Murray High School - Pilot Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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QV Bruce Kuettner Duck Hnlmanowskl Art Johnson Bernie McCall Chuck Bassett Gary Olson ' Al Vuehl Jerry Groebner Jnm Grayden Harvey Rolol? Bob Pavel Bob Larson Gordon Hemmlng . Robert Rutter coach Torn Foster Gerald Nelson Pneter Van Zanden Make Scot Jerry Zellrer baseball heroes stage llvely The diamond men of Murray wound up the l956 season wnth a three wtn flve loss record guvtng them a flfth place tue wuth Monroe Losses were due to unttmely errors but when the team fielded the ball well It showed nsark d Improvement on their whole game Murray s flrst conference game was a closely played contest IH whlch errors spelled doom for the Murray boys as Washtngton was able to defeat the Ptlots 4 l Jam Nuelsens clever bose runnlng ganned Murray a urprtsung vtctory over Central Jam exclted the Central pttcher by dancsng down the basepath towards home plate Thus caused the pttcher to balk enablung Nielsen to score The contest could be labeled a freak as the C ntral pxtcher hurled a no hut ball game and lost Jerry Zellrer gave a good account of hmmself as he patched a two hut ball game After the Central contest the Ptlots went after Hardlng who was consndered a tntle contender For the hrst sux nnntngs at looked as If there was an upset nn the our as the Pilots led 3 2 The Hardlng Kntghts then pulled the aame out of the flre In the stxth and seventh unnungs and went on to wan by an 8 3 score Ennar Gustavson pushed the Ptlots to theur early lead as he gathered two huts In three times at bat The Pllots won thetr second game of the season beatung Mechanic Arts 7 6 The Murray team counted sux bug runs tn the flrst unntng but then had to watt untul the last half season take fifth place of the snxth tnnung to push across the wlnnlng score Jerry Groebner had a fine day at the plate as he pounded out three huts nn hus three tumes at bat Another pntchtng duel was the order of the Hnal game as Jerry Zellner hurled a three hut ball game and Bernie McCall collected three huts In five times at bat to spear head the Murray attack over Johnson 3 2 The scores of the Murray games were Murray I Wash lngton 4 Murray 2 Wtlsono Murray l Central O Murray 7 Mechanic Arts 6 Murray 3 Hardlng 8 Murray l Monroe 5 Murray l Humboldt 4 Murray 3 Johnson 2 in-if '3 x 5 J4- I A 4 l fav' rr aff , , , , , , , t I 1 f f 5 f f O I --I . . . . . I I I . , - , Q . . , . , , . . . . . , . . . I . - - h I - I I S' t . ' I ' I ' 1 - : - - - 1 ,7 T ' 5 D . . , , , I - . ' :: ff,' '- . ' i 'ns-N, ' . U f -I H . ' 1 u I -. 1 ,- r . . . I -Law 5'- , 4 ., ' Lp . 1. , A. ,f , . 5 . , . . . . , , , . . . K Q T -,g N 1: . , . , ,I V f f I 'K fr .. :dn Q 5, .. . I X ' ' ' 5 5 . . . . J K ,X -ll 5' 1 .. 1 V J M K . . . , K- V. H ' ' ein? 312' . . , . . ,514-,sr sf A I . .g:?f:4' ..v,.,f ig? A xr!!! Qs! -:--.1-4' -' -4 cf-51 1'4 if:-'52-'ff - .57 ' tv- rw . -- . can . 1- '--, . J,-1-1 5... 'ev' .-Y.. gl: W.

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alll golf and tennis teams hold opposite records Q0 Winning flve and losing three the Murray golfers placed fourth IU the strong cnty conference Bull Sands a sensor led the team by recordlng low scores all season Shownng great prom: e as future golf stars were Terry Beclqorden and Carl Glertson The team beat Wrlson Washington lvlechanuc Arts Monroe and Humboldt but were set back by the powerful teams of Central Johnson and Hardung Lg Carl Glertson Terry Beclqor den Bull Sands Bob Sands Don Moffatt Larry Vlehl Roger Abrahamson Mr Clarence Ful mek coach l'el1l1IS Tackling o rough schedule last sea on the roclcetmen came out wxth a three wun fnve loss record The Pilots were ylctoruous over Wilson Humboldt and Mechanic Arts but they were defeated by the other members ofthe conference The Pilots were considered a hard luck team b cause thre of therr losses were determuned by only one pount Berdon Finger John Thoennes and Jam Zavoral led the team on the sungles and Larry Freeborg and Bull Snodgrass starred In the Berdon Fmger Jlm Zavoral Lee Snyder Bull Snodgrass Jan Sarneclu ' Bradley Pass John Thoennes Bull Wayne Larry Free borg Ken Barnes Mr Bernard Broderxck coach Page twenty l It ' . . . , C ,K w ,V , - I , , . I Inf xlrllrll K L' doubles. AL 'Vit Y,-ff' 'L yllaflll A ll' il yf,'-if lr .r J l T 1 'F T I

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Murrays trackmen duplicating last years record by winning two and losing two were led down the cinder paths by Floyd Bedbury Russ Williams and Stan McFar lin who won their events un every conference meet In the Central Wilson Washington and Hardlng meets Bedbury took flrsts in the mile McFarlin took tlrsts in the half mile and Willnams swept the first places in the low The Prlots opening their season against Central s de tending champs were given quite a Iolt as they ran against the Mlnutemens perennial iron wall and were downed 78 35 Still smarting from their defeat at the hands ot Central a determined squad went out and beat a good Wilson team by a 63 49 score Murrays third dual meet of the season was the most convincing as the Pilots ran against an undermanned Washington team and triumphed by a 75V2 37V2 vlctory The Knlghts ot Harding then stepped up and gave the Pilots a startling setback as they won by a surprising honors In meets carnlval 595 735 score The City Relay Carnival was held a week after the Murray Washington contest and the Pilots entered the hugh stepping two mile race with a relay team consisting ot Floyd Bedbury Howard Mnelke and Bob Cheatham This relay team won and un so doing came withm one second of the city record The team again repeated their Carnival Consistent point getters forthe Pilots were Bob Alexander who ran the lOO and 220 yd dashes and also participated on the relay team Bob Wells who partlcipated in the broad gump and also ran on a relay team Howard Mielke who ran on the two mile relay team and IS a promising mller Coach Thomas Thompsons team lost four top flight sensors as Ru s Williams Floyd Bedbury Bob Wells and Bob Alexander graduated A large junior varsity group promises to give the team the added strength whrch will be needed in 57 a squad roster Front row: Howard Mielke, Stan McFarlin, Floyd Bedbury, Russ Williams, Bob Alexander, Bob Wells, Bob Cheatham ' John Quam, Merle Mcliillips Larry Bies, Jack Steingraber, Jim Ullyot, Bob Lindsay, Bob Christensen, Steve Frauenshuh, Norm Olson 9 Thomas Thompson, coach. Page twenty-two trac men garner In lvl ua k ' cl' 'cl l C . hurdles. , last year's record by taklng a credited third in the Relay