Thatcher School - El Archivero Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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74 EL ARCHIVERO Ojai Valley School. In the thirdf game the squad met victory in a close de- cision over Cate. The next two games, however, portrayed Thacher in a losing role as the team dropped games to OVS, 3-0, and to Cate, 2-0. In the iinal encounter the fourth team downed Midland with a score of two goals to one. Fourth team line-up: Forwards: Parker, Bonner, Porter, R. Greene, Wfood, Gardner, Halfbacksg Kulli, H. Chickering, Taylor, Kristoiferson, Smith, T. Waldeng Fullback: Baum, Stewart, Lambertg Goal Guards: Lieu- rance, Forster, Subs: Meehl, Pinkham, Keesling, Work.

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EL ARCHIVERO 73 by goals in the second and third' quarters. John Case scored for Thacher in the third period, but Midland retained its 2-1 lead until the final whistle. The next week saw a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Cate in Carpinteria. The Blue team, playing on their grass field, tallied in the Hrst quarter and soon after the half, keeping Thacher on the defensive for most of the game. The first Thacher win was here over Laguna Blanca on October 27. The home team dominated the play throughout most of the contest. Derek Anderson scored on a corner kick by Dick Rhodes in the second period. Both teams made many attempts at the goal, but the score was still 1-C at the end. In a home game Thacher dropped a return engagement with Cate, 2-0, when the men from the Mesa rallied to score two quick goals in the third quarter. The season's last game was at Midland. The first half, played in a hail- storm, was cold and slow. Midland scored in the first quarter, but Hugh Gordon tallied for Thacher during a welcome clear spell in the second. The 1-1 deadlock was not broken, so two five-minute overtimes were played. Midland made a goal in the first period, but in the last minutes Freeman Ford and Dick Rhodes kicked two goals to clinch a 3-2 Thacher victory. The 1958 lineup was: Forwards: Rhodes, D. Williams, Gordon, Bell, An- derson, Case, Truog, Ford, Halfbacks: W. Boyd, R. Boyd, Wyeth, N. Chick- ering, Eggers, Fullbacks: Spaulding, Jordan, Oliver-Smith, Goal Guard: J Acquistapace. THIRD SOCCER TEAM This year the third team was led by its returning coach, Mr. White- head, and Captain Dick Walden to a 3-win, 1-tie, 1-loss record. Unfortu- nately the first game, played against Midland, was the one loss. A game with Laguna Blanca followed in which the forward line met little resistance, and the team came out with a 6-1 victory. The third game saw Cate and Thacher battle to a 2-2 tie. Two weeks later, in a return match, Thacher overcame a 0-1 deficit to beat the Blue 3-2. In its final game the third team produced a decisive 4-1 victory over Midland. The team lined up as follows: Forwards: Andrews, Corbett, Dole, Myers, Cooley, Halfbacks: DuBois, R. Walden, Jensen, Fullbacks: Kend- ricks, Luppeng Goal Guard: Bailey, Subs: Escher, Kent, Weitzel, Williams, Zellerbach, Abbott, and Whitney. FOURTH TEAM SOCCER With Mr. Shagam as coach and Bob Gardner as captain, the fourth team had a season record of 2 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie. The first game was a tie with Midland, 2-2. This was followed by a 4-2 setback at the hands of the

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EL ARCHIVERO 75 Back Row: Zellerbach 1Mgr.J, Bonehakker, Callaway, Van Horne, Lieurance, Rhodes, Front Raw: R. Walden, W. Boyd, Ford, Pleasants LCapit.J, Heard, DuBois, Mr. Kahle, Mr. Huyler. GYMKHANA HE 1958-1959 Gymkhana Season opened with the Santa Paula and Fillmore Horse Shows in September. Bill Boyd, Lloyd DuBois, Dick Walden, John Lewis, John Heard and Harry Andrews attended these two contests from Thacher, and each boy placed in at least one event. The main attraction of the pre-intramural season, however, was the California State H0rsemen's Association Championship Show in Paso Robles on October 2-5. Thacher's Relay and Ring Spearing Teams, both of which were composed of Freeman Ford, John Case, John Heard, John Lewis, Dick Walden, and Mr. Huyler, received first place honors, thus bringing back to School two State Championships. Leo Acquistapace, the final member of the Thacher team, won the Reserve State Championship in the Western Horsemastership division. Mr. Huyler, Heard, and Lewis also took other ribbons individually. Again in the same month Thacher horsemen participated in the Ven- tura Saddle Club Horse Show, where Bill Boyd placed first in three events and second in another. At the beginning of the Winter Term, a few changes were made in the regulations for the School's intramural gymkhanas. The Bending and Fig- ure-8 races are now scheduled simultaneously, and the traditional six-abreast race has been abandonedg now only one boy may be performing either of