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Diablo Cagers 55-37 Victory Impress with Over Rebels Paul Napolitano Tops City Cage Sharpshooters Pleasant Hill Rams Defeat Liberty for ft FOURTH The Concord CONCORD CALIFORNIA SECTION Transcript FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 1934 THE SCOREBOARD cur moou 6 Paul Napolitano former University of San francisco flash now performing for the Gregory Village Merchants captured first round scoring honors in the City Basketball League with a one-point edge over Chuck Frank defending point-making kingpin for Mattsons Creamery accord- Foulin' hoopmeu Si? Second Win in Row Pleasant Rains dosed up shop for the Christmas holidays by scoring their second straight basketball triumph 'Tuesday night a 41 to 38 nod over the Liberty Lions In a hotly-contested tussle at BrentwoocL The victory ft Vikings Trim Frosh To Play Tonight In Napa Tournament East Contra Costa's Vikings cleared the decks for participation in two holiday hoop tourna: ments by trouncing the College of Pacific Freshmen in a 73 to 37 practice affair Tuesday night at Alhambra Gym In Martinez Coach Gay Bryan will take his Viking cagers to Napa tonight and tomorrow night for the Golden Valley tournament and then next week on December 20 21 and 22 the local collegians will compete in the Hartnell Invitational at Salinas The tourneys at Napa and Salinas will be the last activity for the Vikings until Thursday night December 30 when they will travel te San Mateo for apractic engagement with the strong San Mateo JC Bulldogs Coast Conference competition will get underway for Bryan's basketoers bn Saturday 'night January in Martinez with Hartnell providing the bp- position East Contra Costa's victory was heightened by the return to action of two outstanding hoopsters from Concord guards Marv McKean and Fred Cranbaugh who missed the early portion of the season while recovering from football Injuries VIKNGS START SLOW The Vikings started out in low gear against the Pacifier Frosh to lead by only 16 to 13 at the end of the first period but gradually increased the tempo for a 35 to 20 edge at the intermission and a 52 to 30 advantage as the quintets squared off fur the final quarter Fsnvozds Leu Robucs and Dennis Rano tallied 13 and 12 paints te total the Viking scorers while Will Sobezanes tanked nine Fred lurks tight and Sill Graham and Johnny Sims six apiece Don BiechofL Pacific forward was high for the visitors with 10 markers -With the return of McKean and Crabaugh Bryan now has sufficient bench strength to carry through the rugged competition The pair of former Red Devil stars will make strong bids for starting Jobs but will see limited action during the next several games i Getting the jump at the outset and maintaining a comfortable' margin all the way the hustling Mt Diablo Red Devils rolled to an easy 55 to 37 victory over the San Lorenzo Rebels Tuesday afternoon at Diablo Gym The win was the second of the season for Coach Charlie Karp's Red Devils over an Alameda County Athletic League team as they trimmed Enclnal of Alameda by a 38 to 38 count In the opener Dtablo's hoopsters continued te impress with their accurate ball-handling on the down-court advances The attack both on fast breaks and working through the set San Lerensd defense functioned smoothly and resulted in numerous lay-ups and shots from the area around the foul circle Karp was even bettor satisfied with the effectiveness of the Red Tevil defense agulnst the Rebels The Diablo defenders kept the pressure on the San Lornzo front 'ine and blanketed the zone around basket while dominating the backboard recoveries TAKE EARLY LEAD With forward Jimmy Brooks hitting nine points and center Sid Smith five the Red Devvils wept into a commanding 19 to lead in the first quarter Al-hough Dlahlo's offensive slack-ned off in the second period vith the Rebels takjng an 11 to 10 edge the half-time score dill favored the local quintet 29 to 19 The Red Devil3 picked up the pace in the third canto with Brooks hitting five and Smith four to boost the margin to 42 to 29 as the final chapter started Imith carried the scoring load In he fourth period to push in Ight of the Red 13 points Brooks grabbed paint-making honors with a total el 20 seven field goals and six i a throws while Smith