English High School - Englishman Yearbook (English, IN)

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BASEBALL SEASON SUMMARY The Raiders finished the fall baseball season with a 6 won, 3 lost record, dropping contests to more experienced French Lick, Paoli, and Oil Township. With the exception of a few players, the Raiders were inexperienced, but they improved as the season rolled on. Jim Moss, big right-handed sophomore pitcher, brought his amazing strike-out total, for the fall baseball season to 10h in 57 innings. He promises to have one of the brightest futures in our national pastime. Freshman Richard Johnson, who played second base, was the club's leading hitter, batting well over MOD. He fields flawlessly on most occasions and promises to be a spark plug in the years to come. Gene Gilliatt, first baseman, who had never played baseball, shows great promise as he gains experience, he should prove to be very tough in the spring season. Donald Owen, sophomore shortstop, began to come into his own in fielding, toward the end of the season, making several hard plays look easy. He improved in his hitting and should make English a great shortstop. 1 Joe Tyler, one of the three seniors on the team, was handicapped by illness and had to miss three games, but he was able to come back and play 3rd base the last six games and give us that much missed long- ball hitting. Left field was patrolled by sophomore Loren Leaser. Loren hits the long ball and has improved steadily, both afield and at the bat, during the season. His long home run at West Baden will long ,Mike Flanigan, a senior, was the all around handy well at shortstop and center field, and also pitched a over Milltown. He had a very good batting eye and was ability to hit the'really good pitchers. Ronald Kissel, a sophomore, is another boy several positions. He caught a creditable game outfield. He, along with Jim Moss, played with this experience proved very valuable to both of The third senior, Bob Gilliland, who plays be remembered. man. Mike played A hit victory noted for his who plays well at and played well in the the Paoli Legion, and them. a great game at first base, had to be called upon to catch, the last of the season. His move- ment to catcher strengthened the team and helped pitcher Jim was a very good clutch hitter and should do well in baseball school days. Moss. Bob after high The bench strength was inexperienced but came through well when called upon to fill the gaps. Dennis Collins, a junior, filled in on the outfield and should help fill the shoes of the 3 seniors leaving in the spring.

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SENIORS BOW OUT There will be several vacancies on the varsity club next year due to the graduation of five senior basketballers. Each of them has been with the team for four years. Many of these boys have been playing since the sixth grade. Their eighth grade team was defeated only once and also won their grade tournament. -Denny Haycox has had difficulties throughout high school, Dur- ing his freshman year he was unable to play because ofla broken arm. A knee injury kept him out of action in his junior year and in the Fayetteville game and part of the Blrdseye game this year. Denny, a 6 foot guard, set a one-game individual scoring record against Bris- tow this year, scoring no points. Joe Tyler, who also plays at guard, may not do so much scoring, but he proves his value in his defensive play. Joe, who is 5 feet 10 inches tall, is third baseman on our baseball team. Harold Cunningham started his basketball days in the eighth grade. The 6 feet 2 incher plays at either center or forward. nCoon is one of our best rebounders, and his consistent scoring has helped win many games for the Raiders. ' Merrill Stephenson has played a variety of positions. The 5 feet 10 inch eager has played at forward, at guard, and even on the pivot. 'Stevieu came through at the Fayetteville game, hitting a free throw with the score tied and only two seconds of play left. Dave Seele, a 5 feet lO inch guard, has an old saying, nlf you can't stop your man, foul himln Dave brought the team out of the fire in the Milltown game by hitting three badly needed foul shots in the last few seconds. Last but not least is our student manager, Edward Stroud. Eddie played three years of second team ball. He has been valuable in keeping team spirit high throughout the year. Bob Gilliland ' QUEEN CROWNED Immediately following the second team game with Alfordsville November lh, Carole Scott, junior, was crowned queen of the 1952- 1953 basketball season. The nCoronat1on March' was played as the procession entered the east door of the gymnasium and marched to the stage. Carole was es- corted by Gene Cunningham, co-captain of the English Red Raiders. She was followed by her attendants, who were escorted by other mem- bers of the basketball team: Sanda Lou Roberts, with Don Owens: Doris Bea Ferguson, with Jim Mossy Doris Jean Miller, with Joe Ty- lerg and Sybil Smith, with Merrill Stephenson. The other players of the English teams were lined up to the left of the stage as the procession approached. After the queen and her attendants had taken their places on the stage, Carole was crowned queen by Dencil Hay- cox, team captain, Basil Belcher, in behalf of all the Raiders, presented to her a bouquet of red roses. At the close of the ceremony the cheer-leaders led a special cheer for Queen Carole. The queen wore a strapless formal of the traditional white. The attendants, too, were attired in strapless formals. Sanda wore sapphire blue: Doris Bea, muted redg Doris Jean, pale champagne, and Sybil, light blue. The girls carried nosegays of fall flowers.

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GRADE TEAM ONE BOTTOM ROW: Maybelle Yeckinpaugh, Delma Denbo, Lynn Moss SECOND ROW: Coach Claude Retherford, Travis Baker, Barry Byrd, Terry Smith, Tony Longest, David Whiteside TOP ROW: Johnnie Sims, Rollie Tillery, Don Reasor, Ronald Bonham, Stephen Eastridge GRADE TEAM TWO BOTTOM ROW: Maybelle Peckinpaugh, Delma Denbo, Lynn Moss SECOND ROW: -Tony Sturgeon, Terry McLain, Jimmy Roborts, Frankie Gilliland, Ray Sims, Nicky Roberts TOl ROW: Coach Claude Retherford, Roger Lee, Earl Ray, Gerald McMahel, Eugene Cline 41