Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

Page 138 text:

l King h 'L .uilllW 'T I A' - 1 it ull, ..t..wizx.W ii. iw gig if 1. y,.t,.--: .i ,A ig: in ' -M .sins-fmqdg' Eng A-Q11 ,.., 'fWll.,..Ls.sLf.:.seu - ess. Elifisiem ?qf'g,, L fi'g..,11.-L.'.:TsL:b'.L'5'1g,..' Tl lEY'RE OFF AND RUNNING-Valley and Glendale spikers take off on first race of the 1960 track and field season. Glendale took the early meet but Valley soon rounded into a fine contending squad. Spikers Enioy Fine Metro Season SPEED-Bob Guerin, speedy sprint star, I was bothered during the early season by W a leg injury, but by the Metropolitan Conference opener against Long Beach and Harbor, was able to run at nearly full strength. Guerin is a returning letter- man. It was thought when Coaches George Ker and Ralph Caldwell first met their i960 track and field squad, that a third or fourth place in the Metropolitan Conference was all that could be hoped for. Valley started to take form in the SPA AAU relays at East Los Angeles and it wasn't long until the smoke signals started to dart around the conference warning that Valley was the team to watch out tor. The Monarchs really made themselves known in the Metro curtain-raiser by knocking off pre-season Metro favorite Long Beach City College and Harbor at Harbor in a double-dual meet. Possibly the early season loss of sprinters Bob Guerin, because of a leg iniury, and Marty Thall, because of an operation, hurt the exhibition meet chances. Guerin returned to the starting blocks by the Metro opener. I '-- rv! f--. 1 s.. JL 'v ,A A-:A

Page 137 text:

CAPTAlN'S HONOR - Steve Matthews, cross country ace, is presented with the Captain's Award at the Sports Awards Banquet by Coach Charlie Mann. Harriers Race For Victories Valley's Cross Country squad, which was heralded as the fastest cross country squad in Valley's history, finished a disappointing fifth in the conference standing last season. Starting the season with only two experienced runners, Angelo Corallis and Walt Lewis, Coach Charlie Mann molded a team from a group of the most pub- licized high school graduates to attend Valley in its ten-year history. Topping this high school list was Steve Matthews, Hollywood High School miler who placed fourth in the state finals in the mile in his last season at Hollywood. As the season progressed, Matthews, who had been posting good times in all his races, had to drop out of competition due to a pain- ful back iniury. Matthews iniury and lack of solid material was too much to overcome last season.

Page 139 text:

- -, ,lt was difficult for an opposing. team to break into the nearly impenetrable field staff of the 1960 Lion spikers. Al Jacoby saw to that. The likeable all-around star usually opened a meet with a shot put toss into the neighborhood of 48 feet. Then he would stroll over to the sprint start and throw in a 10.2 100-yard dash and maybe a 22.4 220 for good measure. He'd usually follow with a 126 foot 5 inch discus toss and a 22 foot 10 inch leap in the broad iump. Jacoby was the lifesaver of the squad with his versatility and durability. Very seldom is an athlete able to compete in all these events and do a superb iob at all of them. rg TW, it AL OF ALL TRADES-Al Jacoby looks a bit puzzled over which of the apparatus he should use next. Actually, it wouldn't matter, because Jacoby excels in any or all of them. 1960 SPIKERS-lBottom Rowl Bob Freis lmanagerl, George Beall, Howard Smith, Gary Fink, Brad Bechtol, David James, Bill Wachter, Dan Martin, Robert Albright. lSecond Rowl Alan Jacoby, Len Daily, Dick Cholakian, Neal lewis, Mike Singer, Paul Griffith, Ted Gottleib, Steve rV2Nf' . A nl J J 'I ll' 1 ,lm e N Matthews, Joe Gero, Phil Miller and Head Coach George Ker. lBack Rowl Assistant Coach Ralph Caldwell, Bob Guerin, Lynn Lund, Walt lewis, Marc Berkowitz, Tom Webb, Scott Adler, Ron Harris, Dick Allen, Jack Schwella, Lloyd Higgins and Jerry Betz. Ili 1 f VQHQ. 1 mf , ,. W I K in ,f' 1 I' T fl't.,- tt ,. . , , ' uf 'I