Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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IEI l l V 1: 1 1 171 ■I Clyde oolle Captain A BASEBALL This year it was decided that the Ventura County League schools would dis- continue baseball: and that Santa Barbara, the only school having an organized team, would receive the championship and the opportunity to enter the playoff on May 4. This didn ' t sound so good to the Ventura clubmen, for they were determin- ed that Santa Barbara had to work for any honors she received. Enough enthusiasm was present in the school to organize a team with Eric Kolberg as coach: and a series ol three games was played with Santa Barbara for the championship. The games were played before May 4, 1931, so that the winner could enter the C. I. F. First row. A. Barnes, J. Wigton, H. Hour, 11. Lamp, J. Macias, X. Morrison, Y. Poplin, . Chaffee, 11. Kim. skin, R. Sori m. W. Fraser. Second row: D. Bi ki m, . Dysart, H. Cobos, J. Garcia, C. Woolley, 1). Lam,. R. F. t i.k. B. Flores, l . t gi vi. Coach Eric Kolberg. Third row. P. Wigton.

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I El LA Klil l T l 51 Next year the Pirates will be in the Southern California Junior College League. It is hoped that Ventura ' s success during the past season will continue in the league next season. The Junior College played a practice game with the High School. Home runs by Martin and Zapf spelled defeat for the High School. The final score was 6-1. The Fullerton squad played one of the best games that the Ventura fans were able to see during the season. Ventura started the scoring when Martin knocked a home run. with one man on base, in the first inning. They followed with another run in the second frame. The Fullerton team evened the score in the sixth inning. Then the local boys collected four runs in t he seventh, only to have Fuller- ton tie the score again at the end of the eighth. Bixler won the game fot the Pirates by a timely homer in the ninth inning, making the score 8-7. The second game, which was played in Fullerton. found the entura squad without four of their regulars. Several errors, mingled with their inability to hit. caused the local boys to lose 6-2. The Taft Junior College gave the Ventura boys their third and last defeat of the season, by the score of 2-1. The local boys had an off day. Taylor allowed a number of passes in the third stanzas which resulted in the Taft boys scoring their first run. Later in the fifth inning, with one man on base. Pierce, third baseman for Taft. knocked a three-base hit to win the game. A homer in the third inning by Tommy Heath, who was substituting for Bates, with two men on the bases, defeated Santa Maria 3-1. Santa Maria scored their lone tally in the initial inning. After the third inning the game settled down to a pitchers duel with Taylor having the best of it. The Santa Monica boys tried hard, but the two-run lead was too much for them to overcome.

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I El I. -I VI: 1 1 171 ■s ™- it playoffs. After two weeks of hard practice Ventura called for the first game to be plaved on the local diamond. The game was featured by some excellent ball playing on the part of both teams. Richards and Cota were batteries for Santa Barbara and Hall and VVoolley paired for Ventura. Hall pitched an excellent game, but received very poor support due to the lack of experienced material. Richards also pitched a good game for Santa Barbara, allowing only one hit, a single by Captain Woolley. The game ended with Ventura holding the short end of an 8-2 score. The next game was to be played the following week, but on account of a track meet it was postpond for two weeks. This gave Ventura a chance to have a practice game, which was played with Villanova. The game was very one-sided, ending in the fifth inning with the score 15-2 in Ventura ' s favor. Ventura received very good practice in hitting, which they needed to a very great degree. The Pirates had Faulk behind the plate and Macias on the mound. The following week Ventura journeyed to Santa Barbara to play the second game of the series. Ventura had to win this game or Santa Barbara would win the series. The Pirates were determined to win and a good game was expected. Hall and Faulk started the game for Ventura. Hall fanned the first three men at bat and the game started with a bang. Ventura held the score down until the fifth inning, when Santa Barbara sent in a new pitcher. The rest of the game was featured with little hitting on Ventura ' s part, and a little more scoring for Santa Barbara. The game ended with the score of 9-4, the championship going to Santa Barbara. Miller and Cota started for Santa Barbara, Miller being replaced by Richards. Coach Kolberg decided that three games weren ' t enough for the season, so . hi v y s m. L f Ht£h ««v .».«,- jLiy M ' Ji i 1 Marci is