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

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, ,rg ,, ra f e , a a 3 f at Em I .,.:. 5, X3 159 ,.,. s k 43515 E if V kr 5 i BSI T iw s l ART SWENSEN STAN DISON LEN ROBERTS NON-CONFERENCE GAMES Ten non-conference games, besides the barnstorming contests, were played by the Wildcats during the season, with the home team coming through with a record of six victories and four defeats. The first of these was the most exciting played on the Chico court in many years against Southern Oregon Normal, with two overtime periods being needed before the Chico Staters finally emerged with a 44-40 victory tucked under their belts. Without Stenberg in the lineup the opponents from Ashland, Oregon, were installed as the pre-game favorites. The game was close, however, and at the end of the regular ga-me time the score was 36-36. In the first overtime period a wild and woolly mixup was again tied up with Hal Taylor sinking a long half-court shot. After a five minute rest the Wildcats again came back on the court with three regulars out of the Chico lineup due to their ejection because of too many personal fouls. Men who were taken out of the game included: Art Whitmer, Al Schlueter, and Bud Swensen. Irving Schoenfeld and John Moiso, Chico midgets, were playing in place of the regulars and performed like champions, with each of them scoring in the final period, as did Dave Sigel. Swensen was high point man for Chico with 12 points, while Leavens and Hansen were the leading Ashland scorers. The annual Sacramento series was played in the Capital City and found Chico still keeping its record of not losing a pair of consecutive games in the practice series by splitting the two contests. The irst game was lost 31-27 when the Wildcats were unable to get going due to the slow-break type of play used by the Panthers of Sacramento. In the second game, Art Whitmer, acting captain, staved off possible defeat by guarding Bill Borcher, 6 foot 5 inch center, with fine results, as well as dropping in l l points for his own side of the ledger. Other non-conference ga-mes played by the Chicoans, included: Stockton Arnblers, Redding town team, San Francisco State, and Humboldt State. For the season of 1938-1939, unless Fate is again unkind, the Chico State basketball varsity should prove plenty of competition for other Far Western Conference teams. Although they may not be at the top of the heap when the league standings are figured, the Cardinals should be in the upper bracket. Defending champions will be the University of Nevada Wolves. The main loss to the Chico State team will be that of Lennie Stenberg, who is leaving behind him a record and reputation that is one both enviable and hard for future players to duplicate. Len Roberts will also be missing when the roll call for Chico basketball is made this winter. With him goes the spirit of champions, for Roberts is one of the hardest-working and hardest-lighting men on the athletic side of Chico State life. He began his work on Wildcat varsities three years ago, lin,-fb. ,-.1..f.-..- ,-...+I.1.-.-..-..- Bar 'N 1 -iv iiffffiiyii sw. 'l 'SE . Qtfifasgnl 5 :EQ 'EIi5'i?3.E-ire ' 'T ' 'W 3552356-?..f:Y' t qi, 1 f.-,c.. F . . . . i 3 ' , , 5. l i ,, 3

