News Scrapbook 1956-1959

... THE SOUTHERN CROSS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1958

PIONEER PATTER By GREG PEARSO.• Among the several new students enrolled at USO for the spring semester are three with outstanding athletic back- grounds. They are Norm Magenot, Tom Gates, and Wlllard (Red) Linton. Magenot, a 215-pound guard, pei•formed on Coach Bob

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USD Tells 7-Game Football Schedule I University of San Diego announced a colorful 1958 football schedule yesterday that will feature seven intercollegiate op- l ponents from six western states and Mexico. The six states represented 1------------- are Idaho, Montana, New Mex- 21-7, at Bozeman. Idaho State !co, Colorado, Oregon and won the Rocky Mountain Con- Nevada. ference crown and had a per. Bob Mccutcheon, athletic feet 10-0 season record. director and head f o o t b a 11 Meanwhile, USD received coach, said the PI o n e e r new additions to the- squad schedule Includes two o.f the as spring registrations closed. fmest small-college teams In the nation -Montana state Prize catch Is freshman College, Oct. 4, and Idaho Tom Gates, a 196-pound hall- State College, Nov. 22 , both back, who starred last year to be played here, with the Hawaiian Marines. He Wii selected as the out- Five other games wlll be standing Marine participant in played on home soil, either at last year's Hula Bowl game the new Westgate Park In and twice gained All-Marine Mission Valley or Balboa Sta• honors. dium. The other home gam 1: ---------.....,--~

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Mar USO Cage Finals The University of San Diego basketball team, which started on a downhill slide m mid·\ January, brought the 1957•58 I ,eason to a close after dropping wo more verdict last week- 1 end. Losses to Cal Poly and j Biola left the Pioneers with an overall 14-11 record. two of their final 12 outings, the USD cagers still managed an almost \ complete revision ot team and individual records. A 12.game I winning streak at the start of the season set a new mark, and also provided the Pioneers with a cushion for their subseq\14nl losses. Ken Leshe, who cooled considerably in the latter s g e of the campaign, hit a new low against Cal Poly last Fli ay. In that contest, In which .he Pioneers dissipated an 18-

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.McCutcheon's Antelope Val• ley grid ams in 1955 and '56. He was named to the AU-South Central Confer• ence eleYen and to the second• strmg of the All-American Junior College squad In the latter year. Gates, a speedy 197• pounder, was a three-sport standout at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, and has served In the .Marine Corps three years. During the

last grid season he starred for the Hawaiian Marines, and won several service foot. ball honors. In this year's Hula Bowl game in Honolulu, he performeed against such notable gridders as Elroy Hirsch, Tobin Rote, John Crow, and Lou Michaels, and was named the top Marine participant in the game. Gates runs the 100-yard dash in 9.9 seconds. Linton played first string two years at Cameron Junior College in Oklahoma. In his second year he was .selected to the all•star team of the Big Six Conference, one of the outstanding JC football leagues In the nation. He also played a year at Colorado College, where he received Rocky Mountain Confei'ence honors. For the last two years he performed on Army teams In Germany. He's a 220- pound guard, • • • Coach Mike Monow's base- ball team will see its fint action on March 8 against Westmont College. The Pio· neer baseballers were rained out of their scheduled opener agamst the same team at Santa Barbara last Saturday. Future opponents for Mor• row's charges include Cal Tech, the Naval '!'raining Center, Los Angeles State, Camp Pendleton, Pepperdine, the ~1arine Corps Recruit Depot, and Cal Poly. The Pio• neers will e11gage most of these teams al least twice, and other opponents arc also bemg sought. Morrow reports that with the exception of pitching he expects a well-balanced club. However, he Jacks a top• notch moundsman, and un• less one is found or dev• eloped, he may be in for trouble. • • • Vern Valdez, who guided the Pioneer football team to its first winning season, will probably be grabbing local headlines again next fall, but with a different team. The former USO quarterback and captain is now undergoing "bOOt" training at the Ma- ine Corps Recruit Depot. He undoubtedly will be retained for football service. !Duane Rudzinski, USD's a ng ground gainer for the ·o seasons, reported for rrny training at Fort Ord lJ:ue He. to be s any af le Another coach ,m be add· ed to USD's football staff for next season. Applications are being received, but no I mwnes have been relea ed by the athletic department. - -~

Want to Win Pair of Ducats To Dodger Game?

