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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The returning track lettermen include Ron Clark, Frank Wanosik, Carl Dichler and John Weaver.  Other members of the squad are Lynar Scoggins, Brad Kaiser, Dave Struchen, Ed Weston, Phil Garrett, Dick Shull, Len Lintner, Jim McCreery, Harvey Morrison and Don Hamilton.
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Wednesday, April 6, 1960
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio