News Scrapbook 1958-1961

THE SAN DIEGO UtHON

THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1959

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uet Athletes in three sports were honored al the University of San Diego's lettermen's ban- quet at Mission Valley Country Clllb last Thursday, The Boost- er, Club sponsored the event. Most valuable player awards went to Tom Gates In football, Ken Leslie in basketball, and Tim Wilbur in baseball. The awards were pre~en ted by G ii Kuhn, George Zlegenfus~, Slat<' Colleg,. coach, and Ralph Kiner, ge,wral manager ot tfe an Diego Padres. AwarLl winnP-ra: J<'OOTBAT,L Most valuable player - Tom Gates. Mo~L valuable Uneman- John Mulligan. Most valuable back-Bob Keyes. Most Inspira- tional player-Dave Cox. Cath- olic All-American trophies- C. G, Walker, Mulligan. Lettermen -Joe Gray, Joe Loeschnig, Vic Gausepohl, Duane O'Connor, J. T. Trily, Bob Malchcl, Wayne Bourque, Bob Hughes, Elli Pat- ten, Chuck Williams, Bill Clarke, Jan Chapman, Mulli- gan, Jack Garafono, Don Gil- more, Keyes. Norm Magenot, Rick Novack, Merle Reed, !Walker, Avalon Wright, Ray Yoast, Ken Cook, Jay Elson, Charlie Ft·anklin, Gates, Dick Gardner, Al Kish. BAl'\EB,\LL Most valuable player - '1'1m Wilbur. Leading hitter award- Hugo Soto. Lettermt'n-Robert Duncan, Dave Cox, John Rebe• lo. Richard Shea, Terry Lorenz, Lavon Baker, Soto, Wilbur, .Tim Fiorenza, Ronald Crise, Bob Keyes, Hal Milrovich, Tim Ly- den. BA KETBALL Most valuable player - Ken Leslie. CathOlic Digest All· American honor award-Leslie. L~ttermen - Lavon Baker, Ed aron, Leslie, Bob Maines, Al- lan Paderewskl, John Rebelo. !Pioneers Collect 1n Over MCRD It was a long time coming but the University of San Die- go today had its first victory in athletic competition against the Marine Corps Recruit De- pot. I Three big innings yesterday on the MCJI.P nd gave the Pioneers 6 1 ph, marking their first trl h In two years of sport pl with the Qe111ildogs. Score: :-!.t'ko :t:J r.:: 1 : ·r i Lorent, R&be:lo (S) ond Duncan, Covel• lln, Smith (7), Thomson (I) and Whit- worth. Pioneers 10, Marihes 6 The UniHrsity of San Diego baseball team defeated the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. 10-6, at Beeson Field last night the first time the Pio- neers won an athletic contest from the ."viariqe in..two rs of competition. USO 000 OZ! OU--lt 10 1 MCRD 001 020 100- 6 1 3 Lorent, R~lo (8) ond Duncan: Ca\lel• 1 ;n, Smith (1), Thomson {8) a11d Whit- worth,

