Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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Tfulfg' . 7 ' 'Jn gl- Til,-I'-V 5 I- . TT ini' ' 'ffilf 1 Es rcrTeIsiJuTsTandlH'-3 Player a LeBaron Shrine Game Stars College of The Pacific's firsT Two parficipanfs in The Annual EasT-WesT All-STar Shrine Classic, Eddie LeBaron and John Rohde, came back To school full of glory afTer carrying The Tiger banners well To success. The former being awarded The William Coffman award for being The game's ouTsTanding performer. Li++le Eddie compleTeIy sToIe The hearTs of 62,000 fans as he ran from The double-wing formaTion, sTrange To him since high school days, and provided The only offensive show for The WesT aggregafion which suffered a 28 To 6 defeaf aT The hands of a very powerful EasT eleven. LeBaron carried The ball I7 Times and amassed IO8 yards, failing To gain only Twice on which he IosT I3 yards To have a 5.5 yard per carry average. LeBaron Threw I8 aerials, connecTed on I I and had Three infercepfed, which was due To The fasT-charging EasT line which saw such greaTs in iTs forward wall as CIayTon Tonnemaker of MinnesoTa, Leon l-larT of Nofre Dame. Jim MarTin of NoTre Dame, Don Mason of Michigan STaTe, Ed Bagdon of Michigan STaTe and many oThers in addiTion To greaT name backs such as Arnold Galiffa of Army, Lynn Chandnois of Michigan STaTe, ArT Murakowski of NorThwesTern, WalT Teninga of Michigan, and also many oThers. On his firsT offensive play of The game, LeBaron skirfed IefT end behind The blocking of Dick McKissack of Soufhern MeThodisT and John Rohde for six yards and The WesT's firsT offensive flash which was greefed wiTh a Tremen- dous roar by The crowd. Eddie Then proceded To engineer The only WesT score of The afTernoon. AfTer a pass was inTercepTed on The EasT 37-yard line, LeBaron wenT back To pass buT was hiT immediaTely and IosT eighT. Then he hiT Rohde for I7 yards, and Then goT four more himself and a firsT down on The 24. Ernie Johnson of UC LA failed To gain and LeBaron Tossed one To Ken Rose of STan- ford for eighT and Then rambled To The I0-yard line by himself. Eddie goT four more and Then on a beauTifuI fake, handed The ball off To Don Paul of Washingfon STaTe who wenT over sTanding up. ThaT was all of The WesT scoring for The day, buT ThaT wasn'T all for LeBaron and Rohde. Rohde nailed Two more LeBaron aerials and played a fine defensive game, even Though he was made a linebacker on The WesT's odd 4-4-3 defense. LeBaron sTayed in The EasT's hair The resT of The afTernoon and was given a Thunderous ovaTion every Time he TroTTed on and off The field. None of The ballplayers who had been using This sysTem for Three or four seasons showed up as well as The Pacific parTicipanTs. LeBaron was also inviTed To The All-Sfar Senior Bowl Game in Jacksonville, Florida, in which he performed aImosT as ably. I-le Threw nine passes, compIeTed six and Threw one for a Touchdown. I-le also helped To seT up The oTher score made by his Team, and was one of The ouTsTanding players on The field on defense. I-le Twice made The sTops ThaT sfopped an enemy ThreaT inside his own five-yard line. Two finer represenTaTives from The College of The Pacific could never be chosen. BoTh on and off The field, These men Thoroughly waved Tiger banners high and drew The praise of all concerned for Their abiIiTy, personaIiTy, sporfsmanship, leadership, and performance. Jghn R Ouf5f,nding0E:1dd G

