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•TEAMS RECORD 41-16 M \ R koodTONY D'ELIA Assistant Sports EditorEven though Mother NatureFairbornAmong the June graduates are first-year lettermen BryanWINKHOUSE WILL buildFINAL 1973 FAIRBORN BAKERaround Rouch next year. TheBASEBALL STATISTICSGraupmann and Chris Wood.didn’t cooperate,Baker had one of its best springTHE FLYERS GRADUATE ajunior who was a starting end in football and a reserve on the PLAYERBATTINGsports seasons of all times in lot of talent, but they’ve still got a1973.lot coming back for 1974.Rex Aukerman’s Western OhioWeightman Bob Craft willleague champion track squadprobably be stronger than ever in his senior year. He was seconda reserve on Baker basketball team, should be Jud Jerome one of, if not the best shortstop in the area. He was the top batter (.397) and RBI man in this spring Jim Ward and was a first team All-WOL Mark MetzlerAB R H63 13Avg15D T HR BB SO.238 30 11 15Burks Nunnery Joe Rowland57 25 15 . 263 5 0 4 27 1758 13 16 .2761 3 4 1356 5 7 .184 2 0 0 11 1261 10 20 .328 1 1 0 6 6proved itself to be one of the best . . m W0L jn the djscus andin the Miami Valley going unselection. Sampson and Nunnery Bill Rouch made the second team.63 19 25 .397 1 2 1 13 3beaten in duals, 6-0.Jake Brummett’s young golfers proved to be the third best in Flyer history, and third in the district and Western Ohio leagueplaced fourth in the shot.Junior Tom Vance and fresh-Rick Sampson64 16 21 .328 4 1 0 14 3Sampson will be coming backman Brad Williams got a lot ofafter hitting .328 this season andCharles Curry Jack Huls42 4 8 .190 0 1 0 7 1047 5 6 .125 0 0 0 9 13experience in the pole vault thisthen there’s sophomore Jud Jerome who lettered a secondyear and Aukerman has a host of Ume He batted 245 playing thewith an all underclassmanlineup.good runners back for next year Dale Amstutz, Ervin Harris,inThe Baker baseballers, worstJim Wilson, Mark Bass,Musick,outfield, pitching and catching. He was 1-2 on the mound.Brian Humphrey Jerry Ellis Jeff Fueger Jim Morrison34 6 9 .265 0 0 0 4 812 11 ,083 0 0 0 2 43 2 1 .333 0 0 0 1 016 1 8 .250 0 0 0 2 3In addition to Nunnery, Met-Jerry Adkins Gordon Goff8 3 3 .375 0 0 0 3 31 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0hit by this spring’s heavy rainfall, still managed a fine .666Bill JamesSchroeder and Woolfe.Sophomores Ken Blackand zler and Rowland, Flyer baseball Jeff KUngensmith10 4 3 .300 0 0 0 2 0record at 14-7.Tom Dodge took care of the long miss catcher Chuck Curry,and second baseman Jack Huls0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0The only losing record belonged to Steve Cliffton’s tennisteam who just barely missed it with a 6-7 slate.jump duties all year. They didn’t set any record, but they’ve had time to get the mechanics down.there’s junior Geofflettered for theboth were two-time lettermen.Dan Estepp Totals7 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1602 127 158 .263 18 8 8 116 111Also graduating are Jerry Ellis,Thenand Jeff FuegerPITCHINGPLAYERIP H BB SO W LwhoBRINGING THE glory back toCoolidge second time as a high jumper.JUNIORS and twoJoe RowlandFairborn, in this next to last season in the WOL was that talentTHEladen track team. Aukerman hasa knack of bringing talent out ofTWOsophomores led Baker to a thirdFLYER baseballers Pla« finis,h ‘n the ?