Roosevelt High School - Lariat Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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c-c fe - tie: BASEBALL Coach ' roiiiiiiy Fit .patrick was forced to develop practicalh ' a new infield for his 1928 basehall varsity. With the exception of Captain Russell VVhitey Olsen at shortstop, ever - member of last year ' s inner garden had graduated. With four veterans returning, the outfield loomed to become the strength of the varsity. Two of the players were letterman while the others were graduates from the second team of last season. With good pitching Roosevelt ' s pennant hopes might have been brighter. Coach Fitzpatrick retained Henr ' Demc and Phil Davidson to do the bulk of the mound work. Llo d Knight, a southpaw, was the third member of the Roughrider hurling staff. ' I om Rogers was scheduled to do most of the catching. In Harry Aho, the team had good reserve strength in the receiving department. It did not take many practice sessions for Coach Fitzpatrick to discover his new infield. Ernie Perry cinched first base with steady fielding. Captain Olsen ' s guardian mate was Pete Vierra, also playing his first year for Roosevelt. Al Lamar was stationed at third base with Ray Turnball as reserve material. Ralph Blub Whitney filled the role of general utility- man as he proved capable of playing any fielding position on the team. With one exception, the outfield was filled by the same pla ers of last season ' s varsity nine. Caesar Sinibaldi, playing his third year under Crimson colors, again took care of the centerfield territory. Orville Shorty Culp was stationed in right- field for the second consecutive year. Leftfield was under the guidance of John French Mesple, another recruit from the second squad of last season. Carl Hut .ler was kept for reserve strength in the outfield positions. Winning four of six practice games, the Crimson nine enjoyed a good practice season. Concordia took the first tilt, 6 to 4. A late rally gave the Roughriders their first victory of the year, Alameda being the victim of a 3 to 2 defeat. Seveniy-scven

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r C=-c- ■ - Xv . i(»l cQ, .X2 - p f: v Over-Confident — Defeat ! Oakland Wildcats, rated as the weakest team in the league, scored their first win of the season against Roosevelt who later won the championship! A scoring spurt in the second quarter netted the Wildcats a substantial lead and Roosevelt was on the short end of a 22 to 16 score when the final gun sounded. The Highly Touted Bulldogs Captured Roosevelt secured an equal grip with Technical on the championship, taking the last official league game from the Bulldogs, 17 to 15. The Technites sent in their usual shock troops to start the game, but Roosevelt did all of the shocking b) ' piling up a four point lead before their opponents could get settled. Champions ! The Harmon Gymnasium in Berkele - was the scene of the play-off game in which Roosevelt nosed out Technical, 21 to 20, for the 1928 C). A. L. championship. Trailing 18 to 13 with only one quarter to play, the Crimson five displayed splendid form to outclass the favorites in the final period and take the first major O. A. L. championship in the school ' s athletic history. Final O. A. L. Basketball Standings O. A. L. Basketball Team, Team If. L. 1928 Roosevelt ' 5 1 F— Keith Singleton, Roosevelt Technical + - r- r o i i? •M r ] J 7 r — (jeorge rarker, Fremont McLlvmonds . .i t, ' Fremont 2 3 C — Bill Coughlin, Technical Oakland - 2 3 G— Bob Elliott, Roosevelt University 1 + Q — Alden Godbier, Technical Rrjrjsfvilt won play-dff The team was managed by Bill Mallett. His assistants were Erwin ' alentine and Dudlev Graham. Seventy-six

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Roosevelt lost a four run lead and the third practice battle to Centerville, 10 to 4. Coach Fitzpatrick ' s boys enjoyed some good batting practice against Hayvvard, scoring sixteen runs while the Farmers registered five times. San Leandro and Richmond were the final victims of a three game winning streak of the Roughriders. The Cherry City nine were given a 10 to 2 drubbing while Richmond ' s Oilers dropped a 4 to 3 pitchin g battle. At the time that this publication went to press Roosevelt had not broken into the win column in the first two rounds of the (). A. L. Fremont plastered the Crimson nine, 6 to 1, in the opening league tilt. Collecting but three singles, Roosevelt was lucky to score her lone tally. The game was a pitchers ' battle until the fifth inning when a home run with two runners on base registered three rims for the Tigers. Henry Deme, pitching for the Roughriders, allowed Fremont seven hits. After leading throughout the first six innings, Roosevelt dropped the second league contest to University. The home run jinx was again with Roosevelt. A four base hit in the last of the seventh scored two runs and another defeat for the Crimson nine, 7 to 6. Roosevelt ' s second varsit) ' baseball team had all possibilities of taking the league championship for its division at the time of this writing. Captained by Bill Garcia, the second string boys had mowed down their first three (). A. L. opponents and only McCl ' monds stood between them and the title. University, Oakland and Technical were victims of the young Roughriders ' attacks. Roosevelt took an 8 to 7 decision over the Cubs in the first league game. A 10 to 5 victory was the result of the slugfest against the young Wildcats. Good pitching featured the second team ' s win, 3 to 1, from Technical. The Crimson second nine was composed of the following pla ers: Catchers, Jim Tobin and Henry White; Pitchers, Gene Haudbine and Paddock Holmes; In- fielders, Kenneth Palmer, Bill Garcia, Thomas Woods, Francis Marra and Fred Winkenback; Outfielders, Henry Hood, Bill Stuart and Ton Perr . Richard Lefty Phinney, John Fried and Craig Chase were the senior, junior and sophomore managers, respectively, of the 1928 Roughriders ball teams. Sevenly-eiglii