoag High. Both these teams fell before the attacks of the W. H. S. squad. Northbridge 57-0, and Pascoag 41-6.

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THE QUIVER 27 managed the team during the playing season. Scores. Date. Where Played. Opponents. Score. Dec. 16 Woonsocket .............Mendon High ................ 32-11 Jan. 8 Woonsocket .............North Attleboro High......... 59-4 Jan. 19 Woonsocket..............R. 1. Commercial School..... 25- 2 Jan. 22 Woonsocket .............Colt High .................. 33-12 Jan. 27 Woonsocket .............R. I. S. D.................. 35-10 Feb. 4 North Attleboro.........North Attleboro High........ 37-14 Feb. -9 Woonsocket .............Walpole High ............... 33-15 Feb. 19 Franklin ...............Franklin High .............. 21-15 Feb. 26 Uxbridge................Uxbridge High .......... 12-26 Mar. 3 Woonsocket .............Uxbridge High .......... 10-25 Mar. 12 Woonsocket .............Franklin High .............. 22-12 WOONSOCKET HIGH TRACK WORK The track work has not received as much attention this year as the other branches of athletics and consequently has not been markedly successful. At the first of the year, a relay team was developed, and this spring a track team was organized and sent to the Interscholastic Meet. In October, the relay team won two races at the Trotting Park in a meet with Franklin High. During the anniversary celebration at Brown University, the same squad took part in a relay race at Andrews Field, but was beaten by the runners from East Providence High. W. H. S. won a total of 6J4 points at the Interscholastic Meet held in Providence on May 22. Eliot Bryant, ’15, won 6 of these points, with first in the discus throw and fourth in the quarter-mile. Bryant, in winning the discus throw, won the gold medal offered for first place in the event. Lloyd Arnold, ’15, was tied with three others for fourth place in the pole vault and was therefore awarded J4 point. Next year, the track men should make a better showing, for many of those who took part this year will return in the fall with a year experience behind them. The new gymnasium, also, should assist materially in producing a first-class squad of track athletes. FOILED AGAIN Mr. Spratt (in solid geometry class)—“What is a frustum?” V----r—“A frustrated prism, sir.” ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS C---d (to young lady waiting in drug store)—“Pourquoi attendez- mts?” Young lady—“No, thank you, Mr. C---d, I’ve just had a drink.” Miss Mowry—“What can you tell of Joan of Arc?” Miss Me-y—“Joan of Arc was an early miracle play.”