Salinas Junior College - La Reata Yearbook (Salinas, CA)

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LIGHTWEIGHT FOOTBALL With all but three members new to football, the group that started the season in charge of Coach Bennion seemed anything but promising. Gradually the members revealed their capabilities. Captain Al Rianda began to inject fight into the apparently apathetic team, and the result was one of the scrappiest lightweight teams in the league. The locals were outweighed in almost every game. They started the season with a scoreless tie agains t Gonzales. The remaining six games caused a rise from the cellar position to a tie for second. The team found itself in the last few games of the season. A The players deserving credit for the great games they played include Earl Westcott, Pete Sugawara, Captain Al Rianda, and many others. Although this team didn't win the championship, Coach Bennion is worthy of much praise for developing a team composed largely of freshmen, for they will some day be famous for their deeds as heavyweights. Salinas ........... -.-M ,... .. ....... .,..,,.,..................- 0 Gonzales .........., ,. .,.... ,. ...,.. ,.,,,. ,.,,. ,,,,,,,,.,,,, 0 Salinas ,............... A ..... .. ....... -................-, 0 Hollister.--,..-........-..n .... ..,.,.,....,.......13 Salinas..,.-...w-...........-n................... 6 Moi-xterey,.......,...-...-.- ..... -C .... .....,,,..,. 0 Salinas...-...- .... .........,-. .... .............L.......L.l2 Santa Cruz........- .... .................-.-..... 0 Salinasm... ............. .. ............... ....... .... ........-.. 6 Watsonville., ........... .. ,......... -......-.........,.14 Salinas.............a......-....................-...........-19 Monterey...........-.........,..................-.. 0 TOTAL...,........n ...............--.........43 TOTAL .... ..... .... ... ...... ,.......,.--...........27 TRACK The Salinas High track team has set as its goal the repetition of the winning of last year's championship. With such men as Captain Berneth Layer, Thorup, Clark, Cosseboom, Slade, and Cornett approaching the league records in their various events, the heavyweights will be satisfied with nothing less than an overwhelming victory in the league meet. To date, Salinas heavies have met with some of the strongest opposition with victorious results. The C. C. A. L. meet on May 5 was to be the day of reckoning for the Cowboys. The lightweight and midget track teams did not appear to be as strong as in former years. Hollister lightweights mercilessly swamped the local boys on the home track. Nevertheless, Thomas J. Nunes, and Ben Takahashi will be point getters in almost any meet. With careful training the lightweights and midgets may pull a dark horse and nose out the Hollister aggregations, which appear to be the team to beat. Track prospects for the junior college team looked quite hopeful. Tavernetti, Peaslee, Gipe, Napoli, Watson, and Wiechring have shown results that the J. C. can be proud of. 048

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HEAVYWEIGHT FOOTBALL The 1933 pigskin season began with an exceptionally stiff list of opponents. The fact that the Cowboys had to play not only the game of the moment, but also against the record set by two former Salinas elevens, gave rise to the fear that the pressure would be more than could be coped with. Actual play began unauspiciously enough. San Mateo was taken by ' one touchdown, San Luis Obispo was tied Qthe only ' stalemate in three yearsj 5 Pacific Grove held Salinas 6-13 in the third practice tilt, and the fears of a coming loss seemed to have foundationsg but after barely slipping through Palo Alto, Salinas journeyed to Hollister and took the strong Haybalers in the first . league game by a margin of two touchdowns. In rapid succession Santa Cruz, Wa t s o n ville , Berkeley School for the Deaf, Monterey, and Bellarmine Preps were met and defeated by the ever-improving Salinas team. The Monterey game was the season's high-light as far as league play was concerned. The Toreadors, after a hard battle, lost 7-0. Clamor to keep up the practice established last year and play a post- season game induced Salinas authorities to schedule a contest with Vallejo High School, whose team had been beaten only once in the year+by one point. The game attracted a capacity Thanksgiving Day crowd of Mon- terey county fans who will never forget the epic struggle. For the first time in several years Salinas feared it was outclassed on the gridiron. The two teams each scored in the first half and spent the remainder ofuthe game trying to hold each other to a tie. On the very last play of the game, with Vallejo having the ball on the Cowboy 18-yard line, Hugo Pia, captain-elect, intercepted a Vallejo pass and ran 70 yards for a touchdown and victory. Thirty consecutive games without a loss for Salinas! 5 Salinas ...... ..,..,...,..,.-....n-.......,... 14 San Mateo ...--........ ..... ........-....,,...,.,.. 6 Salinas.n-.a..-a-,.....n-,-............ 7 San Luis Obispo.-....-..-......... 7 Salinas.,-,..,.....,.......-..,-........ 13 Pacific Grove.....,................,.... 6 Saljnas,...,.............,...........l...... 6 P210 Alt0..-.................-.,.,...,.......... 0 Salinas.,,,..,....,.....,......................- 13 Hollister. ..,... .............................. 0 Salinas,......,.-..............i....1 7 Santa Cruz..,..................?....1 0 Salims.,................i.......n...... 40 Watsonville ............. ,-.n,..........1.. 6 Salinas.....,,.,.....-,..... ..... .....,.. .... ..... 47 Berkeley Deaf School-............. 0 Salinas....................-........--1 7' Salinas...---,...--........-....-.....- 54 Bellarmine ..-.--..--.- ........ ---mai 0 S31jn35,,,.,,,.,,,.......,....,............. 14 Vallejo .,,.. -,. .. .... .,.................... 7 222 32 FRED MCABEER 47 0

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J. C. BASKETBALL The junior college had one of the finest basketball teams of all time this year. Coach Elmer Richey and his boys should receive due credit for winning their second consecutive championship. Six of last year's letter men returned to start the season off with live straight victories. The men said, Never say die, and won seven more practise games. Then the league games began, and each of the opponents in turn bowed their heads to the J. C. warriors. The victories stood as follows: Salims.................................................. 37 Santa ,Maria-..-.... ......... .... ..... ....- .......... . 23 Salinas .... .......,................................ 26 IvIoran......i......................... I9 Salinas..-.................................. 30 California Po1y.....-..........-........ 26 Salinas.....................2....-.......... 25 Moran.--......... ..... ..--..2.-.......-..... 10 Salinas....................................... 37 California Poly---.......-.............-. 35 Salinas---.........................l.... 35 Santa Maria-........................ 22 TOTAl.-.-...................-............... 190 TO'I'Al..............1....................- 13 5 Then came the gallant annual battle between the J. C. and their rivals, the Cowboys. The high school players tried in vain to avenge the defeat given them the year before, but they were turned aside with a 32-17 victory. Twenty-one starts-twenty-one wins! But the next two games with Watsonville and Menlo were lost by a small margin, 22-20 and 26-25 respectively. The outstanding players were Levon Askew, scoring 154 point s in eighteen games, Rist, and Studevant, snaky forwards, Captain Smith, the big, tall man who tipped the ball at center, Struve and Tarver, guards, and their supporters, Gipe and Withers. I HANDBALI. Last fall an interesting experiment in handball was tried, namely, to see how good a handball team Salinas High c o uld turn out. The boys familiarized th emselves with a four-wall game and then took on and defeated all the local teams. The team journeyed to LostAngeles and triumphed over Metropolitan High by a wide margin. No one else would accept our challenge. Players who won their letters on this team were George Dovolis, Frank Meeker, Levon Askew, Jess Campos, and Russell Sweetman. Winners of the regular fall intramural tournament were Lloyd Foster, Frank Mondo, and Bill Rajewski. A junior college tournament was held this year for the first time. Harold Studevant was the winner and Russell Sweetman the runner-up. 490