60 - Garaway Drops Port Washington 20-7 (4-26-60)

PHOTO:  Port Washington Purple Riders Senior Outfielder - Curt Johns

SUGARCREEK - Garaway (5-2) picked up its fifth victory in 6 starts yesterday when it defeated Port Washington (1-4).  Charles Stingel led the Pirates with a Grand Slam Home Run.  Bob Tidrick had a triple and double and Bob Raber a Home Run.  Curt Johns singled and tripled for the Riders.  Bob Raber (2-0) was credited with the win, despite permitting 11 hits.  He struck out 1 and walked only 3.  Losing pitcher John Landon (1-4), fanned 5, walked 4 and was touched for 15 hits.  Earlier Tusky (4-0) dropped Garaway (5-1) in a game not reported.

Stingel (GP) HR (1)
Raber (GP) HR (1)
Tidrick (GP) 3B (1)
Johns (P) 3B (2)
Tidrick (GP) 2B (1)
Johns (P) 1B (1)

LEAGUE STANDINGS

1.  Tuscarawas Broncos 4-0
2.  Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 4-1
3.  Garaway Pirates 5-2
4.  Gnadenhutten Indians 3-2 (4-2)
5.  Midvale Blue Devils 2-2
6.  Baltic Eagles 1-1
7.  Port Washington Purple Riders 1-4
8.  Strasburg Tigers 1-4
9.  Stone Creek Panthers 0-5


Tuesday, April 26, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Gnaden Defeats Strasburg 10-8 (4-26-60)

STRASBURG - Gnadenhutten (3-2) (4-2) outlasted Strasburg (1-4) in a slugfest here yesterday.Ron Clark led the Indians with 2 hits along with Gary Fivecoat and McCreary.  Don Grove had 3 singles for the Tigers.

Clark (G) 1B (2)
Fivecoat (G) 1B (2)
McCreary (G) 1B (8)
Grove (S) 1B (3)


Tuesday, April 26, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Tusky Remains Only Unbeaten Team On Win Over TV 7-6 (4-23-60)

Tuscarawas (3-0) remained undefeated in the Tuscarawas County Class "A" League this past week as the Broncos took the nod over Tusky Valley (4-1).  The victory was the Broncos third straight without defeat.  Bill Fellers (1-0) and Floyd Smith (0-0) hurled the victory, allowing 6 hits, while the Broncos collected 10 safeties off Clarence Cantrill (1-1).  Tusky (2-0) picked up a victory over Stone Creek (0-5).  Game was not reported.


Saturday, April 23, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - TV Defeats Port 12-2 for 4th Win In A Row (4-23-60)

PHOTO:  Port Washington Purple Riders Senior Outfielder - Harry Kenney

BOLIVAR - Tuscarawas Valley (4-0) unleased a 16-hit attack, including 7 hits for extra bases to defeat the Port Washington Purple Riders (1-3) yesterday.  Dean Nemetz paced the Trojans' extra base barrage, with a double and triple.  Ed Lundenberger homered, John Bolvey and Al Cerett each tripled and Mike Widder and Ron Lake each doubled.  Widder (2-0) was on the mound for the Trojans, striking out 1 and walking 2.  He was yielded only 6 hits, all singles.  John Landon (1-3) was charged with the defeat.  He fanned 5 and walked 4.  Tuscarawas Valley (5-0) also beat Stone Creek (0-6).  This game was never reported.

