Coffee, Date Cake with Whipped Cream, Nuts, Coffee. Music was furnished between courses by Morris Keedey and the High school boys’ quartet.
October 2, 1930 Baseball news: Collins High Nine Win Two Games from Farrar. Sept 17 – Collins 9, Farrar 5. At Farrar Wednesday Sept. 17, they played another great game, exhibiting the same pep and vigor shown in former games. Lineup: Forrest Lafferty, of (33), H=1; Earl Jay, of (32), H=1; Milo Dodd, p, H=1; Keith Marlow, c (32), H=1; Orville Smith, 1st base, H=2; Floyd Kelderhouse, of (32), H=2; John/Kenneth Weld, ss (31), H=2; Lyle Jay, 3rd base (34), H=1; Pete Vasey 2nd base (32), H=0. Triple – Orville Smith; Home run – Kelderhouse; Struck out by Dodd 9. Hits allowed = 8.
Sept. 22 – Collins 6, Farrar 1. On Monday the Farrar boys came to Collins to play the return game losing to the tune of 6 to 1. The local boys were in fine form displaying a real fighting spirit. Both pitchers pitched a great game, Milo being in the best form, holding Farrar to one hit. Season Record 4-0. Lineup: Forrest Lafferty, of (33), H=0; Earl Jay, 2nd base (32), H=2; Milo Dodd, p, H=0; Keith Marlow, c (32), H=1; Orville Smith, 1st base, H=1; Floyd Kelderhouse, of (32), H=1; Patton cf, H=0; Lyle Jay, 3rd base (34), H=1; Pete Vasey ss (32), H=0. Strikeouts by Dodd = 5. Hits allowed = 1.
Sept. 24 Collins defeated Mingo by giving them a terrific drubbing. Much credit to Milo Dodd who pitched an excellent game. Only two hits were obtained by the Mingo team.
October 9, 1930 Editorial (Excerpt) The first newspaper was published in 1690. Do you realize the great progress that has been made during the two hundred and forty years of printing?
Soil Testing Time – Is “Old Man Acidity” working against you on the farm? He is a silent worker and will not be detected unless the acidity test is made. This test is simple and will be performed by the vocational agriculture teacher or by the agriculture class, free of charge.
The Mingo game was exciting from start to finish. The game started with Mingo getting their two lone scores and Collins tying them, then until the finish of the fourth, when Dodd scored, the runs were tied. Later in the fifth and the seventh the other two runs were made. Several nice catches were made, the most spectacular being a catch Vasey made near second. Collins winning – 5-2. Lineup: Forrest Lafferty, of (33), H=2; Earl Jay, 2nd base (32), H=2; Milo Dodd, p, H=1; Keith Marlow, c (32), H=1; Orville Smith, 1st base, H=1; Floyd Kelderhouse, of (32), H=0; John/Kenneth Weld, 3rd base (31), H=1; Lyle Jay, of (34), H=1; Pete ss (32), H=0. Triple – Smith; Home run – Kelderhouse; Struck out by Dodd 9. Hits allowed = 4. Collins hits - doubles – E. Jay, Marlowe, Smith; triples – E. Jay, Dodd.
High School Ends Season Undefeated. The local high school nine ended the fall season of baseball with a percentage of 1000, having played six games this fall and winning them all. This also sets a good record for the last two seasons. Five games were played last spring and all were won by the local boys. (Insert 2004. Uncertain on Spring Sectional Tourney. Fall Sectional began late 1930’s). The year has been good for the hitters, having made 69 hits including 8 doubles, 7 triples and 4 homers. Marlowe and Earl Jay lead the list as hitters, but Lafferty and Lyle Jay lead in the number of bases on balls. Milo Dodd has played his position on the mound in an excellent manner having allowed only 25