Manual Dominguez High School - El Espejo Yearbook (Compton, CA)

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j.V. BASEBALL: ROW 1. Ron Forsyth, Ronnie Masters, Coach Peek, Bill Hager, Rick Kiel, Tim Madron, im Terry Ashwell,Roy Clinton, Dennis Wentzle, john Clausey, Weaver, Del Sims, Dennis Baker, Tom Veteto, Dan Vande Ray Holt, jim McGilvery,Art Jarman, jerry Murphy. ROW 2- hey, Rich Nicolo, Fred Mayers, Gary Cox, Herb Schneidau J .V.'s set a winning pace ai I.V. Baseball Coach Neil Peek 162 J.V. BASEBALL squad remained on top as Coast League defenders. Throughout the season the team was sparked with a fighting attitude that is typical of our school. The team's batting performance ended with an average of ten hits a game. This was one of the main reasons why the j.V. team proved to be the most powerful over all in Coast League Competition.

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DON HARRIS Catcher . BUTCH STRE HORN Third Ba se Ump said he was out, but the camera doesn't lie. This call prevented GARY JONES from scoring in our 2-I, eight inning loss to Compton. With the runner leading off third, DENNIS FITZ, senior out-fielder, tenses for pitch as Warren left hander delivers at Cressey Park. In three way first place tie most of season DOMINGUEZ VARSITY BASEBALL team can be charac- terized by good pitching, good fielding, weak hitting and consistent hustling. The Dons have been a hot and cold ball club mainly because of an inability to wield the big bat with consistency. As a consequence the horse- hiders played many close, exciting games and have won or lost by virtue of dramatic pitching performances or last-minute tradegies. Following a short five game practice schedule, the Dons opened the Coast League competition in championship fashion with four wins and one defeat in the first round of playg however, the second round brought disaster as only one win resulted from five contests. At the end of the second round, and with five games to play,Dominguez had won five and lost five in the always tough Coast League. Highlights of the season for the Dominguez pitching staff included a I3 inning, 21 strikeout performance against Lynwood by LINDY KURT, flawless relief jobs by HARRY DUBIN, including a stretch of I3 scoreless innings over three games, MIKE DIEBNER'S two-hit gem in the league opener and an 8-O shut-out win over Paramount by JOHN SWARTZ. . GARY JONES and LINDY KURT shared honors in the offensive statistics, each batting around .325 and alter- nating as leaders in the R.B.I. column. JIM ROOKER batted three home runs to gain his share of the glory. The usual starting line-up was made up of DON HARRIS Cco-captainj, catching, LINDY KURT Cco-captainb IB, GARY KEATING IB, CHUCK STREHORN 313, GARY JONES SS, JIM ROOKER, DENNIS FITZ and either ED TALMAGE or MIKE BENDORF in the outfield. REGGIE GARCIA relieved KEATING at second base and the pitching chores were handled by MIKE DIEBNER, JOHN SWARTZ, HARRY DUBIN, and LINDY KURT.

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ROW 1: jon Le Rette, joe Tre- week, Barry Weaver, Richard VanGoor, Dave Workman, Dave Evarts, Richard Thompson. ROW 2: Vernon Patterson, Al Smith, jim Walker, Ed Peterson, Gary Lilla, Ray Holt. COACH COSSARE K L53 . ,W ,,1f-W., J Don wrestlers grapple skillfully DON VARSITY WRESTLERS took fifth place in the Rio Coast League this year, winning two of their seven league matches. Though wrestling is still new at Dominguez, competition is great. Dominguez grapplers faced some of the toughest teams in this area. The sophomores that came out for wrestling were an added shot in the arm. When next year comes around the Don grapplers will be mostly two and three year wrestlers. Exper- ience means much in the field of wrestling and it takes two or three years to gain a knowledge of the sport. Members will attend a summer wrestling course this year. Coach Cossarek says, With this added help, the Dominguez wrestling team will be a tougher one next year . E , 1959 - 1960 VARSITY WRESTLING SCORES Dominguez 13 Aviation 45 13 Bell Gardens 39 17 Mater Dei 38 2 'Downey 52 30 'Artesia 18 O Warren 52 12 'Norwalk 39 15 Aviation 37 42 'Lynwood 8 16 'Bell Gardens 32 8 Simi 39 'Rio -Coast Wrestling League DAVE EVARTS RICHARD THOMPSON 137 lbs- 140lbs. JOHN PARKER RICHARD VAN GOOR ED PETERSON 163 Manager 120 lbs. 165 155,