Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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Captain East Gets Loose on an End Run Represented by a team of championship caliber, Modesto ended the season in third place in the California Coast Conference, having won five, tied one and lost two conference games. Lady Luck was unkind to the Pirates in mid- season, taking several regulars out of the game with illness and injuries. COLLEGE OF THE PACIFIC The annual Pacific-Modesto first game of the season took place at Stock- ton on September 29, when C. O. P.. winning 21 to 20. chalked up her sixth consecutive victory over the Blue and White. Pacific ' s first touchdown came in the opening period. In the second quarter Modesto ' s offensive got under way. A series of passes put the ball on the Black and Orange ten yard line from where Captain East carried it over for the first Pirate touchdown of the season. In the second half the Pacific team came back fighting and netted two touchdowns, making the score at the start of the last quarter 21 to 7 in favor of the Tigers. And then came the lucky break in the form of a fumble by Countryman, which was recovered and turned into a score for Modesto by Gilbert Johnson. With but a few minutes left in which to decide the outcome, the Blue and White eleven slowly pushed the Black and Orange team back to its own goal line and Captain Ray again carried the ball over, bringing the score up to 20 to 21. A silence settled over the stadium as the two teams lined up for the try for conversion. Little Art Rohde received the ball and made as if to drop kick, but instead passed to Ferrel — a pass that was short by inches — and the suspense was over. Pacific had won again. [94J ■ M - --- • —

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»JI - Bispo Plays Leap Frog With a Chico Back CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE On October 6 Modesto traveled to San Luis Obispo to meet the California Polytechnic Institute in the first conference game for both schools which re- sulted in a scoreless tie. The Pirates threatened to score four times, but each time the final punch was lacking and Cal. Poly took the ball on downs. In the second quarter Captain East got loose in returning a punt but he was downed on the fifteen yard line by the last man between him and the goal line. In the closing minutes of play. Modesto opened up with a passing attack in a final attempt to score. One pass was completed for fifty-two yards and the Pirates seemed to be on the way to a touchdown, but the whistle blew before any points could be piled up. The game was featured by the spectacular line plunges of Captain Ray and little Art Rohde, and the punting of Lyle Jackson. MHNLO PARK JUNIOR COLLEGE Menlo Park J. C. furnished the opposition for the Pirate eleven in the first home game of the season. Modesto went on a scoring spree and when the smoke of battle cleared away the score stood Menlo 6, Modesto 38. The game started with a bang when Rohde received the opening kickofl and carried the ball straight down the field to score the first touchdown. Menlo made her lone tally a short time later when a Modesto punt was blocked and Parslow recovered the ball and trotted over the goal line. From then on Modesto scores came thick and fast until at the end of the game there could be no doubt as to where the wreath of victory belonged. [951