Lundenberger (TV) HR (1)
Nemetz (TV) 3B (1)
Bolvey (TV) 3B (1)
Cerett (TV) 3B (1)
Nemetz (TV) 2B (1)
Widder (TV) 2B (1)
Lake (TV) 2B (3)


Saturday, April 23, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Baltic Tops Gnaden 7-3 In 8 Innings (4-23-60)

PHOTO:  Baltic Eagles Senior - Dave Berger

BALTIC - Baltic (1-1) broke loose for 4 runs in the top of the 8th inning to snap a 3-3 deadlock and defeat the Gnadenhutten Indians (2-2) (3-2) in a county baseball league game yesterday.  Singles by Dale Lautensleger and Dave Berger drove in the 4 markers in  the extra frame.  Lautenschleger also doubled.  Other leading hitters for the Eagles wre John Rice (1-0) with a triple and single and Willis Mullet with a double and single.  Rice hurled for Baltic, permitting 6 hits, while striking out 13 and walking 3.  Dave Struchen (1-1) toiled for the Indians and fanned 3, walked 5 and was touched for 8 hits.  John Hall had a perfect day at the plate for Gnadenhutten, counting a double and 3 singles in as many times at the plate.

Rice (B) 3B (1)
Lautenschleter (B) 2B (2)
Mullet (B) (1)
Hall (G) 2B (2)
Hall (G) 1B (5)
Lautenschleter (B) 1B (1)
Berger (B) 1B (1)
Rice (B) 1B (1)
Mullet (B) 1B (1)


Saturday, April 23, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Gnaden Pins 10-3 Defeat On Port (4-22-60)

PHOTO:  Port Washington Purple Riders Senior Outfielder - Curt Johns

NEWCOMERSTOWN - Gnadenhutten (2-1) (3-1) had its hitting clothes on yesterday as the Indians belted Port Washington (1-2) in a county league game played at Newcomerstown.  Gary Conaway (1-0) took the win, fanning 9 and walking 4 before Ron Clark (0-0) took over the Gnadenhutten pitching duties in the sixth.  John Landon (1-2) started for Port and shared the hill with Jim  Bender (0-0).  The Indians scored in every inning, but the first as they banged out 11 hits and had only one error.  Port collected 7 hits, but had 6 miscues.  Jim McCreery had 4 hits in as many trips for the victors and Clark blasted a triple.  Jim Hannahs and Bender had two singles for Coach Dick King's crew and Curt Johns had a triple.

Clark (G) 3B (1)
Johns (P) 3B (1)
McCreery (M) 1B (6)
Hannahs (P) 1B (4)
Bender (P) 1B (4)

LEAGUE STANDINGS

1.  Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 3-0
2.  Tuscarawas Broncos 1-0
3.  Garaway Pirates 4-1
4.  Gnadenhutten Indians 2-1 (3-1)
5.  Midvale Blue Devils 2-2
6.  Port Washington Purple Riders 1-2
7.  Strasburg Tigers 1-3
8.  Baltic Eagles 0-1
9.  Stone Creek Panthers 0-4


Friday, April 22, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Strasburg Dropped 6-5 By Midvale (4-22-60)

MIDVALE - Midvale's (2-2) baseballers were even in 4 starts today following their triumph over Strasburg (1-3) in a county league contest last night.  Mike Page (1-0) went the distance for the victory, fanning 6, walking 4 and allowing 8 hits, while Jim Clymer (0-3) was the loser.  He struck out 10, walked 5 and allowed 7 hits.  The Blue Devils had 3 errors and Strasburg 2.  Dave Smith led the victors with a double and single, Bob Rennicker collected a double and Neal Beans cracked a triple.  George and Hall each had 2 singles for Strasburg, while Clymer had a double and single.

Beans (M) 3B (1)
Smith (M) 2B (2)
Rennicker (M) 2B (1)
Clymer (S) 2B (1)
Smith (M) 1B (1)
Clymer (S) 1B (1)
George (S) 1B (2)
Hall (S) 1B 1B (2)


Friday, April 22, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Garaway Easy Victory Over Stone Creek 34-0 (4-22-60)

SUGARCREEK - Garaway (4-1) had little trouble with StoneCreek's (0-4) young and inexperienced baseball team yesterday when it hung up a decision.  Pirate Coach Bill Ray switched to his second team after the first inning when his charges piled up a 10-0 lead.  But the second squad took up right where the first team left off and added to the rout with a 12-run outburst.  Charles Doll connected for a single off Garaway pitcher Dan  Bleininger (3-0) in the fifth inning for Stone Creek's first hit in three contests.  Bleininger went the distance for the pirates, fanning 14, and walking one.  Scott (0-1) and Tifen (0-0) handled  the mound chores for the Panthers and were tagged for 20 hits.  Bud Yakley and Bleininger both homered (It was Yakley's 3rd of the season), with the latter's coming with the bases loaded.  Charles Stingel had a double, Koran Zehnder a triple and Tom Andreas a double.

