Robb Township High School - Hoosier Posey Yearbook (Poseyville, IN)

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BASEBALL NEWS - SPRING, 1957 'E' Mar. 29-The Ifoseyville Posies opened their spring baseball season by defeating Apr. 10 Apr. 11 Apr. 12 Cynthlana, 14-0. The locals collected 8 hits against the Annas' 1 Leading hitters were D. Rutledge, Dave Saxe, J. Rutledge, and Jim Hammelman, who pounded out a home run with one on base. -The Posies blasted Haubstadt by a score of 10-0. Don Kries won his first game of the season against Walker. D. Rutledge, Saxe, Schutz, Cottrell, and Stroud collected 9 hits against Haubstadt's none. -Owensville came to Poseyville, only to be defeated by a score of 10-0 Owensville collected 2 hits to the Posies' 6 contributed by Saxe and Fletchall, with extra base hits being recorded by Zenthoefer and Schutz. The winning pitcher was Fletchall, the losing pitcher Overton. Poseyville continued to travel the winning trail by defeating the Princeton Tigers in a close game, 4-3, there. The Posies scored 4 runs on 4 hits Princeton 3 runs on 2 hits. Saxe, Schutz, Cottrell and Zenthoefer collected the four Posies' hits. D. Kries was credited with the Win, Cloin the loss. Apr. 15-Poseyville lost their-.first game of the season, 7-5, in a thriller to Wades Apr. 23- Apr. 25 ville. The Red Devils scored 7 runs on 6 hits, the Posies 6 runs on 8 hitsl Schutz, Zenthoefer, and Cottrell collected 6 of the 8 hits for the Posies. The winning pitcher was Paul Wade, the losing pitcher Cottrell. The Posies, fired up over their close loss to Wadesville, overpowered Owensville for the second time of the season as they pounded out 12 hits against Owensville's 5. Kries did an extremely fine job of pitching, striking out fourteen opposing hitters, while the power of the Posies' bats gave him the needed runs to record a win. The final score was 15-0. D. Rutledge collected 4 hits with additional hits by Schutz, Fletchall, Stroud, and Zenthoefer. Barney was the losing pitcher. -Ploseygville downed Elberfeld at their own field by a score of 8-0 as again t . , . . . e osies bats were in action. They collected 8 hits to Elberfeld's 1. Zenthoefer got 2 hits with other hits by Fletchall Stroud and Saxe. Fletchall was the winning pitcher, Harris the loser. ' '

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,N gg M . First row left to right Coach Don Miller Tom Price Gerald Gates Don Zenthoefer John Wilkinson Jerry Rutledge Eddie Schutz Tom Fletchall Rodger Cottrell Keith Murphy Second row left to right Mont Williams Harold Martin Robert Crumbacher Charles Nottingham Larry Rutledge Terry Crawford James Kincheloe Neil Cowling Larry Powell Coach Don Miller

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Apr. 26 May 1- BASEBALL NEWS - SPRING, 1957 Y fContinuedJ -The Posies retaliated for an earlier loss by defeating the Wadesville Red Devils, 9-4. The Posies blasted out 9 hits to Wadesville's 3. D. Rutledge got 3 hits with Saxe, Fletchall, Kries, and J. Rutledge getting the rest. The win went to Kries, the loss to Paul Wade. Poseyville went on a rampage, winning over the Cynthiana Annas by a score of 15-0. The power-slugging Posies' hitters collected 12 hits to the Annas' 1. The Posies' season record now was 8 won and 1 lost. Hammel- man, Schutz, D. Rutledge, Saxe, Gates, Kries, Cottrell, and Zenthoefer connected for hits. May 3-The Posies, wanting to extend their win streak to 9 games, defeated Francisco at their own field by a score of 10-0. Stroud, Schutz, D. Rutledge, Price, Saxe, and Fletchall collected 12 hits for the Posies, against Francisco's 3. The winning pitcher was Fletchall, the losing pitcher Wirth. May 6-On the closing day of the season, Poseyville traveled to Grayville, Illinois, for a double header. They won the first game by a score of 14-0, collect- ing 11 hits to Grayville's 0. J. Rutledge hit a home run in the fifth with the ligses loaded. Other hitters were Robinson, Schutz, D. Rutledge, Saxe and ries. The second game found Grayville on top, 5-4, as the Posies suffered their second loss of the season. Grayville scored 5 runs on 5 hits, and the Posies scored 4 runs on 6 hits. Poseyville wound up their season with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses.