Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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D ZANDER. B. KELLOGG, EGAN. R KELLOGG. E ZANDER. TENNIS The Pirate tennis team, under the direction of Vernon Hebel, recently finished an unusually active season. Although tennis is supposedly a sport of minor importance, the six members of the team dis- played as high a degree of prowess as any other athletic group. Erwin Zander led the team for the second con- secutive year and, climaxing his fourth year of varsity competition, chalked up a remarkable string of victories. Ray Lewis, playing second man, also came through with a successful season. The third member of four years ' standing, Robert Egan, devoted most of his time to track The three remaining players on the Pirate squad, Richard Kellogg, Robert Kellogg, and Da- vid Zander, were sophomores. Richard Kellogg had a previous season as a letterman, while the other two were playing their first year of varsity tennis. The season started with a match against Ox- nard, in which the Pirates trounced the Yellow- jacket team, winning four matches out of five. Ventura ' s only loss was second singles. The Santa Barbara tilt a week later marked the first individual team loss Ventura has suffered in four years. The Channel City boys proved too efficient, taking five matches out of seven. Taft netsters traveled 150 miles to encounter the Pirate team, but went home sadly defeated. Ventura emerged victorious, taking five matches out of eight. The day ' s activities were featured by the presence of Jack Lynch, national inter- scholastic champion. As expected, he won over E. Zander in singles, but, teamed with another Taft player, met defeat at the hands of Zander and Lewis in a doubles tilt. Minus the services of its first man, Ventura was nosrd out by the strong Thacher squad. Darkness coming too quickly, only five singles matches were played, of which Thacher took three. Santa Barbara again won the County Tennis Tournament, which annually seems to be the disastrous event of the year for Ventura. Neither Richard Kellogg nor Robert Egan managed to reach the final round in singles, while E. Zander and Lewis lost the doubles final. In the Ojai Tournament, E. Zander did un- usually well and succeeded in reaching the quart- er finals. Robert Kellogg was the only other Pirate entrant to win his first round match. Most of the team entered the Ventura 20-30 Tourna- ment, in which three members won cups. j:W j;r ji:r ,s Z .■ 111

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EH BASEBALL THIRD ROW: MGfT. CROW, LONGEREAK, KINGSTON. MEARS. ROBINSON, EMRICK; SECOND ROW: R- GRANT, POPLIN, LAMP. FLORES, HATCHER; FIRST ROW: DYSART, FAULK, M. GRANT. LANG, MAYO, WIGTON. COACH KOLEERG, INDOOR BASEBALL Because of lack of Interest and the great ex- pense, the schools of Ventura County have dropped regular baseball from their sport curri- culum. However, through the help of the coaches and the baseball enthusiasts, indoor baseball has been substituted. The indoor season started April 15, with a large turnout on the first day. Many of the veterans of hardball were among those who re- ported for action. After a week of practice, under the able supervision of Coach Eric Kol- berg and the leadership of Captain Lang, the team was ready for action. A practice game with the Saticoy All Stars, a local team, was the first Pirate victory. The following week Fillmore bowed to the powerful Pirates in the first league game of the season. The contest featured the excellent pitching of William Dysart and the good hitting of Capt. Lang, The final score was 10 to 4. The Pirates, venturing to Santa Paula for the next game, found the Cardinals a bit more com- petition than were the Blue and Whites, but they managed to take a close victory with an 8 to 5 score. Our old rivals, Oxnard, were the next victims to fall before the Buccaneers, In this most in- teresting game of the season Ventura scored two runs in the first inning, and allowed the Yellowjackets only one run, which was scored in the seventh inning when Eastwood poled out a homer. William Dysart had a good day with nine strike-outs and 3 hits. The infield played an excellent game with Joe Mayo starring on first base. This ended the first round of the league, with return games scheduled with all teams. Ventura won from Fillmore again by the overwhelming score of 21 to 0. Features of the game were 6 home runs and 1 7 hits, every Ven- tura man collecting at least one. Owing to the early printing of the annual yearbook, the out- come of the rest of the games cannot be given here, but with Ventura in the lead with 4 vic- tories and no defeats it appears certain that the Pirates will have another championship. The Line-up William Dysart ....- Ray Faulk and Boyd Longbreak Joe Mavo -— - Pitcher -Catchers First Base Captain Lang and Walter Emerick....Second Base Jack Wigton and Red Roberts .Short Stop Marion Grant and Bob Hatcher. ...-Third Base Walter Poplin and Harold Mears Right Field Roy Grant and Harlin Lamp ..Center Field Bill Flores and Harold Kingston Left Field .. . .Zb. ' JT J J 110

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WINTERBURN. ZANDER, HOMER, BEAN, ' ANEGAS. CUNNINGHAM, CASNER, BECKETT GOLF Golf was inaugurated in 1932 as the newest member of the athletic curriculum at the Ven- tura Junior College. However, though the mash- wielding activity is new in local circles, the sport is well established in other schools cf Southern California and rates a prominent posi- tion on their athletic rosters. Years ago the he-man athletes considered this form of diversion too effeminate to be even con- sidered; these same men are now hopeless ad- dicts to the game as they realize the practical benefits that can be derived from it, not to mention the pleasant hours to be spent tramping over the greens. The schools of the county formed a regular league with a systematic schedule, with the teams meeting each other once in a regular match play tournament. The league officials agreed to play match games rather than medal. The divot-diggers were fortunate in having as their instructors two good men, P. Bousman and Eric Kolberg. These coaches know the gam? thoroughly and were able to imbed in their pupils a type of game that worked very effectively in competition. Ten men answered the first call for candidates issued by Coach Kolberg. During the first three weeks the aspirants practiced faithfully tn-week- ly at the Saticoy course. The school had pre- viously made arrangements with the Saticoy Club owners to the effect that high school golfers could use the course free of charge. The players that made up the squad were Winterburn, Zander, Lewis, Homer, Vaneges, Bean, Casner, Wigton, and De Rosa. From such an array of potential talent coaches Bousman and Kolberg picked five men to repre- sent the Pirates in their first match against Santa Barbara The reader will at once remember that Santa Barbara is typically a golf town, but the locals created a sensation by taking all five of the matches from the northerners. The Dons were completely outclassed, with all five of the Pi- rates, Winterburn, Zander, Lew ' s, Homer and Bean winning their matches. This is the only match that has been played by the Bucs as we go to press With such a stellar start, a cham- pionship aggregation does not seem improbable. A champ outfit in their first year — such is the goal set for themselves. The sport is sure to be a success judging from its popularity during the first year. Situated as we are in the midst of several golf courses, the potential Bobby Joneses can find ample oppor- tunity to practice and improve. ■ ■■ 112