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

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baseball Pirate Baseballers added an- other iirst t0 the growing laurels of this years athletic history by Winning the Easter Baseball Tournament held annually at Long Beach during Easter Vaca- tion. The Pirates were eliminated in, the semi-fmals 0f the consola- tion bracket in the Citrus Tourn- ament. Bill White was picked from among 800 athletes as Hall tournamentii second baseman. With the Log going to press in the middle of basball season the statistics are incomplete. At this point the leading batters during league competition are Harold Caldwell With a .434 bat- ting average and Steve J ohnson with a .428 batting average. Coast,s two leading hitters to this point for the entire season are Steve Johnson With a .376 average and Bill White With a .366 average. With the first round of East- ern Conference competition a little more than half completed; Orange Coast is riding high in second place. Team Captains for this year's edition of Pirate Baseball are Harold Caldwell and Bill White.

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OCC VARSITY BASKETBALL 1963-64 Season Record Opponent Palomar El Camino USC Frosh Cerritos Hancock LA Harbor Santa Ana Riverside Cerritos Long Beach CC Norton Air Force Citrus San Bernardino Santa Ana Chaffey Fullerton Mt. San Antonio San Bernardino Citrus Riverside Grossmont Southwestern Santa Ana Chaffey Fullerton Mt. San Antonio San Bernardino Citrus Riverside Southwestern Grossmont I feel that we finished up with a tremendous amount of spirit, hustle and desire. This, of course, came from every player. Our all-around spirit from the bench was very good, which is the way it should be? remarked head basketball coach Alan Sawyer upon the conclusion of the 1964 basketball season. This year the cagers finished in a four-way tie for fifth posi- tion in the Eastern Conference race. ttWe were picked for fifth and we finished fifth? Sawyer said at the conclusion of the sea- son. For Pirate fans, the most exciting game of the year was also the most disappointing. The game was the 70-65 triple over- time loss to Riverside, the even- tual state champion. In pre-season action the cag- ers fmished with a 6-7 record. Included were a fourth place fin- ish in the Chaffev Tournament and a third place in the San Ber- nardino Tourney. Mr. Everything on this years team was Leon Hamilton. The flashy guard from Indiana led the team in overall scoring and league scoring. For the entire season he collected 390 points for a 13.9 average. In league play he scored 287 points for a 15. 9 average. TWo-year lettermen were J 1m Cook, Wesley Cowling, Hamile ton, Mike Kiniry, Mike Lange, Larry Walker and Raul Con- treras, statistics keeper. First-year lettermen were A1- len Batty, J eff Bland, J ohn Dris- coll, Richard Elliott, Andrew Foster, Jim Scoles and Kelly Bane, assistant coach and scout. Gunder Olafson, transfer, was also on the squad. ttThe boys who finished the season with us did an outstand- ing job; particularly in the last five games, said Sawyer. one-hundred ele'v en

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Ia OCUS baseball fomes consisted of bottom mw, l to 7 : Tom Gill- mcm, Bill White, Hamld Cald- Farm Club Baseball Team ant 7010, left to Tight: Dave Aboud Don K olasinski Bob Compton Chip Newcomb well, Dale Townsend and Scott Duncan, Middle row, l to 7': Jim Millan , Dave Cottington, Jim Curtis, Steve Johnson and Phil Middle 7010, left to Tight: Tim Thompson Cliyf an'phy Term; M emner Rex Stmther Tom Fisk WNW Spillen Top Tow, l to 7 : Ron Swift, John. Vickers, Dick Hef- ler, Gunder Olafson and Coach Wendell Pickens. Back row, left to right: Don Pollamd Manager Vic Lemis Dave N ickens J ohn Vickens Coach Wonacott