Nazareth Area High School - Comet Yearbook (Nazareth, PA)

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TENNIS TEAM ENDS FINEST YEAR ROW 1: James Riefenstahl, Bernard Hahn, David Bowers, Frank Naracci, Browne, James Peppel, Thomas Ruloff, Craig Leake, Carter Young—Manager. Richard Rundle, Scott Bowers, Richard Keck. ROW 2: Coach Christman, Barry With five determined lettermen from the previous year, the tennis squad attained its best season ' s record of 4-5-1. All of the four wins were shut-outs (6-0), while Easton had the only squad able to shut the Blue Eagle netmen. Two of the senior lettermen, Richard Rundle and Frank Narracci helped attain this goal in both singles and doubles, l | while the third senior letterman, James Riefenstahl, aided ( with doubles. Although a .500 average was not attained, our tennis team showed a marked improvement. Experience will provide the margin to give Nazareth an edge in the coming season. 1961 TENNIS SCHEDULE NAHS OPP. April 19 Bethlehem 1 5 April 21 William Allen 3 3 April 24 Reading 6 0 April 25 Easton 1 5 May 1 Dieruff 6 0 May 3 Reading 6 0 May 5 Bethlehem 1 5 May 17 William Allen 2 4 May 18 Easton 0 6 May 19 Dieruff 6 0 24

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DIAMOND MEN IN THE SWING Larry Roth crosses first base with ease. The Nazareth Blue Eagle baseball team had a very suc¬ cessful season under the guiding hand of veteran coach Andrew Leh. With an 8-3-1 record, the team took second place in the Lehigh-Northampton League as Hellertown snagged first place. Ron Gold ' s pitching was excellent, and by the season ' s end he had won 5 of the 8 games snagged by the diamond men. Martin Manning is credited with winning 2, while Stan Metz won the Whitehall game, the only game in which he pitched. Captain Walter Fry led the batting with an average of .473 and first baseman Larry Roth, a sophomore, had a spectacular fielding average of 1.000 with no errors in 108 put-outs. The Wilson game was one of the highlights of the base¬ ball season. A school record was set and a triple play was executed. The school record was broken when the first inning lasted 54 minutes. The diamond men trailed 3-0 when they came to bat in the first inning. A nine-run attack, led by Dale Mengel, followed. Later in the same game the triple play was executed. The action started as the batter lined a single to center with runners on first and second. While rounding third base, the runner who had been on second base fell and was thrown out at home. By this time the ball was flying to third to tag the runner who had been on first. The ball was thrown to second to tag the batter. Another remarkable feat was the game at Hellertown. Hellertown won 1-0 after 16 innings. Although seven seniors were on the 1961 team, the coming season looks very promising. Lester Butz slams a triple. 23

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