Dana Middle School - Log Yearbook (San Pedro, CA)

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A -1 February 1928 After the opening of school, the boys started to play indoor games. There were two leagues, the major and minor. Home- room Eleven won the major league championship. Homeroom Fourteen won the minor league championship. Homeroom Eleven defeated Fourteen in two successive games for the school championship. September 1928 The opening of basketball at Dana sent homerooms through stiff workouts. Practice games were played before the schedule started. Homeroom Eleven won class C championship. Home- room Fourteen won class D championship. The play-off for the school championship was won by Homeroom Eleven. February 1929 The second semester was indoor season. There were many practice games. The school championship was won by Home- room Eleven of class C. In class D the championship was won by Homeroom Fourteen. Class E was won by Fifteen, and class F by 176. Homeroom Eleven won three school championships and Homeroom Fourteen won three class D championships. September 1929 Homerooms played many practice games. For class C two teams only competedg they were 171 and eleven. Homeroom 171 won class C championshipg class D championship was won by 153g school championship was won by 153. The First Dana Lettermen The first letters were given at the end of first semes- ter. There were only seven boys who received letters. Ted Rafalovich was high man with 316 points. The following is a list of those lettermen and the number of points they earned: 'Ted Rafalovich .......................................,., 316 M. C. Shirley ......... -. 243 Jack Tuerk ........ ..., 2 32 Fred Padula ...... .... 2 26 Yube Ostoich ....... ,,., 1 97 Carl Tempe ......... .... 1 77 Robert San Jose ...... .,.. 1 76 Joe Kordich ......... ...... . .... 1 75 41

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fs .4 H Qpnrts GIRLS' SPORTS In February, 1928, Richard Henry Dana Junior High School physical education department opened with B7, A7, and B8 classes and one teacher, Miss Adelene Ponti, now Mrs. McCarty. New members added to the staff have been Mrs. Marguerite Suiter, physical education teacher, in September 19283 and Mrs. Winifred Hight, corrective physical education teacher, in February 1929. Seasonal sports at Dana were hit pin baseball, volley ball, basket ball, and indoor baseball. Archery was reserved for the corrective department. Every girl in each class was chosen on a team, and scheduled games were played. The period winners then competed for school championship. The championship team earned seventy-five points each, di- vision Winner sixty points each. grade winner fifty points each, period winner twenty-five points each, team captains, squad leaders, and monitors each ten points. Points were also earned by gains in nutrition and marked improvement in correctives. The following were members of the Dynamite 12 Volley Ball team, the school champions last semester: Captain Niga Kovalovsky, Margaret Martinez, Esther Selin, Lucille Costa, Hope Wilson, Ruth Sanchez, Thelma Wheelwright, Frances Luna, Taimie Higgs, Gwendolyn Stapley, Lucille Malone, and Martha Espinosa. , New teams were chosen, they played hit pin baseball. ' Volley Ball Volley ball championship for 1929 was won by the A8 Dynamites. Their team work was splendid. The Dana Slicers, B9 students, also showed some peppy work. We, seventh grade students, won the afternoon championship though they lost to the Dynamites. Hit Pin Baseball Hit pin baseball was played the last five weeks. It is a combination of soccer and baseball. All the girls showed great enthusiasm for this combination. Quick thinking and alertness are a necessity in this sport. 40

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S 4 I MEN'S FACULTY SPORTS The men's athletics started with the opening of the SCh00l- The volley ball league found them unprepared. Withoiit hav- ing had any practice they entered the league, and took last place. The indoor baseball team also started the league without any practice. They lost the first three games and then rallied winning six straight games. The end of the league found them tied for second place. Their captain says, If we had had two practice games we would have won the first three league games. This season's volley ball was organized into two teams. These teams were to be seen at noon practicing on the court erected on the stage. The score when this book went to press stood: First team won five, lost oneg second team won one, lost fl? FACULTY WOMEN'S SPORTS Dana Faculty women found time for and enjoyed tennis, volley ball, and indoor baseball. Games of volley ball and base- ball were played with student teams. five. Of the two tennis tournaments held, both victories were won only after playing several close matches. Last semester the faculty women organized themselves into a baseball team and challenged the girls' championship team, The Pedro Sports. The girls, however, proved themselves real champions and defeated the faculty with a good score. The Net-skim-oes and the Biff-a-loes practised after each faculty meeting, hoping to defeat the volley ball championship team. The Dynamite 12's had no easy time winning as may be seen by the close score of 11 to 15. Mr. Porter, the principal, officiated in both games to the satisfaction of the critical rooting section. 42