Patrick Henry High School - Patriot Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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i The bottom half of the first inning comes and the Patriot dugout is lively as Tex Young and Bill Tevieri select their bats. Experience And Depth Help Patriot Baseball BASEBALL RECORD P.H. 4 Jefferson 3 P.H. 17 Franklin County 6 P.H. O E. C. Glass 8 P.H. 5 Cave Spring O P.H. 8 William Fleming 2 P.H. 4 Jefferson 5 P.H. 26 Cave Spring O P.H. 3 E. C. Glass i P.H. 9 William Fleming 8 P.H. l3,3 Danville 4,l P.H. 7 Andrew Lewis 4 P.H. 2,3 Halifax 3,4 P.H. 4 Andrew Lewis 6 Western District Tournament P.H. lO Danville l P.H. 2 E. C. Glass 3 64 The Patrick Henry baseball team, by winning the Western District Tournament last year, was estab- lished as a strong favorite to re- peat the honor this season. After gaining the finals, however, the Patriots were defeated 3-2 by E. C. Glass and had to settle for run- ner-up honors. This year's season was filled with ups and downs for the team, as they would start a winning streak and gain momentum only to have it stopped by a dark-horse team. Even with this handicap, they did well enough to gain a top

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TRACK RECORD 46 Jefferson 72 59V2 Cave Spring 58W 60 Wm. Flem. 58 72M Danville 45V2 7th place in Buena Vista relays l9 E. C. Glass 94 5th place in City-County meet 40 And. Lewis 77 5th place in Western Dis- trict meet Wesley Owens shows his form as he vaults ovrer the ten foot mark in a meet early ln the season. Jim Nolan and Carr Stogner look determined as they warm up on the high hurdles. George Turner, a Patriot Junior, clears the high jump bar during a practice session at Roanoke College track.

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Phil Reed takes a coal drink and looks on at the action during a home game. seat at the Western District Tour- nament and to establish an ll-6 record. Experience was the key-word this year as the Patriots, who lost only one man from last year's squad, had veterans at every posi- tion. Returning lettermen E. B. Snow, Ruben Terry, W. J. Blane, and Bob Young again swung the big bats for the Patriots. The pitching chores were handled by seniors Dave Price and Eddie Scruggs, and freshman Bob Slaughter. D The members of this year's squad were Eddie Scruggs, Bob Young, Joe Stewert, Eddie Compton, Phil Reed, Bill T-everi, E. B. Snow, Jim Altis, Bobby Rutherford, David Ward, Bob Slaughter, Dennis Brum- berg, Ruben Terry, Dave Price, W. J. Blane, and Bill Mangus. The managers were Chip Hoyt and Ricky Gross. D-ennis Brumberg, Patriot first baseman, warms up before the important win over William Fleming, Coach Mosser gives signals and the starting line-up to the team before the Halifax County double-header. 65