Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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COACH HOLMES Baseball 1925 1 1 1 his team may be truly called Captain Holmes’ prize “NINE” because they were a prize team. The team was headed through this last season success- fully by Captain Torres. He helped his team much by his pitching as he held the highest percentage of any pitcher in the league. He also held a high place in batting average. Crumpton and Chappel also helped Torres in making a win- ning team. Lampton our first baseman played fine ball all season and helped many times with home runs. Next comes Viviano on second and Korach at short stop. They both did excellent fielding and always hit in a pinch. At times Anderson substituted for Viviano on second. Collins, although handi- capped by a weak wrist caused by a break, was sixth man in hitting average in the league and was our champion base stealer. Price, the catcher, played well all season and was one of our strongest hitters. Our outfield was almost perfect, since very few errors were caused by them. The outfielders were Kuhs, Macke- vich, Stine, Anderson, and Crumpton. The whole team had a fighting spirit although sometimes games looked pretty disastrous for them, Western usually came through with a victory. It was this fighting spirit that won the league championship from McBride. W. M. A. 15 Blackburn o 20 C. B. C. 0 3 Eden 4 3 McBride 4 3 Eden 1 1 i St. Louis H. 0 tt ft if TO Country Day 2 7 Chaminade 4 ft ft ft 9 McBride 5 7i 30 1’iige Twenty-One

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COACH GARETSON Track 1925 1 1 Mie track season of 1925 was one of the most successful experienced for several years. At the first of the season our chances looked very poor but, by May, we had one of the best track teams Western has ever produced. Our first real contest was on May 9. Western, represented in only four events, took fifth place in the Mississippi Valley track meet, with eleven points to our credit. On May 1 7, we defeated St. Louis University High 76-28, by taking eleven firsts out of twelve events. On May 23 our team showed increased strength by defeating Principia 61-60. We won the St. Louis Preparatory League Cham- pionship Meet on May 27, scoring 55 points out of a possible 1 1 3. Western cap- tured exactly one half of the medals and placed second or better in each event. The whole team deserves mention. Records were broken by Watkins and Franz. Poos came within a few inches of breaking the broad jump record. Other men on the team were: Torres, E., Torres, A., Nelson, Edwards, Julier, Candy, Acosta, Duffin, J., Valentine, Channer and Lampton. Each one helped to make the season a success along with the hard work of Coach Garetson. SCORES W. M. A. Fifth place in Mississippi Valley Meet with eleven points. W. M. A. 76 St. Louis University High 28 W. M. A. 61 Principia 60 W. M. A. First place in Prep. League Track Meet with 55 points. Vage Twenty Three