University High School - Cub Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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WEIDO LANCIONE APTAINED by VVeido Lancione of University High School, the Montgomery Wa1'd team of Oakland Won the World championship title in the first annual American Legion Baseball League. VVeido played center-field and played as great a season as any junior will ever play. With teams entered from every state in the Union, heled his team to the top, playing versa- tile baseball for five straight months. The record set by this team in its flash through the VVestern diamonds, and its whirlwind finish in the Comisky Ball Park in Chicago, will not be broken for many years. ' Wlhen the call was sounded for teams to enter the league, Phil ltfoore, a representative of Montgomery VVard Company, secured Leroy Sharp, then coach at Fremont High School, to coach the team. Sharp visited each of the high school coaches and had them recom- mend the boys in the schoo'l who could make the age limit. Any boy who would not be older than seventeen by the end of 1928 was eligi- ble to play in the league. Ian lN1cKenzie, then coach at University, recommended VVeido, and for that reason this story was written. A practice was called at Fremont High in J une and sixty-five boys turned out. At the end of one Week's practice the squad was cut to eighteen boys. YVeido was among these, although he had not attended the practices during the Week. There were f if ty-f ive teams entered in Oakland, and the first game in Oakland was Montgomery W'ard vs. lWaxwell Hardware Company. This game was played at the Oakland Ball Park, and was preceded by a ceremony featured by a parade from the City Hall to the park. Bfontgomery VVards Won this game 12-0. This was the first of a string of eighteen games that Blontgomery VVards played and Won. Foillowing this the boys played five more games with teams from Oakland, and then met Alameda, Berkeley, and Albany for the coun- ty championship. They won all three of these games and then played San Jose for the Northern California district championship. Wain- ning this meant a trip to Los Angeles for the state championship se- ries, and the boys showed their desire to go by winning 22-0. The series at Los Angeles was played in the new VVrigley Field grounds, which was, according to VVeido, the best park the team play- ed in all season. The opponents for ltlontgomery VVards in this series were lwill Valley and Santa lNIonica. Up to this time no team had yet scored on ltlontgomery VVards. The first game was an easy victory for the champs, lNTill Valley falling before a 241-2 avalanche. This vic-

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IN MEDITATIUN HEN I stop to think Is looking in his How in this short life Bookg and how at the We're all going Or coming, I can't Help but wonder why The whole world don't Take time out and Try to get in Harmony. And when I think How in our school life, One and all, we worship The fellow who does Something great, and how We bask in his Reflected glory until Someone else comes Along and takes our Fickle fancy, leaving The hero of yesterday Out in the rain, And how in the guarded Class room we talk Of the other fellow Who copies to get Better marks, and all The while we are trying to See what the fellow In front has on his Paper, who in turn End of the year, If we don't get Through, we say the Instructor did us a Dirty trick, and warn All our friends to v Stay away from that Hell hole: Then I wonder- But after all I guess it can't Be helped, and although I get awfully tired of The grand old fight And would like to hang Up the gloves, I Manage to get a laugh Somehow from the Queer antics of my Fellow men. And after Awhile, when I am Too old for such thoughts Maybe, I will become Part of the Cataract Of humanity that makes up Everyday Life. CLYDE VAUGHN

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tory meant that the team would play Santa Monica for the champion- ship of Califo1'nia. The game witn Santa ltfonica was the hardest game of the entire eighteen played during the season. For the first five innings not one man passed second base, and in the sixth Santa ltlonica scored one run. The champions then came back with three, and the game ended with the score still 3-1. The boys were now champions of California. Losing one game meant dis- qualification for any team from this point on, and the team was rather uneasy in these important games. The Nevada and Arizona champions Were with the Californians, and one team would draw a bye. Weido Won the draw, and California met the winner of the Nevada-Arizona contest at the Oakland ball park, Arizona beat Nevada and in turn was beaten by Cal' ifornia which made Montgomery VVards the area chanpions. This meant a trip' to Denver to play in the Western United States semi-finals with four other teams. The boys played Omaha in the first game at Denver and camie out ahead in a 14-1 game. This placed them in the finals with St. Paul, whom they defeated 4-0 in a close contest. The bunch of boys from St. Paul made a fine exhibition of good, clean youths, and surely deserved mentioning for their good sportsmanship. When the boys Won this game, they were nowr champions of the West of the lVIississippi River section, and Were now in the VVorld series with W'orcester, ltlassachusetts. This is the highest sei ies in Junior baseball, and the boys who play in this ser- ies are good. During their stay in Denver, several contests were held and four members of the World champs Won prizes. Weido Won a pair of sliding pads for being the greatest outfielder west of the ltlississippi River. He also Won a portable phonograph for being the most valuable player on his team. Whitney, who played