Portland High School - Gypsy Yearbook (Portland, CT)

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Baseball The 1942 Portland High School baseball team, the last coached by joe Walsh, enjoyed a very successful season-winning ten and losing only two games. The losses-one to Wilson in the opening game and one to Nathan Hale-came while the season was still young. Woodrow Wilson handed Port- land its only shutout, but Portland avenged this loss with a three to two victory later in the season. Also notable were the two victories over Middletown, both by twelve to two scores. The regulars were Wallace or Logano pitching, johnson receiving, Dower at first, Condren at second, Backman at third, Logano or Wallace at short, depending on who was pitching, Lindquist in left field, Griffo in center field, and Goodrich in right field. This combination had a powerful offense, scoring 82 runs, as well as an air tight defense, only 29 runs were scored against it.

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my wmv? 'Jn i , , , ,,i ,,T,,,,,1.,- :M W.. , whole story for the entire squad was playing the game whether they were on the bench or on the floor. Once again Portland entered the Class C-D tournament at the Weaver gym in Hartford. The throng of Portland rooters who followed the team was sur- prisingly large, and it was very gratifying to every member of the squad to know his efforts were appreciated. The team did not make out too well, being elimi- nated in the quarter-final round by Guilford. The squad offered no excuses, howeverg and next year's squad is looking to an even better season. 1942-45 RECORD Portland ............ 50 Wethersfield .......... 24 Portland ............ 37 Glastonbury ............ 14 Portland 32 Alumni .......... Portland Durham ........ Portland Wilson .......... Portland Bloomfield .... Portland Middletown .... Portland Glastonbury .. Portland ............ Bloomfield ...... Portland ............ Wilson ............ Portland ............ Middletown .... Portland ............ Wethersfield .. Portland ............ Old Saybrook.. Portland ............ 53 Portland ............ 27 TOURNAMENT GAMES Windsor Locks Guilford ........

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Portland Portland Portland ............ Portland ............ Portland ............ Portland ............ Portland Portland. Portland ............ Portland ............ Portland ............ Portland ............ 14 S D 1942 RECORD Woodrow Wilson Middletown ....,... Nathan Hale ....... Middletown ......... Glastonbury .......... Bloomfield ........... East Hampton ...... Glastonbury .......... Bloomfield ............ Woodrow Wilson Old Saybrook ....... East Hampton ...... The baseball outlook for 1943 is high although the schedule will probably be cut because of transportation problems. Wallace, Dower, and Condren were graduated last June and Griffo is no longer in school. Barrett, Pazzetti, Peterson, Barry and Ekstrom are the veterans left to fill the vacant positions. Rod Backman, last year's third baseman who will probably play short-stop this year, will captain the 1943 team.