Jacob A Riis High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Swimming The Rus swlmmlng team competed ln n1ne meets durlng the 1950 swlmmmg sea son meetlng Mount Carmel Dorsey Jeff erson Polytechnlc VGHICG and Huntlng ton Park Off1c1al records and tlmes were not kept on all meets but R118 took her share of w1ns Coach Henry Alldls turned out several outstandmg swlmmers Rlchard Mlller a B sw1mmer was hlgh pomt man of the sea son Mlller swam xn the 4 man relay the 1nd1v1dual medley as well as the 100 yd breaststroke Don Severns 1n h1S flrst year out tool h1S share of places sw1mm1ng the 100 yd breaststroke and the breaststroke ln the medley relay rakmg up over 40 pomts He IS a varslty sw1mmer but w1ll swlm B IH the c1ty meets where he IS expected tc place Another valuable man Roger Ketel sleger swam freestyle 1n the medley relay 50 yd freestyle 4 man relay 100 yd free style and 200 yd freestyle He IS expected to place ln the all c1ty meet as he dxd 1n the preceedlng two years B111 Prewltt lettermg for the thlrd tlme was outstandmg ln the medley relay and the 50 yd freestyle He also swam the 100 yd freestyle Outstandmg d1V6I'S were Fellows for the varslty and Maker for the B team They both took flrsts from a majorlty of the meets Nme R11s swlmmers splashed thelr way Huntlngton Park Hlgh School on May 18 to wlnd up the 1950 swlmmlng season All of the nme got a flfth place or better and w1ll recelve All C1ty medals Rlchard Mlller Art Sanchez Raymond Nance and Rlchard Munoz placed thlrd 1n the class C relay and Mlller got a second 1n the 50 yd breaststroke They would have gone to the Southern Cal1forn1a Meet but It was called off Maher Severns and Ketelsleger got a flfth plass ln the class B medley relay and Severns also placed flfth ln the 100 yd breaststroke . l. ' ' ' , to the All-City Swimming Meet held at

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SWIMMING A TEAM Ketelslcgu mtdlev relay tbatkstxokel 200 yd fleestvle 1 min IC a Pltyyltt medlevxelay lflustylel 50 yd flustyle 100 vd fleestylt 4 man xelay Seyelns 100 vd bleaststxoke medlev I9 lav lbxeaststlokeb mdlyldu al mtdley Ortlz 50 yd fleestyle Castlo 100 yd backstroke Maher-dlylng Calyert 50 yd freestyle ROdIlgU9Z 4 man 1elay Fellows-dlvmg B TEAM Vd bleaststxoke 1nd1y1dual medley dlylflg Maher rnedlev relay tfreestylel 4 man relay dlvlng Nelson medley relay lbackstrokeb 100 yd backstroke Romelo 50 vd fleestvle 200 vd free style 4 man xelay GHICIH 50 yd freestyle 100 yd freestyle Wettgel 100 yd bleaststloke PQIKIIIS 100 vd bleaststoke Watts 200 vd freestyle Douglas 100 yd backstxoke Whlte CllVlI'lg Palauos dlvlng C TEAM Nance 50 Vd fleestyln Sanchez 50 yd fleestyle MOHIZ 50 yd freestyle Stlllman 50 yd backstxoke Phoenlx 50 yd backstroke Waltne1 50 yd bleaStSt10k6 Boyyers 50 yd breaststroke Tennant 50 yd breaststroke Hutchlson 50 yd baekstroke uv-'-A 1 . .-3' . l y' 1-I y' i u 4 I uxxkw v 3 V - l uvxlw V x t 13 w 1 7 ' f' 5 . ' cf .s 5 , s ' ' ' J 7 u Y- - 7 l 7 Miller-medley relay tbreaststrokel, 100 , U .Y v f 1 ' 1 1 ' vw s V y ,L .1 1 i 7 l, 7 ,. l T '

