SPORTS
All-Mexican Team Picked in Basketball
This season we will pick out our Third Annual All-Mexican Basketball Teams which are to be named from the Los Angeles City System, the Southern California high schools, Junior Colleges, and College squads.
For the first time in casaba circles two paisanos basketeers have copped the highest honors. Bill Familia of Van Nuys High School topped the Los Angeles City System scorers. A consistent shot, he was high point man in every game and at the close of the season he had scored 186 points in 10 games for an average of 18.6 points per game.
In college Captain Tommy Guerrero of Santa Barbara S*a‘e College was named to an “All-Little American” forward position. He led his team to the National Collegiate Tournament semi-finals at Kansas City. In every game during the seasons he was high point man, and in the Tournament scored over 20 points per game.
Teams from the Los Angeles City System:
Van Nuys
Forward, Bill Familia. Best Paisano player in city.
San Pedro
Forward, Moose Gutierrez. High point man, scored 70 points in 10 games for an average of 7 points per game.
Jordan
Center, Eddie Thais. One of the leading scorers on team, was given All-Eastern League honors.
Lincoln
Guard, John Hernandez. One of those rare guards who were often high point man.
Lincoln
Guard, Refugio de Santos. A sub in early seasons who rose to a blaze of glory and became a leading scorer.
Second Team
Forward, Jess Mori el—Lincoln.
Forward, Hernandez—Polytechnic.
Center, Reyes—Garfield.
Guard, Tony Garcia—Jordan.
Guard, Gomez—San Fernando.
Throughout the rest of the country we pick out our ALL-COUNTRY HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.
Long Beach
Forward, Eddie Guerrero.
Ventura
- Forward, ,Toni' Martinez.
Loyola
Center, Don Moreno.
Mt. Carmel
Guard, M. Chavez.
Montebello
Guard, Manzanares.
Junior College players excelled in their divisions to cover themselves wil well-deserved honors.
Citrus
Forward, Bart Casillas.
A consistent high point man. A great, brilliant player who excels in every phase of the game.
San Mateo
Forward, Ray Cortez.
A deadly shooter, in the State Tournament at Modesto scored 33 points in a game to establish a reccord for the most points scored in one game.
Riverside
Center, Diaz.
A brilliant defensive star, who played on Chino High School’s championship quintet.
Placer
Guard, Moreno.
A good shot who often was high point man for squad. Usually he played a forward spot.
Santa Ana
Guard, Gene O’Campo.
A good ball handler and excellent floor man and this is his first year of J. C. competition.
This past season saw many paisanos active on college varsities. Many of them stars for their teams. Here we introduce them to you:
Santa Barbara
Fordward, Tommy Guerrero.
x “All Little American” Forward.
Santa Barbara
Forward, Ignacio Caudillo.
A tricky little player, a good ball handler and excellent floor man, the best that we have seen among paisano collegians.
Whittier
Center, Capt. Tom Sepulveda.
A tall man, good shot who often was high point man for his team.
San Diego
Guard, Ceferino Murillo.
A good ball handler and passer. Played for Riverside J. C. last* season and is an ali-a?ound athlete.
Loyola
Guard, H^nk Ugarte.
A veteran defensive player.
COMMODORE QUIJADA
With a final burst of speed the U.C.LA. varsity crew bested the Oregon State College cigh’, last May 10 in Corvallis to win by half a
Basketball Tournament
This year’s Mexican Youth Conference Tournament had its finals at the Admiral Leigh Gym in San Pedro, March 19. Last year’s defending title-holders Cleland House of Los Angeles and the Santa Barbara Guachos, students of Santa Barbara State College, met for the Conference crown.
Santa Barbara, led by Ignacio Caudillo from a guard position, triumphed over Cleland House by a decisive score of 32-24, and were awarded the Wagner Plaque. The Guachos from the begining took the lead and neyer^ relinquished it to take the title. Displaying good floor work with tricky passing the out--come was never in doubt. Cleland’s highly touted attack was held in check at first by superb guarding but was finally unleashed but fell short of victory. The two squads played good, fast basketball and presented a highly interesting game.
Line-ups:
SANTA BARBARA GUACHOS
Roberto Soto	(8)	F.
Gene Diaz	(2)	F.
Eloy Tafoya	(6)	C.
Greg Almanza	(2)	G.
Henry Quezada	(4)	G.
CLELAND HOUSE
(8) Dan Areliaüéá
(8) Ray Acevedo
(6) Dick Rider
(10) Ignacio Caudillo Nemi Navarro
cuy coLLtGt in uitfi WITH mtxico
Los Angeles City College defeated the “Confederación Deportiva” of Mexico, 87-55 in the Second International Track Meet that was held at Los Angeles City College on Wednesday night. May 7, 1941.
This meet is a home and home meet; that is, last year Mexico played host to the boys from City College; this year City College is host to 24 of the top-notch track stars from Mexico. This Yearly Event was started as a good-will gesture to better the relations between the two cou .tries. The Mexican Athletic Association of Southern California, through their Mexico City Representative, Señor Guillermo Eddy, was able to arrange this meet.
length. Rowing on the bow for the second straight year was Commodore Ignacio Quijada of Los Angeles.
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