The Republican journal., 1902-05-08

One, two, three,
Who are We
We are Seniors, Seniors We
Are we in it?
Well, | guess we are,
Belfast High School
Rah rah. rah
resounded more frequently, and many were
the heads turned in establishment at the
sight of two buck boards, laden among other
things with sixteen good pairs of lungs and
tin horns in abundance We drew up with a
flourish in front of the familiar and always
hospitable Bay View House, where a room
was secured into which our wraps and
equipments were bundled unceremoniously,
and we started off for the ball game which
was announced to be played between the
Rockport Y. NJ. c. A. and the Camden High
school at half past two.
The boys returned from short skirmish
about the town with one of our missing mem
bers, who had arrived in town half ali hour
after our departure, and, determined not to
be cheated out of his outing, had come down
to Camden on the NJ and NJ, arriving some
time before us. He was enthusiastically
never"
Jp a hill far sleeper than our Franklin
street we bravely climbed, to arrive at the
bail ground long before the game was called.
The diamond was situated on the top of a
hill where the strong wind was very disa-
greeable, and after standing about until we
were tired we finally left what later proved
Y, for ho .,l,
the hotel parlor. The relations of the Cam
den and Belfast High schools have always
been very pleasant, and we sincerely hope
they will continue 50. 1t is not with mali
cious intent that we say it, but we do really
hope that the next time we witness a ball
game in Camden it will not be on a field
where merely the upper part of the out
tielders is visible from the home plate on ac-
count of the slope of the hill, and where
the only accommodations for spectators are
pile of boards-in which the nails have
tn oughtfully been left-and a barbed wire
fence.
After the talented members of our party
had been put through their PAGES in the
parlor, a tour of inspection was voted on,
and five of us started out to edo" the town,
familiar to most of us from previous excur-
sions On our return the masculine dele
cation appeared, and announced the result
of the ball game as eight to seven in favor
Of Camden, score which met our full ap-
proval. When we appeared on the field, by
the way, a little urchn scornfully hailed us
as ''Rockporters, an appelation which was
Indignantly, Immediately and unanimously
repudiated He seemed to be self-appointed
custodian Of the field, and when we proudly
acknowledged Belfast as our native heath
he inquired if we were ''going to cheer for
Camden" When we replied heartily in the
affirmative, he gave us very careless and
condescending Cali right" and passed on to
other more important and pressing duties
Rockport, indeed! May the Belfast High
school and all her supporters be excused
from any connection, in base ball affairs at
least, from any city, town or village the
first four letters of whose name is Rock!
Supper over, music, and games were
the order of the hour. "Button-button,"
the favorite pastime of our younger
days, was recalled and soon eight O'Clock,
the appointed hour for our return, drew
near. Wraps were unrolled and places
taken for the return drive, which on