Portland High School - Gypsy Yearbook (Portland, CT)

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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.

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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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'-magnum!-rv wq Cheer Leaders just before the referee blows the whistle to start a game, six cheerleaders run onto the floor to lead the Portland High School cheering section. Grace Johnson, head cheerleader, '43g Nancy White, '44, Doris Ahlberg, '43, Ruth Mulcahy and Olga Roman, '44, and Arline Roman, '45, all dressed in white wool flannel with red and black embroidery, whizz by to give the Portland Loco- motive and other cheers. Portland High School is proud of its cheerleaders and the work they have done. The girls have been enthusiastic in building up the spirit of the student cheering section, they have worked hard perfecting the old cheers and in- troducing many new ones. tv ' Witli a fine record in victories and good sportsmanship to their credit, Portland has been in the limelight this year more than ever before. The fans of the varsity team are numerous, and it has been through the efforts of the cheerlead- ers that this large group has been molded into an effective and enthusiastic cheering section.