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LeBqrons 9' 7 . . . Celeris 99 6 J o h n P o u l o s Oufsfanding End . dis -5-1' 'Eff' I J I m P r r c e Oufsfanding Halfback Shackled fhe Celeri's Foofball in February, who would have believed if? Seffing a complefely new precedenf for foofball all over fhe nafion, fwo represenfafive 'reams from fhe Universify of California and 'rhe College of fhe Pacific mel' on fhe gridiron fo answer fwo greaf quesfions . . . which was fhe beffer feam, fhe I949 Tigers or fhe Rose Bowl Bears . . . and which was fhe belfer quarferback, Eddie LeBaron or Bob Celeri? Acfually neifher quesfion wascomplefely answered. The LeBaron's annexed fhe 'rilf 7 fo 6 in a sfellar defensive baffle which saw a sogg furf holding mosf of The vaunfed run- ners in check and keeping fhe expecfed -aerial baffle down fo a walk. Celeri fhrew plenfy of passes, some of which were dro ped by his flankers and LeBaron had an iniured shoulder which allowed him fo foss ouf only six pass- es, 'rwo of which were caughf. Celeri had more complefions buf if was fhe fremendous line play of bofh aggrega- fions fhaf was The fine poinf of The game. The Celeri's probably fielded a sfronger defensive unif in fhis game 'rhan 'rhey were able fo musfer in fwo Rose Bowl games, adding such defensive sfalwarfs as Frank Van Deren and Norm Pressley 'fo fheir rosfer from 'rhe '48 Bear eleven. Bronco Bruce Orvis scored The LeBaron fally affer seHing up fhe score wifh fwo rambles which led fo fhe one-yard line. Wayne Hardin converfed our of LeBaron's fingerrips earl in fhe firsf period, giving fhe Sfockfonians a lead which fhey never relinquished. The Celeri's scored in fhe finalhalf buf were unable fo converf, fhe difference be- fween fhe fwo unifs. Lil Ed comes fo fhe rescue. Eddie LeBaron moves in fo block a possible Bob Celeri, vaunfed Bear quarferback, shows his defensive prowess as he gap in his All-Sfar line as Harry Kane l25l and Kenny Johnson move hauls down Wayne Hardin of fhe LeBaron All-Sfars affer Hardin refurned over fasf on fhe play. Number 53 for fhe Celeri's is End Dan Bagovich. his kick 3I yds. behind blocking of Rohde, Franceschini, Johnson. Poulos

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College of the Paeifie Basketball Coach Chris Kjeldsen's varsiTy cage squad, hampered by injuries all season long, wound up Their I949-50 campaign wiTh a noT Too impressive seven won and TiTTeen losT record. AT The beginning of The year iT looked as Though Kieldsen would produce one of The Top noTch ball clubs on The CoasT, buT Then CenTer Howie Pearce sprained an ankle ThaT laid him up badly Tor seven weeks, and slowed him down all during The Tirsl' parT of The campaign. ThaT shoT The double-posT sysTem ThaT They had been working on so hard during The early pracTice sessions. NexT came Bill WirT. high-scoring Torwarcl, and The oTher halT oT The double-posT, who broke a leg during ChrisTmas vacaTion while vacaTioning in The snow. As iT This weren'T enough, BriT SmiTh suTTered a broken bone in'his hand aT The same Time which leTT The club minus The regulars and wiTh no reserve sTrengTh whaTsoever. All buT one of The wins were aT home, ThaT one being The 6l To 54 deTeaT of ST Mary's in The Cow Palace aT which Time STicks Pearce joined The selecT 2l club by regisTering 24 markers againsT The Gaels. Shining lighfs oT The quinTeT were Pearce, who was The Team's high scorer: Henry Bones PTisTer who was always here. There and everywhere husTling his way in Tor lay-ups, sTealing The ball, and hiTTing Trom all over The courT: Phil OrTez, big Tiger forward who always ToughT his way Tor rebounds and hiT Those long one-handed push shoTs from The side of The courTg Team CapTain and The defensive sTalward of The club, Jim Enos: Jim DenTon, sopho- more guard who showed greaT improvemenT during The season buT also losT his greaTesT asseT in The double-posT offense: Bill WirT, hurT righT aTTer he played Tremendous ball againsT The Hamline Pipers, several Times NaTional ln- +ercoIlegia+e BaskeTbaII AssociaTion champions: BriT SmiTh, Don NoTToli, John McCanaIIess, Doug Scovil, Don Mifchler, and Len DeTrick, all oT whom ably assisTed when called upon. Chris Kieldsen Head Coach WalT JeTlord Manager