Culver City High School - Olympian Yearbook (Culver City, CA)

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., . I 'S ., 'b 'LH ii. 1 'su Hn, .M s .- f Mike plate man. Mike 6 win aa 1 Gibson lines one out, against North Torrance, for a bose knock. Culver trounced the Saxons twice, 9A2 and 7-I and were upset once, I2-8. I s. f is 9 X i Gibson packed a powerful punch from the and was also Coach FIanagan's ace mounds- He was one of a trio of three-year lettermen. batted over .400 and had a hurling slate of s and one loss. A N 'Y C-. ff-1 Q ,QSC i Dick Ewin lets Morningside fastball by. The next one was never found. Fred Burch was Mr, Clean-up for the Centaur nine as he broke the school runs- batted-in record and slugged at a .400 plus clip. Fred, along with Gibson, was honored as Athlete of the Week by the Evening-Star news. 93