Joseph Le Conte Middle School - Le Contean Yearbook (Hollywood, CA)

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After-School Baseball League It is impossible to determine at this early date the baseball champs of this season. In the ninth grade, Home Rooms Bungalow VIII, Bungalow XII and 105 are lighting for the pennant. All three of these teams are very strong, so we hesitate to even predict the winner. In the eighth grade the following rooms are still in the race: 120, 229. Bungalow II, 227, and 107. The seventh-grade teams have sifted down to the following: Bungalow V. 220, 233, 205 and 126. The boys are grateful to lN'Ir. Kempton for his excellent management of this after-school baseball league. Faculty vs. Seniors The Faculty baseball team defeated the Senior team by a score of 13-10. lN'Iany errors were made by both teams. The only real exciting play of the game was made when hir. Binder knocked the ball over the fence. The Senior line-up was as follows: Campbell, catcherg VVilson. pitcher: Hellman, first baseg Luke, second baseg Watkiiis, shortstopg Frankfurt. third baseg Danniger, left field, See, center fieldg King. right field. The Faculty players were Kempton, catcher, Ford, pitcherg Overman, first baseg Errett. second baseg Smith, shortstopg Binder, third baseg Schmidt. left fieldg Elliott, center field, Hawkins, right field. Basket-ball Letters Awarded There are three groups of boys, classified as A's, B's and C's, who received championship basket-ball letters for going through the entire season without meeting a defeat. The A's who received letters were as follows: Richard Van Fleet. Clifford Commeford, Jim llfloore, Fred Richardson, Eugene VVard. and Richard Van Doren. The B's included Bill Ream, Pat Nicholson, Bob Crothers. and Larry Hoff. The Cys who won letters were Don Duane, Ernest VVithers, Lester Eaton, and Dick Bergner. Golf Tournament A very interesting golf tournament has been in progress this last month of school. Twenty-four of our boys entered into competition at VVilson golf course, Griffith Park, under the supervision of Mr. Overman. Stanley Bishop, an A-Nine boy from Bungalow IV, won the silver loving cup with the score of 89. Fred Jackman, Home Room 105, 'lack Vveisinger, 108, and Stanley lllartin, 227, were in close competition with the winner. fiosl

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Champion Baseball Team of 1926 During the baseball season of 1926, Home Room 209's team had won every game they played while in school. Alfonso Leal, the captain of the team, then challenged the ninth-grade champions for a game. The challenge was accepted and the eighth-grade go-getters won with a score of 13-6. This made the B-Eights champions for three successive terms. The team was awarded a silver loving cup. The players in the picture, reading from left to right, are Gordon Johnson, James La Presle, Alfonso Leal Ccaptainj, Mr. Des Rochers fhome room sponsorj, Eugene Reyes, Carl Beonde, and Eddie White. The following members of the team have left Le Conte: Francis Belongia, Jack Robinson, Dave Robinson, Calvin Nlaehl, and Howard Lydeclcer. Track Events The following boys won first place in the Virgil-Le Conte track meet: 50-yard dash, Dannigerg l00-yard dash, Freemang 220-yard dash, Freemang 440-yard dash, Palmerg half-mile, Powersg pole vault, Powersg high jump, Palmer, relay, Danniger, Chasnoff, Nliyasaki, Freeman. Against Hollywood High School the following boys won first place: 220- yard dash, Freemang shot put, Rogersg high jump, lklambog pole vault, Phillips. I 1043

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Girls' After-School Activities The Girls' Physical Education Department has just closed its first year of organized after-school sports. A large number of the home rooms entered the after-school league which was very successfully conducted by Miss Jill Mc- Dowell, who is in charge of all the playground activities. A get-together party was held in the girls' gym June 10th, at which time the winners in baseball and cap- . xi tain-ball were presented with awards. An exhibition baseball game be- tween Home Room 237 and 138, and a captain-ball game between 223 and l26 were played. Baseball Champs This year there were many home room entries in the after-school base- ball league, but the championship was captured by Home Room 237 CMrs. Calll. This team played ten games and did not lose any. Lelia Fridley Ar1'i3R-scnoor, BASEBALL CHAMPS was the captain of this excellent team. The players were Yolanda Ferra- gamo, Rose Manask, Laura Fridley, Hilda Kock, Filomena Martin, Thais Shepherd, and Hazel Hatt. Subs: Neva Nomaris, lVIatilda Smith. This team has challenged the faculty to a game, but as yet the date of the game has not been set. Captain-ballChamj1s lllany exciting games of captain-ball were played this year. There were some very hotly contested games, but Mollie VVeisinger's team finally came out victorious. The members of this very enthusiastic group of girls are Nlollie Weisinger fcaptainj, Rita Cullis, Rita Marrah, Mary Brown, Betty Ann Young, Janet Redman, Marguerite Jones, Eleanor Brinley, Edith Brady, Nancy Shaw, Sophie Sherman, Florence Waterburg, Jeanette Crain, Reeva Bonvaser, and Xlarjorie Fraser. Bafka-ball Champs The members of the championship nine-court basket-ball team were Dorothy Goodner fcaptainj, Roberta lbiaclntosh, Eileen Brown, lVIarguerite Roach, Nira Andrews, Natalie Condon, Ruth Ungar, Mary Bakurjian, and Freddy- lee Huffman. With Miss MacDowell as the splendid referee, thrilling games were played and good sportsmanship was shown among all the players. fioej