California School for the Deaf - Foothills Flame Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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THE FOOTHILLS FLAME 1'9'3-9 First Row-R. Miller, Manager, A. Skropeta, B. Harris, M. Skropeta R. Frazier, Mr. Louis Byouk, Coach. Second Row-L. Escobar, . oshelnik, H. Castro, J. Leon, R. Stanley, L. Simpson, B. Dunn, D. Smith. Third Row-J. Kirby, L. Pate, L. Norred, J. McKee, R. Grinde, C. Corey, W. Watson. Fourth Row-D. Logan, B. Fitzjarrold, A. Goldsmith, C. Dana, J. Martin, C. Hansen, C. Pruitt. BASKETBALL After a successful year in 1938, in which our team won the only Basket- ball Championship in the history of the school, many of the star players graduated, thus leaving Coach Byoulc with a handful of very green players for the campaign of '39. Our school was hit by a storm of defeats to the right and left. The A team lost all the games with the exception of one. Although they met defeat, they gave the hearing boys a battle each time, losing the game by a mere point at times. On the other hand the B team was a complete Hop, failing to win a single game. They were badly outscored throughout the season. LIBERTY I-II versus C. S. D. Our A team lost a hard fought game to Liberty High School, Jan- uary 13, on the latter's floor. The score was 38 to 37. The B team got snowed under by the taller enemy quint, losing by the score of 42 to 19. EMERYVILLE HI versus C. S. D. Our MAH team lost a dull game to the Spartans in our pavilion. The Emeryville quint had the advantage in height, sinking the ball on the re- bounds. The Deaf boys' quint, a much faster group, lost by the score of 21 to 17. BH team was defeated, 27 to 12. TON versus . st

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THE FOOTHILLS FLAME 1'9'3'9 rf. Danville, a new team in the league, took a terrible lacing from the deaf gridders. The first touchdown came when our star backman, - . and M. Skropeta were constantly running for touchdowns. Danville forfeited the game in the third quarter with four and a half minutes to go. M. Skropeta and D. Smith each made a touchdown run of fifty or more yards. The nal score was 41 to 0 in favor of the deaf. Brentwood 6 C. S. D. 0 The game with Brentwood at our field was a thrilling game, our team dropping the game, 6 to 0, the only defeat in the season. Our boys, out- weighed by the towering Brentwood boys, tried desperately to stave off the only touchdown of the game, but with the aid of a fumble and six fifteen-yard penalties against our team, Brentwood finally pushed over the score by a sweeping end run. The game was mostly played in the territory of our team. Emeryville 0 C. S. D. 31 On October 28, our football squad journeyed to Emeryville to play the highly touted Spartans. The deaf boys, after dropping the game to Brentwood, were out for a victory at any cost. Here our team whipped up a running attack that would make a college coach envious. M. Skropeta, A. Skropeta, D. Smith, nd C. Hutcheson each contributed a touchdown to make us the overwhelming winners, 31 to 0. Livermore 7 C. S. D. 7 At the final conference game the C. S. D. gridders played hosts to the Livermore cowboys. The jinx of not having won a game from these lads for a number of years was almost broken when our boys tied them for the second consecutive time, 7 to 7. The game was mostly played in Liver- more's territory. Our team outplayed them but buckled up when close to the goal line. St. Helena 0 C. S. D. 20 The last game of the season, a non-conference game, was played in St. Helena November 11. The St. Helena boys in the first few minutes' of play clashed to our team's six-inch line but failed to score on three line plunges. That was the closest they came to scoring all afternoon. The fire works began when Captain Roy Miller scooped a blocked punt and scamped for a touchdown. Dale Smith uncorked a fifty-three yard run for the second score, and M. Skropeta scored from a line plunge, the deaf boys taking the game by a 20 to 0 score. 1381 ' 1 . QLHQLY- -. . . 1

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THE FOOTHILLS FLAME 1-9'3'9 defense as the scores show. . to Y , 9. The B team lost its third consecutive game by the score of 34 to LIVERMORE HI versus C. S. D. The C. S. D. baslceteers lost a thrilling double-header to the Livermore Cowboys on the former's court. Both games were nip and tuck as the score shows. The game was clean and interesting. The A team lost their game, 23 to 17, and the B team, 15 to 10. LIBERTY HI versus C. S. D. For the second time this season, the Liberty Hi basketeers defeated both the A and B teams. The score was in favor of the Libert team Y throu hout the ame, with our bo s trailin b seven oints at the end g g Y g Y P of the game. The B team got a terrible thumping from their more aggres- sive opponents, losing their fifth consecutive game. Final scores: Liberty A 31, C. S. D. A 24, Liberty B 20, C. S. D. B team 4. EMERYVILLE HI versus C. S. D. On February 14, we journeyed to Emeryville and our team met a sting- ing defeat at the hands of the taller Emeryville quintet. The Emeryville boys played very fast basketball, and had a strong defense. Although our deaf boys played a hard game, they lost by the score of 26 to 18. Our BH team lost, as usual, by the score of 33 to 18. PLEASANTON HI versus C. S. D. This game proved to be identical to the first game of the season between the two schools. Pleasanton toolc this game in an overtime period. It was a heated battle and had the spectators constantly on their feet. Pleasanton finally won, 21 to 19. The MB team got snowed under by the score of 26 to 15. LIVERMORE HI versus C. S. D. On February 24, we played hosts to the Livermore Cowboys at our gymnasium. We lost a drab double-header to them for the second time this season. Mike Slcropeta, our star, did not see action in this game. Liver- more won the varsity game by the score of 24 to 15. The B team lost their last conference game, 18 to 13, in Livermore's favor. 1401 1 Y 1 A 1 ly, ,i ., --.1 ' ,quit main.: Mig?