University High School - Cub Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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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.

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UNIVERSITY vs. FREMONT In its third O.A.L. baseball game of the season held at Fremont, April 9, University was defeated by a score of 4 to 1. Norman Parish, who usually plays left field for the Cubs, pitch- ed the Tigers to a one all tie for six innings of play. University went down to defeat in the last inning. Parish issued two walks and that, coupled with an error and a base hit, drove over three runs for the Tigers, clinching the game for them. UNIVERSITY VS. OAKLAND In the game played at Bay View playground, on Friday April 12, the Oakland Wildcats beat Universityls Cubs by a 16-9 score. The first inning started as though the Cubs were off to a victory. Four runs were amassed by the Cubs on hits by Arata, Jadrich, Lancione, and Coleman. Oakland came to the bat finally, and before they retired made five runs. From then on the Wildcats drew away from the Cubs until they had sixteen runs to their credit. VVeido Lancione was the star of the game getting four hits, two triples, and two homers. SECOND UNIVERSITY VS. TECHNICAL In the second game with Tech, played at Bushrod April 23, the Cubs came through with much better playing. The Cubs held the Bulldogs to a 2-0 score in favor of Tech. Neither team scored in the first two innings, but Tech countered in the third as the result of two walks and two singles. The Cubs got three hits in their half but failed to even the count. In the seventh Silva, Tech,s hurler, homed to sew up his own ball game. Hardt re- placed Silva after Uni loaded the bags, but the game ended with still no score for Uni. Captain J oe Arata pitched a great game, and if his cohorts had furnished the hits, he would have been credited with a win. UNIVERSITY VS. FREMONT p University's Cubs hit their stride on Friday, l5Iay 3, at the ex- pense of the Fremont Tigers. The Cubs made 16-hits and 11 runs to Fremontis 3 hits and one run. H Captain Arata had six strike-outs to his credit, while Anderson wiffed 4, and Fergunchi, 2. The Tigers could not touch the ball, and when they did, the snappy fielding of the Cubs made them lose all hope of victory. The Tige1's scored in the fifth, but the Cubs came right back when Hayward scored on Jadrich's double. Six more runs were an- nexed in the sixth inning. Hunt knocked a triple, Parish scored Hunt, the next three men singled, and VV illie I'Iayward sewed up the game when he knocked ai homer.