Balboa High School - Galleon Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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T H E G A L L E 0 N Basketball l 120-POUND BASKETBALL-Row 1: Loubc. Hallett, Giannini. Chipps. Flores, Henriksen. Row 2: Knabenshuh, Lavczzo, Ormando, Bellusci, Jungc. Row 3: Cunningham flvlginj, Newman, Hirsclil, Anderson, Foley fMgrJ. llU-POUND BASKETBALL--Row l: Anderson, Stark, DeSanto. Finnegan, Vinal, Filippi. Row Z: Reed, Giubbini, Burke, Bean, Bramy. Row 3: Gros De Mnngc. H, Wood, R. XVood, Cunningham QMgrj. Building his team around six members of last year's second place 110-pound squad, Coach Lloyd Leith, lightweight basketball mentor, moulded together a 120-pound team equal to the championship twenties of l932. Captained by Clay Chipps, whose inspiring play sent his team mates through a winning season of twelve victories, marred by only defeat at the hands of Mission, the Buccaneers, as the journal goes to press, are in aposition for an undisputed second place among the A.A.A. teams. ln preparing for the league season ,the Leith-coached basketball midgets turned in straight victories over the leading peninsula high schools and local junior highs. Most of the offensive work for the squad was handled by Ralph Giannini, whose stellar play was a big factor in the team's success. Arthur Hallett, center, playing his fourth year of lightweight basketball, stood out on defense and always played a great floor game. The improvement shown by Herman Junge at forward added to the Balboa offense, while the guard work of Henriksen, Loube, and Flores in bringing the ball up the court and stopping the opposition's offense put the boys where they are now. Other members on the twenties are Knabenshuh, Newman, Ormando, Bellusci, Lavezzo, Anderson, and Hirschl. With diminutive, fightingyloe De Santo chosen to lead the ll0-pound team, Coach Lloyd Leith found a real captain to head his ten's basketball squad to a position where a championship seems very likely for the Buccaneers, Although most of the team was inexperienced they quickly grasped the Leith coaching style, Besides the sterling play of Captain De Santo, many other outstanding boys were discovered. Har- old Wood and Ray Wood, first string center and guard, respectively, were two of the handiest men on the squad while Burke at the other guard position filled his job ably. At the forward berths, De Santo, Vinal, and Reed led the offense. q O I C I O 34

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THE GALLEON Football ORTEZ RETURNS PUNT AGAINST GALILEO FOR BLOCK B SOCIETY-Row l: Oliveira. Sanz, Carroll. Knabenshuh. 10-YARD GAIN Cunningham. Hallett. Row 2: Reed. Cl1iotto.Place. Goodwin. DeNatale. , Row 3: Harris, Basin, Gutierrez, Varoff. Forner, Fogarty. man, Maguire, which was recovered by the Buccaneers on the one-yard mark. From here, Guisti cracked through guard for the score. The biggest thrill of the day was when Bob Maguire, Poly's A.A.A. 130-pound record holder of the hundred yard dash at 9.9, broke away for a 77-yard gallop to a touchdown, Kirsh and Minville were the big backfield aces for Poly, while Marcus, Sparks, and Scatena played stellar games in the line for the Parrots. BALBOA 7-MISSION 6 A brilliant run, after an intercepted pass, by Joe Manini, to the one-yard line, paved the way for the Buccaneers' touchdown in the first minutes of play. Andy Ortez punched the ball over, after two line thrusts. With Ortez holding the pigskin for a kick from placement for the convert. Tiny Cantwell sent the ball between the uprights for the conversion, which proved to be the difference between Balboa and Mission in the final outcome. Determined to close their season in fourth place, the orange and blue turned in a great defensive game to leave the 1932 championship team in 'fifth position among the A.A.A. schools. The Bears' score came in the fourth quarter on a pass from Peters to Barasota, who ran fifty yards to the goal line. Mission's try for the extra point was forced to fall short by the charging Balboa linemen. Freshman-Sophomore Football Under the watchful eye of Coach Ray Scott, head track mentor, the Balboa freshman-sopho- more football team, in its third year of existence, showed greater improvement in their play over the past two seasons, This semester was the Iirst time that the yearling team was fortunate enough to secure the full time of a regular gym coach. In the other seasons, the Buccaneers were handled by ineligible varsity football men. Captained by Ray Yuretich, the most promising freshmen gridder ever to wear an orange and blue uniform, the team worked as a unit and enjoyed a successful season. With a strong forward wall, built around Zmak, Adams, Stueber, and Varoff, and the backfield, led by Captain Yuretich, Emond, Baldochi, and Pastiquini, the team used a modified Notre Dame style of play, which was grasped rapidly by the earnest candidates for the squad. Playing through a schedule of eight games, Balboa came out on the long end in four of them, while the other four were dropped after close battles. Following are the scores of the games played. Balboa 14, Mission Reserves O: Balboa 0, St. Ignatius Reserves 195 Balboa O, South City 26: Balboa 6, Jefferson second string Og Balboa 13, Commerce 130-pound team 65 Balboa 14, Sacred Heart Reserves O3 Balboa 0, Commerce 30's 6. O I O O Q 33

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THE GALLEON Soccer l20-POUND SOCCER--Row l: Reed, Doyle, Raggio, Buchbauer, Berntich, Harrison, Hoppe. Row 2: Segale, McKenzie, Christopherson, Watt, Castell. Salinero, Ross, Stark. UNLIMITED SOCCERYROW I: Goessel. G. Snyder, Stark, Sanz, Fama, Alberti, Dnhla, Leonetti, Row 2: Gomes, Schneider. Gilmore, H. Snyder, Gartner, Hobcrg. Beltran. Row 3: Catalano, Gillogley, Kaaret, May, Ahrens, Pistochini, De Natalc. Presented with five returning veterans of last year's 120-pound squad, Coach John Clarke and his lightweight soccer team iinished in an undisputed second place among the Academic Athletic Association schools this year. The Buccaneers' only defeat came at the hands of the Polytechnic Championship team, who won from the Balboans in an overwhelming victory, 6 to 0. In the rest of their league encounters, the Buccaneers won from Mission on a forfeit, defeated Lowell in an easy victory, 3 to O: and took the measure over Galileo 2 to 0. Captain Buchbauer, center for- ward, did most of the point-scoring for his team, while Harrison and Reed, inside left and right wing, respectively, also gained goals when needed. The Balboa iirst team was composed of Castell, goal keeper: Groom, left fullback: Cordray, right fullback: Salinero, right halfback: Hoppe, center halfback: Segale, left halfback: Reed, right wing, Watt, inside right: Harrison, inside left: and Berutich, left wing. .lack Stark, manager, was a capable worker during the season. Although ending the season in a tie for last place, the unlimited soccer team of 1933 gave every league school a real battle for A.A.A. honors. As the scores indicate, no game was a set-up for any school. The Buccaneers lost to Commerce, l to 05 Mission, 2 to l 3 Lowell, 4 to lg Poly, 4 to 1: and wound up the season by nosing out Galileo, l to O. Sam Fama. captain, was the outstanding player on the squad, making three of his team's goals during the season, while it was the goal of Vincent Leonetti, left wing, that put the game on ice with Galileo. The varsity soccer squad was made up of Dahla, goal keeper, Gartner, left fullback: H. Snyder, right fullback: Goessel, right halfback: Sanz, center halfback: DeNatale, left half- back: G. Snyder, right wing: Stark, inside right: Captain Pama, center forward: Gilmore, inside left: and Leonetti, left wing. O I C I I 35