News Scrapbook 1956-1959
THE SAN DIEGO UNION hS
McCutcheon Not Exaggerating In Taking Credit For Fine Job ob Mccutcheon was giving a glowing account of th University or San Diego football outlook at the Monday Quarterback Club's wee_kly luncheon w~en he suddenly stopped and held up his hands expressive• ly. . "What am I talking about?" ask~d McCutc~eon, as though surprised at his own word , "I don't even know !f I'll still be around next season.
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obvious and may be :oummal'lzerl ln 1aix words: no hitting, no pitching, no wlnmn_g' Happ1l • Lor trail- blazer O'Malle , ba5ebaJl'g much mahgnPd miirrant, no critic can. chime in " o cro\Vds.'' Dtd '.\'OU chf'<'k that Monday night mob ot 29 770 which paid to watch the doddering Dodgers drop into eighth place for the tint time ln a de<'a.dP? From the .Jtandpomt ot pur.. fan appPal thPre s nothmg \<'rong with the Dodger judgmg lrom thp enthusiastic way Roly ·ame men at St. TherP.se'a Pari~h, Alhambra, 1ia\ e obbled up an Initial blor ot 150 rP,erved ~P11t~ for thP JunP 6 eontest with the world r.hamplon MllwaukMt Brave~. The g'illTI" ~-M OVPr-subscr1bed la8t Sunday ( MllY JJ 1. Chairman Roland Seidler .Jr. rurrf'ntly l~ ~cramblmg for an adrlitlonal allotment ot duc-11t, ;,nd more buses lor his H.N. rooter~. Pf'rhap,faUP,l" Is a sharp cookie alrlg-ht, HP lrnP'W hl'J ennldn't PXJ>P-n- In Brooklyn l It was a fairly typical utter- ance by the controversial young man who has become involved in mw of football's strangest episocles. McCutcheon is a rug~ed individualist given to speaking frcclv and in strong, clear terms. I especially admired his can- dor when it was disclosed that the university may !lot _renew his contract as athletic director and head coach after the current ea on. "I have done an excellent job," . aid Mccutcheon. No false ~ocl- Uob tc-CuwhPon e ty here. McCutcheon _was hired to v.in too baH games and win quickly. This, he has done. In his maiden season a. USD's genius in resid~n;e, he delivered six victorie. and lost only three. His_ 58 modPI own. a 4-1 record and is improving everr time out. Two wcrks ago, the Pioneer belted Lewis ,and Clark, :1::-0. Lasi week, they mauled Colorado ~e t- ern, 41:i-14. This is an c.·<·ellent football team i~ it... c~ass an? kCutcheon doc ·n' t care who know tl. ~• s po. 1• ble." he said bluntly, "we'll go undefeated m our re- maining game .·• On The Record, He's A Success There is sympathy here for McCutcheon, a coach who goes from day to day without knowing whether hi. contract will be renewed even though he turns out winning teams. I don'l know exa<:tly how he arrived in his present pr dicament. But the conviction is strong tha~ Mc- Cut h on has. 11!'! he says, done an exc !lent Job of building anrl coa<-hlng football teams. In fact, a re- markable joh. . Starting from almo t nothing, he moved _mto_a t~ew 111 ·hool and put together a winnin_g team 111 his first rnmpaign. Winning i ·n't everything, of cour e. But jt's u p d d McCutchcon wa n't hired for the ex- ·lusive pul'pose of building character. . . . . The disdosure that McCutcheon's po 1t!o~ 1s . m jl'opardy c:ould s~arcely bav~ had wors~ t1mmg, 1m- mcdiateh• pr c dmg a 33-0 victory. Sentiment for the 34-year-old coach on the campus appar~ntly is stron~. Jlis player. paraded him from the f1eld on their boulders and placard and posters posted on the campus urge his retention. . . IL would seem the coach 1. deserving of better trf'atment. and I hope it' forth_c.-oming: Th"' universilv administration 1s backmg McCutch- ron to . ome e.' tent. Vhi h · to a" he hasn't • been fired. Thi is a vote of confide,~e~? . "Tt's awful," said McCutcheon, ,I JUS_t sit out there from dav to day, wondering whats gomg to happen riext." The coach smiled wi tfuJly: then added: "I s~re ish we'd gel this hu. iness straightened out. We re going to have _quite a_ f<>