°lfight and the WOL races thisspring. Next year that same team will be a definite threat for both.36 32 17 35 5 0Jim Ward47 33 24 59 5 3Jud Jerome22 27 14 15 1 2Bill James26 34 19 19 2started its season with eJerry Adkins Totals8 11 3 2 10139 137 77 130 14 7the woodwork and then castingthat talent.Incidentally, Aukerman’s teams have been undefeated indual meets the last two years. Inhis four years as head mentor, he had guided Flyer teams to a 25-4 record in duals.Under coach Brummett, theFlyers wrote the third best golf PRAYERGOLF STATISTICSrecord in the school’s history.W L T Ave. WOL JointsAthletic director Lloyd WilliamsChris Kendig Steve Hannaford3 0 0 43.06 of 6was the mentor in 1962 when the lt;$cott HorneFlyers were 13-1 and 14-1-2 in 1966. That 1966 team was theTim O’Neal10 3 1 40.2 40.4 20* 2 of 28The Flyers set five new school records this spring enroute to winning the WOL, the Class AAAstraight rainouts. The infield had W()I' championMike Glendenning12 5 0 41.1 41.9 254 of 34barely a single workout when the Sophomore Tim O’Neal wasFlyers lost their WOL opener to medalist all year and led thesectional, the Warrior relays, the Troy. Baker then was forced to Flyer foursome with a 40.4average for nine holes. JuniorIIS III!IrXenia relays and the FairbornClassic relays.play seven of the nine WOL games away because FairfieldSteve Hannaford was next withnIn addition to those outright P3** wasnt in Paying shaPC 40.7 and then tied at 4.19 was#Il(*victories, the Bakermen placed second in the Fairmont West re-until mid-May.lays (they were resting up for the WOL i, second in the Troy relays and third in the Trotwood meet.Senior pitcher Joe Rowland ,norjunior Scott Horne and sopho-Mike Glendenning,Of liaiiLi V ISBASEBALLSTANDINGSON Atdidn’t lose a game this season in The only graduating senior is NEW YORK (UPI) — DavidLEAGUEtTfive tries. Junior Jim Ward wonfive of his eight starts.Chris Kendig, who averaged 43.1on the reserve golf team.Clyde, 18-year-old flame-throw-fromDAVE SEMI.ER IS going to be . Slt;;nlor. Ma,rk. MetzK'r .lhou»ih‘ THERE'S GOOD news and badmissed in the years to come. Thehe’d try his luck at the diamondmg southpaw from SpringBranch, Tex., today was selected by the Texas Rangers as the No. 1r*amw31Pet GBoPitt,senior with the long blond hair had a hand in three of the fivesport and wound up the co-holder of the Most Valuablenews concerning the Baker tennisschool records that were smashed this year. He went to the state meet in Columbus in two of them placing fifth in the state pole vault competition.When Dave stepped up to receive the Most Valuable Player trophy from his coach, his teammates honored him with a stand-Playeraward. Metzler batted ,328 as ateam.pick in the major league baseball free agent summer draft.N*StifitrcNw Yo212223255114774684681?The bad news is that coachthird baseman to share the MVPwith junior Bill Rouch.Cliffton who finished his firstthe snort losesBurks Nunnery batted ayear tn tne sport loses six seniors, including Fairborn’s best — Jay Grizzell,disappointing .263 this year — his Grizzell will try his luck atthird as a varsity starter, i^asting ovation, and that’s not tooyear Nunnery hit a torrid .483, earned a place on the All-WOL first team andwas co-recipient of the MVP.common.Sender’s pole vault record isThi14-7 and the 880 yard relay markjust wasn’t Burks’ year, however. Flyer stats indicatehe set along with WaylandHarris, Ervin Harris and Danthat opposing pitchers must have remembered the blond seniorWright State university next year and also leaving their alma mater will be Don Rogers, John Harrison, Pete Liane, Tim Quaylc, and John Todd.Rogers was No. 2 singles all while Quayle and Liane played a lot of doubles thisClyde, winner of 44 of his last 45 games for Houston’s Westchester high school, is also the author of nine no-hitters