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

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- .T 'if' 3, 3: 5 ! . p Ji.. cause of the baseball abilitypwere Connor and Leo Shanley. Connor wasa pitcher of wonderful ability. Leo was a first-sacker who was captain in 1918, when Yeatman won the pennant. After starring in the High School circles, he went-to W'ashing4 ton University and there he became a stellar first-baseman. He captained W'ashington to many victories. 'I Louis Magualo soon followed the foot- steps of Leo Shanley. 'He played a wonder- ful game in the outfield for Vtfashington, as he did for Yeatman. Captain -Magualo was an outstanding player of the Missouri Valley circle. 1 ' Elmer Shewe was a fellow player of Magualo on both teams. He played quite a spectacular game at second-base. Eagle Klausner and Bohn Hannegan, catcher and first-baseman, respectively, played together at St. Louis, University, where they won quite a name as ball players. Mal Stremmel and Harvey Albrecht, bat- tery mates of a few years ago, were players of first-class ability. Mal was our Captain in 1923, when he won the championship. Pat was forcedpto quit school in the mid- dle of his High School ca1'eer, but .soon after quitting he became a member of the Boston American League, where he stayed for some time. A ' ' Last but not least comes Wallie Roett- ger. Nearly everyone has either- seen or heard of 'Wklallief' About five years ago he was the High School sensational pitcher. One Hundred Eighteen In one game he fanned twenty-two batters. H'is strike out record was exceptional. After his High School career ended in great fashion, he went to Illinois University, where he became Captain, but owing to some accident off the diamond, he was un- able to pitch. He then played second-base and outheld, where he played in first-class style. He became very popular with local fans in North St. Louis when he played Muny League ball. He is now playing in a professional league. An incident in the winning of the 1918 championship worth mention is the hitting of one red-headed sub. In the last game, which was to decide the pennant, Yeatman was trailing 4-2 in the last half of the ninth inning. There were two out and men on second and third bases. Coach Hill called together the cells of his brain that make up his board of strategy and after serious con- sideration called on Red VVellman, a slow, little red-head to pinch-hit. He stood up to the plate and swung. W'ell, after the dust was cleared from the home plate. the score was 5-4 in favor of Yeatman. Good judgment, Coach! Good work, Red ! W'hen we look back over the pages of our baseball history, we should give due credit to those that helped to make it such a success. Not only should the coaches and stars receive credit, but also the substitutes. lt was the untiring eiforts and interest of the game that kept our teams together, so that they were able to establish as good a record as they did. '

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..,:........ pam Nl E F BASEBALL HISTORY Lizsran SPILKER--JZ't1'lll2lI'y, 1926 5 oft take them ofi' to the baseball gf' , teams that braced Y eatman athletics so that they would not fall into ruin. Give due credit to our baseball teams that have so faithfully worked. From the be- ginning Y eatman has been well represented in baseball, so well represented that at no time did any individual find it necessary to be ashamed of his team. VVe have been champions three times and other times we have finished close to the top. At no time was the name Yeatman at the bottom of a final baseball standing. Is this not some- thing to praise? Though the school may die, we as true Yeatmanites should make our Baseball History live. EATMANITES! Take your hats In 1905 Yeatman put forth its best efforts for the purpose of getting a real baseball team. As this was the Hrst attempt for the new school, Yeatman, many difficult prob- lems lay before them. A coach, Peter Pease, was obtained. The hardest problem to solve was a place of practice. After much con- sideration, a field at Florissant and Queens Avenues was obtained. The Coach put forth his best efforts as did the team and, through hard work, they won most of their games, but they did not win the pennant. The In- terscholastic games at this time were played at Kulage's Park on Newstead Avenue. The following year Coach Pease was not at Y eatman, so Mr. Frank Crippen, a teacher now at Central, took up the task. He worked very hard with the team for several years, and he succeeded in 1912 in winning a championship. Yeatman also played for the state championship at Colum- bia, Mo., but lost to a team from Kansas City. lVhen Coach Crippen left us, after several years of faithful service, Mr. Har- vey McCloskey became coach. His untiring efforts were greatly appreciated, though they clidn't win the championship. In 1916 our present coach, Mr. Hill, took over the role. In his nine years of coaching he has piloted teams to the top twice, a fact which shows that he won for us our share of pennants. In 1918 a team captained by Leo Shanley was victorious. In 1923 a team whose captain was Mal Stremmel won the pennant. VV e should, therefore, take off our hats to these coaches for the success that they have made of Yeatman baseball and we should especially credit Coach Crip- pen and Coach Hill for piloting teams to the top. Through these many years of baseball, these various coaches have seen results of their efforts not only in the High School League. but in all other branches of base- ball. They have seen that their knowledge of the game was taught to their players and that they were able to advance far beyond the uncoached lad. Especially in college, Yeatman fellows have become baseball stars. I will try to bring back to you some of Yeat- man's stellar players in this brief account. The first catcher, Armond Droste, will be remembered by those who saw him play, for his untiring efforts and his fighting spirit. Much credit is due him for the success of the first team. One of the early captains was Harry Pfeiffer, who played outfield in the big leagues for some time. Herbert Leo pitched for Yeatman. Later he went to Illinois University, where he pitched for that team. He was one of the two that won letters in five different branches of athletics. Kamp was the other. Wfalter Pierce was a catcher who played when the well-known Muddy Ruel caught for Soldan. It may be well to note that we beat them. Pierce, after service in the war, pitched for Washington University and he was also captain there. Two brothers who became popular be- One Hundred Seventeen

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