Phineas Banning High School - Pilot Wheel Yearbook (Wilmington, CA)

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COACHES Athletics have reached the stage of development in our school life where they are no longer any extra-curricular activity or a student amusement project but rather the manifestation of growth, both physically and edu- cationally. Athletics are valuable aids to education. The athlete is judged as much by his standards of character as by his athletic ability. A true athlete should have irreproachable character, leadership, enthusiasm, knowledge of technique, and keen powers of observation. He must be interested in sports for sport's sake and not for winning games at any cost. He must be a man's man. It is of such timber that our future national leaders are selected. -M. R. HELBACH. In reviewing the athletic year, I wish to congratulate the Student Body for the support it gave its team, and to commend the athletes for the real fighting spirit they displayed on and off the athletic field. The Student Body backed its teams to the very last as shown by the cheering crowd present when the final whistle blew ending the football year for a losing yet fighting team. Basketball teams, Track teams, and the Baseball team all received your support. You have established a tradition for future Student Bodies to equal. I congratulate you. Athletes, you who have represented your school in every field of ath- letics, have also established a record for future athletes of Banning to maintain. I am proud of every football boy who fought throughout the season without a whimper, although you were beaten every game. You are game, and the time will come when a just reward will be yours. This same type of fighting was present on all your teams, all of which were q'uite successful. Your opponents recognized you as fighters, a tradition you have fought for, one you must uphold yourselvesfand one you need demand of all opponents. I commend you. Coach Patz. Page Sz've11iy-fine

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FOOTBALL TEAM BANNING AT NARBONNE The Pilot rooters were out in large numbers. Stimulated by Coach Patz the day before in the auditorium, the odds against Lomita were almost even, with the Nathanielites holding a slight lead. The Patzmen, although beaten by Narbonne, held everyone breathless with the hand of football which they showed in first canto. McCord again displayed the fight which all loyal Banningites have seen. Score: Banning--0, Narbonne-66 JACOB RHS AT BANNING Weight proved the big factor in this struggle. Signals were cabled. Out of the cloud of dirt and grime could be seen a tall, heavy football player with several antagonists hanging on. Arne Aho, the light Banning half- back, kept tackling the dark giant for all he was worth. After a few yards the big gridder would fall. The Pilots charged and passed, but to no avail. The Riismen were always there. Charles Dupuy caught several good passes in their conflict, but passes alone can not win. Henry Holmes played a very good game and should prove a formidable foe against the Jacobmen next year. Score: Riis-185 Banning-O. BELL AT BANNING This contest proved far too outsided, the Eagles being very much too strong for the Patzmen. With LaRue Foster playing a game equalled only by McCord against Jordan, the chances at first seemed very good. However the weak can not hold out against the strong, and so the Pilots went down to a bad defeat. But the spirit of our players and rooters was indomitable, even with such a score as 50-0. JORDAQN AT BANNING This game was one which every man on the team expected to win, but was lost in spite of all efforts. The team wanted to defeat the Jordan men just to average the not expected beating which Banning received last year on the loose dusty field of Watts. Milo McCord proved the outstanding player of the day. Charlie Fuette played the game for which he is known, the steady line plunges and fine tackles which only Fuette can do in such style. Even though outclassed, Phineas Banning was out fought. Score: Banning-0: Jordan 30. BANNING AT TORRANCE The first league game started by Banning's receiving the kick-off from Torrance. Potter, our captain, carried the ball to our forty yard line. Duran passed to Stockman, who carried the ball for forty yards. That marked the brand of ball and the spirit which our gridders used through- out the season. Even though failing to beat Torrance, Phineas Banning managed to hold them scoreless. The stars of the game for Banning were Stockman, Duran, who wrenched his shoulder and was out of the lineup for the whole season except for the last contest, McCord, and Fuette. Also Hal White made several of the best tackles seen throughout all the games. Score. Banning-Og Torrance-0. Page Severity-threz'