Shelby High Baseball Wins Western N.C. Championship, May 22, 1925

Another Club of Champs

Shelby Highs Win Western Carolina Title Second Straight Year

By defeating Bessemer in Salisbury last week the Shelby Highs won the Western North Carolina baseball championship for the second successive year, making it two championships for Coach “Casey” Morris in his first year of coaching. The Western champs play at Chapel Hill Saturday for state honors, which they won last year. The club is pictured above—Front row reading left to right: George Dedmon, pitcher and outfielder; Max Connor, shortstop; Fred Beam (captain) catcher; Max Dixon, second base; Jim Grice, first base; Roy Self, third base. Middle row: Clyde Wilson, left field; Jack Hoyle, pitcher; Melvin Peeler, pitcher; Charlie Magness, center fielder; Ed Harris, right field. Back row: Roy W. (Casey) Morris, coach; John Sparks, outfielder; Johnny Washburn, infield; Broadnus Newman, manager.

From The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Friday, May 22, 1925

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