T R Robinson High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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260 Baseball Baseball team seeks title with world series talent BASEBALL . . . defending the Western Confer- ence crown . . . having ten lettermen from the runnerup Colt World Series team , . . taking tips from Mr. Garcia . . . playing every Tuesday and Friday traveling to Lakeland and Winter Haven for key contests . . . using Rollins field for the home games . . . holding tryouts right after Christmas vacation . . . completing a double play to end the inning . . . trying a squeeze play to win an important game . . . interpreting signals from the third base coach . . . concentrating on good defense and hitting . . . catching a homerun ball to pull out a victory . . . dreading the ball reaction drills . . . practicing on Conference and Professional Days to get that extra bit of preci- 5i0n , , , leading the Conference again. Eddie Arsenault glares at the mound as an 'unknown pitcher prepares to take his windup. - Nu-Su-1 , Mike Ta,-mer mzkcs 3 desperate attempt at 3 home,-un 19311, Pitcher john Carney turns and throws in an attempt to pick off a runner with too big of a lead

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,I F an Q if H-lf: wus., -pas - M F Q? me Ks Cross Country Cross Country sets forth W - rfisl -1'+ - . , 'g'e 9fif?5PW2fff L , . 'tia ra -t,.:.'fL' ' yi at Q 2 ' 1 , - c 1, ..- to brave earth's elements CROSS COUNTRY . . . coming at 8:00 on Sat- urday morning for an early meet waiting with the sun for Coach Carlson to show up . . . warming up in an individual manner . . . looking over the other runners to evaluate the competi- Runncrs Bobby France and Tommy Baptiste lead the pack around the familiar scene of Lake Robinson, .T 'Q , if 5 -. ' N , A .,, 5 ,4 Q vale r fi xllfvlllly f , XL QNSUH, ...... t fif1.8l5U ' l f iwlnnw 52 lu s miner: sm mr.nrfr'f , aryl V' ,J - 'fvjwl ip. in , i 4. ,lg - 9Xl5UfY,y i sues X 1 rmtnizrr. , In its second year of competition, on Robinson's Cross Country team are ballom row: Art Griffth, Bobby France, Donald Rogersg lap row: Neal Buchanan, Danny Tate, Gerry Schaller, Mike Czolgocz. tion . . . squeezing in the herd of'people in the proper order . . . scrambling to keep up after the starting gun is soundedf. . . Working up in the pack as the race proceeds . . . running down the tracks and across the creekv during a home meet having the school record broken by Donald Rogers . . . traveling out to the Universi- ty of South Florida to compete . . . being com- pletely winded as the end approaches. Donald Rogers struggles for breath near finish line. 25

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