Webster Township High School - Web Yearbook (Scotch Ridge, OH)

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.L. l ,, ' , ' 'V '-WNUY E19 lhhQsRak Portage was our next victim on the second Sat- ', After Portage took the lead 1 to O, Bushman gf started the ball rolling by getting a nice hit Q- third bases coming in home. The score at the end was 4 and 1 our favor. Davis showed considerable improvement in pitching since the last game we had played them. A Q Qaswuz urday. The battery was Keller and Hamen. Q:-J f over the infield with a man on second and Then came the semi-finals and we had to play Cygnet in the afternoon of the second Saturday. Savio and Bronson was the battery for Cygnet and the main work came from them. The battery for Webster was Brueg- gemeier, Keller and Hamen. We tried very hard to hold our own but Savio put those speed balls past the Webster batters that it was very hard to detect them. They shut us out the score being 7 to O. The credit and key to the success of baseball teams of Webster High School is our coach, Mr. Long. All of us appreciate him for his sincere interest shown. We certainly hope for his continued success as a base- ball coach. Below is our spring baseball schedule for '36: April Haskins April Luckey April Liberty April Cygnet April Walbridge May Lake May N. Baltimore May Weston May Portage Twp. May Risingsun May Tontogany

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43? ,vu IMHQUTK L 'Er N..-: hitting gemeier changed started the score S 7 put a fast ball through the groove with it to get a home run the ball and fielding. The battery was Brueg- and Hamen. The battery for Lake several times but to no avail. Lake the scoring. Then with two men on bases and Keller at the plate for Webster, changed rapidly. Sass the substitute pitcher and Keller connected traveling high over deep centerfield. Maybe it was the ice cream offered by Jay Roller, the janitor for Webster, that helped or else the new baseball Mr. Reitzel offered the team if we won the game. Anyhow we beat them 8 to 7 collecting 4 runs in the fifth inning after the sbore was tied in the first and third. Webster's team went home happy that night . We got our greatest surprise when we went over to Luckey. They beat us 5 to O which was the worst game we had played. The battery was Brueggemeier and Hamen. It seemed that team work was lacking. Keller and Duncan ran together through a misunderstanding who was going to catch a fly ball. Well, both missed and they sat the rest of the game out. JosephlED and Brueggemeier received one hit apiece which were the only ones for Webster. Haskins came over and we point the score being 8 to 7. The lost to them by one battery for Webster was Brueggemeier and Hamen. For Haskins Thompson and Michaelis. Portage came over for a return game. The battery was Brueggemeier and Hamen Davis, Bateson and Keys. We got 9 easily showed them the main points trouncing them 14 to O. Cygnet then came over to The battery for Webster was Keller was in good form that day and held For Portage Center hits to their 2 and of the game by take a 9 to O defeat and Hamen. Keller Cygnet to one lone hit. The infield and outfield gave excellent support. This was our last game with the tournament three days away. The first tournament game was with Jackson. Mr. Long drew a good team for easiness. However, we used the motto Uif a thing is worth while doing it is worth while doing good,H so we just set down Jackson by a score 16 to O. The battery was Brueggemeier and Hamen.

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ifgigik xii? s ul' p BASKETBALL As in baseball graduation took about every EEE player on the team. Our newly composed team lll for 1955 consisted of the following persons: Ralph Hamen, Evan Joseph, Bruce Keller, Noel Dunipace, Dick Roper, Wilson Lahman, Clifford Duncan, Victor Joseph and Burl Beaverson. All the games were played away from home except the alumni due to the face that unfavorable conditions existed, e. S., the gymnasium itself, improper heating conditions and the distance from the schoolhouse to the gym were always against us. ,, ,Zgiigkxk sa The facts are very basketball players definite action is that will make the class school. The high discouraging to the coach and the themselves. I really hope that some taken on the gymnasium-auditorium plan Webster Township School nearer a first scorers on the basketball team were Ralph and Evan followed by Bruce and Dunipace and Roper. We seemed to hold our own ground the first half of about every game played. wrong. During the But at the last half everything went last half the other teams always run up a large score. Going from a small floor to a large one is very confusing and different. Mr. Hetrick, our new coach, did very well in teaching us new rules and the fast breaking offense and a tight defense. We Below is played: Webster ll ll ll il ll ll ll U ll H ll appreciate his interest very much. our basketball schedule that we have Score Score 25 Walbridge 70 27 Lake 65 20 Wayne 43 25 N. Troy l4 20 Portage Twp. 27 25 Alumni 56 26 Henry 22 25 Luckey 55 18 Grand Rapids 40 9 Luckey 29 ll N. Baltimore 58 22 Bloomdale 27