John Muir High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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the 1954 b football squad the muir b's had very few chances to shout about victory, but their spirits never dampened. coach smith remarked at the end of the season that although the team's record was mediocre, most of the boys had enjoyed playing. 2 of vi t LEW Q y ' ' - . - 5 X ll,, . A HP 1 V VV f Q 1 k the comical art work at the left shows the MAM' h Vx My el' ,,,,,,v-.VY em A way in which the b's warmed up before a 'f I S' Q VE, A ' K game. the halfbacks returned punts, and the - l Q- TQ? 5 'L ?,w W .pl f- sz' Ea 1: quarterbacks threw passes to the Iinemen. 2 1 A f a 'J 3. t wa' 311: J 'i- 93 ' I - coach walt smith clad the b gridders in gold ierseys for their home game with newport. the action pictured at right shows courtney klinck being tackled by y a newport player while cliff blessing and several other muirites move in to give help. klinck moved from his right half spot on a quick pitchout to gain short yardage as muir was defeated 12 to 6. virginia cowleY iv 'Inn COX mary cox sarah I. crain mdffhd CI'iPPS 'ich'- 'd C ooke 28 it 's -u-mlm-i--,- ,-, -- N .

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cleve traughber senior class council this group of senior class council members is, bottom row, left to right, mary sherwood, linda falk, susie mays, barbie little, carole mccomas, and carolyn lenz. second row, carole mcclelland, mary cox, linda liscom, iulie harwood, and francie elam. back row, dick draeger, sonny peisa, pancho sant, and nan fletcher. while senior council gets in swing eugene conte barbara cook donald cook linda cook senior class president fall semester the second group is, bottom row, left to right, mary miller, sandy buckner, sue anderson, cleve traughber, duke rohlffs, karene rogers, and elaine elliott. second row, cari guth, iudy mc phee, lois crain, ann perine, sally arnold, and iane lange. back raw, sally simpson, jean bickel, janet trunick, iudy erickson, sue esterman, and nancy rogers. william cook patricia corrao ' ' qc. -- , . Q ' V -1 ' X , .eg ff--,gs L- .N A , 4- . .eg .fee-ea' 2 e - e -:

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'f 'x members of 'he Hb feam picfured on page 28 are: from row, leff fo right, team members pictured above are: front row, left to right, art cross, walt charlie fukataki, george wardwell, pete duckworth, bob mchugh, john kerr, lewis, don vacca, ed hatch, bill ingham, sherman fullbright, leon williams iim iulius, ernie ferla, iohn wright, harold fore, and coach walt smith. back loring magee, and bryon macclowry. back row, don okada, cliff blessing row, mike ienkinson, ko nishimura, george burdick, ed muses, frank mon- courtney klinck, byron hast, mike foley, richard ellis, bill boyer, phil terrill, zingo, bob hamilton, arnold davis, gary norton, iim cunningham, and free- 5009 COX, and le Y brown- man stevens. richard h93ffS are stron and Pure coach walt smith coach smith, asked to mold a team from inexperienced players, did a fine job and guided his boys to a record of two wins, four losses, and a tie. season's highlights although the b's finished the season with only two wins and a tie as compared to four losses, walt smith's little mustangs played several good games. one of these was their final game against la habra. the score was 28 to 0 in favor of muir, and the opposition was unable to threaten throughout the game. george burdick scored two touchdowns to lead the muir offense. another well played game, and muir's only other win, resulted when the colts met compton at muir. the score of that game was 13 to 6. gl-gufer donqld grqwell ng'-bert Cullen i0Gl1 CUlVeI' l'lmOfl1y CUl1I1lI'lgl1dn1 CClI'0l CUrlI5 1.......1-