uissed 19 on seven field goals and five charity flips Forward Jerry Walsh contributed eight to the Diablo totaL High scorer for San Loren so a guard Bob Cena with seven and one for 15 markers Diablo led in both point-making departments' scoring 20 field Toals and 15 out of 23 free throw tries to 14 field goals and nine nit of 15 foul-line attempts for he visitors 10LIDAY VACATION The Red Devils will be idle until after the Christmas vacation taking -ugion January 1L in the filter tflt with the Uni verslty qf California 1453 and then opening the Contra Costa Division competition with Las Lomas at Diablo Gym on Friday light January 15 Bees coming from be 'ilnd a 17 to 13 half-time deficit vith a strong all-around show ng defeated the San Lorenzo ightweights in the preliminary 10 to 31 Forward Dave Stafford (cored 12 points to lead Coach Ilex Gorbenko's Diablo quintet Cage Managers To Meet Tuesday Managers of teams in the City Basektball League will hold special meeting next Tuesday light at 7:30 in the Recreation Center 1970 Parkslde Plans will be discussed for the tecond round which opens on Vednesday January 5 at Dlabio lym according to Ray Enjaian director -of athletics 'ng action Grover Garvin topped the An loch attack with 13 points and renter Gary Newman was the 'ligh point-maker for Alhambra with 12 TO place classified ad Just hone MU 6-8533 1 Insertions 3126 Alhambra Edges as Lomas by 39 to 36 Score Leading all the way and staving off a closing challenge the Alhambra Bulldogs shaded the Las Lomas Knights In a 39 to 36 thriller Tuesday afternoon at Walnut Creek The Bulldogs held quarter score margins of 13 to 6 21 to 16 and 30 to 28 edging Las Lomas 9 to 8 In the final period Garry Newman veteran Alhambra center paced the winners with 14 points and forward JJm Rose added 10 Arne Lundquist towering Las Lomas hoopster bucketed 13 counters for the Knights Las Lomas squeezed out a 45 to 4 1 win over the Bullpups in the preliminary Double Main Go Features Oakland Wrestling Show Two ail-star main events will be ataged by Promoter Ad Santel on tonight's wrestling show at the Oakland Auditorium The first- headliner Is a Pacific Coast heavyweight championship match with Enrique Torres defending his title against Ben Sharpe one hour and two fails i The second top tussle features two teams of wrestling midgets in a one-hour two fall contest Fuzzy Cupid and Brown Panther clashing with Little Beaver and Irish Jackie Al Warsaw hefty newcomer to the Oakland mat will meet the blond giant Lucky Simonovich in the 20-minute one-fall opening contest at 8:30 Castlemont Ace Scores 27 for Win Over Bees Spectacular shooting by Gil Valensuela who poured 27 points through the hoop on five field goals and 17 free throws1 gave the visiting Castlemont light weights a 50 to 29 victory over the DlableJfeea Jiu Ertdy preliminary game at Diablo Gym The Oakland for ward caged 17 out of 18 tries from the free throw line Castlemont bagged only eight field goals to seven for the Red Devil lightweights but cashed in on 34 charity tosses while the local preps were gleaning only 15 free tries The Oakland quintet led by quarter scores of 12 to 5 28 to 14 and 41 to 21 Center Ted Plumb was the high scorer for Diablo with 12 points -The local lightweights will tangle with San Lorenzo's Rebels in a 3:15 game this afternoon at Diablo Gym and on Thursday night will travel to Livermore for a 7:30 encounter with the Livermore Cowboys Coach Alex Gorbenko will start a combination of Plumb at center Roger Lee and Dave Stafford at forwards and Joe Hagwood and either Danny Vasques or George Darrow at guards this afternoon Liberty Trimmed By Tracy 5943 Tracy High School rolled to an easy 59 to 43 victory margin over the Liberty Lions In a practice game Friday night at Tracy Dave Mack Liberty forward took scoring honors with 17 points and Ben Caxton was Tracy's top pro ducer with 13 counters City Loop Quintets Break Even in Two Exhibition Contests Two City Basketball League quintets broke even In an exhibition double-header Monday night at Diablo Gym with Associated Oil defeating the Antioch Signcs 56 to 45 and the Gregory Village Merchants losing lu the Martinez Hub Club 48 to 44 Wayne Cappeck swished 13 field goals through the nets to lead the Oilers with 34 points and Bill Stswart added 12 markers