Woodlake Union High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Woodlake, CA)

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ten xtory and at no tlme were we ln danger of being scored on The third quarter was much the same Both teams came wlthln scormg disance but failed to make it The last quarter spelled our defeat when Woodlake missed tts man and Exeter scored a touch down Woodlake rallied but the time was short and the game ended with us at the small end WOODLAKE V9 OROSI Sxnce Orosi tied Dlnuba who beat us 48 6 they rlghttully and expected to wxn and dld but the game was our best Startlng wlth an exchange of punts on which we d1d not lose e game settled down to straight foot ball The first half was hard fxghtxng and stralght football during which Orosx scored three touch downs whlle we scored none A slump in the third quartet ran the score up to thxrty one when Tommy Davls ran forty tlve yalds to cross their goal line Due to a mxsunderstandlng this score was not counted Our team showed real pep atter thls and OFOSI 'scored no more thru the zest of the game BOXQ BASKh'1'B1LL IMLETER VS WOODLARE QA Xa B J On a Saturday we met the Exeter Llghtwelghts and Middle wexghts in the first league game of the yeax Phe feather weights scored a declslve vlctory ovex Exeter the score being 21 2 This was our first year with the class A team and we dxd not have much hope for them but thls vlttory gave them lnspnatxon The Mlddle weights played a close game but we were never 1n any danger of bexng beaten The score was 14 4 in our favor Forest Homer the onlv letter man on the team was elected captain The Heavy welghts met Pxeter on thelr msn ground but for most exciting to watch and xexy detxlmentll to those subJect to healt failule At the end of the regular period of four quarters the score was 20 20 We played a fxve mxnute period and suc ceeded ln adding foul more gpolnts vxhlch game us the vlctorv DINUBX XS MOODLABI1 We lost to Dlnuba by large comes but we couldnt complain of good work and splrit that accompanxed the game The heavy weights gave them the worst S0019 in the first quarter but lost out later Scores- Light 21 2 'Vliddle 14 4 Heavy 24 20 OROSI WS XX OODLARI Agun we went down three consetutive tunes in defeat The most lnterestlng thlng about these games was that Norman Brown a flea weight after playmg the whole game entered the middle vselght game ln the second quarter and scored everv polnt made . . . .. . . , - . l I . I ' . . ' . 1' th ' ' - . . 1 1 ' V 'I . . i 1 1 ' . . . , w 1 ' ' -. . v - I ' , , ' ' - . l . . V -,. , . - . JA Q Y all that we held our own right up to the end of the game. It was ' ' , ' ' . ' ': - ' . . ' V vw Y r 1 L A L - A , I , X F . r . . - , . - , - . .' 'l . ' - ' fl 1' ' .' 2 ' . A , . - V, . ' U r - v ' , I ' vw I is . I V D ' H

