Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Miniling Award winner Dick Monigomery leis loose his fast ball, showing the form ihaf mode him Sec1i1olm's leading hurler wiih a 4-I record. fzss QW, 'E 2 S u sa n Ross li' is 'ki' as 25? Vivian Ross A,,ri,E,r M Koiherine Rosselof f'is , 1- , , iisi if ik Mark Roukus Robe rf Rowe Nancy Royal

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Swinging mightily, catcher Bill Kovachevich misses the fast ball delivered by Groves pitcher Mike Rafferty. .X K Heading back to first base to avoid the pickoff is Jeff Mays, the only sophomore starter on Coach Sackett's team. W ' , ' V -,wmvswv-nail - Batsmen place third in Ml With a 6-4 record, the Maple baseball team finish! third in the Southeastern Michigan League. Under t guidance of coach Sackett, the team held an overall recor of 6-6. Elected by his fellow team mates, pitching ace Dia Montgomery received the Mintling Award for the mo valuable baseball player. He held a won-lost record of 4- and had a 2.1 earned run average. T The six league victories included a i6-3 slugfest ov Berkley. ln this game Dick Montgomery struck out thirte batters and collected four hits for himself. In a later ga hurler Jim Shryock shut out Kimball 7-0. That Maple pitche showed improvement during the season was evidenced la their l-0 loss to Groves at the end of the season, as col trasted with their 9-4 loss to Groves in the season opene The Maples held first place in the SMA until they lo their last two games. Coach Sackett felt that his teal would have finished first if the batting had not slumpe in the final games. One of the key men on the team was pitcher Jir Shryock, with a 2-2 record and a 2.8 earned run averagi Slugger Buzz Downey led the team in hitting for the secon consecutive year with a .406 average. He also scored th most runs batted in. Second in batting was sophomore Je' Mays, with a .347 average. Versatile catcher Bill Kovache vich proved his talents in both catching and hitting. With .280 average, he was Seaholm's number three batter. Art Kale, Maple jack-of-all-trades, leads oft first base at the tussle wi Groves. The Maples lost, 9-4.

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