Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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40 Apr11 Aprll Aprxl Aprnl May May May May May 1959 TENNIS SCHEDULE Avon W11l1SKOH Avon Loomxs Avon Suffield Avon Kmgswood Avon W1ndsor Mountaln Avon Suffield Avon Hopkms Grammar Avon St Thomas Avon St Thomas I 41.-nl 145 , h fl I ' 18 ........................................................ -- ' 22 ..............,............................................. - ' ' 25 ............................................................ - ' 29 ...................................................... - ' May 6 ............................................................ Avon - Cranwell 9 ............................................ - ' ' 13 .............................................................. -- 16 ..........,................................. - ' 20 ...................................................... - . ' 27 ....................................................., - . ' N

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JYfllf Standxng Cleft to rrhtl Mr johnson W N Gordon Cunnrngham Beatson Sxegel Merrrll Black Kneelrng Cleft to rrghtj Rrckard Ross Srefert Blakeley Mr Tongue Noye Carey Trrmrngham TENNIS SEASON As the warm weather returns to Avon the thoughts of the students slowly begm to drrft toward sprrng sports and the great trmes on the arhletrc fields But for some thrrty or forty students the mam objectrve rs the tennxs courts and to be number one on the ladder or the best player rn the school These boys started therr workout a week before vacatron and although there was rerrrble weather they accomplrshed a great ea Because of the numbers of players thrs year s group had to be drvrded rnto three sectxons a varsrty group made up of the srx or seven best players the junror varstty group composed of the next srx or seven the freshman squad whrch was made up of the best players rn the two lower forms Thxs year as rn the past the coachrng was under taken by Mr Tongue wrth the assrstance of Mr John son and Mr Sprcer The team had many returnrng var stty and yunror varsrty players among them from the varsrty Roy Attrrde Wrlson Wyatt Granny Toogood Brll Bearson and Buddy Stegel from the Junror varsrty Ed Rrckard Dave Davrs jerry Robrnson jerry Blakeley and Dave McShane There were also several talented and much welcomed newcomers to the squad Mrke Cunnrngham Rusty Fowler Gary Black Denny Good rrch and Henry Sage , A , .K . ll fl 4 K ' 1 Sa . ff ' If Y ' V A . -.4 ' 1 A F, .S 1 ' ' : . , . . , ' , , ' , ' , , Fowler, Toogood, Mr. Sprcer ' ' : ' , , ' , , - , , , ' 7 - 1 s ' , . Q ' ' 7 . 3 3 7 I . , . . Q , d l. , , , , . 5 , y 1 v 7 9 ' , Z ' 144

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Back Row fleft to rightb : Lapham, Palmer, Basine, Usich, Michaelson, Mislick, Street, Greene, Wood Znd Row Cleft to rightj 1 Mr. Carney, Mr. Coachrane, Sagal, Rovetti, Warner, Morrow, McCormick, V. Viering, Dodd, Gallo, Durphey, Crawford, H. Miller. Stillgebauer Cmgr.J Front Row Cleft to righrj: Barr, Aird, Baker, Betley, G. Viering, A. Pettingill, Tracy, Bogino, T. Pettingill, Burney, Pope, 1. Wells, Noyes BASEBALL SEASON At the seasons start, the teams biggest problem was to fill the gaps left by six members of last years varsity who had graduated. However, with the abun- dance and quality of new material, this problem was soon dealt with, and the team only needed to iron out a few rough spots. It was thought to be impossible to hll the hole left by Rick Rickards, last years backstop, but Mike Faw- cett, up from the j. V. ranks, and Art Rovetti, a new- comer, showed that they were more than acceptable substitutes as they jointly handled the receiving duties, On the mound, we had johnny Aird and Al Pettin- gill, two veterans who led the team in batting as well as in pitching. Aird, with his good fast ball, and Pet- tingill, possessed of a remarkable pitching savvy, al- ternated on the hill, First base did not present too great a problem, as Steve Igo and Stu Barr proved that they could handle this difficult position. Both these boys also saw some action as pitchers. At the keystone positions, second and short, we were fairly strong as Nate Tracy, another veteran, nailed down the shortstop berth, and Bob Bogino and Frank Gallo vied for second base honors. Third base was our only real trouble spot, but Tom Pettingill and john Aird, when the latter was not pitch- ing, did commendable jobs filling in at the hot spot. In the outfield were veterans Matt Betley and George Viering, along with Baker, Pope, and on oc- casion, Al Pettingill. Certainly the credit for any and all success which the team enjoyed should be bestowed upon Coach Cochrane who was behind his boys every step of the way, and whose only demand was that they do their best.