Front
row: Cinny Culp, Keith Zerbe, Robert Boden, Bob Trimble, Stanley Jennings,
Merrill Hubbard
Row
2: William Hall, Dewitt Dearborn, Paul Cocklin, Revere Stoner, Leonard Gensler,
Lincoln Miller, Laoma Trimmer, Richard Shields Row 3: Coach Fortney, Baker, Hollinger, Gladding Castle, Goodyear,
Harold Yohn, Coach Vorbach
M.H.S. Diamond Team Opens Season Soon
Likely
looking candidates are:
Catchers: Wm.
Hall, Gladding Castle, Merle Westhafer, (Cornman, 1st string catcher
from last year is not out.)
Pitchers: Only Chas. Shank and Stan Jenkins remain. Others used are
Keith Zerbe, Merrill Hubbard, Samuel Stevenson, and Revere Stoner.
First Base: Marlin Culp, a
veteran is back, and Frank Houghton is being used as a reserve.
Second base: Dewitt Dearborn, a veteran, has been lost to the team and a number of newcomers have been given trials. Laoma Trimmer, Leonard Gensler, Robert Boden look to be the best of the lot.
Shortstop: Richard Shields and Karl Stitzell are so far the only
candidates. Shields has the inside
track because of his greater experience, but Stitzell may get the call because
of his hitting ability. Harold Yohn
may be shifted there for utility work.
Third base: Bob
Trimble, a veteran of three seasons will without a doubt capture the berth over
Paul Cocklin who may be shifted to another position if he can hit.
The outfield has a number of outstanding candidates.
Among the best are Hubbard, Zerbe, Jennings, Shank, Gerald Baker, Richard
Anderson, Paul Albright, Revere Stoner, and Lincoln Miller.
(March 16, 1935 Torch)
VARSITY BASEBALL
"Last year baseball was more or less on the decline in M.H.S. Either lack of good material or spring fever seemed to be the direct cause. The first three starts were defeats. After that our pitchers began to bear down and hits began to rattle of our bats and of the remaining eight games only two proved disastrous.
This year with
the discontinuation of track much interest is being radiated and with an
excellent schedule being prepared much is expected of the M.H.S. nine under the
leadership of Mr. Vorbach and Mr. Fortney. In 1933 we were 8 and 5; in 1934 we
were 6 – 4 –1.
(from The Pirate 1935)
The seniors who have made good in the athletic department of MHS are listed below.
Marlin (Cinny) Culp was the most outstanding athlete of 1934. He was a four year man in football, a three year man in basketball, baseball and track. He captained the 1934 team to a conference title. Cinny was the hardest blocking back and the most all-round man in the conference. In basketball he was a calibre guard. In baseball he did great work in the outfield and on first base. In track he ran dashes. Coach Vorbach has said, “That Cinny is the best man he has ever coached.”
Bob Trimble has been a member of the court squad for two years. He has played guard and forward during his two years on the court. Bob is a steady player. He is a three year veteran in baseball and the captain of this year’s team.
Stanley Jennings is a two-year man in baseball. He was an outfielder. This year he is trying his luck behind the bat.
Laoma (Junie) Trimmer is a one-year man in baseball. He plays “the keystone sack.” Due to having a job after school he was obliged to remain out of athletics.
Baseball letters went to Robert Trimble, Richard Shields, Dewitt Dearborn, Marlin Culp, William Hall, Charles Shank, Keith Zerbe, Merrill Hubbard, Stanley Jennings, Robert Boden, Laoma Trimmer, Lincoln Miller, Paul Goodyear, Gladding Castle, Paul Cocklin and Lloyd Lamason, manager.
(May 23, 1935 Torch)
Zerbe Jennings Culp Trimble Trimmer
“Sports Hash”
The time of year has come where sports fans all over what we still laughingly call the “United” States, spend their time listening to the modest outbursts of Dizzy Dean and arguing about whether Babe Ruth will last another year.
They do other things of course. For instance, right here in good old M.H.S. the fans are asking the all important questions:
“Is Stan Jennings’ soup bone in good condition?”
“Can Bob Trimble keep his average errors per game in the single figures?”
“Will Culp’s betting average be bigger than the size of his hat?”
And so forth.
Mechanicsburg’s West Shore League opponents will beyond a doubt enjoy playing baseball against M.H.S. a whole lot better that they did basketball – the “hatchet man” isn’t out for baseball.
All over sportdom “experts” are sitting up late every night deciding who is going to win pennants. They never agree, except on one thing – that Cincinnati’s Red and Chicago’s White Sox will be doing business at their old stand in the cellar.
The Brain Trust, when consulted offered a variety of opinions concerning ways and means of getting the Reds and the White Sox out of the cellar. But Chuck Dressen and Jimmy Dykes, respective managers, replied that only several ways would be effective: (1) a derrick or (2) a dynamite.
But to come back to M.H.S., did you hear that Coach Vorbach is seriously considering adopting Connie Mack’s famous method of signaling to his players by means of a score card?
And they won’t let “Joe” Norris be water boy because they are afraid on a hot day he will forget the water bucket isn’t a swimming pool.
If Mechanicsburg and Gettysburg succeed in arranging a meeting on the diamond, its steel and maroon athletes will have a real incentive to win, as Mechanicsburg to date boasts but one victory over Gettysburg on the diamond.
Basketball, after a lengthy season, is finished – but it is not too late to mention here something new in passing, seen at the Dickinson Tournament. This thing occurred when a Lemoyne court performer tried something different and rolled the ball from about mid-court to a man on the line instead of the usual pass.
(March 16, 1935 Torch)
Baseball Scores Season of 1935
Date Team M.H.S. OPP.
April 24 Enola H.S. 4 15
April 27 Gettysburg H.S. 7 6
April 30 Lemoyne H.S. 7 6
May 7 Camp Hill 9 0
May 10 Enola 0 5
May 11 New Cumberland 1 3
May 10 Boiling Springs 5 1
May 15 Camp Hill 5 2
May 16 Boiling Springs 5 3
May 17 Lemoyne H.S. 11 11
May 18 Gettysburg H.S. 12 14
May 21
New Cumberland
5
4_
71 70
Season Record League – 2nd place finish
Won 7 Won 6
Lost 4 Lost 3
Tied 1 Tied 0
Percent .583 Percent .600
Coach – George E.
Vorbach
Faculty Manager – J. Maclay Kelley
Letterman - Dearborn, Jennings, Bob Trimble, M. Culp, Shank, Boden, Zerbe,
Hubbert, P. Goodyear.