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TI U-~ TRO,J • · ·, TROUBU;_. outhe~ California's football WO<' thi sea ·on are graphically illllstrated by thi football caught floating by Etening Tribune -US D R/ s d GEORGE HERRICK egents tu y Enm•9T,i..N Sporl,Edito, • Bears Face Tough Going Athletic Situation :~o:~r~~:~e!p~::::t photographer John Gt·eensmith as the Trojans bowed to California, 14-12. Clark Holden (dark jer- sey) fumbled when hil b~, Cal's Frank Doretti, bot- tom of stack, and Tom Bates, atop it. Watc-hing ball fly are Holden and Bate!'-. Cal guard Pete Domoto (60) is at right. Trojans fumbled fh·e times in game.

Meeting Of Board Set Today By :-[ET, UKJ·:S l Some light shou d be l'a;;.t on the " firing or reni1 ing" of football coach Bob ;\lc- Cutcheon today when the Uni- versity of San Diego Board o! Regents meets. with "a re- vie>w of the athletic situation 1 as it exists" a part of the agenda . I The boa rd, o! whi ch t he Most Rev, Charles F . Buddy, D.D., Bishop or San Diego, is the chairman, has the final , ,say on the USD athletic prn. gram. Point Emph.asized This point was emphasized yesterday in a statement by the Rev. William D. Spain, admmistrative vice president, which was read before both the Quarterback Club and USD Boosters' meetings. It read: '"To clarify recent misun- derstandings about the ath. letic program at the Univer- sity of San Diego. I wish to stare: "1-0ur athletic policy is neither determined nor con- trolled by a group of down. town businessmen. It is un, der the jurisdiction of the Uni- Yersity Board of Regents. I No Decision ~lade ' "2-Coach Bob McCutcheon , has not been fired by the Ath- letic Board of Control. "3--The Athletic Board of Control has made no decision about renewal or cancellation of McCutcheon's contract. "4,,-No member of the West- ern College Association, or any of its committees. has condemned the University of San Diego athletic program or cast aspersions on the quali. fications of the University of San Diego coach .' ' Indications are that :'.\fc. Cutcheon most likely will fin- (Cont. on P age B-7, Col. 6) -tltl-tt' f4'fl Army Star Could Ploy Against Pitt WEST POINT, N.Y. (UPI) I - Pete D aw kins, Army's "bread-and-butter" halfback who is receiving injections for a "severe and painful" charley !horse. may be in the lineup 1Saturday when the Cadets tackle Pittsburgh. Coach Earl Blaik said he wouldn't kn ow for sure whether Dawkins would be able to play until at least to. morrow. The coach also re- vealed that fullback Harry Waltet•s was hobbling around on crutches and it was high- ly improbable th.at he would be able to make the trip tol Pittsburgh.

P ITFALLS A.ti.EAD: University of California at the moment appean, to have the best shot at the Rose Bowl Jan. 1 of any of the Padfic Coast Cou- ference football for<.;es. The Bears, under personable Pete Elliott, have

knocked off 1heir last three opponent,; after dropping their fir ' t two decisions. If there is a favorite as 1he team to oppose the Big Ten representative in the huge ?as!TT\ena bowl, it is the Berkeley aggrega- tion. It is the pl'opdetor of the only unbeaten record as far as PCC <.;Ompetition is concerned. Should the Bears, who are no cinch to go through the remainder of t h e i r schedule unscathed, quali- fy for the New Year's Day classic, what kind of a