Vice President Richard 'ixon this week predicted baseball will enjoy lts first 100,000 crowrl ln U.S.. ports history when the world champion Milwaukee Braves an L.A. Dodgers first square oft In Memorial Coll~eum here 1day night, June 6. Want to be In the record-shattering aadie ce witnessing the epic diamond duel beh1,een Fred Hanev raves and Walt Alston's Dodger ? Here's the pitch. The Tldlngg will award a choice pair of Bra.vf'-Dodger ducat absolutely free to the fan who comeii clO!M'St to correctly fore<-asting the Dodger• .F. Giant erowd at Memorial CollM,um openln day, April 18. EvPryhody'~ ell,;lble except emplo:v- or the L.A. Dodgen and The Tiding,;. So mall In your Dodger-Giant crowd estima e today, Dodger Game, The Tidings, 1530 W. Ninth St., L.A. 15. * * * * GOOD LORD BEFRIENDED BRAVES C 0 FrP.d Haney, mana.-e of the worlrl cha pion r1lwaukee Brave , attracted more than 200 men and boys to the February Holy . ·ame Society breaklast at St. Therese·~ Parish, Alhambra. Explaining how hls underdog Red.men won the World Serles trom the favored New York Yankees, Haney said. "The Good Lord put His arm a.round u~. and we couldn't Jose·· He offered words of advice to youngsters ln the audience, notably Boy Scout!! and Cubs or the parish being honored at the breakfast: 1. ''Practice what comes hard for you, not ·hat comes easy." (Homework, maybe?) That's Haney's formula !or achiev- ing greatness In any game of life. 2. ''If you 111.t back and admire what you accomplished yesterday, you aren't accompllshlng anything fudAy." * * * "K Haney practices what he preaches, o the Braves report to Florida training camp tomorrow they'll cease to be monarchs o.f all they survey ln baseball. e'U tell them· ''You belong to one o.f eight ball clubs trying to win the '58 National League flag. I! you're better than anybody else, go out and prove It!" Haney Is blessed with a rare sense of humor-and honor. H refll!les to discuss the shortcomings o.f any other manager, team or In v1dual ball player. He says: "Every ball club has Its problems. I have mine In Milwau- kee, and le the other fellow speak .for himself." * * * * Football !alry tale: "Who'e been sitting \n my chair!" Papa Bear growled Sunday And kindly Paddy Driscoll promptly was replaced as head coach of Chicago's :Monsters of the Midway by toundPr-owner- president Geor;:e Hallll!. Look !or the Bears to be meaner and more unm ageab!P than ever In 1958. an unpleasant prospect for the Rams. Sid's kids haven't had any better luck than Goldylocks taming Bears, e,·en during Paddy's paternal rule. * * * * Baron Rupp almost had apoplexy Saturday as Loyola University's cagers stunned proud Kentucky 57-56. (Loyola of Chicago, of course.) Ieanwhile, Loyola of L.A. did nobly holding San Francisco, titan of the West, to a mod~st 49-42 count. The dandy Dons (8-0l are coasting along effortlessly In WCAC competition, a :fact which may invite disaster when they finally encounter calltornia in the West Coast NCAA regional showdown the W!'ekend or :'.\tarch 14-15. A life of ease isn't the best psycho- logical conditioning for sudden- ·ght• Ing Irish (17-4) have again been n ed to the CAA t urne · * * * * • As this Is written, Lew Hoad has j t humbled Pancho Gonzales for the sixth time In a rnw. Part of Pancho's nroblem may stem from obvious unhappiness over his court-upheld er. tract binding him to promoter Jack Kramer at "peon" ,, ages. Possibly, after nine years on the tou,nament trail, Pancho suddenly despises the game. On court Feb. 9 ;:.t the Pan, he looked ha!! savage and half licked before the match even started. Okay, be our GUEST!

will be University ot Mexico, Sept. 20; New Mexico West- ern, Sept. 27; Lewis and Clark from Oregon, Oct. 18; Colorado Western State, Oct. 25; and the University of Ne- vada, Nov. 15. So far the only game on the road wlll be against Pep- perdine College, Nov. 15. USD hope~ to fill games on Nov. 8 and Nov, 27 and leave Oct. 11 open. Montana Slate had an 8-2 record last fall, losing only to Idaho tl\le and Arizona State of Tempe. One of Its victor- lies came at USD's expense,

