News Scrapbook 1962-1964

Aztees., IAtvola Torero C agers Face 2 P werful Foes Two powerful opponent• will Invade USD gym ~his week• end fpr basketball games with Coe.ch Phil Woolpert • Uruver• aity of San Diego five rl 1 Friday the Toreros will play host to crosstown va San Diego state and at 8 Saturday the Loyola Lions wlll travel to an Diego for a match with the Toreroa, at the 11am• starling lime.

son with the Toreros, ha, come up with a. lively crew. Three newcomers to the va.r- 8tty sparked the win over th• Poet . Sharpshooting 1sophomor• Matt Malerlch Jed all scorer • wlth 19 poinla on eight field goals and three tree throw • while two transfer • , Clift Ashford with 18 a.nd Tony Binder with 11 followed Ma- lerich. 'l'he latter two are al- so sophomores. Although outrebounded, 34- 32, the Toreroa outhustled their opponents. Whittier had never lost a contest to the San Dlegans, taking all three games last season. Friday's bout with the Az- tecs should shape up &s a. close battle. San Diego State defeated Woolpert's team In their first meeting ever last year by a 68-4.9 count. Thia season, the Aztecs are ex- pected to field one of their strongest teams headed by :S- 10 guard Jack Shawcroft and forwards Al Catlin and Larry Meek, Catlln tallied 21 points ln tba San Diegans' 79-6:S openillg loss to Pepperdlne College. _ j

The USD gqua.ll made an a.uplclous debut in last Sat- urday' season opener, taking the measure of Whittk!r Col- lege, 69-64, In overtime. Woolpert, m hi~ 11econd sea-

Studies, Service Confuse Footbal Future :Ry ,JERRY JIAGEE Bob .\Iitinger is, not necessarily in order of impor- tance, a football player for the San Diego Chargers, a law student, a sceond lieutenant in the U.S. Army and ~-=--'==---"--~ tired. itinger

Also a t r i f 1 e confused- about what he is going to be doing next year at this time. Mitinger knows he 11 be line, backing for the Chargers to- morrow in Oakland'~ Frank Youell Field in an important game against thl' Raiders. Aftrr that, things trnd to blur. GRADES KEY It is like this. The gentle- manly youngster lrom Penn- .sylvania wants to continue ·hittlng Charger rivals after this season. But to do so, he is going to have to hit the books sucressfully in the Uni- versity of San Diego's Law libra ry. Mitinger has a student de- fe rmPnt. Should his studies throw him for a loss, the Army will be calling the plays for 2nd Lt. Bob ,::11:itin- ger. granted a reserve com. mission upon gr aduation from Penn State . So the lamp in Mitinger's room burns ea rly and late. A typical day for him is up at 5 a.m. study and classes until noon, meetings and prac- tice with the Chargers until 5 p .m. and then mor e study into the wee hours. OUTSTANDING PLAY After weeks of this , Mitin- ger a robust 6-2 \, , 235-pounder had enough strength left week to play outstandingly in San Diego's 27-0 conquest of Hous- ton. He intercepted one pass and it was Mitinger who in- flictPd an 11-yard loss on quarterback Jacky Lee late in the game to protect the Chargers' shutout. The Chargers are beginning to suspect that the Penn State product is going to be the football player they thought hr was when they signed him before thp 1962 season. Until now, Mitinger has been well, a disappointment. Mitinger w on d e r s if it wasn't a commentary on his performances when San Di- ego selected a number of linebackers in the recent AFL draft. "It wasn't exactly a vote of confidencl'," Bob ad- mits, "but you don't worry about it because it still is a big jump from college to the pros. You play this year and worry a bout next year next year" GOOD CREDENTIAL<;; If the transition fro m' col- lrge to professional football figured lo be easy for any- one, it figured to be easy tor Mitinger. He was an All- Ameriea. Missouri coach Dan Devine said he was the best football player Missouri .faced in 1960 and the Tigers played almost e very nationally. ranked team that ~eason.

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Aztecs Win, Test Pepperdine Here State Humbles Whittier, 84-63; Western Tips LaVerne; SDCC 3rd San Diego State Collegr's Aztec will seek to .ivenge their only loss or the young basketball season tomorrow night when they face Pepperdine College in Peterson gym. The Aztecs presentPd a balanced scoring attack in turning back Whittier. 84-63, for their second straight victory Satur- day night on the Poets' court.

Tommy Bell led the scorir.• wit h 16 points, followed by Jim Bowers, 15; Jack Shaw- croft, 14; Al Catlin, 13, and George Roberts, 10. Cal Western staged a come- back to bag its third win in four starts over Laverne. 61-57, Sat' u rd a y night in Iden gym. Andy Pier cc paced the Westerners with 19 points. 1ck Jensen led the Leopards ·ith 21. Loyola 0 drubbed University o1 San Diego, 77-66, on the Tpn•ro floor. At San Marcos, Riverside ity College won the fifth an- nual Palomar Invitational title with a 79-59 decision over Citrus. San Diego City College look third place by thumping alinga, 90-75. ullerton won consolation nors by downing Oceanside, 71 . and So u th w es t e r n g rabbrd seventh with a 68-62 verdict over Palomar.

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