California State University Chico - Record Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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FROSH FOOTBALL ITH Carrol Buck Bailey as coach, the Freshman football squad had a valuable if not successful season, When school opened in September some thirty to thirty-five frosh reported to test their ability as pigskin artists, but because prep school indifference still prevails in the tactics of most of these all- wise frosh, only eight received their numerals. There seems to be a natural reluctance on the part of some to give to football the necessary time and effort. However, a few of the boys sensed the real football spirit: gave all they had and were rewarded by service on the Varsity. These men-John Brown, 7ADot Clements, Paul Byrne, Jack Rannells and Delphin Manwell-were soon severed from the frosh squad by Coach Acker and placed on the Varsity reserves. Al- though Manwell was the only frosh to make the block letter, the other four all saw intercollegiate action, and it is largely on these few men that Coach Acker must build his team a few years hence. To make a Block C the Hrst year is not an every day occurrence, and Marysville can well be proud of her native son, Delphin Manwell. Among the prep teams played by the Kittens were Red Bluff High, Chico High, Oroville High, Orland High, Willows High and Pierce High, with the frosh winning exactly half their games. The hardest work for the yearlings comes in furnishing scrimmage opposition for the Varsity and it is in this stage that the Freshman determines both for himself and the coach whether he is a good future Varsity prospect. Besides the few men above mentioned, Harry Nichols, Leland Phillips, Les- ter Turner, and Warren Jones complete the list of Freshman numeral Winners. --aff 59 Ee--'

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VARSITY BASKET BALL NOTHER tough-luck basket ball year for Chico State. In the six years that . Coach Acker has been at Chico, the Wildcat has always placed second in the California Coast Conference-never first, never third: and always losing the championship series by one to three points. To always produce a well- coached, well-trained basket ball machine, praised by sport writers the state over and feared by every team in the conference, and yet never to win a championship, can be laid to nothing but downright tough luck. Perhaps a rabbit's foot oria horseshoe would help. Acker has tried everything else. The call sent out in November for aspirants to basket ball fame was an- swered by a wealth of material seldom found in a small college. Captain Chauncey Wilson, this year unanimously elected as All-Conference forward, was ready and eager to take his position as leader of the most promising basket ball team in Chico's history. 'iChink is beyond a doubt the classiest casaba artist ever to wear the Chico Cardinal. Hailing from Live Oak High, he made the Varsity his first year in College, which in itself, is an accomplishment to be proud of. As the running mate to John Colledge he showed the promise that he has since fullilled even beyond the dreams of the most speculative and enthusi- astic prophets. As a point getter Chauncey has no superiors. Opponents fear- fully refer to him as Dead-Eye Wilson and every time he winds up and sets one loose basketward. the opposition trembles with fear lest two more counters be credited to the Wildcat. As a running mate in the forward position Captain Wilson had a newcomer in College, who in his prep days was a star for the Stockton High. Ambrose Garrigan tips the beam at about one hundred and thirty. but he makes up any dehciency in size by speed and clever footwork. Lacking Wilson's experience. Garry can't equal the captain yet in distance shooting but is sure fire in set-up shots anywhere near the basket. Like Chauncey, Ambrose should develop under Acker's tutorage into a star of the court. For substitutes in the forward positions, Acker had Blondin and Elfendahl, both of whom have no little ability as basketeers as they proved without a doubt in the Sacramento games. Finishing up the forward wall were Nixon and Greiner, the former an outstanding player of last year's frosh team and the latter a Freshman entering from Corning. The center position was well taken care of by Palmer, a veteran from last year. The lanky lad from Oroville would rate a berth on the Varsity if for nothing more than his ability to follow up shots and score baskets off the board. Farmer, Squier and Vugrenecz, modern Horatios, took care of the guarding end. Farmer is undoubtedly the cream of the crop in the back guard position. Wherever the team went he was acclaimed and praised for his ability in getting the ball off the backboard. For a man of his size and avoirdupois Dan has a sur- prising amount of speed, and along with it an accuracy which enabled him many times to make sucker shots from under the basket, Farmer, like Wilson, was the unanimous choice for the All-Conference team. Were one to ask who played floor guard, two names would have to be given. for Cliff Squier and Steve Vugrenecz were both regulars in that position. It would be difficult to say which of these two boys was the better and undoubt- edly Acker thinks the same thing, for he uses one no more than the other. The -'-H61