The Hollywood moguls made a film a couple of group that introduced two faculties collectively and the true story about “Bear in mind the Titans” confirmed that race didn’t come into the combination as athletics resulted right into a united city and highschool. The identical film script may have been written about Maysville as they produced probably the greatest highschool baseball groups in Kentucky Excessive Faculty historical past. Within the earlier 12 months of 1957 the Maysville faculty system started the desegregation course of and athletics grew to become a giant a part of the graceful transition. Woodie Crum, the artful coach of the Bulldogs proved that group got here earlier than race points, or every other distractions and it confirmed on the sector. One of many neat details about this group was that it featured the primary African Individuals to play within the KHSAA state baseball event. Robert Alexander, Ulysses Greene and Dwight Murphy had the excellence of being the primary African Individuals to take the sector within the state showcase.
The 1958 Bulldog squad started tourney play with a report of 10 wins and two losses through the common season. One of many losses that season occurred towards a sport towards the UK Wildcat freshman group and the opposite was to Ashland on the again finish of a doubleheader. The Canine have been challenged proper off in regional play as they confronted nonetheless competitors from Northern Kentucky powers similar to Newport Catholic and Campbell County and the powerful Boone County Rebels which featured Allen Feldhaus. The MHS squad received the regional title sport as they beat the Boone County squad by the rating of 11 to three, however Coach Feldhaus homered off the Canine’s ace, Allen Smith.
Stoll Discipline in Lexington was the positioning of the state tourney and the Canine needed to play the Shelbyville group within the opening sport of the 1958 state tourney. Woodie Crum the Canine head man determined to start out Jackie Allison the common shortstop as a substitute of basketball and baseball all-state participant, Allen Smith. Allison completed a fantastic job on the mound, however Woodie Crum summoned Allen Smith to hurl the ultimate three innings and the Canine received the sport by the rating of three to 2 as Alexander doubled dwelling Smith who collected the win. Louisville Handbook was subsequent in state play, they usually have been the favourite to win the state title and produce dwelling
the trophy to Louisville. Allen Smith, the 5-foot-9 1/2 inch, 146-pound lefthanded pitcher was fabulous as at all times, however so have been the hurlers from Handbook and the rating ended up 1 to 0 in favor of MHS. The neat stat from this sport was that the Bulldogs received this sport with out getting successful. With the bases jammed the pitcher hit Greene with a pitch and it plated the one run of the sport, however it was sufficient to put Maysville within the championship sport towards Harlan. It’s essential to understand that the rule that limits what number of innings a pitcher can pitch in every week was not in impact in 1958. That positive performed within the Canine’s favor as Allen Smith was on the bump for the second time that day as he confronted the Harlan Inexperienced Dragons. They have been no match for Smith as he was in full management and Greene added a protracted dwelling run to propel Maysville to a 7 to 1 victory. Allen Smith has data that haven’t been equaled in state baseball event historical past as he received all three video games and in seventeen innings, he gave up solely six hits and one run. With the variety of innings {that a} pitcher can pitch, that will likely be a report that can stand the take a look at of time. Allen Smith later grew to become a collegiate All-American pitcher for the LSU Tigers and a few of his pitching data have by no means been damaged by any LSU hurler.
Mayor Rebekah Hord proclaimed June 7, 1958, as Bulldog Baseball Crew Day in Maysville and expressed “excessive gratification” on the championship victory. Allen Smith and his nice catcher Chuck Hayslip, and third baseman Jackie Allison have been named to the All-State Match group.
The members of this particular group that not solely received the state title however have been pioneers with three African Individuals enjoying within the state tourney for the primary time have been coached by Woodie Crum. The group members have been Jackie Allison, Duane Faris, David Inexperienced, and Chuck Hayslip, Bob Hutchinson and Phil Hutchinson, Bob Reetz, Robert Alexander, Eugene Fetters. Ulysses Greene, Kenny Smith, Allen Smith and Dwight Murphy and Billy Joe Knox rounded out the 1958 championship group.
The Bulldogs of 1958 introduced dwelling the State Title Trophy and it measures 28 inches in top, however after 65 years it will get greater yearly.