News Scrapbook 1962-1964

SPORTS lbt San tJlit!lO Inion SPORTS IFORNIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAR.CH 7, 1962

SPORTS

,Phil Woolpert 1 Named

Sports d11or Jock Mucpfty 1s on vocation. During his absence Son Diego Un,on sports stall will write his ~olumn Woolpert Appears Top Prospect For US Cage Coaching Post mb rs of Th

Now, l' D ha a fine set of blu print on the drawing board for ba ·k !ball - a spo11 which may be more morlC'st in cost and «mld ,H'l'omplish the job of re <'hmg pre tige in a simpler way. Cup ulcd in this new rocket mn be un a ·tronaut with the b t of qualification.. He's Phil Woolpert, who r e a c h e d the hei his n t;nivC'rsity of San Francisco bask£>tba11 coa<'h and a1hl£>tic director.

1·-=- Woolpert New Torero Coach, 1 Athletic ss ,. (f'onllnurd ) good boy bal'k Past "''' \\ ould try lo get him.'' J The 46-~ Par old mentor said ill' would l1ire "a I,wnl rnan" who was wicil him at us10 as his fl'eshm<'n coach. Th is i:ould be ,John Cunningham, 0llC'•lime San Di,•go ,. O LI 11 l y "coring eham pion at St. Au• gustine an,t lat,•r n <'aptuin on the USF team. ·airl lw would k out a 1962-6:l ulc hut · ·ated the lev- f um1 petit10 would re- slmlla1· I<> that o! the 196 I -Ii:/ i;Pason. " DU< ky Dow- ell (P,•pperdi111• collc-h I said he would likP to play us,'' he laughed. "All lw did was win tlw WC..\C champion:;hip this year.'' HO\\ <'VPr this s,•rved HO· ti,·e that Woolpl.'rt would havr 1 i I t I e cliffieulty sc:wdulingl l:,,1-', Santa Clara, St .1ary's and Pcpperdine Jar 1ulure seasons. XO IW, 'l'il:\"G 'J'CA~l "I don t intend ln have clubs that run a great deal,'' he admitted. "I belicvr, how- eve1·. it wlll take at least two ) ears to drill most of the players nn def<•nsP." Wool- pert s,iid he prefers the man- 1or-man 01·p1· tlH' zone "I can n•memlwr ,~ h at Hank Iha cOldahoma A&:,1 l'Oach, 011c1• ·aid,'' he actded. "A coal'l1 \\ho practices cle- 1"011se <'an ha1 <' a job for a long tiqw." I Woolpei·t saic.l th,· opposi- tion will have to 1•arn every ba:;ket it getb. "I would like trJ see l.'SD a_dmittcd into the \'liCAC," hel said. "I'm sure they

Former USF Mentor Also Athl tic Boss Dy JOH. NY J\frDONALD The University of S a n Diego took a major step in the direction of big time college basketball yester- day when it signed P h i J Woolpc:>rt to a three-year contract as athletic direc- tor and coach. Very Rev. John Cadden, president of thP college for men, made the announcement of the :;igning and introduced Woolpert to members of the press, radio and television at th<> Arts and Scwnce building. This confirmed a story that/ appeared in The San Diego Union Feb. 28 at which time it was n•ported that Woolpert was the man USD wanted. TAKE PO T APRIL 1 Woolpert, who formerly· coached the University of San Francisco and the profession-' al San Francisco Saints bas- 1 ketball teams, will as:;ume full-time duties April 1. The new athlrtic director! said he Intends to stress de- fense, develop a strong fresh- man program and install a basketball program compara- · ble to that of West Coast Ath- letic Conference teams However, the San B r u n o resident said he had "a lot of catching up to do." "I'm getting a late start if I intend to recruit s o m e players for next year's club," he said. "I'll be receiving most of the boy:; on recom- mendation and sight unseen." WON 60 STRAIGHT Woolpert said he h'ad n o t viewed much basketball since he was fired from his Saints' post. He is remembered, how- ever, for his great teams at USF during the 1950s when the Dons won two National Collegiate Athletic Associa- tion crowns and captured 60 straight games. A former two-time NCAA "coach of the year," vV o o I - pert pointed oul that defen- sive basketball was his style of play and that he intends to teach these fundamentals 60 per cent of the time. "I haven't discussed it fully with Father Cadden, but I know that scholarships w i I l be expanded," the new ath• letic director said. "I'm look- ing forward to getting back into college coaching . . . in pro ball you aren't a coach, you're a manager." Father C a d den acknowl- edged that scholarships would be improved. "Athletes w i 11 receive tuition, room a n d board," Father Cadden said. But he would not say h o w many athletes would be in- cluded. SEEKS CUNNINGIIA!ll? Woolpert believes he can obtain most of his players from California s ch o o 1s . "There is nothing wrong with players from California high schools, I've en some fine boys in the past," he said. "However, if we hear of a (Continued on b-8, Col. 1)

Woolpcrl i one of 12 coaches who applied for the job and has mad it known that he i. defi• -----~- nitPlv lnterestNI in the positions of athlcll<' chredor and basket•

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Phil Woolpert, on~tim t:ni ersity of San Francisco coach, left, yester- day signed a three-year contract as athletic director and basketball coach

at the University of San Diego, effec- tive April 1. Very Rev. John Cadden, right, president of the College for Men, made the announcement.

