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

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SEASCDWS HIGHLIGHTS Top: Vern Bartram follows the flight of the ball as Preitas tosses one of his south- paw bullet passes: Orrin Hoffman spins out of a San Francisco State tackler's arms as he scores the first touchdown for the as Wildcats. Center: Hoffman kicking, Benny Reams running, and Coach Roy Bohler showing that he is not ca-mera-shy. Bottom: Hoffman, again, running around the California Aggie left end as Dick Kol- lenborn clears the way: Bohler gives the boys a good share of skull work. .x miami -wa: E gm JE E ll asm is 1:1 im xxx S W egg 3? fa sang mv mi: 585158 ',, was ,Q ai wan? -1 an a Egg ll we mrggk xi-, is fa., may , gl -sf as si 1 ai Q M455 A ., H 5

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WILLAIID LANE Most thrilling games of the 1939 season. Left shows Len Stenberg fighting with two Sacramento J. C. men for possession 'H of the ball during the annual series. At the right, Legg itt of the Aggies is flipping the ball to C CONFERENCE CLAS!-IES Wayland Conrad, center, and Harry Sockland, guard, were out' standing for the winning outlit. The second game, played on the Chico court, showed the Cards again outclassed as the invad- ers rang up 54 points to Chico's 42. Whitmer and Taylor were sparkplugs of the home town team. Realizing that only fate could keep them in the champion- ship race now, the Wildcats really took it out on their next guests. lt happened to be Fresno State. The first game ended with Chico going around the scoreboard to 62. Fresno had 33. Al Schlueter had credit for 2l of the Cardinal points. Hal Taylor made l2. The second night the Bulldogs came back with fire in their eyes, and at half-time they were leading, 33 to 25. With an inspiring talk from The Fox, Chico came back and held the Fresnans to one field goal in the second half. Final score Was: Chico 44, Fresno 36. Toby Lawless was outstanding for the Bulldogs, scoring 27 points. Al Schlueter led both teams with 40 points for the two nights. Next in line Was the College of Pacinc, cellar team. Not conceded a chance to take the second-place Chico team, the Tigers poured it on in the first game to win a 42-34 victory. Hugh lVlcWillia1ns was the key factor in the Win. His l5 points, plus his floor generalship, was the deciding note. With Saturday night's game the last of the conference season, Chico was deter- LEN STENBERG Forward GENE HAMMERSTROM Forward if sa gp Je ft asiii - as E ,., ,,.,:Q: . J ' 3 2 ,ig Nm E im ,V L , I .. .L M g . , 5 .,.,.. 3. Mesa- M was is E M an 7cg,W,mE.,5 . 'LE E585 onrad, his teammate. lVlUSH SCI-IOENFFLD Forward DAVE SIGEL Guard PAUL CALDERHEAD Guard ART Wl'll'ENlER Guard ASHLEY GUYNN Forward fail' -'YQ - K