Oak Park High School - Revoir Yearbook (Oak Park, MI)

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Slide, Kelly, Slide! .ug ... , ... . l Dan Barnard makes a valiant but futile effort and is out on an infield fly. The 1958 baseball campaign was hlghllghted by two flrsts ln Oak Park dlamond hlstory ThlS was the flrst year that games were played on our own field It was also the year that saw the flrst wln over Thurston High School Thls same Thurston game was the hlgh polnt of a 5 4 season and served as the flttlng cllmax of a successful year The 1958 squad was a well balanced experlenced outflt that played heads up baseball An lndlcatlon of thls was thc fact that three of thelr four losses were by one run ln extra lnnlngs The 1959 squad IS vlrtually the same outflt that produced a successful season last year Wlth a majority of four year veterans the Redsklns are antlclpatlng a very successful year An added lncentlve IS thelr partlclpatlon ln the Oakland B Conference a flrst for thls season Bud Joyce the Redskln dlamond mentor who IS ln hls thlrd year of coaching baseball at Oak Park echoes the sentiment that thls wlll be a blg year ln the short hlstory of Oak Park baseball . . . ,, . ,, . I , Lb ' 79 ' ' GL 97 , ' 4 ' alv, t E, Y we 9 lk l A menacing look from the outfield and Bill Bailey slides back to first. Marty Cicchelli hits safely and heads for flrst

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Our Grunt and Groan AIIISIS Oak Oak Oa Oa Oak Oa Oak Oa Oak Oak Oak Oak Dan Tennenhouse struggles determmedly to gaxn an advantage Park Park Park Park Park Park Park Park Park Park Park Park 26 SCORES Lincoln Van Dyke Fordson Wlllow Run Trenton Allen Park Wxllow Run Thurston Fordson Dearborn Melvmdale Fltzgerald Allen Park Athough the wrestlmg team suffered mne defeats ln twelve matches Coach Rlchard Walte was pleased wlth thls season Outstandmg were the accompllshments of semor Dan Gussm who complled a record of nme wms and one draw and placed thlrd rn the regronals at Farmmgton The season contamed many good scraps but especlally satlsfymg was the fmal match agamst Allen Park whrch the Redskms pulled out 26 to 17 Coach Waxte terms h1s prospects for next year as excellent Although the team wrll lose senlors Dan Gussm Ph1l Adkms and Dan Tennenhouse the rest of the team w1ll be back next year wlth more expertence and a desnre to capture the Oakland B Trophy Front Row Mrchael Short Irwm Nemeth Dan Berch Sanford Math Leslie Brederman Second Row Coach Richard Wante Dan Gussm Cralg Smelsey Alan Cohen Marty Baum Rear Row Dan Tennenhouse Jam Damels Alan Gussm Phll Adkms Howard Slegrnst Phil Adkins Dan Tennenhouse Dan Gussm Co-captam 34 ' 18 k 25 ' k 18 31 k 8 ' 12 k 15 16 13 ' 8 . 7 9 3 7 , . 5 3 7

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Steve Wolf fails to beat the throw to first If Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Park Park Park Park Park Park Park Park Park 1958 SCORES Bloomfield Hills Berkley Reserve Thurston Northville Berkley Reserve G P U S Northvllle Bloomfield Hills Thurston ' extra innings Safe on a walk Bill Bailey trots to the initial, sack FRONT ROW: Richard Krinsky, Sheldon Kaye, Don Tyrrell, Tennenhouse, Dan Barnard, Mike Detmer, Many Cicchelli John Shanku, John Furman, Tom Tanski, Richard Lober, Bill Steve Wolf, Stuart Eisenberg, Dave Blondy, Warren Perlove Bailey. REAR ROW: Paul Christensen, Martin Hauger, Dan Coach Bud Joyce.