The Totem, Yearbook of McMurry College, 1947 Page: 93
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l'aseball
- Spring of '46
Top Row: Coach Vannoy, Wheeler, Middlebrooks, Watson, Smith, Shields, Tysko.
Middle row: Manager Schooler, Baker, Loyd, Wadzeck, Patterson, Bradshaw, Langston.
Bottom row: Lloyd, Williams, Ellis, Bush, Francis, Dalton.*
REVIEW OF THE 1946 SEASON
*
When Vernon Hilliard was named Head Athletic Director at McMurry a year ago
last December one of his foremost aims was to build up baseball on the Reservation and
possibly create enough interest that other Texas conference schools would follow suit.
He immediately went to work on a schedule for the coming Spring and came up with
the most ambitious schedule ever undertaken by a school the size of McMurry. Such
outstanding opponents as Baylor and Texas of the Southwest conference and the professional
Abilene Blue Sox appeared on the 1946 slate.
The Tribe diamonders, under the direction of Jerome Vannoy, opened the season at
Waco against the Baylor Bears and broke even in a two game series, winning the opener
5-3 behind the six hit pitching of Joe Tysko and dropping the nightcap by a humiliating
score of 21-2. Nineteen bases on balls led to the Indian downfall in the second game.
The following week the Texas Longhorns invaded Abilene for a two game set to
open the home season for the Braves. After coming from behind in the first game to
win 11-5 the Texans walloped the Tribe 25-0 in the second game behind Bobby Layne's*Editor's Note: Starting with this volume of the Totem, the preceding season in track and baseball will be reviewed in order to
give a complete coverage of each season.
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