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USO,,Westmont Baseball Clubs Split Univer ity of San Dl4!go !ind Westmont split ba eball doubleheader here Y" erday. Westmont took the opener 8-7, but USD won the five'. inning nightc, P, Which was called by darknc s, 12-5. tf[5tmonr . ...... Rn flt 040-8 11 3 an~ll~~j "and Tavlor':1tlfb&;;, ~g~cl.: 5 c,f '(f [rJmonl .. ... .. .. . 03- 5 2 !Called 0 end "Ot' fifth. d!~'kn!~i 2 l1 2 san~~!ri <~fw~~n 0

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USD Ni ne Conquers Naval Station, 14-11 Bob Keye~ hit e om run and collected th~ee o h r hits yesterday to help University ot San Diego to a 14-11 base- ball victory al Naval Station. The Pioneers played C a 1 Tech Friday at Mike Morrow Field, starting at :J o'clock . USO ........ OlS 251 0-14 12 31 Naval Station . . . . . GOO oso 6-11 u 3 o:~ 1 eacindRof~a~1t and Duncan, Cox (,); I

USO Face Cal Tech

The USD basebaU forces are scheduled to get back Into ac• tion In a 3 p.m. engagement with Cal Tech at Morrow Field tomorrow. The Pioneers will carry a 3•4 record into the contest as the result of an 11·5 victory over the Miramar Naval Air Station last week. That game was only the second that USD has played In two weeks as rain once again forced the can• I cellation ot weekend acti 'ties. A trio of over • the • fence blasts by Lavon Baker, Bob I Keyes, and Bob Duncan, high• lighted the Pioneer wl Miramar. The home r Keyes and Baker came two men on base, while unloaded with none on. Pioneers collected 14 hits. The Sailors rapped l;I ctor Sanchez for 10 hits, including two ninth•inning home ns which almost forced him to e showers. However, he su ·i ed to post his first win of the season. Baker now has collected 12 hits in 25 attempts to lead his mates with a .480 average. Duncan has 6-tor-14 for a .428 average, while Dave Cox (.364) and Dave Harr (.320) are the only other Pioneer regulars hit• ting over the .300 mark. Keyes, Baker, Ron Crise !ll\d Hal Mitrovich have clouted two home runs to share the lea in that department.

.3 Tied For Fir t In Cit.y Cage [oop Ryan and San Diego University Junior Varsity are tied with Convair for the lead in municipal basketball's City League this week following Convair's forfeit lo Seedorf Build• ers on Friday night. The leaders have 4-1 records . Convair, first-round win- ner, has somewhat of a 9:00-Salvotion Armv A vs. Church Lire break, however, in that it (Ch BB). FRIDAY d •t h • h t 6:50-Seedorf vs. Linda Vista Merch- oesn ave to meet elt er1ants (City) 7:S5-Clv. Highways vs. Jr. of the co~leaders, while Ryan 1 ~~frmvbs~r Ro~~mP~~~eP~~~nltir:)~0--con- and the Jayvees clash tomor- STANDINGS row night at 8 :30 at Balboa Convair CiJY 1Ltaih"r° Power Pk 2 3 Park gym. :.b 0 .U. JV's : ! USS Sperry and San Di• Chltn Boehr Ins. 3 2 Pepsi Cola o 5 eguito Optimists, who are I Merropolif~•~:::~i~a~onLkca,;,u~rner o tied for the ~Ietropolitan loop bsse scd~:~~ers g ~:tug g lead with Lane Clolhies s. me,u,to Oot 2 o , tangle on Tue~day at 9. Th~ Rohr Jels 1 " d "' 1 2 10 ~ ~ 0 ;;a•Ei.1,. 11unicipal league's second t~~e\l z,~~-C~rit k~~g.,. Klwh ha!! may be decided on lnd,striol e Leo,uo h Solar 2 o Fire Hou•.! 8 1 T ursday when the leaders, I.L.w.u. 2 oRvon o Cunningham l' h I t , . d Gosco 1 1Westerners o P O s e1 Y an . Bclhoa Leag1Je Old ~own Tamale vie. 'l'he r::J6rtT~ { 8 ~o~~co ·week s scf,""dU]e: MuniciPol League Cunghm UPh. 2 O Ji-. C. of C. 1 1 At ~~~DA" k IO!d Twn Tmalt 2 0 S.D. Zoo O 2 6 50--Se~od v~. oJi'ohr or Power Pock 01v. His,hwavs 1 1 7 Up 0 2 (City); Conva,r Eagles vs. Reddy Kilo- Church AA League watt (Ind A); Foul-Outs vs Black & 1st E.U.B. 5 0 1st Boi:,11st 3 Blues (Womer,). 7:55-Telco • vs. Rohr Lo Mesa ?Jl~th. 3 2 Pork Blvd M. • Jets (Ind A), R:ohr vs. Toe-Stubbers Cent. Christian 2 3 {Women). 8:30-Ryan vs. sou.JVs (City). Church A Leaq~& At Lincoln Gym Brooklyn Hts. P 5 1 C r. Luth J 6·50-Chrlst Lutheran vs. ESO Presby. E.S.O. PrFs. 4 2 Salv. Army B 5 1er1an. (Ch A 7:55-lst Methodist vs. Golden Hill P. 4 21st Met 5 Salvation Army B (Ch A). 9:00---Brook• Church B Leagce fvn ~resbvrerron vs. Golden Hill Pres- lSt Ch. of God 6 o Northm. Pres. 3 3 bYfer.o:i {Ch A O.B.. BaPt. 5 1 Asbury N'eth. 1 5 At MiHion Bay High LardIff B J 3 Scofl Mem. B. 0 6 M~f~~tce(2h 8 !~c\:r~;ji~ttv 5 N!fi'~g~l'cii Blocks-Bluesworkreo'Co~~,;i• Baptist vs. Norfhmlnster Pi-esbylerion Toe Stubbers 4 1 Rohr t;~~rc~>GoJ:~)~ldff Baptist vs. 1st Hosp. Luth. ? ! 0 5 0 ' TUESDAY Foul Outs 3 2 ,:50-Chpton•Ba.elV vs. Linda Vista ---------=---.J

