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The Best in the State Up to the time of this printing, the Mustangs had not been defeated in nine innings by a high school team. their two high school losses came at the hands of Am- phitheater's Panthers in 10 innings in mid-season, and a 4-3 setback by the Tucson nine toward the end of the campaign. Don Nicholas led the Mustang hitters, while other leading sluggers were Bill Grasham, the captain, Kelsey Boltz, and Bob Melton. The pitching staff was sparked by Bob Gehres, Bobby Slaughter, and Jerry Jones, with Gene Mitcham, a capable relief pitcher. r LEADING MUSTANG MAULER -all-stater Don Nicholas, who sported a batting average of .550- plus during the past season, after blasting the ball at a .467 clip the previous year. The Colts, coached this year by W. K. Lang, ran through close to a dozen consecutive Wins at the start of the season and finished the season with an average close to .800. - JUNIOR VARSITY-FRONT Row: Denney, McMul- SEASON'S SCHEDULE Mustangs Opponents Opp. Score 12 Tolleson 1 9 Phoenix Tech 1 13 St. Ma.I'y's 3 2 U of A Frosh 9 14 Amphitheater 7 4 Tolleson 0 12 Mesa 5 6 Tempe 1 9 Tucson 5 2 Glendale 0 17 Phoenix Tech. 1 17 Mesa 10 8 Amphitheatre 10 10 Phoenix- Union 6 12 St. Mary's 8 8 Tempe 3 3 Tucson 4 18 Glendale 3 9 Phoenix Union 1 10 U of A Frosh 7 Yuma Yuma len, H. Watson, Farmer, Jiminez, Hensley. SECOND ROW: Gray, J. Watson, Short, Mariani, McLain, Ba- con, Harrelson, Kararn. THIRD ROW: Silvers, Tay- lor, Boltz, Sutton, Blekers, Gress, Young, Chambers.
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VARSITY TRACK-FRONT ROW: Herold fmanagerj, Wallace, Wackerbarth, Clements, Small, Laird, Pedrick, Welker fmanagerj. SECOND ROW: Coach Pace, Fuller, Webster, Knaack, Prent- ice, Smith, Watkins, Hurley, Edwards, Strangeland f .student coach Q. THIRD ROW: M. Dunlap, Hargraves, H. Dunlap, Malody, Duke, Myers, Jones, Schmitz, Snell. rack Squad Is Cinder-ella eam Coach Don Pace and Student Coach Strangeland turned out a strong track track team in the spring of '48, a team that ranked second only to the Tucson Badgers in the state of Arizona in track and field power. The Mustangs, lead by versatile Merle Wackerbarth, who averaged just about three Wins per meet, defeated squads from Mesa, Glendale, Phoenix Union, St. Mary's, Phoenix Tech, and other state and valley schools. Ax 1 :.,g,fcVi ,i v' J TRACK AND FIELD-UPPER FT: Don Schmidt edges out Doug ickett and Bill Laird in the 440. - PPER CENTER: Lee Pedrick runs f the low hurdles. UPPER RIGHT: Arkie Small heaves the discus. LOWER LEFT: Merle Wackerbarth running the high hurdles. LOWER RIGHT: Colt Track-Front Row: Binkley, Vick, Woodward, Johnson, Hull, K. Marley, Brown, Green, Coates, Cooper. Second Row: Her- old fmanagerj, Kenny, Lee, Kelley, Rahmatulla, Schafer, Goodson, Pickett, Wheat, Coach Pace. Third Row: Davis, Mclver, N. Marley, T Smith, Whitmore, Shaver, Pate- man, Brownlow, Wood. I 1 l 1160
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