News Scrapbook 1958-1961

I 36}[7! Kelly Back To Bolster ioneers Against Pomona

1/t~ U quad Improved, Says Platz

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The first play of the U.,iversity of San Di e_ga ' • fi rst fo o tball game agains1 1he Air Force Academr in 1956. USO last tha t one (and several others that season), but wan eight and 1011 only two lost year. until Gil Kuhn, onetime USC lineman and now a San Oie&o buslne~sman, fonned a USD Boosters Club and talked the college officials into acceptance of a football program. Kuhn and two other vol nteen coached the Pioneers themselves that first year. o cCutcheon was hired from Antelope Valley JC and coac ed the next two years. Despite his suc- cess, he was relic d t season amid controversy. News- paper accounts report d that college officials wanted no more over-emphasis on wu,nlng. Paul Platz, former profeselonel player and McCutcheon's SBlatant, was appointed to lake his place. Although the Colleg" for !en and the Colle e for Women are separate units on the U D campus, the students mix in carnpu~ social life, making i virtually a co-educational ln!ltituhon, o rarity in Catholic unive lties. Hoving had a very successful aeoson last year and having lost only five players, the Pioneers expect their best season this year. Platz has replaced McCutcheon's Spllt•T offense with the Slot-T, indicating, perhaps, more of an emphasis on the aerial game. Duane O'Connor, an AU-Americ n Jaycee selection at Citrus JC, and Jan Chnpm • n, All-Kansas as a prep, are bn tlin for th quarterback Job. Both played well ! • st season, but O'Connor might hnve the edge because of hl passing Chspman was aecond leading small college ptlnt r in the nation last year.

Whll officials d pl re mention of a ". otre 0 me of the V. t", the phys- ical due hon d rtment is compl t and w 11 staffed. All atudents at the Colle e for I n are required to take phya c 1 education with the xceptlon of veterans. Ath- letic talent has start"d to flow into the n .., school alnce its fir t lntercoll"&iat" team• were fi lded. Boosters, many eeU-• pointed, have contacted m • n a good-looking high ac ool athlete and headed him oward Alcala Park, aa the point of the mesa where the university is located i!I called. Although proud of the ac- complishments of U D teams on the athletic fields, uni- versity adm1n1Btretors have indicated they will tolerate no "monkey bualneaa" by the athl tic d partment. The d- m1nlstr • tors report dly wanted no part of colle e football unlv

Th Very Rev. Wilson President, USO

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Fullba cli Tom Gates, a 195-pounder from Los Angeles, is being hailed by USO fans as one of the best runners on the Pacific Coast. He gained 622 yards and scored 11 t ouc hdowns as a sophomore last year, came to USO from th e Marine . Halfbac ks Bob Keyes and Joe Gray team w ith Gates to ·ve the Pioneers a dreaded running attack. Ke yes led the nation in JC scoring while at Antelope Valley in 1956 and s c ored seven TDs last year while gaining 603 yards. Gray, a fresh- man last year, averaged 4.6 yard s per c arry. Besides those nifties, Coach Platz can co unt on Vic Gausepohl, a 9. 9 sprinter from Long Beach, and Chuck Williams, another s w ift letterman back. P latz has an i,lephant-sized line rel ming, can field a front wsll averaging 220 pounds per man. End returnee include C.G. Walker (180), a former Los Angeles Hamilton Hi h sprinter and gridder; Ray Yo11-st, (2 15), ex-Riverside CC tackle; J oe Loeschnig (18S), who prepped at Chula Vista; Dale Cobb (212), who caught Ronnie Knox' p sses at Sant • Monica High. Tac- kle candidates are Rick O'l&k (220) , from San Luis Obispo; J. T. Trily (220), who pl yed at Sant a Clara before the Broncs dropped foo all; Bill a (23S), ex-Marine from San Fran- cisco area. Guards inctud ill Pat ten (195), All-CIF at San Diego High in '54; Walt Joos (185), All-Parochial L eague at Pomona Catholic in ' 7; Jay Elson (215), a two-year letterman. Center aspirants ar Jack Garofono (215), two-year letterman from Los A geles; Joe Varley (215), sophomore from Point L oma; Jim O 'Leary (225), from Great Fa ll , Montana. Overa ll, th e picture looks awfully bright fo r the Pioneers. San Diego i. of the fastest growing areas in fast-growing Ca lifornia. here' s bound to b e a few football players in that influx of po ulat ion.

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