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LIWDQAY Our first practice game was with Lindsay on their home dia mond This game enabled the coach to get a better idea of his team and showed the school our team was no Joke Seven in nlngs full of peppy work Although We lost the score was en couraglng 5 4 Next time we ll do better The return game with Lindsay' XVe play on our own drain ond What a walk away' Morris shows wp in good style Guess we ve two good twirlers Game interesting only to watch Lindsay valnly trying to ewen up the score some what beven innings of this is enough Woodlake s ball game 10 l DINUBA AT DINLBA It sure is hot ldeal base ball weather Dxnubas diamond ls rather slow and the pitchers mound lwe have nonel is rather tllSCOIlfGI'T.ll3g Woodlake up two outs Ken flies out to backfield fence A beautiful try Dlnuba makes race track of diamond Tomyama taken out of box Morris Dltchlhg Morris form frlghtcus them into strike out lDinuba 10 Woodlake 0 one inning y Brown waltzes home with a run before Woodlake again takes the fleld Another race track only on smaller scale Woodlake chases ball in every direction Lots of prattnce for consolation The score is rather one sided 15 l Woodlake attempts to duplicate Dinubas feat hut is foiled Tomyama and Ken bring runs in Dlnuhas second string men at bat Two runs 'Vlad rush is :lowing up 4th inning Woodlake out Dlnuba forces ln two more runs Dlnuba fails Last inning lten races home bplrxt rcvxves Cornish strikes out tame ended Final score 19 l BAD AK TORS1'l'0Ul H BIRDS We were forbldden to participate in any league games with other schools on account of cattle diseasts qu the coach organ ized dlfferent factions These were called The Bad Actors and The Tough Birds A comm1ttee was elected to nominate mem bers or nach team The teams were headed by Tom Nleff and Irving Maxon After some mdeusxon Y ores! f.al'lll1ll,fll is is elected arbitrator and 'Slay and Brockman chief of polite Iunsford Vt hltllllghdlll was llll'iIlllll0llQlS selutmd head nursf to I k fare nf infants of - . . , t - 1 ' - ' ' , Y. . ' . t . . , . . , . 1 ' v' v 1 1 ' ' , . . . . r It . , ' ' ' Q , Sth-No runs on either side. Cornish makes run in sixth. 1 . . , I I 1 qi . . I . 1 --f . . . . , ., , . ' 1 . l , . . -F. s v . . 4 L l L I ' ' . 1 1 1 .A -:. - , . ' - I - 1 ' A ' . . ' . 3 . -- '- ' 11 eg '. 5 '

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Athletics If OOTBALL W OODLAKF Vb DIIN UBA their first league game with Dinuba at Dinuba The Fu LFOBI R twenty seventh found the Bantams playing K! laigei school was slated to win but for the flrst few minutes teamwork made Dlnuba look 111 Taklng them bv storm Vtoodlake scored a touchdown on a beautiful cusscross play There was not a Dlnuba man w1th1n ten yards of Homer when he crossed thelr goal line Woodlake supporters well know what an exalted feeling it is to be superiol if only for a few minutes Dlnuba worked hard tor her first touch down and the teams were well matched Here was a tulnlng point ln the game A fatal fumble gate Dlnuba her second touch down and took the winning spirit from our team although the flghtlllg splut remained Vlany a game has been lost because of the absence of the winning spirit This is what harppened to Woodlake but she went down fighting Never agaln during the whole game did she shovs that spirit which pledominated those minutes at the 0119111112 of the game XX OODL-XKI4 VS VIbALLi The game with Visalia was played on the home fleld attel school home Visalia recened and atter a few downs the ball came to our slde We stalled to galn gxound fast but a fumble gave them the ball Visalia expected a hard fight and got it but xt wasnt sufficient to keep them from scormg During the flrst field played 1 splendid game VVhen the whistle bleu fol the sex ond half the line went into the game detelnuned to kill or get killed The hack tield went to pieces and allowed the visitors to pile up the dlsglaceful scou of twentv seven to nothing Harley must have found his old triend ot li'-it wen becfxust they couldn t keep their hands oft each other XX OODLAKF XS FXFTFR. We had C9Dt6l9d out hopes of xutorx on the game with l teter Vve considered our ch IDCSS lm in even break fan lv ood and when Woodlake started off it looked as tho our fears of defeat were unfounded The game started off with a swap and after a few preliminary tumbles me canned the ball deep into their territory from which point twenty vards from the go 11 Pat made 1 beautiful field goal Three points in the first fexs minutes of pl'1v looked good to Wood lake supporters For the rest of the h alt' the hall was in Fxeter s . l W v N Y . . . Yr 4: , - ' 1' v l R ' L l .r - V 1 ' , ' Q - , Y 51 . A f ry u ' ' I . . . . . c v , . . . . , . . 4' , .7 .fc ' Y' L , . ' 1 ' . ' Y e. . ' . f , half Visalia made two touch-downs thru our line while our back . ' K ll I 1. 'c ' . ' kr, ' . , -H , v , , , . . . .- , , , 4 ' ' ' ' f ' 2 ' , Q. . ' , .' ? z. .' i ' : 1 '- g f ' .11 V . . I 5. L Y . M u j I v - . . , . , 2 . 1. ' , 1