this year and has allowed only three earned runs in 141 innings. He is expected to be promoted immediately to the pitching-poor Rangers' roster.THE PHILADELPHIA Phillies, draftingsluggingfrom th19WEST• I20Pet643596GBLLQ■ ■ 'Mi54550'SU »ry* *■ i*toI Icond,selected catcher John StearnsUniversity of Colorado,who batted ,431 with 15 home runs this past season.!Pitie3Pit!'if lifWoolfe is 1:30.5. The latter wasfrom 1972. The enemy walked The good1.6 seconds off the old record.Nunnery 27 timesin 57 official nt*tThe third record was a 44.4 setby the same relay team going 440times at bat. Rick Sampson was second with 14 bases on balls in 64news is that three ers who saw a lot of action this year are just sophomores.The third pick, going to the Milwaukee Brewers, was Robinn 0 «'«iMr 3 3A.!4ityards with Sender again running the anchor leg. Those Flyers trimmed 1.1 seconds off theCliffton will look to soph Bill trips to the plate and Rouch took Hitchcock, Greg Hutto and Davea walk 13 times.Parkinson next spring.Yount, an 18-year-old shortstop from Woodland Hills, Calif.The Cleveland Indians, fourth, went for Glen Tufts, an 18-year-old first baseman from BridgeMu«irrow11ifit Cynfrfix.tqhtit A'!wati!ihtwmprevious mark.BAKER ALSO loses AlanNiebes through graduation thisyear. Niebes set the new high jump mark at 6-2 and anchored a good mile relay team. Niebesmore recently, placed eighth inthe Rebel Octonary, held everyyear at Willoughby. He was also a threat in the 440.Also lost off the mile relayteam is Mike Riley, another goodrunner.Baker will lose its best sprinterwhen W. Harris picks up hissheepskin tonight. Harris wonboth the 100 and 220 yard dash in the WOL meet at Stebbins,Tyler Johnson, like Sender, lettered for the third in this hiisenior year, and next season Aukerman will have to look forn rAN LIEASTUEtBO?\fAABos tot469468I DO4415 2 0 40.5 40.7 30 of 34 -11 5 1 41,4 41.9 224 of 34 #setJ«*Pft%tv\ *5tau11* *Vit1119 K*. s-! ' '-N.1another miier. Johnson joinedsophomores Rich Musick, Don Schroeder and Ken Rodin on theHEADS FOR HOME - Jim Bane t left» of Howard* U1 litturestarts for home and gets encouragement from his third base1973 school record four-mile relay coach against Kelko Tool over the weekend in Fairborn littleteam. They bettered the 18:51 league action at Ernie Apt field. Kelko captured the Americanstandard with an 18:49.2.Minor division contest, 12-4. (Daily Herald staff photo)YOU'LL BEarietta Rules ()( . TeamNEW CONCORD (UPI)Otterbem.FAT+IERSMarietta, which ran away with Receiving the most votes fromthe Ohio conference baseball title the 13 league coaches was Mala-this spring, grabbed off eight of the ten spots on the all-vite, who had nine, with Avert rsecond with eight.conference first team.Baldwin-Wallaceled theThe Pioneers, coached by Don second team with thrtin,Sehaly, had pitchers Neal Par-out-players,while Oberlin and Mount Unionsley and Jim Fryfogle,fielders Andre Parhainovich andpicked up two each.catcher Terry Another Mel HurtOzzie Kenyon,Maiavite and infielders Joe Vogt, CINCINNATI (UPI) — Short-Greg Crowley and Ed Preston stop Bud Harrelson, one of thenamed to the 10-man first team, best fielders in the NationalPART OF IT.IT’LL BE PARTSPRINGBAYOF YOU.June 17thSTARTINGMAYSTILL TIME0 ft• MfTittMitThe only non-Marietta playersselected were Baldwin-Wallace’sWilli* Averv at shortstOD and OUt-league, last night became the lat- q j y£r }{ | ^| Q northest in a long list of New York MetFor More Infyrmacasualties this season when heEDWARDmotor® inc.North and MurrayFairborn1425 N. 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