News Scrapbook 1956-1959

Jaunary 8 , 1957

J anuary 12, 1957

January 20 , 1957

Pioneers Bow To Merchants The Coronado :Merchants came from behmd to defeat University of San Diego's bas- ketball Pioneers , Ki-64, in a practice game last night on the Mission Bay High court. in l 2 outings for the talent-loaded Merchants, whereas it was the ninth defeat in 17 starts for the Pioneers, who led at half. It was the 11th ,·iclory

USD Gets Revenge, Dra s2 Weeks Off U11 lverslty ot San Diego's basketball Pioneers lace two weeks or Inactivity after quaring their season record at 8·8 last night 1 with a n 81-77 · ictory over Long Beach State In Mission Bay Hli;n gym. I The Pioneers aren't schccluled for !urther action until they l play Marine Corp~ Recruit Depot Jan. 24. I USD never trailed after the -----==:---- ' first three lnutes, but the

Merchant Rally Beats Pioneers T h e Corot;1ado Merchants started to hit in the second half and came from behind to defeat the University of San Diego, 85-64, last night in a basketball game played in Mis- sion Bay High School gym. The Pioneers, who led, 27-35, at halftime, su!fered th e i r ninth defeat ln 17 games. It was the Merchants 11th vic- tory in 12 outings. After trailing throughout the first half and five minutes into the second, the Merchants tied it up at 38-38, then went ahead to stay on Bob Brady's jump shot, 40-38. The Merchants steadily in- creased their margin thereaft- er, enjoying particularly good fortune with their shooting Jn the last 10 minutes as the Pio- neers went into a press. Dick Ridgeway, 6-foot, 4-inch former UCLA star, led the win- ners with 19 points. Chuck 0 Tom- eczek, who hit 14 of 16 free throw tries, led San Diego with 16 points. Corona.do (8.'i) San DJeio (fil) Rldre'y,f SG f r 1~ Ham'nd.f ~Gr r 1~ Brad1 ,f 5 5 15 Crom 'J.t O 1 t l ~gcg;::i} g I i 1! '!f~,;~::l 1! i 1i M' L'ry.c o 2 o 2 Hen'son.e 2 o 3 .c, ::~;ere : 1% i~~r-i~:: .: ½ 1 fJ:i~~:n·• I i i g ~~ti~·' f : k~~!:J. i i 1 1 Total, 27 31 !fl I~ Totali\ fl :?8 .,, 64 H&lftJme Score; COronado 35. Usrr 37. Free throws missed: Coronadc-Rkfre• ~:1~· ir•gin 3 ·Jtg;~~i!·ms::nd 3 ·6 H~~. ll."t-11 , Reynolds, Thomeczek 2... · Tur P.'! Sanchez. Leslie. Rudzinski. •

Leslie Setting Pioneer Pace Ken Leslie holds a narrow edge over Chuck Thomeczk in scoring for the University of San Diego quintet, which takes it easy this week from the bas- ketball wars. Leslie, with 199 points and an 11.7 average, is the team leader, with Thomeczk second I on 189 and 11.1. The Pioneers, in the middle of final exams this week, are down for only one outing, a 1 practice contest Saturday night with the USS Lexington in the Navy Field gym. Scoring:

Pioneers Eye Climb to .500 University o! San Diego'· ragers will get two chances this weekend to climb to the 1 .:;oo mark in the won-lost col- umn. They meet Cal Poly ot San Dimas 'riday night at Po- mona and ( 'al Baptist of R i\'- erside in St. Augustine Iligl1 gym the following evening. Victories over those two quin- tets, turned baC'k by the Pio- neers earlier in thP season, would give USO a 14-14 record. in front in tile Pioneers' scoring ra<·e with 342 points for a 13.2 average. Individual scoring: G lG I T Ph.Ave. Le;Ue, • 26 363·133 108·7' 342 13.2 Thomec1k, f 26 308-98 145-13 239 11.1 Hammond, ~t 26 332-108 95-47 25SI 10.0 Ket1 Le ·lie is far out

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J anuary 22 , 1957 Pioneers Outscore Cal Baptist , 7-36 ~peclal 10 The Saa Dlero Union COVI A, Jan. 21 - University of San Diego started its second team and used its basketball regulars only sparingly here tonight in thumping Cal Baptist of Covina, 67-36 for its 10th victory against nine defeats. Th~ Pioneers, controlling the backboards -it both ends, pulled forwar d Bill Haul with 16 down 93 rebounds with for- points. ward Lee Hammond grabbing usD <67) 6 F PT C • I B • otlll J3: • P T 18. Hammond, I • o 3 BMorris, r o o 3 o Forward Chuck Thomeczek i~~',\' 0 ,3~\ 1 g ! ~~:;;.•;· 1 f: 0 \g and g~ard ~uane Rudzinski 'ft-g~;o~: 8, iv: C t t each hit 12 pomts for the wm- Tu,.,,tn c O.j)I~ & su1,a. • • 3 2 11 I 1 d 32 19 t h If 'Saoche . 1 6 O l-0 BuBlo. c O O O O ners. ,v 10 e , - , a a ·1Kettr1ck. c: oo 2 o time. Hector Sanchez addeli 1~ ~~!lJ.~. i l San Diego Uni\ erslty hit ~gi•~t~· I 32•3°!t ~? TOTAL5 t II l H 21.7 per cent of its shots from Free ,hro.,, m.,n•d: uso-Cromwen. the field Thomeczek:. Turpm 3, Roth. Le,lte, Cat H . h ·1 C I B t' t was Bant1'1--Morrls. Haul 3, Younr 3, West- 1g Or a ap l S fall t , Bulza .

