Liberty Township High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Rudolph, OH)

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3052 LIBERTY VS. PORTAGE Liberty opened the fall season by defeating Portage 9-4. Moore and Rawlings led the Lions with 2 hits each. Eckert and Souders were the winning battery with McPherson taking the loss. LIBERTY vs. JACKSON Liberty traveled to jackson September 14, came back with a 2-1 victory. Souders led the team with 2 hits. Eckert and Souders were the winning combination with Cohrs taking the loss. LIBERTY VS. GRAND RAPIDS Liberty made it three in a row by dropping Grand Rapids 8-3. Eckert and Parker led the team with 2 hits each. Rawlings and Souders were the winning battery while Dick Macie took the loss. LIBERTY VS. CYGNET Liberty made it four in a row by whitewashing Cygnet 4-O. Eckert and Coakley hooked up in a pitching duel with Eckert coming out on top. Eckert and Souders were the winning battery with Coakley taking the loss. Maas and Smith each collected 2 hits for the winners. LIBERTY VS. WESTON Liberty went down to defeat for the first time at the hands of Weston. Parker had the only hit off Eachedor, the winning pitcher. Ecker was the loser with Souders behind the plate. LIBERTY VS. PORTAGE Liberty was defeated by Portage for the second straight loss, 3-2. Eckert hit a home run for the Lions. McPherson was the winning pitcher, with Rawlings and Souders as the losing battery. LIBERTY VS. GRAND RAPIDS Liberty still on the losing side, couldn't get going and dropped its third game, 11-7. Wright and Dickes shared honors with 3 hits each. Baker hit a home run and a single to lead the Lions. Trumbull and Souders were the losing battery .and Dickes was the winner. .55-

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3068 FIRST ROW: Melvin Baker, Ernie Moore, Jim Maas, Sam Souders, Jack Eckert, Joy Wagner, Neil Smith. SECOND ROW: Dallas Swope, Harry Parker, Howard Laney, Bob Trumbull, Bob Rawlings, jerry Wise. THIRD ROW: John Neiling, jim Irvin, LeRoy Williams, Ben West, jack Clark, Charles Reynolds, Coach. BATTING AVERAGES Irvin ..................------ ---------------------- 1 ,000 Eckert ...... -476 Moore -'---- ... Rawlings ..... .517 Smith ....... -- -250 Wagner .l..... -219 Maas .-..,,-- .188 Swope ,..... .174 Baker ........ A--- - 166 Parker ...... -162 165.-

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LIBERTY VS. WESTON Liberty traveled to Weston September 29 and found a Weston crew that wouldn't give a victory. The Lions went down to defeat 7-4. Eckert and Souders were the losing battery, while Henry was the winner. LIBERTY VS. DESHLER Liberty, still on the losing side dropped a 5-1 decision to a tough Deshler. Rawl- ings and Souders were the losing battery with Meyers the winner. F. Hogrefe led the Deshler attack with 2 hits. LIBERTY VS. WEBSTER Liberty took a 4-5 record into the tournament. We played Webster on October 4. Liberty's hitting was the best of the year, with 17 hits and 16 runs. Webster had no runs and 1 hit. Rawlings and Eckert led the Lions' attack with 3 hits each. Eckert and Souders were the winning battery with Eckert striking out 16. Smearsall was the loser. LIBERTY VS. HASKINS Liberty defeated Haskins easily 5-O. Smith and Moore led the attack with 2 hits each. Mel Baker had the fielding gem of the day, a shoestring catch in the last inning. Eckert and Souders were the winning battery with McSurley taking the loss. LIBERTY VS. PORTAGE Liberty, again playing in the tournament, beat Portage 7-O. Eckert pitched a no-hit game for the Lions, with McPherson taking the loss. Rawlings, Souders, and Wagner had 2 hits each. Eckert, Souders, and Swope were the battery for Liberty. Eckert had I8 strikeouts while winning easily over Portage. LIBERTY VS. LAKE Liberty dropped a heart-breaker to Lake 2-1. Each team had 1 hit with Eckert having 12 strikeouts. Eckert also had the only hit for the Lions. M. Schwantzwalder and Christiansen were the winning battery. Eckert and Souders were the losing battery. lb. - 1 as - ' ' fl ag' g, ., W A ,,- o 7 'X ', 3d'f 1L's' N-N 'f 4: -'I 2 W' M' 3 ' M D i ,. iv ' '2 'n 4- ' nf' -611