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

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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

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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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i940 gaiiofz'-5 O9 gffg 6310.05 550.172 For the first time in the history of the school an organized and exten- sive plan of attack upon track and field was formulated and carried out. Approximately 25 boys worked seriously for a coveted position on the team. The first inclination that the townspeople or the student body received as to the plan of action was when the team scheduled a dual meet, the first the school has ever had, with K. M. I. Although beaten the boys showed to good advantage. They held their second dual meet with Bra- denton H. S. and were easily the victors. At the South Florida Conference Meet, the team won the Track Championship trophy for the first time since Sarasota has been in the Conference. Not only did they win it by a handsome margin, but they established five new records, a sixth being disqualified through a technicality. Henry Drew established a record for the mile run, Harper Thompson raced to a new mark in the half mile. Harry Leatherman set a new mark for the discus throw, and the relay teams over the half mile and mile courses set new marks. The Sprint Medley team was disqualified after breaking the record in that event. The team was composed of Harper Thompson, captain, D. J. Michael, James Baccus, Harry Leatherman, Henry Drew, Glen Powell, John Moore, Hugh Tyler, Buster Austin, Fred Riegel, Maynard Rhoades, George Healey, Ralph Matherly, Kenneth Purtz, and Harry Higel. Gold medals for winning events in the Conference meet were won by D. J. Michael, Harper Thompson, James Baccus, Harry Leatherman and Henry Drew. No medals were given to the relay teams. The team was coached by Dick Price who ably directed the squad to its highest honors in the history of track at Sarasota High School. Sixty-Ono FYK