Dixon High School - Chanticleer Yearbook (Dixon, CA)

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4 . 1- l C?fiC1l'lil'Cl'6'Gf v sms' A'rHLanc,s From August until October the principal sport was swimming. The pool was open for the high school girls from eleven to twelve o'c1ock every school morning. The American Crawl, backstroke, and sidestroke were practiced by the advanced swimmers. Those who were just learning to swim were instructed in the shallow end of the pool. Several of the girls took life saving tests during the period. with the coming of cold weather, indoor baseball, volley ball and kick pin were played inside. In volley ball the different classes comp- eted against each other and the Junior girls were victorious. M Once again outside, baseball, archery, and tennis provided exercise for everyoneg and then, when the pool was reopened, the girls went swim- ing. In the spring both boys'and girls' gym classes were combined on several occasions and over a hundred students participated in softball games. There were ten teams each heeded by a captain and they were all able to play at the same time on the girls' baseball field and the four corners of the football turf. . p X The gym classes are under the direction of Mrs. Bloom, Miss Miler, and Miss Eggert. Each teacher has charge of a group of girls and places certain responsibilities in their hands. Squad leaders are appointed every six weeks and they have different duties to perfonm. Girls' ath- letics has become an important part of the high school curriculum. The shower rooms were remodeled this year, much to the enjoyment of the girls. Partitions were removed and the lockers were made larger. Another row of windows was added along the east side to allow more light to enter.

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1 F V PA QA DL DA LL The opening of baseball season found Dixon with seven veteran players to improve the team. It did not take Coach Mitchell long to round off a fair baseball team. The players improved their batting which was the chief weakness of the team last year. Due to the fact that it rained the first part of the week in which the season was to open the teams were forced to play at the park instead of the high school diamond. ' The Dixon nine trotted out on the field Tuesday, April 5, to play their first league game with Esparto. Three times Dixon loaded the bases and three times Esparto managed to put the team out. The Dixon nine batted one of the Esparto's pitchers out of the box, but were unable to score very many runs. Cowden pitched a marvelous game with the support of the team. When the ninth inning was Over ESP3Tt0 went home the victor of a real ball game, 7 to 4. The Winters game was postponed until the following Monday because several of the senior players went to the city with their class. Monday the Dixon ball club traveled to Winters for their second league game. Cowden pitched another wonderful game with the good support of the team. The hit of the day was Stolle's home run scoring a man ahead of him. Dixon was the victor of a 7 to 5 game. The Friday of the same week Clarksburg came to Dixon to play. A strong north wind was blowing which made it bad for the game. After seven innings of misjudging by both teams Clarksburg went home with a 'victory. The Clarksburg game ended the season for Dixon. The players then prepared to enter the softball league which was to begin in two weeks. The players were: Grady, catcherg Cowden, pitcherg Stolle, first baseg Hartley and McEathron, second base: Dunnicliff and C. Cagle, third baseg Robben, shortstopg H. Cagle, left fieldg V. Dutra, center fieldg Kilkenny, right field. Ghcmticleer 4 T

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uw GAA. The G A. A. is a new organization in the Dixon High School, being established this year. It is an association for girls who enjoy athletics, and its membership is not compulsory. ' A point system has been adopted, whereby those receiving a certain amount of points win awards. On March tenth the girls hiked out six miles west of Dixon and had a weinie roast. Every one had such a good time it was decided that such hikes should be held several times a year. A Meetings were held the first Monday evening of each month at the high school. At the last meeting of the year, on May third, the Seniors were the honored guests. The Sophomores and Freshmen had charge of the refresh- ments and entertainment, and acted as hostesses to the upper classmen. On May eighth, the Dixon G. A. A. entertained G. A. A. members from eight high schools at a Play Day. In the morning the girls played tennis, volley ball, baseball, and went swim ing. The sports were followed by a luncheon at the high'school. Delegates from each class attended the G, A. A. Hi-Jinks given by Vacaville and Davis. Although being a very new organization it has been both active and successful during the short time it has been in existence. At the end of the term several girls received their first awards, a green and white letter. Under the leadership of Miss Miler, the officers and members are striving to make this a worthwhile association. The officers for this term were: President, Alice Mae Gooding Vice President, Gail McKenzieg Secretary, Margie Maddeng Treasurer, Mary Rosag Athletic Managers, Merriel Hissey, Dorothy Smith, Marian Madden, and Zannette Belden. Ghcznticleer I