Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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B FOOTBALL Clifford Christian, Captain The fall of 1928 saw a small but determined B football team take the field under the sheltering colors of Richmond High. Although defeated in five out of eight games, the B’s fought hard and the teams that beat them earned their victories. The lineup that saw the biggest part of the action was: Drexel and Betts, end; Brignone and Hoeffer, tackles; Barton and Young, guards; Westman, center ; Christian, quarter back; Craig and Rosano, halves; Martinez, full back. On September 8 the Oakland High reserves visited Richmond and won by a 12 to O score. In a hard fought game on September 13, the B’s won from Oakland High reserves by a score of 12 to 6. With some fast, hard bucking and a good show of headwork, the B’s 120-pounders managed to raise the score to 12, against Oakland's one touchdown of the fourth quarter. Playing on a sand field in Oakland on the hottest day in fifteen years, the B’s lost their game to Teahnical High reserves by a 31-0 score, on September 20. Lacking power and the old drive, the B’s lost their game of September 27 to the California School for Deaf and Dumb. The score was 7-0. The invasion of the Richmond B's into the nest of the Berkeley Yellowjackets proved to be unfavorable. Though the Richmond boys had the spirit, the Berkeley attack was a puzzle for them; and despite all their efforts, the “‘little big game” went to Berkeley, 19 to 6. October 11 was Richmond’s day; the B’s walked away with the Oakland High reserves game, by a score of 21-6. It was the second time iri the season that the B’s defeated Oakland. The strong Roosevelt team played and won from the Richmond gridders by a score of 7 to 0 on October 18. With a fine showing for the locals, the game of October 25 with St. Mary’s squad was tied by a score of 6-6. The St. Mary’s, undefeated team was given a hard battle for their points. Twenty-four

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VARSITY FOOTBALL Harry Scarcella, Captain At the close of the 1928 football season the Richmond High boys again com- pleted a very successful year on the gridiron. The Richmond boys were defeated but twice last fall, and those two defeats raised rather than lowered the morale of the squad, making them fight all the harder for the remainder of the season. Harry Scarcella, who captained the varsity squad, proved to be as good a captain as he was fullback. Harry was not only the captain of the team, but he was also the key man to ‘Maj’ Hill’s offense plan. The first game of the season was played August 31, with Oakland “Tech” on the Richmond field. The game was well attended and proved to be an exciting contest. When 22 tired men came off the field, the “Tech” football squad had defeated the Richmond boys for the first time in seven years. The score was 16 to 6. : Richmond met and defeated the McClymond’s team on September 14. The most interesting moment of this game occurred in the third quarter when “Sac” Gordon picked up a fumble and ran 60 yards to a touchdown. The final score was £2 406: On September 21 the Richmond high school varsity sent the boys from University back to Oakland with another.defeat. Nick Bracco gave the crowd a thrill when he received a partially blocked punt and slipped by the entire University team for a tally. As darkness drew on, two tired teams dragged themselves from the field, and Richmond had won the game 13 to 0. Fremont was the next team to meet defeat by our wrecking crew. Scarcella was responsible for the first touchdown, when he dove over the goal line shortly after the game had started. The second and final touchdown came in the fourth quarter when “Sac” Gordon duplicated his feat of the University game. When the Richmond boys finally packed up for home, they had beaten one of the strongest teams in Oakland by a score of 13 to 0. In one of the bitterest battles ever fought on Richmond ground, the Richmond High team went down in defeat to their old rivals of the College City. Berkeley outplayed Richmond in practically every element of the game and the result was an 18 to O victory for Berkeley. On October 20, the Tamalpais School for Boys sent a team over here in hopes of defeating the team that they been hearing so much about; but Tamalpais went away from Richmond badly disappointed. The score was 13 to 0 in Richmond’s favor. ; November 9 proved to be a big day for the Richmond team when they defeated the strong S. R. M. A. team by a score of 33 to 0. Joe Williams accounted for three of Richmond’s five touchdowns, while Charlie Jackson and Harry Scarcella each made one, thus completing one of the best seasons Richmond had had in years. The football squad that completed the 1928 season was a team to be proud of, for it was the lightest team ever to play on a field under the colors of Richmond High. The starting lineup for most of the games wa s: Fitzpatrick and Degnan, ends; Truitt, center; Lane and Gordon, half-backs ; Dunleavy and Neckel, tackles ; Rountree and Peters, guards ; Williams, quarter, and Scarcella, full. The members of the reserve squad also deserve a great deal more credit than they are really given, for they came out every night to take a beating from the hard working first team. Members of the reserve squad were: Dalton, Westman, -Hall, Bagnall, Leonetti, Accomazzo, Hurley, Carson, Bumgarner, Wieling, Bracco, and Jackson. Twenty-three

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VARSITY BASKETBALL Russell Lane, Captain With four of last year’s men and twelve new men, Coach Ivan Hill again produced a winning basketball team. Every man that reported to Major Hill at the beginning of the season had played basketball some time; therefore it was not difficult for him’to pick combinations that could work well. Captain Russell Lane, member of last year’s team, played consistent basketball and the guarding that he and O’Gonnell did while the ball was under Richmond’s bucket proved to be the feature of almost every game. Richmond again took her old rivals, Hayward and S. R. M. A., down to defeat. Richmond’s bucket shooting was the feature of both games. To start most of the games, Major Hill used Lane and O’Connell at guards, Gordon as center, and alternated Hall and Page with Viano and Weeks as for- mond; but the fast breaking offense and bucket-shooting of the Richmond team Brooks, Jewell, Christian and Baxter, forwards ; McCain and Carson, centers. THE GAMES On November 23, 1928, the Richmond high varsity played and defeated the Lowell hoopsters by a score of 23 to 15. Viano’s accurate bucket shooting was the high light of the game. On December 7 the Richmond team went down to defeat before her own Alumni. The boys in the Red and Blue could not stop the accurate shooting of Dyer and Barbieri. Hayward appeared upon the scene January 11, in hopes of whipping Rich- wards. Those in reserve were: A. Ripley, Neckel and Oishi, standing guards ; could not be stopped by Hayward. When the whistle blew to close the game, the score board read, Richmond 21—Hayward 16. January 16 found the Lowell team back in Richmond to revenge its defeat of the preceding semester. The Lowell team pla yed a safe game and kept a slow Twenty-five