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

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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

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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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V' 'Ghe ECI-IO X Wrtlr the score rred at 13 all at the end of the game an extra fue minute period was played to determine the rrctor Hahn brought joy to Santa Rosa when he sank a free throw to make the score 14 to 13 but Analy soon tred the score rn the same manner when a foul was committed on them With but 30 seconds left of play Brll Grace whose playing for the night was above reproach took hrs place on the foul lrne and sent the sphere neatly through the rrng to wrn the game and t1e Analy for the league leadership Santa Rom 13 Analy 8 SECOND GAME On the following Friday night on the Analy court the Panther Cubs removed all doubt of the fact as to which team was the superior when they trounced the Analyans rn a play off game for the section trtle by a 13 to 8 score The playing of both teams rn the frrst stanza was featured by a stone wall defense that kept the score down to 3 all at half time In the last quarter Analy had succeeded rn prlrng up a one pornt lead and the exrcrtement and noise that prevailed among the fans was deafening With but a few minutes left of play Grace again proved the fact that he was out for Trger meat when he tore loose through Analys defense and tallred consecutive baskets rn less than a minutes time to brrng the Panthers up from 7 to 6 to a commanding 3 pornt lead From here on the Panther Cubs ran roughshod over Analy and to make things all the better Wright prvoted and registered another freld goal as the gun ended the hectic battle Grace was the rndrvrdual star of the game with seven markers to hrs Captarn Capell at center was plenty effective on both offense and defense whrle Hahn Hartman and Saunders who worked as guards were above re proach By vrrtue of thrs vrctory the Cubs won the rrght to meet Sonoma for the North Bay League trtle of the C I F Safzfa Rom Z1 Sonoma 19 The Panther Cubs met their waterloo at Sonoma on the following week when they lost a hotly contested battle to the Sonoma quintet Throughout the first three quarters the Cubs had held their own against the Mrssron quintet and both teams were playing as they never played be ore With a 2 pomt lead to their credrt the Cubs decided to stall Sonoma however was not slow rn launching an attack that spelled defeat for the Orange and Black The Mrssron boys rn their determined rally rallied baskets rn stellar style and the end of the game found the Cubs on the short end of a 19 to ll score In losing to Sonoma the Cubs drd not lose any prestige as Sonoma later on defeated San Mateo for the Northern Calrfornra champronshrp The loss of Brll Grace from the lrne up two days before the game together with the fact that the Cubs had played Class C basketball prror to B no doubt had a decided effect upon the outcome of the game Wright with 7 pornts to hrs credrt was hrgh pornt man Captarn Capell and Hahn each accounted for two pornts Hartman and Saunders both played a good floor game L VIVIQPIQPIVIYVIYIYIVIVIWFI IWFlYl?lYITl5fll'l!Fl!Pl1flV ...- A 'A 'tg , 1 -W-Q 7 q . a a n g - I ,' ' P 1 . ' ' . . 1 . - l . . . .i .rr - r rt. pl Q ' i . . , 1 91 ' r ' Y FI, . . . g . , . , H . . . . f 3 . -' 6 credit, while Wright was credited with four. 5 ' 3 3 1 l 5 7 7 7 y 4 5 1 M 5 . . r E . ' ' . . a s - , A f .. . , . - p U H ' . . . ., . l 1 'gk l ' I 1 l ' E U . . '. I lg ' . ' I I , ' Il ' 1 ll LO . sa Y? Q J