Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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Buccaneer I936 Page 53 INTRAMURAL SPORTS HAVE FIRST BIG YEAR BaslceTball Tennis Rifle, Track, WresTling, Boxing, Table Tennis, and Handball lnclude EvenTs On This Year's Program' Boxing WresTling Card-Is Thriller. REMEMBER KREIS AND LOVELACE W k By JULIUS J OLI-IASSO mural aThleTlcs under The able direcTion oT Coach Paul KurTz and Managers Elmer STropplni and Donald McDonald boomed This year Tar beyond expecTaTions lnTended pr1mar1lyTo creaTe a greaTer inTeresT in all Types oT sporTs This year s lnTramurals ex ceed Their purpose by Turnishing maTerral Tor several varsiTy Teams The TirsT inTramural evenT on The year s program was The run ning oTT oT Three baskeTball leagues Tollowed by handicap Tennis riTle TournamenT handball Table Tennis and The gala wresT The close oT The season BaslceTball play boasTed Three regular leagues club lndepend enT and gym Tor which awards were given and a nlghT league conducTed under TournamenT rules buT w1ThouT The awards WiTh nlneTeen Teams parTlci paTing in TiTTy six games The Three leagues Tlnished The season as Tol lows The Pre Meds won The club league TiTle while The College KiTchen easily Took The independ enT crown Nelson s All STars won The gym league champion ship I I 2 l . . . Melvin Lovelace, Bill Erwin, Fred al er, Dean McCauley, Gordon Mowrer. ModesTo Junior College inTra- ling and boxing program held aT , . 1 I T ' 1 ' I , . - I ' . . ' . . u ' - ' ' I 1 ' I I I ' I i 1 ' ' - I

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PGQG 52 Buccaneer I936 RIFLEMEN SHOW IMPROVEMENT ComparaTiveIy Unsuccessful Rifle Team Shows Improvemeni' As Season Enclsg CapTain KenneTh Zierenberg, Only VeTeran STucIenT, Upholds RepuTaTion As Ace Marlcsman. COLLEGE MARKSMEN IN VARIOUS POSITIONS By RAYMOND E. MINNERS CenTersTaTe champions IasT year, cellar-holders oT The league This season! Lacking seasoned maTeriaI, ThaT was The pIighT oT MJC's riTIemen, who won only Two maTches This year. Sopho- more KenneTh Zierenberg was The only member To reTurn Trom IasT year's championship Team. Com- posed oT green men, The squad was unable To compeTe in The year-end shooT aT AnTioch, where The TiTIe rounds were Tired IasT year. InTramural riTlers Took parT in a TournamenT sTaged during The Tall semesTer by Ivlanager Elmer STroppini. DespiTe The TacT ThaT The squad was never in The running Tor The league TiTIe, The ToTaI average score oT The group improved more Than IOO poinTs beTore The season was over. ConsisTenT high scorers included Zierenberg, Elm- er STroppini, Joseph Jones, Don- ald Gibson and Elmo Lane. IvlodesTo's opponenTs in The WinTer League compeTiTion This year included The Tollowing clubs: Turloclc Civilians, IvlodesTo RiTIe Club, Swiss Club, and Company A and Company C oT The NaTion- al Guards. Dr. John F. Pobanz, who Tool: over The coaching reins This year, musT be congraTuIaTed Tor puT- Ting a Team in compeTiTion aT all This season. Members oT The Team in The order oT Their ranking were: Zier- enberg, Jones, Gibson, Lane, STroppini, William STebbins, Joseph Ruddy, and I-Iorace Mac- Caughey.

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Page 54 Buccaneer I936 Donald McDonald, James Ush- er and l-Iugh Wallace placed TirsT, second and Third in The rifle meeT held lasT Fall. Under The maTch rules, no varsiTy gunner was allow- ed To parTicipaTe. Sam Turner, a new man Trom Los Angeles, won The handicap Tennis TournamenT. Tommy Mann, varsiTy No. I sTar, placed second. AbouT ThirTy-Tive conTesTanTs were enTered in The eliminaTion TournamenT. New: This year was The inTra- mural Table Tennis compeTiTion, which saw George Maze, Tommy Mann, and Bob l-lall win TirsT, sec- ond, and Third in ThaT order. More Than ThirTy enTranTs Took parT in The maTches. AT The close oT The TournamenT, Maze was challenged To an exhibiTion maTch by ,Coach Jack Gardner, who won aTTer a biTTerly-ToughT Three- seT maTch. The inTramural maT and boxing program, held early in The Spring semesTer, boasTed The largesT aT- Tendance oT any inTramural evenT ThroughouT The year. Dean Mc- Cauley, TeaTherweighT boxer, eked ouT a win over Frank Pearson To make himselT a Two-year cham- pion Tor his class. lvlelvin Love- lace won in boTh The lighTweighT and welTerweighT classes by Two knockouT bouTs. ln The Tormer, he scored a one-round knockouT over Ralph Polidoro. ln The heavier class, Lovelace Technical- ly knocked ouT Jimmy Kreis in The wildesT bouT of The whole pro- gram. Bill Erwin Took The middle- weighT class crown wiTh a slashing vicTory over WalTer Yelland, and Arden lrey pounded ouT a win over Bob Winslow To win The heavyweighT class. In The wresTling evenTs, Gordon lvlowrer deTeaTed Glenn Zinser Tor The welTerweighT TiTleg Fred Walker won boTh middle and lighT-heavyweighT TiTles wiTh wins over James SmiTh and James STeTan. Arden lrey won The heavyweighT wresTling champion- ship by ouTclassing STubby Johnson. BEST OF THE INTRAMURAL LOT . . . ElsworTh Covell, Ofis Perry, Clyde Noifingham, Donald Rhineharf, Vernon Larson, Bob Hall, Kennefh Zierenberg, ,Bill F I D' T G g M y