Ponce de Leon High School - Cavaleon Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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no help to the Cables, lads as they bowed to the supreme hurling effort of Gene Cvossman by a 5 to 0 score. C-ossman blanked the home team spreading four hits and fanning nine. ln their second game the Cavalieris came out victoriously at the top of an 8 to 2 score over Andrew Jackson. Kirk XVestcott netted our first round-tripper with a blast into left-center field. With a sharp eye Westcott poled another fly deep into left-center that a good fielder would have caught, as it was Kirk made home on the four base error. Dave Callander and Vic Dacy split the pitching chores, each allowing one run. Next day, the Cavs journeyed upstate to XVright Field, the home of the XVest Palm Beach Wildcats, and politely yet rather sloppily drop- ped the tilt to the Wildcats at the short end of the 8 to 3 score. Tommy Day pitched, allowing six runs on 7 hits. XVith a standing of only 1 win and 2 losses, the Ponce diamondmen added to their deficit by forfeiting their game at Lake XVorth. Several key players failed to show up, letting Coach Cramley down in a time of need. At this point of the season it seemed all the boys needed either glasses or sawdust to fill up the holes in their bats. No matter how good the pitching or fielding, you have to be able to hit the apple to win any ball game. With 2 hits garnered in the Edison tilt which Ponce lost 5 to 0, third-sacker Bill Powers seemed the only half way consistent hitter. By the way, Bill wore glasses 5 maybe the whole team should have tried Poweris formula! Losing to the league leaders, Fort Lauderdale, Il to 6, the Cavs regained some scoring power. On the previous day the Ponce nine had shutout Miami Beach 2 to 0 with the 1 hit hurling of Dave Callander. Again Ponce lost in a non- conference tilt with Tech High I2 to 9. With a degree of vengeance in their sticks, the Jackson Generals came too long enough to stop Ponce 8 to 3. Fred Schiess was the star hitter of the tilt. Miami High beat Ponce 4 to 0 in their first tilt of the season. The Cavaliers came back to conquer Redlands 10 to 0 in the second game with the beanpickers. They lost to Lauderdale again by a 4 to 3 score, but came back to defeat torious mood, they surprisingly blanked Miami High 2 to 0 in an exciting tilt. 1 ,ul 1-S in- ? if .z ' L. the Lake Worth Trojans 8 to 4. Still in a vic- 'Wm ' 3111 x4

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Schiess, Trammell, Pierce, Keena Stars Ol '46 Baseball Season P1cTuRED LEFT TO RIGHT, back rom: Bud Nelson, David Pippinger, joe Ciancimino, Mort Guilford, middle row: Charles Stevens, Tom Fitzgerald, Bob Conrad, Bill Veber, front row: Brad White, Larry Cahill, Hugh XVood, Paul Van Landingham, Lawrence Blaylock. assesses as -rttfsmts aacct VARSITY TEAM MEMBERS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, back row: Doug Preston, Bill Powers, Homer Williams, Jim Wright, Bruce Booher, middle row: Bob Schiess, Dave McDonald, Dutch Kirk- land, Fred Schiess, Vic Dacey, front row: Ray Pierce, Talbot Trammell, Kirk Westcott, Dick Fandrey, Tom Day, jack Keena, ALTHOUGH ten lettermen returned to fill posi- tions on the Ponce nine, they couldn't come up with the high caliber play needed in the Gulf- stream playoffs. At this writing,--Ed's note: Deadline prohibited inclusive games-the Caval- ier's standing in the district was 5 wins and 10 losses, while the conference record was in second place with 3 wins and 4 losses. 8 Returning lettermen were: Tom Day, Talbot Trammell, Dave McDonald, Captain Dutch Kirkland, Kirk Westcott, Fred and Bob Schiess, jack Keena, Ray Pierce, and Vic Dacy. Other players include: Bill Powers, Doug Preston, joe Ciancimino, jim Wfright, and Dick Fandrey. That they were favored to take their initial tilt of the season from the Redland nine seemed ,ff T ff ' D b '

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first fl-lnlf Second U-lalj Edison forfeit 2-1 Miami High Girls 2-1 2-1 jackson 3-0 3-0 Miami High 3-0 2-1 Tech 3-0 2-1 Beach Girls 3-0 3-0 Beach 3-0 1-2 17-4 15-6 NETTERS NET NEWCOMERS PRACTICALLY RE JLIVENATED, the 1946 Ponce Tennis Team went into battle with only one veteran member and a crew of newcomers. Tom Blakey, captain, and two year member, led the team into its opposition. In their lirst match which was held over in Miami Beach against the Beach High racque- teers, the Blakeymen fell down and lost all but one doubles match. ln this Blakey and Wfard went together, and defeated the Beaches' double combination. Expecting better results with more experi- ence, Captain Blakey hoped to hold up Ponce standards. Ponce captured the Southeastern League title with a perfect score. All members of that team graduated and the captain, Daniels, is now rated 5th in the nation's amateur singles. Keglew Sfmt eague Miami's first high school bowling league- and Ponce was in there battling all the way. After PDL started the fourteen week com- petition in the cellar because no team had been organized, Denis O'Donovan and Erwin Straus- burger took over the reins and the Ponce Pickers started their upward climb. They blazed right through jackson, Miami High, Tech, Beach, and the gals from Miami High and the Beach. At the turn, they were in first place, with Miami High, Edison and Beach tugging at their heels, although they dropped one game to beat Homestead while the B team came out on top by beating Edison. Falling to Miami High, the A team pulled themselves up again when they beat Andrew jackson and then came up against Edison. After beating Edison, last yearis champions, the A team went to the semi-finals, but were Edison, Miami High-boys and gals-and Tech, they still led when the final set began. Then Beach downed PDL two out of three tilts while Edison swamped Miami High three times. Ponce captured high team record, 868, and high team set, 2364. Erwin Strausburger, captain, Dave Metzger, jack Keena, and Ray Pierce topped scoring honors, followed by Chester Hunter, Homer Wfilliams, Hugh Ansley, and Denis O'Donovan. V - Once the league is started, it will be easier task to keep it goingf' comments League sec- retary, Denis O'Donovan.