to the winning total Clsca was high for the Sig-nos with 12 Associated led by quarter scores of 16 to 14 28 to 25 and 40 te 35 finishing with a 16 to 10 edge In the fourth period The Hub Club hoopsters broke a third quarter 35 to 33 deadlock to gain their four-point victory with a 13 to 9 edge over the Gregory Villagers In tho final period The visitors were ahead 14 to 10 and 27 to 24 in the first two periods but the Gregory ragers knotted the count with an 11 to 8 edge in the third chapter Bob Erickson hit 12 and George Kallemeyn 10 for the Villager! while Sowers tanked 18 and Sowers 16 for the Hub Clubbers City League quintets will be Idle during the Christmas holidays but Diablo Gym will be opened for practice on January 3 and league action will resume on January 5 with a double-header Livermore Triumphs With center Larry Mustain rolling 23 points through the hoop the Livermore Cowboys easily defeated Benicia in a 67 to 50 practice game Tuesday night at Livermore The Cowboys were out 1 hfront at half-time 24 to 20 AT PADDOCK BOWL Steers 231-584 Body Shop 1 Fisher 194-564 Club 2 AlStyne 202-530 Shoe Shop J- Simpson 232-549 Silver Saddle 2 Lynde 180-519 Walnut Creek Electric 1 Burns 215-606 Berts Place 2 Gonzales 209-579 Craig OH Co 1 Robinson 206-549 RalphY Barber Shop 2 Fivash 221-596 Valley Radiator Works 1 Jones 222-560 PADDOCK CLASSIC Pix Patio 2 Freitas 212-596 Blaines Men's Wear 1 Case 192-551 Bales Mills 2 Blair 197-577 Rex Club P- Koch 210-592 Vic Jones Roofing 3 Dusty Blair 199-570 Grief Co 0 Steers 185-558 Grossman's 3 Tune 225-626 Hal Jones Decorators 0 Thomas 234-533 Lopez Service 2 Gabus 210-589 Federal Moving 1 Melech 199-551 CALIFORNIA POPPY LEAGUE Paddock Coffee Shop 2 Ward 177-462 Walnut Creek Hardware 1 FreitaS 172-475 George's Flying 3 Lewis 199-443 Frumentes 724 Club 0 Sellers 151-343 George 1 Tomkins 215-515 Walnut Creek Aggregates 2 Muzzy 214-484 Block Jewelry 1 Milano 196-183 Nichols Realty 2 Pool 192-193 Fountain 3 Baker 205-520 Martinez Qdd Fellows 0 Sonnickson 180-502 Riffe Engineering 1 Hageman 204-468 Concord American Legion 2 Johnson 211-574 Rothwejl with a 234-614 carried off the honors in the Tri-City Handicap while Houch-ens posted 220 and Barnwell 590 to lead the Junior Majors Salonen scored 196 and Freeh 540 in the Contra Costa League TRI-CITY HANDICAP Sparactno's 2 Center 187-509 4 Corners Liquors 1 Sulll- ft Albany Again Wins Tourney for West measures up to Albany's all-around ClB3S With every news service sports-minded magazine and self-appointed expert picking an All-American football team the results are a little confusing to the average grid bug Out of all this Jumble the only clarifying factor Is a 'consensus" team and from the 12 major selections the following college stars smerge as the real All-Americans: Ends MaxBoydston of Oklahoma and Ron Beagle of Navy tackles Jack Ellena of UCLA and Sid Fournet of Louisiana State guards Bud Brooks of Arkansas and Cal Jones of Iowa center Kurt Burris of Oklahoma quarterback Ralph Guglielmi of Notre Dame halfbacks Howard Cas-sady of Ohio State and Dick Moegle of Rice fullback Alan Ameche of Wisconsin Basketball followers who don't mind taking a trip for thalr beep entertainment have their choice el sane outstanding attractions this weekend Over at nearby Berkeley the University of California entertains the highly-rated University of Colorado tonight and tomorrow night In Men's Gym And across the bay the first of the big-time double-headers wll be offered at the Cow Palace pairings match UCLA and Santa Clara and University of San Francisco and Oregon State with the Broncs and Dons changing partners for Saturday twin bill BOWLING SCORES High game and scries were both recorded in the Paddock Classic League competition at Paddock Bowl with Thomas railing a 234 and Tune 626 Kilgore with 563 took serin honors and shared high game with Hefne at 211 in the Intercity while Clark with 226 and Darrow with 580 led the Valley Handicap Simpson posted 232 and Burns 606 in the Paddock Majors and Tompkins scored 215 and Johnson 574 for top marks in the California Poppy circuit Following are team results with high Individual game and series scores: WOMEN'S INTER-CITY Della Pippa 3 Kilgore 211-563 Dow Bears 1 Stuckey 178-146 M3 Hildreth 156-442 Benson's Trucking 1 A Steers 163-457 Federal