Walnut Grove High School - Walnut Leaves Yearbook (Arcadia, IN)

Page 69 text:

I Y A X Charles Lon Charles stepped into a regular 'Q O X guard posltfon In mind-season and did an outstanding 4 it Jeb. He am exceedingly wen in batting in re- 5 Q bounds and taking the ball off the bank board in the defensive court. - He is expected to show even b more ability next year. Q Q Kenneth' Fox Although Kenneth did not see much actlon, he was a tough guard and good ball g 5 handlller. He had the fighting spirit and was loyal to t e team. e Joe McCarty This was Joe's first year as a P substitute on the varsity squad. He has shown 49 N f plenty of promise and is hard to guard under the , Xgyifgx N basket. He has two more years and much is expected X XM l of hint 1 Q e Don Carson Like McCarty, Carson played sub- Q -V stitute on the varsity squad. He is a good shot K from the forward position and much is expected of Q, nf him in the next two years.. b K Gene Fountain Gene the tallest boy on the ., squad, Is expected to use'his height to an advan- i tags next year and control the rebounds. R2 Merrig Mgers Merrill played substitute on 4 gl the varslfty s year. He is a good ball handler X' and is expected to do his part next year. D ,1 2 x' David Woodard Although David did not see in much acltllon he was loyal to the team and did his par V16 Q A Q 4 ia' Xb it Keith Miller Keith played regular on the gf second team, and did his part 'well in what few f games he played on the first team. He won a minor gm QQ letter and is expected to come through in the next v two years. 1 Q, , is Yr f 494 X b u ' V Ax is V A It

Page 71 text:

I mvmvxanymeAfAem nsMf'm-AQAPAQAW BASKETBALL'6Won 9-Lost 15 First Team 1945-46 -u-1-s-e---'-- FTA 84 64 49 59 55 14 9 20 2 7 2 0 PCT ,651 ,560 .655 ,492 ,545 e214 ,444 ,400 ,500 .144 0000 ,OOO P TP AV 48 158 7.5 55 124 5.7 29 105 5oO 54 85 4.9 27 65 5.6 14 25 2p5 7 19 1,8 15 20 242 O 5 '1o5 10 1 0,9 1 O 0.0 O O O00 4 Major Letter--m Minor Letter QCFTBALL--Won 4-Lost 2, The soft ball sea- son EE W.G'IH..S. was another successful one. Un- der Coach Guy Bauchert the nwolvesn again won the Hamilton County Softball Championship with superb pitching, hitting and fielding. Walnut, en- by pitching season. 1 In hitting it was Jack Brown, Joe MoCarty3 and Bill Stcops battling it out for top honors, with Brown finally winning the unoffical Hamilton County Batting Championship with .571 Average, QQAQK The track team composed of four let- termen and many unexperienced boys had a success- ful season. The younger boys are Very promising. Leading the team was Kenneth Fox who was unde- feated in the Mile and Half-Mile runs. Jack Brown and Kenneth Klotz were outstanding in the hurdles N Player G TM NR. Miller 17 52 wJ. Brown 22 56 aP. Hiday 21 51 aB, Stoops 21 29 aC, Long 18 19 wJ. McCarty 10 5 X aG. Fountain 10 4 ft -ND. Carson 9 8 1 mK5 Miller 2 1 N x 4K5 Fox ll 1 X l,:fx.x G -n-Mg Meyers 5 O X3-f 4 mD.. Woodward 2 O 'll lv 3,41 X te X Ronald Miller, pitching star of tered Hthe hall of fame of softballn a no hit game in the last game of the E A , Ev Q . ' . and dashes, respectively, AAL -Elf ' . 'L