McClymonds High School - Indian Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Afterglow Gridiron Talk . . . They claim they never come back! But, on the contrary, the MeClymonds orange and black grid machine, under the coach- ing of Richard Dink Rodriquez, proved that they could come back. A vvell-bal- anced forward wall and a speedy back- field composed the Mackmen's varsity this season, and, as an outcome, they found themselves tied for second place rating along with San Leandro. Rodriquez, with his coaching staff. composed of Charles Cooley and Pop Hensley, had little trouble in molding a team into shape that could be rated as the best in the city. Due to the fact that school started so late in the season, Mc- Clymonds and all other O. A. I.. squads had only a week to resume training for their hrst practice game. Warriors Crush Gaels The XYarriors were pitted against St. Mary's High as their opening contest of the season. lXIcClymonds crushed the hard lighting St. lNIary's eleven by the score of 19 to O. In recent years, the Saints had proved too strong for the In- dians, when they defeated them for seven straight years. Both teams battled through to a dead- lock of O to O in the first half, but in the second half. McCly1nonds pushed over three touchdowns. It was in the third quarter before the Indians opened up with an aerial attack that paved their way to victory. Frank Thomas chucked the pork- hideu all over the Saints' Field and within short order the first score of the game was registered. In the final period a pair of touchdowns were recorded, with Thomas intercepting Tommy Lane's pass meant for Visentin and trotted 32 yards untouched to score. A few minutes later Kelly intercepted a pass and ran 80 yards into the end zone, but the play was called back because of a clipping penalty. Again Kelly inter- cepted another pass and this time raced 30 yards for the final score. Both tries for conversion failed to click, Siggi Isaki After running wild over the St. Mary's Panther, lVIcClymonds, the following week was sent to face the growling VVild- cats of Oakland in the first current O. A. L. game on their schedule. What was de- termined as a push-over for the War- riors resulted in an upset. Coach Rodriquez's pig-skin cart was overthrown by the small margin of a 7 to 6 count. The opening quarter was featured as a kicking duel, with both teams booting consistently in hopes of getting that well-known break.', 'With the ball deep in Oakland's territory after an exchange of punts, McClymonds received their break, and used it at the VVildcats' ex- pense. Sobek recovered a fumble on the Qaks' 23-yard marker and from that point the Indians went to town. Thomas'

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, Afterglow aro, Martina Aetis, guards. Juniors: Al- berta Catley, Maria Conde, Rosila Cos- tello, Margaret Knocke, Marian Nagata, forwards, Adelaide Loinba, Golda May Rassette. Virginia Sullivan, centers, Suniiko Kido, Helen Koernig, Catherine Rossi, guards, Seniors: XVinnie Jewell, Pauline Pappas, Mary Rozales, Faustine Uribe, forwards, Sybil Dorman. Cel- estine Morse, Jessie Vtfoods, centers: Grace A'Perry, Margaret Fraga, guards. Crack Shots: Ruth Ainaral, captain, Constance Bail. Claire Cody, Geraldine Linn, Dorothy St. Cyr, Dorothy DeVee. lYeenies: lVinnie Jewell, captain, Mary his tains are pictured at the top. First row: Ruth Amar- al, Louise Enclriz- zi, Gladys Rado- van, NV i n i fr ed Jewell, Marie Conde, H e l e n Koernig, Top row: Sylvia Silva. R o s e Kielbasa, Margaret Knoc- ke, Julia Johnson, Faustina Uribe, Alberta Catley. The three yell leaders, tccnterl are Betty Haynes, Faustina Uribe and Kathryn 'l' a in in. C r e w Coxswains, thot- tonij are liugenia lirochier, M a r - garet Fraga and Dorothy flilllblllll- son. may Rozales, Pauline Pappas, Margaret Mar-- shall, Sybil Dorman, Margaret Fraga. Mary Rhoades. Six Aces, Marie Conde, captain: Frances Christensen, Greta Gul- let, Golda May Rassette, Lovine Geer, Mary Ell Danders, Martina .'Xctis. XYhite Sox: Gladys Radovan, captain: .Xliee linsbury, Gladys Folds, Ruth Glibert. Charlotta Iron, Suniiko Kido, Virginia Melo, Mary Celia, Bessie Elliot, lfsthei Vartanian. XYild Cats: .Xlberta Catley, Captain, Dorothy Reed, Christisiana W'hite. Charline Jones, Katherine Spil- lard, Martha Brower. Basketball cap-

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Afterglow pass to Vernon Thornton netted a twenty yard gain, putting the ball on the XVildcats' 3-yard line. XYalter Dixon, after two tries at Oaklands forward wall, cracked center to place the pill in the end zone. Thomas was elected to try for the First League Win Displaying power as well as speed against Technical, the Warriors came through with their First win of the O. A. L. by taking the latter into camp by the tune of l-l to 0. Tech put up a tough extra point, but his pass was knocked down. Oakland's big drive for victory came in the last quarter, when they had the ball on the VVarriors' 40-yard line. A series of end runs and short passes put them within scoring reach. john l'itch- otto on a reverse from the XVarriors' 14-yard line ran wide around right end for the touchdown. That one point for conversion after a touchdown, which has caused many shedding tears, was used to its advantage, when Bowers kicked it through the uprights. A fifteen yard pass from Kelly to Rem- sen, who caught it on his -lO-yard line and dashed sixty yards to a touchdown in the final minutes of play, but again the play was ruled no good, because of clipping from behind. liefore another play could get into operation the gun went off. battle. but they lacked that scoring punch. After an exchange of punts, which held the spotlight during the first half, with the exception of short gains on the part of Dixon and Remsen, the scenery changed to a different picture, when Thornton booted the ball into Tech's end zone at the beginning of the third quarter. jules Squarzino, of the Bulldog outfit, kicked out of danger, but no soon- er did he get his team mates out of one hole, than they found themselves in another. Before they realized what had happened, the lndians were again press- ing for a score. Squarzino, with his back against the shadows of the goal post, kicked to the 33-yard line, where the ball was picked up by Siggi lsaki, who rambled for the First touchdown of the tilt. Thomas converted for the one point.