Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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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

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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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Buccaneer I936 Page 55 RALLY COMMITTEE IS' ACTIVE John Babcock, Omer Crane and Clare CaTTerson Are VeTeran Members: Harvey Koehn Leads Group As Chairman: SacramenTo Caravan ls Organized. 1-'9 Beginning wiTh Three veTerans, The Rally CommiTTee selecTed members early in The year and wiTh iTs guoTa oT Ten members and a yell leader organized and spon- sored a varieTy oT programs. The Three sophomores were John Babcock, Omer Crane and Clare CaTTerson. New members were Marshall ATkinson, Bill STeb- bins, Paul CouTure, Jack Brinker- hoTT, Ralph TrouT, Lee VincenT, l-larvey Koehn and Bob Eley. CrediT Tor The enThusiasm evi- denced by The sTudenTs in as- semblies and games goes To Bob Eley. The TirsT major evenT oT The year was a caravan Trip To Sacra- menTo. Cars were decoraTed, megaphones were provided and an enThusiasTic group made The Trip. The TeaTu re oT The Tall acTiviTies T BOB ELEY . . . puts Them Through The paces. was The Rally parade and bonTire preceding The San MaTeo game. ColorTul TloaTs were enTered in The parade. A program was held on The baseball diamond where a huge bonTire had been bui T. THE BOYS WITH THE BLUE-WHITE HATS . . . Sfanding, Saverio Cimino, Elmer Winger, Paul CouTure, Marshall ATkinson, Clare CaTTerson, Td D'kVl hJh Bb kH eyKoehn.