University High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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gackelfail Affer a mediocre pracfice schedule, fhe I950 Universify varsify baslcefball feam fied for 'rhird place in fhe Wesfern League wifh Los Angeles and capfured fhe fourfh spof in fhe All-Cify fournamenf. In league play, fhe Warriors were de- feafed only by Fairfax and Hollywood, fhe Colonials fopped Uni fwice, by margins of 5I-48 and 40-37, and fhe Redshirfs did likewise, 56-34 and 53-23. The highlighfs of fhe league season oc- curred in bofh L.A. games. In fhe firsf meefing fhe Warriors won 35-34, as Herb lsono sanlc a iump shof in fhe Iasf 20 sec- onds of play. lsono, Cox, and Sf. Clair led fhe scoring wifh I2, 7, and 6, respecfively. In 'rhe second game, Uni mainfained a sfeady lead fo win 42-37. lsono was all over fhe floor, as he scored I7 poinfs. Wifh fhe close of fhe- league season, fhe Warriors wenf info fhe All-Cify fourna- menf wifh a minus rafing. In fhe opening game wifh Marshall, Uni won by a 56-45 margin. J o h n Carver and Herbie lsono each scored II poinfs. Bob Cox and Jim Sf. Clair followed wifh IO. Nexf on fhe Warrior Iisf was Narbonne, Easfern Ma- rine league champs. Uni pulled a surprise, winning 39-37, as Cox scored I6 poi-nfs, swishing in hook-shofs from all sides. In fhe semi-finals, Uni bowed fo Jeffer- son's cify c h a m ps, buf nof wifhouf a hard-foughf baffle. Behind 30-I5 af half- fime, fhe Warriors sfaged an incredible rally, pulling up fo wifhin 9 poinfs of fhe Democrafs. Af fhis poinf, a missed layup foiled Uni, and Jefferson wenf on fo win 58-42. Leading 'rhe Warriors were Herb lsono wifh I3, Denny Boren wifh IO, and John Carver wifh 9. In fhe consolafion finals, a disappoinfed Uni five Iosf fo a red-hof Norfh Holly- wood feam. Oufsfanding for Universify fhroughouf fhe season was Capfain Herb lsono. His all-round play made him indispensable, and caused him fo be selecfed for firsf- sfring All-Wesfern, and second sfring All- Ci-'ry honors. Guard John C a rv e r was named fo fhe second-sfring All-Wesfern for his sparkling defensive play.

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Mg LL LMKllJLgg PM yBC DHgfAKhBDlgH.lsono,J. VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM: Row 2: E. Lanzos, r., . arsen, . c e dr. - 9 8. - UNB . - OX. - UH 6 0. - is i. - erin . S g Mgr. Row I: R. deLaix, J. Callahan, J. Lugo, L. Swarfz, J. Ryan, D- SBSSBFB. A- SWBHZGF. R- Heredia. B- MBXBY- ,wwe fee-dew - Zcwefad Affer defeafing Fairfax 5-4 and Hamilfon I0-5, fhe I95l varsify baseball feam pulled fhe sur- prise of fhe season by fying cify champion Dorsey, 3-3, on Dick Sassara's sevenfh inning homer, wifh fwo away. Going info fhe Los Angeles game, fhe Warriors' hopes were high, buf L.A. won by a 5-4 margin. For fhe remainder of fhe season, Uni wenf info a slump, defeafing only Wesfchesfer fwice and Hollywood once. Highlighf of fhe second round was fhe Fairfax confesf. Behind 5-0 in fhe fourfh in- ning, fhe Warriors sfaged an uphill rally fo win 7-5 on lasf inning RBl's by Len Swarfz and Dick Sassara. Sassara led fhe club in baffing wifh a .357 average, and was selecfed for an ouffield berfh on fhe All-Wesfern firsf feam. Cafcher Len Swarfz hif 326. Heading fhe pifching sfaff for fhe fhird year was Herb lsono, who wasifhe only hurler able fo fame Dorsey affer 29 wins in a row. Lonnie McKellar 2-0, Bob Cox I-2, and Bud Darling I-I, made up fhe resf of fhe pifching crew. The infield was manned by Phil Murray, Johnny Lugo, Rudy Heredia, and Jerry Legge, and fhe- ouffield consisfed of Dick Sassara, Jack Callahan, Roger de Laix, and Leo Larsen. Ufilify men we-re Arf Kishi and Bill Maxey. John Lugo Coach Bull Spaefer My-W A W M-7 H VM' Len Swag-+1 f V '- .Z 4