Cumberland High School - Milestone Yearbook (Cumberland, IA)

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BOYS BASEBALL The Baseball season of '47 started with several letter win ners and newcomers on the squad After a few short days of prac tice we tackled the experienced and seasoned Fontanelle team I was a rough battle but the Cumberland 'Demonsu emerged victorious final score 4 to 2 Because of a burst of overconfldence we were severely troun ed by the small Massena Club Score was 8 to 3 We then went in to a pretty good period winning from all cor ners beating Bridgewater 10 2 Lewis 7 l Griswold 7 l Lewis lJ l and Massena lo 2 This brought us to the Sectional Tournament at Wlota W hadn't played Wiota all season so this was our chance to finally show our stuff We played Adair the closest game of the season, eliminating them 5 4 Then following a wln from Exlra by a lucay score of 15 4 we played Elk Horn, the team that downed Wlota in this same tournament We were playing pretty good ball, as 1nd1 cated by the score 8 3 This win entitled us to the Sectional Trophy Our next game was ln the District Tournament but we were paired with Audubon and were beaten 14 O Thus ended a good season with eight victories against two losses After each successful basketball or baseball tournament a dinner was given the boys by Mr Saville at his home The boys always enjoyed Mrs Sav1lle's pecan rolls and baked ham At the dinner on May 25 ea h boy who participated in the winning of the sectional baseball tournament was presented with a baseball signed by his teamates to be kept as a remembrance X it 'Q L A ' .- f . t . 'S o 6 NJ o s , ' Z ' 3 ' I I f 'us . . . . 6 1 o 1 . - Q I , - . V o s o O I , C O u ly V 4 -:Fisk Qqlwii RA W ' ' - '-Vx..- - , K t' My V 'V Evan Q., A K xx-S ,, V A, kv --Qsirjh Ax W XSXN I -a ,gyms M . A '.sN2,,1:2ik14 MA 2 X g . df ' . -Q. Y 9 ' -1 'i f 1 .Mg ' p 1 S T . T:- 2 v7 . X ' ' X f I . I 'l