Lyndon State College - Northern Lights Yearbook (Lyndonville, VT)

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BASEBALL I.cft to Right. First Row—Gerry Brooks. Leo Laitress. Robert MacDonald. Harold Leach. John McLeod. Perlcy Wright. Wil- liam Lovering. Second Rout—Wallace Harris. Roland Guyette. Horace Judd. Robert Lowell. Albert McClellan Third Row— Bryce Wilson. Lredrick Knowles. Arnold Bandy. Preston Bruce. Mr. Schmid. The 1956 baseball team was more optimistic than ever before be- cause of the growth in the number participating. In fact, there were so many candidates that Coach Melvin Schmid established a Junior Varsity team, another first in the growth of Lyndon. 1956 marked the second straight season that a Southern trip was tak- en during the spring vacation. This trip is considered important in help- ing the players to prove themselves early. It also is a sight-seeing tour of the Eastern seaboard. When Coach Schmid appeared on the Lvndon baseball scene in 1953 the college had a meager four game schedule. He quickly jumped it up to ten games then to eleven, and in 1956 to fourteen, discounting the three game Southern trip. SPRING TRIP SCHEDULE March 31. University of Bridgeport. Bridgeport. Conn. April 5. Millersville State Teachers. Millersville. Penn. April 6. Salisbury State Teachers. Salisbury. Maryland REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE April 27. Plattsburg (N. Y.) State Teachers College May 1. Norwich University (J. V.) May 5. New England College May 7. Dartmouth College (Frosh) May 9. Johnson State Teachers College ♦♦May 12. Castleton State Teachers College ♦♦May 17. University of Vermont (Frosh) ♦♦May 19. Norwich University (J. V.) ♦♦May 21. Plattsburg (N. Y.) State Teachers College May 25. New England College May 26. Castleton State Teachers College ♦♦May 29. Johnson Teachers College May 30. Keene (N. H.) State Teachers College June 9. Alumni-Lyndon Teachers College ♦♦Home Games Weekdays at 3:00 p. m. Saturdays at 2:00 p. m. 25

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Left to Right, front Row—Mary Robinson. Patricia Fenn. Lillian Annis. Patrieja Staples. Hazel Squiers. Joan Brown. Judy Hamilton. Shirley Hoisington. Rack Row'—Alice Hazcn. Mabel Barrett. Virginia Glover. Blaine Willson. Winona Peck. Blaine Demars. front—Coach Philip Noll. SOFTBALL Nineteen candidates appeared for the girls’ uled. all to be played on the home field: but the softball team in 1955. Four games were schcd- Castleton T eachers College game was rained out after three innings of play. T he game with Peacham was the most ex- citing with the result uncertain until the final out was made, leaving the Lyndon girls victor- ious. The Lyndon Institute team, playing su- perior baseball throughout the game, gave the college girls their only defeat of the season: but the Hornettes rallied in their final game and de- feated the Vermont Junior College team. Elaine Demars and Shirley Hoisington were the regular pitchers with Winona Peck the third hurler. Alice Hazen completed the bat- tery. catching all the games. On the offensive. Josephine Riegel and Alice Hazen wielded mighty bats. Softball still remains a minor sport on the campus, but there is a growing interest in the game with more than twice as many candidates in 1956 and the introduction of intramural softball on the Campus. 24

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Hornettcs—They won and won! That's an instep kick? 26 Tenth Inning—Southern trip!