Jefferson High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Hume Stratton Van Bramer Santee Kirsch Hueller

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Basketball This year the Jeff varsity suffered a bad season primarily because of lack of height which enabled their opponents to dominate the backboard play. Those that followed the Jeff scores closely noticed that the Demos had many close contests where they were edged out only by a few points. In their one pre-season game the Demos defeated Multnomah College. The last game of the season played against the second-place Roosevelt Roughriders was a thriller, with the Teddies defeating the Demos by four points, the score being 39 to 35. Jeff’s league standing was eighth place with two wins and fourteen losses. Those who received letters were Cliff Hume, Dick Waldo, Vern Mueller, Ray Tercek, Clair Van Bramer, Walt Kirsch, Ray Stratton, Jim Englesby, and Don Johnson. The high scorers were Ray Tercek, 156 points; Ray Stratton, 65 points; Clair Van Bramer, 60 points; and Dick Waldo, 50 points. Ray Tercek was selected by the Journal for the second string of the All-City team. The lettermen returning next season will be Johnson, Kirsch, Hume, Waldo, and Inglesby. THERE WEAf SOME YOUNG ONES -ON THE TEAM LAST SEASON

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Baseball For the first time in six consecutive seasons the Jefferson baseball squad had to be satisfied with second instead of first place. Jeff landed in the second position because of only three defeats. Two of these games were lost to the league-leading Franklin team by 1-0 scores and the other went to Washington. Both Quaker tilts were very close and one game was won by Franklin in the last inning. The other loss to Washington was also by only one run. Other tough games in which the Demos came out on top were with the Lincolnites and Mechanics. Much credit for the fine performance Jeff turned in goes to Don Johnson, .who pitched 12 out of a possible 15 games. His stellar consistency brought him a place on the All-City team. Fries, Lamberton, and Maydahl took on the rest of the pitching chores. Heaviest slugger for the season was Bob Santee, who ended up with a .328 average. Jefferson contributed three men to the All-City nine: D. Johnson, H. Zurcher, and R. Carlson. Players getting letters with one or more seasons left were Simmons, Tercek, Bud Santee, Park, Johnson, Ruecker, Kirsch, Lamberton, Fries, Foley, Zeisler, Maydahl, Sneider, and Brosy. Those letter-earners who graduated were Zurcher, Bob Santee. R. Carlson, H. Carlson, and Mathews.