Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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M nnuaspx ScHooL CoNcoRn MAssAcHUshTTs Baseball BASEBALL Front Roux' Perera Cc.f.J, Milton C3b.J, Childs flb.J, Green Cs.s.J, Buehler fc.7, L, Smith fp., l.f.J, W d f2b J, Hammond Cl,f.J, R. Anderson Cp., r.f.7. Second Roux' Mr. Sanfordg Percy, Managerg Burger Qpj Thomas Qc., r.f.l, D, Amory f2b.9, Harris Cc,f.l, Gilmour Cp.J, Mansur 4p.J, Bisbee fc.f.J, J. Am y Qlfj Mr. Quirk. A . . C , , . . , , , . . c c Q ', 7 7 , c . , . 1 1 R V . . . , , I I . . . . I , . . U , i . A new pitching machine the gift of Pete Huldekoper 46 and a pair of new coaches in Messrs Sanford and uirk gave the baseball team this year an entirely new look The second of these changes resulted from the retire ment of Mr Raymond after some 39 years of devoted service in behalf of Middlesex baseball There can be little doubt that this years squad was a definite improvement over the past seasons It came within an eyelash of winning the Private Schools League and compiled an impresslve record after losing its opening games which included victories over Belmont Hill, Noble and Greenough and St Mark s On Wednesday April 11 the Middlesex varsity nine opened its season by meeting Waltham High in a tight contest Despite the fact that Reggie An derson and Linc Smith p1tched good ball five errors marred the team s effort to make a good showing in its first outing In fact it was due to two of these mis cues that Waltham scored its second run which proved to be the w1nn1ng one Pa e Ezghtg mo

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MIDDLESEX SCHOOL CONCORD MASSACHUSETTS posrtron after lrttle more than three weeks experrence smrrched a possrble hxeter clean sweep by clrnchrng a one pornt vrctory from hrs opponent Mrddlesex quelled a reduced three man team from the Babson Instrtute 3 0 on the 24th A week later the score was repeated Dance Week end spectators of january 28 spurred the team on to a 6 3 vrctory over the Concord State Guard Brownell Mrlton Prodrs Platt Sears and Heckscher were vrctorrous rn the nrne man match A long trek to Deerfield ended wrth a severe 8 l defeat for the team Prerre Prodrs agarn prevented a shut out by wrnnrnir, a one pornt decrsron rn a Hve game match wrth hrs opponent In the return bouts wrth the M I T J V s and Freshmen the Mrddlesek hve agarn overwhelmed the oppos1t1on by scores of 4 l and 3 2 respectrvely Recovermg from the after effects of the mrd wrnter recess the team lost for the second trme to the Harvard Second Freshmen 4 l Lack of female support reversed the decrsron rn the Concord State Guard s favor rn the return match In addrtron to the regular team May Platt Heck scher Breed Alexander and Sears filled rn the remarnder of the eleven man team After hours the Guardsmen won 6 5 The team scored another rmportant vrctory by defeatrng the Mrlton Club 3 2 rn the club courts Mrlton havrng recaptured the No l posrtron lost to a top rankrng C league player and Rosenthall was defeated rn a trght 3 2 encounter On February 26 an rnexperrenced Brooks team was drsposed of by the Mrddlesex combrne by a score of 4 l Though the St Pauls 4 l vrctory over Mrddlesex rn the return match ended the season wrth a drssonant chord, the match was extremely close and were rt not for Fortune, Mrddlesex mrght have won a much desrred trrumph Page Ezgbly one A 1 .. . y - - - 1 ,' - 7 ' - s a 1 7 v ' ' - r - 7 . , . Y - - . ' ' 1 7 -u .. . , ' 7 7 9 ' 7 9 9 ' . , , '. . - , . , - un . . , V- , . . .

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MIDDLESEX SCHOOL CONCORD. MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex's only marker came in the first of the seventh as a result of the second of Captain George Buehler's two doubles and a bunt single by shortstop Alan Nelson. Three days later, six errors contributed heavily to another defeat, as Middlesex lost to a mediocre Roxbury Latin team, 9-1. Monty Childs drove in our only run with a triple in the last of the eighth, as Reggie Anderson, Linc Smith, Spud Mansur, and Fritz Kussin tried in vain to stem the Roxbury tide. The following Wednesday found St. Sebastian's as our guest. Our field- ing continued to be poor as five errors helped to hand the St. Sebastian's team a 5-0 decision. Despite the fact that over an eight-inning stretch Linc Smith struck out eight and walked only four, poor support constantly plagued him and frustrated his superb efforts The next game scheduled was with Boston Trade Reggie Anderson was the starting pitcher but wildness on his part and misplays by his teammates caused him to be held responsible for four runs in the top of the third inning Whereupon Linc Smith sauntered in from his right field position to assume the pitching chores Linc yielded three runs and six hits for the rest of a ball game marked by eight errors between the two teams Thursday April 26 was a happy day at Middlesex as the first team at last achieved its initial win of the young season by the narrowest of margins 1 0 The lone run crossed the plate in this fashion in the last of the sixth inning Monty Childs led off by drawing a walk George Buehler followed with a solid single to center field Childs stopping at second joe Perera walked but was quickly picked off first however Reggie Anderson also drew a free pass to first an the bases were loaded with one out as Maury Hammond stepped in the first base coach accidentally gave the sign for the squeeze play Hammond Page Efghlg lhree . r 7 I 1 1 9 - 1 , - n 7 1 7 1 7 ' 9 9 Cl , 9 I U . W... Vx.: i, g,'.,,,T1, ,. U , 1 '13- '1,-,,r , 15 Ltzekf gf-fit' ,- .Z '-,, 1 'V 'ffl ,,n.j,, f -1 ' Asgqf ' sw.. - Q, - : . In tr