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

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FRESHMAN BASKET BALL 1928-1929 IINNING the majority of their games, the frosh basket ball team, known as the Kittens, handed in a favorable record to go down in the Chico State sport annals. This group of aspirants of the future Varsity, coached by Buck Bailey, encountered the various prep schools around this vicinity and seldom met with defeat. As had been said before, the real purpose of Freshman athletics is to weed out and train future Varsity material. From the Kittens this year Chico sport followers may expect much of Nixon, Piluso and Greiner. Gordon Nixon is the surest bet in the forward position and should be holding down that berth as a regular. Robbin Greiner, the diminutive forward from Corning, bids well to be watched. He is small, but makes up for his lack of pounds by speed in handling himself on the floor. Frank Piluso, as back guard, showed up well and was a big factor in the Kittens' victories. As in football, the Freshman team is used as scrimmage opponent for the Varsity. The Kittens are taught plays and formations of Chico's rival teams and thereby give the Varsity a good chance to become familiar with their oppon- ent's tactics. This is a valuable aid to any Varsity team. Freshman numerals were awarded to: Gordon Nixon Robbin Greiner Frank Piluso .,..., Larry Mery ....,,. .. Lee Vostmeyer ...t.. Frank Sullivan Dan Coakley ..,r, 63 ., ,t,.... .,Guard Forward .7 ,-Guard ,,,--,.. .Center Forward .-,,,,,,Guard Forward

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main difference between the two is that Steve is a faster man on the floor, while Cliff is a better shot at the basket. The Wildcats pulled the first surprise of the year by defeating the highly touted Auburn Cubs in a series of two games. The Cubs have long rated as one of the leading teams in the state and Chico's victories over them sent the Wildcats off to a, flying start. During the Christmas vacation Coach Acker and the team invaded the south- ern part of the state and cleaned out everything that came in the way including Santa Barbara State for one game and California for two. It began to look as though the Wildcat was off on a rampage and would finish the season unde- feated, but Reno and the Nevada quintet proved a little too much and the Wol- verine staved off the Wildcat in both encounters of the series. Chico easily defeated the California Aggies but split a two-game series with College of the Pacific. Nevada, Aggies, and Pacific were all non-conference games. In the conference games Chico played fifteen, winning fourteen and losing one to San Jose, At the close of the regular season Chico rated first with a higher percentage than San Jose and according to conference rules the two teams with the highest percentage must play a post-season series of two out of three games for the championship. In this series, which Chico always gets into but never wins, San Jose won the Hrst game by a margin of two points and the second game by one point. Both were tie games necessitating extra five minute periods. With every Varsity man but Vugrenecz returning next year there should be a hot time given all opposition in the Far Western Conference and perhaps Dame Fortune will be so kind as to give that overlapping point or two to Chico so that the championship which has repeatedly been so near and yet so far, may rest for once within the portals of Chico State College. Letter winners for the season are: Captain Chauncey Wilson ..,.......,..... Ambrose Garrigan ............ James Elfendahl --- Rockwell Blondin ,... Kenneth Palmer .... Dan Farmer .... Cliff Squier ........, Steve Vugrenecz ..r. -....,gf 6 2 lk-- Forward Forward Forward Forward R ,,,,,r,c ..,... , .Center ,-...GU3fd ,---,,,,C1uard ,,-,,.,-.Guard

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TRACK FOR A DEBUT in the Par Western Conference the Chico State track team drew the hardest schedule she has ever yet encountered, and will not for years meet such heavy competition again. The proverbial set-ups common to every college team were conspicuous by their absence. Out of the five intercollegiate meets, only one was at all easy sledding for the Wildcat, that one being with the Cali- fornia Aggies, won by Chico 70 to 61. The one other victory turned in was against Sacramento Junior College, by the close margin of 62 to 60, while Fresno State, San Jose, and College of the Pacific all trimmed the Cardinals in their respective meets. ln the Far Western Conference meet at Sacramento at the close of the season Chico came through remarkably well though failing to take any Hrst places. Captain Olker took second in the hurdle races and in both jaunts pushed Kaster, Fresno star and one of the best hurdlers in the country to the limit, losing the races by exceedingly small margins. El-mer Allinger and Jimmy Thomasson. both former Chico State track captains, placed in the meet, the former taking third in the javelin and the latter claiming third in the pole vault. Lee Vost- meyer, a frosh, earned his block C by placing fourth in the show. while Dan Farmer made three of Chico's 14 points by taking second in the discus. Coach Art Acker was handicapped through the entire season by a shortage of men to take second and third places, and as a result was forced to enter what few men he had in more races than is advisable for the good of the athlete. An example of this, Olker was sometimes forced to run in the l00-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 220 low hurdles, 120 high hurdles, high jump, and relay. This is enough to kill an ordinary man. 100- yard Dash- Aocsles 61 - CH1co 70 Olker CCD, Finn CAD, Clements CAD ....,, 220-yard Dash- Finn CAD, Brown CAD, Brayton CCD ...., 440- yard Dash- Smith CAD, Huber CCD, Donohue CCD ...tt 880-yard Run- Johnson CCD, Squiers CAD, Huber CCD ....., One Mile- Johnson CCD, Slone CAD, Squiers CAD .....,. Two Mile- Dozier CAD, Squiers CAD, Slocum CAD ,.,,. 120 Hugh Hurdles Allinger CCD, Olker CCD, Tujo CAD ...... . 22 0 Low Hurdles- Time, l0.3 seconds ------,,,Time, 2 'S flat Time, 54. 5 seconds ttt,--,Time, 2109.2 -.,...,-Time, 4:56 Hr.. ,,., Time, ll:23.2 ------t,-.Time, l6 flat Time, 25.7 seconds ' Olker CCD, Davis CCD, Meir CCD ......g.v.......,,--- - ------f-- Pole Vault- High Jump- Thomasson CCD, Cheney CCD and Claypool CAD tied for second ' ' Height, ll feet, 724 inches Smith CAD, Honodel CCD. McReynolds CAD 54 3.3,.,.-