Hancock Place High School - Momento Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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We J' em DAOLU cficzmono' Date Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 9 QPMQ Opponent Scores Eureka' 2-0 Bayless 2-0 Mehlville 9-3 Affton 6-2 Valley Park 17-4 Mehlville' 8-4 Eureka 1-0 C h d . ' Bayless' 5-4 on slzififfgfgtslz Meme Affton' 3-2 Valley Park' 20-0 'Home games Front Row: Thomas, Lutz, Eichhom, Brodbeck, Reidel, E. Heine, Rybacki. Second Row: Gray, Schaefer, Fuselier, Schneiders, C. Meiue, Brand, Virgen, Matern, Coach Hager. 71

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sports . . . Sports at Hancock do much to keep school spirit alive.. We try to encourage a large number to enter the various fields, Some enjoy participating in varsity sports be- cause of the competitive incentive, others play for the sheer joy of the game which, of course, is intensified by wirmingo Let- ters are given those students who meet certain requirements in particular fields, Intra-mural glnes are enjoyed by the entire student body and afford an opportunity for many to participate, At the close of the seasons, the winning basketball and volley- ball teanxs issue achallenge to the facultym These ganns have a hundred percent attend- ance and- we students often find that the faculty are much more agile then we had supposed and win the gameso However, we have me .JJ 0 QD 4' N ? Q. 'I . lf ..i- 'Ii V .T- I no way of knowin what creaking joints may be causing trouble the next day. Some schools concentrate on boys' ath- letics and forget that one half of their school enrollment is girlsu We try not to do that here., In the fall you find the irls playing soccer, and then, volley Eall, basketball, folk, and square dancing, baseball, and badminton follow. Like the boys they, too, enjoy ping-pong.. We really donyt like to admit it, but Coach Hager is our best ping-pong playerb Mast any intermission time around school one cm find' a chess gane in progress. Who said high schools were neither mentally alert nor patient! Yes, we at Hmcock do enjoy our sportsc. May we have more of them! Kaoeiaf Hats off to an undefeated baseball team that, like the Old Muddy, gained momentum, increased in purpose and in strength as it neared the end of the season, and, as a re- sult, carried everything before it! No doubt the other South County teams will be glad to know that this great temn is playing together for its last year., As most players are seniors, Coach Hager will have a rebuilding job when the base- ball season comes around again, Some of the highlights in the season were Bob Hybacki's no hit game, the fine pitching of Alvin Thomas who won five games for Hancock, and Larry Schaefer's thrilling hitting--his final average wasatremendous 435 for the year.. The Tiger group consisted mostly of seniors with Buddy Brand playing third, Larry Schaefer at short, Jimmy Eichhorn guarding second, and Charlie Meine serving at first, In the catching department a sophomore, Eddie Meine, did very well while Alvin Thomas, Tom Avery, and Bob Rybacki worked on the mound for Hancock. In the outfield, Roger Schneiders, Earl Matern, and Harold Virgen made a speedy strong armed outfield., Each player did his part in mak- ing the tean a winning ones

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60 Dfeffaff 1' ow mgbr Jlyorf Standing: Thomas, Hill, Heck, Scherr, Meine, Cantwell, Lehmkuhl, Sheppherd, Willhauck, Virgen, Schaefer Eichhorn. Kneeling: Coach Hager, Haeusser. Standing: Boettcher. Middleton, Von Der Hear, Kneeling: Waninger, Van Damme- 72