Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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URTH CONSECUT LE WO Coach Jack Gardner In Hrs Flrs'I' Year Here Helps Brmg PlraI'e Baseball Team Info Anolher I'Is Four+h Champlonshrp As San Maleo Is Swamped In Crucral Games THEY PERPETUATE MJC TRADITION cl G LI yd y D gh? Sh d Dd By ROBERT I-IAMMATT Bur Io keep on wearing Ihe crown you ve gol +o defend your Ihrone And so one windy day Iasl Ivlarch a slrlng of Plrale base ballers eagerly Irolled onlo Ihe held and mro Ihelr places Io Iesr Themselves agannsr a hardened Irlple Irlo of Sacramenlo Junior college balmen. Nine Innings Iarerrhey found Jrhemselves losers by a 3 2 margin. So, a week Ialer, officially opening The NCJCC season, Ihey soundly ruffled Ihe Ivlenlo oullil 9 4m one game and I8 O In anolher Luke a modern monsoon Ihey galhered power and momenlum wllh each encounler Ivlarln was The TIFSI Io Ieel Ihelr Ihundery blasls IH a double blll Ihal ended 9 2 and 7 2 Bul even monsoons can be punclured and so w1Ih5an Ivlaleo admlnlslerlng Ihe pun polnl Jrhe Plrale baseballers cllmaxed Ihelr nexl weeIc's brace ofgames 'raking Ihe Ioser's porllon of 5 3 and 4 3 scores The following week agalnsl Marin again Ihe Buccaneer base ball mechanism gave hnnrs of again headlng slralosphereward, by Ioslng Ihe Iirsr balrle 5 4 and Ihen In Ihe second raking a 9 O vlcrory Buccaneer I936 Page 45 F O I V E T I T NI I . . I . . I I I ' , H , QS n 25. . is .v , I . . . Sf ' g C h ardner, Frank Triano, Howard Kingslon, John Thompson, Harold Schmiclf, Bob Winslow, o H' kl G I d L' g felr, George Picardo, George Galawayg sealed, Deno Morari, Frank Sieber, wr Moore, Vern d D ' J h Ch g I , Dave Jamme, George Blaney, Ralph Polidor . ,, . . . I . . ru - - , I

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Page 44 Buccaneer I936 played good defensive ball. Ivlo- deslo's championship hopes were deflaled mosl lhe week of Ivlar. I4- I 5, when San Francisco, baby member of lhe conference, ad- minislered a double lrimming lo lhe Pirales on lheir home courl. The scores were 28-2I and 29-27. Slill having an oulside chance lg lie for lhe league lille, IVIJC lraveled lo Ivlenlo, where lhey swamped lhe norlherners, 48-20 and 39-I6. In lhe firsl game, Frank Triano lied lhe conference record for scoring by ringing up lwenly-four poinls. The crucial series, lo delermine il lvlodeslo was slill lo have a chance al lhe lille, was played on lhe Pirale courllheweekof Feb.28-29. The firsl nighl, wilh bolh leams play- ing lheir besl offensive ball of lhe season, Sacramenlo nosed oul lhe Pirales by one poinl, 5I-50. before lhe year's Iargesl crowd. The second nighl, IVIJC's deliber- ale offense gave lhe Pirales com- plele conlrol of lhe game TI-IE Player Ayres, Roger - I-ICDOPSTER Home Sedalia, Ivlo. - - Irey, Arden - - Lodi - - Larsen, Vernon - Merced - Mangiarcina,Chas. - - Penryrl - Ivlorlon, Nal - Lodi - Orr, Kennelh - - Newman - Perry, Francis DSNGIF Perry, Olis - - Deflalf Radunich, Wm. - San Jose - Triano, Frank - Penryn - Winslow, Roberl IHQIGWOOCI Zinser, Glenn - Los Angeles lhroughoul, and Gardner's men won handily, 38-24. In lhe final league conlesls, Ivlodeslo won from Yuba al lhe norlhern cily in easy slyle, 45-24 and 47-27. Ken- ny Orr, playing his lasl game for IVIJC, was lhe slandoul man of lhe season. By scoring a bare six poinls in lhe lasl game, Frank Triano achieved his goal of 200 poinls for lhe year. Wilh lhe lwo Yuba viclories under lheir bells, lhe Swashbucklers finished lhe season in lhird place, having been in lhe lille running unlil lhe ballles wilh Sacramenlo. Con- sidering lhe lack of seasoned ma- lerial and sky-ranging forwards lhe baskelball season falls inlo lhe ranks of fairly successful in lhe words of Gardner. Frank Triano, sparkplug guard, was named all-INICJCC calibre al lhe climax of lhe league compe- lilion. Bill Radunich was named on lhe second-leam as pivol-man and Kenny Orr received honor- able menlion. ATAGLANCE Minules Poinls Posilion Played Made forward - - I26 - - I I cenler - - - - 240 - - I0 cenler - - - - 365 - - 23 forward - - - 495 - - 45 forward - - - 435 - - 47 forward - - I50 - - I I guard - - - 90 - - 5 guard - - - - 750 - - 33 cenler - - - 345 - - I26 guard - - - 888 - - 200 cenler - - - 270 - - I5 forward - - 570 - - 54

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59 e46 Buccaneer I936 WINNERS OF THE PENNANT e To righT Dwighi' Moore, Verne r gl G I d L g TIT LfT Shd,Jh Ch G gBl yRlphPld D dJ AT This poinT The ploT becomes soggy. MJC, if she wanTs To reTain her TiTle, musT win The resT oT her games-or aT leasT spliT every series. Seven more Times They rolled across The MJC ouTdoor TheaTer To The WesT bleachers. And Then The crises-The TesTs-The all-imporTanT TilTs againsT The red-shirTed Menlo men. They drove in- To ThaT aggregaTion oT baseballmen wiTh such Tury To Talce The big dog's share oT 2 I-2 and 7-2 scores. And now They saw Themselves in a Tie Tor The NCJCC headpiece. The same crown incidenTally ThaT has adorned The head oT lVlJC's myThical PiraTe Tor The pasT Three years. Leveling oTT againsT San Francisco Junior College, The Swashbuclclers rouTed Those meTropoliTan invaders in The TirsT game, and 6-3 in The nexT. And Then an- oTher crucial clash, This Time againsT The TradiTional rival-San lVlaTeo. BUT iT was also saTely passed wiTh Two wins, 2 I-3 and 7-I. And again The spoils oT vicTory lie aT The shoesTrings oT lVlJC's baseballers. And now a word Tor Those champions who made The PiraTe Team a champion nine. Deno MoraTi covered The caTcher's assignmenT, ably assisTed by DwighT Moore. Dave Jamme, John Thompson and Bob Winslow were in charge oT The oTTensive operaTions Trom The piTcher's mound. The inTield sTrip was guarded by CapTain Frank Sieber, l-loward KingsTon, John Changala, and Verne Schrader, while in The Tar-Tlung ouTTield deTenses Garland LingerTelT, George Galaway, George Picardo and Ralph Polidoro were in charge. To all oT Them a cheer, Tor TogeTher They upheld an MJC TradiTion. To Jack