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

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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

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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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EAVYWEIGH1' BASKETBALL With seven lettermen, three of whom were starters on the hoop squad which won the league pennant the previous year, answering Coach Shipkey's first call for basketball practice, Salinas students and fans looked forward to a repitition o fthe successful drive of last year. But with material sufficient to win the bunting in a walk, the Cowboys failed to repeat, dropping two games to a mediocre Monterey team. These losses, added to one with the Wfatsonville quintet which later went on to the undisputed league championship, cost Salinas all chances of repeating its 1932 success. With Layer, Pickens, Olsen, and Thorup as a nucleus Coach Shipkey built a first class team to represent Salinas in the hoop campaign. Elmer and Ralph Cosseboom and Bert Lingley were other lettermen reporting for the initial practice. New men coming from the lightweight squad of the previous year were Smith, Clark, Storm, and Dave Lumsden. The first two of these engaged in a nip-and-tuck battle for the vacant guard berth. Salinas began its campaign in fine fashion, winning two practice games from Chaminade by scores of 28-14 and 41-10, one from San Jose, 42-34, and two from Pacific Grove by scores of 32-16 and 32-22. The league games did not turn out so well. The Cowboys won three games and lost three. In a third game beyond having any bearing on the championship, Salinas won as it pleased, the score being 3 1-17. To wind up the season Coach Shipkey took his heavyweights to the Stanford pavilion and forced the Indian Frosh to use their entire power to finish ahead by the slim margin of two points. The score was Salinas-24, Stanford-2 6. Salinas....................................,.......- 21 Pacific Grove.........-.....,.,,,.,,-,, 16 Salinas.....-..........................-.-., 28 Chaminade-.-..-............-..,.,. 14 Salinas..,........,......................,... 27 Santa Cruz........,........m.,...,.,...,Q 19 Salinas..,....,..........,............,............ 21 Watsonville...........,,...,..,.,...,....,..,.g,. .15 Salinas......................................... 42 San Jose....m.............T...i 34 Salinas-..,.-......................... 15 Monterey....-...............,....4fL 25- Salinas............-..........,..... 41 Chaminade..........................- 10 Salinas,....... .... ..,- ........ .................. 27 Santa Cruz........a..................... 23 Salinasn..,.......-.............,.......-...-....... 19 W'atsonvi1le....-................- 26 Salinas............-.-....n-.......... 32 Pacific Grove........a.......-............. 22 Sa1inas.......-..-..-....a.............-... 25 Monterey...-........................... 527 Sa1inas............... ...- -....-.- 31 Monterey 1.....................17 Salinas......+.....-..............-....... 24 Stanford..................................... 26 TOTAl.,...-.........-....................3 5 3 TOTAL.-..............................272 050 FRIED MCABEER