Loose Creek High School - Marial Yearbook (Loose Creek, MO)

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BASEBALL Captam Herbert Holtermann Herbert Wxllxams juhus Bonnot Ralph Boessen Sonny Wllllams Herbert Lock Bxlly Stxefermann john Kllethermes Bernard Backes Donald Heet Edmund Grefrath Hugo Haslag Harold Muenks Now that the 1947 Season IS past history and with a. hope for vxctormous 1948 Season we shall look back a moment First let us thank Father Schoen who rated hlgh on our llst of helpers He purchased for us a keen set of equipment whlch we were proud to use Smce we used the dxamond that the flrst team had rented and mamtamed before we came 1nto the baseball spotllght we wlsh to thank them also Although our team was very slow m the hrst part of the summer we cllmbed to the top ln the last part of August Our vlctorles outnumbered our defeats Our Outfleld was sharp and the Infleld was also on the up slde Our faxlures were caused by our weakness ln pxtchmg and catchmg We expect more brave lads to rlsk thexr popularity and make thxs lm portant part of the game a. success At the f1rst meetmg of the 4-8 Season the team chose a good manager and all the members of the team intend to make the 48 Season one filled wzth stxll more successes Harold Muenks WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE MAJOR LEAGUES At the begmmng of the 1947 Baseball Season the other boys and glrls were havmg a heated dlscusslon on Major League baseball games Iwas a sllent llstener because I had never seen a Professxonal game ln my 11fe Durmg thls dlscusslon I declded to remedy thls problem I was always mterested ln baseball and learned how to play from my older sport loving brothers but about the Bag Leagues I knew nothmg I never knew what Iwas mlssmg Now It seems a part of me Today I know of all the Natlonal League stars and by lxstenmg to these games over the radlo I learned to play my pos1t1on Ishortstop much better for the Loose Creek Yankees and above all I learned good sportsmanshlp Edmund Grefrath 1 , B , . 1 , . l - 1 , - . . I 1 . I . ll it l . - . ll . Il 1 1 - . tl . vl , . , Z . D ll I! 1 I