McClymonds High School - Indian Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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e7 Returning to srlxool, chClymonds' students found two new roaches awaiting them. Switches in the Oakland teaching system affected McClymonds in two sport departments. Jlr. Art Ross, former coach of Castlemont's football and basketball teams. tool: over 1110 reins as Indian football mentor. Jerlymomls' alumnus, 21h. Jack Capri, from Hoover Junior High, was afipointcd Item! of itlerlymomls' Physical Education Department. He also assumed the role of new basketball coach. l'iinishinp, in a tie for hut place. thws not reveal the suc- cess Mctjl'xnmntls and the football team uccmnplished this sermon. Inspired by Nick Petris. student Imdy president. Mike Yharrn. .wll leader. and the new matches. the student hmly responded with the must enthusiagm and spirit this Miiltmi hits evidenced in years. MACK 0 ROOSEVELT 19.eA green Indian tram tuok the field, favorite in its first 0. A. L. encounter. Roosevelt. caring naught uhnut predictions. worked on a weak Warrior line and produced three touchdowns. Fighting a scoreless first quarter. the Teddies received a break on Marcellus HufTis tum- ble in the early stage uf the second quarter. The3r marched to the Indian 10-yard line, where. on fourth down. Rocca M05011 dropped hack and tossed a strike to John Goodman for 6 points. The conversion was good. Burgiarizing the Warrior air- lanes, the Cowboys tallied their second and third louchtlmvns. Gilliek intercepted Willie Ber. nalis pass and scampered across the goal line. Then Lopez at Roosevelt repeated the perform- COACH ROSS unce and went 415 yards to a touchdown after intercepting Tony Novakis pass. The McClymonds Record started a pre-season ballyhoo campaign praising its two tackles. Captain Bob Silva and Paul Kouns. Both boys proved their worth. for they provided the chief thrills for Redskin motors by vicious tackling and blocking performances. Frank Harris. Warrior guard. was knocked out at the kickoff. MACK MeSAN LEANDRO 0.-Seemingly a new War- rior team took the held, for in the past the team depended nn its line to provide most of the power. Previously the Mackmen never had an elusive backfield, but the Indians surprised with an array of tricky plays and passes. The Pirates were bewildered with the Warrior attack and were sculpcd by the tomahuwkmen 1+ to 0 on the Cherrypickcr grounds. Concentrating on power plays. the Braves marched to the Pirate 10-yard line. where they were stopped. San Leandro tried to kick out of danger, but the Warriors' front wall proved to he an impregnable obstacle. Captain Boh Silva blocked the kick with his knee. and when it rolled over the goal line. Anthony Novak recovered it for the first Warrior tally of the season. Paul Kouns kicked the extra point. Mackis second touchdown came late in the second half when Frank Paich tossed a pass to Charles Stranahan, right end, who eluded two Pirate tacklers and chalked up the sec- ond 6 points. Kouns again booted the conversion. .1 1, l. 1' ewe, rr-D.c,--- .m--.m--s...-,

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TIT? w'- m i i i i 't I MACK 7e-CASTLEMONT l3.-i'ighting vaiiantly. Me- tilymondsi Warriors succumbed to the crushing offensive of the invading Castiemont Knights. Sheer exhaustion cost them the contest. 13 to T. The indians' gallant gladiators almost scored the biggest upset in O. A. L. football, but missed their goal due to a lack of line reserves. This game marked a new peak in high school sportsman- ship. Mr. Art Ross. former Castlemont mentor, was pre- sented :1 Hum! hurseshne hy the Knights at impressive Open- ing game ceremonies. The Braves drew first hhmd in the seenml quarter. Frank Paieh threw a pass to Nnrman Cameron. sensatinnal end. who played the. game despite a hampered leg. Cameron. sur- ruunrh-rl hy three Knights. snagged the pigskin in midair. whirled arnund and seemed houml fur a tuuehdnwn. but was clipped frnm behind rm the Crusader 25. The Clipping offense eust the Knights 15 yards and placed the hall rm their 10 yard stripe. From that point Redskin hacks Tony Novak. Witiie Berna! and Paieh rirm'e tn the 3. On third down Paich dropped hack in pass. realized its futility antl drove over the line tor the score. The juhilant Warriors hamed their oppo- nents the remainder of the hali. anti jUst missed marking up ltm mnre trtuehtlmyns. Then came the fatal third quarter. The Knights were fired up. and before the lndians knew what happened, they had soured two tnuehtlnwns. It was an undeserved defeat tor the Redskins whu outp'ayetl the invaders in every depart- ment of the game for three quarters. MACK tk-FREMONT 6m-NietIlymuntis. hold eleven stag- gered through the Fremont tilt on the short end of a 6 to U seere. Trying vainly l0 chalk up their seeund victory. the Braves suffered a iumhfeitis