Walter Johnson High School - Windup Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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Varsity Baseball: first row: Tom Vermilyea, Captain Brian McLaughlin, P a ul Magnum, Mike Offenstein, Wayne Feel- myeer, Tony Zavadil, John Mc- Canng second: Howard Baker, Tom Blount, Bill Arick, Pete Crook, Dana Carroll, John Walters, C o a c h Thompson. Once again the warm winds of spring were met by the sound of ball meeting bat as the WJ varsity battled rain and mud to get in shape for their tough 15 game schedule. JV Baseball: first row: Gor- don Bolger, Everett Hopkins, Mike Shawn, Kim Ahearn, Bob Gerrie, Richie Zweigenhaft, Al Stamp, John Beebe, Coach Stavaskig second: Don Pollack, Clint Newby, Chris Hottle, Bill Law, Joe Bollo, Bob Berman, Harry Fridley. These boys made up the first JV baseball team in WJ history, and the added experience they gained should help put WJ back in the ranks of Bi-County base- ball powerhouses. ar ity ine Liquidates Landon The Green Varsity watches unhappily as a Spartan rally fails in the late innings of the first B-CC game. Spartan third baseman Mike Ofenstein watches a low fastball from the High Point hurler go by.

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Bill Norwood grimaces as he clears the final hurdle, Taking a baton from Barry Liebman, Fred Stier attempts to outflistancing his opponent in the 220 low hurdles. lead to victory in a mile relay against Blair and Suitland. Feet flying, vaulter Dave Robinson strains all his muscles in the final effort that propels him over the bar. WJ Opponent 95 Richard Montgomery 28 85 Northwood 36 High Point 36 72 Blair 70 Suitland 15 Northwood Invitational ...... WJ third Bi-county Track Meet .......... WJ second County AA Meet. .WJ second State Championship. .WJ second Track Team: first row: Tony Ames, Larry Bagranoff, Doug Dave McNealy, Rick Hartley, Paul Smith, Robert Julia. These Hampton, Dave Robinson, Chris Sear, Dick Dunlap, Mike Les- members of the track squad emulate Pheidippes of Marathon ter, second: Mickey Fields, Andy Harmantas, John Murdock, fame in preparing for their grueling, grinding schedule of Tim Geiger, Warren Price, Bill Haydeng third: Tom Roane, track meets against other Maryland schools, CLD af-ll S luck ill! R 1.. micx .my n 'S 11 sg ,V i Q hm , I , M84 Q5 'WV n .fo Jfgwmpfi 45' 'Wir Jn ' i J Q 4, QE 0 ??'i' 9 vit? :?QvnA:rr6?2'3 T lil E N5o:ungily4:2 5 lg ,nw 4:5 Jigs X , , .' f , - v 2 ,f sf . ' 5, ,Q-an 'f K 2 SN-HIGH V 7 'yy - SR mm, ill :gg f f 4, ' , sm!! - Si HNF , , A SR HIGH f 5314155 A R 1. mmf Q., S ,, ' ' i A 'nfl - .e J, t , , , 2 - . 't,.:awyk ,V .K , ' , 4 1 i z: K ,, T I l f W ar- . I I W. s i ,V if 5 5 rg 3,5 , t A J ' Y WJWX 2231- 1: 5 ' ' PHAT aff r' w LM. ' ' ' ' Sports and Social life 177

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WJ Opponent 0 Wheaton 6 2 BCC 7 11 Landon 2 1 Richard Montgomery 2 2 Sherwood 1 13 Oxon Hill 7 3 High Point 4 3 Northwestern 15 3 John Carroll 5 6 Bladensburg 10 2 Blair 4 9 Northwood 7 3 Wheaton 4 1 BCC 6 6 Sherwood 2 if t ' .f '12 QM -fl' 1. : :veffbf WJ catcher Dana Carroll watches the curve break over the plate in the third inning of the crucial Wheaton game. Infielder Wayne Feelniyer waits tensely on first for the action to resume late in the Landon game, with WJ leading 11-1. As J V Winds Up I Jai' ts First Season The qualities of persistence and good sports- manship sustained the baseball team during the 1961 season. With too few winning games to carry morale at high level, the team had to call on intangible resources to maintain a season that can rate as successful only in terms of staying-with-it. It was as much to the spirit of Walter Johnson as to anything that the team maintained equanimity and determination. Coach George Thompsonls team won two games in a row after a loss to Richard Mont- gomery in the Bi-County season opener. They beat Sherwood, 2 to 1, and then Went on to trounce Oxon Hill, 13 to 7, for their high score of the year. The Spartans also ended the sea- son on a happy note, overpowering Sherwood, 6 to 2, in the final game. For the first time last year, WJ organized a Junior Varsity Baseball Team. These Junior Spartans played in only five games, but they downed the Wheaton JV and the Admiral Peary Varsity, and they gained valuable base- ball experience. Sports and Social life 179 Q