Hartford High School - Green and White Yearbook (Hartford, MI)

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S H 4 U80 a Standing tleft to rightjz Lee Weeden, Cecil Wismer, Bud Bolin, Ray Allan, Ronnie Pleyer, Frank Balsis, Jerry Root, Lucius King, Primo Capovilla, Dave Lightner, Bruce Dowd, Coach C. M. Hampton. Six returning lettermen in baseball should make Hartford one of the toughest teams in the Little Eight in 1957. At the time of this writing, the infield is lining up with lettermen Frank Balsis returning to first base, Jerry Kirsch to second, Gerry Krepp at shortstop, and Ken Russell at third. Ronnie Pleyer will be the number one ptcher. The outfield will probably be two strong re- serves from last year, Vern Jensen and Cecil Wismer. Joe Cheshire is also a returning let- terman and will be in the outfield. Kneeling tleft to rightb: Ken Russell, Vern Jensen, Joe Cheshire, Jerry Kirsch, Gerry Krepp, Lynn Rowe. Not pictured: Bob Clark. Robert Clark, another letter Winner of last year, is trying for catcher's position again this year. Coach Charles Hampton hopes to improve the team's defense this year. Last year the In- dians had a .330 batting average, which he feels needs little improving. April 17 ,............... Lawrence May 14 .... Berrien Springs April 23 .... ,..... Decatur May 16 ................ St. Johns April 30 ...,.........,.. Bangor May 21 ........ St. Joseph May 7 ...,... ..... C assopolis May 23 .....,. ......... C oloma May 9 ......... Watervliet

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1 I I, 64 ,J-if asleetbal Standing Cleft to righthz Manager John Obrig, Coach Roger Hallgren, Ron Pleyer, Don Smith, Jerry Kirsch, Dave Lightner, Vern Jensen, Sherman McLain, Gerry Krepp, Ken Russell, Manager Charles Broadhurst. By winning five games and losing ten, the Indians improved the previous season's record by one victory. The team was never out of a game that they lost until the last few minutes, which shows aggressiveness. Throughout the season a greatly deterring factor was the number of fouls called. Hart- ford had 343 fouls to their opponents, 298, and Hartford made 245 points on free throws while the opponent teams were making 339. This was a crippling margin in many games. With more accuracy, several games could have been pul- led out of the loss column. Individual scoring seemed to indicate more of a team effort than last season, with Ken Russell's 200 points leading the tribe's list. Ralph Patterson was next with l63, and the rest, in order, were: Jim Leonard-102, Jerry Kirsch-99, Ron Pleyer-94, Jerry Gelock--73, Kneeling fleft to rightl: Roland Hays, Frank Balsis, Ralph Patterson, Jerry Gelock, Jim Leonard, Cecil Wismer. Roland Hays-53, Gerry Krepp-49, Vern Jen- sen-l0, Dave Lightner and Frank Balsis-9, Don Smith-8, and Cecil Wismer-2. Co-captains for the season were Ken Rus-- sell and Jerry Kirsch. In conference honors, Ken Russell received honorable mention. All of the departing seniors would like to Wish Mr. Hallgren and his teams of next year a completely successful season. Hart. Opp. Hart. Opp. Berrien Springs Berrien Springs .... 64 75 Bangor .......,... ........ W atervliet ...... ......,..,,.. 6 3 47 Cassopolis ...., .. Cassopolis ..... 63 47 Coloma ..,...,... Coloma ., 62 48 Decatur ...,..... ..,..,,. D ecatur 50 46 St. Joseph ....... St. Joseph . 54 68 Watervliet ..,.. . St. John ,,.,. ., , . 56 72 St. John ........ Bangor . .,., 53 63

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