Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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Kc) A SO y SS aes AN Z S ZB = EZ = = Zz = RZ Sie] SS ee ee SS TI eee Se PS Ee ee ee s S Y S — VARSITY BASKETBALL AT THE END of the 1934 basketball season the Varsity’s record was eight wins and eleven losses. including practice and Alum ni games. r During the season our basketball team showed themselves to have a fine fighting spirit in the face of their most bitter defeats. Statistics fail to show the caliber of the squad as a whole. The regular game schedule which started this term included six practice games, six league games, and the Alumni tilt. Richmond was defeated in the term opener by the Emeryville Spartans, 20- 17. The locals then conquered Alhambra and Hayward by 41-28, and 28-17, re- spectively. The Oilers won one out of three contests to complete their practice season, losing to the strong Lowell five, defeating Alhambra 35-18, and trailing Tamalpais by 11 points. At the close of the practice games, Alexander was the leading scorer for the Oilers, with 69 points. A. C. A. L. festivities were opened with Piedmont, sup- posedly the strongest team in the league. They defeated the Oilers 36-24. Alameda, after trailing the Red and Blue quintet for three quarters, overtook the locals in the closing minutes to win 26-22. The feature of the game was the fine play of Herman Pete, veteran negro guard of the Hornets. Richmond then fell before a tall, rangy Berkeley five, who, with their su- perior height and floor work, had little difficulty in defeating the Oilers. Irwin of the Jackets collected 14 points. On our home court Piedmont had a more difficult time, and barely nosed out Richmond 32-28, in an overtime game. The Oiler varsity fought the Scots from the opening gun only to lose by two buckets. Berkeley defeated the locals for the second time with a 30-20 score. Irwin again led the Yellowjackets. Richmond. with no wins. traveled to Alameda and trounced the Hornet var- sity decisively to complete the league schedule. The score was 26-15. In the ever-popular Alumni tilt, the Student varsity emerged victorious over Mr. Tucker’s former students in a thrilling finish, 33-30. One of the largest turn- outs ever present attended this game. As the season closed. Bill McLaughlin, guard, was elected captain of the 1934 varsity because of his fine play and splendid leadership. “B” BASKETBALL T Tus YEAR the Richmond B Basketball team had an excellent season, winning nine of the twelve practice games, and four of the six league games, to take sec- i ond place in the A. C. A. L. They also trimmed Mr. Tucker’s “super-alumni” team in the final tlt. Jack Casey was elected captain of the team at the close of the season. Jack well deserved this honor, as he played good ball throughout the year. He was influential in many victories because of his great defensive work. He rang up 17 points from the foul line to lead the squad in that department. The forward spots were held down by Alden Pratt, Len Anderson, Wes Owens and John Starke. Pratt was the team’s leading scorer, tallying 91 points for a season total. Anderson proved a capable floor man, and his accurate pass- ing led to a good many Oiler scores. Starke, a forward on last year’s team, also played a good floor and defensive game, although he was not a high scorer. Owens, in league games, was the second high scoring forward. He played a steady game and his timely buckets pulled the Oilers out of many a hole.

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Cc nope? A % Sy aN NS Yi — d Uljyi The center position caused Coach Ribbel much worry during the early part of the season. but then Ray McPherson turned up and Frank’s woes vanished. Ray not only played an all-around good game, but he also came second in scor- ing with a grand total of 64 points. Ray had able assistants in Melo Milicevich and Wallace Willis. Ed McLaughlin and Jack McKune worked at the cuard position with their captain, Jack Casey. Ed, a splendid floor man, was also a “dead-eye”’ on long shots, and he rang up 59 points during the season. McKune played a great de- fensive game. Chuck Hahn, Harold Bolas, and Bob Abernathy also played at the guard positions. Mike Lewis, Eugene Corr, Charles Covell, forwards, and Joe Moore and Steve Rubick, guards, also saw action during the season. BASEBALL f AT THE CLOSE of the 1934 baseball season we find two wins and a tie out of fifteen games played. Considering the fact that this year’ s nine was inexperi- enced, consisting for the most part of sophomores and juniors, the outlook for next season is bright. The first eight practice games included University, Alhambra, John Swett, Castlemont, San Rafael. Hayward, San Leandro and Mt. Diablo High Schools. Richmond tied John Swett and drew a 14-13 win from Mt. Diablo. The rest of the games were close, except for the San Leandro game which was the sever- est trimming of the season for the Oilers, the score being 13-2. In the first league game with Berkeley, an over-abundance of errors set the Red and Blue on the short end of a 10 to 7 count. Richmond then played a fine Alameda nine, who, because of their airtight fielding and pitching drew down the curtain in a nine-inning game, 5-1. The Oilers met John Swett and Martinez, both non-league games, being nosed out 3-2 by the former, and winning 9-3 from the latter. An improved Richmond team met the Berkeley Yellowjackets and came close to surprising them, losing by one run in an extra inning, 9-8. Alameda then trounced the Oilers, 8-4. The fine playing of the Hornets did not concede the Red and Blue a look-in. As a finale to the season, our varsity traveled to Moraga to meet the strong St. Mary’s frosh, and they were enter- tained at a feed following the game. The little Gaels humbled Richmond by a 12-3 score. Taking the team’s batting average as a whole, their total stood at .295. Out- standing among the sluggers of the team was Bob Moore, who batted .466 and scored eight times. O'Malley, Smith and Edwards proved a capable trio of pitchers who did well despite their inexperience. | Ed Lewis, besides leading the team in homers, was elected captain for the 1934 season.. He was one of the few returning veterans. Alexander, Corr, Big- nall, Ball and Walker played consistent ball, besides driving out their share of hits. The players were: Bignall, Walker, Lewis, Ball, Costa, Cooley, Moore, Mili- cevich, Alexander, Lodetti, Corr, O'Malley, Rocha, Smith, Edwards, Kosich Faria, Bolljahn.