Orange Coast College - Log Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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BASEBALL The ' 58 version of the Pirate baseball ma- chine was no exception to the high qual- ity of previous aggregations — a standard that had produced six conference titles, two Southern Cal and one state cham- pionship. The Buccos opened conference play Mar. 14 with a 3-1 decision over Chaffey. Only Mt. San Antonio, which had sworn to end the Pirate domination, appeared capable of preventing diadem No. 7. Pickens ' crew warmed up to the conference tussles with a practice slate that included six wins against but one setback — and that to the UCLA varsity, 5-0. Victims included Long Beach CC twice, 6- 1 and 3-1; Compton, 5- 1; El Ca- mino twice, 3-1 and 6-4, and Harbor, 8-4. Dividing the hurling chores for the non-conference triumphs were Don Isaacs and Wally Wasinack. Gary Green added mound strength following the end of basketball. In addition to the above trio, Pickens usually went with an infield of Bob Chaney or Buddy Thompson, catching; John Loyd or Gary Johnson, lb; Art Lagunas, 2b; Green or Bob Hol- brook, 3b; John Van Ornum, ss. Out- field berths were filled by Val Wiethorn, Bob Lagunas, Lovell Smith, and Loyd. SQUAD — (I to r], Row 1: D. wittiof Pickens (coach). Row 2: J. Swiderski (asst. coach). Row 3; R. Reese, B. Sutton,

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