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pack, led by Big John Radovich, 6 foot, 5 inch center, were too strong for the home team and despite the spirit of the Chico players, won a 43 to 38 victory. Top scorer for this game was Radovich with 14 points. Leading Chico in the scoring column was Al Schlueter with 13 points. In the second game Nevada again was victorious by a 52 to 44 score. Missing of free throws cost the Wild- cats this game. Sigel and Schlueter were outstanding for the losing Wildcats, while Stenberg scored 10 points to lead Chico scorers. Radovich again scored 14 points for high scoring honors. The California Aggie series, also played in the Chico gym, resulted in the Wildcats turning the tables in sweeping the series by scores of 45 to 37 and 42 to 38. In the first game the Cardinals hit a hot streak and ran up a high score. Dave Sigel sparked the team in both games from his guard position, while Sten' berg ca-me through with high point honors with 14 digits. In the second game Al Schlueter was the main scoring factor with his 18 points. An overtime period was needed before the Wildcats were finally given the victory. Taylor, Sigel, and Whitmer played the best ball for Chico in the final game of the series. The third series of the 1938 season was against the College of Pacific bas- keteers. The games were played at Stockton. The Wildcats went into the game with at least an even chance to split the series, but from the opening whistle, however, the superiority of the Bengals was seen. Although the score at half time in the Iirst game was 21-19 in favor of the Stocktonites, Chico failed to keep on the heels of the leaders in the second period and ended the game on the short end of a 50-25 score. Beck Parsons and Tom Rippon of Paciic led the scorers with Parsons making 18 points. Al Schlueter led the Chico scorers. In the second game the Cats duplicated their poor performance of Friday night s clash and were on the tail end of the 41-23 score. Rippon led the Tigers with 13 While Stenberg was high for Chico with eight. Against Fresno State the Chico Staters realized that all hope for the Far XVestern Conference title had gone glimmering and prospects for the 1938-1939 season were used by Coach Art Acker during most of the game. Cornelius Warmerda-m walked right through all attempts at defensive play on the part of the Wildcats and scored 35 points in the two-game series. In the first contest the Cats met their fifth defeat by a score of 40-35. Art Whitmer playing guard for the first time was high Chico scorer in this game with 15 points. A zone defense was used in both games in an attempt to stop the scoring ability of Warmerdam but to no avail Warrnerdam even topped his performance of the night before and scored 19 points in the final conference game for Chico For the Wildcats Art Whitmer and John Moiso turned in outstanding performances f HL, 1 12 J i-if E . X I me 4 .W .53 I E ji 1 ff 'Q an E is . K v M5 wi Ei Haag swirl E a iii 19 ...r ,.....,., ,. If rg we . .. fe 1 fem 4 ART VJHITMER i New JACK UREN LOUIE WELCH 1 is ' mm H J r v 1 1 m. 1 if asmsgla s r is it SH is is sy Q 1 B as nz an H s sl s gg as 3 as pu si as 1 is xii i Q B s if in E is s KN is a , . sf ' an 1 ri is awww an is 1 rx . . W , . 1 ' an . gm T nnlcc lilzn rlfw lnnn crro rh i L

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E YA W and although not playing on the first team as regularly as Stenberg, he will be missed none the less. Warren Behnke and Jim Holland are also among those who will be lost to the 1939 squad. Even with the graduation and ineligibility of these, four men, it is found that the Wildcats will have ten returning varsity men in suit next year. They are: Dave Sigel, Al Schlueter, Art Swensen, Art Whitmer, John Moiso, Hal Taylor, Irving Schoenfeld, Louie Welch, Stan Dison, and Jack Uren. Added to this group should be the names of Ashley Guynn, Ron Farley, and Maynard Holland, frosh players this year, who showed prospective varsity caliber during the yearling season. Again leading the parade of Chico scorers was the versatile Len Stenberg. Stenberg hit the hoop for a total of 189 points. He tallied 79 field goals while dropping in 31 free throws out of 54 tries. Art Whitmer, steady, dependable center, copped second place scoring honors for the second consecutive year with 155 points made from 64 field goals and 27 free throws. Al Schlueter, a sopho- more playing his lirst year of varsity ball, tallied 138 points with 62 field goals and 14 free throws made. Hal Taylor, freshman, was next with 135 points made on 53 field goals and 17 free throws. Art Swensen was fourth high man with a season's total of 8l points while Dave Sigel was next with 55. Irving Schoenfeld, dependable substitute, netted 40 points for the season. Chico's opponents scored 939 points while the Wildcats scored 881, This is the first season the Wildcats have failed to outscore their opponents. SCORES OF NON-CONFERENCE GAMES Chico State 52 ..........,......,..............,............,...,......,. ..... Humboldt State 25 Chico State 28 ..,.... - ...,.... ...... - ............ M odesto J. C. 40 Chico State 27 ....... - .............. U. C. L. A. 33 Chico State 26 ....... ..... ..... C h apman College 47 Chico State 35 ....... 2 ....... ....... S an Diego State 47 Chico State 31 ....... ..,.... S an Diego State 49 Chico State 27 ....... ...,. , .. ....... Sacramento J. C. 31 Chico State 38 ....... --- ......t.,....... Sacramento J. C. 35 Chico State 44 ....... 2 ...... ..... S outhern Oregon Normal 40 Chico State 35 ....... .... - D-- Redding Cardinals 29 Chico State 62 ....... H ..,.. Auburn Cardinals 29 Chico State 30 ....... ...... - .... S an Francisco State 36 Chico State 30 ....... ...... - Wa-, San Francisco State 42 Chico State 41 ....... - ,... . ....... Redding Cardinals 24 Al Schlueter-from behind 1, lv. 1 sf 3 Ja ,.,.,., , ,..,. . r ' IRVING SCHOENFELD is-yi page rm- W ...M 5-,aw DAVE SIGEL 'BARRATT RAY Tip-off is a tie-jump Hal Taylor tips one in