Alma High School - Panther Tales Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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AHS Simi - BASEBALL TEAM, 1911

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f B AAS E ' NDER the excellent supervision of Coach lib Currier, the baseball team began practice ',. sg, i . . Q X W-F, . very early in the season. and was in good ' 1 , . . ,gs shape for tne first game with St. Louis l-ligh. This game was won after ll innings of good and poor playing, which is generally characteristic of the early games. The second game was also with St. Louisg and although all the regular team was not there, a good game was played. The game was lost by the close score of 3-2. The next game was with the old rivals, Ithaca, and the team played such excellent ball that they easily won by a score 64. The game with lVlt. Pleasant was some- what of a disappointment, it being an oft day for most of the men, and being handicapped by playing on strange grounds they lost bya score of IZ-l. Bay City Eastern played next at Alma, and although several men were at a track meet that day, the team gave Bay City a hard game and lost only by 5-7. Mt. Pleasant High next played their second game with A-Ima. Alma would have easily won the game had it not been called in the sixth inning on account of rain, with the score l-l. The last game that we can record was with Ithaca at Ithaca. The team played the best ball of any time during the season, and it was only through a little baseball luck and good playing by Ithaca that compelled them to ac- cept the small end of the score. Ithaca Won this game in twelve innings with the score 2-l. The record: A. 0. April l8-St. Louis at Alma ...... ..... 5 4 April 22-St. Louis at St. Louis.. ..... Z 3 April Z6-Ithaca at Alma ............. 6 l lVlay 6-Mr. Pleasant at lVlt. Pleasant .... I IZ May I3-Bay City at Alma ............ 5 7 May 20-lVlt. Pleasant at Alma ........ 5 7 May Z4-Ithaca at Ithaca UZ innings? . .l 2

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TRACK ATHLETICS 3 -,E ROBABLY no greater success has been attained in any if one branch of high school athletics during the last year ' than in track. With three big meets already hnished, a Q close approximation of the strength of the team and the P Q2-. 3 events we are strongest in can be had. Much of the sport, and who has faithfully trained the men and kept them in good success attained is due lVlr. Ward, our track coach, who has greatly aided in arousing interest in this line of condition. With nearly every member of last yearis track team re- turned, Kress again reinstated, and many new men out, an excellent team has been developed. First, to consider the team itself, and the events in which each indi- vidual is strongest- Ctulick is track manager andg to say the least, no better choice could have been made. A more persistent, harder working man is not on our track team. He is a good half and quarter miler. Cooper, Gulick, lVliller and Beverly are our distance runners, and of the first it can be said without bragging that he has no peer in any of the schools of the state. Ciulick is also a very good miter. lVliller and Beverly are good and with a couple of years' experience will make ex- cellent men in these events. Kress, Hood, Race, lVl. Jackson, H.Jackson, Barry and Vought are our sprinters and a better lot of ufast ones could not have been collected together. Hood, lVl. Jackson, and H. Jackson are our liurdle men and have done excellent work- ln held events we are like- wise very strong. Wood, lVlcClinton, Kress, Ciargett, Vought and lVlcln- tyre are our weightmen and are pointwinners, while Kress, Hood, Spinney, Wood, H. Jackson and IVI. Jackson take care of the jumps and vaults in a very commendable manner. Hood is track captain. The first track meet was a dual meet with Bay City Eastern and resulted in a walkaway for Alma, we scoring 76 points to their 46. Kress and Cooper starred in this meet. The next meet of decided interest was the State lnterscholastic held at Lansing, May l3. Because of the good showing at this meet last year with but two men entered, it was decided to send down a larger team this year. Accordingly eight of our best men were sent, in- cluding the relay team. They were Race, Hood, lVl. Jackson, Kress, Crelay teamj, H. Jackson, Wood, Cooper, Gulick. Of course we intended to make a good showing but did not expect to win the meet. However, when the time of the end of the meet arrived, it was found that Alma was tie with Detroit Central for first place with 26M points. Of course our joy at the team's excellent success was inexpressible. However, our luck, if luck it may be called, was suddenly changed, for upon the toss of a coin the big T. B. Rayl cup, which we had wished to bring back with us, was won by the Detroit Central team for the first six months, but after that we will have it. The next and last track meet we can record here was the second big state track meet at Ann Arbor. This was a little different meet than the other in that schools from without the state could compete. Although, being slightly handicapped for funds with which to send a team down, we managed by the excellent help of the business men to send Five. Coop- er, Kress, H. Jackson, Wood and Hood were the lucky ones. Widm the winning of the other meet at Lansing, it was thought that perhaps we could repeat, but because of the teams outside of the state we came out of the fray well satisfied with fourth place and nine well-earned points. Even at this we had Detroit Central well beaten, who tied us at Lansing, they getting but eighth place. Then should not we, as worthy members of Alma High School, be well proud of our track team, and our track coach, Mr. Ward, who has so ably aided? Of course we expect to win the rest of our track meets by large margins.