Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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X ill 9,1 5 it tl it at . vi ll if it fill ' ' w' 4 fp 1,53 coAcH SUMMERS k X Q gl fairly QQ With nearly a full team returning from last season, the baseball squad had the best pre.season out- look of any in recent years. At the start of the league season, only one full-time game had been played, that being an eight-inning battle with Bellarmine which ended in a 3-3 deadlock. The week before the batmen overwhelmed a weak Sumner team in five innings by a 14-1 score. Handicapped only in the pitching line, the Stadions had several backer-up men in each position. Harry Nygard was the only returning hurler, besides being the co-captain with Garry Hersey. According to the reported strength of the various Cross-State teams, Stadium was rated with Brem- erton and Bellingham, last year's winner, as one of the three top teams in the league. Besides Hersey and Nygard, the veteran strength of the squad was made up of Tom Baker, Ray Spalding, Walt Espeland, Wells Anderson, Milton Gust and George Hupe. At the time the Tahoma went to press the Batmen were leading the field in the city race with two victories and no losses to their credit. Bellarmine was the first to fall by an overwhelming score of 13-O. The following week Lincoln hit the dust to the tune of 14-1 after a blazing rally by the Stadions. Harry Nygard pitched his best game of the selson, fanning 13 Lynx. Walt Espe1and's homer in the seventh, with the bases loaded, highlighted the battle. The schedule was: April 11, Puyallup, here, April 19, Bremerton, there, April 23, Bellarmine, here, April 26, Bellingham, there, April 30, Lincoln, here, May 2, Clover Park, May 3, Seattle Prep, here, May 8, Puyallup, there, May 10, Everett, here, May 14, Lincoln, there, May 14, Bellarmine, there, May 16, Clover Park, May 17, Lincoln, there. If the squad managed to win the city title, a game was to be played with the winner of the county league to determine the team which would participate in the state tournament May 30 and 31. flOO1

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74086 In the long distance events two lettermen, Bob La Hart and Curt Hilton, held down the top spots in the mile and the 880, respectively, with La Hatt's time for the mile nearing the city record. Tthe other returning letterman was Weldon Howe, who saw a year of action in the merchant marine before coming back this year. The scheduled events were: May 3, Everett, there, May 10, Lincoln, here, May 18, west central district meet, Seattle, May 25, state meet, Pullman. TRACK TEAM BILL STORIE DON MAITLAND WELDON HOWE n By an 83 1f3 to 36 2X3 to 1 tally, the Tiger cindermen ground under all opponents in the annual all-city track meet held in the bowl, May Fielding their first organized team since pre- war days, the Lynx managed only to take a first place in the discus and to compile 36 2f3 points for second place honors. Bellarmine fell even lower, fielding but one man, who took fourth place in the mile to garner the west enders' solitary counter. All other firsts were taken by the Bengals whose skill surpassed their opponents in every event. H i992

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