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About The Grantonian (Portland, Ore.) 19??-???? | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1970)
May 28, 1970 Senators stop baseball team in city playoffs | • Tim “T” Myers follows through after unleashing a powerful drive, as an awestruck Jim Lyons, his caddy, watches the flight of the ball. Tim is the new state golf co-champion. k x i Ivie ana my caady fyaric A Men's & Young Men's Shop LLOYD CENTER THE GRANTONIAN 5 Cogill Comments This year has in some ways been the most productive in the field of athletics and in others it has been disappointing. We “I am really proud of the team have seen victory strings contin for the job that they did and ued and we have seen upsets in they really came through in the the numbers. clutch,” commented Mr. Har One thing that stands out rington about the recent series in the minds of the senior for the city baseball champion athletes of this school is ship with Madison at Lents that whether it is good or Park. bad, the memories are there “Even though we didn’t to stay. win, that was the best ef Football was in some ways a fort I have ever seen since I disappointment to many of the have been coaching,” said so-called fans in this school. Coach Harrington. Madison To the players themselves, it beat the Generals in the fi reached some great goals, and to nal game 7-6 after the others on the team the agony of Grant team tied it up at one defeat was very hard to take. game apiece the day before. We saw fingertip catches Coach Harrington’s baseball made and we saw touch team dropped the first game by downs missed by just inches. a score of 2-1. Tom Wise threw This year the General foot for the Senators and June Jones ball team saw more touch threw for the Generals. downs called back than any Senior Robin Sinclair one can remember. started the second game and But in the light of all this, the pitched a one-hit shutout as members of the football team the Generals dumped the can look back on all that had number one rated team in happened to them and realize the state 1-0. Good defense that it was all a part of growing and team leadership enabled up and learning to cope with the team to pull out the vic their fellow man. This is some tory. thing that the football players In the championship game would not trade for anything in Tom Wise again started for the world. Madison, and in turn we threw Basketball was a great Sophomore Mike Nelson. The achievement this year. They Solons built up a 6-0 lead on had a young team, and Grant errors, but the Generals accomplished what some started to capitalize on the same would call the impossible by Madison errors, and fought back fighting against great odds to tie the score up, 6-6. With and making it into the state one out in the bottom of the sev- tournament. enh Madison’s Bud Baynard hit Just to even get a berth in the a smashing triple to score the state basketball tournament is winning run for the Senators. success. Though the team didn’t Desire, determination, and win a game at state, they gained pride made up this year’s suc the needed experienc of playing cessful baseball team, according in front of big crowds. This will to Coach Harrington. We had be deeply appreciated when next great leadership by our seniors year rolls around. and I just hope that next year’s We dreamed of a team going seniors can pick up the tradition. to Hawaii, and it came true. We also saw them come back with the tournament Buy your daughter a shortie championship over in the synthetic wig or a human hair Islands. fall or wiglet for graduation. This year’s members of the basketball team were true gen tlemen. Sure, they had tempers Wig Fashions & Styling in some situations, but who 3116 N.E. Broadway doesn’t. If someone usually has 281-4711 a temper then basketball brings it out. All in all, the court play ers deserved what they achieved this year. They learned what it is like to win and they learned what defeat means. They are thankful for a great year. When spring rolled around this year, track was in the air and baseball seemed to be faced with a dismal season. Then all of a sudden the General baseball team came out as first half Green division champs and everyone else opened up their eyes. The second half proved to be a disappointment to the team. The playoffs finally rolled around and the team had to shake itself and it did. We dumped Cleve land, the favorite, and were in the city title 2 out of 3 playoffs with Madison. What ended up was what the experts predicted. Madi son winning the city cham pionship. But not without the most exciting three games that anyone has ever witnessed. You couldn’t say much about athletics unless you mentioned the successful Mr. Mark Cotton. Who else could go eleven years in track without a dual meet loss. Sure, he has had some great talente, but ask any one of his athletes and they tell you how great a man and coach he is. He will be around next year and they will be shooting for another great year in track. It is really hard to mention all the different sports at Grant be cause they are all unique in their own special ways. There are many people around school that deserve to be thanked and should. You know who they are, and they would really appreci ate it. Look forward to next year in the field of sports because there are some great athletes that re main here after the seniors are gone. To the seniors, college is around the corner, but no mat ter where they go they will al ways be Grant Generals in the true meaning of the word. QU jjuu L 9 BEAUTY 1831 N. E. BROADWAY SALON 284-4470 ‘AND WHEN THEY AREN’T WATCHING . . .’ Coach Roy Harrington confers with slug ger Robin Sinclair during re cent city playoffs with Madi son High School. WS IWeÆ CHINESE FOOD TO GO NEW ED FORE ’N AFT Its Happening! See A-1 ’s new FORE ’N AFT in no-iron soiids, plaids and stripes. $8.00-$11.00 YOU PICK UP or WE DELIVER ALSO CATER TO BANQUETS 281-1203
