Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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Pictured above are the members of Richmond’s first string. They include top row, Coach Pascoe, Bill Doyle, Spiro Cakos, Ed Vasquez, Alden Hart, and Harvey Doron. The lower row includes Ed Muren, Bob Miner, Floyd Williams, George Williams, Joe Quince, and Bob Nairne. The action photos below show Chuck Seger scoring Richmond’s first touchdown over Vallejo, with Hart (11) looking on, and an Oiler player on the ground after a long gain in the Vallejo game.

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Varsity Football Squad, pictured above, shows: First row — Jesse Vasquez, George Williams, Spiro Cakos, Bob Miner, Ed Muren, Bill Doyle, Joe Quince, Floyd Williams, Bob Nairne, Alden Hart, Harvey Doron, Coach Joe Raine, Coach Bob Pascoe. Second row — George Newell, Ed Carey, Bob Coryell, John Evangelho, James Mitchell. Ster- ling Kelley, Charles Seger, Charles Thompson, Russell Schultz, Ross Radick, Russel Irwin. Last Row: Keith Yeager, Elmer Curry, Mitchell Raffaneli, John Maxwell. Grover Chism, Don Johnson, Laverne Hall, Lloyd Braz, Ray Scott, Gordon Hughes, Neville Cal- fee, Bob Hamilton, Olen Scaggs. Below, in the candids, we see Quince watching a pile-up at the Piedmont game, and an Oiler tackle at Piedmont.

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VARSITY FOOTBALL After a good start, the Richmond High football team fell into a slump from which they failed to recover. The result was one victory and six consecutive losses, five of them in league play. After the season opener, which Richmond won from Vallejo, Oiler followers had a bright outlook on the season. Although the locals were erratic, they played “sound” football “when the chips were down.” They turned both scoring opportunities into touchdowns, took advantage of a bad pass from center for a safety, and showed a good, sturdy line. “Chuck” Seger went fourteen yards for the first score; Floyd Williams, Oiler game captain, caught Davidson of Vallejo in the end-zone for the safety; and Joe Quince drove five yards for the final touchdown. Oilers 14, Apaches 0. The following Friday, an underdog San Rafael eleven came to Richmond to turn an Oiler fumble into a victory. The fumble occurred on the Richmond 25-yard line in the last quarter. From here it was a short trip to pay dirt. The Oiler line stood out con- siderably, holding the Bulldogs on the 4-yard line. Oilers 0, Bulldogs 6. The Oilers opened their A. C. A. L. season the following week on the local turf and were badly stung by Alameda. A forty-seven yard march, an intercepted pass and a six- yard forward pass accounted for the Hornet scoring. Doyle scored for Richmond from the l-yard line. Harvey Doron, guard, was good defensively, as was the rest of the Oiler forward wall. Oilers 6, Hornets 18. Berkeley’s Yellowjackets came to Richmond next to hand the Oilers their third straight loss. After the “Jacket line had held the locals on the 1-foot line, Berkeley sent Lamborne and Krishian over for touchdowns. Gray converted twice to make it Oilers 0, Yellowjackets 14 An injury-riddled Oiler varsity travelled to Albany the following week and was walloped by five touchdowns. The locals took the field without five regulars. The Rich- mond line. although outweighed considerably, played a good game, but our pass defense was miserable. Oilers 0, Cougars 31. On Friday, the thirteenth, the deluge came. Piedmont’s A. C. A. L. champions “poured it on” the Oilers. The victory concluded Piedmont’s third consecutive season and marked its twenty-eighth straight win. Joe Quince was the Red and Blue’s star in the worst defeat in the history of the school. Oilers 0, Highlanders 51. On a rain-soaked field at Hayward, the Oilers went down to their final defeat. The Farmers took advantage of the Red and Blue’s weak pass defense to score in the opening period. Spichbig went fourteen yards for the second score in the third quarter. Muren concluded a seventy-five yard march by scoring from the 4-yard stripe. Floyd Williams and Bob Miner were outstanding in the forward wall. Oilers 6, Farmers 12. There you have a summary of Richmond’s worst football season. Injuries and tough breaks accounted for a good share of the Oiler losses. At no time during the season did the Oilers have a backfield which could make yardage consistently. Joe Quince, Junior quarterback, was the best back on the squad both offensively and defensively. Quince was named on the second string all-A. C. A. L. team. The Oiler forward wall looked good all year, holding opponents within the 10-yard stripe several times. Captain Bob Miner, Floyd Williams and Harvey Doron were consistently good, even in defeat. Fifteen members of the squad were playing their last season at R. U. H. S. These included nine lettermen. They are George Williams, Spiro Cakos, Bob Miner, Bob Nairne, and Harvey Doron, in the line; John Smrekar, Sterling Kelley, Bill Doyle, Ed Muren, and Jim Mitchell in the backfield.