Milford School - Typhoon Yearbook (Milford, CT)

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A second victory in three starts was posted for the Maroon varsity when they trounced the Saybrook College of Yale to the tune of ten to five. Bill Barnum went the distance for the winners, fanning seven Yale batters and allowing but four hits. Mike Pepper had a field day at the plate in hitting three singles and a triple for his four trips to bat. Milford had little trouble in establishing an early lead and keeping it. The next game was a three and a quarter hour slugfest against the Wesleyan Freshman ball club. After pounding out twenty-two hits, the Milfordians won twenty-five to seventeen. All was nip-and-tuck for the first four innings. Then in the next two frames, the Maroons collected fourteen runs to take a substantial lead. Bob Schotta, assigned the hurling duties, was relieved after trouble in the second inning by Barnum who finished the route. Pepper was again the strong man at the plate, hitting safely on each of his four times up. Playing a return match with the Bridgeport Trade School, the Maroons traveled to Bridgeport to chalk up their fourth win by beating the Trademen four to two. The Milford infield started to click in this game, for they executed two double plays. Zanolli and Newell were the big guns for the Milford squad in this game. On May fourteenth, the Milford team traveled to Wallingford, Conn., and defeated the Choate School by the score of nine to two. In chalking up their fifth win of the season, Milford took an early lead and kept increasing it until the end of the game. Mike Pepper made the first homerun of the season in this game. Warren Harding High School, of Bridgeport, invaded the Milford ball park on May eighteenth to be turned back eight to seven in a well played ball game. The Milford moundsmen were Schotta, who went the first five innings, and Barnum, who pulled a tie out of the fire and thereby chalked up his sixth win in as many starts. Zanolli showed his true worth in this game by garnering three safeties for four times at bat. The Milford varsity suffered its first setback on the home field at the hands of the Trinity College Freshmen on May twenty-first when they lost by the score of five to four. Although the Maroons outhit the Freshmen twelve to seven, they were unable to push the extra run across that would have tied the game. Zanolli was the powerhouse of the Milford batters when he hit a homerun, a triple, and a double in succession. At the time of this writing there is but one more game to be played. On Saturday, the twenty-seventh, the Milford varsity will play host to the Cheshire baseball team. During the season, the team won six games and lost only two. Credit should be given them for the spirit and ability they showed on the field.

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BASEBALL Shortly after the spring vacation one of the best baseball teams that has represented Milford took to the field under the direction of Coach jerry Pepper. The team was composed as practically all new men, Captain Johnny Gannon and Bruce Newell being the only returning members. The team shaped up with Bill Barnum and Bob Schotta doing the hurling, O'Hedy doing the catching, Bruce Newell, Mike Pepper, joe Zanolli, and Larry McNally holding up the infield, and Joe Boyle, Captain Gannon, and jake Kupec taking positions in the outfield. The other members of the squad were: Walt Reynolds, Arnold Lowe, Walt Kelly, Warren Terrell, and joe Cohen. After but two practice sessions the team encountered the Bridgeport Trade School squad in a game that went to the Maroon and White by the score of seven to three. Despite the fact that they had very little practice, the Milfordians made very few errors and did exceptionally well at the plate. The highlights of the game were the pitching of Barnum and Schotta and the hitting of Newell, Pepper, Gannon, and Zanolli. Barnum pitched six innings, struck out eight Tradesmen, and allowed only 'four hits. Schotta finished the game by striking out five men and allowing the opposition but one safety. On April 18, Milford traveled to New Haven and was defeated by the strong Yale Freshman club by the score of ten to five. Milford was weakened by the loss of catcher O'Hedyg a loss which necessitated taking Captain Gannon out of the outfield, thereby weakening that part of our defense. Yale's pitching staff was very effective, allowing only six hits.

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JUNIOR BASEBALL The Junior baseball team, composed of the Lower School boys, formed a diamond nine this spring which, although at this writing has seen two defeats, shows great promise for future varsity material. The Midgets' schedule is ex- pected to consist of at least six interclub games of which thus far two have been played. After but five days of practice, they traveled to Woodbridge on April 15th to take their first defeat at the hands of Woodbridge Country Day School 15-8. The Milfordians are very optimistic about the return game, however, for in their last four innings with Woodbridge they were able to find the pitcher for six of their total eight runs while Fegreus' mound work held the opposition to but one run. Bad luck accounted in large part for the reverse met on the Cheshire diamond as the home team won 17-8. Bob Danahy, the catcher, was hit during the first inning and had to be taken out, traveling with no substitutes, the Midgets were hard pressed for a replacement and resorted to the services of the manager, Eddy Obert. They could not, however, overcome the loss of their catcher and, after hanging on with a 5-5 tie to the sixth, they finally fell behind as rallies brought in 12 late-inning runs for the Roxburyians. Jack Platt was chosen captain after showing his calibre at shortstop in the initial engagement at Woodbridge. Richard Fegreus and Bernard Tommers alter- nated at first base and hurling assignments, with Robert Danahy doing the re- ceiving. Bill Morris and Dick Pearson covered the other two bases, and the out- field consisted of Joe Wulfeck, Burton Hoffman, and Vincent Macaluso. The squad was coached by Jerry Pepper, and Edward Obert held the managerial position.