Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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and allowed three runs but strutk out Clblll and held Groton to mne hrts as srx errors behrnd hrm drdn t help ohnny Alles returned to form on May 17 as he spun a masterful four hrtter to whrte wash Wayland Hugh 2 0 ohnny struck out eight and allow ed just two men to get as far as thrrd rn out prtchmg Fran Bowers rn an old fashroned prtcher s duel Our lone two runs came rn the fourth on a walk Green s slngle a passed ball and Captarn Rogerson s two out safe lrner whrch brought two men across the plate Romarne and Hammond were our other hrrters Maury beltrng a two bagger On the Dance Week end of May 20 the team won rts second strarg,ht encounter blastlng Browne and Nrchols 9 5 After a drsastrous Frrst rnnrnb rn whrch four Mrddlesek mrsplays and two Browne and Nrchols hrts produced four unearned runs for our vrsrtors we took over the attack and slowly wore away the lead Frnally rn the ergahth we rced the game wrth a four run uprxsrng whrch was hrgh lrghted by B1ll Hawks long trrple to left 'Ied Romarne also sparked the offense wrth two srngles and a double whrle Phrl Perert collected two one bagyjers Walloprng mne hrts for nrneteen total bases the team on May 74 routed a weak New Prep squad as we won our thrrd strarght contest 16 1 George Buehler led the attack w1th three hrts one a double whrle Pratt and Green also had two baggers Perert and Sprout had three base hrts and Johnny Alles hrt for the c1rcu1t wrth none on to head off the srxth Smrth Pratt But trrck and Alles drd the hurlrng allowrng only two hrts both OfVSlllLl1 came rn the first when l68l , V -- ., ' ' 44' ' ' ' 7 if 11:38 an , , , , , . . , , . Y 7 f,, , . , , - , X ' l , - , N , , , 7 f v . ' . ' '7 V ' , Y' f - 1 , V , 2 ' 7 , , , , , , , .. I r . - - y . ,-, ' 1 r - y , ' Y . 2 ' 1 - - , r ' , . V. . V1 . Y a s -q

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After a break ln the game to wart for falr weather Alles was unable to re gume hrs effective delivery of the first three lnnmgs and Pratt toolt over after the damagmg seven runs had scored The League play got off to a dxscour aging start as five errors cost the team an equal number of tallxes Thirteen hits excellent prtchmg by Alles and a valiant last dutch four run rally rn the mnth inning all avalled nothrng as bad luclc and four costly errors gave St Sebastlan s a 6 5 vlctory over the Red batmen on Aprll 18 The hlttrng spree agarnst Shea who last year pitched a one hitter against us was led by Ted Romame who col lected three hrts rn five trrps George Buehler Link Smith and Pat Pratt wrth two hrts each and Sprout whose mnth lnnrng triple clrmaxecl our desperate rally that just farled to galn us a tie Green Sprout twice and Hawks were robbed of hrts as St Sebastran s sparkled afi ld ohn Alles brrlhant three h1t prtchlng was rewarded by the squad s first victory an 8 3 wm over Boston Trade on Aprrl 22 Pat Pratt left the enemy lHl'lClLl dizzy as he beat out three bunts and rapped out a bases full lme slngle to rrght to letd the hut parade Whlle the Red mne prcltecl up erght runs and nrne hxts Alles fanned twelve Boston Trade batters rolllng up a fine all around performance On April 29 the team experlenced a serres of nrghtmares as If was soundly beaten 1 11 by Belmont H1ll on the latter s home field Whrle Belmont was rapprng out eleven hits rncludmg three doubles and a trlple the Mrddlesex group was helpless at the plate collectrng only two hrts one by Chrlds the other by Pratt The Red batsmen agarn met defeat when a powerful Nobles squad rolled to a 9 4 vrctory on May 3 Nobles Stlmpson blastnng a three run homer In the srxth put the game on 1ce desprte a three run Mlddlesex rally 1n the erghth Thls spurt came to a dead stop though when Buehler s bases loaded liner to first was speared and turned mto a triple play Bob Green and Bill Hawlts collected three hlts each to pace an erght h1t attack A tantalizing 1nab1l1ty to h1t wrth men on base was the main factor rn our loss to St Marlt s on May 6 We were shut out 4 0 A costly error rn the first gave the opponents an early never relrnqurshed lead Alles plftlllflg for a losing cause was the only Red player to hit After a 6 1 Mrddlesex lead had been washed out the day before the team had to settle for a 1 1 tie with Broolts on May ll The team collected nme hlts lncludmg a double by Pratt but slow base runnmg and three Broolts double plays cost us a vlctory Lnnlc Smrth pitched all the way dropplng only two hits for thrrteen strrke outs rn the short seven rnnrng game On May 13 the team took 1ts seventh loss rn a 8 O defeat by a strong Tabor nme We only got five hits and advanced one runner to thrrd whrle the opponents bunched their hrts IH two brg fourth and srxrh lnnmg rallies Phrl Perera led the hrttmg wrth a smgle and a double The team was agarn blanlted two days later thls nme by a 7 0 score at the hands of Groton We st1ll were rn a terrrble batting slump as we only could collect six singles two by Captain Rogerson and two by Pat Pratt Lxnlt pitched good ball until ti nmth when he tired -161 f 7, f, - - ' s s v 1 v ' v ' yf . . . , . 7 ' . 7 . v v v v , . - - - . f - f cr , , . - . .J ' I ' ' ' , , , , K , . , 'Y , , ' , v 4 x n a , , . . . . ' f 7 a - v Y . , , , - v s a - u . , . . . - ' v . v a ' - , . Y . v v , i . . I - I 7. , - , - y -, V , . , , . ' 1 ' - v a r ' f ' ' ' , ' ,' ' y v v ' . v ' - s V . , . . I . r . . 1 , . . 7 t . .i' '

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New Prep scored their lone tally. The Milton game, played on May 27, unfortunately proved to be a catastrophe as we went down to defeat, 15-4, Milton walloped thirteen hits, including three triples, off the services of Middlesex pitching, while only Childs, Green. and Rogerson could produce for the home team, as sixteen men went down swinging. A nightmare eighth inning, in which Milton sent thirteen men to the plate and scored nine runs, changed what had been a close game into a rout and shattered our hopes of upsetting our big rival. Onjune 3 the team traveled to Newport, R I to face a St George s outfit that had lost but one game all year We came close to giving them their second but finally suc cumbed by a 5 2 score despite fine pitching by ohnny Alles and good fielding Our batting still lacked punch Alles blow produced our first run in the seventh when Sr George s errored on the blow allowing ohnny to score Then inthe ninth we rallied for another tally but Perera s fly to left proved to be the final out Although defeated the team proved they were a ball club and left a good impression on which to end the season At a meeting of the lettermen Captain Rogerson Alles Pratt Green Romaine Hawks Perera Childs and Qprout and Manager Buttrick George Buehler was elected next year s captain l69l , . ., . , . ' v - , , , . , . . , 7 Y V E , . V . . , 'Vi 7 S S Y 5 ,, I X , - , i v . y ' -Lf 2' 4 i 'A 4 'N . ' 1 fi., - '- N .L, ,. - - .-, ' , ' ., . , ,mfg ' J., x,..,V 2 I I if , L LQ ' , ,t-. 1' '. A f f , . A , . I ' - ar. 1' a .4 - t- . ., I - .: , 1. -. , , .,-