Moving 4 lackson 195-531 Martinez Service 0 Anderson 162-438 Kitty Bar 3 Hefner 211-544 Davl Jewelry 1 Graham 174-475 Sodaro Office Supply 4 Caraker 183-194 a Vroman 159-451 The Old Hangout 3 Johnson 157-418 Dana Estates 1 A Harrington 165-412 VALLEY HANDICAP Martinez Jewelry 2 Shepard 158-471 Contra Meat Jobbers 1 Perkins 179-524 8 Ball's 2 Darrow 219-580 Federal Moving 1 Slater 190-525 Boyenger Masonery 2 Markle 180-510 Martinez Druids No 3 1 Marshall 162-451 Crenna Tires 2 Blair 205-581 CAC Auto Service 1 Clark 226-534 Retail Clerks 2 Elloit 201-483 So Berkeley Creamery 1 Urdahl 187-495 PADDOCK MAJORS Playtime Club 2 Chericonl 100-586 The Old Hangout 1 Rader 199-544 Trophies 2 We Buy Sell Used Bikes i til History Repeats In Prep Hoopfest Funny thing how history hoi a tendency to npoat Itself with last Saturday's Diablo Valley Athletic League basketball carnival providing another wpi of this phenomenon Last winter when the hoopfest was staged by the now defunct Contra Costa County Athletic League the West's cage forces defeated the East by six points due entirely to a one-sided victory scored by the Albany Cougars over the Antioch Panthers The eame thing happened again In Saturday's hoop-la at Diablo Gym with Albany walloping Antioch by a staggering 35 to 7 margin The Cougar triumph came In the fourth pairing of the six-game program after Las Lomas and Pleasant Hill had battled to an 18 to 18 tie and Liberty and John Swott had finished all-square at 21-all and Livermore had given the East a six-point edge in the progressive score by trimming San Ramon 21 to 18 That made the combined count 63 to 57 In the East's favor at the tourney's half-way point but when Albany and Antioch took the court the East's victory hopes were blasted Just the way It happened before when the Cougars swamped the Panthers Albany's 35 to 7 win boosted the West Into a 22-point advantage which eras too much for Pittsburg and Mt Diablo to make up against their respective opponents Alhambra and Acala- The Pl'ats ail Red Devils came close to overcoming the deficit Pittsburg gaining back nine points with a 32 to 23 edge over the Bulldogs and Diablo whittling off 10 more points by trimming the Dons 33 to 23 But that valiant closing effort still left the East three points shy of catching the West's 138 to 135 final victory margin Antioch's sod experience in tho two tournaments staged by this section's prep quintets Is enough to give the Panthers a Jinx complex Actually the Antioch collapse was the more surprising because Just the night before the Panthers had shaded highly-regarded Alhambra in a 36 to 34 battle at Martinss looking considerably stronger than the club veteran coach Babe Atkinson was ex- -pected to field this season The tournam-mt brough out several indication? for the upcoming league campaign By jhelr decisive triumph over Acalanes Mt Dtablo's Red Devils jumped into the position of cofavorite with Pittsburg with the Dons' stock decreasing In preseason estimates Fittsburg and Acalanes were figured as the leading contenders for the DVAL's Contra Costa Division title Of course an abbreviated game of only two eight-minute quarters such as the tournament competition provided does net give a true picture of the teams' relativs merits But The Bed Devils' superiority over Acalanes was so marked that a longer game might have produced an even wider edge At one time in the first quarter Diablo was out In front 17 to 3 In the DVAL's other division the East Bay Albany should sweep through all opposition with little trouble Alhambra and San Ramon were rated as pos slble threats but judging by the way the Cougars handled the ball and hit the basket in their landslide win over Antioch neither Alhambra nor San Ramon rcnsoLUificossiPj By Russ tnlil s'e the practice season After starting out with three defeats in a row 50 to 44 by San Ramon 32 te 33 by Tracy and 45 te 35 by Tamrfpalt the Rams broks into tbs victory column last Friday with a II te 41 margin ever the John fwett Indians and than stayed an the winning beam with their three-point decision ever the Lions Accuracy in free throw shooting the department tltat cost them a possible win at Tainal-pais paid off for the Rams in the tussle at Brentwood The Picas ant Hill shooters caged 15 out of 16 attempts from the foul line wide