complex an the kickofT. Alfred Guitterez and Paich fumhieti. Guitterez reenvered. hut Paieh was not as fortunate. Art Titus pounced tm Paichis fumble an the. McCiymnnds' 10-yard line. Titus. in two powerful lint- hucks. advanced tn the .1. where Center Sam EltchinoiT stopped him. In the third crushing drive, Titus plowed into the end zone. The comersinn was blocked. Mack's outstanding tackles, Kuuns and Silva. played their hearts out. as did James SkafT. hard working guard. liltchinoii and Aldo Calassi strengthened Mackis center de- fense in the absence of Center Victor Silva. injured in the Castle fray. MACK l9eTECI'INlCAL 7.vapringing to startling power. MeCiymonds conquering Warriors made history at the annual big game. with Technical. emerging from the shadow of defeat to crush the Bulldogs 19 t0 6 before a juhiianl Mack crowd that probably will never again witness such a thrilling spectacle. Although McCiymonds was the visiting school. spirit was at the highest peak it had been in years, and Technical fans were outnumbered two to one. Tech gave the Mackites heart failure in the first five min- utes of play. Utilizing a tricky shift. the Bulldogs marched straight to a touchdown which followed a pass from Pierson to Bestwick. XVas this game to end as the classics of the past? Was Tech to deprive the marauding Braves of a long desired big game victory? The indians had no intention of being rejected. In the second quarter, led by driving plunges of Bernal, the Cardi- nals moved the bail to Techis 3. On a trick play, Novak VCG went mer fur the touchdown. The conversion was blocked. The two squads battled to a tie up to the last three tninutes of play. In the drive to their second touchdown. the Warriors were stopped on the 3. On last down. Paich dropped back to try fur a field goal which went wide. Tech risked a pass frum the 20 which was good for ten yards. Another pass was attempted. hut Paich intercepted and was brought down on the Tech 20. After three unsuccessful attempts via the air route. a fourth was tried by Paich. The ball seemed to he headed nnwhere in particular, but Norman Cameron. out- standing: player oi the day. came from behind two Technites aml snagged the pass deep in the end zone to give the War- riurs the lead. Captain Bob Silva converted. Metiiymumis kicked off. Sal Guido took the hall on his 10 illiti returned tn the -'10. On first down. Tech tried a pass. Frank Paieh intercepted. lelti behind perfect blocking dashed tmmulestetl intu pay dirt. The Bulldogs threw the pigskin aruuml wildly. aml it landed in the arms of Bob Ramirez. whu parked it to the Tech 10. Before the Warriors could get under way In another tottchtlmvn, the gun sounded. ending a game that will remain in the memory of every Mackite. Cameron made four difficult catches. setting up the first. and making the Second touchdown. He played the best game. of his prep career on the gridiron, as did Bernal and Paich. MACK 0e OAKLAND 0.--Iiaving slowly. almost lazily pushed eat-h uther hack and forth o'er the mitl-fteid stripe, McClynmntls and Oakland remained tied in the league stami- ing.r with a scureless deadlock. Outstanding fur the Warriors was Bernal who set up a ehanee fur a score. but a fellow Brave was thrown for an 11-yard loss. nulhl'ying the threat. His hard line driving was felt hy the Oaks. James Skan shuwetl AlI-City caliher. as did Captain Silva and Kuuns. taekles. The two small packages of dynamite also played gnutl games with tricky running and speed in the open. Jim Hussu and Jim McGowan showed deceptive tactics in springing; free of wouhl-he tacklers. MACK 6 -UNIVERSITY M.-After a scoreless battle in three periods. Lady Luck. by a cruel wave of her anti- Warriur wand. turned down a fighting Mack football team with a 14- to 6 Count in the season's final skirmish against University. in the fnurth quarter. Mack l-urced the Cubs back to their 25 ehalkmark where. after a short pass over center, an interception by Mario Magnani proved fatal. He scooted up to the 30; eunfrnnted with Warrior tackiers. he iateraled to Sprutt who cashed in on the opportunity with a TOiyartl dash to the goal line. This did not stop the Cub scorin . They marched to the lmlian's 4, where Fred Parson went over to a score. Taking the kick off. fiery quarterback Jim Russo brought the Redskin meters to their feet by dodging and twisting his way for a beautiful 65-yard run. Then the Warriors came in life. On a tricky play, Tackle Kouns took the bail and registered a 23-yard gain. On three plays from the 7, Paich drove. it over, assisted by Aldo Lorenzi and 'Victor Silva. Tackles Silva and Kouns played their best game of the seasun. Another senior who piayeri outstanding football thruughnut the year. and topped his performances playing a brilliant game against the Cubs, was Victor Silva, Indiatfs varsity center. 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