Southwest High School - Roundup Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Young and Managers Benson and Page, whose services were appreciated. At a special aud session for the presentation of the trophy, Mr. Sackett expressed gratitude on behalf of the school, and added that he hoped this would not be the last trophy to be won by a Southwest team. He promised that there would always be room in the display case for any trophies our team might win. Of the fifteen squad members, twelve were awarded letters. The basis for awarding letters was on the number of innings the individual played. Those awarded letters were: Tomlinson, Serrati, Winkler, Therina, Galimberti, Davis, Bill and George Kehm, Porter, Danner, Ulrich, and Mirrelli. Galimberti proved to be the star of the mound for Southwest, fanning 60 batters in the 64 innings he pitched. Johnny Davis demonstrated how to hit the apple to his team-mates by rolling up an average of .464. George Kehm was the next best swatter with an average of .4l0, while Tomlinson. Ulrich. Danner, and Therina all went over the three hundred mark. Galimberti and Nlirrelli, supplemented by Davis and Danner when not at other posts, divided the duties at the mound. Play ball, usually found George Kehm behind the plate, replaced a few times by Porter. Tomlinson or Seratti was on the first sack, while Therina and Winkler alternated at second and short. Danner occupied the hot corner, when not pitching. Ulrich and Bill Kehm covered the outfield, with Johnny Davis helping when not on the rubber. Few major league pennant winners wind up the season with an average as high as .700, and those few that do are very happy. Yet the average of the Southwest squad was .7401 By taking 14 out of 19 games, the Longhorns wound up with an average hard to beat. The boys opened the season by trouncing a weak Central team in a practice game, I2 to 2. Of two exhibitions with St. Johns', the Longhorns took one, the other having been rained out. St. Louis U. High proved to be a little too good in a practice game, and the Roosevelt Rough Riders roped us into the short end of a 10 to 8 game. The spirits of the team were revived, however, by a triumph over McKinley's Gold Bugs, followed by two successive victories over Cleveland in league games, 9 to 5, and 13 to 7. The Longhorns next revenged their previous defeat at the hands of Roosevelt by trampling those sad Rough Riders 12 to 4. Our supremacy in the southern division was now secure, and a defeat at the hands of McKinley was not disastrous. As Champions in the Southern league, we were to play Beaumont, the highly lauded victors in the Northern league, for the city championship, Beaumont was fav- ored by the critics and press, having won six -- and lost none, while we had won but four lfg X' and lost two. The two deciding games were ! played at Sportsman's park instead of at the Stadium. The Longhorns pulled the upset of Vi the season when the Blue Jackets went down vi fy in defeat 6 to 2 and 8 to 4. Galimberti's fine V 7 pitching plus some powerful Longhorn swats 1 did the trick. ' A HFZ Nineteen L, to W P QF 9' Q X B6

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4 X1 gzfw-Lex, fl TRACK Although Southwest failed to place higher this year in the Interscholastic Track Meet than last year. the season proved to be quite successful. Thanks largely to the powerful Senior division, the Longhorns piled up 91 points at the meet to place third behind Roosevelt and Beaumont. ln the District Meet. which includes all high schools in the greater St. Louis area. the Longhorns surprised the public in general by coming in second. When one considers that 16 schools competed, the feat of the Longhorns is not insignificant. Southwest Seniors demonstrated that they were the best in the city by walking off with championship of that division and the line trophy now in our display case. Another trophy was added to our collection when the South- west quartet of Hunt, Dyer, Hunning, and Downing won the 880 yard relay. Lyle Downing scored first in the 100 yard dash, as well as in the 220. Pole vaulters Stone and Collins cleared the bar to tie for iirst in that event. 1-lunning placed first in the broad jump, The team total was boosted further when Fairchild placed second in the 120 high hurdles, 1-lunning ran second in the 220 low hurdles, White put the shot third best, Berron tied for third in the high jump, and Wheatcroft came in third in the 880. The Juniors didn't fare as well as their older team-mates, for they were pitted against the strong Junior squad of Roosevelt. They did manage to assemble 26 yi points, however. Perotta placed twice for the Longhorns, second in the 100 yard dash, and second in the broad jump. Schultz ran third in the 440, and Southwest placed third in the four-man 880 relay. Ziervogel contributed the only point in the midget division by winning in the broad jump, The team was under the able guidance of Coaches Kittlaus and Clark. Kenneth Kuellmer. Robert Bradbury, and James Stewart assisted as managers. Twenlq