Sewanee Military Academy - Saber Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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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

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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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f ' X. K i T, -r ' as Prather in action Garland singled into right field scoring Wielirsg Garland, however was picked off at second. Dan Banks, cleanup man, then hit the first pitch for a line drive into center field for a home run. The Tigers were able to get only one more hit in the game, that being a triple by Charlie Wiehrs and went down 8-2. Iust as Col. Garland had expected, the lack of ex- perienced pitchers was quite apparent in the year's first game. ln the second game the Tigers' loss was due definitely to a lack of hitting ability. The Tigers were able to get only four hits off the Castle Heights pitcher, two by Paul Tarnow and two al-9241-2-tnawif Am- 07172 .. OK Capt. Davisson, Asst. Coach: Co4Captains Hagedorn and Gar land, Col. Garland, Head Coach. by Pete Garland. The game was close all the way and at the end of the seventh inning the score was tied at three all. ln the top of the ninth the Castle Heights team was able to push over one run and the Tigers were unable to do so in their part of the half. The game was high- lighted throughout by the brilliant work of Whitey Linton on the mound and Dan Banks at shortstop. The end of the second game found Pete Gar- land at the top of the hitting list with a .429 average. The Tigers have a swell team this year and it will only be a matter of time until they hit their stride. Time: March 31: Place: S.M.A.: Game: St. Andrews: Result: He's out! Q 1 it a Q. if by W f t