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I El I. I V 1: 1 1 171 ■I 3ft r ■ — • a El GENl McAlLIS I I B JOE GuZM Captain JUNIOR COLLEGE F O T B A L.L Football, discontinued at Ventura Junior College since the days oi Stud Stin- nett and the old wonder teams, was taken up again in 1930 and now occupies a foremost position on the athletic roster. Hie season ot ' 30, though not marked by a terrific total of Pirate points ovei opposing tallies, will nevertheless stand out in years to come as an example of what good coaching, good support, and con- centrated fight can do towards overcoming the handicaps oi scarcity of material and lack oi reserve power. Every member of the 1930 squad gave everything that was in him all the time and the result was a season of hard fought games that Ji nior College Football Team Top row: A. Harrison, R. Kingston, . Riggs, W. Chaffee, K. Bright, (!. Taylor, M. Mitchell, Coach E. McAllister. S nd row. E. Honan, V. Reed, J. Martin, A. Eddx, T. Crowther, II. Moore Jr.. S. Temple. r 1— . Thud row: F. Rice, |. Gi zman, l . Shannon, S, Keith, R. I ' m ri m. , 4
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I El LA P 1:1 1 171 51 |. ( luZMAN K. Shannon brought no disappointment even to the most op- timise early-season dopester. Victories were clean cut. well earned — defeats were often decisive but never disgraceful. No member of the Pirate student body ever had cause to feel ashamed of his team ' s actions on the field. In the light of these facts it would be an error to think of the 1930 schedule as anything but successful. Coach Eugene McAllister has produced a strong gridiron machine from what was, for the most part. ver green first year material. Members of the squad are to be commended for lending their best efforts towards cooperation with Coach McAllister. The first early season call for material brought out 25 candidates for glory. Of this num- ber eight were lost to the squad by the end of the year, injuries accounting for most of the drop- outs. A few scant days of practice were worked in before the first opponent of the year. Santa Maria Jaysee, journeyed down the coast to take the Pirate measure in a sloppy 6-0 game that demonstrated clearly the dire need of more ex- perience in the Pirate ranks. The absence of Kenneth Shannon and Joe Martin, first string backs, greatly handicapped Ventura ' s chances for victory. In the next two tussles Long Beach Jaysee ' s powerful Viking crew rolled over Ventura 20-0 and a heavy bunch from Oneonta Military Acad- emy decisioned the Pirate crew 12-6. Both of these games showed conclusively the tremendous handicap under which the McAllistermen were struggling in competition with schools of great reserve force. Long Beach was able to annex only- six points in the first half of the fray, while
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