Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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I El I. I CI: 1 1 171 ■I Kenneth Deck Captain LIGHTWEIGHT FOOTBALL Some 45 midget Buccaneers turned out at the first of the 1930 football season in answer to Coach Eric Kolberg ' s call for material. Cutting this squad to 35, the lightweight coach retained a bunch of ambitious youngsters who developed into one of the fightingest pigskin elevens ever seen around these parts. The Pirate babes outscored both the varsity and Jaysee aggregations from their ship to ramble through a schedule in a highly creditable manner. In the season opener Taft sent a strong lightweight team south that managed to trip the Pirate Bees 6-0 after a nip and tuck fracas that made spectators register more enthusiasm than d id many a varsity game. Coming back strong after a week of hard practice, Kolberg ' s mites rambled out on the desert with blood in their eyes and came tripping back home with a 40-0 win stuck under their belts. Lancastei was the unlucky victim of the en- turans ' ire. Oxnard, traditional Pirate jinx, stretched its varsity hoodoo to cover the light- weight situation and eked out a 12-0 victor} ' after three and a half quarters of scoreless see-sawing. A beautiful 95 yard run to a touchdown from kickoff ac- counted for the first touchdown, and frantic Ventura efforts to score through the air which resulted in an intercepted pass, handed the Yellowjackets their second six points. Kolberg worked in five days of hard scrimmage after the Oxnard disappoint- ment, and did it so well that the Orangemen came back again to thump Santa Paula, 20-0. Nice passing from Orr to Morrison, and line plunging that would have done credit to a heavyweight, by Captain Deck, spelled disaster to the Saints. A 54-6 swamping of Fillmore gladdened Yenturan hearts the week after the Santa Paula tussle. Hitting their full stride, and functioning like a well oiled ma- chine, the Brigand lighties kicked dirt in Indain eyes to a fare-ye-well. Coach Kolberg substituted everyone but the waterboy in an effort to give everyone an opportunity for experience. Santa Barbara wound up the season for the Buccaneers by setting them back 1-7. As in the Oxnard duel, the game was much tighter than a casual glance at

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I El I. I V 1: 1 1 171 ■I Villanova Prep that staged .1 scrappy but ineffective attempt to stem tin- Pii onrush. Villanova looked against Ventura as Ventura had looked against ' halt — lots of fight and a perfect willingness to mix things up but not enough powei 1 put over their intentions. The final score was 27-0. Orange ami Black fans began to have hopes lor a really good eleven when Coach Mathews took his men to the desert in the first county tilt and put over a 20-0 win on Lancaster. In the Mojave scrimmage the Buccaneers seemed to have snatched some real profit from the three previous games, and functioned like veterans. A touchdown in the first three minutes oi plaj started the Antelope- 1 n the run and they stampeded all afternoon to the complete delight ot Ventura. The precision exercised by Mathews ' backfield men in running their plays gave onlookers a chance to see what the Warner system can accomplish against a team ot equal strength as far as material is concerned. A somewhat overconfident Pirate team journeyed to Oxnard the week follow- ing their desert triumph and lost 6-0 to a Yellowjacket outfit that was supposedl) on its last pegs. Characteristic Oxnard fight and determination plus some sloppy execution of tactics by Ventura gave the Sugar City players their one touchdown margin of victory. The battle was too even throughout to call decisive one wa or the other. Santa Paula ' s rambling Saints scored on the kickoff against Ventura after the Oxnard game, and thereby annexed the only counter ot the tussle. A surprise play that centered around a fleet Saint halfback caught the enturans napping in the first three seconds of play and that was that. Santa Paula was newer able to get near the Pirate coal again during the game, but Ventura couldn ' t quite muster enough stuff to cross the Saint line and the score stood where it was at the fend of the first quarter. 7-0. Fillmore rolled up three touchdowns and 18 points on the Poinsettia field before our men of might got organized. A strong rally in the last period gave the Buccaneers 14 points, not enough to win but enough to throw a strong scare into the Indians. The Pirates fought throughout, but couldn ' t get their plays working until the closing minutes. r

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I El I. I » I: III 171 ■I the final score would indicate, Ventura holding che ellou Peril to a iir touchdown lead until the lasl lew minutes of plaj and then sacrificing points in a desperate attempt to annex some lot the Orange and Black. Ventura fans have n asion t feel pessimistic ovei the fact thai the Pirate lighties won but three games out oi the six played. The trio oi victories chalked up were impressive in the light ol the heav) scoring punch displayed, and the three set-hacks were all close enough to make it hard to distinguish between the actual superiority of the conquering horde and the miscarriages ol strategy that hit Ventura in the last minutes of play. It takes time to develop material. C Kolberg was handicapped in having to introduce an entirely new system of foot- ball to a flock of youngsters who had all the vim and vigor in the world but very little first hand knowledge of the game. Among the outstanding players ol the 1 ' ' 30 season, Captain Kenneth Deck, fullback. Frank Orr. quarter. Berg and Sorem. halves, represented scoring threats who needed little opportunity to demonstrate their wares. In the line Morrison and Wooley, ends, were steady, dependable wingmen. The tackle berths changed off regularly between the keen competition of Duffy, Hammer. Camerino, and Van Dellen. Hodges. Dysart, Vanegos, and Skill were linemen of worth. Backtield substitutes who fell little short of first string performers were Keith Garrison, Paul Keith. Arnett, Faulk, and Cobos. - s 1! I ' ootball Team I J. Morrison, II. Garman, II. Hoge, J. Knox, F. Com. I . Venegas, T. Hammer, D. Van Dellen, J. Ci nningham, J. Withers, F. y. l . V. 0OLLEY, X. ( ! I.I. (,III,K S d row: W. Benzine, 11. Lamp, V Morrison. P. Berg, T. Duffy, F. Orr. K Garrison, Y. Flores, R. Sorem, F. Skill. E. Hodgins, Coach Eric Kolberg. Third row. P. Wigton, VV. Dysart, H. Ormsby, II. Cobos, E. Arnett, K. Deck, R. Casner, R. Fai lk. II. Robinson, E. Nicholson, |. Wigton.