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

Page 106 text:

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

Page 105 text:

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

Page 107 text:

'Til-lllE DUGUUT THE JUNIOR RIFLE TEAM First Row: Roberts, Siques, Julian. Second Row: Vinent, Mitchell, W. H., Fowler, Kurabeck. Third Row: Leonard, Samuels. Capt. Cooley tCoachl. ,Johnson McLeish, M. On March 20th the firing was completed for the entry of the Academy team in the Hearst Trophy Matches. Firing on the five man team for this competition were Moody, Andrews, Hackney, Noel, and Hausman. These five scored 823 points out of a possible 1,000 and placed eighth. Something new for the rifle teams on the Academy was the shoulder to shoulder match fired on the Academy range on the morning of March oth. The contest was a quadruple match between two teams entered from the R. O. T. C. unit of Hillsborough High, the team from Plant High, and the F. M. A. group. Plant emerged the winner with a score of l523, and 1492 for the Academy, and l479 and 1472 for the two teams from Hillsborough. With the changes made in the indoor rifle range, and with the personal interest and assistance of Major Bertschey, plans are now being laid for a successful rifle season next year. V Cadets of the Junior School fired on the range several times during the year, but did not engage in any competitive firing with other teams. Many of the Cadets won official National Rifle Associations for making certain scores on the range. Those having consistently high scores during the year were Johnson, Leonard, Samuels, McLeish Vinent, W. H., Fowler, Korabeck, Roberts, Siques, and Julian. Page 103