PIONEERS GET A FEW POINTERS 0 of the Pioneer grid stars. The play- ers are left to right: John Mulligan, Jack Garofono and Avalon Wright. won the contest, 22-0. Blu Coach Bob McCutcheon ·discusses play during ·esterday's University of l San Diego Blue-White scrimmage at Brown Military cademy with three USD Blues Rip Whites, 22-0 H~lfback Bob Keyes and Bourque paced the Blues to a 22-0 vic- tory over the Whites In a full- scale scrimmage yesterday at Brown Military Al'ademy which climaxed the Univer- s ty of San Diego's 20 • day ~pring football practice. A 1th o u g h not scoring, Keyes, who ju t reported tol- Jowlng his 15eason with the ba eball team, accumulated 68 yards In 15ix carries and hatl another for 24 yards called back. Bill Bourque, whose brother Wayne played for the Whites, completed six n! seven passes !or 71 yards. Ed Bunsic, who scored the first touchdown in the ilrst period on a 20-yard pass from Neil Abbott, was injured In the second period. The team doctor reported that X-rays showed that Bunsic's left cheek bone had a depressed multiple fracture. Al Kish 11cored the second touchdown for the Blues In the second period on a five- yard run after a pitchout. After two touchdowns were called back, Bill Bourque tossed 15 yards to end C. G. Walker Jn the final period tor the last tally. ·:::::::::::::::::::& I 3 - 2 A 1 Blues touchdowns: TD-Bun le (2 1 0 Pass from Abbott); KW\ U, run\' alker (lS. pass from B. Bourque . AT- Walker, Keyu (passes from 8. Bourque). ·1 n w ·, G a ___!______:..;.;._______________ 1quarterba,ck Bill ' B I ue s f n d Game I USD Gr .• n USD football coaches Bob Mccutcheon and Paul Platz ex• pressed satisfaction following the "Blue-White_ game" play_ed at Brown Military Academy last Saturday mommg. The lnl111.- squad contest marked the completion of four weeks of sp, ng practice, and was won by the "Blues," 22-0. Mccutcheon said he was,,-----------'-:'-::-- ''parttcularly impressed by the pie fracture in his left ch hard play and the great spirit bone. "White" quarterback shown by the playe,·s." Said Dave Cox suffered several cut Platz, "I was pleasantly sur• and bruises, but none was con- pnsed." The "Blue" tea ,nn sed sidered serious. mainly of first-sh mger , 11-ored touchdowns in every quarter but the third. In the first pe- riod , Ed Bunsic tallied a six• pointer on a 20-yard pass from Neil Abbot. Al Kish added a touchdown in lhe next stanza, taking a pitch-ont and scamp- ering f i v e y a r d s. A Bill Bourque-Lo-Conrad Walker pass added two com· ion pomts. In the f o u r t h quarter Bourque hit Walk r with a 15- yard aerial good for a touch- down. The final two points were scored on a Bou 1·q ue-to- Bob Keyes pass. Bourque, a freshman who up to this date appears to be USD's top quarterback, com- pleted six of seven passes at- tempted for 71 yards. Keyes was the top runner, reeling off 68 yards in siX ca1Ties. Among players singled out for praise by the coaching staff were ends Ray Yoast, Dick Murray and ,valker; centers Jack Garofano and Ken Cook! guards Dick Gardner and Wil- 'Ia Linton, and backs Avalon Wright and Keyes. The only .setback in the con- test came in the first quarter when Bunsic received & multi- I Coach Mike Morrow's Uni- versitr of San Diego baseball team cl sed its fir l sea on thi. ek bv losing eight con- secutive games and finished with a 7-12 record. Lavon Baker topped the hit- ters at .392, followed by Bob Keyes .364, Dick Shea .333, Ron Cri. e .~24., Bob Duncan .:l22 Hal Mltrovich .302 and Davr Han .300. [Final &a,ebalt Statiihcs tor lf -,omn) lottlnt Al H Ill Hit Av9. Lavon Baker. 1b 7.tl 29 2' 2 .~92 flob Keves,cf • U 2: 1~ :3~~ Olck. Slleo,p · 68 22 21 3 .J24 :gg g~ 1 ~~a'n',c .: · ... 59 19 7 S ,32? Hcl MITrovlch,lf . 53 14 14 J .302 Dove Harr rf ••• 10 21 11 0 ,.,} Huqo soto,lb • • n 1& 10 o .2 Hector Sanchez,tt • ,: 1 I -~8o T1m Wllbur,Jb • o '139 Da"e Cox, utllltr • r, .4 1 O "071 Morty Youn9, r ,,. ttl 1.a 11 'ta4 Total1-T m P'itchint Won l.011 xR:on Ro • • ••• •• } ~~~~orSI'\ hel :·:::... :.. i ! f~f61 WII • ." • .' •• 7 12 1tOld not flnisn sea!.Ol"I, ,
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