Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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I East Wins the 220 at Berkeley Although (because of a stiff wind) no records were broken, every member of the squad came through and gave his best as is proved by the one-sided Pirate victory. With Captain Ray East unable to compete, Modesto depended on Roy Styles to bring home the bacon in the dashes. Tying the conference record, he took a first in the century, tied for third in the 220 and placed first in the broad jump with a leap of 22 feet, 5 -vj inches to win the high point cup with 1 1 ' ,2 points. Al Novo was but a quarter of a point behind Styles. He won the mile easily, took another first in the 880, and ran a great lap in the relay. Jackson took first in the high hurdles, second in the lows, and third in the broad jump to score 1 markers. Modesto was presented with the championship cup and the relay cup. The high point cup went to Roy Styles. Point winners received medals. Blue and White points were scored as follows: Mile — Novo, first: Miles, fourth. Time, 4:39.2. 100- Yard Dash — Styles, first. Time, : 10 flat. 440-Yard Dash — Ferrel, second. 120-Yard High Hurdles — Jackson, first: Eriksen, second. Time. :15.4. 880-Yard Run— Novo, first: Reid. third. Time, 2:03.8. 220-Yard Dash — Styles, tied for third. 220-Yard Low Hurdles — Jackson, second. Shot put — Bispo. first: P. Johnson, fourth. Distance, 44 feet, 2 i Discus — C. Johnson, first: P. Johnson, third. Distance. 131 feet. 1 Broad Jump — Styles, first: Jackson, third: Eriksen, tied for fourth, tance, 22 feet, 5.3 inches. Javelin — Pedersen. first. Distance. 170 feet. 8 inches. High Jump — Anderson, tied for third. Pole Vault — Olson, first. Height. 1 1 feet, 3 inches. Relay — Won by Busano, Watts, Novo, Ferrel. Time, 3:36.2. 11091 nches. inch. Dis-

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. 880-Yard Run — Novo, first; Reid, second; Miles, fourth. Time, 2:03. Broad Jump — Jackson, first; Eriksen, second. Distance, 21 feet, 10 inches. Pole Vault — Olson, second. Discus — C. Johnson, first; P. Johnson, second. Distance. 130 feet. 83 inches. Shot Put — P. Johnson, third; C. Johnson, fourth. Javelin — Ferrel, second. Mile Relay — Won by Busano, Ferrel, Novo, and Watts. Time, 3; 33.1. WEST COAST RELAYS Placing in four events, Modesto, with fourteen points, tied with College of the Pacific for fourth place in Class B at the Fresno Relays. Joe Bispo was the Pirate hero of the day, taking first in the shot put with a heave of 44 feet, 2 inches to break the Class B record. Jackson placed second to Raster of Fresno in the 120-yard high hurdles. Clarence Johnson tossed the platter out 133 feet, 7j4 inches, to place third in the discus. Third place was captured by the Blue and White two mile relay team composed of Reid. Weaver, Miles, and Novo. Jim Corson, Pirate track coach, won the discus in Class A with a toss of 151 feet. 2 inches. He competed for the Olympic Club. THE CONFERENCE MEET The conference track meet was held on Morris Field on May 4. Eight junior colleges competed and Modesto, last year ' s champions, ran off with first honors, taking ten out of a possible fourteen first places and scoring 70 yi points. Sacramento was second with 33 ' -{ points. The other schools finished as follows: California Polytechnic 16, San Mateo 1 5 ; j , Mcnlo 6, Marin 5]- , Santa Barbara 4}j, Santa Rosa 2. [108J -- j- ' -iiJ '

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Tennis Winning four, tying one, and losing two dual matches, the Modesto Junior College tennis team of 1929 went through a successful season. On May 11 the squad placed fourth in the conference match held at Stanford. Marion McCart coached and managed the team. Modesto ' s first tennis match was on April 6. when a team composed of Morris. Woods. Strain. Ransom and Guth journeyed to the Sutter Lawn Tennis Club in Sacramento to go down to defeat before the Sacramento squad. Morris and Guth won their singles matches, but the remaining matches, three singles and two doubles, were lost. The final score was Sacramento 5. Modesto 2. One week later the Pirates again met Sacramento, this time at Modesto. A four man team composed of Morris, Woods, Strain and Guth competed for Modesto. Morris. Woods and Strain won their singles matches. The fourth singles and the two doubles went to Sacramento, thus tying the score with three matches apiece. Winning eight matches out of nine, Modesto easily defeated the Marin squad on the Berkeley Tennis Club Courts on April 20. Strain, second man, lost his singles match in a close three-set affair. The Blue and White team was composed of Morris, Strain, Woods, Guth, Olson and Ransom. I [110] - -.- -..-f -i