Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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Baseball The boys turned out splendidly for kiselxtll this spring, showing that they still have a love for the national game. Emery I tunnel was elected captain of tin team. After practicing a week we went to Stevcnsville ami defeated them -4. Itunnel pitched a tine game. I wo weeks later we defeated Watervliet. We were defeated by Three Oaks, due to the fact that we were without five of our regulars. We had a hard time to get a game with Cass because of the weatlter and when we did start we had to quit on account of the rain. I.in KM’: Stover, catcher; Graham. 1st base; Gifford. 1st Iwtse; Bruce. -o« base; Wetzel, shortstop; Tillstrom. 3rd base; lloopingcr. left field; French, center field; Painter, right field; )lncy. right field. We lose only one senior this year, therefore expect to he in the running for thc county championship. 3® l Parc Twenty-Six) Track As this was the first year for track, we teel quite proud of our track team At tlie first of the season a ballot was cast and baseball won by a majority. Nit it was decided that the lioys who wanted to cou'd sign up for either track or l»sclal' a tlicir first choice and practice that jwirticular sport as scheduled and the other when possible. We hail no track so xvc hail to practice on the gravel road, ami for some reason or other it ra nee! nearly every night of track practice. Under this difficulty, we entered our team at St. Joseph and won second for the county championship, taking ix out of eleven firsts with 34 points, while Budianan took first place with 50 jMiints. Fred Dougan was high jxiint man with Ronald Weaver next Our relay team won first place and also a trophy. We then entered a district meet at Kalamazoo and took seventh place, qualifying Ronald Weaver. Fred Dougan. and Dale Graham for the state meet at l-ansing Ronald and Fred were the only men to win points at I rinsing and they succeeded in gaining sixth place for Berrien. Ronald Weaver entered in the 440 yard dash and t M.k first place, breaking :b state record of 53.2 seconds (his t me was 52.4). ‘This qualifies him to enter the National meet at Chicago. Fred Dougan won third place in the 220 yard dash.

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Second Basketball Team The second string of the Berrien Bees have had a very successful season this year and with all underclassmen on the squad they promise to bring forth a real first team in the future. They have won a good |)crcentagc of their games and no •l ul t some of them will lx seen on the first squad next year. All the Ik vs on the second squad have practice ! very industriously .ill season and this is wliat accounts for the g xxl showing. The entire lineup consists of Freshmen. Sophomores. and Juniors; therefore, they all have one more war and a greater |»rt have more. At the Ijcginning of the season they did not slmw many signs «»f liaskctliall. but with the new gym and hard drilling under Coach Paul Harvey they have ended the •eason ap|ienring as a team with two years experience. Girls’ Basketball Team W ’n the first call for a l»askcthnil team was made last fall the turn out was not in the least lacking in nunilKM. The girls had again for their coach. Miss Zimmer man. who together with the well equipjH-d gym and the loyalty of tlx girls, was aide to show us that again a team of winners could Ik- produced. She coadied the team through a star year with hut one defeat with K H. S. and we can still claim the title as tin one undefeated team in Berrien County in our class. Mary Pletcher was elected captain. There were three other Seniors liesides the captain, and two Juniors. I.inctt| : Mss Zimmerman, Coach; Forwards: 1). Priddy. H. Xightlinger; Guards; R. Painter. M. Harrington; Centers: H. Phillips. K. C.. Capt. Pletcher. I. C.; Subs; L Sharpe. M. Woolley. Twcntv-Fivc)

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