Graig Nettles, center, of San Diego real fight on his hands as he battles P Soares, right, and Glen Willardson( beh for loose ball in yesterday's CIF, San

Alston Names Snider Captain Of Dodgers By PHIL COLLIER

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The University of San Diego this week took i .first step toward big time collegiate ba.~ketball '"-"1th the signing of Phil 1V00Jpert to a three-year contract as athletic director and basketball coach. The signing of the famous coach to the three-year contract beginning Apnl 1 was an-

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San Diego Union Sports Writer

player is on and VERO BEACH, Fla.. Feb. tough tussles ahf' 27 i. r cently as 1958, the , Holding out for, managerr:ent of the Los An- are pitche s Joh geles Dodgers criticized Duke and Zack Snider for lack of hustle and outfielder Harry de ·Ire and even docked him and returning inf a day ' s pay for capriciously Barone. attempting to throw a base- "Tsitouris mav ball over the rim of the Coli- gest problem and, seum. _ tie down to the Today, the 35-year-old out- . ., . . fielder was named the Dodg- him, Eddie Leis. ers' first field captain since era! manager of 1 1 Harold (Pee Wee) Reese ab- said yesterday. "I dicated m 1958. to see all the pitc'. Manager Walter A Is ton, fold by :March 12. ' who_ mad_e the appointment, 9 _8 \Y.ITH INDIAN Tsitouris. a 6-foot This is usually the job for an, er, had a 9-8 reco, infielder, but Alston passed dianapolis last s over third baseman D a r y 1 fanned 89 in 137 i• Spencer and second baseman compiled a not-so- Jim Gilliam, two seasoned 5.06 earned run a• veterans, in an apparent at-I Anderson, one-tin tempt to reward Snider for his of the Phlladelphi. improved attitude the past two; has been training r or three years. 1winter at the Un SENIORITY CITED : Maryland and may ., . . much trouble, altho, Duke 1s the semor mem- taken a slash The · ~er of_ the cl~b," said _Alston, flyhawk perf~rmed I believe he 11 be an mspira- City last season wt r tion to the younger players only .232. and the kind of leader we need. ' PROBLE!ll )IINI:.\11 In the early part of a Na- . Anderson could h tional League career now span- tional problems whe ing 15 seasons, Snider was I come around to te_r odds with a segment ofJ have to battle Jm e New York and Brooklyn\Dan Dobbek and Ken ess. Later, he stirred up aJ -- ntroversy by declaring in a Lk l magazine article that he a ers op played baseball solely for the money Involved, not because of any love of the game. p• t 1 o• In 1958, while the Dodgers IS ons were training for their first I LOS ANGELES got in the man~gement•~ dog- (UPIJ-Two quick 'b house hy bangmg up his al- . . . ' ready damaged left knee in a high scormg Jerry \ downtown auto mishap here about four minutes after curfew. It was lateri night killed a Detroit at season that he was s~s-' helped the Los An? ended for a day for seemg t 107 100 N t ow high and far he could ers 0 a 1 • • _a The_ game was de often been accused of dogging 40 mmutes when it in spring training, but last pound scoreboard year he reported to camp at way to the floor fro a svelte 195 pounds after ma! position about working out on his own much over center court. of the winter. Mature a n d released the cable t apparently in dead earnest, he the box-like board , u ac van age enjoyed the best spring of his it off the court on do admitted it's unusual to have! an outfielder as team captain. season in Los Angeles, Snider ------ throw a ball in the Coliseum. ketball Assoc1at101 HUSTLING NOW over the Detroit Pis The pride of Fallbrook had f 11 1

Woolpert was coach o! the national champion University of San Francisco bMketball team and more re c e n t I Y the San Francisco the professional American Basketball League. Record Cited In we! 'lg oolpert to the USD fdudi) • .£ 1.U r Cad- den cited his distln NI record and personal inte_gr1ty as assets o the univers1 y. "We are pleased to have Phil with us," Father Cad- den said, "and we're certam his fine background and per- sonal qualities will lend re- coached Saints of

much the same level of com- petition as the squad in the season just completed. Time Required "It takes time to develop a strong basketball progi·am," he said. "It's not something which can be done over- night." The new USD coach said he intends to stres.~ defense, develop a stl'ong freshman program, and install a bas- ketball program comparable to that of West Coast Ath- le,ic Conference teams. "I have a lot of catching up to do," he i:aid at the news conference Tuesday at which his signing was an- nounced. 'Tm getting a. late start i! I intend to recruit some players for next year's club. I'll be receiving most of the boys on recommendation and sight unseen." 'Coach of Year' ·w oolpert Is a former two- time NCAA "coach of the year." His first co a.chin g assignment was from 1946 to 1950 at San Francisco's St. Ignatius High. His teams had an over-all record of 63 '-'ins and 29 losses and captured one city title. After a stint as freshman cage coach at the University of San Francisco, he took over as USF head coach. Dur- ing bis 10 years as head coach there his teams \ n 179 games and Jost 86. Tbey captured four confe ence titles, won two • ·c titles in 1955 and 1956 and placed third in 1957. I Woolpert coached such A_ 11· American stars 'IA B ' 1 Rus- sell, K. C. Jones, Md Mike _!armey

na ium, although not the proper " hasketball, !-hould be completed hp gym will have 1,500 permanent eommodate 2,000 with temporary bership Is Goal

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USO Romps, 12-0 Thre<' l'ni,·ersity of :::; a n rneg-o pitchers combined to hold Pt. Mugi Na1·al Air Sta- tion to one hit ypstcrday at I3PC'son FiPlcl as tlw Toi·l'ros· ,·ompi>d lo a 1:./-0 victory. ils S<'V<>ntl1 in 10 ganws. Pt. MU9U NAS . 000 000 000-0 1 8 USO on 410 30X-12 14 O Brov.-n, Rosero {-4) and Bess; Hemin- ~i~Skl~~iur C~~Y. 3it~ 0 2~d, '~he °onn~ Rud-