Kiskiminetas Springs School - Kiski Yearbook (Saltsburg, PA)

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Tennis Tucker, Clark, Howes, Milliman Alwsent-W. Moore A highly successful season was in prospect for the Kiski tennis team of 1945. Under the able direction of Mr. J. L. Marks, jr., the Kiski court- men had already gotten off to a fast start and they were expected to improve wit.. each succeeding match. Opening the season against Scottdale High School, the tennis team was aggreeably surprised at the ease with which they defeated their opponents. The score was 5-0. St. Vincent was next on the schedule and they, too, were no match for the classy Kiski boys, as they fell before the Black and White, also by a score of 5-0. Latrobe, however, proved to be too much for the netmen, as they handed Kiski its first defeat, 4-1. Finding the vic- tory trail once again, the Black and White defeated Scottdale in their return engagement, 4-1. Return matches with St. Vincent and Latrobe will finish out the season. The boys who made up the nucleus of the Kiski court team were Bates Tucker, Bill Moore, Roger Clark, Dain Milliman, and Clarence Howes. All five of these boys have proved to be tough opposition to any opponent and it is expected that they will continue their winning technique and bring the tennis season to a successful conclusion. 43

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pitcher's heart. Co-captain Dick Swenson, a boy who could hit second base on a throw from home plate without fail, handled the catching duties brilliantly. Ace of the Kiski mound staff was Bob Gray, who could throw any kind of pitch possible and control it as well. Assisting in the pitching department were Ralph Scholl, a portsider with plenty of speed and a sharp-breaking curve ball, and Dick Scott, who was shifted from second base when a relief pitcher was needed. In the first game of the season, the Black and White was defeated by Saltsburg, 6-2. A group of errors in the second inning on the part of Kiski allowed Saltsburg to score all six runs. The Black and White snapped back with a 6-5 win over Plum Township, and went on to defeat Bell Township by a score of 6-4. Traveling to Mercersburg, the Kiski nine was defeated by the Academy, 5-3, in a thrilling game. In a return game with Saltsburg, the Black and White scored three runs in the last half of the seventh inning to win, 5-4. Games with St. Vincent, Saltsburg, Plum Township, and Bell Township have been carded and, in view of the improvement made by the Kiski nine, it is expected that the majorty of these games will end up in the victory column of the Black and White. Scores KISKI - 2 ............. ....,.........................,,............ S ALTSBURG - 6 KISKI -- 6 ...,,.,....... ,........ P LUM TOWNSHIP - 5 KISKI - 6 .,.,........ ........... B ELL TOWNSHIP -- 4 KISKI - 5 .,......,... ............ M ERCERSBURG - 5 KISKI - 5 .......,,.... ................. S ALTSBURG - 4 KISKI - 3 .........,.. .......,.,........ S T. VINCENT -- 6 KISKI - 9 ............. ..........................., S ALTSBURG - 11 KISKI - 9 ,.........,... ..,,...... P LUM TOWNSI-IIP - 4 KISKI - 0 ............. ...,............. S T. VINCENT - 1 SWENSON SCORES 42

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