Sewanee Military Academy - Saber Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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Boffom Row: Thackslon, Hin, Hughslon, Banks. Middle Row: W. H. Smifh, Ewing, Prather, Collins. Top Row: Col. Garland, Coach, Clare, Haqedorn, Garland, Wafson, Capl. Davisson, As- sislanl Coach. Ning.: ,X V I Q91 A, X i O sb' I xv. . ,r X ,' l A X, 'fr ,-X Play Ball rang oul over lhe S.lv1.A. diamond 1 'x , and lhe hopeluls for lhe lirsl' nine began io 3, ' ' K l shape up. Only live leller men from lhe I949 .V i , X season relurned-Ridgeway Gilmer, calching, X , X, Sammy Clare back al his pilching slol. Pele Gar- X' B n S E B n l l land al lirsl, Bill Smilh holding down lhe second sack, and Dan Banks al The hol corner. The sound ol solid singles, lriples and homers pepped lhe enlire squad and Coach Peler Gar- land knew his hard hillers and hard lhrowers Hil ihal ball Hil' it again 78

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BAKER BOYD AND CONKLIN SHANNON The Team wenT To ATlanTa Tor Their lasT and mosT imporTanT meeT, The Mid-SouTh, The Team had been sTruck by sickness which hurT Them a loT buT sTill They came Through To win Their Third championship of The year. Ensign Conklin, Joel Lyle and Spencer Boydy Took firsT places followed by second places by Larry Shannon and John Hussey. The swimming Team is undefeafed in dual meeTs Tor The lasT Three seasons in Mid-SouTh conTerence. The Team capTured The Three mosT imporTanT inTerscholasTic TiTles in The SouThg Two oT which, SouThern and Mid-SouTh, were won lesT year, The Team is losing a qreaT coach and friend This year when coach Lewis Hill qraduaTes from The UniyersiTy of The SouTh, Lewis sfarTed coaching aT The academy Three years ago wiTh no previous experience. He has esTablished a mosT remarkable record in ThaT Time. The scores OT The meeTs Tor T949-50: S.M.A ....., 635 C.M.A. ...... I2 SouTheasTern lnTerscholasTic MeeT S.M.A.-6l, ST. Xavier-4l, G.TvT.A.-25, and seven oThers wifh small scores. S.M,A .... , 49g C,H.M.A. .,.. 26 S.M.A ...... 361 Memphis Air Slafion . . 39 S.M.A ...... 60: C.M.A. .... , I5 SouThern lnTerscholasTic Meet S.M.A.-48'f7, C.H.M.A.-25, STaunTon-25, G.M.A.-23 and eighT oThers wiTh smaller scores. Mid-SouTh S.M.A.-57, G.M.A.-56, C.H.M.A.-35, C.M.A.--27, McCallie- ll. BOYD BOYD TAKES OFF HUSSEY 77

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BaTTer up were going To be a ThreaT. The scrap Tor posi- Tions made The errors aT pracTice sessions Tew and The Teamwork keener. Slowly The squad Tilled in-Bobby HughsTon swiTched To caTching, Don Ewing Toolc over shorTsTop, Buba Broussard held down leTT Tield, Barry ThaclcsTon scooped in The cenTer Tield sloT, and Charlie l-lix compleTed The ouTTield aT righT Tield, The TirsT nine were ready now To hear The playball shouTed Tor The Mid-SouTh game. The Jus? a few of our sfars .HE . 'F!Yi4'WsF F35-x'iQ'S I5W Who said he was ouT Tigers TirsT game was wiTh Their local rivals ST. Andrews. The SainTs, wiTh a condiTioning game under Their belTs, nosed The Tigers ouT in The lasT inning. The deTermined spiriT only made The boys eager Tor Their nexT Mid-SouTh game wiTh CasTle l-leighTs. The game was TighT and close all The way and The Tigers came Trom behind in The lasT inning To ncse ouT The T-leighTs bunch 7-6. The Tielding was almosT perTecT in This game and The hard pracTice sessions showed Their worTh, SwaTTer ThaclcsTon came Through wiTh a homer and a double. The infield and ouTTield had Their play and pegs down To perTecTion. The nexT week-end The Tigers husTled again when They journeyed To Franklin, Tenn., To play B.G.A. Again The cadeTs came Trom behind and Toolc an 8-6 win. Clare and Thacl:sTon boTh con- necTed wiTh several good hiTs ThaT made The diT- Terence. Bob WaTson, a sophomore showed The needed scrap To help wiTh The caTching aTTer Gilmer dropped ouT wiTh a heel injury, John T-lagedorn, a junior, showed The promise Tor a ThreaT aT righT Tield. Our haTs oTT To This slugging Team and if iT can be had, They will bring home The bacon