Lafayette Junior High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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EIGHTH GRADE CAPTURES INDOOR PENNANT This term the eighth grade walked away with the honors for indoor, breaking the school record of sixteen successive victories held by the B9's of 1926. The eighth grade has lost but one game during the season. and this was to the A9's, by a score of 3-2. They have such players as Lucius johnson, Moses Flennoy. Joe Blandino fcaptainj, John Reina, Alpheous Douvall, Robert Johns, VVillie Ateman, XVillie Davis, Harold Savage. Curtis Thompson, and Clarence Herd. Second to the eighth grade come the A9's with the following line - players: Lewis- -jones, Paul .Metro fcaptainl, Florencio Rodriguez, and Elias Shalhoub. A The B9's and seventh grade were fighting hard for third place during most of the term. Among the B9 players are Stanley Thomas, Buren Simmons, Sam Barrera, VX-'illie Connell, and Mike Snyder fcaptainj. The seventh grade players are Sam Osep, Babe 'Wilson, Al- bert Turner, Simon Robles, and Lewis Gonzalez Ccaptainj. This team has much promising material and some fine players should develop with experience. A9 VOLLEY BALL - The A9 volley ball team is in for another star season, not having lost a single match at the time this article went to press. This high mark the team is determined to keep to the last day of school, thereby showing the old Lafayette Fighting spirit. The players are: Sam Goodman, Albert Dubin, Hyman Geier, Alex Kalionzes, Kenneth McCoy, VVilfredo Murillo Qcaptainj, Ben Schwartz, Kenichi Saito, Manuel Fernandez, and Elias Shalhoub. BASKET BALL The fast playing of the A9 basket ball team brought home the pennant to the graduates. The school will send on some fine ath- letes in Paul Metro, Florencio Rodriquez, Enfren Romo, Elias Shalhoub, Louis jones and Robert Moore. These boys had fighting rivals in other teams. Among them were Pete Ceballas, S. F. Thomas, Charles Duman, Harold Sav- age, and Emmet Moore. Finny Brisco, one of the B9 stars, was injured and was out of school for some weeks. This was a great loss to his team.

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Eighth Grade Indoor Team A9 Valley Ball Team

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LEADERS' CORPS ' The names of the boys who belonged to the Leaders' Corps this term are as follows: Henry Greenwood, presidentg San- tos Shalhoub, secretary: Herbert Zimmerman, john Reina, .limmie Suyehara, Dudley Brooks, Hymes Wiest, Lucius john- Y son, Rlelby Bouldin, XYilliam jackson, Bernie Evans. Charles Slaughter, joe Hlandino, Oscar Rankin. John ulue, and J. D. Shavers. These boys have been taking up training exercises and will be given a test when they come back next year. It is said that there will be some boxing' and some new exercises given next term. The promised letters have been discussed at most of this term's meetings. Mr. Jurans directs the Leaders and they meet every liri- day. They are all doing HA work. LAFAYETTE STARS Lafayette captains have selected from the teams the follow- ing names which they think should receive honorable mention for clever playing and good sportsmanship: INTERc1..xss INDOOR-S. F. Thomas, Buren Simmons. VVillie Connell. Mike Snyder, Sam Barrera. Thomas Flores, .lohn VV ash- ington. Daniel Marshall, Paul Metro, Lewis Jones, Robert Moore. Elias Shalhoub, Kenneth McCoy, Luxey Irvin. Albert Turner, Elmer Vlfilson, Robert Brown, Simon Robles, Curtis Smith, Tony Martinez, Lucius Johnson. joe Blandino, Alpheous Duvall. John Riena, Curtis Thompson, Moses Flennoy. Clarence Herd, XVillie Danis, Robert Johns, VVillie Ateman. Santos Shalhoub, Harold Savage and Red Butler. BUSH LEAGUE STARS The bush league teams have developed some line players also. Among them are Daniel Cass, VVilliam Bouldin, Milby Baldwin, Larry Selvage, Dean Miller, Charles Macon, Charles McNally. Victor Nickerson, Carol XfVilliams, and Horace VVelch. The only basket ball team organized in the bush league was the Bears. NVe have not space to print all of the names of the Midget League players, but they have made a good showing and the fans can tell you just who they are.