Santa Rosa High School - Echo Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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1 W ff fone ECHO 'X G ' 'aw CLASS B BASKETBALL TEAM CLASS B REVIEW The Panther Babes after hangmg up the Class C trtle entered the Class B drvrsron and scored four rmpressrve vrctorres out of frve practrce trlts that were played prror to the league campargn The results of these contests were Santa Rom 2 Mzddletotan Santa R014 2 Pzedmont 11 Sanla Rom 2 Lmcoln 19 Santa Rom 1 Sonoma 9 Santa Rom I St Maryr Pfepf 16 Santa Rom 19 Tamalpazf 13 The Panther Cubs played the league season m stellar style when they defeated the Tamalpars lrghtwerghts rn the frrst league game of the Class B schedule The battle started off wrth a bang Tamalpars berng all set to avenge the defeat handed them the season before by the locals had succeeded m keepmg the Cubs on the short end of the score throughout the frrst three quarters of a To the fans on the srdelmes rt looked lrke the Panther cause was lost and gloom prevarled plenty Wrth but a few mmutes to play and wrth honors about even the Cubs staged a determxned rally that swept the Tam boys off thexr feet Consecutrve baskets by Wrrght and Barnett rn the last mmute of play put the game on nce for Santa Rosa, whnle Captam Carl Capell added glory by the glorrous act of srnkmg a beauty from mrd court as the fmal gun went off to make the score 19 to 13 rn our favor Santa Rom 14 Healdrburg 5 Drsplaymg an arrtrght defense and a bewxldermg offense whrch had the opponents guessmg throughout the whole contest the Panther Cubs boosted L J VI QVIQVIQPIWPIWPIIPIWPIWPIWPIQPI' 'IWVIKPIWPIWVIQFISPIQPINFIQPIWPIV fl A ' P' SMS W'-P 1' A , .a-.,u.--e ' . ' 'P u e.Q QfQQ 2' - W Wu C, Q 3 Q l v V l : l E .1 r 4 A .j. I l . . I ' l 3 l 0,' ' ' 6 1 3f L if 2 l . 4..- . ' l . . . A . . P1 Y' . . . . . v , V . D ' - l vi

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. ,-:Ii-qw --Y--V--AY-, , ..-.-...ir-NV. . . Q u e'. no Q . - - Q Santa Rom 22-Pelaluma 21 In one of the most hectic and hair-raising four periods of basketball play that has ever been seen around Eggville, the Panther varsity proved its worth on February 10, when it took the highly-touted Petaluma Roosters into camp for a 22 to 21 score in the Petaluma gym. Chub Groom started the fire-works for the Panthers by sinking a pretty shot before the game was a minute old. Before the Roosters knew what it was all about the Panthers had accounted for six points, and Petaluma took time out in a game effort to stop the Panther onslaught. From then on the playing of both teams tore loose and a deluge of baskets were being tossed into the respective rings of both teams. Although the Panthers were caught in a tie score several times they were never headed. The score-board at half time read 15 to 12 in favor of the Orange and Black. The second half kept the fans on their feet from start to finish. Towards the end of the game the Panthers were leading by a slim margin but Petaluma came back strong to tie the score at 21 all. At this point Groom with but a few seconds to play dribbled through the entire Leghorn quintet to sink a pretty shot but he was fouled on the play and the goal didnt count Chub was awarded a free throw which he made good and won the game Together with Groom was Guelfo Poli who played a great floor game and had an eye that was plenty dangerous for the opponents Pelligrini and Burgess work as guards was above reproach Groom was high point man with 11 markers while Poli followed a close second with 9 Santa Rom 16 Analy 17 Santa Rosa High Schools Fighting Panthers together with Coach O W Fortxer were dealt about as hard a blow as has ever been dealt to any team on February 17 when the Analy Tigers came over as second best to the Panthers and defeated them by one point margin before the largest crowd in the hoop history of this institution in the big game of the year The first half was all Panther glory the Tigers were outplayed in every department of the game and according to the score at the half which was 11 to 4 in the Panthers favor Santa Rosa had the game