Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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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

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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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COP Basketball . . . Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific Pacific S c o r i n g PLAYER GAMES FG FT Howie Pearce, c 22 8I 78 Hank Pfisfer, f 22 88 6l Jim Denfon, g 22 6I 33 Phil Orfez, f I3 46 I8 Jim Enos, g 2I 39 2l Bill Wirf, f-C 8 37 I5 Bril' Smifh, f 2I 25 28 Don Noffoli, g I7 I2 I0 Doug Scovil, g I4 I2 4 Don lv1ifchIer,f 20 I I 6 Len DefricIc,c I4 6 O John McCandIess, g I2 3 I S e a s o n R e Sfanford Universify 75 Pacific Sfoclcfon Amblers 48 Pacific Y. M. I. 5 I Pacific California 68 Pacific San Francisco Sfafe 66 loverfimel Pacific Sacramenfo Sfafe 49 Pacific Sfewarf Chevrolef 59 Pacific Hamline 49 Pacific Olympic Club 52 Pacific Nevada 69 Pacific Nevada 55 Pacific POINTS 240 237 I55 I I0 99 89 78 34 28 28 I2 7 cord AVERAGE IO.9 I0.8 7.0 8.5 4.7 I I.I 3.7 2.0 2.0 I.4 .9 .6 Sf. lv1ary's Fresno Sfafe Sfewari Chevrolef Olympic Clulo Sacramenfo Sfafe Chico Sfafe San Francisco Sfafe Fresno Sfaie X Sf. Mary's San Jose Sfafe San Jose Sfafe I Hank Pfisfer l28I a++empfs fo drive around Buddie Burly Jim Enos l43l drives in fo score aqainsf San Jose Proulx f4l, ex-Tiger in fhe Amblers' game as anofher ex- Sfafe as Hanlc Pfisfer ll3l sefs a block on San Jose s vaunf Bengal, Bob Klinger lI2l looks on. ed Sfu Inman lI3i'