Dolgeville High School - Slippertonian Yearbook (Dolgeville, NY)

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1948 BHSEBHLL TEHIH The D H S baseball team completed one of the greatest seasons ID the hlstory of the school when lt fmxshed lts 1948 season v1th a 13 to 1 record After captunng the western sectlon of the Lower Mlddle Mohawk Valley League with ease the Bynon lads were upset by Illon rn a play off game at Herklmer However after thls defeat the team was mvxted to a post season toumament for the New York State Class B champxonshxp and won It for the 2 nd straight year In 0115 toumament the boys again showed the flghtmg spmt whxch led them to capture all then' games 1n the last mmngs The 1948 team set many records m fneldmg and hxttmg but xts blggest record was the National Record which xt made by captunng seven straight shut-outs The teams battlng average led by John Pughese wlth 502 was 275 the fxeldmg average was up to about 870 wlule rn the pltchlng department ace Joe Prestlgxacomo fed h1s fast ball through elght games and ended hxs season with a record of 7 to 1 Carpenter 2 nd starter on the team ended h1s season wxth a record of 3 to 0 whxle Nap Morra handed m a 2 to 0 record The school 15 very proud to have had such a strong and wxnn ng team last year TEAM Trumbul J DeCarr H Puglxese J Brown Morra A Lyon R Miller N. Delaney R. Prestigiacomo Carpenter R. Olsen A. Pugliese . Rickard K. Yatarola . Gaetano . Deninno . Dolgevllle 35 GAME SCORES Fort Plam West Canada Little Falls St Johnsvrlle West Canada Canajoharie St. Johnsville Fort Plain Little Falls Ilion Holland Patent Verona Warners 4

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