Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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I El I. A E 1: 1 1 171 ■1 he started hunting for more competition. Burbank happened to be the next foe. This time Ventura came home with a victory. Burbank was unable to stop the heavy slugging of the Pirates, and lost by a 20-9 score. Flores and Hall led the hitting with three each, both knocking out three baggers. Although the score was large the game was full of pep. and the Ventura boys showed great improvement over pre-season form. As this copy goes to press the Pirates are preparing for a tilt with the Santa Paula squad, and from all indications the game started with a bang. Ventura held the score down until the fifth inning. Coach Eric Kolberg had the same success with his baseball squad that he had with his other athletic outfits. Although the Pirates had no real season, the squad had a good year. Coach Kolberg did all in his power to sponsor the national pastime in the Ventura institution, but he had a great deal of competition in the ranks of the county coaches and principals, who tried to throw baseball out of the High Schools. However, Kolberg succeeded, in as much as he won foi the Pirates a chance to fight it out with Santa Barbara for the League honors. Santa Paula. Fillmore, Oxnard and Lancaster all forfeited to the Pirates and Vaqueros. The Pirate mentor had plenty of green material with which to work. However, all the boys were willing and worked hard to turn out the excellent squad that they did. The lettermen in the infield that returned from Keaney ' s 1930 squad were Captain Woolley, Garcia, Nugent, and Hall. Chaffee, Morrison, and Poplin reported for places in the outfield. With these boys and other pill chasers, Coach Kolberg built the team that has lived up to the reputation set by past varsities of being real ball players.

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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

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IEI I. 1 » 1: 1 1 171 SI Bob Steele Captain A TRACK Due to a great lack of material. Coach Mathews and his varsity squad of tracksters suffered through one of the worst seasons the Ventura fans have yet witnessed. For the first meet the Pirates skipped up the coast to Santa Barbara where they entered the Santa Barbara Invitational Relay Meet. Points were not counted in this meet, but Captain Bob Steele tied for first in the high jump, rnd the Ven- tura two mile relay team copped a third in this event. The Russell Cup Meet was held at Carpinteria, and the Buccaneer Varsity was left in the cold, as far as collecting any points was concerned. A few Pirate entries qualified for the finals, but were not fast enough to place. The following week. Oxnard, Occidental Frosh, and Ventura arsity met in A Track Team First row. Coach R. Mathews, R. Cari.in, E. Gallagher. R. Steele. T. Duffy, Y. Clark. ond row. L. Denison, V. Kahrs. H. Ormsby, D. Gragg, E. Beckett, X. Gallagher, A. Obenchain.