Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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I El I. A E 1:1 1 171 51 Gould Taylor Captain VENTURA JUNIOR COLLEGE BASEBALL 1 he Junior College started its pre-season training by tackling the Ventura Merchants. The game was a typical early season contest with frequent errors al- though the score was kept low. After struggling for nine innings the Merchants decided they were lucky to escape with a 1-1 tie. However, when the Pirates play- ed them the following week they administered a 9-3 beating to the Merchants. Opening the official season the local boys traveled south to play the Santa Monica Junior College. The game turned out to be a free-hitting contest with the Pirates having the best of the slugging as shown by the score of 13-8. The Santa Monica lads seemed to be gluttons for punishment; they traveled to the Poinsettia City a week later and were taken to the cleaners to the tune of 12-3. Taylor kept the opponents well under control, striking out fifteen players, while his team Junior College Baseball Team 110

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I El ■. -I I? 1:1 1 171 ■I again to the Indians, the score being 16 to 10. Coach Kenned) t Fillmore had two complete teams on his lightweight squad, each as good as the other. ' I I two teams were to much foi the Pirates, as the scon- indicates. The Pirate lads couldn ' t sink their buckets [oi some reason oi other. Determined to make up foi previous defeats, the Mathewsmen journeyed to Oxnard, where the) engaged our old rivals, the Yellowjackets, in friendly en- counter. The Pirates trounced said Yellowjackets in their usual style, the score being 31 to 21. The return game proved to be the biggest walkawa) of the light- weight season, Oxnard returning home with a stinging 38 to 8 beating Lang and Swope went into every play and incidentally led in the scoring. The Pirates fought the bab) Yellowjackets with the same spirit that is usually prev- alent in Ventura-Oxnard duels. The contest was staged in our Junior High gym. So ended the season for this fighting gang ol young Pirates. May their spirit be manifest in future Ventura High varsities. Although every game was not a victor). Coach Mathews and his 1931 squad can consider the season a success. The squad was composed of all new men. for the varsity team enlisted the services of last year ' s lightweight lettermen. But with the fighting spirit typical of these doughty Pirates, they were able to live up to the reputation of former Buccaneer hoop squads. When basketball rolls around next year, the lightweight aggregation is sure to be well represented both in number and spirit. ' — - l I) VSKE1 B U.I. I I u row. J. Withers, B. Dysart. row. Coach R. Mathews, P. Wigton, J. Wigton, D. Van Dellen, M Sm ith. Third rou : . Randall, . Fraser, K. I)lck, F. Skill. Fourth row. I ' .. Gallagher, I). Lang, R. Sorem, li. Arnett, H. Lamp.

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I El 111 E 1:1 1 171 H mates stepped out and collected the runs. The game was sewed up in the seventh frame when the locals gathered six runs. A hard-hitting, hard-fighting, and e d lidding baseball team, coached bj Vernon Hebel and captained by Gould Taylor issued warning to the othei Junioi Colleges to henceforth beware of the Pirates. The Junior College team lost only three fames this season. Two of them were by a one-point margin. The outstanding characteristic of the team was its wonderful fighting spirit. More than once it was this spirit that put the game on ice For the local sluggers. The pitching department of the team was admirably taken care oi by • Chicken Gould Taylor. All of our opponents had to admit that Chicken had some wing. henever he was in a tight spot Taylor worked his way out by his dazzling speed and fast-breaking curves. Corking Catcher Carl Bates completed the team ' s battery. He proved to be poison for the base runners. However, near the end of the season, he caught a few on his finger instead of the mitt, leaving the catching duties to Burum and Gordon. Holliday Mitchell held down the initial bag with great success. Although now and then the infielders tried to keep him from catching a few, Mitch usually was able to snag them. The keystone sack was in the able hands oi that blonde star. Shannon. Shag had a knack of hitting the old pill just when and where the opponents least expected it. Jo-Jo Martin handled the short-stop position superbly, often making what seemed a sure hit, an easy out. Jo-Jo was always good for a hit. When he wasn ' t hitting the ball the pitchers were hitting him. Roger Burum took care of the hot-corner with good results. Bixler also played third, when Burum was catching. In the outer garden Coach Hebel planted Zapf, in left field. Bright in center field, and Bixler in right field. Caca Bixler talked a wonderful game. He was the best drawer the team had. What-a-man Bright starred with his dazzling speed in base-running. Homer. Hunt. Harrison. Gordon, and Smith completed the n ister. K. Shannon L.Daly H. Mitchell ( i. T Y1.I |R