Potter School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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'ri-IE POTTER SHIELD HITCHCOCK MILITARY ACADEMY 8. POTTER 7. On Wednesday, April 23rd, the team journeyed to San Rafael, to take on Hitch- cock Military Academy. It was an ideal day for baseball, except for occasional gusts of wind that raised the dust on the field, making it very disagreeable for the time being. W e got off at a great start, scoring three runs in the first inning, but Hitchcock came right back in their half of the inning and tied up the score. We put another run across in the third when Somers tripled to deep right and scored on the overthrow to third. Then two more in the fifth, on the squeeze play, and one more in the sixth. And now comes the tale. With the long end of a 7 to 4 score in our favor, we scrambled out on the diamond for the last of the seventh. Now, whether Lermen was rattled by the school support given these bonnie soldier boys or whether there was just a plain jinx on the seventh, we'll never know. At any rate, after holding these boys down to three hits in the preceding six frames, he surely did hit the sky in that unlucky seventh, and we came in one run to the bad. In the eighth inning Lermen settled down again but it was too late. Vettesen was invincible from the seventh inning on. ' Fuller deserves great credit for the way he handled his numerous chances at short, without a single boot. His throwing to first could hardly have been better. Sutton also starred on the field: ' The final score was: F R H E Potter . , 7 6 2 Hitchcock ...... , 8 5 4 Batteries: Potter-Lermen and Summers. Hitchcock-Vettesen and Kervin. VOCATIONAL HIGH 2. POTTER 13. X' On April 25th we met Vocational High of Oakland on our home grounds. From the very start the game was a slaughter, our team hitting just about when they pleased. Vocational got off to a great start, scoring two runs on two hits in the opening frame. But we came back so strong in our half of the inning that we took all the pep out of them. At the end of the first inning the score Stgod 3 to 2 in our favor. From that time on our opponents never got near the plate while We Scored 7 more runs, making the final score 13 to 2. 2 ' Harrell, Esberg and Doolittle each got two hits out of four trips to the plate while Tommy Newbauer cracked out two safe ones out of two times up , The final score was: vocmonai High of Oakland , , , , 15 Ig E Potter ..., , j j ' ' - - . . 13 11 1 Batteries: V ocational-Ruedy, J acopetti and Kokaries . 4 Potter-Grifhin, Howard and Summers. l Sixty-six 1 s - Ler!l1f'n' .Q I t-1 9' bbw' , thi-Tmagn i wnffoued S - thc ft Perlliilr WND' t To Jimi lwvemenfi has bf' in mi mfwffff W' an limi exccllf'U'- W por' - 1: Glover WUI' 8 pmui. 11 affgf the A at W' 'f'?mfQ didU11lYefSity High U! B ldon't ask -lflfk ai U dot? D4 Fat G 'tht hamlet H1951 if-'W' it at its a fum' 1' M01 and is not erm! M game, but :side im with He I 13951 pi'tf4tilU113l lots of credit: bf- has 21 ippointingtask of 3 pin-Q Prospects for a gt:-tg lmsingthe team this y tlllieltltr Stltwlt. ofasteady pitcher. and flifgrching mfr -in 0 Wi '1HPf0vvmem in tt With-ilu Sfqtlirws 1 ml' ht will 3190 lr- gi wtof the hmm muvh of . 3 Q53 mm ll- it mln: mm. If at ' th? M fatig- nm With tt, g . 'fmmdwh of Q, ,A With 1 xi mlb helflnmlsvid -3 1. ty uf Witty lllli din. Sting m bf' !'t'r' . ' bnfqtwnm W Wnliqm nniiqagfwi

