Ashton High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Ashton, IL)

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. :xx I x .fluff FUN 'f'OM1YfllUN'I'fY 4 Q QB ' 1' ar! .n..rlJJe, lgm3Cl'V M Big! ASHTON ILLINOIS ' fi l . p . - ug is e fl - 'lllfgm Hr' gf' ff' .ii . '.T,T TTd' :Ji Sept. e., 1941 Dear George: The Ashton Aces started softball practice as soon as school opened in hope of capturing the Route 72 crown. About thirty turned out for the first prac- tice, but the squad was cut to fifteen before the first game. Coach Vaux has several men back from last year. They are as follows: Loren Calhoun, Edward Calhoun, Willis Karsten, LaVerne Kersten, Kenneth Page, William Patton, Carl Witzel, Edward Zager, Harlow Dailey, and , Ralph Salzman. All of these either played last year or substituted. There will be several changes made this year due to graduation and a new battery will have to be composed. We have a very tough schedule this year, made up of Route 72 Conference games. THE SCHEDULE Sept. lO...- --.Stillman VaI1oy.... ...hero Sept. 16 ........ Forreston. ....... ...here Sept. 18... .... .Monroe Center... ...here Sept. 25 .... ...Leaf River ....... ...there Oct. 7.... ...Stillman Valley .... ...there Oct. lO ....... .Forreston ....... , ..... ..there I'll write soon to let you know how we come out. - Hopefully yours, The Squad P.S. Write and tell us something about your camp.

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6 XF X Aa-I FOP-Il foII,III,IuNI'rNr fl: ILMF4 illfilzhqmam ASHTON ILLINOIS 7, af? lf Q- Q ' ' ' It lg J I I 1 Q I 'IJ W 1-IIG1-I 5361.1-IOQL .:gf3?Tl - . 'il ' October ll, l94l Dear George: . Well, the season is over and the outcome of the conference was not as we had hoped. Out of the five teams in the conference, we finished second with four wins and two defeats, both by the champions from Stillman Valley. ' Our hitting throughout the seasonwwas good with a team average of 26773, but our defense showed lack of practice. I am going to give you a brief descrip- tion of each game and the batting average of all the players. On September 10, we opened our season on the home diamond against Stillman Valley, a strong team,, and were defeated lO-6. Loren Calhoun did the pitching, also hitting 3 out of 4 times at bat. On Sept. 16, we defeated Forreston here 9-3, our pitchers only allow- ing them 4 hits. September 18, we defeated Monroe Center for our second victory 7-5, outhitting them 9-5 with LaVerne Kersten getting 5 of them on home runs and a double. On September 25, we invaded Leaf River defeating them 9-5 for our third straight vic- tory. Then on October 7, we ran up against Stillman Valley again for our second set back, 6-4, and our last hope of winning the Route 72 Conference. October lO, we closed our season by defeating Forreston 4-1 on a one hit performance by Loren Calhoun and a per- fect day at bat for Ed Calhoun getting two for two. Following are the batting averages of the team for the year: