Woodrow Wilson High School - Hoofprints Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Bzmvgww A FOOTBALL Practize Games WILSON HUNTINGTON PARK WILSON BELL WILSON GARFIELD League Games WILSON MARSHALL WILSON FRANKLIN WILSON VERDUGO HILLS WILSON I3 LINCOLN WILSON 20 EAGLE ROCK City Finals WILSON 7 LOS ANGELES 27 -- - 1. AL acks - FIRST ROW: Berliner, Bucks-FIRST ROW: Guerrero, Guards-FIRST ROW Brauer Luchetta Vaught Hill gawa. SECOND ROW: Harton. Barreras. SECOND ROW: Regal- Gayer. SECOND ROW Duke Gordon Partridge Tell Hart. ado, Fenwick. iano, DeVega. A 7-7 tie with a previously undefeated Lincoln team highlighted the I955 cam- paign of the Wilson B football team coached by Mr. Ralph Rich. Ray Ogawa, fleet halfback, raced 85 yards to a touchdown with the second-half kickoff, and Gordon Clark converted to give the Mulebabes the tie with the league champion Tigerbabes. Wilson went on to down Eagle Rock the next week, 9-0, capping'a I-5-2 season. The team had several talented members, among them Center Ronnie Hull, Fullback Dick Caro, Linebacker Wert Nelson, Tailback Frank Ruiz, Fullback Tom Guerrero and Quarterback and Captain Alan Berliner. Ends-FIRST ROW: Dekle, Puchett Little Hern Centers FIRST ROW Hull Buscarino Nelson andez. SECOND ROW: Spalione Pappa Deckon Nlunger B FOOTBALL Practice Games WILSON 0 HUNTINGTON PARK WILSON 7 BELL WILSON 0 GARFIELD League Games WILSON 0 MARSHALL WILSON 6 FRANKLIN WILSON O VERDUGO HILLS WILSON 7 LINCOLN WILSON 9 EAGLE ROCK

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A FOOTBALL SQUAD-FIRST ROW: Soto, Oberst, Pulcifer, B. Johnson, Kendrick, Schiada, Currie. SECOND ROW: Widden BUlll0559V-ClTUCk Sugar hum CNlgrI, Lunetta, J. Johnson, Croasmun, Duran, Riding, D. Bennett, Thomas, Stapp, Ginsburg CNlgrl. THIRD ROW: Coach mefed thefvwhideintv Fl0Yd'S Samarin, Espinosa, Blake, Nlerlo, Ramirez, Shambra, DeFevere, Ferguson, Sandlin, Floyd, Shinerock, Arue. TOP ROW: heads T0.C0mPlef9lY.0V9f- Lomonaco, T. Bennett, Jackson, Nickerson, Casada, Holt, Nlerriman, Hirst, Klein, Sugar, Ortega, Francis, Scurto. 5llUtd0W l-lf1C0lfl'S aerial de . par ment. nfl FIRST STRING HUDDLE-CLOCKWISE from 1128: Johnson, Lunetta, Merriman, Hirst, Kendrick, Duran, Ortega, Pulcifer, Bennett, Francis, Sugar. STATISTICS OF T954 FOOTBALL SEASON Total yards gained rushing ...... . .., , ., Total yards lost rushing . .. Toto yards gain passing .. , , Total yards lost passing ..... . , , . . Total net yards gained rushing and passi g Number of passes attempted . .. . Number of passes completed Passes intercepted by . . . Total number at tirst downs First downs-rushing First downs-bovine - Fiigq downs-penalties 94 WILSON WILSON WILSON WILSON WILSON WILSON WILSON WILSON WILSON WILSON WILSON WILSON 1813 - 122 922. , - 5 2608 ..., . . l17.. . , - 48 3 14 - 109 - 75 f 28 - 6 OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS OPPONENTS B39 A 103 418 -76 1078 - 122 AO 13 54 30 17 6 if .z.y.f-'.-S.:-:f Wilson's 1955 football varsity proved true the argu- ments forthe potency of team effort by assembling what will probably always be remembered as one of Wilson's greatest seasons in history, out of an essen- tially no-star team. The Mules, coached brilliantly by lVlr. Bill Samarin, went undefeated through their first seven games before losing to Los Angeles High in the first round of the City playoffs. Wilson had entered the playoffs for the first time, thanks to a lucky draw which sent the Mules to the finals as the North- ern League's runner-up. Only ties with Franklin, 0-0, and loop titlist Lincoln, 13-13, kept the Wilsonites from their first undisputed league grid championship. The team's brilliance was attested by the selection of five Nlules on the all-league team and two on the All-City team. Named All-Northern were Chuck Sugar ILeogue Player of the Yearl and Kermit Francis, backs: Tom Bennett, end: Rich Pulcifer, tackle: and Dick Duran, second team center. Sugar was named to the All-City second team and Pulcifer to the third string. 1 . -:asf ----

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A TRACK SQUAD-FIRST ROW: Coach Barthel, Chaplin, Lopez, Kameoka, J. Johnson, Thomas, Ogawa, Coach Samarin. SECOND ROW: Reid, Hill, Fry, Davidson, Rivera, Melendrez, DeFevere. THIRD ROW: Nickerson, Gail, B. Johnson, Lutz, Pulcifer, Ramirez, Powell. JIM JOHNSON B03 KAMEOKA .ir High-Low Hurdles 100-220 VERNE CHAPMAN BOB RAYMOND Shot Put 100-220 RAY OGAWA AL LOPEZ 100-220 880 C5 3' .H - t Aj? s if . Y. i .I -Q A While the varsity and C teams were having their great- est seasons, the B team went through a campaign full of woe. Two pole vaulters, Alan Berliner and Frank Garcia, supplied the season high spot by placing fifth and third, respectively, in the Northern League final. Shot Putter Dave Lorge suffered misfortune, last a good chance of giving the Mules a gold medal in the league final. He shoved the 10-pound ball 48 feet, but slipped and fell out of the ring. The put was disqual- ified. Other Mulebabe standouts were Bucky O'Conner, who ran the 100 and 220, Dave Jackson, a hurdler, and Art Servanti, 660 man. B TRACK SQUAD-FIRST ROW: Jacobson, O'Conner, Robinson, Lorge, Serventi, Yuriar, Garcia, Esparza. SECOND ROW: Coach Barthel, Moon, Dekle, Berliner, Bunisky, Coach Samarin. .gl Wfftxw K , . A,e5'3 5L:,f: A 5 , , ', 7- JOHN CHAPLIN 440-100 The year 1955 will long be remembered by Wilson track fans, for the varsity came up with one of the school's best seasons. However, the same old bugaboos-injuries and lack of depth-left the Mules in fourth place. For the first time since 1951, Wilson won a dual meet. In fact, the Mules won two meets within a single week. They trounced Lincoln, 69Vz-34V2, on a Monday, and edged powerful Eagle Rock, 53-51, the following Friday. Bob Raymond ranked among the league's top sprinters, capturing a fifth in the 100 and a fourth in the 220. Bob Kameoka, who tied the school 100 record of 10.2 in a pre-season meet, iniured a leg and was lost for the league schedule. Jim Johnson capped a good hurdling year with a league fifth in the 120 high, while Dave Nickerson ran fifth in the 880. John Chaplin, the team's highest scorer, ran second in the 440. Chaplin also shone in the quarter-mile. Joe Rivera, in his first vaulting season, gained a second-place tie in the loop finale. wf' fww Eiifltyi WIN ww' ON