Rock Island High School's second baseball team in 36 years enjoyed another successful season in the diamond sport here at Rocky High this year.  Until last year baseball had been extinct in the athletic schedule for 35 years, but it was reinaugurated as a major sport under Hugo (Scoop) Birkhahn in 1946.
    This year Carl Aronson replaced Coach Birkhahn as head mentor, while Harold V. Almquist, director of athletics, again gave assistance in the role of assistant coach.
    The Rocks played seven games on their home diamond in Douglass Park, but four of their first five tilts were games away from home.
    Coach Aronson had several veterans from the 46 team as a nucleus around which to build.  Catchers Curt Witt and Carl Hodson worked behind the plate again this year, while the mainstay moundmen were southpaws Chic Lautz and Jim Aversing, as well as sophomore Mike Carr and the Versatile Hodson, who is also an outfielder.  The Infielders included Bud Forbes, Frank Edwards, Ed Taber, and Ralph Iglehart.  Sophomores Jim Swift and Bill McDonnell developed well as outfielders by the end of the season.

Special Thanks to the Rock Island High School Library

Special Thanks to the Argus/Dispatch

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