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chance would they have against the Big Ten? Naturally, it's a trifle early to be drawing any definite conclusions, for the Bears are only half through their schedule, But from what we saw of Cal Saturday in capita lizing 011 University of Southern Cali- fornia errors to scratch out a 14-12 win, the Bears aren't apt to end the Big Ten's Rose Bowl monopoly unless E lliott's crew improves consid- erably. The Trojans practically gave the game away on costly fumbles. Had it not been for these miscues, the result might have been different. This is far from being the best Trojan team in the school's history, yet it was good enough to battle the likely FCC champion virtually ·on even te1·ms. Many of the observers Saturday feel the Bears could be in for a jolt Jan. 1 if they still·are in the football business on that day. KAPP CAN BE STOPPED: Did the Bears have an off day against the Trojans! Not in the opinion of Elliott. He told newsmen after the game be thought his club performed in its customary fashion although hampered somewhat by the intense heat. But so were the Trojans. The meal ticket of the Bears' attack is quarter- back Joe Kapp. He can run a nd pass with finesse, yet the Trojans, with the exception of the first quarter, kept him fairly well under control. He netted only 47 yards on the ground and 75 yards passing. It is quite likely scouts from the Big Ten Rose Bowl candidates took copious notes on the Trojans' defenses and will be using them the first day of the new year should California represent the PCC. ROUGH ALL OVER: As has been pointed out several times, however, this is not a nm·mal foot- ball year out he1·e. The clubs take turns beating each other and by the time the Rose Bowl exercises roll around, it is not beyond the realm of possibility that the hopes of the West will rest on a team showing a record of four losses. For that matter, it could be that the Big Ten banner-carrier will have 011e or two losse on its sea:son's mark when it appears in Pasade11a. Things aren't going too smoothly in the Big Ten, either. In fact, it's rough all over the football map these days. .

BOB HA: SAY-Under Ike at Uni- versity of San Diego, coach Bob Mc- cutcheon addre •ei; Qua11erback Club yesterday. At Jeft · Gene Greg ·ton,

executive sports editor of Evening Tribune who was serving as "head quarterback." and at right is Cheesey eil of Marine Corps Recruit Depot.

Everyone's Happy On 'Winners' Day' B) BOB ORn fA , ·

"very tired up ' for their game with Lewis & Clark, wffich they won. 33-0. "They finally recognized how important it ls to play as a team." said McCur- cheon. 'They're now playing up to their potential and will be rough and tough IO knock down the rest o! the seaimn." Thompson, backfield coach at SDJC. said the Knights' 13-0 win over East Los Angeles was a "real team effort." "They really were aggressh•e on de- fense ." he said. "It was their best per- formance yet.·• However, Thompson said the team's of- fense and defense both will get a rugged test at Bakersfield Saturday night when it runs up against "the No. l junior col- lege team in the nation ." "They

The way they were laughing a.nd joking, ~ou ne,er would have recognized them a loothall c-oache . 8ut I wa "winners' rlay" at thl' QuartPrback Club ;md every- 011e ",, happy at the luncheo gathering al, an Diego Club} e~-terday. Eve1yone wa~ happ}, that i,;, except Ro, Engle, whose Hoover High team dropped it third straight la.·t week. to Ke~rny, 34-25, and Eddie John •n "add- I'd .starter" on the panf!l, whose San D ego State College Frosh still are win- le ·s I All or the regula1 paneli~ts-Paut Gov- emall of San Diego State, Bob Mccut- cheon or University of San Diego, Jesse 'Ihompson of San Diego Junior College a11d Chee ey Neil of Mal'ine Corps Re- l'r it Depot WNe riding high after week- •nd vi~tories. overnali 11a1d he, ··really and truly i" proud" or h Az1ee team, w!llcJI nipped Lo Angeles Srate, 7-0, for ,t, third 5lra 1ght Win "Bobby Rall !Who co ·ed a 53-yard runt l'eturnJ \I.On ft for u., • it.id Gov- l'inali, "but, without the t!'emer.!toes de- f Pn.~1v11 work of the line and dary, victory would not have been poss! ' Go~ernali said that ends Brax Pink- lns anrt Bill Cotten. auspended last week for n11 :lng a practice, have returned to the fold, and center Dennis Magee prob- ably will hake oft the knee injury which .!l('nt him o the • ldelinps during the Los Angeles game. "l Y.lsh I hart 'JO kld~ with h1~ IMageeel at11tu,t " aid Go,emali. l\t~Cutch on u.1d hi• Pioneers were

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