Soldan Blewett High School - Reflector Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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STILL HOPING CLJBAGK pyy by Thlngs d1dnt look too brlght for the Soldan Blewett Baseball Team thls year Almost an entrre tearn graduated last year and the squad was composed ot new boys work1ng together for the f1fSl tlme Wlth the only returnlng letter man B111 Mathews as captaln and the coach1ng chores turned over to Mr Clltte the team began practrce ln preparatlon for the league season After lostng the1r f1fSl two non league encoun ters to Mercy and McBr1de the Bengals cap tured the1r flrst vlctory agalnst Pr1nc1p1a 4 3 Thls game featured a 330 loot home run by second baseman Ron Slawskr to t1e the score Later the w1nn1ng run crossed the plate W1th the opennog ol the league season the Tlger Nlne absorbed a 9 U loss to Cleveland and then held the powerful Beaumont Blue Iackets to tour runs as they lost 4 U The squad took a beatmg at the hands of McK1nley 1n the1r next game lU 3 They have a crowded schedule ahead but the boys hope to fare better as the season progresses FIRST ROW Slqnorelll Pelker Yancey Herman Bowen Duke Flnk Karnfleld Lee Matthews Capt SECOND ROW MOTI Axelrod Radley Andrews Iohnsey Taylor Brooks McBrearty Gerescht Westmoreland Pavey THIRD HOW Holt Becker Prerron Grossman Rose-nbloom Poger Stanley Monroe Lewls Mgr FOURTH ROW Coach Chile Rayman Lahay Poulos Suthan Kemp Iohnson Culeclo Alva Slawskr Erghty four , . . 1 . . V' ' 1 1 - 1 1 . I - , ' . , . A 1 I ' - 1 ' - V-1- f' P 1 , - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - -1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - ' -1 . 1 ' .1 -. 1 r -

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Beturmng to league play Coach Prankenber ger s ooys recetved another heart hreakmg de leat from Southwest 59 58 Once more Soldan Blewett needed to buckle down The chance cam one week later agamst Hadley The team completely outclassed the Hornets 53 35 Two xmmedta e los es at the hands ot Roosevelt and Beaumont followed The Bough Bxders won 18 45 1n a thnller wh1le Beaumont smashed th T1ger defenses G2 37 The Bengals ftntshed the season as they lost to the CBC Cadets '14 33 to Central 65 47 and flnally to the Cleve land Dutchmen 52 33 The squad won one game and lost stx 1n league play to capture fourth place They scored a total ol B77 potnts durlng the season whlle the opposttlon scored 772 polnts B1ll Mathews recetved honors from two local news papers for h1s trne showmg throughout the season He was also voted to the Pubhc League All Opponents Team gCl,5Let6Cl,! M Frankenberger Specker Knox P1e-rron Gtlden Sander Gheraramr Mathew Oppenhex Rayman Monroe Dewhlrt Iohnson Melton Towe Gro Exghty three I , , , . . I - ' - e T . . I 4 I ' I s A , U T I I O , 4 - . . 5 , . A Y - - - , , , - 1 , BALLET ' ,Q Y ,-H Q, , , A, so

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As the first signs ot spring approached the Soldan Blewett Track Team under the direc tion of Coach Hatfleld began to practice and cond1t1on themselves for the coming season After seeing them compete in time trtals Coach Hatfield cut the squad of hard Working athletes to a workable size With the openlng of the track season 1ust around the corner the Tigers eagerly awalted their first meet lnclement weather caused the postponement of the early dual meets on the schedule but the Cinder men continued their Work outs While hoping for better weather conditlons At the close of the season the Bengals wtll compete with the other Public High League squads in what IS constdered the zenith of racmg the Field Day Track Meet Wlth sev eral returning lettermen the Tlgers have an excellent chance of maklng a fine name for themselves ON THE BALI.. flag FIRST ROW Mohrman R Meisenberg Pashos Bianchi Greenberg Barnes Mohrman D Suchart Manager SECOND ROW Ball McCormick Weber Harmon FOURTH ROW Asst Coach McEachron Mullen Wotawa Dewhirst Rothman Weiner Benkelman Gardner Wilson H Mayer Coach Hatfield Eighty tive Bach, Williams, Siegel,'Managhan, Mahan, Smith, Burton, Hitt. THIRD ROW: Wilson, Shannon, Darrow, Spence, Becker