West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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1+eHtiBLUEendG0LD T I if Ilamehall LTI-IOUGI-I West Seattle had a practically green team, up to this time of writing, they have made the rest of the league sit up and take notice. This season started off well, 94 men reporting, many of them Sophomores and Juniors. The only drawback was the lack of experienced material. The team this year was built around the battery of Gourlay and Janni. The other seasoned regulars were Pasche, a catcher: Beatteay, an outfielder: and Badcon, who played an outfield position or a pitching position equally well. Coach Older, who began his first year at major sport coaching, turned out a team hard on pitchers. Most of the team hitting well over 300. In the first game of the season the Indians hit Teddy Miles, a veteran pitcher, out of the box in the second inning. The Indian infield, however, got ragged, and West Seattle had hard sledding towards the end of the game. The final score being 8-7. The next victims fell easy, losing 8 to 4. The Indians got busy with the stick early in the game and drove two pitchers out of the box. In the third game the Indians drowned Queen Anne, who had previously not lost a game. The fourth game did not taste well to the Redskins. They lost, 6-4. It was partly due to poor fielding and partly to errors on the part of the umpire, Just before this writing, West Seattle succeeded in beating the team from Cleveland, 4 to 3. As it is early in the season and some difficult games are yet to be played, it is difficult to forsee the outcome, 41943,

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l 5+ BLUE , Wd GULD 5? Fllrezihman Athleiira EST SEATTLE followed out its policy of spending QZTA iw money on equipment, and supplying a coach to develop a ,f y Ereshman team, the first team of the future. They were out there practicing every night just as regular as the first team, in order to learn the fundamentals of the game before they turned out for first team. The Ereshman football team had a very successful season, fin- ishing second. lt was an exceptionally large squad and ought to furnish an abundance of fine material next year for the first and second teams. Ereshman and Sophomore basketball material wasn't up to standard this year, and due to trouble in providing a suitable time to practice the results weren't so very satisfactory. East-minute illeauliz l gfgp EST SEATTLE has succeeded in qualifying for the play- 4 75 Q off which is to decide the city prep championship. The Indian ball tossersdwint thriugxh tihe first rounkd losing on y two games, an t en to t e ar est teams in t e eague -Broadway, and last year's champs, Ballard. West Seattle ought to fare well in the play-off owing to the wealth of pitching mate- rial. N1j93jvi

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MBLUE 'W' GOLD if JOHN JANNI, catcher, was on the re- ceiving end of Gourlay's hooks. His arm was in good working order and held them. on the bags. He will be around next year to hold down the catching job, COACH OLDER, made a hard-hitting team of green material. It was his first year at major sport coaching and he deserves a lot of credit for his performance this year, With prac- tically all his team back next year he ought to place first in the league. PAUL REED, pitcher, specialized in control. He is little in stature but his pitching makes him look big. He is only a Sophomore and will be a capable performer in a year or two. BILL GOURLAY, pitcher. has a year's experience behind him. This season no team has hit him seriously. His hobby is to have them all fanning the air and next year he will have them all guessing. JERRY KNOTT, third baseman, also was shifted. He started at short but mov- ed to the hot corner. He seemed to be the only one able to hold down that position. SYD BIRKLAND, right fielder. hits everything and anything the pitchers offer. He is the leading hitter in the league, hitting 10 out of 13. He will be back next season to put them into the garden. HAROLD BADCON, center fielder, cov- ered the garden as if he had skates. He also worked to an advantage as a relief pitcher. His work at the plate also attracted attention. He will be missed next year.