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C I Tech oe For USO Nine Hector Sanchez, a right- hander, will pitch for Uni- versity of• San Diego t o d a y when the Pioneers meet Cal Tech at Mihe Morrow Field in Balboa Park at 3 o'clock. The Pioneers have won three of seven games a n,d Sanchez has recorded one of the victories. First baseman Lavon Ba- ker, recently elected to the Helm's Hall High School H,lll of Fame, leads USD in hit• ting with a .480 average. Bob Duncan, a 215-pound catcher, trails with a .423 average. TODAY IN SPORTS HORSE R,klNG .Caliente J~~y:[g&kN 011,~cr~~• 1 p.m. P-~~llenfe Kennel Club. first PO&t, 7:45 JAi ALAI Frontan Paloc.efU~t~am•, 7:30 p.m. Hfgh schoof schedule on page b-5. Fresno State B~EftnLLoreiao State at Aztec Field, 2 Q.m. M~~; 0:aJYel~~~":,~~~l vs. USO ot Mike _ High s~hool schedule on page b•5.

LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS USO Joyvees 73, Chilton-Baehr &8. Ryan 79, Rohr Power•Pack 77. Rohr Jets 42, Convair Mfg. Control Ml (overtime). Convair Eagles 55, Telco 48. Women's Toe Stubbers 31, Chula Vista Hospital 30. Vets 47, Rohr 20. Church B League Cai-diff So. Baptist 42, Asburv Meth. 29. First Church of God 37, North· min:ster 33. Ocean Beach Baptist ',7, Scott Me- morial 34. CHURCH A LEAGUE Brooklyn Hgts. Presbv. 54, First Method I st 36. Golden Hill United Presby. «, Christ Lutheran 43. TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE 6:50---Pepsl Cola vs, Seedorf (City); USS Sperry vs. Brunswig (Met.-o); Solar v~·:f~i~o:st1~th 1 i'~s B)Vs. Bank Amer- ico (Metro); ILWU A. C. vs. Ryon No. 2 (Ind B). I I 8:30--Convalr vs. Undo Vista Mchts. (City), 9:00-Canale Plastering vs. s. D Qp. tlmists {Metro); Westerners vs. Gasco (Ind BJ. MUNI BASKETBALL 1 LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS USO Javveu 58, Pepsi-Cola 5%; Ryon 73, ChHton•Baehr 70. Sen Diego 700 28. 7-Ust 25. Old Town Tamales -'7• Cunr\Jngham 30. ftJl8 1 \s~1l~efri!_~i104!a*i~~- Dept. a 47 Women's League Convolr 29, Vets 23. Christ Lutheran 25, Rvan 23. CHURCH LEAGUE Central Christion 61, First Baptist .0. EU6 51, Parle Blvd. MethOdist .oil. blllespie Field Convalr Tool-Mfg, S1 Transit•Mlx .... Dolan 59, National Guard 43. TONI GHT'S SCHEDULI! c~J,;tN~f' vs. Linda Vista Mor- 7:55--0lv. Highways VI, Jr. Chamber Commerce (Munn [ ,!i'JC:--Convalr vs. ltohr Power Pocks

