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Lincoln PeeWees Win City Summer Playground Ball Title
Tribune photo published July 24, 1951

This intent group from Lincoln playground is still tensed after a game of championship ball for the 11-and-under title in the hot sunlight yesterday afternoon at the Ames athletic field diamond.  The champs opened up in the fourth frame to push across 11 runs for the big margin of the 20 to 7 games.  The 12-and-older championship was won by Beardshear over Lincoln playground, 6 to 5.  Winners in the picture, left to right, front row are: Virgil DeHoet, Jim Gorman, Doug Beach, Gary Ellis, and Bruce Brekke.  Second row: Calvin Houke, Dave Bennett, Roger Hiatt, Jack Carr, Ronald Fain, and Homer Ramsey.

 

City Playground Junior Champs Box Scores:
LINCOLN					BEARDSHEAR
T. Gorman ………… G. Fain ……………. B. Ellis …………….. E. Ramsey …………. H. Hagen …………… B. Gorman …………. B. Markley ………… E. Spence r………….. D. Fain……………… Totals ………………..	AB 3 3 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 20	R 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5	H 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3		B. Cox ………………. D. Bowers ………….. E. McDowell ……….. T. Wolf ……………... T. Cox ………………. E. Tice ………………. J. Hagen ……………... R. DeMoss ………….. T. Mosness ………….. Totals ………………...	AB 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 15	R 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 6	H 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
CRAWFORD-PAMMEL					LINCOLN
L. Blankenburg ……… T. Blankenburg ……… Clem ………………… Merchant ……………. L. Jones ……………… R. Jones ……………… Daley ………………… Lewis ………………… Tisdale ……………….. Totals …………………	3 3 2 3 2 3 0 1 2 19	2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8	2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6		R. Fain ……………… J. Gorman …………... Ellis …………………. Bennett ……………… House ……………….. Carr …………………. R. Hiatt ……………... B. Brekke …………… Ramsey ……………... Beach ……………….. Totals ……………….	2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 0 31	0 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 1 20	0 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 12

City Recreation League Softball Champs

Tribune photo published July 27, 1951

The "A" League champs are pretty happy about the whole affair and these banners prove it.  The lads were awarded the felt triangles yesterday morning at the South Maple street diamond ceremony when Dick Cox and Don Arney passed out the championship titles in a brief gathering.  In the bottom row, left to right are: Tom Mosness, Cushman, Tom Emmerson, Jack Wolf, and Ed McDowell.  In the second row, holding the participation awards are, Bob Covey, Barger, Bob Ellis, Moore, Fisher, and Don Geiger.

Unpublished Tribune photo from July 27, 1951

Dick Cox and Don Arney are shown handing pennants to team members
Jack Wolf and Gary Ellis at the diamond on South Maple (O'Neil Park).

Tribune photo published July 27, 1951
Ames B League Softball Champs

Proudly holding their "B" League championship pennants they won in the Recreational program softball finals, these happy youngsters can call it quits for the summer with the final parade through the business district this morning.  The pennants were awarded at a special meeting of all the participating teams yesterday morning at the South Maple street diamond, with Dick Cox and Don Arney handing out the felts.  In the front row left to right are: Larry Dreeszen, Tim Stine, Don Quinn, King.  Second row: Tommy Timm, Pat Klingseis, Callahan, Gary Ellis, Sills, Don Lange.

An improvement, over a sports activity introduced last year to the summer recreation program, has proved itself to be one of the outstanding attractions in the older age group this year.  Appealing to the city’s future athletes, the athletic ability tests have to many given rise to an interest in sports, especially track.  To insure even competition, the participants are classified by their age, height, and weight, according to a scale devised by Ray Donels.

The tests provide an opportunity to compete not only with those in the same playground, but with performances at the other playgrounds in the city.  To carry this on further, comparisons are made with other cities through the State Playground Track and Field meet, a postal meet, which was held here a few weeks ago.  Within six or seven years from now you might expect to hear about such up and coming athletes as Ronny Jones, Andy Lewis, Dave Bennett, Marvin Berry, Dick Kratoska, Gene Greiner and Bob Ellis.

Ronny Jones, nine-year old from the Crawford playground, has broken just about every record on the books.  For a little boy a time of 6.9 in the 50-yard dash and a broad jump of 12 ft. 2 in. is something to be mighty proud of.  Andy Lewis, 11-year-old from Pammel playground, is another boy headed for great things.  The lanky redhead’s best is a 3’9” high jump and 13’ 0” broad jump.

One of the city’s top sprinters is 11-year-old Dave Bennett from Lincoln playground.  Dave is another lad who has erased quite a few old records.  His best performances are a 6.8 50-yard dash, a 4’ high jump and a 12’ 11” broad jump.

Dick Kratoska and Gene Greiner are two boys who have taken time this summer to improve themselves.  Both were top performers of the Central Junior High track team last spring.  Dick has turned up with a 6.4 50-yard dash, a 11.4 100-yard dash, and a 15’ 4” broad jump.  Dick is 13 years old.  Gene Greiner has a 5’ 11” high jump mark and a 16’ 8” broad jump this summer.