on ice But in the last half for no reason at all the ice melted and the Panthers offense together with the defense cracked and sank before the determined Tiger rally During the last few minutes of play the Panthers on the short end of the score came to life and outfought the Tigers but it was too late Analy had registered another basket and the game ended amid the groans of Panther followers and the joyous cries of the Sebastopolians This defeat eliminated the Panthers from the league race and gave the Tamalapais Indians a team that failed to make a basket off the Panthers the title in this section of the C I F McGuire and Pelligrini turned in their usual good game at guard positions while Groom and Poli at the shooting berths were highlights of the evening the former being high point man with 8 points to his credit 5 ! l Q ! Q 7 H- H ' 3 9 . , , . Y I 7 1 VN. i m m - j ef f ' .-.-.vw

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f' The E C HOT the1r stock one notch hrgher when they whrtevsashed the Healdsburg Cubs as fat as freld goals are concerned Not one dlgrt from the freld drd the Cubs allow the VlSlfOfS holdmg them to a one free throw rn the last half Coach O W Fortrers squad was just too well trarned for the nottherners The game was hotly contested throughout untrl the frnal mrnutes of play when the Panthers put the game on rce wrth goals from all angles Captarn Capell at center was the bxg gun for the nrght accountrng for seven pomts Saunders played a bang up game at guard whrle Barnett and B111 Grace both took floor honors at forward posrtron Santa Rosa 30 San Ra ae! 6 Playrng their best brand of basketball of the season the Panther Cubs cont1nued the1r drrve toward the sectron champronshrp by crashrng through the strong San Rafael Pups for a 30 to 6 wxn on the latters court At no trme drd the Pups threaten the Panther Cubs Santa Rosa took the lead at the start of the game and held rt throughout the entrre fray Coach O W Portlets men rn tlns game showed srgns of hard concen trated practrce The plays worked lrke a clock and the basket tossrng was accurate of thrs sectron that they rntended to cause plenty of trouble for aspxrant teams rn the mad race for the trtle Salim Rota I0 Pelalnma 12 In what proved to be nobodys ball game untrl the hnal whistle marked the close of play the Panther Cubs suffered then f1rst league defeat of the season when they dropped a hotly contested game to the Petaluma Pullets on the latters court The f1rst half of play on the part of the Panthers was ragged and rn accurate Petaluma scormg 10 pomts while the Cubs accounted for 3 In the second perrod the Orange and Black squad began to funcrxon Wrth the roar of the crowd rmgmg rn thert eats the Cubs came from behrnd to tue the score at 10 all Petaluma broke the rce 1n the last mmute of play by smkmg a beautrful shot from the srde l1ne To make thrngs all the gloomrer for the Santa Rosa fans Nook Wrrght sanlc one from under the basket a hal second too late the frnal wh1stle had blown but the roar of the crowd was so loud that rt was rmpossrble to heat rt The Panthers played tmgs around the Pullets rn thrs last hectrc half B111 Grace and Captam Capell who took scorrng honors both played a great game Saunders at guard outshone others on defense Santa Rom 15 Analy 14 Fmsr GAME On February 17 the Panther Cubs met the Analy Trgers rn a game that was to decrde the fact as to whether they were gorng to remam rn the league race or not Analy at the trme boasted a qumtet that was made of the same calrbre as that of therr former state champtonshrp squad of a few years past and ac cordmg to crmcs was gorng to execute the act of defeatrng the Panthers But the Orange and Black frghtrng as Panthers do when thexr larr rs mvaded went mto the game wrth a few frnal words from Coach Portlet and smacked the belated and hrghly touted Blue and Whrte team on the pelt for a well deserved one pornt vrctory IQPIQPIWPIVIQFIVIYPIQFIQPI I1FlWfl1fl1fllfl5l'l!flRl'l!!'l'PIV WQT, .4 ' 1 E .M A ' V , ,t ,,uM-, ,,V W -, ' - ' - - - --Q 0 . . - f This team as a whole played A-1 ball and proved to basketball followers