Yakley (GP) HR (3)
Bleininger (GP) HR (1)
Zehnder (GP) 3B (1)
Andreas (GP) 2B (3)
Stingel (GP) 2B (3)
Doll (SC) 1B (1)


Friday, April 22, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Garaway Rolls Over Midvale 11-3 (4-21-60)

SUGARCREEK - Garaway (3-1) let loose with a 14-hit barrage and defeated Midvale (1-2) yesterday at Community Park.  The Pirates scored in every inning except the third, counting 3 runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings.  Bud Yakley's 2 homer blasts led the victors at the plate.  Bob Raber (1-0), who was on the mound, aided his own cause with a double and 2 singles, while Charles Stingel and Koran Zehnder had 3 singles apiece.  Raber struck out 8, walked 3 and permitted 5 hits to the Blue Devils.  Neil Beans (1-1) started for Midvale and was relieved by Albaugh (0-0).  They combined for 6 strikeouts and 4 walks.  Leading the Devils at the plate was Rennicker with a triple and single and Byers with a double and single.

Yakley (GP) (2)
Rennicker (M) 3B (1)
Raber (GP) 2B (1)
Byers (M) 2B (1)
Raber (GP) 1B (6)
Stingel (GP) 1B (5)
Zehnder (GP) 1B (3)
Rennicker (M) 1B (1)
Byers (M) 1B (4)


Thursday, April 21, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Another No-Hitter Against Stone Creek 15-0 (4-21-60)

STONE CREEK - The second No-Hit performance in as many days in the county baseball league was recorded yesterday -- and against the same team.  Dave Struchen (1-0), lanky Gnadenhutten Sophomore was the latest to turn the trick as he fashioned the near-perfect performance over the Stone Creek Panthers (0-3) who only Tuseday went hitless against Port Washington's John Landon.  Struchen fanned 13 and allowed but 2 walks in posting the win as Gnadenhutten (1-1) (2-1) took another victory.  The Indians played errorless ball, but Stone  Creek committed 10 miscues in their fourth straight loss.  Stone Creek began this year's action without a single letterman back in the fold after losing every start last season.  Dick Shull collected the only extra base blow in Gnaden's 5-hit attack, with a double,  Jack Eickleberry and Ed Wallace shared mound duties for Stone Creek.  They allowed 11 walks and failed to snare a strikeout.

Shull (G) 2B (1)


Thursday, April 21, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Port's Landon No-Hits Stone Creek In 16-0 Victory (4-20-60)

PHOTO:  Port Washington Purple Riders Senior Pitcher - John Landon

STONE CREEK - John Landon (1-1) of Port Washington (1-1) came up with the first No-Hitter of the season yesterday when he blanked the Stone Creek Panthers (0-3).  Landon permitted only one Panther to reach base, hitting Dale Endlich with a pitched ball in the fifth inning.  He fanned 16 and did not walk a man.  Jim Bender led the Riders at the plate with 2 singles and a triple.  Jim Hannahs and Al Fillman had 2 hits apiece.

