Grant Union High School - Prospector Yearbook (John Day, OR)

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BASEBALL Grant Hi’s 1949 baseball team went through a fairly good season, winning four games, losing five, and tying one. A definite improvement was shown over last year’s ball club, especially in the hitting department. Season’s Results: Grant 9, Mt. Vernon 6 Grant 10, Prairie City 10 Grant 18, Mt. Vernon 10 Grant 8, Prairie City 7 Mitchell 14, Grant 11 Burns 25, Grant 3 Monument 17, Grant 1 Burns 16, Grant 1 Grant 6, Prairie City 5 Prairie City 8, Grant 6 GRANT HI BASEBALL SQUAD 1949 FRONT ROW, L to R: Carpenter, Conlee, Buchanan, Craven, Ricketts, Ingalls, H. Wah, Mackinson. BACK ROW, LtoR: Sproul, Ford (Scorekeeper), Hogan, Kern, Trafton, Coach Johnson. Not pictured: Sanders. Twelve boys received letters for the season. They include (batting averages in paren- theses): George Kern (.385), Jerry Hogan (.360), Bob Trafton (.333), Mark Carpenter (.305), Richard Craven (.294), Alva Conlee (.273), Ron Ricketts (.273), Henry Wah (.241), Ray San- ders (.240), Orin Makinson (.167), and Lyle Buchanan (.000). TRACK For the first time in school history, Grant Hi had an organized track team, competing in meets, and having letters awarded. The cindermen spent most of the spring working out, but managed to compete in two meets--the Field Day at Prairie City, May 6, and the District Meet at Bend, May 11. At Prairie the Prospectors scored 29 points including four firsts, and at Bend they tallied 20 points, including one first. Letters were awarded to four boys: Reed Hansen, Bill Ford, Bob Larkin, and Maurice McKinnis. Hansen was elected captain for the year. Outstanding individual performan- ces for the year were by Bob Larkin who turned over the 100 in 10.2 seconds and the 220 in 22.8 seconds at Prairie on a track that was measured short; Bill Ford who captured the high jump at Prairie with a leap of 5’5”, and successfully defended his shot put crown at Bend with a heave of 36’ 4 l Z ; Reed Hansen, who won the broad jump at Prairie at 16’ 10”; and Maurice McKinnis, who ran a close second in the half mile races of both meets. GRANT HI TRACK SQUAD 1949 FRONT ROW, L to R: Duane VanLeuvan, Maurice McKinnis, Bill Gardner. BACK ROW, L to R: Bill Ford, Capt. Reed Hansen, Bob Larkin, Ron Ricketts, Jerry Hogan, Vernon Kimmel. 13