Hill Murray High School - Omega Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Bea rd's Special Golf Roman Borkan, Donald Hart, Tom McLaughlin, Kyle Peter- son, Owen Eckblom, Joel Poeschl, Peter Beard. GOLF, TENNIS CHALK GAINS Winning six matches and losing Three, the Murray linkmen finished the season in Third place. This is The best showing The Pilots have made since They captured The city title in l94Q. Led by Peter Beard, The golf Team began The spring with a victory over Humboldt l2V2-QV2, before losing to Washington lOV2-4V2. Coming back, The golf Team defeated Marshall i5-O, Harding QV2-SVQ, Mechanic Arts T5-O, only to give way to The championship-bound Johnson Team ll-7, Back on Their winning ways again The golfers stopped Monroe ll-7, Wilson I2-3, and closed The season on The short end of an 8-7 match with Central. Peter Beard and Joel Poeschl represented Murray in The city golf meet. Murray's tennis team, paced by Al Nelson and Charles Grose, completed The T948 Tennis schedule with a record of three wins in five conference matches. The courtmen dropped non-conference matches To Minneapolis Roosevelt 5-i and Breck 3-l with Al Nelson the only Pilot To score a point. Rounding into shape for The Hrst conference match, The clay-court Pilots defeated Johnson 3-2. Murray then Topped Harding 4-l before losing to the eventual city champions, Humboldt, 2-3. Playing their finest game of The year, The Tennis Team defeated Mechanic Arts 5-O as the Trainers won but a single game. In The city singles Tournament Murray was represented in The finals by Al Nelson, who won The first set 6-3, but lost the next two 3-6 and 4-6. Tennis First row: Dan Neale, Chuck Michaelson, Don McGrath Y Alfred Nelson, Chuck Grose, Richard Sturm, Roger Wood 'V August Haugan, Donald Hennen, Dean Rasmussen, Coach George Rose.

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TANKMEN CAPTUREIWFTH PLACE Starting slowly, the Pilot tankmcfn im- proved steadily as the season prof gressed. Meets were held at the Central YMCA each week. The Murrayites placed fifth in the city swimming meet while individual points and honors went to Grant Warfield, who captured second in diving, and to Art Kistler, who came in fourth in the back stroke. The boys' total of sixteen points gave Murray its fifth place. In conference meets the tankmen won five and lost four. Victories for the Pilot: were notched over Humboldt, Washing- ton, Wilson, Harding, and Mechanic Arts. Losses of the season were at the hands of Central, Johnson, Marshall, and Monroe. Seniors, Grant Warfield, Art Kistler, Jim Harmon, and Paul Mielke were the margin of victory in many of the meets. With a good nucleus remaining for next year's team, the aquatic group will be ready for a top season. First row: Eugene Brioschi, Bob Prodger, Art Kistler, Jud Harmon i' Larry Lang, Douglas Warfield, Ray Grove, Jim Harmon, Bob Lauritzen. COMO HLY SPONSORSINTRAMURALS Murray's first round-robin in- tramural basketball league be- gan play this year under the sponsorship of the Como Hi-Y. Fourteen weeks of play, begin- ning in the middle of November and culminating with a play-off the first week in March, pro- duced exciting recreation for all. Eight teams competed for the coveted trophy which was won by the B Squad after a thrilling 30-29 victory in the play-off game. Entered in the league were the following eight teams: Larson's Long Shots, Como Hi-Y, Round Mouths, Globe Trotters, Band, Shafters, SAA, and B Squad. Joe Poeschl, Herb Lynch, Jerry Gillett, Don Anderson, shooting, Sure Nuff, Dick Zandlo, Grant Warfield, and Harry Johnson. Page forty-seven

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S! Q -'r-'T rj - . Q. l NMS' :v- W T' GSS?- FirsT row: Bill WegleiTner, James Lovdahl, Tom WegleiTner, Frank Vasierling, Norm Rynard, Tom Zwiener, Ronald Nelson, Byron McGroarTy, Ralph DeYoung 'V Tom Fox, GranTland Warfield, Herb Lynch, James Shields, Ronald Benlley, Ronald Hadrils, Donald Halmstrom, Bill Ze-Ttel, Jerry Gilleff, manager 7 Dick FlaherTy, Edward Ronkowski, Ronald Seaborg, Clyde Pemble, Coach George Bergup. BASEBALL MAKES HISTORY Under The direction of Mr. George Bergup, The sTar- sTudded PiloT diamond nine of 1948 finished The season wiTh The besT record in The school's hisTory. Led by The superb pitching of Tom Zwiener and The fine cluTch hiTTing of Ralph DeYoung, The Murrayiies landed in a second place Tie wiTh Johnson aT The season's end. Opening The conference, The Pilofs blasTed Marshall 6-l and conTinued on Their winning ways in deTeaTing CenTral 3-l To make iT Two in a row. Here is Sure 'Nuff horning in on The baseball noTables. He seems To be wondering if he can emulaTe Ronald Red Nelson in a baTTing pracTice. WashingTon spelled The season's TirsT deTeaT for The Murray men as They shuT ouT The PiloTs 2-O in an extra inning piTcher's duel. Murray Then deTeaTed Harding 7-l and lost To Wil- son 4-3 before Trouncing HumbolclT 8-4. Going hiTless, The PiloTs were deleaied by Monroe 8-O. Ending The conference season in a fine manner, The PiloTs defeaTed Johnson 7-O and Mechanic ArTs 5-3. In The play-oT'Ts Murray was defeaTed by Wash- ingTon 7-4. Jim Lovdahl really slides for home in This camera doesn'T lie Take. Umpire Mariy is waTching criTically. Page forty-nine