Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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I El I. I P 1: 1 1 171 SI record was S feet 4 inches ami Morrison skimmed the bar at 5 feel 6 inches to shatter this record. Although the two records were bettered, the old marks were still the recognized records fur the County League, fur it is necessarj in break the record in tin- county meet if it is to be recognized. The next meet the Pirates journeyed to Carpinteria where they took a well- earned second place at the Annual Russell Cup Track and Field Meet. Santa Maria won first honors at this meet with 2 1-2 points. Ventura came next with 22 1-2 digits, and Carpinteria came in third, scoring 22 points. A second place with com- petition consisting of fifteen schools is a real task and showed the Pirates were fas) rounding into form for county competition. The third meet with Fillmore saw the Ventura team continuing to display it yood form. Although the Pirate Babes failed to make clean sweeps in any of the events, they scored ten first places, six second places, and five third places oul of twelve events, the final score being 12 1-2 points for the Buccaneers, while 31 1-2 points were all the terrible Indians from Fillmore could collect. Berg again bet- tered the league broad jump record. Morrison cracked the high jump record, and Tinner covered the 120 yard low hurdles in faster time than the present record. In th next meet the Ventura lads made an attempt to prove their superiority over the Carpinteria boys who had given the Pirates the tough battle for second place in the Russell Cup Meet. This meet was the best dual competition the Pirates had encountered, however, as before, the scrappy Ventura Babes emerged from the contest with a 58-46 victory. Four league records were shattered in this conflict. Three of them were accounted for by Carpinteria, and the other, Mor- rison, of Ventura, broke when he went over the bar at 5 feet 6 inches in the high jump. 1 sending the Carpinteria team home with this deieat. the Pirates un- questionably proved they were their masters and that the 1-2 point victory at the Russell Cup Meet was no fluke. As a means of preparing for the County Championship Meet. Coach Mc- Allister decided to let his boys do combat with our own Varsity track team. The II I r . Morrison R. I. wii.i i i

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I El I. A E 1:1 1 171 51 Paul Keith Captain B TRACK Battling through the toughest lightweight track season the school has ever known, the Pirate Bee Tracksters finished one of the most successful seasons ever known to this institution. The Pirate Babes started the season by encountering the Saints from Santa Paula. The 66-37 score denotes the easy time the Ventura boys had in defeating their Saintly rivals. Clean sweeps in both sprints started the Pirates on their way to victory, and they didn ' t finish the job till they had taken ten first places out of twelve events. The Pirates also shortened two County League records in this meet. Berg breaking the old 18 foot 9 3-4 inches broad jump record with a leap of 20 feet 5 inches. Morrison broke the other record in the high jump. The old 1 Track Te i irst row. Coach McAllister, E. Zander, H. Hurley, J. Withers, T. H . Stiles, R. Lambert, N. Morrison, H. Meers, H. Hook, M. Carlyle. Second row. J. Rogers, H. Lyon, E. Hymes, G. Turner, B. Way. P. Keith, Hurley, P. Berg, H. Garman, E. Prentice. 118 H. E.

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I El I. -I PI: 1 1 171 ■x ™- SI enthusiasm displayed by both teams was exceedingly keen, and when the meet was run off, both teams made the hardest battle possible of the affair. The light- weights led the Varsity by one point with the relay, the last event, yet to be run. The lightweight relay team was slightly crippled by not having Bowker to run for them. However, this is not being offered as an excuse for the Bee team ' s failure to conquer their big brothers. By getting defeated by a scant yard or so in the relay, the lightweights tasted their first defeat of the season in a dual meet. The final score was 54-50 with the Varsity team having the better of the argument. Much credit should be given the Bee boys for their fine showing against a Varsity team, when they were given no handicaps except in the shot put. With the splendid showing made by the Ventura Babes in all meets during the season, they were given a distinct edge on the County Championship, and favored to make a strong bid for the League title. As dopesters had things figured, the Buccaneers won the County title and placed second in the League. Santa Bar- bara won the League with 47 1-2 points, Ventura second with 29 1-2, Oxnard third with 19, Fillmore fourth with 16, Santa Paula fifth with 9, and Lancaster drew up the rear with 5 points. This meet also resulted in a number of League records being broken. Ventura boys to break records were Berg and Morrison. Berg leaped 19 feet 4 1-2 inches to break the broad jump record of 18 feet 9 3-4 inches. Morrison cleared the bar at 5 feet 7 inchs in the high jump to better the old 5 feet 4 inches record. The Buccaneer Babes were not completely satisfied with themselves after this meet for in practice Turner had broken the 120 yard low hurdle record, and Lambert and Captain Keith had both bettered the League pole vault record, and these boys had been favored to repeat their previous per- formances. In order to participate in the Southern California Championship Meet, the participant must take at least a third place in his event in the League meet. After the meet, it was found that nine Pirate tracksters had qualified for this meet. This was the first time in the history of the school that such a well rounded team was able to participate for Ventura in a big meet. h . %