Spiceland High School - Yearbook (Spiceland, IN)

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The hot corner, usually the weak spot on all school and amateur teams, was ably taken care of by McNew and as a finished high school thirdbaseman was in a class by himself. Talking about class, say did you ever see Ratcliff cavorting around short? Charlie ' s feats at this station are only duplicated by the incomparable Bush, of Detroit fame. Pierson, the stellar center fielder, makes difficult chances look easy and has the habit of tickling the upper branches on the campus trees with the leather sphere. Stafford, the most graceful of the fly chasers, puts heaps of pep in the team and never ceases to entertain the fans by his wonderful backhand stabs. Chew, one of the cleverest backstops to ever don an Academy uniform, is always at home near the plate and never permits the visitors to steal anything more than a casual glance at the fans. They say old S. A. hasn ' t got no speed, doesn ' t apply to Reece, the giant right-hander on the Academy team. His wonderful speed, coupled with a daz- zling hook, aided by his marvelous control, holds the opposing batsmen utterly helpless. Should accidents, sickness or disability seek to mar our prospects of victory, this handicap is easily overcome by the acquisition of four remarkable subs in Myer, Lacy, V. Reece and Starbuck. Myer plays the outfield position with exact- ness, while any hole in the infield can be plugged by Lacy. V. Reece and Starbuck, two youngsters, promise to make the future oppo- nents of Old S. A. eat from their hands.

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S. A. ATHLETICS During the past two years Athletics in the Academy has made a decided im- provement under the tutorship of Prof. Chester Reagan, and we are reminded of the Old S. A. when the baseball team, led by John Thompson and Snowball, took the secondary colleges in camp. The spirit displayed by the Quaker lads has always been one of fairness and cleanliness. To prove that baseball has been ably represented in our school we are reminded that the team of 1919 scored 109 to its opponents 14 runs. Tennis also in its season claims no small portion of our students ' time and while no matches have been held during the past year with outside schools, it can- not be said that the spirit is dead, as each summer evening sees one or more of the courts occupied by rivals proving their athletic prowess. Basketball, the most recent of the school games, while only in its infancy, has been played in cur local gym as the chief winter pastime and has afforded many pleasant evenings of entertainment. BASEBALL The baseball team during the games played in the spring of 1919 met with strong opposition on only a few occasions and the lack of effective opponents only prevented the team from establishing an enviable record. In the first game of the season the Academy boys easily defeated the Straughn team by a score of 16 to 1. This was followed by a visit to Mt. Summit in which game the locals returned with the long end of a 35 to o count. Games with a top-heavy score seeming to be the rage, the Carthage High School nine succumbed to the attack of the Academy team on the following Friday on the local diamond by a score of 20 to 1. The Muncie High School team then unloaded their supply of balls and bats on the campus grounds and when they departed the count stood 15 to 5 against them. The New Castle High School team next visited the Quaker campus and were forced to retire with the small end of a 5 to 3 score. The same story and score can be told of the game with the Greenfield High School team when they played on the local field. On Independence Day, however, Greenfield not satisfied with the previous results, issued a challenge for a game on their own diamond. It was truly a day of celebration for the Academy team and more resembled a balloon ascension as the final score was 13 to 1 against our rivals. The following is the lineup of the Academy team during the season : Leigh, firstbase ; Carr, secondbase ; McNew, thirdbase ; Ratcliff, shortstop; Stafford, rightfield ; Pierson, centerfield ; Poer, leftfield ; Chew, catcher ; R. Reece, pitcher. Substitutes : Lacy and Myers, outfield ; V. Reece and Starbuck, pitchers. The prospects for a winning team this spring are exceedingly bright as Mc- New, the classy thirdbaseman, was the only member lost by graduation and his place will be ably filled from the list of subs. OFF THE BAT Leigh, the lengthy southpaw guardian of the initial sack, needs no introduc- tion to the sporting public as all the big leagues have been watching him for the past two seasons and his only reason for turning down their offers have been due to ' his shyness for notoriety. Carr, alias Honus Wagner, alias Tody, shines at the keystone sack and keeps insisting that Chew use a little more speed in nipping the pilfering opponents.

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1923 P. P. SQUAD