Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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tf - ' a , - Haighl Schroder Couch McCurt Lamb Slivers H. Johnson G. Johnson Hanson Lee Ducart Rohde Purdm Bispo E. Johnson Satow Baseball The Modesto Junior College baseball team played four conference games during a short season, losing all of them. The team lost to San Mateo by one point, twice. The Bulldogs later annexed the championship by defeating Sacramento on the Modesto diamond. The squad was coached by Marion McCart and captained by Arendt Rohde. SAN MATEO - MODESTO Modesto tangled with San Mateo in the initial encounter of the season. The peninsular squad won the game by an 8 to 7 score. Although Johnson and Moore allowed but seven hits and Modesto tallied eleven off of the Bulldog heaver, errors on the part of the McCartlings helped in the runs for San Mateo. Trailing by three points at the start of the ninth inning, the Pirates staged a rally in their period at bat and came within one point of tying the score. With Bispo on third and no outs it looked as if the score were as good as tied, but the next two Blue and White batters fanned, the third one grounded out, and Modesto ' s chance was gone. Bispo played a good game behind the bat. Johnson started on the mound but was a bit unsteady and was relieved by Moore who went in and pitched good ball. SACRAMENTO - MODESTO In the second conference game of the season Modesto was badly beaten by Sacramento. The score was 14 to 2. [112] — - £ ' ' '

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H si s5 O son and Woods Subduing ihc Mann Doubles Team With Morris and Smith of C. O. P. staging a three-hour, fifty-five set battle in which Morris was finally vanquished as a feature of the day, the Pirate squad again brought home the bacon when they defeated College of the Pacific, at Stockton. 6 to 3. All matches were won except the first three singles. Morris, Woods, Strain, Olson and Peterson represented Modesto. On April 27 Marin invaded Modesto and went down to defeat before the Blue and White team six matches to one. The surprise match of the day was the win of Hotchkiss. of Marin, over Morris. Strain. Woods. Olson and Guth all won their singles matches. The doubles also proved to be Pirate victories. Modesto again defeated C. O. P. on May 1 at Modesto, winning five out of seven matches, Morris, Woods, Olson, Strain and Guth all won their singles matches. Pacific conquered in the doubles. The Blue and White squad suffered a setback when on May 4 San Mateo came to Modesto and tucked away a six to nothing victory. A four-man team composed of Morris. Woods, Strain and Guth represented Modesto. Modesto sent a four-man team to the conference match at Stanford in which seven junior colleges were entered. Morris and Woods were entered in the singles, and two teams, one of Morris and Olson and the other of Woods and Strain, were entered in the doubles. Morris won his first match, defeating Tilden of California Poly, in straight sets, but lost his second match to Ply- mire of Menlo. Hotchkiss of Marin, bested Woods, and Morris and Olson lost to the San Mateo team. The Marin doubles entrant defeated Strain and Woods. San Mateo won first honors for the day. Modesto placed fourth. U.

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The Sacramento Game Modesto scored twice in the first two innings, holding the Panthers scoreless in the meantime. 7 he first Sacramento run came in the third inning and after that everything went wrong. Flies were dropped and throws to first were wild, as the men from the capital city brought in thirteen runs in the next three innings and prevented the Pirates from adding to their two tallies. The game was then as good as over, as neither side scored in the last three periods. Batting honors of the day went to E. Johnson. In four trips to the plate he knocked out two singles and a double. SAN MATEO - MODESTO With Modesto ' s first conference victory seemingly in the bag as San Mateo came to bat in the ninth, Pirates were once more disappointed when the Bull- dogs tied the score in that inning, and put across another run in the tenth to again defeat Modesto by one point. The final score was San Mateo 2, Modesto 1. At the conclusion of this, the last game of the season. Modesto was trailing the rest of the conference, having lost four games and won none. Chase started in the box for Modesto and pitched a good game until the seventh inning when he allowed three hits. Moore replaced him and with the bases full retired the side, allowing no runs. The Pirate team played the best game it played all season, being barely nosed out by the future conference champions. If such good ball had been played in other games Modesto would certainly have been in the running in the conference race. SACRAMENTO - MODESTO In what proved to be a repetition of the first Sacramento encounter, Modesto was defeated by a 1 4 to 4 score in the last game of the season.