Yeatman High School - Yeatman Life Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Page Sevenly-Six TEAM BALL 1922 BASE

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Q, Z V .fl , ,,,, A 1 .?.,,:.:.,:.t iitii. az.. fielder, and his one fault, that of throwing past first, can be overcome by practice. Leo Harding will cavort in left field. An infielder, competing with Lochmoeller, Harding was transferred to left field by Coach Hill because Meinert, regular field- er, was declared ineligible. He once played the outfield, is a good judge of a fly ball and can handle ground balls in the field. He was a weak hitter last year, but he has greatly improved his swatting. Engler will play center when he doesn't pitch. He is a good fielder and has a good aim. He can judge Hy balls with the best of them and can be expected to do his share on the attack, for he is a good hitter. Cianciola will patrol right field. Joe is a good fielder, although a trifie slow. Joe's value does not come from his fielding. He shines with the stick. He is one of the heaviest hitters in t h e High School League. Patty Albrecht will don the mask and pads for Yeatman again. Patty was elected captain and he is a wise choice for the place he is a natural leader and a great fighter. He is in the fighting from start to finish. With Pat nothing but the championship can be seen by the team. Patty is a good hitter and has a great throwing arm. His snappy throws turn back many would-be base stealers. He is all over the field, backing third and first on throws from the outfield. Stremmel will do the hurling. He is a coolheaded chap and an able pitcher. He is also a good hitter and in the Eden games he cracked a homer over the left fielderfs head. He has a nice curve and a fast one which will fool the opposition. The substitutes, Leach, Mason, Schact, Hannibal, Blankenmeister and Haueser, will step in to fill any gap. Others who may break into the game at any time are, Moslank, Webb, Williams and Trost. In her first league game, Yeatman was defeated by Cleveland by a score of 6f3. Yeatmanis defeat lay in her defensive weakness. A Mickeyu Farrell at shortstop was the only Yeatman infielder to display his regular form. He handled every chance clearly, and crashed out a single in four tries. Yeck and Harding were the leading hitters. Yeck poled out two doub- les in five attempts and Harding hit two singles out of three tries. Yeatman start- ed off well taking the lead in the third in- ning, when a run was pushed across. Stremmel singled, and after Harding's walk, ' Paddy, Albrecht crashed one through short to score Stremmel. ln the fifth, Yeatman tallied again on two errors on Stremmel and Schurr's grounder and Harding's single to center. The last run was scored in the seventh, when Schurr scored on Harding's single to right Yeck's two mighty doubles went for nought, as the first time he was left stranded, and caught at the plate on an unsuccessful squeeze-play on the other Stremmel pitched a good game, but the ragged support and a slight weakening near the finish cost the game. He fanned six and passed but one. f'Paddy Albrecht caught his usual dependable game. McKinley was the next foe and again Yeatman tasted bitter defeat, this time by a 9--3 score. While the McKinley pitch- er was nothing extra, the batters did not have on their batting clothes. Yeatman took the lead again in the first, when Al- brecht walked, stole second and completed the circuit on a wild throw. Thereafter ciphers were passed out by the McKinley- ites until the ninth, when Yeck tripled with two on and two out. Stremmel did not appear to be himself and was knocked in the sixth, when Engler relieved him. McKinley upset the Yeatmanites in the first inning with a bunting attack, pushing across four runs. Thereafter Yeatman played listless ball. Page Sf Iwlty-.Yr:'f21