Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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PAL. Ill VARSITY SWIMMING The Viking swimmers lhis year ran 'rheir winning sfreak up fo for+y-nine sfraighl' dual meels, wifh a few more sfill scheduled. They won all high school mee+s by wide margins, and fhe only 'leam +o ihrealen 'l'he Vikings was 'the Olympic Club Juniors. The Vikings emerged vicforious in lheir P. A. L. over 'lheir nearesl' compefilor, Sequoia: fhen lhey lraveled fo Secramenfo on lheir yearly 'lrip and cleaned up on Sacramenlo High, 50-I5, and Granl Union High, 52-I3. The only defeal suffered by +he. Palywogs was in 'l'he annual Nor+h Coasl' Seclion meer, which +hey dropped by a very narrow margin l5I-4-Il fo Berkeley High, fhe o+her feams noi' ranking al' all. From fhe ouflook now, il' seems fha? This remarkable record of four A meels won in a row will be confinued 'lhrough nexl' year. The Paly swimmers were, in +he 50 yard frees+yle, Jim Lawson, Jack Ambrosoli, Louis Slocklemier, Norm Keeler, IOO breasfroke, Jim Bloom, Tom Leo, Dick Whi+mang 220 'Frees+yle, Bill Thayer and AI Ander- son: IOO backsiroke, Russ Lee and Afherfon Phlegerg I00 frees+yle, Dave Wiley and Norm Keeler, diving, Bill Thayer and Frank Pe'Hy. 78

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EQPSEE Ll i flif a f 6-Fl'E1l'F24Nll4il T I i .Q i i P. I9 4 .3 43 4-I 40 43 Sl 50 VARSITY SCORES A. Stockton Burlingumn' Stockton ,I.C. . ........ Olympic Club ..,...... . Alzimcdzi Lowell Olympic Club Sacramento LIGHTWEIGHT SWIMMING The Paly ligh+weigh+ swimmers did noI fare qui+e as well as fhe varsily +his year. They won iusl aboul' half of Iheir mee+s, and in 'Ihe P. A. L. Ihe I30's Iook second place, Ihe I20's Ihird, and Ihe de- pleled I IO's fourihg buf in Ihe Iofal number of meeIs won 'rhe 20's did beH'er Ihan did Ihe 30's. The combined lighfweighf forces in Ihe Norlh Coasf Seclion could only colecf a Ioial of Iwelve poinfs as compared 'ro 'li'H'y one for Sequoia and 'Ihir+y for Berkeley. Ligh'I'- weigh+ swimmers Ihaf parI'icipa'Ied in 'Ihe N. C. S. were Barger, Ely, Hayden, Hillback, Hughes, Jennings, Jillson, Lacing, Mofmans, and Sample. 79

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I I I l , , - I I I Y l W ' Y L ' nr L ' 2 11 ,, ,,,, -1, , Y I 1' VW I a W 7 I ,, A V ,lv :mf-' fp-Mmaamfs. f LIGHTWEIGHT TRACK Af fhe beginning of fhis season, which was nof very successful from fhe poinf of view of fhe lighf- weighfs, all fhe weighfs combined mef San Jose and wenf down in defeaf. Following fhis, Hod Ray senf his fwenfies and fhirfies fo San Mafeo. These received a fhorough frouncing before fhey refurned. Nexf fhe woefully undermaned squad losf fo Sequoia's Cherolcees in fheir lasf dual meef of fhe year. Only fen lighfweighf feam members qualified in fhe frials for fhe P. A. L. finals. Of fhese, Cafhcarf, Breeden, Anderson, Davis, and Tamplin received fheir leffers. Cafhcarf and Breeden, bofh fhirfies men, placed in fhe broad jump and high iump, respecfively. Breeden fied for firsf in his evenf. ln fhe fwenfies division, Chesfer Anderson, fhe only place man, won fhe discus. Two fens placed: Davis in fhe broad jump and high iump, and Tamplin in fhe fiffy. The only lighfweighf fo place in fhe N. C. S. meef was Anderson, who won fhe discus wifh a foss of 47' 7 . Dependable men fhis season were Anderson, Cafhcarf, Davis, Tamplin, Brownfield, Breeden, and Mueller. 77