Roosevelt High School - Lariat Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Q,lC.. .c VARSITY BASEBALL 1 • 1 9 • 2 • 8 DEME SUsp EARNIE TOM BLUB FRENCHY Seventy-nine

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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

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% ■ v x TENNIS Roosevelt racquet wielders, composing the Crimson tennis team of 1928, had secured the undisputed leadership of the O. A. L. when the Lariat went to press. Captain Bruce House practicalh formed a six man squad of veterans, only one member of last ear ' s varsit - having graduated. A challenge tournament eliminated all but six of the twenty players who signed up at the initial roll call. Walter Larsen, captain of last season ' s team, earned the position of first singles player. Harold Shubert, another letterman, was second in rank. Captain House and James Winkie Johnsto n, two veterans, represented Roose- velt on the courts as first ranking doubles pair. The second doubles team was com- posed of Donald Sea and Jack Wren. Taking three matches out of four, the Crimson racquet team won a practice tournament from Alameda. Although Roosevelt took the majority of the sets, the Isle City squad offered good competition. Opening the (). A. L. play with its team of veterans, Roosevelt was considered an even chance with Technical to take the title. Last season the Crimson squad finished second only to the Bulldogs. Roosevelt swept to the league lead in the opening round of pla by taking four matches from Oakland. Duplicating their feat of the opening round, the CrimsoTi bo s drubbed the Fremont Tigers in a quartet of matches. Although Technical man- aged to take one of the single plays, Roosevelt continued her sweep b - winning the remaining three matches and take a firm grip on first place in the league standings. Eighty