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

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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.

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