Bender (P) 3B (1)
Bender (P) 1B (2)
Hannahs (P) 1B (2)
Fillman (P) 1B (2)


Wednesday, April 20, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Bleininger 1-Hits Strasburg 14-0 (4 19-60)

SUGARCREEK - Southpaw Dan Bleininger (2-0) of Garaway (2-1) came within a hair of chalking up a perfect game yesterday at Community Park.  He limited Strasburg's Tigers (1-2) to 1 hit, an infield scratch beat out by Robert Hall with one out in the 7th inning, and walked only one other player.  His mates provided a welcomed "cushion."  Bleininger received able support from his teammates who let lose with a 12-hit attack in chalking up the Pirates' second win in 4 starts.  He aided his own cause with 2 hits including a triple.  Charles Stingel laced a double and 2 singles, while Tom Andreas counted a double and Bob Raber 2 singles.  Jim Clymer (0-2) and Bill Seese (0-0) toiled for Strasburg, striking out 7 and walking 11.
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Bleininger (GP) 3B (1)
Stinger (GP) 2B (2)
Andreas (GP) 2B (2)
Raber (GP) 1B (4)
Stinger (GP) 1B (2)
Bleininger (GP) 1B (1)
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LEAGUE STANDINGS
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1.  Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 3-0
2.  Tuscarawas Broncos 1-0
3.  Garaway Pirates 2-1
4.  Midvale Blue Devils 1-1
5.  Strasburg Tigers 1-2
6.  Gnadenhutten Indians 0-1 (1-1)
7.  Baltic Eagles 0-1
8.  Port Washington Purple Riders 0-1
9.  Stone Creek Panthers 0-1
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Tuesday, April 19, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Garaway Edges Gnaden 6-5 (4-15-60)

SUGARCREEK - Garaway (1-1) picked up their first win of the season yesterday when it edged the Gnadenhutten Indians (0-1) (1-1).  The Pirates scored 5 of their runs in the fourth inning and cut short a Gnaden rally in the 7th inning which resulted in 3 runs.  Southpaw Dan Bleininger (1-0) went the distance for the winners, fanning 7, walking 5 and permitting 6 hits.  Tom Andreas doubled for the Pirates and Bob Raber connected for 2 hits.  John Hall doubled for the losers.
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Friday, April 15, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - TV Wins 3 Straight On 3-1 Win Against Baltic (4-15-60)

BOLIVAR - Tuscarawas Valley (3-0) notched its third straight victory in the County Baseball League yesterday when it defeated Baltic (0-1).  The Trojans, who return to action Monday when they travel to Stone Creek, traded runs with the Eagles in the fourth inning, but then put across game clinching markers in the fifth inning.  Al Cerett (1-0) went the distance for Tusky Valley, striking out 2, walking 2 and permitting 5 hits.  Southpaw ace Dick Lautenschleger (0-1) of Baltic fanned 15 Trojans and walked only 1, while permitting 7 hits.  Ron Lake and Rod Cropper paced the Trojans at the plate with Lake doubling twice and Cropper connecting for a triple.  Gary Gerber's Home Run accounted for the Eagles' lone marker.  Lautenschleger also doubled.
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Gerber (B) HR (1)
Cropper (TV) 3B (1)
Ron Lake (TV) 2B (2)
Lautenschleger (B) 2B (1)
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Friday, April 15, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Caviness Throws A 2-Hitter Against Midvale 10-1 (4-15-60)

MIDVALE - A neat 2-hitter by Gary Caviness (1-0) carried the Tuscarawas Broncos (1-0) to a victory over Midvale (1-1), while his teammates gave ample support with an 8-hit attack yesterday.  Caviness fanned 11 and walked only 2 in picking up Tusky's first win.  Chip McCaHill led the victors with a double and single , while Dave Smith and Warren Leggett both belted 2-baggers for Midvale.
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McCaHill (T) 2B (1)
Smith (M) 2B (1)
Leggett (M) 2B (1)
McCaHill (T) 1B (1)
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Friday, April 15, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Blue Devils March Over Port 13-7 (4-14-60)

