El Cortez
Area: Contra Costa (Richmond)
Year: 1948

Description: Champions: 1948 Northern California Semi-pro Tournament

Back row: (left to right): Pete Schoben, Ray Penasso, Jack Mackey, Dan Alameda, unidentified, Ron Kamb, Frank Lodetti (mgr), John DeFabio, unidentified, John Honda

Front row (left to right): unidentified, Henry Honda, John Serrano, Bob Birba, Darrell Johnson, Bob Plouff, unidentified, unidentified

El Cortez
Area: Contra Costa (Richmond)
Year: 1948

Description: El Cortez: 1948 champions- Northern California Semi-pro Tournament sponsored by Oakland Tribune

Back row (left to right): Pete Schober, Bob Birba, John Defabio, Harry Orthman, Trophy, Frank Lodetti, Ron Kamb, Ray Perasso, Ernie DelSimone, Kas Hiromoto, Lou Costa

Front row (left to right): Don Alameda, Johnnie Rosas, Jim Nakamura, Daniel Johnson, Bob Plouff, John Serrano, Jack Mackey, Henry Honda, unidentified (batboy)

El Cortez
Area: Contra Costa (Richmond)
Year: 1948

Description: El Cortez won the 1948 Oakland Tribune's Northern California State Tournament

Left to right: Ron Kamb, Frank Lodetti, Jim Nakamura, Dan Alameda

El Cortez
Area: Contra Costa (Richmond)
Year: 1948

Back row (left to right): Frank Lodetti (mgr.), Al Dias, Al Del Simone, Ron Kamb, Bob Birba, John Defabio, Steve Musso, Darrel Johnson *(Manager of Boston Red Sox 1925)

Front row (left to right): Jack Mackey, Bob Plouff, John Serrano, Leo Costa, Ray Perasso, Dick Pauletich.

Title: El Cortez Nine Wins Tribune Tournament
Area: Alameda, Contra Costa
Year: 1948
Team: Hayward Stars, Richmond El Cortez

Title: El Cortez Win: Richmonders Beat Hayward Stars, 8 to 4
-8000 Watch Final Game of All-Amateur Baseball Spectacle by Wally Willis
Area: Alameda, Contra Costa
Year: 1948
Team: Hayward Stars (Alameda), El Cortez (Conta Costa)

Description: Last line of article: "...Just 26 years ago his dad, Carl (Iron Man) Kamb, hurled in his first Tribune-sponsored league and annexed the title of the 1921-1922 Midwinter League pennant for the Poplar Candy Store."