News Scrapbook 1956-1959

THI! SOUTHERN CROSS, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1958 Pioneer Patter By OREO PEARSON One of the highlights of USD's 1957 football season took place In the ,isitors' dressing room In Mexico City's Olympic Stadium following the Pioneers' 53·0 victory over Mexico Polytechnic Institute last November 16. The room was filled with the jubilant gridders and their

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well-wishers, and It was al• most an impossibility to hold a conversation because of the cacophony which prevailed. Then, as one of the players called for silence, the noise dissolved. Halfback Ed Bunsic, who had broken the game open with a stirring 9{-yard punt return, was called forward and presented with the game ball. For a moment the us• ually quiet Bunsic was even more so. He couldn't talk. & apeech of gratitude, but the words were missing. And so, the stocky athlete went to each player. With some, he shook hands. 0 th e r s he hugged. After a while he even managed to speak a few wor~s to some of them..But dunng it all, he kept a tight gra p on "his" football. It was fitting that Ed should have received the ball. He had entered USO follow· Ing two years at San Bernar- dino Valley College where, In his final season, he had been named the "most inspira• tlonal player" on the foot• ball team. If there was such an honor at Alcafa Park, he would have received It, In a. way, the presentation of the football was the same thing. When he had come to USO last fall he was known only by center Jack Garofono, a teammate of his at Valley College. Compared with some of his more publicized new teammates, he was a vlrt al unknown. If he had had his way, he would have remained He wanted to make

Recently, as the Pioneers were putting the wraps on their spring practice sessions with the "Blue-White" game, Ed Bunslc again was raring to go. He had missed several practices because of a job, but was In perfect physical condition. And he was eager to play. Early in the first quarter a pass was thrown to him. He caught It and sped 20 yards for the first touchdown of the game. His "Blue" teammates then went on to run up a 22-0 victory over the "Whites." However, Ed wun t there when the game ended. Shortly after he had scored his touchdown he was run• ning on a play through the line. As he was brought down, he received a blow in the face, and had to be rushed to the hospital. He had suffered a multiple fracture in his left cheekbone. Early the next Sunday morning he underwent sur• gery. The doctors reported it wa.~ successful. They also said the injury wouldn t im• pair his smile. But Ed was still worried. Final examina• lions were to begin at USO BJ1d he was fearful t'hat he would !all behind 111 his stud- ies. However, he was Informed that the matter would be taken care of. I! he could ha,·e at the time, he would have broken out in a g n. But he had to put it off for a day or two. For the rst time l.n his life, it hurt Ed to smile.

Dublin's whitehalred lad Ron Delany. who has won 25 atralght ml~ races !or Villanova, may finally meet hls Water· Joo when he matches strides with Australia's Herb Elliott In ,the Compton Invitatlonal Mile on Friday night, June 6. Elliott, the Perth panther, shattered the official world record-though it won't be recognized-galloping 3:57.8 In the Coliseum Relays last weekend. Like Dublin's Delany, Herb Is a Catholic boy who can run like the wind-and forever. This :friendly !ellow from Down Under hasn't lost a major test al either the mile or half-mile, and he has the finishing kick of Silky Sullivan BDAP /Before Derby and Preaknessl. After Elliott first bettered the listed world record o! 3 :58 held by countrYID= John Landy, he received a long-distance phone call from Delany. "He wanted to know what races I'd be running so he could enter the same ones, ' Herb admitted. ''Ron definitely ·will not be dodging me. I'm surprised he rang me .•." Upshot of this friendly Intercontinental chat will be 'the long-awaited Compton Mile next weekend and as Delany eon· :tided to Elllott, "I think a new mile record ·lll go up and I don't mind admitting, you've got me worried." It Isn't necessary to say there won't be any hare In this one! * * * * . Young Herb ElUott stayed at the Town House last week• end and Sunday he attended 9 o'clock Mass at neignboring Precious Blood Church. Afterwards he called on Monsignor Michael O'J-Ialloran !or a spot of cof!ee and com er.

-San Olega Up~ ff Photo prepare to open football drill . Looking oh are Joe Gereghty, center, a guard from Raphael and Charle:-- O'Connel, Newport, Ky., a center. '

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so. Ed is & rarity, ni,t only among athletes, but among most men. He played football for two reasons-because it would help him get a college tion, and because he he game. He didn't wa }'lory. He didn't want headlines. He didn't want to be named the most valuable player on the team He didn't even care If he made the first string. He just wanted to play. And he wanted to get through college. During the early weeks of the season, Ed began catch· mg the attention of his fel- low players. He wasn't the top player on the field, nor was he flashy. But he was strong and fast and could rough it with the best of them. Also, he was probably the hardest worker on the team. Through all of the grinding practice sessions and the early season defeats, he never became discouraged. On or off the football field his face bore a continual and i.nfec· tious smile. Coach Bob l\lcCutcheon ad· mitted on a few occasions that he hated to correct Bun• sic for mistakes, because he was so good-natured and sin- cere that he wouldn't get mad. He would simply apolo- gize. Once, when the coach was asked why he didn't use Ed more often, he said it was be- cause the stocky halfback wasn't mean enough. He was afraid of hurting somebody. But Mccutcheon also admit· led that he was one of the finest b O y s he had ever known,

