Roosevelt High School - Lariat Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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-iP ' V r V .- . -- - i i. j, - , j Finishing one position nearer to the top than they had the year before, Roosevelt classification boys were given third place in their annual (). A. L. track meet. Dupli- cating her feat of the previous season, McChmonds won the event. Fremont came in second and (Oakland, Technical and University followed Roosevelt in the order mentioned. Coach Lee Gibbs lined up his squad of thirt}-one men in the following events for the O. A. L. track meet May 5: 100 and 220- d. dash — Arnold Nelson, Harold Gudnason, Louis j Licke, Don Farthingham and Merv Robosson. 440-yd. da h — Kenneth Derby, Howard Bo d, Leroy Griflfith and Joseph Dodd. 880- d. da;h — Alfred Avelar, Theodore Abreu, William Hopper and Bob Nuns. Mile — Kenneth A mar, Ed ' V ' arrick and Bill Wilson. 120 and 220- d. hurdles — Ted Doyle, Joe Fitzpatrick and Lee Stuart. High Jiunp — Glenn Tucker, Tom Fletcher and George Kilner. Pole Vault — Ed Staack and Bob Nuns. Shot Put and Discu — Ed Rf)sen, Harold Hopkins, Lowell Moore and Ed Staack. Relay — Captain Kennetli Derby, Arnold Nelson, Harold Gudnason, Merv Rob- osson and Don Farthingham. GOLF Golf interest was revived b ' the Roughriders during the spring athletic season of 1928 and for the first time Roosevelt entered a team in the (). A. L. competition. Kenneth McALaster and Norman Hearn formed the initial varsity golf team. The substitutes for the first pair were Lawrence Johanson and John Fried. Technical, Fremont and Oakland scored early season ictories over the Roosevelt team. At the time of writing. Technical was in first place with three ins and no defeats. Eighty-t ' u. ' o

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fy r o-c-- =CS=-i TRACK With the cdiiiing of a new track season, Roosevelt athletes showed a vast improve- ment in v ' eight events and on the cinder paths. Early meets indicated that the Crimson squad would gather more points in the coming O. A. L. contest than previous Roose- velt track teams had been able to register. Coach Lee Gibbs had thirt -one trackmen with which to form the nucleus for the big meet. Kenneth Derby who finished second in the 1927 O. A. L. 440-yard race, captained the Crimson squad of 1928. Tom Fletcher managed the team and Bill Young and Jack Merkle assisted him. In a triangular meet with Berkeley and San Leandro, Roosevelt scored 45 points to take second place. Berkeley won the event with 86 points, while San Leandro reg- istered 5. The season ' s second contest showed the Crimson boys to be improving. Piedmont made 56 points for first place, Roosevelt scored 51 and University 22. Three points gave Hayward a fluke 75 to 72 victory over the Roughriders in the third meet for Roosevelt. The Crimson squad was forced to compete in several events that were not used by Oakland school teams, and it was this disadvantage that gave Hayward her win. Eighty-one

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