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

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-N-.11.. , - 1-f-f-1'y jm.-- ' f - www .... ... ,.-..f l-. f .f 1 .. ., , ,uf ily nO if if if -k if it QTHEDUGUUT in Gainesville. Elkins again proved himself to be almost a one-man track team, when he was the only F. M. A. man to reach the finals. Elkins scored a total of ten points and ranked third as individual high scorer. He won firsts in both the 100 yard dash and the javelin throw. The final track meet of the year was held on Friday afternoon, April 29th, when the cadet squad faced St. Petersburg Junior College on the Academy field. The annual Decathlon, held to determine the school's best all-around athlete, was to be held on May 11th, after the date of publication of The Dugout. ACADEMY TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS Event Record Held by Time or Distance Year 50-yard Dash .,................ George Grace ....... .................. 5 .7 sec. 1935 100-yard Dash ....,............. Robert Elkins ....... ............ 1 0.2 sec. 1938 James Smith ..... ......... 2 2.4 sec. 1936 220-yard Dash - ' R obert Elkins ......... 22.4 sec. 1938 440-yard Dash .................. ,lose Gonzalez ....... ............. 5 7.3 sec. 1937 880-yard Run ......... ....... l ohn Maxwell ....... ........ 2 min. 30 sec. 1937 Mile Run .......................... lose Herrera ..... ........ 4 min. 57 sec. 1935 200-yard Hurdles ............ lose Gonzalez .... ......,......... 2 6 sec. 1937 220-yard Hurdles ............ George Grace ............. 32.2 sec. 1936 High Jump . ..................... Raymond Moore ....... ............... 5 ft. 6 inches 1936 Broad ,lump ...... .....,. R obert Elkins ....... .......... 2 0 feet 9112 inches 1938 P 1 V I Kearney Leggett ....... ...........,.............. 1 Ofeet 1937 0 C au t A ' Raymond Moore ..... .............................. 1 0 feet 1937 Shot Put K12 lb.J .............. George Grace ........ .......... 4 0 feet 815 inches 1937 Javelin Throw ....... ....... K earney Leggett ....... ......... 1 58 feet 8 inches 1937 Discus Throw ....... ....... R obert Elkins .................................. 107 feet 6 inches 1938 Baseball Throw ................ Jose Gonzalez ....................,............. 340 feet 6 inches 1937 440-yard Relay ................ Grace, Anderson, Gonzalez, Smith ................ 47.9 sec. 1937 880-yard Relay ................ Grace, Benitez, Gonzalez, Smith .......... 1 min. 42 sec. 1937 Mile Relay ........... ........ G onzalez, Conlin, Maffei, Mitchell..4 min. 12.2 secs. 1937 Medley Relay 110 yards-George Grace 220 yards-Jose Gonzalez - K 1000 yardsl ................ 330 yards-Robert Elkins .... ............ 2 mln. 16.3 secs. 1937 440 yards-Gene Mastry Decathlon ...... ........ I ames Smith ....................... ....... 40 points 1936 BASEBALL The first baseball game of the season was on the afternoon of March 12th when E. M. A. lost to Kentucky Military Institute in Venice by a score of 6-2. ln spite of excellent pitching by Wiley and Leon, bad breaks and errors gave the game to K. M. I. On Saturday afternoon, March 20th, the cadets evened the score by defeating K. M. I. 6-3. Bill McQueen, the first baseman, was easily the star of the game, with three Page 99

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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

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'll'lHllE lDlUfG0lU'll' 'ef ft' if if if n 1 f f . f THE BASEBALL TEAM Front Row: Kirkland 1ManagerJ, Leon, Morton, Raphun, L., Coldenberg. Coach Joseph, Bosland, Eastman, Capps, Quiroga, Mead tManagerJ. Sevond Row: Shouppe, Perazza, McQueen, Holmes, Rives fManagerl, Smith, E., Mitchell, J. W., McLeish, Wiley. hits credited to him out of four tries at bat. Wiley, pitching an exoellent game, held K. M. l. to five hits. St. Leo College Preparatory School was the next opponent of the Academy nine on Saturday, April 10th. Staging a pitchers battle, Wiley allowed St. Leo only two hits, while Norkus of St. Leo allowed the heavy hitting cadets only five. The score was 2-0 in favor of F. M. A. Continuing the winning streak, F. M. A. defeated Tampa College on the following Wednesday afternoon by a score of 6-5. Leland Raphun's single, with two out in the ninth inning, scored Capps from third for the winning run. In the next game of the year the cadets held a 5-2 lead over Hillsborough High's team until a fatal break in the eighth inning allowed the Terriers to finish the game with a score of ll-5 in favor of Hillsborough. In spite of triples hit by Capps and Shouppe in the return game with Hillborough on Saturday afternoon, April 23rd, the cadets lost an 8-1 contest. The game was played on the Waterfront Park diamond, winter home of the St. Louis Cardinals of the Na- tional League. Page 100