Liberty managed only 10 out of 16 tries The Lloiir had th6 edge in field goals 1 4 to 13 RAMS STAY IN FRONT Pleasant -Hill's quintet pulled into a 10 to 8 advantage at the end of the opening quarter and stayed in front at each mark 24 to 22 at the half and 38 to 32 at the third period's close The final period was featured by rugged defensive play wUh the Rams bagging only three point: and Liberty geting five Roy Johansen again led the Pleasant Hill scoring parade with 15 points with Bill Nixon hitting nine and Jim McMillin eight Dave Mack Liberty forward netted 13 points for the lasers Center Walt Robb swished in 20 points to lead the Pleasant Hill Bees to a 35 to 33 victor' over the Lion Cubs in the preliminary His field goal at the end of the tight tussle was the winning marker for Coach Lyle Palmer's quintet Rio Vista Downs Antioch 40-32 ted by Dick Nunes who bombarded the hoop for 21 points Rip Vista High School's quintet downed the Antioch Panthers in a 40 to 32 practice tilt Tuesday aftfcrnooi) at Antioch 'After a 6 to 6 first quarter the winners stepped out in front 21 to 14 and 34 to 26 at the end of the next two periods Grover Garvin topped the Antioch scorers with 12 points Rio Vista made a clean sweep of the double-header program by trouncing the Antioch light weights in the preliminary 50 to 39 Vallejo Wallops Indians 74-43 John hapless Indians suffered their 'seventh straight defeat Tuesday afternoon when the Vallejo Apaches posted a 74 to 43 triumph on the Crocket! court The winners were out ir front by a 35 to 14 count at thi intermission Rich WUliams was Vallejo': leading scorer with 10 points Larry Collins made 10 for the Indians Antioch Squeezes Alhambra 36-34 Antioch prevailed over the A1 hambra Bulldogs In a tight 36 to 34 practice tussle Friday night at Martinez the Panthers clinging to a lead rarely more than one point throughout the excit Wc'r open every night till Xmas Come in and tee eur selection of Christmas Gifts Glw "HIM" Fishing Tackle RODS REELS NETS TACKLE BOXES AND LINE FOOTBALLS Official Beg 315 SALE BASKET BALL with goal and net OC Reg 995 SALE 295 ARCHERY SETS POGO STICKS KNIVES GUN CASES GUN CLEANING KITS BARBELLS HEALTH WAYS CENTER MU 2-0818 The Gregory Village sharpshooters sent 25 field goals and 19 free throws through the hoop for a 33-point total In the four games an averags of 17X Frank caged 22 field goals and 24 tosses from the charity line for points Joe Land ini Pacific States Aviation's top marksman scored 25 and 13 for 63 markers Three hoopsters shared honors for the most field goals Napoll-lanoLandlnl and Roy Welty each connecting on 23 tries from the floor Welty ploys for the El Monte Liquors Chuck Frank's 24 free throws topped the list In that department Wayne Coppack Associated Oil forward holds the individual record for points scored in one game hitting 33 points on 13 field goals and nine free throws during the Oilers' 83 to 70 triumph over Pacific Aviation1 MATTSONS UNDEFEATED Mattsons winer of the City League crown last season emerged as the only undefeated club in the first round of competition winning four straight and leading the circuit with the best offensive and defensive records The Creamery cagers tallied 254 points and yielded 202 El Monte and Associated finished in second place with two wins and two defeats while Gregory Village and Pacific Aviation shared third spot with one victory and three setbacks Folowlng are the top 10 point-makers: FG FT Napolitano GVM 25 19 Frank Mat 22 Landini PSA 25 Garcia AO 18 Coppack AO 22 Welty EM 25 Boggess PSA 21 Bryan Mat 23 Frank Mat 18 Kallemeyn GVM 23 TP 69 68 63 59 58 57 53 S3 53 49 Albany Quint Loses Bishop O'Dowd of Oakland maintained its perfect record by defeating the Albany Cougars in a 58 to 53 basketball skirmish Tuesday afternoon on the Albany court It was the ninth win in a row for the strong Oakland team van 164-465 El Monte Associated 3 A Jessie 201-602 Dick's Van Storage 0 II Boarman 178-500 El Monte Nursery 2 Johnson 185-519 Beram's Service 1 Bothrell 231-614: MAM 2 Cooper 181-506 Kandy Kane 1 Jones 187-509 Donley Chevrolet 2 Glldcwell 208-501 American Legion 1 Hinkson 191-530 Capped Pontiac 2 Beaman 189-533 Fltzpat rick Chevrolet 1 Durkee 189-546 JUNOR MAJORS Concord VFW 3 Farlzell 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