Garfield Junior High School - Gleaner Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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31 cC ullagh. Photo SO AND 95 POUND PENTATHLON TEAM Leslie Bedford Arnold Lindquist Marion Miner Robert Murphy. James Walton. Edwin Garwood. Hans Miller Derrnid Kysh. Daniel Gessler. Donald Dartt. Robert Dewell

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GARFIELD GLEANER 21 fight they showed in the push-up thrilled the large crowd of spectators who watched this event until every boy had finished. It seemed to the watchers as though each boy did every push-up he could find an atom of energy for, and then by sheer nerve alone he did five more. These boys showed that there is a Garfield spirit which will make our school the finest in the land. — Ted ; Dabagh, L9. THE GARFIELD SENIOR LEAGUE The Garfield Senior League has accom- plished very much this season. There are four teams in the league, consisting of a ll unlimited boys of the school. The compe- tition is very keen, and all the teams are about evenly matched, thus making the games very interesting. Mr. Kilburn decided to start this league, to give the boys a chance to have after- school games. The two winning teams will receive Garfield “G’s”. All the boys want to get a “G” so the competition is very good and they all take interest in the games. Each team elected a captain before play began in the league. The captains are: Princeton, John Traylor; Cornell, Alfred Anderson; Trojans, Eldred Cooney; Stan- ford, Mason Stevick. —Eldred Cooney, A9. THE GARFIELD JUNIOR LEAGUE The Garfield Junior League consists of four teams. The names of the teams in our league are as follows: Arizona, California, Centre and Yale. We have games Monday and Friday after school. Basket-ball is played Monday and soccer Friday. The captains of the teams are: ITockenbeamer for California, Rivett for Centre, Walburg for Arizona and Freitag for Yale. The teams that come first and second in this league get “G’s”, so every team is trying its best. THE AFTER SCHOOL LEAGUE The After School League is sailing along nicely in its playing. The games the boys play are soccer and basketball. They are putting on some good games which are interesting to watch. Some of the boys are playing especially good ball and would bear watching for the school team. The 95 pound league consists of four evenly matched teams. The boys met in the gym about a month ago and decided to have different college names. The names of the four teams are as follows: Centre or the Praying Colonels, Yale or the Bull Dogs, Arizona or the Wild- cats, and the last of the four teams is Californi a or the Bears. Centre is leading the league with 10 points, with California and Arizona tied for second with 5 points each; Yale is trailing with 4 points, at the time of writing. — Dick Mansell, L8. SOCCER GAMES AT GARFIELD The Garfield School soccer field is used every Sunday by teams of the Eastbay Soccer League. The Garfield field is used as a home grounds by the Italia Virtus Club of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Merchants of Oakland. The players use the Gym for a dressing room. The games are very interesting and are .attended by a crowd of people. — Julius Freitag, L8. BOXING As a new sport at Garfield School, boxing matches have been going on at noon, and before school. They are one minute rounds only. Arthur Clapp has been referee and Mr. Kilburn has done the timing. When the sun is shining boxing matches are on the grounds, but when it is raining they are held in our new gym. The boxers are gener- ally volunteers who make an agreement between themselves. — George Alcorn, H7. — Elmer Foss,L9.

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GARFIELD GLEANER 23 THE GARFIELD ATHLETIC TEAM In spite of the fact that they were organ- ized late in the season, the Garfield football team was a decided success. Of the five games that were played, only one was lost. Under the able coaching of Jack Murphy, the team was able to hold its own with men of superior strength. Much disappointement was felt by the men because of the inability to schedule games so late in the season. Even though half of the team is going on to High School there will remain at Garfield some men to carry on the club. Saturday, November 18, the team traveled north to the Tamalpais Academy. The game played on Saturday was one of the fairest games Garfield played. The lineup for the game was: Captain, Jack Murphy, John Traylor, Mason Stevick, Ralph Kellner, Arthur Clapp, Norman Brangwin, Jimmie Norton, Walter Young, Robei’t Nation, Jack Gardner, Bayard Rucker, Malcolm Sharpe, Burnham Handling, Eldred Cooney, Alfred Anderson. — Robert Nation, H9. VOLLEY BALL After a series of interclass games the H9 team was chosen as the representative of Garfield in volley ball. The team was fast and capable and played with the well-known Garfield spirit. It played two games away from school. The first took place at Bur- bank. The game was snappy and was won by Garfield in straight sets. The next game was played at Garfield against Edison, an ancient rival. The Garfield boys went up against unexpected strength and it was only by fighting that Garfield came out on the long end of the score. The third and final game was played with Willard at Willard. The boys were a little anxious and a bit too sure. After two hard games Willard had the league won. — Arthur Clapp H9.