PHOTO:  Port Washington Purple Riders Sophomore - Tom Loader
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MIDVALE - Pushing across runs in every inning but one the Midvale (1-0) baseballers measured Port Washington (0-1) yesterday in league play.  The Port lads rallied for 3 runs in the seventh, but fell short in the makeup game.  Sophomore Neal Beans (1-0) went the distance for the Devils, allowing 9 hits, fanning 8 and walking 8.  John Landon (0-1) and Jim Bender (0-0) shared mound duties for Port, giving up 12 hits, walking 8 and striking out 7.  The game was the first for both teams.  Both are slated for regularly scheduled loop contests today.  Jim Byers smacked 3 hits and Vince Denoi had 2 for Midvale, while Loader cracked 3 hits for Port, getting a single, double and triple in 5 trips.  Gary Gay added 2 hits for the Riders attack.
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Loader (P) 3B (1)
Loader (P) 2B (1)
Byers (M) 1B (3)
Gay (P) 1B (2)
Denoi (M) 1B (2)
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LEAGUE STANDINGS
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1.  Tuscarawas Valley Trojans 2-0
2.  Midvale Blue Devils 1-0
3.  Strasburg Tigers 1-1
5.  Gnadenhutten Indians 0-0 (1-0)
5.  Baltic Eagles 0-0
6.  Tuscarawas Broncos 0-0
7.  Port Washington Purple Riders 0-1
8.  Stone Creek Panthers 0-1
9.  Garaway Pirates 0-1
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Thursday, April 14, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Indians Hit The Warpath Against Newcomerstown 8-4 (4-14-60)

The Gnadenhutten Indians (1-0) had one game under their belts today as they eyed their opening game in the county loop with Garaway (0-2).  The tribe opened non-league play Wednesday with a win over Newcomerstown on a 5-hitter on the combined efforts of Ron Clark (0-1) and Gary Fivecoats (0-0).  Tribe batters got to 3 Trojans' hurlers for 10 hits.  John Hall, John Rauzi and Jim McCreery all got 2 hits in the winning attack, while Clark added a double.  All of the Trojans' hits were singles.
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Clark (G) 2B (1)
Hall (G) 1B (2)
McCreery (G) 1B (2)
Rauzi (G) 1B (2)
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Thursday, April 14, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Strasburg Rolls Over Stone Creek 25-4 (4-14-60)

STRASBURG - Strasburg (1-1) let loose with a 15-hit barrage yesterday to clobber the Stone Creek Panthers (0-1) in a county baseball league encounter.  Jim Clymer (1-1), Bill Seese (0-0) and Don Grove (0-0) handcuffed the Panthers with only 3 hits.  Clymer struck out 5.  Seese whiffed 4 and walked 4 and Grove, who was touched for all Panther markers, fanned 3, issued 3 free passes and gave up 2 hits.  The Tigers broke the game wide open in the second inning, scoring 12 runs on 9 hits.  They added 8 runs in the third inning, 3 runs in the fifth and wound up with 2 runs in the sixth frame.  Seese was the leading Tiger hitter, smacking 2 home runs.  Paul Fishel doubled and Jim Clymer tripled.  Bob Hamilton had a double for the Panthers.  Strasburg hosts Garaway Monday and Tusky Valley is at Stone Creek.
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Seese (S) HR (2)
Clymer (S) 3B (1)
Fishel (S) 2B (1)
Hamilton (SC) 2B (1)
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Thursday, April 14, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - TV Drops Defending Champs Garaway 5-1 (4-13-60)

BOLIVAR - Tuscarawas Valley's Trojans (2-0) rolled along in high style in the county's baseball ranks yesterday.  They came up with their second win in as many days, defeating defending county champion Garaway (0-1).  It was Garaway's initial outing.  The Trojans took advantage of Garaway hurler Charles Stingel's wildness by plating one run in the opening inning and 4 more in the second.  Stingel (0-1), who limited the Trojans to 2 singles, both by Mike Widder, issued 4 free passes in the first inning, walking in a run.  In the second Tusky Valley put together 3 walks, an error and single by Widder for its 4 tallies.  Clarence Cantrill went the distance for the Trojans, permitting 3 hits, including doubles by Bud Yakley and Stingel.  He walked only 3 and struck out 8.  In the sixth inning Stingel doubled home Dan Bleininger for the Pirates' lone run.  Stingel struck out 4 Trojans and totaled 7 walks.  Tusky Valley will return in action tomorrow when it entertains Baltic.  Gnadenhutten will be at Garaway.
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B. Yakley (G) 2B (1)
Stingel (G) 2B (1)
Widder (TV) 1B (2)
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Wednesday, April 13, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - TV Scores 2 Runs In The 7th In Win Over Strasburg (4-12-60)

