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

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Ckew San Mateo gained a tie for the crew cham- pionship by whipping Oakland-Polytechnic Col- lege of Engineering in the nnal race. But they lost all chances for a clear win of the California Collegiate Oarsmen's Association Conference when they were defeated by the University of San Francisco. A review of the season tells the tale of hard-fought and winning races. In league competition the usual San Mateo streak of good and bad luck held true. The locals were stroked by Sherman Frick and Chester Edwards. The other portsiders were Conny Byrnes, Bill Whit- tington, Wes Hicks, Malt Stepp, and George Owens. On the starboard,.behind Edwards, were Bill Dower, Tom Tinker, Keith Reeves, Harry Prongos, and Bill Watson. Vic Feudale was cox- swain. Mr. Rankin acted as coach. Forly-three

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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.

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GTZ. Koxing Trouble in finding opponents was the main difiiculty of the boxing and wrestling teams. Box- ing is completed for the season, but wrestling is just tapering off as this is written. Several outstanding stars formed the nucleus of the boxing squad. Merle Rivord, former Golden Glove fighter from Chicago, was a new- comer who proved a sensation. The junior College won in the ring over San jose State and Salinas J. C. but lost to California Frosh and to Salinas in a return bout. In the conference tourney at Salinas, Howard .. QM WWA.. gan.. Peters, 126 pound scrapper from the Bulldog ranks, was the lone winner for San Mateo. For his work Peters received a gold medal. In the exhibition bouts at the conference matches, the Mateans showed some execllent boxers. Rivord, Harry Davis, and others won their battles, but they did not count as they were only exhibition events. Several freshmen showed a good deal of prom- ise during the season, and the hopes of Coach Wilson for a successful team next season are high at present. MW Forty-four