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

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1 ' . 4 ,Q 1 ' 'vt - ig A K I 15 lf i , l tx KL Lp: 1960 BASEBALL SQUAD-iFlI'Sf Rowt : Jeff Jackman, Tom Mann, Marty Jacobson, Evan Harris, Ken Bachman, Mitch Sidles, Dick Rowe, Jim Olson. iMiddle Rowl: Tom Newton, Floyd Meyers, Ed Weiss, Buster Mann, Sherwin Minster, Dave Miller, Bob Cuomo, Jack Bussie.iBack Rowl: Assistant Coach Bruno Cicotti, Tom Garner, Dan ValIas,,Gordon Russell, Dennis Monahan, Mike Baker, Bruce Leudtke, Howard Reisbord, Gary Polansky, Jim Seymour, Tom Holbrook, and Coach Charlie Mann. Mann Calls 1960 Bciseballers Great Seldom does a college come up with a real dream team, but Valley had it this year. Coaches Charlie Mann and Bruno Cicotti came up with the best baseball team in the history of Valley College. Mann called it great, Five veterans returned to this year's club and were ioined by the finest group of rookies in the en- tire City of los Angeles. A selection of all-league stars dotted the Lion roster. Valley was nearly three deep at most positions and had to struggle until the opening day ofthe conference season before naming a starting nine. Valley breezed through the exhibition season, winning i0 ball games and losing five. L X C Y K il ...ui 1 SWINGIN' COACH-Charlie Mann, Monarch coach, takes a few cuts of his own on the ball field just to show his charges that he can hit too. Mann made a hit as a coach this year with his finest team in Valley's history. . Xt, 'V ,LLg,X

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f ,gi 'ig Vi Valley Hosts Finals I l l , , 'us A4 .LAW Q Q L ht L M- gl M QV!-on-,.f -,as s 'hw'- t , -,:ffr--- 1- P ,nn , l -- RETURNING STAR-Walt Lewis, returning dis- fi - ,. , ' t yt, ' , if tance man, was a constant placer in the 880 and - ' 6 1 1 V iq. -. , .., - Y 1 the mile. Lewis runs crass-country in the fall. , -. ' 'f' ' ' Wg U' ' ' 'U' 4' -- A ' a .. ,, . ' ff as-ef' s f -ip, ,, N, 'iv' l im it H ,HN P ,:'1 , 123, 3-!'o.,'.. Jttgrigg l . A ge 4,4 l,,k,2QQJ r ' , , - ,, ' .,u,-w- A - 3 ' N F. . , sp, 1-2 - ' i ' ' ' Hillglaiffi 21' 4.14 OVER HE FLIES-Howard Smith, Valley's ace hurdler strides over standards. Smith's best early season time was 15.9 in the high hurdles. Valley College was h'ost to the entire Metropolitan Conference Track and Field Championship May 7. Each of the Metro's eight schools sent their top competitors. Aside from the Metro championships, Monarch Field played host to three evening track meets. The arc-light affairs which drew record crowds were the East Los Angeles-El Camino double dual test, a meet with cross-town rival Pierce College and the Metro classic. Aside from regular Metropolitan Conference competition, the Mon- archs entered the SPA AAU Relays, the East Los Angeles Relays, the Easter Relays, the Southern California Relays, the West Coast Relays, the Southern California Finals and the State Finals. OOMPH!-Lynn Lund, discuss toss- ing returnee, gets off toss during practice session. Lund's best toss of the early season was 134 feet 9 inches. . 1- -9 .if

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VETS RETURN-Valley's returning Iettermen Mltcl- Sxdles Mike Baker Dave Miller Dick Rowe and Tom Holbrook reach for the ball that may be the key to the Lion s pennant hopes Vets Return to Spark Lion Power lT'S MINE-Dick Rowe, Valley All-Metro politan Conference outfielder, goes back for fly ball in the early season Pike Field SUI1. Lettermen were in abundance on Coach Charlie Mann's l96O baseball team with five returnees on the lion roster. Mitch Sidles, a peppery second baseman and shortstop, Mike Baker, a powerhouse first baseman, Dave Miller, a fine-hitting outfield- er, Dick Rowe, an All-Metro outfielder, and Tom Holbrook, a good first baseman, filled out the veteran list. Mann employed Bruno Cicotti, a former pitching star in the 1956 season, as his assistant coach. With Cicotti to help his pitchers, the i960 Mon- archs reached dream team proportions. Baker suffered an early season finger iniury but returned in top form. Rowe started to smash the ball in conference play and Sidles and Miller didn't cool off.