BOLIVAR - Tuscarawas Valley (1-0) had to go an extra inning yesterday to deteat Strasburg (0-1) 4-3 in the season baseball opener for both schools.  Jim Studer led off the final frame with a long triple.  He scored on a long fly by Clarence Cantgrill to give the Trojans the victory.  Mike Widder (1-0) went the distance for the victory.  He struck out 7, walked 3 and permitted 4 hits.  Toiling for the Tigers was Jim Clymer (0-1), who struck out 11 and walked 3.  He was touched for 5 hits, including a double by Al Cerett and Studer's triple.  Bill Seese (0-0) also saw mound action for the Bengals.  Tuscarawas Valley also scored a run in the fourth and 2 in the 7th, while Strasburg counted markers in the first and fourth innings.  Tusky Valley faces Garaway today.
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Studer (TV) 3B (1)
Cerett (S) 2B (1)
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Tuesday, April 12, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Port Nine Has Six Lettermen (4-6-60)

PORT WASHINGTON - Coach Dick King has 6 lettermen back from last year's baseball squad as the Port Washington Purple Riders prep for their opening contest Thursday.  Weather permitting, the Riders will host Tuscarawas Valley.  Port will also again field a track squad this season.  Five veterans are among the thinclads which have only one meet in addition to the county event scheduled May 10.  The tracksters are booked in a triangular meet at Midvale along with Gnadenhutten and the Blue Devils of Midvale.  The county meet will be held May 14 at Uhrichsville, involving all 9 schools of the Class "A" League.  Returning baseball lettermen include John Landon and James Bender, both pitcher-outfielders, along with Harry Kenney, outfield, Jim Hannahs first base, Bill Phillips second and Curt Johns outfield.  Track lettermen are Bender, dashes, shot; Johns, mile; Landon distances and relays; Chuck Mayse, hurdles and Kenney, weights.
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Wednesday, April 6, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio

60 - Baseball Promising And Track Unpredictable At Gnaden (4-6-60)

GNADENHUTTEN - Five lettermen are back in the fold in baseball and 4 return from last year's track squad as Gnadenhutten High School eyes another Spring season.  Coach Bob Gaume thinks that the diamond outlook is on the promising side, while the track outlook is unpredictable.  Inasmuch as the Indians have no facilities for track, it requires primary conditioning and not too much specialization.  With its first baseball game washed out Tuesday the Indians are hoping to open their season Thursday with Midvale - weather permitting.  Lettermen Seniors Ron Clark and John Hall will team up with John Weaver in the Gnaden outfield to furnish good speed.  Clark, a .240 hitter last year, shared the RBI leadership last Fall, while Hall hit .345 and led the team in home runs and hits.  Weaver, a Junior, has top flight speed and one of the team's best arms, Gaume reported.  The infield starters will include Jim McCreery at first, John Rauzi or Glenn Miller at short, Gary Fivecoat at third, and either Dick Shull or Carl Dichler at second.  Rauzi and Fivecoat are lettermen.  The latter hit .321 last year and led the team in runs scored.  Shull and Dichler are expected to share catching duties.  Both are top notch hitters.  Shull hit .345 average and Dichler .438, although missing part of the Fall season because of illness.  Pitching will rely heavily on Junior Gary Conaway and Sophomore Dave Struchen.  The latter earned a letter last season as a freshman.  While Gaume feels the outlook is good, the Indians are without a field of their own this year due to recent school construction.  They will play all of their games either on the opponents' field or a neutral diamond.
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Wednesday, April 6, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio