Sarasota High School - Sailors Log Yearbook (Sarasota, FL)

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f94O gailoffs og Sylfgcgrx SAILORETTES First Row: Patricia Lightfoot, Nelita Lightfoot, Carolyn Carpenter, Yvonne Willis, Virginia Rhoades, Carol Clark, Louise Gay, Virginia Tharp. Second Row: Coach Mildred Emmelhainz, Joyce Hayes, Jean Clayter, Evelyn Henderson, Sybil Garner, Virginia Howell, Janice Taylor, Arline Silva, Mrs. Katherine Price. Sailorettes ended the 1940 season successfully: playing 17 games, winning 7, losing 8, tying 2. The team was composed entirely of new girls with the exception of Virginia Rhoades, The high scorer for the year was Sara Lamareaux. Yvonne Willis, honorary captain, came in a close second. Carol Clark and Virginia Tharp, two scrappy guards, greatly helped their team. As a unit, this team was fast and capable while handling the ball. Experience only is needed to make them click. Coach Emmelha-inz reports that her entire squad will be back next year intact, and, with a year's experience, results should reach a top scoring for the conference. Fifty-Nine

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1940 gailoffs O9 gffgfyx wimming sam The Sarasota High School swimming team, under the able direction of Miss Mildred Emmelhainz, earned a team tie ifor third place in the annual South Florida Conference Swimming Meet at Punta Gorda April 19. The team was composed of eight boys and eight girls. The boys' team failed to earn any places except a third in the 50 yard back crawl, Court- land Collier winning the boy's only points. Other boys competing were Faubel Campbell, Dale Ernsberger, Preston Knapp, Carl Taylor, Bud Strong, George Healey and Louis Southwick, The girls' team won the 100 yard medley relay with a team composed of Strong, Warner and Clark. Marnie Petrie earned a second in the diving. Emily Parker was second in the 50 yard breast stroke, and in the 50 yard back crawl. Carol Clark was third in the 100 yard free style. The relay team of Neely, Faye, Taylor and Clark was third in the 200 yard relay. Girls making up the team were: Carol Clark, Emily Parker, Jeannette Taylor, Jean Neely, Marnie Petrie, Beulah Strong, Elva Warner, and Jean- nette Faye. The meet was won by Punta Gorda with Arcadia second. Satisfaction with the team was expressed by Miss Emmelhainz who was pleased with the showing of the team which Was, as a whole, meeting its first competition. The team practiced in Warner's pool and worked under a slight disadvantage of not having marked lanes, exact distances, or pool turns on which to practice. The divers, Miss Petrie and Louis Southwick, were unable to practice due to having no board from which to make their dives. However, despite this, the team performed very capably. I ift,1f-Eight

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1940 gailoffs fog gffgwx ftliyly Vi BASEBALL TEAM Front Row, left to right: Ralph Matherly, Don McGee, Richard Willis, and Wilbur Turner. Second Row: Jack Collins, Wallace Draper, John Moore, Jack Scott, George Healey, Joe Leatherman, John Robinson, D. J. Michael, and U. G. Matherly. Third Row: Coach Ihrig, Buddy Wilkins, George Hilton, Donald Johns, Daniel Boyd, and Coach Mesch. Not Shown: Harry Leatherman, Neil Ganzel. The Sailor 'baseball team with a considerably strong line-up started the season fast and continued so throughout the season. The team defeated Venice once: K. M. I., twice: Punta Gorda, three times: Bra- denton, twice: Fort Myers, twice: and dropped two close games to the Hillsborough team. Sarasota played host to the South Florida Conference baseball tournament, April 25, 26. The Sailors won their first game in the tournament from Punta Gorda but lost a thriller in the semi-finals to Wauchula 1 to 0. Ralph Matherly and John Moore were placed on the first string All-Conference team, Matherly unanimously elected captain. Joe Leatherman and Richard Willis won berths on the second string Conference team. Although the Sailors did not Win the conference championship they were seeded first, having lost no games at all, and having totalled 93 runs to their opponents' 25. Sixty