Cyprus High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Magna, UT)

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X W, m f 'i W ,w,w 1 I NV' BASEBALL IN the second Granite game Henderson limited the Granitians to six hits and one run, as the Pirate batters slashed out twelve hits for eight runs. The battling Miners almost upset the high-riding Pirates in their last enl counter, but were finally subdued by a score of eight to six. In a game featured by Hve Cyprus errors in two innings the Bing- ham squad pushed five runs across the plate for the first runs scored on Merrill Johnson in twenty-two innings. Home runs by Eddie Johnson and Jay McAllister drove in the deciding runs of the game as the Pirates turned in their sixth consecutive victory. The final battle with Davis will be bitterly fought as the Darts have been beaten once, while a victory for Cyprus will win the championship and a loss will make it necessary for a victory over the Judge Memorial team. The batting of the Cyprus Pirates was well divided among the regulars, but Jay McAllister and Eddie Johnson were the home run kings while Jack Ridd and Johnny Kovozovich were timely hitters and Henry Mori had the most walks and runs to his credit. A i xl , X ,Vik P C ,, sxx Page Fifty- th ree l ,L ' 5 , X f T XX

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r 'la gd. 'tl . J .,., 5 VL' Y W TF Nea BASEBALL YPRUS gained the spotlight and hall of fame in Utah athletics for the first time in the history of Cyprus by virtually winning the state baseball championship. At the time of this writing Cyprus had won six league games without tasting defeat, but two games were yet unplayed, one with Davis and one with the cellar ranking Judge Memorial team, The fast Pirate aggregation scored decisive victories in four games while two of the encounters were won by close margins. Heavy hitting and stellar pitching featured in the Cyprus victories as the Pirates collaborated in six encounters to tally sixty-four runs while the pitchers were limiting the opposing teams to sixteen runs. The initial game on the Pirate campaign was an overwhelming triumph over Granite. Duane Henderson, star sophomore pitcher, yielded four runs to the Granitian batters while the Pirats collected fourteen runs. The hitting of the Pirate squad in the first game indicated the potential strength of the team. Bingham, four-time champions, were the next victims of the Pirate onslaught as Cyprus tallied twenty runs. The hard hitting Miners were shut out as Merrill Johnson, ace Pirate hurler, struck out eighteen opposing batters. The third Cyprus victory was gained in an encounter with Davis. The Dart hurlers checked the slugging 1 2 J 5 l t r N ...fine 'i i ga. . 'iii is W . lit V in . 1 idea 3 ii iii-T r 3553 , Y 'ia 6 535 2 .,'jl Q W . Q ty s 2 Wu l . t 2 l I ', i . ly fi' ..,., i . lffitixl 5 5 3 5 s 1 i 3 P 1 3 I , 5 5 T Pirates to six runs, but Duane Henderson and Merrill Johnson limited the , ,il Davis hitters to five tallies. The fighting Pirates overcame a one run i Mm lead in the ninth inning by scoring two runs on two walks and a two X base hit, ' X Page Fifty-two . H fr, V , Q ' e S f 1 f X X

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THE TRACK TEAM AGRAND track season at Cyprus Was culminated when three aces of the cinder qualified at the state track meet held at B. Y, U. DeMont Call, an experienced letterman earned two positions, the 100 yard dash and the broad-jump, at the meet while james Schoenfeld in the 440 yard run and Harold Linke in the 220 yard dash were the other two trackmen to represent Cyprus at Provo. As the track meet had not begun at the time of this Writing, the final results were impossible for publication. Cyprus won the dual track meet at Tooele for the Hrst time in the history of this institution. Spirited battles in the sprints, which gave Cyprus the majority of its points was the feature of the track meet. Q A Q