University High School - Cub Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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IEAIEIBALL DIQACTICE SEASUN UNIVERSITY VS. ALAMEIJA OR THE first practice game of the season, played March 1 at Alameda, University Highis baseball nine played the Ala- meda Hornets. The Hornets proved themselves superior to the Cubs throughout the game, winning with a score of 12 to 5. Hart was on the mound for the Cubs at the opening of the game. He allowed one run i11 four innings, while Uni put over three runs. Coach Snyder then tried out other memberS of the pitching staff, and Alameda continually scored. University lost the game because of her poor pitchers. The l'6St of the team worked to per- fection. UNIVERSITY VS. I.,D. E. .S In the second baseball game of the season, played lNIarch 8 with the I. D. E. S., University High was downed by the score of 3 to 1. During the game Coach. Dave Snyder used three pitchers. Kaul pitched first and was relieved by Hart. Hart in turn was relieved by Captain Joe Arata. J oe Jadrich, second baseman, scored the Cubis only run. In all University made a fair showing for her second game of the season. Both infield and outfield showed ability, and it was a tight ball game throughout. UNIVERSITY VS. BERKELEY The Berkeley Yellowjackets proved to be a stumbling block for University, lNIarch 144, and not only did the Cubs lose the game by a score of 17 to 2, but they lost the services of Joe Lancione, outfielder, who broke, his ankle. The game was fairly close up until the fourth inning, when hits began to rain off the bats of the college city men, and the bar- rage continued until the end of the game. J oe Jadrich, star second baseman, scored both of Universityls runs. Coach Dave Snyder used four boxmen in the game: Lee Myers, IIoWard Kaul, Sonny Hart, and Norman Parish.

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UNIVERSITY VS. ARMSTRONG On lNIarch 18, University'S nine met in a tight contest with the A1'mSt1'0Dg team. The final score showed the business school boys leading University by a score of 7 to 5. In this game the Cubs showed a great deal of improvement on the field. In the first inning University made four runs when Hunt hit a home run, Lancione walked, Arata singled, and Hadlen hit a homer, scoring Lancione and Arata ahead of him. This gave the Cubs an early start with a four run lead. Although the Cubs were on the small end of the score, the fans were kept on their toes throughout the whole game by the sen- sational catches made by Lancione in the out field. 0.A.I.. IEAIDN UNIVERSITY vs TECHNICAL NIVERSITY,S Spade Day game, held at Technicalis diam- ond on lNIarch 22, went to the Bulldogs by a 9 to 3 score. lNIyers started in the box for the Cubs, but he was replaced in the sixth inning by Hart, who in turn was relieved by Captain Joe Arata in the seventh. llfyers weakened in the third, and Tech bunched hits to put three Tech men across the plate. They repeated this performance in the fourth and fifth innings. Captain Joe Arata, Lancione, Hadlen, and Coleman made hits for the Cubs. Arata, Lancione, and Hunt, each scored one run for the Cubs. UNIVERSITY vs. SAN LEANDRO In the second O. A. L. game of the season, held at Bushrod on ixlm-C11 28, the Cubs downed the Pirates by a sco1'e of I0 to 8. The team showed some fine work during this game both in the field and at bat. VVillie Haywood, Cub outfielder, was the star batsman of the day, collectingtthree hits out of four timies at the bat. In the first inning Bill Archer hit a home run, giving the Pirates a lead which they held until the second inning. The Cubs stepped out to score three runs. DeNevi walked, Haywood rapped out the long- est hit of the day which went for four bases, and Hadlen walked and then tallied after a hit.