Laney College - Oak Log Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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CHAMPION NETTERS, left lo righl: Jim McManus, Jerry Nicolel, Russ Wickwire. Ken Stanley. foe Jones, Couch Bill Korliru-ell. Missing: Wiurren Mines, Ed Smith, Dun Coughlan. fini Euslin. Elll1iI'lfi0lIPh'. Tennif The 1959 Thunderbird tennis team was the finest aggregation of talent ever to wear the blue and gold. Coached by' Bill Rockwell. the T-Birds waltzed away' with the Big Eight Crown, going undefeated in the proc- ess. ln dual meet competition the Thunderbirds lost only' one match in the 17 played. ln the lone loss to Diablo Valley Junior College the T-Bird's second six men lost to the Diablo's Hrst six while the first six men on the T-Bird team were participating in the Northern California lntercollegiate matches. Oaklandls first six men took second in both singles and doubles competi- tion. At the Ojai Tournament later in the year. with nearly' all JCis in the state competing. Oaklandis ,lim Mc- Manus and Ken Stanley brought home the championship cup. McManus won the singles while Stanley reached the semi-finals in the singles. The two combined to take second in the doubles. Other Thunderbird netters were Warren Mines. Russ Wickwire. Joe Jones, Ed Bienek. Don Coughlin. Ken Nicolet. ,lim Eastin and Ephriam Partch. Croix-country Cross-country' made an enviable record on the campus this yfear. Gay With only one league match left to play at this writing the Thunderduffers of Oakland City College look like a ushoo-inv for the Big Eight title. Led by Hot lronsi' Henry Fogg, the T- Bird linksmen have been defeated only' once in 16 matches and are undefeated in league play. Fogg set new school records for play' both at home and away with a blazing six under par 65 at the Thunderbirds' home course. Tilden Park. April IT. Against the Modesto Pirates at 'Del Rio Country' Club, April 24. Fogg posted the new away record with a 67. This was also the best JC score ever shot on the Del Rio course. ln this yearls Northern California intercollegiate Tournament the Oak- landers placed ninth out of all com- peting teams and second among com- peting lC,s. The T-Birds topped such four-year schools as USF. Oregon State. University of Nevada. Chico State. Los Angeles State and Sacra- mento State.

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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.

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Swimmers Win Big Eight Title by Rich Guhllre To say that City Colleges first-ever swim team made a big splash would not only be a little corny, it would also he an understatement. Under the expert and ever-watchful eye of coach Paul Chapelle. the OCC aqua aggregation romped through conference dual-meet competition undefeated, won the Big Eight meet with a staggering 143 points as compared to 87 points for second-place Stockton, and at this writing. was considered one of the top contenders for the Northern California crown and a team to be reckoned with in the State meet. Probably the biggest single reason for Oaklands phenomenal success in its aqua debut was an unassuming freshman by the name of Cary Heinrich. Heinrich. referred to in The Tower as Oaklands answer to the atomic sub. has bettered six national junior college records as this book goes to press. With the Nor-Cal and state meet still left on the schedule. it is quite possible. indeed probable. that Heinrich will shatter more national marks. ln the 20-yard pool. the 18-year-old phenom set national records of 2107.2 in the 220-yard free style fold record was 2:07.91 . 4-:37.0 in the 440-yard free style told record was 4'Z3T.9l. and a 2:ll.3 in the 200- yard butterfly lold record was 2:15.7l. In the short course 125 yard? pool Heinrich established new national standards of 2108.4 in the 220 free told mark was 2:ll.8l, 4:37.8 in the 4-40 free fold mark was 4:4-9.53, and a 2108.5 in the 200 butterfly fold mark was 2:20.0l. It goes without saying Heinrich is a top United States prospect for the 1960 Olympics in Rome. The number of points Oakland scored in the llig Eight shows they were fare from a one-man team, however. Former high school All- Arnerican .lim Marchetti also had an outstanding season with the T-Birds. Marchetti took two or three firsts without fail for the locals throughout the dual-meet season. AQUA CHAMPIONS - BACK ROW, left to right: Kenneth Nestler, Robert Vidal, James Battersby, Ronald Brown, .Iames Ros- enquist, Christopher Rada- van, Coach Paul Chappelle. FRONT ROW: Harry Davis, Peter Lilly, Ronald Funston, James Marchetti, Gary Heinrich, Ricardo Abad. MISSING: Earl Cole, Paul Gundlach, Sewell Hatcher, Charles Russ. Phillip Holcomb.