Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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Olher reliables on lhe hislory-malcing Jranlc squad were Ellon Cencirulo, breasl- slrolcerg Jaclc Guggolz, Jesse Gidley, Gordy While, free-slylislsg Phil Slrarr and Lew lvlorrill, divers. The lirsl'-named wasa consislenl buHerlly man, was in Jrhe money in every rneel. Rounding oul The Kieldsen splash brigade were Dick Collell, baclc-slrokerg Bob Ly- man, back slrolce and free-siyle performer: and Bill Schedler and Park Wilson, free- slyle. Lellers were won by Kries, Kinser, Cencirulo, Collell, Guggolz, While, Gidley. The showing of The l938 Varsily augurs greal Jrhings for lhe fujrure ol Pacific swimming. Only one weakness, in lhe baclc-slrolce, was palpably oulslanding. Wilh The advenl of Fred Van Dyke, Jrhis silualion should be remedied nexl season, when C. O. P. will, from all indicalions, splash on lo bigger and beller accomplishmenls. V I i F Looney Kries Colleif lg 'lil' 111 fern ,ru Z A ' 3 ef , is , N- L , .4 . .L lI8Ol

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WhiTe, Wilson, ColleTT, Cencirulo, Gidley, Guggolz, Lyman, Shedler, Kries VARSITY SWIMMING The TirsT VarsiTy swimming Team To Take The waTer since PaciTic dedicaTed iTs new pool Turned in a good season record oT Tive wins in six sTarTs, deTiniTely made Bengal sporTs Tollowers acoluaTic-minded. - Led by Jimmy Kries and Verne Kinser, a pair oT lvlodesTo J. C. TransTers, and augmenTed by several oT lasT year's ice-breaking Frosh splash crew, The I938 Tiger churners losT only one meeT, The opener againsT sTrong San Jose, 48-26, Then proceed- ed To win Tive sTraighT as Tollows: SanTa Clara, 35-227 Menlo J. C., 48-273 Menlo J. C., a second Time, 42-33: SanTa Clara's Tinny Broncos again, 38-l9g and Tinally Fresno, To The Tune oT 39 To 35. Jimmy Kries, sTar Tree-sTyler, averaged beTTer Than Ten poinTs per meeT, was un- deTeaTed in The IOO-yard sprinT evenT all season. l-lis besT Time, Tor The cenTury, made in The SanTa Clara meeT and esTablishing a new PaciTic pool record, was 56.6. The Lodi Tlash was also a dependable perTormer in The 220-yard Tree-sTyle evenT and anchor man on The relay Team. Among The oTher consisTenT poinT-garners, Verne Kinser, who seT a new pool rec- ord oT :26.8 in The 50-yard Tree-sTyle, sTood ouT. Kinser won every sTarT buT one in The shorT sprinT. II79l

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l 2 Jacobsen, Joenes, l-lunT, MorTon, Looney Faosi-1 SWIMMING The sTory OT Frosh swimming Tor l938 is The sTory OT one Fred Van Dyce. This l3O-Ib. beauTy was noT The whole Frosh Team, buT almosT. BrieTly, This is whaT Van Dyke did during The season: ln every one OT The nine Frosh meeTs, he won boTh The lO0-yard back-sTroke and The 220-yard Tree-sTyle, generally Tinishing abouT a Tank-lengTh or Two ahead oT his nearesT opponenT. l-le seT pool records in Three evenTs, namely, l:06.5 in The l00- yard back-sTrokeg I:43.3 in The l50-yard back-sTroke and 2:22.4 in The 220 Tree-sTyle. In addiTion To These regular perTormances, The STockTon wizard oT The waTers appeared in record-shaTTering exhibiTions up and down The CoasT, esTablishing him- sell: as an ouTsTanding WesT CoasT prospecT Tor The l940 Olympic swimming Team. l-lis perTormances were unparalleled in The WesT This year. DespiTe The classy churning oT Van Dyke and Team-maTes Wayne Bird and Les Jacobsen. The Frosh were able To win only Three oT Their nine meeTs. STockTon l-li was deTeaTed, 29-283 Lodi l-li Tell by The same slim margin, and Oakdale was drubbed 43-I4. DeTeaTs came because oT lack oT poinT-geTTers To sup-porT The sTars. STockTon l-li sunk The Freshman naTaTors Twice, 35-22 and 39-I8, while Lodi did iT Thrice, 34-23, 3 I-26, and 30-27. The oTher seTback,came Trom Berkeley, 42-23. Aside Trom pace-seTTer Van Dyke's eTTorTs, sTandouT perTormances were Bird's mark oT :26.3 in The 50-yard Tree-sTyle and breasT-sTroker Jacobsen's Time oT l:l7.7 in The I00-yard version oT his specialTy. These Two men were consisTenT winners in al- mosT every meeT. OTher members oT The squad were Jack FiTTing, Tom Lee, Dan Looney, Murray l-ITTTTT, Joenes, and Charles MorTon. Nurnerals wenT To Van Dyke, Bird, Jacobsen, and Looney. ll8ll