Morton Memorial Schools - Retrospect Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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Baseball Kneeling: Danny Spitzer, Donnie Decker, James Robertson, Gary Campbell, and William Molden. Standing: Neil Stummer, Ronnie Decker, Ronnie Carmichael, William Coleman, Richard Hill, Student Manager; Jerry Coleman, Jeff Wilbur, Mike Carmichael, Jack Klinglesmith, Gary Tuttle, Student Manager; and Mr. Foster, Coach. UNDER the direction of Mr. Foster, the Morton baseball team won three of eight games last fall. Jerry Coleman pitched a no hitter against Charlottesville. All runs in the game were scored in the third inning when Jerry Cole¬ man led off with a triple, and Jim Robertson brought him home with a bunt single. Robert¬ son advanced to third and scored on a single by Jeff Wilbur. The Tigers opened the fall Rush County season by defeating Arlington 17-2. Robert¬ son pitched 1 hit ball and struck out 12. Jeff Wilbur, Mike Carmichael, and Bill Coleman all smacked homers for the winners. Jerry Coleman struck out four and walk¬ ed four in beating Manilla, 10 to 5. Jeff Wil¬ bur led Morton batters with two hits, includ¬ ing a home run. Morton traveled to Milroy and suffered its first setback of the season, 7-1. William Coleman drove in Morton’s only run with a single, scoring brother Jerry, who had walk¬ ed and advanced in scoring position by steal¬ ing second base. New Salem blanked Morton by a 5-0 score. Jerry Coleman struck out six New Salem batters. The Morton nine was defeated at Car¬ thage, 10-5. The game was close until the Raiders scored seven runs in the fourth in¬ ning. Jerry Coleman’s two doubles led the Morton hitting attack. In the battle of Tigers, Mays won by coming from behind, 8-6. Morton fell to Carthage in the first round of the Rush County baseball tourna¬ ment, 6-0. Jeff Wilbur won the batting title with a batting average of .346. Jerry Coleman won 2 and lost 3 games, while Jim Robertson fin¬ ished with a 1 and 2 record.

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Varsity Basketball Kneeling: James Bowling, Jeff Wilbur, Gary Tuttle, Student Manager; Richard Hill, Student Manager; Jerry Cole¬ man, and Richard Wilbur. Standing: Mr. Foster, Coach; Phil Spitzer, James Kincaid, James Cline, Dennis Carnahan, Gary Campbell, James Robertson, and Lyle Lowdermilk. UNDER the capable leadership of Coach Verle E. Foster the Morton Tigers start¬ ed the 1963-64 season. Practice started the first of October. The following boys signed up to start practice for the on-coming season. The Seniors to serve Coach Foster were : Jim Robertson and Jim Bowling. The under¬ classmen on the squad consisted of the fol¬ lowing: James Cline, Richard Wilbur, James Kincaid, Phil Spitzer, Jeff Wilbur, Jerry Coleman, Lyle Lowdermilk, Dennis Carnahan, and Gary Campbell. Jim Robertson, Jim Bowling and Jerry Coleman were the only returning lettermen from the 1962-63 season. The Tigers, with young and inexperienc¬ ed boys, traveled to Mays on November 1 where they were defeated in the opening game of the season. The Tigers then lost to Milroy 79-30, followed by a defeat by Knightstown. Liberty downed the Tigers 73-62, follow¬ ed by a defeat at Spiceland and were defeated for the sixth time by Manilla 71-67. The team then traveled to Laurel, who gave the Tigers another setback. Traveling to Carthage, the Tigers were given their eighth straight loss. The visiting Centerville five stopped Morton by defeating the Tigers squad 91-48 to end the 1963 part of the sea¬ son. Starting the 1964 half of the season, the visiting team from Lewisville beat the Tiger five 79-52 sending Morton into the tourney with a 0-11 record. Straughn, Sulphur Springs, and Clarks¬ burg defeated the Morton squad, giving the Tigers a 0-15 record. The Tigers then traveled to Burney only to get beaten 96-55. Cadiz downed the Tigers 73-61. Morton ended its season by traveling to Arlington for its seventeenth loss of the sea¬ son. Scoring honors went to Senior forward Jim Robertson. Robertson ended the season with 299 points to lead the Tiger scoring. Sophomore Jeff Wilbur won the free- throw award by posting a .667 performance.