Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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Rohde Altempis An End Run The safety came in the first quarter when a blocked Marin punt rolled over the goal line and a member of the northern squad tried to run it out. but was downed. Bispo blocked a kick soon afterwards and Garrett recovered and waded twenty-five yards for the touchdown. The referee called the game in the third quarter on account of darkness; Modesto had won 8 to 0. SACRAMENTO JUNIOR COLLEGE The last home game of the season saw Modesto go down to her second conference defeat and blasted all hopes of annexing the league championship. Sacramento won the game by a 6 to score. The team just was not itself. The old fire was lacking and the fellows could not seem to get to working together. The Panther score came in the second quarter when a pass placed the ball on the Blue and White eight yard line from where Sylva took it through left tackle and over in one try. The Pirates threatened to score twice in the second half. The first time the ball was carried to the one-yard line but there the Panther forward wall held and Sacramento took the ball on downs. The second time the Pirates got as far as the twelve-yard line where an unlucky fumble gave the ball to Sacra- mento just before the game ended. East and Garrett showed well for Modesto, while Rohde seemed to put new life into the team the few minutes he got into the game. The Sacramento line was an iron wall. It proved to be practically impregnable. In the back- field Captain Sylva was the outstanding performer for the visitors. [98]

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Cline Starting on a Line Buck in the Marin Game SAN MATEO JUNIOR COLLEGE A greatly weakened Pirate team faced San Mateo on November 3 and went down fighting, losing 18 to 14. This, the first conference defeat of the season, was a hard blow to take for it meant that Modesto lost her lead in the confer- ence race. San Mateo scored twice in the first half. Long end runs put the ball on the Blue and White eight yard line from where it was passed over the goal line for the first score. Shortly thereafter the fighting Pirates forced the Bull- dogs back to their own goal line and Modesto scored a safety on an attempted pass. Just before the half ended San Mateo scored again when they recovered a Modesto fumble on the Blue and White thirty-seven yard line from where the ball was finally carried over. Modesto ' s touchdowns came in the third quarter. Rex Ferrel received the opening kickofT and was downed on the Bulldogs ' forty-five yard line. From there the Pirate squad made a steady drive down the field to score. Shortly afterwards Ray East intercepted a pass and ran eighty yards through the opposing eleven for the other Modesto touchdown, placing Modesto in the lead for the only time during the game, the score being 14 to 12. Coach McFadden ' s men came back strong in the last quarter, marching through the crippled Pirate line to score the winning touchdown a few minutes before the end of the game. MARIN JUNIOR COLLEGE It was Armistice Day and it rained; the Mariners, because of stage trouble, did not show up until four-thirty, but, anyway. Modesto came through with a victory, winning 8 to by a safety and a touchdown. [971

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i: uccANEr ' Hawkins E. Johnson Harp Schwab Maithics Nugent Dennett Crispin Htll Sorem SAN JOSE STATE TEACHERS ' COLLEGE Modesto wound up a successful season on Thanksgiving when, playing its best game, the Pirate squad romped on San Jose State and took the Teachers into camp to the tune of 1 3 to 6. San Jose ' s touchdown came in the second quarter when Wolfe intercepted one of Captain Ray ' s passes and galloped eighty yards down the field to score. The Blue and White offensive got under way in the second half and two touchdowns were scored, the first by means of a blocked punt and the other at the conclusion of a pretty sixty yard drive in which every member of the team assisted in slashing the Spartan line wide open. On two other occasions the ball was carried to the fifteen-yard line. Almost the entire game was played in San Jose territory, the Pirates making eighteen first downs to the Teachers ' five. The team played as a unit, the line smothering every attack launched at it. In the backfield. each member strived to outshine the others and it is hard to say which succeeded the most. Treasure ers A great amount of credit for a successful football season is due to the Treas- ure Diggers, who, though not a really organized football team, gave the varsity practice in scrimmage, gave experience to green men. and provided McCart with a means of trying regulars in new positions. During the season many of the surrounding high schools were met and defeated by the Treasure Diggers. College of the Pacific Fresh were played twice. One of these games was a loss and the other a victory. In many of these games varsity regulars were tried out in strange positions. It is planned next year to form an organized second team to play a regular schedule of games as well as to scrimmage with the varsity and break in green material. [99 L N