FOR THEM, A DIAMOND IS FOREVER BALL PLAYERS REVISIT VICTORY 55 YEARS AGO.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer NEWHALL - The campus was unrecognizable and the school colors had changed, but the men who managed a stunning come-from-behind playoff victory for the Hart High baseball team 55 years earlier had no trouble Saturday recalling their playing days at a 1950 team reunion. Wet weather prevented the men - now in their 70s, most of them retired grandfathers - from playing a reunion game Saturday on the same field which they used to have to clear of rocks before practices. But the barbecue was moved into the school cafeteria, where the former Indians shared memories (1) Using part of main memory to support a low-cost display circuit that does not have its own memory. See shared video memory. (2) The common memory in a symmetric multiprocessing system that is available to all CPUs. See SMP. 1. with the current Hart High baseball team. ``They were just wide-eyed, listening to how there wasn't any grass on the field when we played and how we had to pick up rocks for half an hour before we could play,'' said Ken Doty, 73, an outfielder with the 1950 team. ``These kids have three or four coaches - we had one,'' he said. ``(The campus) didn't have all these buildings. It was just a whole different world then.'' Of the 13 members on the 1950 team, nine attended the reunion Saturday, some from as far away as Montana and Arizona. Three of the players have passed away, but photos of the trio in their Hart High baseball uniforms were prominent at Saturday's event. A couple of the men had seen each other in the years since the team, after being shut out by Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. High on May 9, 1950, with only two innings left in their season, exploded for eight runs to defeat the Cardinals. Decades, most of the men agreed, had changed more than just the campus. ``I don't think I would have recognized any of them, except maybe one,'' said Don Smith, the injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. player who limped off the bench and sparked the hitting rally all those years ago. Smith joked Saturday with his former teammates: ``I see them, and I think, these guys got pretty old.'' The reunion, organized by the Hart High Dugout dugout: see canoe. Club, with help from 1950s second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Walton Cook, brought together former Hart baseball players from different generations, as well as the teens who currently wear the black and red uniforms. Cameron Stoffel, 16, pitches and plays first base for Hart's junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. baseball team. He was impressed by both the differences and similarities between the '50 team and his own. ``They were talking about how the couldn't even recognize the school now, but other things just don't change, like the tradition,'' the 10th- grader said. ``They still love the game. And their energy was great - when they were being introduced, they were up there high-fiving each other.'' After lunch, some of the members from the '50 team took a stroll over to the field. Grass was installed on the field before the season started in 1950, so that team was the first to enjoy what was, back then, a luxury. ``Being back here, I have to say that when you go to a school, you become a part of it,'' Smith said. ``When it changes, you fell a little bit alienated al·ien·ate tr.v. al·ien·at·ed, al·ien·at·ing, al·ien·ates 1. To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange: alienate a friend; alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions. , but being back and seeing all the guys is really a lot of fun.'' Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour SAC edition only) Walt Cook, with camera, and his fellow team members from the Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
(2 -- 3 -- color -- ran in SAC edition only) Donny Williams, above, currently a pitcher on the Hart High School baseball team, listens intently to a member of the 1950 varsity squad on Saturday. At left, the winning baseball from the 1950 championship game is displayed during the reunion. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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