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Continuing to play their best ball against top rated
teams, the Toreros defeated Long Beach State 7-6 and
knocked off the Aztecs for the third straight time 10-8.
As the season began to wane, May brought longer and
brighter days for the team. Splitting a doubleheader
with UC Riverside, downing U.S.I.U., and taking the
final game from Chapman College to even the season
series with the nations No. 1small college team, the Tore
ros had found the winning mold.
The squad closed out the year with two games with
MCRD. The Toreros blasted the Marines 17-4 on Tues
day afternoon. Wednesday was a different story, however,
with the Leathernecks taking charge 5-3.
Individually the Toreros had extremely impressive sta
tistics and self-satisfying years. Steve Davis had another
fine year on the mound as d id Gary Myron, who received
the Outstanding Pitcher award for the second year in a
row. Each player had his moments of greatness during the
season and each gained some personal rewards.
The Most Valuable Player was team captain and junior
catcher John Wathan. John batted .430 with 61 hits, 6
2B's, 7 3B's, 3 HR's, and 39 RBI's. Also to his credit were
24 stolen bases. He set career records for most hits, most
doubles, most triples, and most stolen bases. With these
credentials John was selected to the College Division All-
American second team.
The young Toreros fulfilled many of their hopes and
left some dreams for the coming years.