Roosevelt High School - Lariat Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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The second NlcClymonds game proved better than the flrst. It was closeg so close in fact that the Crimson nine were blanked ':One run. No hits' VVhile his mates were being fooled, Mac Williaiiison fooled the Warriors and let them down with four hits. Three of these hits were scratchy ones. The final score was 2 to 0. The team played well on the defensive, but were bafHed when at bat. Olson was the only man who was able to hit out of the infield. Going completely to pieces, the Roosevelt boys lost their second game to Fre- mont by a 9 to I count. Errors by Robosson, Doug Close and Mac Williamson proved too big a handicap to Coach Fitzpatrick's nine. The Tigers scored against Roosevelt every inning. Culp's triple was the only .hit besides Niehaus' double that made things look normal. The Roosevelt varsity proved to be poison for the Uni Cubs as far as the O. A. L. was concerned as they beat the Grove Street School 3 to 2. Wilbur Jamison twirled a two hit game, and the Presidents came close to losing all the glory for him, but they did pull the contest out of the fire. In the last of the ninth, with two out, besides trailing 2 to I the Reds rose to fight. Cederborg doubled, Culp tripled and Niehaus singled to score two runs and win the game. This proved a mighty good example for the saying T he game's never over till the last man's out. The scores for the other two games were: Roosevelt 65 Oakland 5. Roosevelt 4 3 Tech 5. Coach Fitzpatrick and Roosevelt will be fortunate next year when Olson, Robosson, Culp, Niehaus, Sinibaldi, Cederborg, and Jamison return to uniform. Every one of these men is a ballplayer that will make the high school stronger in baseball next season. Frenchy Mesple, Tom Rogers, Al Falio, Henry Deme and Jackson will probably fill the places left empty by graduation. Eigh ty-two

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the initial Usacki' this ball season than last year. He struck out few times and hit often. His fielding was high class and snappy. Jack Close caught and played right field like a veteran. His pegs', were fast and acurate, once they got started. Orville Culp held down third base and right field a good part of the time. He hit the first homer of the season at Roosevelt, a Hy over the fence. Dave Hatch and Ralph 'Cederborg both played first base, depending on the side the opposing pitcher hurled from- Dave was a right-hander and Cederborg a left-hander. Dave was a hard hitter and death to low pegs. What Cederborg lacked in playing ability, he more than made up in fight and pep. The team dropped the first 0. A. L. game to McClymonds 6-4. It was lost by Roosevelt's costly errors and lack of hitting in the Hpinchesf' The boys did not support Wilbtir Jamison in his first appearance. The contest with Fremont, the league leaders, found the Crimson nine working like a machine, but, in the fifth inning with a one run lead, the machine weakened-Doug Close blew up. The final score was 6-3. This was the first game that showed the results of Coach Tommyls work on the 'team's weakness -batting. The Reds got five hits. Next followed the seven inning meet- ing with University High in which the Crimson nine got off on a batting spree and defeated the Cubs 8-4. While his team mates were having their fun, VV il- bur Jamison was hurling a four-hit game. VVhiteyf' Olsen, 'fMerv Robosson and Jamison collected seven of their mates eleven bingles. This win was very un- expected as University High was rated strong in comparison with the Riders. Eighty-om:

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'L -Track OOSEVELTFS track team is the best and strongest aggregation of athletes that has ever been put forth by this school. Ouzr track team is getting better each succeeding year. This statement is proved by the fact that in the O.A.L. track meet in 1925 Roosevelt took sixth place with six points, and in 1926 the team took fifth place with seven points, while this season Roosevelt is fourth with fifteen points to her credit. If the team continues to improve, it will not be long before Roosevelt will be among the best in track. Maurice 6'Buck', Baker, captain of the team, is one of the best and most per- sistent point-getters for Roosevelt in all the meets in which the school has partici- pated. HBuck', runs the century and two- twenty, and in both events he is one of the best sprinters in the Oakland High Schools. In last year's meet Buck took second place in the Ioo and 220. Buck's century time was 10.2, a fifth of a second over the present O. A. L. record. Buck was clocked at ten seconds flat by two watches,but the officials declared the time 10.2 because of a slight breeze blowing behind his back. In the furlong Baker's time was equally as brilliant as in the cen- tury and stamps him a real college possi- bility as a dash man. Buck broke the ribbon the second time in 22.6. At the end of the two-twenty Buck was lead- ing Graves of Tech and Hunter of Oak- land by a good three yards. In the four-forty Roosevelt is sup- ported by two good runners who are Klenneth Derby and Don McPherson. Derby, who has been elected captain of next yearis team, has two O. A. L. meets to his credit, but he lacks the determina- tion that McPherson possesses. Derby gave Gibson of University quite a chase, but he finished up his race badly. Derby's time is 5414.---Don McPherson- isqust-a --- new man among track circles, as he was out for practice only two weeks before the O. A. L. meet. In the meet McPherson took third place over Kneal of Fremont. Eighty-three