With Ollie, Roms , Should Expl::J

"Notre Dam@ Is making, WP reel, a sincere ertort to attain that perfect balance of academic and athletic," the student pub- lication The Scholastic says editorially. "This balance Is close to being reallzed on campus." The editorial suggests that students feel the situation off campus ls something else again. Going back to what it rails The Great Firing, the editorial derlares It was exaggerated in communications media "to the extent of quoting a fictitiou1 character who, after the flnng has been discussed, conclude5: 'Well, I \\On'l send my 50n to Notre Danie!' "Th.at's fine," The Scholastic says appt·ovlt1gly. "If his ~•in Is as shortsighted and as narrowminded as his father, he pro• ably wouldn't fit in very well anyhow." * * * * ALONG THE SPORTS FRONT A new quarterback named Larry Parque from Bell Gardens directed Cal's Golden Bear~ to four touchdown drives In a recent scrimmage. Since this same Larry ParquA had fierce desire to win a Notre Dame scholarship sevrral years ago, but couldn't obtain one, wouldn't it be ironic Ir he were to lead Pete El· liott's Bears lo victory over the F'iRhting Jrish ln their haltle at Strawberry Can)·on in mid-October? Railbirds say rookie T-man Parque is smooth as margarine. Quitting the Pacific Coast Conference certainly hasn't hurt USC's grid schedule or detracted from fhP Trojan gale poten· tlal. They ~ay ln '63 Don Clark's boys will battle Oklahoma, Michigan Stall', Notre Dame and Ohio Stale nn successive Sat urdays. That's like vaulllng from the Idaho potato dass to tackling tb e Rams, Lions, Bears and Browns. If the Big Ten indeed abandon5 the Rose :Rowl'R gold and glory, the ex-FCC powers and Pasadena people certainly will be left holding the sack. The scale today is lilted 12-to-1 against the football prides or the West Coast. (Ah for the day when our tigers were terrorizing the Tennessee and the unbeaten, untied and unscored upon Blue Devils of Dllke!) D'you know what blase Doc Hugo, the Alhahbra amateur tennis whiz, said after watching the Yanks waltz through that Coliseum exhibition for Campy? "I've seen seventh place clubs before," quoth he! (Doc's from Milwaukee, so he oughta know,) * * * * BACKFIELD MAY BE 'MOST EXPLOSIVE' Bob Boyd, the ex-Ram flier who has ju.~t agreed to tackle the coaching job at St. John Vianney High, agrees with "Sports Front" that addition of Ollie Matson will give the Rams pos- sibly the most explosive backfield in pro football history. ''The Rams certainly ought to win it all," Rapid Robert smiles. "That Ollie has L-0-T•S left. If the llne does any blocking at all, those backs will drive defenses crazy!" John Helwig, who as a Chicago Bear linebacker used to chase Matson, iays Coach George Halas concentrated 60% of his defensP on Matson. "If Ollie went left, or right, or climbed up into row 40 and took a sunbath, most or the Bears were sure to follow. Halas knew If we threw a blanket around Mat- son, we 11uffocated the Card offense." Halas won't be able to throw such this fall because Jon-the-Je~ Tornado Tom. can ~camper Mme, too. Now advertising manager for an important trucking maga• tine, Helwig has gone a long way since quitting pro football at the summit two years ago. His last game was with the western division champ Bears against the Giants in the world championship New York "snow bowl" debacle. "The Bears didn't wear sneakers, so we skidded all over the stadium," Johnny says. "Those Giants had it iced from the opening whistle." (It was one of the few games on record in which Halas was outfoxed.) Helwig's recollections of Ollie Matson include one cross- town Chicago game in which the Cardinal colossus sprinted away for two gallops of better than 65 yards, only to have both TDs recalled for rules infractions. I wasn't able to catch up with Paul (Tank) Younger, the ex-Ram not. But the old Tanker, traded to Pittsburgh two years ago, told thP. Examiner's Mel Durslag, "The Cards got stuck up" ( as with a gun) ••• Matson Is the be~t. rullback" In football, Jim Brown Included." When Master Meh In politely asked about O llle's speed at age 29, Tank retorted: "I wouldn't want to chase that man, even when he's over the hill. Take my word for it-he's the best." * * * * Former Pittsburgh Pirate slugging star Ralph Kiner, now general manager of the San Diego Padres, headed a list of sports notables attending the third annual University of San Diego lettermen's banquet last night at Mission Valley Country Club. Head football coach Paul Platz says sophomore lineman Walt Joos, the ex All-Parochial League flash from Pomona Catholic High, was one of tbe biggest ars of the 1959 spring football finale won by the Blues 28-0. San DiP.go, which posted an 8-2 record last fall, will open its 1959 grid season Sept. 12 entertaining Oregon Tech. (Now, who is Oregon Tech?)

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ing back on the football squad. Play- ers wer·e among those honoued at universitv's annual athletic awards banquet ·1ast night.

Paul Platz !'enter, new University of :an ego football coach, is shown with Ken L !;lie, left, star basketball player, and Tom Gates, an outstand-

3 USO Athlete Win MVP Awards Tom Gates, Ken Leslie and I football coach during t.:SD's Tim Wilbur recei\"ed most inaugural season in 1956, made valuable player trophies last the 1 00 t b a J l presentations. night as 47 athletes recehrd l . awards at the third annual George Ziegenfuss. head ~as- l.'niversitv of San Dirgo lc>t• ketball coach at San Diego tPrmen'. • banquet al Mission State, presented awards to the Valley c oL1ntry Club. cagers and Ralph KtnPr, gen- The e, ent \\as sponsored era! manager of the San D1Pgo by the USO Boosters Club. Padr_es, made the baseball Gates the Pioneers' lead, awards. , • • • FOOTBALL 1ng ground gainer, \,·as nam()d Most \/Oluobht plover Tom Gales. as most \'aJuahle player ior ~:: ~gl~~gl: ~~r~~;-~ohK"ev~~ll~~~j last year's football season. in!oi,iralio.nol plaver-;-Dove: Cox. Cothalic Leslie I USO'.· outstanding ~~-,~~~- 1 c°L"enet;_:~ies-CJoe GGra~~lkJ~ basketball player, a]so re- ~~;.sc~~i 9 t. V}',.u~~u~~oh~o?c°h0 el~ $;;;; ceh·€'d a Catholic Di"'est All.I B~urque, Bob Hughe5. Bill Patten, Chuck " IW1ll1ams1 Bill Clarke, Jon Chapmon, American team honor a,\·c1rd Mu11ivon$ Jock Gorofono, qon G1lmo,e. and th 19.18 - 59 captain ~~~f!' RN~~ ~~!~? 1 ' ~~i~itt trophy. 1~~~nl1~~ 1 Gq~~' ~~~•J~/dn~~~o~,I ~7~~!e Wilbur recei, ed the mo.·t BASECBALL \ a.luable player award in Most vo_luoble ptoyer - Tim WIibur ha~ ball although the Pio- ~n:~~er r,°:0~~~~.H~~~ so~~X.LeJ~r~ I I h Rebelo, Richard SM

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