San Gabriel Mission High School - Pioneer Yearbook (San Gabriel, CA)

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' Iv' 'Q if Chuck Bellilli autruns ball lo firsl base for an eosy single. VARSITY BASEBALL AWARDS Most Valuable ................ Dale Smith Best Teammafe .... .... P al Zartman Most Improved .............. Joe Perricone Highest Bolling Average, Wally Sl. Clair, .380 Sam Perricone prepares to crush into a Cardinal pilcher as Wally Sl. Clair scores anolher tally for the green Pat Zurlman signals for lhe big first sacker lo slide. and gray as two Cardinals awail the too lale lhrow. Lefly Dale Smilh fires a slrike on his way lo anolher viclory.

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VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM Left to right, Front Row: Chuck Bellitti, Gerald Carroll, Joe Perricone, Bob Brown, Pot Zartman, Richard Hebhardt, Mitchell Toylor, Dale Smith, Terry Lenhart, John Schworze. Back Row: Coach Bob Holycross, AI Baldwin, Mike Hubbard, Chick Pfeifer, Wally St. Clair, Sam Perricone, John Stewart, louis Escobedo, .lohn Lombardo, Carlos Oseguera, Mike Crowe. dafweew attain new kdgiw, I Above: Coach Bob Holycross casts cz watchful eye over his Pioneers as they play Cantwell. Right: Joe Perricone firmly grabs first base to break up pick off play. The Pioneer varsity under the reign of rookie coach Bob Holycross had trouble collecting their first win. Mission went down to defeat to San Marino, Don Bosco, Claremont, and St. John Bosco before their first victory over Flintridge Prep, a 6 to O shut out for Dale Smith, the soph pitching sensation. Rich Hebhardt and Chuck Bellitti helped the young lefty with a pair of home runs. St. John Vianney surprised the Pioneers with a 2 to 2 tie. Wally St. Clair fanned i3 Nobles in the 7 inning contest. Brown Military was no comp- etition for the Pioneers who collected 8 hits in only 5 innings to smother Brown 18 to 4. Mission continued its hot streak against Webb as the Pioneers downed the Gauls 17 to 10. Bishop Alemany proved too much to handle as they whipped Mission 7 to 0 in the Pioneers' final preseason contest. I9

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Wanda? f6Q5Zf4 fume . -, . ...Q I l Above: Fleetfooted Johnny Stewart loses hat but beats throw for infield single. Below: Rich Hebhardt happily awaits arrival of sliding opponent at third base. Backstop Louie Escohedo awaits descent of pop foul. Mission started league play with a young team composed of four sophomores lSmith, Derby, St. Clair, and Hebhardtl, two iuniors lSam Perricone and Stewartl, and three seniors lJoe Perricone, Bob Brown, and Chuck Bellittil. With this lineup Mission had no trouble defeating LaSalle 9 to l. Dale Smith went all the way for the victory. A spunky Northview nine surprised Mission in the last inning with 2 runs to squeeze by the Pioneers 2 to l. Behind Dale Smith's 4 hit pitching and timely hitting, Mission shut out Cantwell 3 to O. ln their next outing the Pioneers were swamped by Rosemead I3 to 3. The heads up Pioneers out- played St. Paul I to O for their third consecutive league win. Mission easily defeated Brown Military l7 to 4 before losing to Bosco Tech 5 to 4 in a thriller. Young Bishop Amat stunned high flying Mission 3 to 2 for the Pioneers first league loss. Cantwell avenged an earlier loss with a 6 to 3 win over Mission in a 5 inning practice tilt. The Pioneers got back on the winning road again with an exciting IO to 9 victory over Pomona Catholic. Dale Smith, helped by a 3 run round tripper by Chuck Bellitti, earned the victory, his fourth in league play. In a wild practice game, Mission defeated Northview I4 to 10. The Pioneers received their second league defeat at the hands of Mater Dei in a hotly disputed 2 to l contest. Mission received a scare from Valley Christian but eked out a 4 to 3 win in the final game. The Pioneers ended the practice season with a 6 to l victory over Flintridge. Louie Escobedo and winning pitcher Chick Pfiefer pounded homers in the contest. In their final league game the Pioneers led by the under- classmen demolished St. Francis 7 to 4. Wally St. Clair and Rich Hebhardt banged home runs and Dale Smith collected his 5th league win. This victory placed Mission in the C.l.F. playoffs for the first time in history. The Pioneers ended the season in second place in the Parochial League with an 5-2 record. The season was one of the best in Mission's history. The Pioneers had a hustling, running, spirited ball club which played exciting baseball for seven innings of every game. Next season should be even better for the younger Pioneers should benefit greatly from this past season. 1 .Lv . N