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BASKETBALL 1949 1950 A BASKETBALL SQUAD Coach Locke Llvernash Flrst StrIng Danny Hood Art Carrlzosa Center Center and Guard Ralph Carr Guard Augustme Urzua Forward Center an Guard Forward Center Forward Guard Bob Mendez Second Strlng Rlchard Sals Al DeLaTorre J1m Hunter Frank Hernandez Guard Bert Soto FIRST ROUND RIIS vs SOUTH GATE RIIS went 1nto the flrst league game w1th even odds and came out Wlth the flrst w1n RIIS was In the lead all the way Fmal score RIIS 49 South Gate 31 RIIS vs GARDENA RIIS played 1tS flrst game at home wlth Gardena a hard playmg team RIIS was In the lead for most of the game and went on to w1n for the second tlme and for a t1e for flI'St place In the league wlth San Pedro and Narbonne Game score Rus 37 Gardena 34 RIIS vs SAN PEDRO The San Pedro skyscrapers bombarded a bungalow slze V1k1ng team as they out Forward helght of 6 4 accounted for the easy w1n for the Plrates who later won the league champxonshlp RIIS vs NARBONNE Narbonne came to R11s for the fou1 th game of the season The V1klHgS went Into the game wIth even odds and the game was very close unt1l the last quarter when the Rusmen went Into actlon and took a 10 polnt lead to wln 49 39 It was now three wms out of four games RIIS vs BANNING RIIS was tled for second unt1l they met Bannmg who was the fastest team we had met th1S season We played bad ball In the last half but It was too late and we lost our second game th1s season Flnal score RIIS 39 Banmng 50 RIIS vs JORDAN The V1k1ng squad met Jordan on our own hardwood for our fourth wln of the season The game was a thrlller all the way through and at half tune Rus was on top 24 to 18 Throughout the second half we stayed on top and squeezed through w1th a flnal score of Rus 48 to Jordan s 46 Eastern Marlne League 1949 1950 VARSITY BASKETBALL Team Wms Losses San Pedro RIIS N arbonne Be Jordan Banmng South Gate Gardena 3 KIUBOBODI-P-O 'J ' ' I1 . 99 ' 'al .3 , . .. - ' FU 5 ' 5 - - : . :I Q X.. . un ' . '. 1 . S ' ' ' ' . 0 1 i, . ,PF . l . ws.. i . v . ,DJ . l H . . . - In ' 0 ' . . - . Q , I - - I-5 . . .. Z ' ., D . I FD D . - O . I-+I - , . on . . I . :P . . . O-7 . . ' . - 2'-5 - . ' y . :D , . 5 , , : ' 99 - . - fn '- ' Q. ' . ' S , . -- - . 93 ' i , , -UQ I 0 I I , ' I , . I... 3 Z 3 : 1 I ' . Y. N4 I ' I ' . .- . l-A ' . ' I i ' IOUICUQIQPP . , . .. . . J U2 . 4 ' . . 7 1 1 ' I I I I' I I I ' : . Y RIIS vs BELL RIIS dropped Its last game of the flrst round to Bell Although we were on top at the half tlme the mlghty Bell team overpowered a txred V1k1ng squad In the second half Fmal score Rus 32 Bell 38 SECOND ROUND RIIS vs SOUTH GATE RIIS met South Gate on our own floor to open the second round South Gate took an early lead and at the end of the flrst half the score stood at 21 to 20 1n the Ramblers favol In the second half the powerful V1k1ng squad under the 1nsp1red coachlng of Mr Llvernash came out on top Wlth a score of 34 48 RIIS vs GARDENA The V1k1ng squad packed up and left to meet Gardena for the second tlme Both teams played a fast and furlous game and the half tvme score was 20 to 11 VVlth Rus on top The Vllill1gS wound up the game as vlctors wlth a flnal score of Rus 39 Gar dena 23 RIIS vs SAN PEDRO RIIS agaln met the gxants from San Pe dro for the fourth loss of the season The V1k1ngs were unable to match the helght of the Pxrates so the flnal score read RIIS 46 wlth and even 100 for the San Pedro Plrates RIIS vs NARBONNE In the return bout at Narbonne the V1 kmgs got off to a bad start and our oppon ents pllled up a lead of 31 to 20 In the flrst half The flred up Vlklng squad was unable to overcome thls lead and lost to Narbonne by 17 pomts How ever Narbonne later for felted the game due to the u e of an 1n elglble player