Sewanee Military Academy - Saber Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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WW F40 .Domi . 54 - ' fig? U' 0 A0 j WN NOLXO N-0, M ,545 J fa' qotffxjf. Ba XXV ' if at g.+f-f U sf if Mfg- year Sewanee can sagy boalgtbof having e most outstanding Prep School diver in the United States, we are of course speaking of Iohn Hussey from Shreveport, Louisiana. Hussey placed first in all of the meets en- tered this year with the exception of the one held at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, when Edwards of Staunton Military Academy edged him into second place. At a later date, however, fired with a determination to win, lohn greatly outdid Edwards in the Eastern interscholastic Swimming meet at Trenton, N. l., where he captured first honors along with several good offers for scholarships. The powerful Tiger team splashed through the season with two firsts and three seconds, climaxing the year with a second place at the Mid-South Meet held in Atlanta, Ga. Among the outstanding members of this team are Bill Baker and Larry Shannon, Co-Captains, Bill helping out in backstroke and Larry in free style. The team could have found no het- ter men to act as Captains this year. Another man on this year's team that deserves recog' nition is Pete Higgins, who broke both the Meet record at Chapel Hill and the Academy record in l5O yard medley. Practice session, S.M.A. Medley Relay Team Iohn Hussey, All American Prep School Dive Champ

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Co-Captains Larry Shannon and Bill Baker, All-American Prep School Swimming Champions. THE SEWANE A N 'dd' M'ddl row, lah to right: Ware, I. While. C. H. Lewis. Top row, left to right: Woodall, McAllen, Alexander, Mgr.: Miller, Dinvu xo. 1 e Higgins, Waller, Run, Grace. Bottom row, lofi to right: Hunoy. Ovcrlon. Parker, Shannon, W. Baker, F. Kalmbach, and Van Loor. This year the S.M.A. Tankmen had no out- standing stars, but the team was made up of a group of eighteen hard-working, industrious men with a great coach, lnky Conklin. Inky, 68 by virtue of his hard work and inherent coaching knowledge, converted an average team into one that was renowned for its spirit and determination. In the diving field this

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' - Q pm fi N x Q 'x I P D 'L I '- s H vPfAta1i sfrl T Y The Academy varsity baseball team began practice this year with six lettermen returning from last year's squad. Those lettermen return' ing were infielders, Pete Garland, this year's Captain, and Dan Banlcsp outfielders Iohn Ha- gedorn, Co-Captain: Tom Davies and Charlie Prather. The one returning pitcher was lunior, Bob Watson. The new men that filled in the vacancies left by last years graduates were TBMACMNTSADMA BASEBALL Whitey Linton, Paul Tarnow and Billy Bailey, all in the infieldg Charlie Wiehrs and Pell Wil' son in the outfield, and Pete May in the catchers slot. ln an interview with Col. P. f. Garland be fore the SABER went to press he expressed high hopes for this year's team, but said that he realized the lack of experienced pitchers would do some harm to the l95l record. But taking all into consideration Col. Garland and Bottom row. left to right: Ackerson, Banks, May, Linton, P. Tarnow. Second row: Baird, Mgr.: Trezevant, Prather, Watson, Hage- dorn, D. Tarnow, Searcy, Mgr. Top row: Rust, Davies, Vaughn, L, Wilson, H. Knight, W. Bailey, Wiehrs, P. Wilson, Garland, and Robertson. the team feel that the Tigers will do a swell job this year and make themselves feared throughout the Mid-South, Col. Garland stated that the infield which is made up of Paul Tarnow at third, Dan Banks at shortstop, Whitey Linton at second and Pete Garland at first was the best that he has coached during his fifteen years of work in the MidfSouth Conference. As the SABER goes to press this year tho Tigers have played several games in which they exemplified wonderful coordination and sportsmanship. ln the St. Andrews game the Tigers got off to a roaring start. Charlie Wiehrs, leadoff man, received a walk and later stole second. Paul Tarnow was struck out and Poto