Ball High School - Purple Quill Yearbook (Galveston, TX)

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Lettermen Dolph Stein and Tommy Muecke guard their first base sack from any and all. 10 Off Ball's expert keystone combination of H. B. Mantzel and Johnny Covini work overtime Conrad Pierce, Ball's ace outer gardener, reaches for a high pop fly. A two year letterman Pierce is considered by many as the best all-around athlete vi on the BHS campus. L 'W Behind prison bars or what!! Tor diamond coach Tor pitching corps returnees Clifford Bry- Paul Register is pictured going out to register a ant, Skippy Ruttiger and Bill Brown try a complaint with the umpire. new stretch motion which might pick off

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rough and ready Senior crew prepares to hit the field for the annual tussle 1th the high-powered Junior Class. may yayjef af yjZlSA1iZ2 'fgr 769 77050 er jjreffzes This annual tilt ,tween junior and senior class girls was a March ,57 classic. One of the mighty muscle-arousing events of the Tor year is the Powder Puff game, which is a benefit project. Funds are applied to expenses for the junior-senior prom. Looking nervous but confident are the Junior gridiron giants preparing to move on the field. Regardless of the outcome, the dames have had their day of foot- ball fervor. Anyone for tennis? Oh, my aching everythingf, the dam- sels despair in the drudgery of shaping up for the yearly show-off of gridiron glamor. It's a quick handoff and away the crashing Senior fullback goes. Q55 1f5 ?f

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n perfecting the double play toss. Fine all handling on both players' part are a iajor factor in all Tor wins. Bal1's Mr. Squatlow' Cotton Stephens looks for a popup and seems ready for season competition, master-minding the game from behind home-plate. QD. IQQQODOG, All-district third baseman Tony Garcia guards the dish and vows not to let any good ones sneak hy. Tony led all district hitters last year with a fine .471 average. BASEBALL SQUAD-Front row, left to right: George Letsos, J. C. Kissenger, Vincent Sorrentino, H. B. Mantzel, Joe DeLeon, Erben Schuldt, and Jerry Warren. Second row: Skippy Ruttiger, Mike Nussenhlatt, Sam Gipson, Tony Garcia, Conrad Pierce, Cotton Stephens, Charles Bond, Alvin Newkirk, and Ronnie Graber. Third row, Coach Paul Register, Johnny Covini, Bill Brown, Eddie Maples, Elmer Home, Tommy Muecke, Walter Lisbony, Clifford Bryant, and Tommy Gillane. .. .. f T ..,. r . 3 ' A ',:k 35, :QL ' g e., k E V V s . . ,Samoa wg-1 3 A 1 -...M i ,.. -- ' I ,L ,,., - , -, fzl Q3 L, nf' it f if ,Y - ' ff' m e if fi? X ,f 1 .,.. Fu 4 H. .M . 1