Grover Cleveland High School - Les Memoires Yearbook (Reseda, CA)

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Varsity Baseball Team Caught In Action 4 Q' ' , f , Jim Fenwick cocks to throw a runner out at first base in a crucial league game with Reseda. Frank Bowling takes a vicious cut at a Hunter's pitch in their first contest of league play. l ,. , .X ,U ,..M, .,., ., , .i Q AmA..,,,,.k-., if . Q tn- I tv ,v-kUKkgN,-A, . , , 4 . . -,Me NA- 'Id'-D , k , - 4. F . ,, ,X A Q -. 1 - Q., : ., Q t- sr gl . , Q g , g V V A . 1 Y 4, wt. P 'X- Tom Nelson pitches to an awaiting Regent batter at Reseda. lO6 - w,,,,,f , k I 5.155 A 'K ' I , ' , . 4 Gi ' I 'V ' x X , , , . V4 I f ,rye My X .X V m - ,' rf , f , Randy Jones shows determination as he takes a healthy cut at a fast ball thrown down the oioe.

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The Long Awaited Year Even as early as two years ago, the members of the J.V. and Varsity knew that the 1970 Varsity baseball squad would be the best all around baseball team in Cleveland's histcrv. The young men who comprised the team were looking for a city championship as we had in 1965. As- sembled in this year's team is the finest group of athletes that will be found anywhere in city high school baseball. This year the baseball team had only two scrim- mages. Those were with Granada Hills and Van Nuys. They then went into three rounds of league play instead of two. Heading our team are returning all-leaguers Tom Gleason and Randy Jones. Brian Wines, Jim Fenwick, Dave Cunningham, and Phil Barnes are all returning lettermen. Combining those boys with the majority of last year's talented J.V. squad, the Cavaliers should once more bring a championship banner to Cleveland. Strong pitching, hitting, and excellent fielding is what the Cava- liers ran on this year. The long awaited year has finally come, and with it, has come the long awaited team. SCORES El Camino Real Canoga Park Chatsworth El Camino Real Canoga Park SCORES CHS CHS 3 Granada Hills 1 Chatsworth 5 Taft Reseda 2 El Camino Real 3 Van Nuys Taft 7 Canoga Park O Reseda 3 Chatsworth Reseda Taft Coach Dave Preciado CHATSWORTH: Tom Nelson opened up the Varsity league com- petition in baseball this year with a three-hit shutout over Chatsworth. Tom dominated over the Orangemen the whole game, having only two balls hit off of him out into the outfield. Phil Barnes led off the third inning with a single to left, then proceeded to steal second base. On the steal, the ball was thrown into center field which allowed Barnes to take third. Then the Chancellors walked Nelson. On an attempted steal of second, the ball was once again thrown into center field, allow- ing Barnes to trot home for the only and winning run of the game. Randy Jones, Frank Bowling, and Tom Gleason also got hits for the Cavaliers in their first league victory, 1-O. TAFI': The Cavaliers traveled to Taft to face the always tough Toreadors in what could have been one of Cleveland's hardest games of the season. Jim Fenwick opened up the game with a single to right-center. This started a first inning four run rally. Pitcher Tom Gleason came out and had a pretty shaky first inning allowing three runs, but then settled down conceding only two more in the next six stanzas. The credit of the day was given to Randy Jones. Jones went two for three with a single and a home run. He batted in three runs and scored three times himself to give us the final edge over Taft, 6-5. EL CAMINO REAL: Coming off with a slim victory over Taft, the Cavaliers traveled to El Camino for what was to be another close contest. in the top of the second inning, Frank Bowling led off with a single to left-center. Phil Barnes then laid down a perfect bunt along the base line pulling the third baseman, pitcher, and first baseman all inward. Bowling went to third and Barnes was safe at first. Rich Rehder then singled to left bringing home bowling and sending Barnes to third. A double steal on the next play scored Barnes for the second and final run of the game. From here on it was pitcher Tom Gleason all the way. He held El Camino to three hits the entire game and virtually handicapped the Conquistadores for every inning except the sixth, where El Camino collected its three hits. But being unable to score, El Camino wound up on the bottom. The final score was Cleveland 2, El Camino O. CANOGA PARK: Against Canoga, the Cavaliers jumped off to a quick lead and gave the impression that this would be an easy victory. Frank Bowling started the first inning rally with a triple to right-center, followed by singles from Phil Barnes and Randy Jones. This gave Cleveland its first lead of the game, 3-O. Going into the sixth inning, the Cavaliers still held the lead,7-2. As pitcher Tom Gleason began tiring, the Hunters came to life. Before Cleveland knew what had struck, the Hunters had passed five men over the plate to tie the game at seven all. Lew Winchell came in for Gleason in relief. Un- able to find the strike zone, he walked in a run with the bases loaded. This last run was all Canoga needed as they held the Cavalier bats in the last two innings and walked away with a 9-7 victory. RESEDA: ln their first meeting of the year, both the Cavaliers and the Regents were ready for a real game since they were currently tied for first place in the league. ln the first inning, numerous errors led the score to drift over to the Regents side by a 3-O margin. Settling down, the Cavaliers then went the next six innings allowing only one more run to the Regents. ln the meantime, however, the bats of the Cavaliers were quiet, except for Phil Barnes who collected both hits that Cleveland had throughout the game. Pitcher Tom Nelson received the loss although he gave up only four hits the entire game. All four runs off Nelson were unearned. As the game started, the game ended. Cleveland took its first loss in league by a score of 4-O. lO5

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'N g 1421- ,M Z , if V- -fl f 1 Lew Winchell watches the ball as it heads toward home plate in one Dave Stabelfeldt prepares for a throw from the outfield against of the league encounters. Canoga Park. if A i x Coach Preciado discusses with his infield the strategy to be Phil Barnes makes a play to 'first base as Tom Nelson watches used in the Same- along side. Rich Rehder displays his form as he bats off a Chancellor pitcher.