Florida Military Academy - Dugout Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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'f'1 q 'f s. F ., 4, I, if if 'if 'if if 'if 'KTI-IEDUGOUT second round and were defeated by them 28-16. Plant High then went on to capture the tournament championship. At the conclusion of the tournament, Iky Wingate and Shorty McPhail were selected by tournament officials and sports writers for positions on the first and second all-tournament teams respectively. Too much praise cannot be given to Coach Bur- roughs for his success in rounding out such pa highly successful season. Graduating Lettermen: McPhail, Wertz, Steele, Danison and Ayres. Returning Lettermen: Ivy Wingate, Iky Wingate, Daly and J. W. Mitchell. 1937-38 RECORD F. M. A. Opponent Oppomenfs Score 52 St. Petersburg Vocational High 10 47 Lowrey's flndependentl 29 30 St. Petersburg Junior College 22 25 New Port Richey 14 23 Kentucky Military Institute 34 15 Largo 6 34 Clearwater 36 25 St. Petersburg Junior College 20 24 Clearwater 19 47 Largo - 19 22 Kentucky Military Institute 20 45 Cooksey's flndependentl 15 25 Sarasota fTournamentJ 24 16 Plant High fTournamentJ 28 430 Totals 276 - BOXING Captain Joseph, boxing coach, issued his first call for candidates for the boxing team early in January. Although sixty cadets reported for practice, only a few were experienced. Jack Wiley, last year's State Golden Glove Welterweight Champion, headed the contingent of would-be boxers. During the first two weeks in February, the annual intramural bouts were held with each senior company entering its contestants in the various weight divisions. Company A finally won the boxing championship in a 4 to 3 bout decision over its arch rival, Company B. Coach Joseph took his boxers to Miami on March 6th in order to compete in the annual State Golden Cloves Tournament. Making the trip with Captain Joseph were Boxing Captain Jack Wiley, Kirkland, Morton, Mead, Schneck, Bleakley and Gonzalez, P. Due to several contributing factors, the cadets failed to score a victory. The St. Petersburg Y. M. C. A. held its first Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday night, April 22nd. Cadets entered in the tournament were Bleakley, Gonzalez, P., McQueen, Raphun, L., Bradham, Lay, Waynick, Bosland, and Wiley. The middle- Pg 97

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THE DTUGUTUT ta at sir if ir is v x 4,1-me - -,nr-' ,,,,, A . , ' Q ' ' 'wal-.ann -ip' nos-M . . K I I K 4 ' N e 4 ,- THE BASKETBALL TEA Nl Slunrling: Captain Joseph ttioaclil, Noel tltlanagerl. Steele, Haekney, Danison, M1-Phail. Aycrs, Werlz. Sclincck lltlanagerl, Lieutenant Burroughs tlioaehl. Kneeling: Mitchell. .l. .l.. Mitchell, J. W.. Wingate tlvyl, Wingate flkyl, Daly, Ph:-lan. Sitting: ,Iindra and Rives lftssistant Managersj. BASKETBALL The hasketlrall team had a highly successful season for the year l937-38. ln a wcll-balanced. fourteen-game schedule they emerged victorious on eleven occasions and wcre defeated only three times. Under the expert coaching of Lieutenant John Burroughs the initial practices were lnegun shortly lieforc the Christmas holidays. Whcn the cadets returned from their Christmas furlough, Coach Burroughs put his squad of hopeful candidates earn- estly to work. As a nucleus, the team was built around three lettermen who returned from the 1937 team. These were Steele, Shouppe and Wilkinson. Leading candidates were Wertz, a guard with three years, experience in a northern high school: 'fShorty lVlcl'hail, a towering six-footer who was out for the pivot postiong and the flashy and experienced Wingate twins, lky and lvy, who were forwards. The regular line-up for most of the Academyis cage encounters found the Wingates at the forward positions, lVlcl'hail at center. and Hliutchw Steele and Hflerhien Wertz at the guard positions. The close of the season was in Tampa on March 13th, when F. lVl. A. accepted an invitation to participate in the annual West Coast Basketball tournament. After de- feating Sarasota in the opening game, 25-24, the cadets then played Plant High in the Page oo

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THE DUGUUT is 797 if it if if weight gold medal was won by Jack Wiley and Pedro Gonzalez was declared the win- ner in the bantamweight division. TRACK Led by two veteran dash men, Bob Elkins and George Anderson, the Academy har- riers began their workouts early in March. Somewhat handicapped by the loss of practically all of the '37 lettermen, the chances for a successful season were not very promising at the start. The first meet of the year was a dual encounter with Kentucky Military Institute on the F. M. A. field. The result was a decisive victory for the Academy, as the cadets rolled over their rivals by a 72-44 margin. The next meet was not scheduled until after the annual Spring Vacation when on April 16th, Coach Burroughs took his team to Tampa for a dual meet with Hillsborough High, a member of the Big Ten . Once again the cadets came through in excellent style and captured an easy win to the tune of 6516-4215. Elkins was the star of the meet with first place wins in the 100 and 220 yard dash, the broad jump, javelin and discus. Coach Burroughs entered the team in the state track and field meet, held annually THE BOXING TEAM Sitting: Norton, Smith, E., Gay, Hall, Hubbard. First Row Standing: Coach Joseph, Schneck, Lay, McQueen, McPhail, Wiley, Morton, Kirkland, Mead, Noel lManagerJ. Second Row Standing: Bradham, Hydrick, Moore, Sordo, Bartlett, Waynick, Berger, Smith, D. W., McCullough. Page 98