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

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THE DUGOUT St. Leo came to the Academy diamond on Wednesday afternoon, April 20th for a return game, and lost to the Academy nine by a score of 4 to 3. On Tuesday afternoon, April 26th, Jack Wiley continued his winning habit and held Tarpon Springs to 3 hits. The cadets won with a score of 12 to 3. On the following afternoon Bob McLeish made his initial debut on the mound for the cadets in a game against St. Petersburg Junior College. The final score was in favor of F. M. A., 22 to 3. Games were also scheduled to be played with Tampa College on May 12th, and a return game with Tarpon Springs on May 17th. The cadet line-up for most of the games found Sonny Boyl' Shouppe behind the plate, ,lack Wiley, Mario Leon or Bob McLeish on the mound, g'Bing,' McQueen at the initial sack, Raphun, L., on second, Juan Quiroga at short and ,lack Bosland on third. In the outfield there were Horace Capps, ,lack Eastman and ,loe Perazza. Capable substitutes were Don Holmes, Smith, E., Mitchell, J. W., and '4Coldie Goldenberg. THE TRACK TEAM Kneeling: Gonzalez, J., Anderson, Woodward, Wingate llvyl, Conlin, Wingate tlkyj, Elkins, Simmons. Standing: Baker 1ManagerJ, Waynick, Hackney, Festary, F., Wertz, Daly, Moss, Hausman, Comegys, Coach Burroughs. Page 101

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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

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THE DUGUUT me E' 'if if 'fl' TENNIS Although Coach lfinck and his proteges worked hard on the courts, the Academy tennis team was unalmle to make a very impressive record for the year. The ranking of the members of the team at the time the Dugout went to press was Stevens, Giller, Lloyd, Reyant, Bethany, Steele and Mitchell, J. W. During the season, two matches were played with each of the following: St. Petersburg Junior College, Kentucky Military Institute, and Hillsborough High School of Tampa. The cadets failed to win a single match, although several cadets won from their individual opponents. 4 'T iwfpt +4 - 'UW . . N. - . ' la A . 1 at K., 5 it A . mei f . TM ' ' ' .2 A Y I L .5 4 ,NX . We 1, M .,, I f 8 t SENIOR RIFLE TEAM Front Row: llausman, Hlauvelt, Breymann, Noel, Gonzalez, P., Chapman. Second Huw: Capt. Cooley lCoachl, Nloody, Mcphail, Mora, R., Bethany, Hackney, Andrews. lHtlllFlLlE Coat-hed hy Major Bertschey, Captain Cooley and Sergeant Matthews, the rifle team was entered in hoth the Corps Area matches and the Hearst Trophy matches. Those firing in the Corps Area Match on March 3rd and 41th were Hausman, Noel, Breymann, Gonzalez, P., Andrews, Moody, Bethany, Hackney, Chapman and Mcphail. Overcoming the difficulty of the lack of practice, the team scored 3,157 points out of a possible 4,000 and placed eleventh in the Corps Area. All R. O. T. C. units of schools in the entire Fourth Corps Area competed in this match. Page 102