USO Thumps Cal Baptist COVINA-The reserves saw most of the action here last night as University of San Di- ego's cage te!\)ll ground out a 67-36 victory over Cap Baptist of Covina. The Plonee ' second squad started and the regulars played little, Chuck homeczek and guard Duane udzlnskl each bagged 12 point tor the win- ning quintet. mmar_y: USD (0) al B Pll•I /HJ 0 P J>T G FPT Hammond, t t O3 a Morda f OO3 Cromwell, f .2 o 2 , ThomaA f O O O g Reynolds, t .2 o 2 4. Haul t' 1 8 Tbom'sk, I 6 O112' YounR"· c O 2Oa16 H'dk'son, c 4 O 3 8 Westfa'll I l 5 O Turpio, c O O O O Bulza ,r' 4- J 2 11 ti 1 ,1g Busto: 1 o o o Roth,g 2317 k~~i~tt.. l ! l1~ /TOTALS 32 120 87 TOTALS

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This Weekend University of San Diego, Lin- da Vista, sends its crack q uin- tet to Riverside Friday where they will meet the fast Califor• nia Baptist crew on the Air Force city's court. On Saturday the Linda Vista college team will clash with Nazarene College of Pasadena. Coach Fon Johnson expects to send to the floor at the bt?~lll· ning of the first period Ham• mond and Cromwell at the fo r war'd pos itions; Hud,son or Turpin at Center, and :teslie an Ketterlrk at the guard po ts. Held In reserve will be Reyn- olds anrl Thomezek, Roth, San- chez and Rudzinski.

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January 29 , 1957

Diablos' Davis . To Offer Tall Barrier To USD Special to The San Dlcco Un.iou LOS A~ GELES, Jan. 28 - Tony Davis. a 6-8 center who was an All-Southern California. selection last year, will lead a i;trong Los Angeles :=,tate_ quin- tet against the Umvers1ty of San Diego here tomorrow night. Unless the Pioneers' shooting percentage improves consid- erably over their last game with Cal Poly of Pomona, they figure to have a rough evening. Davis, u ing his height to ad- vantage, is an el'cellent re- bounder and does a lot of his scoring on dunk shots. Carl Hendrickson at 6-9 is the thlrd I best rebounder on the USD club but may lack the experi- ence to cope with the Diablo ace. Los Angeles State currently leads the California Collegiate thletic Associ ation with only one loss to San Diego State. Other key men in the\ Los Angeles attack will be Bob , Laemmie and Roland Baza

iablos' ·Davis. To Off Tall Barrier To USD S11ecial to Th e San Dl~.-o Union LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 - Tony Davis, a 6-8 center who was an All-Southern California selection last year, will lea d a sb·ong Los Angele5' State quin- tet aga inst- the University of San Diego here tomorrow night. Unless the Pioneers' shooting per centage improves consid- erably over their last game with Cal Poly of Pomona, they figure to have a rough evening. Davls, using his height to ad- vantage, is an excellent re- bounder and does a lot of his scoring on dunk shots. Carl Hendri ckson at 6-9 is the third best rebounder on the USD club but may lack the experi- ence to cope with the Diablo a ce. Los Angeles State currently leads the California Co 11 egiate · Athletic Association with only one loss to San Diego State . Other key men in the Los Angeles attack will be Bob Laemmie and Roland Bazad- ier. Besides Hendrickson, who will be at center, the Pioneers will be expected to open with guards Ken Kettrick and Ken Leslie and Chuck Thomeczk and either Lee Hammond or Paul Reynolds at forwards. Leslie took over the individ- ual scoring leadership with 233 points and an average of 11.1 per game. Thomeczk is next with 222 and 10.6 while Ham- mond is third with 197 and 9.4. Lei,;,lte. " . f1 T homec,k. t .. : 21 Hammond. ! . 21 Hendnck.son, o , , 21 Re~nolds r • 21 ~itr,1& ,i·::::: J& Rudzin,;kt s: •••• 17 FG FT TP ~l !!~ ii ii& m 52 46 150 36 19 91 35 38 108 34 18 86 12 8 32 14 14 42 10 8 28 191 359 1347 AVl"- l l. l 10.6 9.4 7.5 7.1 6.1 5.4 5.J 2.5 2.3 2.0 6U ~t~gr~~- er . : : : :. ½i Cromwell f • ••. , 14. Totals ...• . •• • 21

l_ancers Fall To U. of S.D. SA DIEGO, Jan. 5.-The Cal Baptist Lancers of Riverside paid call upon the University of San Diego here last night, and were met quite unsociably as they were trounced by their hosts to a tune of 81·43. The outclassed Lancers were indeed helpless, as their hosts cored nt will, controlled the boards, held the Baptist scoring punch to a bare minimum, and generally did everything a ball club is supposed to do outstand- ingly. They held a 42-22 halftime lead and !;hen poured in high coring substitutes to increase the margin. It was a substitute guard, Bill Rudinski who walked away with scoring honors for the evening by dunking 20 points. Close J:ie· hind was a starting forward, Jun Reynolds with 15. For the Lancers, Jud Dabney again supplied what little punch there was by hitting for 11 mark- ers. Center Ray Johnson talliedl eight for the loser

T he barnstorming I~ r a I; 1 Olympic basketball team w1~ play the University o~ San Dt• ego in Point Loma Hi_g~ gym, Feb. 23, university offic1als an· nounced yester day. The Israel cagers, c~rremly playing in the ~ast, will meet the Pioneers while on a tour of West Coast cities. The team's. appearance will be co-sponsored by USD d the Je •isp Social rvice T. ·swill mark th iinal home appear ce f o r the Pio~eers who clo~e their eason m a thr day tournament in Long Beach, Feb. 28, and March 1-2.