Mchf~. (C1fyJ; Brunswig Drug vs. Lane fi'~~h 1 ~)~ 7:~~R~l0n Jg!a~ vts·we~t~~~ ers (Ind B}; 8ank America vs. Canales Plastering (Metro); 8:30-Convoir vs. Peosf !=ola (Citv). 9:00-USS Sperry vs. J 0 ~s.O~~e~~~U.0~(: ((,rneJr°s'{. Fire House WEONESDAY , SO Monroe Clark v,. Peos· Cola Too (Bolbool; 7:55--Y.B.A. vs. Narmco (Sal• b001. THURSDAY At Balboa Park Gym 6: 50 Pt0s1 Colo vs. SDU·JVs (City); S.O. Zco vs. 7-Up (Muni); Ve's vs. Convo,r (Worn n) 7:55-Chrisl Lutheran v RvaA {Women); Cunninghgm Up- he ~tcrv v~ 0~ Town Tamale , / ni). 8: 0 R.,on vs. Ch Ion-Baehr (City . 9:00 Cl~g?101~ Mfg. Centro. vs. Fire Dept. 8 At t;rawford Gym 6·50-lst Baptist vs. Central Chdsticn (Ch AA). 8:25-Park. Blvd. Methodist vs. 1st Ev. Un. Brethren (Ch AA). At Kearny Gym 11J~ ~1 st B~r>~sbj!J~81cs"'To;.~o B~~tf it vs. Normal Hts. Methodist {Ch BB)

MUNI BASKETBALL LAST Nt~HT'S RESULTS Rohr Power Pock 2, Seedorf o (forfeit) Ryan 84, Son Diego U. Jovvees 56. Convalr Eagles S4, Redi-Kilowatt 16 R:ohr Jets 58, Telco 46. • Women's League Block and Blues 59, Foul Outs 25. Toe Stubbers 52, Rohr 34. Church A League anE-f 4 _o. Presbyterian 27, Christ Luther- Solvatron Army B 40, 1st Methodist 34. Bi-ooklvn Ht. Presby, 46, Golden Hill United Presbe'hu:gh League Ocean Beach 39, Asbury Methodist 31. Scott Memorial 57, Northminstcr 42. First qturch of GOCI 37, Cordiff First Viste Mchts. (City); Brunswig Drug vs. Lane Cloth/er-1 (Metro); Solar vs. Gasco (Ind B.I 7:55-Ryan No. 2 vs. Westerners (Ind 8); Bank America vs. Conales Plaster• Ing (Me1ro); 8:30-Convalr vs. Pepsi Cola (City). 9:00-USS Sperry vs. San Dl~utto Opt, (Metro); Fire House a vs. I.L.W.U. AC (ln

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Pancho eventually won it, but he didn't rea est degree to the crowd's encouragement and eers. Even a standing ovation when he pulled out the sensatlopal 24-22 set falled to evoke a flicker of appreciation. Altogether Senor Gon- ' zales gave a good imitation of an emotionally mixed-up old gladiator going to his doom. In the slight- Elgin Baylor tallied 42 and 46 point! in with Gonzaga Feb. 7-8. In one of the tiffs J Febvre, the green Gonzaga Goliath, tallied 23 be( r out. He's the seven-foot four French import , played basketball before enplaning here from Paris. The 1957 Loyola High football team, wh1 h couldn't locate the vlctljlry column, featured such illustrious grid names as Tom Lieb, Tony DeLell!s, Harry Acquarelll, Tom Matthews and Tom Bow.chard. What's In a name? games n Claude Le fouling o ne, er had

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