Plainville High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Mariemont, OH)

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?cwegafg 7?45 Coach ................................. Of the ten games Plainville's baseball team played last year, they won 505k It took the team a little while to get started as there was not quite enough time for a good practice ses- sion before the season opened. Even with this handicap, they came out on the good end of the sc01-e with a nice team batting average of 328. Nelson Becklerl who led the team in batting with a fat 590, held down center field and ale ways played heads-up ball. lack Betts came second in batting average with a fine 500; he should see a lot of action as Plainville's catcher in 1949. Ben Webb. who was Plain- 7zace Coach ,. . District champs of 1948 was the title of last year's Plainville track team, when they dee feated Lockland, Plainville also won its own Invitational Track Meet, which today has be come one of the leading Class B meets With teams coming from all over south-westem Ohio. Senior and backbone of the team were Dean Kaiser, who ran the 100, 220, and anchored the second best 880 relay team in the state: Wes Eaton, who ran the 440 and was a meme ber of the mile relay that holds the school record; Ben Cohee, who ran in the 880 relay: Jim Anthony, who ran the hurdles and the 880 59 Ernie Ernsting Ville's little surprise man on third, could hit in any field, even though he was a left-handed batter. Ben didn't surprise anyone When he batted out a good looking 404. Joe Ferguson was next man at bat; no worries about Ioe's getting a hit. not with 400 for a batting average. Joe played his first year of high school baseball in 1948 and did a fine job of it. CliH Loy, who played as a very able left fielder, was also a good batter with a 332 average. The record of the 1948 baseball team is a challenge to future Plainville teams. 79487 f'Doc Kusel relay; and last but not least of the seniors was Ed Crain, Who pole vaulted for us, rThe men who returned this year are lack Ahr, who ran the hurdles and the 880 relay team; Morgan Damerow, a 440 man and an chor man of the mile relay team: Jim Lemon, our dependable miler; and B111 Hanaford, our hurdler and broad jumper. The juniors are led by Joe Morgan and Ron Klemme. Joe is our shot putter of excellent quality, and Ron is our hurdler and pole vaulter. Sophomores are Ioe Diester, a 440 man, Phil Nunn and Jack Keown, two pomisinq half-milers, and Wes Damerow, a high jumper.