College of San Mateo - Campus Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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' gg? - . Kueba I Playing their heaviest schedule in recent years, Bulldog baseballers swung through a successful season to the last. Under the able hand of Coach Lee Bissett in his second year as diamond mentor, the Matean nine knocked out nine victories in sixteen league starts. As usual the first brace of engagements with Modesto were rained out and these conference tilts had not yet been played when this went to press. The Mateans opened against Santa Rosa and returned from the invasion with a split win, 2-4 the loss, and 1-11 the victory. Bill Preston pitched the opener while veteran Noah Curti hurled the nightcap. Curtiistarred with a home run in the last inning. Next for league play the Bulldogs downed Marin 'Taysee twice in a row at Kentfield. The scores, 14-5 and 7-2, tell the tale of complete dominance for the locals. Preston again hurled the starter with Manley Miles behind the plate and Alec Cereghino hurling in the finals. Fol- lowing a two game forfeit by Menlo which did not field a team this season, the Mateans took a double bow to Sacramento Jaysee, leaders of the league, by 4-5 and 1-12 scores. San Mateo used their same ball tossers while Howard Adler shared honors behind the plate with Miles. Out for revenge, Bulldog batters stormed Salinas Jaysee nelders on the local diamond and won 7-3 and 8-2 victories. Al Peterson hurled his first league game in the opener. Curti had left the squad with an arm injury.'I'he San Francisco Jay- see rivals came to town and walked off with a 4-3 victory in the first start. However, the Matean squad won the ,final by a 9-1 majority. Against Placer, the local nine went through a hot 5-1 victory to start and returned in the second game to be beaten 6-7. In the season's finale, the Bulldogs dropped a double-header to the strong Modesto j.C. nine, 6-4 in the first fracas, and 8-2 in the seven inning nightcap. Bib Bill Preston and tiny Alec Cere- ghino did the hurling duties for the Mateans. The Mateans Hnished the season lodged in third place in conference competition behind Sacramento and Modesto. P- On the squad this season were veterans Frank Pfyl, Alec Cereghino, Dick Harris, Hank Etzel, Noah Curti, A,,. Orry Facchini, and newcomers Ed Schultz, Manley Miles, Vahan Eranosian, Irvin Alves, Howard Adler, Ed McSweeney, and Herb Townsend. ,. For-ly-one

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enniai Varsity tennis at San Mateo reached a new high during 1959, when the Bulldogs took both singles and doubles laurels in the Northern California Junior College Tournament, held May 5 and 6 at Stanford. Carl Joost ran off with the singles medal, winning on a default from San Francisco's Bill Canning, who chose to play in another tournament rather than play off the final match. Captain Alderman and Joost hauled down the doubles' coronet when they dumped their teammates, Tom Daly and Pete Monteith, in straight sets, 6-4, 8-6. The latter duo gained the final round by upsetting the finalists of last year, Dixon and Hogan of Modesto. The Mateans weren't even pressed in their victory, Winning as they pleased, 6-2, 6-3. In team competition, the Bulldogs ended the season in a tie for first place with San- Francisco, each squad boasting five wins and a tie. Iri the Forty playoff, held at San Francisco, the two aggre- gates again split the decision! A coin was flipped, Coach Bashor yelled tails, but it landed heads and the unoflicial championship went to the Rams! The Bulldogs played thirty-four matches, won seventeen, lost twelve, and tied five. When the chips were down and winning really meant some- thing, however, the,Mateans didn't drop a match. Joost, Daly, and Alderman travelled to Ojai for the annual tournament late in April, and all faired well. Joost lasted three rounds before succumbing to Stanford's Larry Dee. Joost, Daly, Alderman, Monteith, John Gar- ton, Charles McCabe, and Bill Langford com- prised the Varsity squad, included in the B team were Bob Schnier, Charles Ewell, Mel Carter, Torn Drisko, Bob Bonner, Vernon Ileibbrandt, and Dick Carruthers.

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Tuck With their 'new mentor, Dell Fishback, San Mateo junior Colleges track and field team turned in a successful season as the second best team in the conference. Coach Dell Fishback saw his men to five dual meet victories and only two losses. The Mateans placed second in the all- conference meet at Sacramento, the junior col- lege of the latter city winning by a margin of eight points. The'Bulldogs started by whipping the Stanford Frosh. San Francisco State, San Francisco .junior College, Sacred Heart High School and Modesto Junior College later fell by the wayside. But Sacramento and the California Freshmen turned the tide on the local outfit. High jumper Les Steers, who toured the country under the junior Colleges name, placing in several big Eastern indoor meets, was the star of the season. He set a new conference record of 6 feet 4 inches in the high jump, and a new West Coast Relays mark of 6 feet 7 inches in the Fresno Relays. The latter meet also saw San Mateo claim its only National j.C. mark for the season when Burman Skrable, Blair Hyde, jack Moore and Francis Olson combined to run the two mile relay in 7:53.2, three seconds under the old record. Forly-Iwo San Mateo was especially strong in the middle distances. Blair Hyde, in the 440, Jack Moore, in the 880 and mile, Burman Skrable, in the 880 and mile, and Francis Olson and Bob Joost, in the 440 and 880, provided the strength, all winning in conference competition. Steers was constantly called on for duty in the high hurdles, javelin, and discus, besides the high jump. He was third best in the conference in the hurdles, andwon the javelin at 195 feet 5 inches, setting a new school record. Conny Varneck, topping his performance with a leap of 6 feet 5 inches, was outstanding in the high jump. Bill Beeney handled both the Sprints, backed up by Carl Oates who also broad jumped, with Ray Altman and Harry Cox. Milton Walkup did several events, being most consist- ent at the javelin throw. jim Holloway did the hurdles. Les Major was the leading weight man, and was aided in his eliorts by Bob Roberts. Takishi Shiba aided in the mile, jack Finnegan and Harry Cox in the high jump. The deadline of this story was set before the running of the National junior College meet at Sacramento and the junior Pacific Association meet.