Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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I El I. I K 1: 1 1 171 SI break into the Pirate lair of victories. The game was played in the Northern city. The casaba tossers of the 1929-30 squad took a game from the Santa Maria squad in Santa Maria only to be defeated in a return engagement on the Pirate ' s home floor. So this year ' s aggregation had a little tie to break when they tangled. Martin was not able to play in the tussle, for his bad heel had not improved as rapidly as expected. However, this did not seriously handicap the local lads, and they were able to clean up with Santa Maria in the usual winning style. Again chalking up a victory, the Jaysee men knocked over the Santa Bar- bara State Teachers ' frosh team. The game was played on the local floor and ended with a 49-13 score. The baby State men were too slow in comparison with the fast playing of Guzman and Keith, Ventura guards. Mahoney and Carlson, State forwards both played good games, but they weren ' t good enough to beat our boys. Both of these Santa Barbara boys attended High School here for several years, Mahoney having spent his entire High School career in the Pirate institution. Coach Kolberg ' s reserve men were used in the game, and the victory indicates that they did their duty in a very creditable manner. The last game of the season was a return tilt with the Santa Barbara State Teachers ' frosh cage squad. The Ventura lads went up to the Channel City with the idea of running up the largest score of their season, which they proceeded to do with clock-like precision. Teh game ended 51-15 in favor of this Ventura team. Kolberg used every man on his squad, and still the points rolled up. The boys were set on bringing the season to a terrific climax, and there was no stopping them. Every man played a bang-up game, and the word teamwork was sym- bolized in a perfect manner. Perhaps the boys started their season off as meek as a lamb, but they came through roaring like a lion. The next game, a close one. was with the Moran Preparatory School for Boys in Atascadero. The final whistle found the game a 31-24 affair in favor of the Pirates, but the contest was a much harder one than the score indicates. Moran was able to hold the score very nearly tied up until the last quarter, when the Buccaneers broke loose and dropped in seven markers to put the fray on ice. The crowd was in constant furor due to the excitement the boys created by jockeying of the score. Zapf, Eddy, and Shannon were in top form and did most of the scor- ing. It was anybody ' s game up until the last few minutes of play, but the Pirates ' reserve fight and pluck won the game for them. The heavy scoring of the season was chalked up as follows: Shannon 122. Martin 91, Zapf 73, Edd) 30. and Guzman 2s. Of these Shannon, Eddy and Martin were forwards. Zapf a center, and Guzman a guard. So. with fine victories and large scores, the Junior College squad may consider their season a success in jry sense of the word.

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I El L l E 1: 1 1 171 ' v - 31 Kenneth Shannon Captain an unpleasant surprise in the form oi a 36-23 trounc- ing. Martin ' s fast-breaking style I play was too much for the lawyers. I 1 gol very few chances to shoot at the basket, and when they did they usually had a hard time dropping the old palota through the net. The work oi Zap! at centei was also outstand- ing on the Pirates ' side oi the contest. Taft Jaysee was the next school to tesi the strength of the local hoopsters, and they found out that our boys were plenty strong enough to heat them by a 28-23 count. There was considerable foul- ing by both teams throughout the entire contest, the third quarter being the roughest of the game. Bu- chanan, Taft ' s big center, was ruled out on fouls, with a consequent change of luck for the Kolberg men. Shannon and Eddy were high point men for the Pirates. Shag claimed 12 points and Eddy six. Martin, star Ventura player, was not in the game due to a foot injury. Buoyed up in spirit by two successive victories, the boys went out for bigger game. The strong I . S. C. Dental College live journeyed to Ventura for a hard fought contest with Kolberg ' s men. Again the local five were victorious, this time by .i 7-29. Even this strong college team could not down the fighting Buccaneers. Coach Kolberg used a number of reserves in this tilt, giving them a chance to show their stuff. Kolberg had a difficult time this season choosing his first string, for competition was very strong. The dentists arrived in Ventura with a slight attitude of superiority, but before they left they had an enirely different opinion of their own and the Pirates ' merit. Santa Maria Jaysee. an institution of about the same size as Ventura, was the next quintet to suffer a defeat at the hands of Coach Kolberg and his group ot casaba experts. The Saints were punished by a 4s-2 1 contest for trying to F. Zapf, D. Perry, S. Keith, K. Shannon, J. Guzman, J . Martin.

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I El 1 1 E 1:1 1 171 51 | l ( I KC 1 Cap! am 8 ERN0N 1 [EBEL Coih h A BASKETBALL Coach Vernon I ' .. Hebel and his 1931 gang of basketball players may be con- sidered one of the best hoop teams the Pirate institution has evei turned out. Hebel ' s squad went into the semi-finals of the Southern California championship playoff, a feal which very few Ventura teams have accomplished. Re-entering school with high hopes and intense spirit, the Pirates encountered the San Luis Obispo High outfit and trimmed them by a decisive 34-12 score. In the first half the Pirates couldn ' t break through the Tigers ' defense, only dropping 12 points through the hoop, while San Luis Obispo accounted for five. By the use of the pony team and other able reserves, Hebel ' s squad tallied 22 marks to seven for the opponents, making a total ol 54 for the Buccaneer-, to 12 for the Tigers. Baskei B l.l. I 1 M Top row. Coach Hebel, J. k mi. . Poplin, K. Nugent, R. Steele, R Orton, X. ( i i.i. (.hi;k, D. Burum, Manager Hurley. Second row. C. Woolley, 11. Reed, Capt. |. Garcia, V. Woolley, . Orm.