Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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Sfarling omL wifh whal appeared +0 be a conference championship nine. Coach AmL DiHberner's Bucs go+ Jrhe bad end of lhe breaks and were conlenl +0 finish in Jrhe cenlral porlion of Jrhe circuhL ladder. Lack of relielc pi+ching proved coslly +0 Jrhe Pirales. Louie Bronzan. leading Buc moundsman. lurned in some maslerlul performances during The season. buwL +hey were nol enough +0 keep The Pirales on The vic- Jrory road. George Zynda. alfhough a slrong sfarler. was never really able +0 be counlecl on +0 go Jrhe roufe. Vern Smilh and Bob PiHerini were oHlimes called upon for relielc dufies. bu1L inexperience and lack of con+rol proved +hem impolenl. The brighf side of Jrhe Pirale campaign was +he bal- ling power displayed by such sfars as RobemL Gond- ring, Bob PiHerini. Joe Frei+as. Bob Lei+zke. and Vern Smifh. All 0T +he above quimLewL balled a .300 clip or beHer. Delensively Anlon Slrangio and LeHZke made a formidable pair around Jrhe keyslone sack. The season's opener againsf San Maleo ended In a splil for +he Pirales. Bronzan lurned in a +hree hiHer in +he opening game +0 +urn back +he Bulldogs 2 +0 I. In +he seven-inning nighfcap. +he Bucs were bealen 3 +0 2 despife a brilliamL st-hH performance by Zynda. PiHerini was Jrhe leading baHer wilh Jrwo hi+s in live frips +0 +he plafe. Sacramenlo JC allorclecl Jrhe Bucs +heir second con- ference opposifion. This doubleheader also ended in a sPlH: Modes+o +aking Jrhe opener I7 lo l6 in a grueling +hree hour affair. and Jrhe Panlhers emerg- ing on Jrhe long end of a 5 +0 2 coumL in Jrhe second game. Highlighl o1c Jrhe inilial con+es+ was a home run by FreHas wiJrh Jrhe bases loaded. Coach DiHberner's boys Jrurnecl back such noled learns as Jrhe Slockfon Air Base nine 4 +0 3, +he Mer- cecl Flyers. Mafher Field. and several capable high school leams. Pirafe baHing power sfood 0qu as +he Jream's moswL valuable assel. Firer Baseman Pillerini aHer a slow s+ar+ found his baHing eye and finished +he season well above Jrhe .300 mark. Leifzke. perhaps +he momL confidenf JFielder on Jrhe squad. provided plener of punch a+ +he plafe. Freilas clubbed +he ball well and held down +he +hird base posi+ion in fine s+yle. Shor+- slop Slrangio dicl n01L prove himseht +00 polen+ a+ Jrhe plafe. bunL Jrurned in a whale of a ball game af Jlhe shorlpalch. The ouHield provided such slugging slars as Vern Smilh. Gondring, and Ray Marxmiller. They all Top row, left to right : Coach Art DiHberner John Kamps Lou Bronvan Don Wolfe Vern 5 I - , .. . . . , . J a , , , mzth, ClzuckH I ' 'v hob szrcrzm, and Bob Gondrmg. Bottom row, left to mght: George Keene, 101m Boonos, Fred Keene Bill Klillg 11532 gigzlti: gllgf, Jones, Bob Lettzke, Antawqye Strangio, and Harold Anderson. ,- 3 V y , m WWW' ,