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THE POTTER SHIELD Hale is also threatening to do a come-back, and if he can hit the size of his hat l19 will he useful, as his speed and Harrell's would give one of the fastest outfields we have ever had. Doolittle is no slow man, either. After this yearis experience in playing together, the work of the infield ought to be improved another season, although their work has been first-class this year. The team also ought to hit better another year, and with plenty of the old life and pepper in evidence and a good big squad whooping things up daily, in 1920 the school should see another team that will cause no little worry to S. F. A. L. teams, and walk off with the big end of the score in more than one contest. The Juniors in Baseball The Juniors this year have a team that is perhaps the lightest in the history of the school, most of the members of last year's team having graduated to the big team. However, the Juniors have been very successful in winning games. The team-work in the earlier games was very ragged, and that brought about a defeat at the hands of the St. Brigid's crowd. For pitchers we have Grace and S. Wright. Wright has fared much better in games because he has more on the pill. That little out-curve of his keeps the other side from making many runs. Grace, however, is there in all the games, for his speed on the paths always means two or three runs. At first base there is Drown, who is progressing very nicelyQ He is rapidly developing a fine reach in every direction and seldom does he miss spearing them with that glove of Herbertis. Richard Gump, the second baseman, is what might be termed the wonder of the team, because he is so small, the bludgeon he swings being nearly as big as he. In a game played in Oakland he got in the way of a line drive. Although it took him off his feet, he held on to the ball. Richard plays a fine, steady brand of baseball and uses his gray matter in a game. When one Stevenson is mentioned, the question comes up as to which one is meant. Arthur, the one who has no freckle on his nose, holds down short-stop. This is Arthur's first year at the position, but he is handling it in great style. He covers a lot of territory and nearly always gets 'em, although his pegging to first is a little off color sometimes. He always makes himself felt with his bat. At the hot corner there is stationed the only south-paw in the crowd. Jack Sutro, although his wing is not very strong, plays a hard game and gives his best in every game. Whitaker, Grace, and Bigelow defend the garden works. Stanley always hangs on to the pill when it comes his way. Because of his regularity in stinging the ball litanley occupies the position of clean-up mang.he sure does soak that applefi ge ow isn t,exact y built for speed, .but he is reliable. His ability in getting down to first doesn t compare favorably with that of Max Carey or Ty Cobb The hardest position of all to hold down is that of catcher-and the Juniors are fortunate in having such a good fellow for that place as Henry Stevenson, Helngy hollds up the pitcher fine, his throwing to the bases is good- in fast hg is mg on t Q jo air the time. In all the - ' ' . Outclassefl any Opposing catcher. games played thls year Henry has easlly Pete Folger, Charles Ghristenson and Charles Levison are the substitutes Siazty-efiglzt HE hunn If xt UM. ul t Wifi rs ' .- fort Drorrrrfrlr my V 5,4 mill? PM i the auf' iw' c 5 forthe IUU 1 hlckier 56.351 ill - Two l'1fl fi twice Ihfrrllgla rerun prfrwi I rhrlllpirirrrs rrrri rr , were HW11f'l'1l the rHVilf1'i Z tQ3111S.llll1l lv! The flair!!! nirrezirrrl lofi ' Couragfixl lffn' if basket-rlrr-rw-if Brorvrie str rw--N lloolirrlr- iwrf .liter rlrm- -2: elected lririrwlt' rllopp-.rsrri-'xr ' rhrrr rlris afar llllllt' glllifrl In rhe lim-r 2.6 l. V v . Uuflai frirm 113 gilllllf Ill l U rrrrer mfr- 3 .1 ,tg 'Mig n M-Quiwls 'ri Hamill rw-1 .H n ln . A Q . l lil' 4: ' v-+ V 0 n .' .OSI qt Uh? ' s i'u . f'0mi'1:I.'.' hw, - . . N 's lhllmllwl fi . Nr- 1 HI Q -all! lribk' , X . l'4 l-: Mil f'i'1l'llsrt N r r - . lfllltl' 70 . '-411. Vlkll . s1.,4t,.:. , -. . ' .V .Nv- Mpil U? rlr. ' - 'Qin - , llh dlmffxfn , J' ' -.ily M .' A k ' it Ylllv .. . -M it 1llll fre rgrrrrirr C