Farmville Squad Has 12 Lettermen, Opener \pril 12 A squad of 16 candidates is preparing for live baseball opener April 12 with Victoria under the direction of Coach Bob Gilmer at Farmville High School. The Wolverines will be sport ing new uniforms when they take the field for the home opener six days later, on April 18 against. Blacks tone. Coach Gilmer has announced April 12 with Victoria under the lights will get underway at 7:30 p m . this season — a half-hour ahead of former years. The veteran Wolverine mentor will place experienced men at i aeh position drawing on 12 let termen in the squad. Pitching will require the only experiment in'! as last year's mound main stays have moved on. Randolph Lafoon, Garland Fahrner. Buck Hartley. Joel Cole man and Carl Fore will form the FHS mound corps, with Hartley and Coleman the only two with much mound experience. Gilmer believes, however, the group has the potential to provide adequate strength on the mound. Lafoon and Hartley will divide first base duties when not piteh u Jimmy D Cox. a lettermnn. • t'ul C. B. Thompson, a newcomer, are second base candidates. Jack ie McIntosh and Ellis Dunkum 1 rovide experience at shortstop as does John Carson at third. Ci rsdh will be. spelled by John Jones, another newcomer Experienced outfielders are Bob Fowlkes and Ear! Fore in left. Howard Claybough in center and Garland Fahrner in right. New outfield candidates are Buddy •Smith and John Hodges. Walker Nobhn, a letterman, will handle mast of the backstop pin." The Wolverines' new uniforms will be grey flannel with pin .‘-tripe, with black stockings and caps, and orange numerals. Adams on first: Carroll Palmer, second: Bobby Moore, third: Christian Goodwyn. short stop; and Leonard Walker, and Owen Walker holding down the pastuie w ith either Boggs or Goodwyn. Owen Walker and Christian Goodwyn are the two "rookies" on the squad.

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