Ventura College - La Revista Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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Ventura 6 — Pasadena 6 SHANNON The Pasadena game demonstrated, more than any other encounter of the season, the real heights to which the Buccaneer team could rise when the occasion demanded. The Bulldogs boasted a formidable record against the strongest competition of Los Angeles and vicinity, having beaten the Caltech varsity in an early season practice struggle. Pre-game dope favored the southerners with an 18 point margin of victory. Sut the Orange had other ideas, and several hundred local fans were rewarded for their at- tendance on the night of November 20, by seeing the underdog rise up and battle the Bulldog to a standstill Some enthusiastic local followers even declared Pasadena lucky to come out with a tie. After battling through a scoreless first half, with Ventura on the Crimson three yard marker only to be set back by penalties. Reed started the third quarter by galloping fifteen yards for Ventura. The conversion was blocked. Pasadena tied things up in the closing minutes of the final period with a long pass over the goal line. Their conversion was smothered under a sea of Orange and Black players. Bright, Bishop, and Reed were accredited with outstand- ing work by local papers, while Young, Lion- berger, and Little enacted the stellar roles for Pasadena. VENTURA J C VS RIVERSIDE J C OVER TACKLE ' ' j jr ; .:: ' i: ' i;: ' s ;:K :s2s:r 91

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GREINER Ventura 13 — Santa Maria 6 Somewhat overconfident after their two im- pressive score-fests with Cal. Christian and Santa Barbara, Ventura received a brisk thrill against Santa Maria when a northern back scored on the third play of the game. Severely jolted by the unexpected strength of what was considered a weaker team, the Buccaneers buckled down to the task at hand and scored twice before the end of the first half. A fifty-five yard run by Shannon, after a short pass from Reed, was re- sponsible for the first touchdown. Dolph Lowe scored five minutes before the end of the initial period on a forty-five yard pass from Shannon. The second conversion was good. The scoring spree of the first two quarters comprised the goal crossing done in the entire game, both teams failing to show any offensive work in the second half. The game was played on the north- ern gridiron, November 13, in a dense fog that almost obliterated the players from the sight of the fans. VENTURA J C VS SA.NTA MO.f OFF TO THE RACES ' . j ' j j - j mi j 90

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- NIDEFFER Taft Ventura Thanksgiving Day, in a sea of mud, eleven husky drillers from over the hill splashed, slopped and slid to a six-point win over as many muddy Pirates on the Ventura field. Although twice within the Taft ten yard line, the Buccaneers were not able to push the pigskin over the goal and were forced to watch a thirty-yard pass from Gaghman to Goldstein end in a six-point tally for Taft during the final period. With offensive work rendered nearly impossible by the field condition, both teams resorted to defensive tac- tics throughout. Taft cashed in on its one scoring opportunity of the afternoon. This game, winding up the Ventura schedule, was the last appearance of Messrs. Bright, Shannon, Reed, Lindsay, Guzman, Petre, and Lowe in the colors of Ventura. It wound up a season that could be considered in no other light but as the most successful in the history of the Orange and Black. VENTURA J. C. VS. SANTA MONICA J. C FORWARD PASS ' z : :; :;, zT. :.s E r:j a 92