St Marys High School - Lance Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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5 -, Q2 E 5g,Q,-,Q 5 diva , urnr, .raiser -Sinai -R . , s ' 1 VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE With fifty-six football suits issued for the football season, Torrance High School had one of the largest football squads in Southern California. However, most of these boys were sadly lacking in experience, though what they lacked in experience they had in fighting ability. There were three distinct football squads, Varsity, Light- weight, and Class C. The Varsity went through a strenuous season without turning in any spectacular wins, and thus, due to the lack of concentration on scholastic duties, the day before each game from two to a dozen of the regular players were out because of citizenship records. The Lightweight squads played over eight games of their own, with fairly- good success, while the Class C squad turned in a couple of wins to make up for the losses sustained by the Varsity. However, prospects for 1930 look very promising, as out of the forty boys who were on the squad of the final games, Torrance loses only three. This makes thirty- seven fighters back to start the 1930 season, and with the new league, Torrance looks like a potential champion. The main stays of the Torrance Varsity ,this year were Captain A1 Mintun, who was also elected captain of the 1930 team, and usually played end, and Bert Merrill, one of Torrance's best all-around athletes, who carried on the brain work of the game at the berth of quarterback. Joe Tavan showed up well in the latter part of the season and should prove a tower of strength to Torrance in the coming season. Harold Stevenson, truly the misfortune kid, after playing a brilliant, dashing, spectacular game in the curtain raiser, succumbed to a tricky knee and was unable to display his wares for the remainder of the season. Willie Agapito repeatedly tricked his opponents with a spectacular spin through the line and his unexpected off-tackles plays. Willie will be back next season to play. Torrance High School's freshman class, moreover, with fifteen boys on the squad, will prove a boon to T. H. S. football in their three years of playing to come. Out- standing among the freshmen, was the work of James McLean at quarterback, Ray- mond Rogers, the hard playing, plunging fullback, Bob Atchison, halfback, and Herman Hamman, another frosh who made his letter. The latter was accorded valuable experience and will be o-ne of the main cogs in the future Torrance football teams. Wilson Page, a sophomore, held down a regular berth at end throughout the season and looks like a comer in football circles. Le Roy Thompson acted as Varsity football manager this year, and was ably assisted by La Vern Jones and Miltorn Everett. Le Roy would have won a berth on the Varsity if he had not unfortunately broken his collar bone in an early season skirmish. S S' The new league should prove a boon to athletics at Torrance, as Torrance will not be able to display her class against others of correspo-nding size and strength. MARINE LEAGUE SCHOOLS School Enrollment Washington - - - 1,953 Jordan - - - - 1,147 Banning - - - 1,097 Bell - - - - 915 Gardena ---- - 816 Riis fBoys onlyl - - 345 Narbonne - - - - 665 Torrance - - - 575 1671

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6 '95 '39 1' N , A -. I F ,351 'lj 5, J Nw igoinsa . e 1 i . ezines X . I V . VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM J. Tafvan Page Stefvenson Totten McLean Hamman Agapito Bodley Minlun Mock Merrill Figuredo Thompson Myers Nylander

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E IU ,Qi-3, C 'im xllfhil' 'ilil ' 6 9 'A 'A IELU I Iggy, il Myers, Erkersley, Gall, Beeerra, Putnam, Danford, Nylander. P. Montague, Faulkner, Carr, Carpenter, Creighton. BASKETBALL VARSITY LETTERMEN HARRY PUTNAINI, Captain Elect H.ARTl,EY CARR, Captain STANLEY CREIGHTCJN CHARLES FAULKNER IVAN ECKERSLEY PARKE MONTAGUE DALLAS DANFORD TORRANCE, 253 BANNING, 32-DECEMBER 6 The Varsity started the season with a peppy game. The game, although a defeat for Torrance, was a very hard fought victory for Banning. TORRANCE, 15, NARBONNE, 12-DECEMBER 13 VVe beat Narbonne on their own court in one of the most bitter battles of the season. Terrible Ivan was high point man. The old tradition has been kept so far. All Varsity teams must beat Narbonne, our deadly rivals, on their own court. TORRANCE, 285 JORDAN, 35-JANUARY 3 Torrance was defeated, but a great deal of hght was shown by the boys. TORRANCE, 95 BELL, 25-JANUARY 10 Although a defeat, it was a moral victory for Torrance because it showed our boys how they really could fight when they Wanted to. TORRANCE, 9, Rus, 48-JANUARY 17 Torrance was defeated by a far superior team, although our team was the first team to score above 7 against Riis. TORRANCE, 113 GARDENA, 12-JANUARY 31 The most thrilling and spectacular game of the season. The score at the half was in Gardena's favor, but due to the hard Hghting of our boys they rallied up to 11-12 for the final score. Unable to make the other point, our team was defeated by a margin of one point. It was a Wonderful game to end a season With. 1631