Mukwonago High School - Arrow Yearbook (Mukwonago, WI)

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 T II E A B R () W-I A iK TWENTY-FOLK BASEBALL TEAM STANDING: FOLEY. ( AUKOLL. KtEIIL. KELLER, Al'STIN, McADVMS (O,plain) KNEEL1 N i : POWERS, MITTEN, Hi ELL, SHERIDAN

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ATHLETICS

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T II E A R R () W--PAGE TWENTY-FIVE BASEBALL During the past years our school has ex- celled chiefly in one athletic sport, baseball. The admirable record made by former teams was repeated and strengthened in 1916. Our squad of inexperienced players developed into an invincible organization. At first, things did not appear promising, but as the season wore on we played twelve games and won all but three of these. Our schedule covered the best teams in southern Wisconsin. The team work and school spirit of our squad was always highly appreciated by those who saw us play. Besides striving for state honors in baseball we played a series of games with East Troy. We won the majority of these, one of which was fourteen innings and the other eleven in- nings. In the course of our 1916 season we had the best high school outfield in the state, the surest third baseman and an exceptionally competent battery. Two of our games were no-hit affairs while the others never exceeded the six hit mark. Our team was not acknowledged champions of southern Wisconsin because w e were unable to play New Richmond for all-state honors. The line-up: Mitten, second base; Austin, center field; Horn, third base; McAdams, catcher; Carroll, right field; Kuehl, first base; Goetz, left field; Brach, short stop; Sheridan, pitcher. The 1917 baseball season dawned cold and wet as far as weather was concerned. The baseball material in school seemed almost un- limited. Except for the loss of Horn and Brach our team w’as identically the same as in 1916. By the first of April we had our schedule arranged. It was comprised of such teams as Northwestern Military Academy, Keewatin Academy, Marquette Academy, Walworth, Edgerton, East Troy, and many other teams. In all we had fifteen games scheduled. As soon as the team was organized we start- ed to play the first schools of our season’s work. It was in the most difficult part of the season, but even so we won four of the six games played. It was shortly after our sixth game when the first call for universal military training came. The boys would be of service to the nation to work at home In spare hours. When the condition of national affairs became more and more serious we cancelled our season’s schedule. A few incidental games wTere played on Wednesdays. The boys took military train- ing and as Americans we consider our action to be the best thing possible. Lineup: Mitten, third base; Austin, short stop; McAdams, catcher; Carroll, right field; Berby, Goetz and Buell, second base; Tans, first base; Powers, left field; Foley, center field; Sheridan, pitcher. —EMMETT SHERIDAN, ’17.