Laney College - Oak Log Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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EN 1 Football Clll?9l'll I1llf!l'S, left to right: Barbara lfongrus, Ricardo Abad lllearl Cheerleaderl, Terry Clancy, Bill Kol- tingvr, Elaine Athens. Ricardo Abacl. Head Cheerleader for both the Fall and the Spring, also boasts a fine swim- ming reaortl on the T-Bird Swint Team Football Pompon Girls-FIRST ROW left to right: Cheryl Purdy lHead Pom- pon Girlj. SECOND ROW: Lydia Fred- erivks. THIRD ROW: Sue Laird. Rasketball Cheerleaders, left to right: Ricardo Abazl lHead Cheerleaderl. Barbara Longrus, Audrey Rogers. Bon- nie Kane.

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'Y' ' f 'ff'-W---'r Z I -vsq?,,Mwq 4 i-.......,,,,nw.1-MJ Ron Casper hilx aaulher. Bmelaa l lem Fight Hai m' for Second Xtra ight Title by Rich c0h1i-F Putting in many long. hard hours ol practice Coach nllutchi' Triehwasser's defending Big Eight' Conference champion hasehallers it ere right near the top of the scramhle for the 1059 crown at this is riting. Last year the OCC horsehidcrs made a strong showing in the home stretch to gain a tie for Oaklandis first-exer baseball title. The hard-hitting. sharp-fielding T-Birds com' piled an outstanding ll-3 practice record this year to serve notice they had strong in- tentions ol retaining their conlerence crown. Oakland then nent on to chalk up wins in its first four conference starts of the '59 season. A hosting Stockton nine handed OCC? title-ambitions a minor sethack on April ll when the port city nine took hoth ends of a double header hy wide margins. The 'li-Hirds got hack on the is inning trail the next week. however. hy trouncing CCSF. At this writing midway in the conference season, several teams have high hopes and good chances ol winning the V150 championship. Oakland is only a half game out of first at this time. Vllhether or not Oakland is successful in its hid for a second straight title ix ill he answered onlx xx hen the conference finishes its second half. Ron Caspar. Roh Wellhrook. Marx' Hanson. Tom Davis. Rich Menise. and Bill Silxa is ere the locals' hig stickers in early season games. Ron Seitz and Dave Blasquez holh had undefeated pitching records in league play at this writing. 'liriehxsasser listed the follow ing team memhers as prohahle hlock winners: lCatc-herst Rich Menise and Boh Ragno: tlditcherst Dave Blasquez. George Huajardo. Hon Seitz and Morley Frcitas: Ilnhelderst Tom Davis. Ferdinand Martinez. lion Caspar. George :Xuhrey and Holm XVellhrook: and loutfielderst ,loe Panella. l.en Utlner. Marx' llanson and Bill Silva. CHAMPION lfASE1iAl,- LERSAAMemhcrs of the 1959 Ualflaml Cily College hase- ball team, which icas :cell on its way In ils seczmrl slraighl Big lfiglll lille irhen lhis hoolf wen! In press, are pir-Iurell above. TUI' ROW. left I0 right: Don Kresge. jim Smith, Phil Gander. Hill Sif- ra, Holi Colrlsmilh. lliulrly Goarl. Mari' Hanson. Ras Pearson, Ken Rose, coach Dulch Trieliicrmwr. .UIIJIILE ROW: Charlie Shaun mar.. Jim QlI!'f:ll'lll1I1. Hob ll 4-11- hrnolf. George .-liilnreqv. lfoh Ragno. Uarc lilrixqimz. Ilen- IliS fl!UllIllll'll. flenrge lluajar- do. .4lher1 Jlamniola. Tum NQIUIIIIIII, Na! lfvans. mar. BOTTOM RON : Ron Svilz. Rich fllvnise. Dare lfisenhiis. joe Panella. Ron Casper. , .Worley l rvilas. Rav l rei1a.s. 'fum llrires. YY. , A Y 1 ,A . 1. Hill Silva. OCC lIllffiPllIPI'.IOIlCll0SIIOIIIP1111119 . ,--fx... Q ,

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Hallttanei Valery Turn In Text- Yetvfeafon Fourth new college record was a 4.:23.1L by the relay team of Atries Palmore. Charles Lewis. Tom Eettke and Bill Webster. The old record was 4:24.6. Shot putter Ken Wills and high jumper Jim Hatchett looked like good bets to set a new college mark in their event before the season ended. Webster was also toying with the college 440 mark. The college record in the quarter-mile is :1L9.6, while Webster has done :ll-9.9 this season. Oakland opened its 1959 track season with a thumping victory over San Jose City College and the University of Santa Clara in a tri-meet. Oakland scored 9115 points as compared to 448 for SJCC and 92 for Santa Clara. That week end the T-Birds took a well-deserved second in the annual Big Eight relays. Modesto was first with 6116, points. Oakland tallied 4915 markers and CCSF was third with 451211. writing. Tracksters: Ken Pleasants, Arties Palmore, Overton Williams, Charles Lewis, Bill Webster. by Rich Gohlkc It was another Mbest-everi' season for Coach Ken Hallstoneis Thunderbird tracksters this year. With probably the best depth Oakland has ever had in its five years of compe- tition in track and field the T-Birds had compiled a 50-0 conference dual meet and clinched at least a tie for OCC7s first ever Big Eight track title when dead- line arrived for this page of the book. Only a tri-meet with San Mateo and Modesto remained on the locals' schedule at this writing. A win over both teams would give Oakland outright possession of the conference championship. With several standouts. including returnees Len Notes, Sam Perry. Bill Webster and Bob Grissom, Oaklands outlook for a high hnish in the Big Eight meet looked bright. Several of the Oakland cinder burners also looked like strong contenders for individual honors in the Northern California and even the state meet, By mid-season the 1959 team had set four new college records. Sam Perry bettered his own mark in the high hurdles as he recorded a fast :14.7. The old record was C141.9. Newcomer Willy LeFall set a new college record in the broad jump with an outstanding leap of 22' 11'Q and Bennie Smith vaulted 12' 6 for a new pole vault mark. ln conference competition Oakland had better Santa Rosa 81-38, Stockton 82-31, CCSF 65-57, Contra Cost 94-25 and Sacramento 89M-32k, at this 'Ml-W 1 sf ,.,.. . NTLM--e..W is .5 gr ' Y V ., .gm-ft is-. x tt.g..g.H,7 f 1.f.5.afcQss 1 ----. ...... K , . .,.,..,, .,.... ,.,. .,,: , .. ...... ....,.., . Q E , 1 ., Double winner Sam Perry. fkg.,r.h .-sg-4 i as -N a t-1- as THUNDERING TRACKSTERS TOP ROW, left to right: Ov- erton, Williams, Arnold Wil- liams, Ernie Condon, Rich Jeffries, Stan Williams, Stacy Papagianis, Ken Wills, Ken Pleasants, Len Noles. SEC- OND ROW: Sam Perry, Fred Bright, Dave Sinnott, Ray Randall, Dare Toron. Kell Johnson, Bill Webster. Charles Lewis, coach Ken Hallstone. SITTING: Willie Legace, Ioe Covington, Tom Fettke. Ron Grabowski. Ar- tuis Palmore, Bob Grissom, John Horton, Myron Gris- more. MISSING: Curtis Cas- tain, Jim Hatchett. Bennie Smith.