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1 40 Expected As USD Plans Grid Drills The University of San Di- ego opens its second full sea- son of intercollegiate football Monday at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot's Beeson Field Head Coach Bob McCut: cheon and his right hand first assistant, Paul Platz, and three new coaching staff addi- tions expect to greet some 4 o varsity prospects. Inc 1 u d e d are 16 veterans of the 1957 squad that won six of its nine games. . The 'niversity's new coach- mg staff additions are L i n e Coach Marty Lewis, former- ly of the Na\'al Training Cen- ter L. C. Harvey, form e r athletic dl!'ector at B r o w n Military and Frank Murphy former USD gridder. McCutcheon's outstanding returnees include J o h n Mulligan (guard shifted from tackle who was a 1957 Catho- hc All-American), C. G. Walk- er (number five pass receiv- e~ in the nation last year with 3~ receptions), B O b Keyes and an all veteran returning l i n e. USO will feature a strong line, peed and depth, particularly at tackle and guard.· Outstanding newcomers in- clude Tackle John Gamble (6-3, 230 pounder), halfback Tom Gates (6-1, 195 pounder and 9.9 sprinter), center Art Last !5-11, 200 pound transfer from r-.Jarquette University), gJJ a rd Norm Magenot (5-11, Valley J.C. All-American se- lection , fullback H a r r y Needham 16-0, 190. pound outstanding runner,, a n d tackles Jim Trill)· <6-3. 2301 and Lou Verraccia 16-1, 2201 pounds transfer from Comp-I ton J.C.).

Baker Pioneers' Bat Crown

Pioneer first baseman Lavon Baker, although he slumped in the final week of the season and fell below the .i00 mark, still held a wide enough mar• gin to win the USO batting crown. He hit for .392 over the 19-game route. Center fielder Bob Keyes took the runner•UP spot with a .364 average. Other final aver• ages: Dick Shea (.333) ; Ron Crise (.324): Bob Duncan (.322); Hal Mltrovich (.302); Dave Harr (.300); Hugo Soto (.222); Hector Sanchez (.209): Tim Wilbur (.200); Dave Cox (.138); and Marty Young (.071). Duncan Jed the team in home runs with five, while Keyes, Crise, and Mitrovich tied for second with three apiece. Ron Roth, who failed to fin· is the season because of a foot injury, headed the pitching st f with a 2-0 record. Shea, at ~. was th only other win-

:'leather _cl_ear, greens fast, grand .. g~lf-· and fel10wship. Thats thP. official forecast for the second annual CYO Tourna- ment ,slated for Bel-Air Country Club next Friday, May 16. There II be a dozen handsome trophies for the day's top tee masters, plus a door prize for EVERY participant. On~ golfer sharpening up his game in confident expectation o! retammg lus 1957 title is Felix McGinnis. Last spring Felix shot a snappy 164. He was promptly rewarded at the post- banquet ceremony with a magnificent trophy proclaiming him the tournament's "Most•Honest Golfer." Fehx accepted the trophy in good grace. And all went well, until his caddie piped up- "Yeh, but we didn't count all bis shots!" Golfers interested in playing in this year's CYO links classic should contact Father John P. Languille, assistant di• rector, 3802 Brooklyn Ave., L.A. 63, (phone ANgelll!I 3-6105). * * * * SAN DIEGO HOLDS HIGH THE TORCH Football Is slightly out of season-especially for the West Coast Independents!-but San Diego U. wants our readers to know Its gladiators are getting ready for another avhich you men- tion Bert Metzger, Notre Dame's watch-charm guard." writes ~fost ~.ev. Thomas K. Gorman, Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth. You md1cate there seems to be some question about what h =~~~ed. e "The other mght I met Dr. Willis Tate, President of South- ern Methodist University, who was an All-America guard at SMU .ar.d played opposite ~etzger in the first game played in the hnu Rockne :'.\iemonaJ Stadium. (Editor's note: Notre Dame 20, SMU 14 In October, 1930.) "Dr. Tate ~nswered_ very quickly that he thought Bert Metzger h?-d weighed 14;, pounds and he couldn't believe that Bert could hit and ..upset a fellow his size so easily," Bishop Gor~an continues. One of my priests, Monsignor Wolf of st. Patnck s Co-Cathedral, Forth Worth, recalled the other day that the P,rogr~m usP.d to llst Bert Metzger at 153 pounds.'' B~rt certainly seems to have heen the all-time tor tig(" of :ollegiate football. He bullied and ripped through 200 lb 1hmos of depression day with reckless abandon. Wonder what Bert, now a successful business man, weighs today? * * * * Notre Dan1e u·s campus station WNO -TV will tel t 48 Ch \''ht s ' • ecas 1ca , 1 e ox games for some viewers m the s.outh Bend area .. , Jesse Harper, Knute Rockne's <'oa<'h t otre D me, has been elected to the Helms College Foothall Hall of F~me. Harper's first Irish team taught Army the 11 of ;01 \ rd passmg. He held the llish reins !rom 1913 un•ll 191,, "hen he turnf'>

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ning thrower. Sanchez had tvN wins and f" e losses, while w,1. bur lost all five of his starts. Mike Morrow's Pi one er s ended the see.6on with a, 7-12 record. At one stage of the sea- son the USO record was 7•4, but the Pioneers lost their last eight ga.U\es. It was USD's first \ season of intercoUegia base• ball cbmpetition.

THE SAN DIEGO UNION GS aks Group Bob Breilbard, president a nd founder of the Breithard Athletic Foundation, \\ ill speak on the new athletic Hall of Fame in Balboa Park al a meeting of the Univer- sity of San Diego Boosters Club at Mission Valley Coun- try Club at noon tomorrow.

where old Sal Maglie swatted a homer for the Yankees ·? His herculean clout prompted wag Durslag to quip In the Examiner: ''The Dodgers should have never sold Sal. They that rlghthand power in the Coliseum." Hank Hollingv,orth. Executive Sports Editor of the Long Beach ,I dependent-Press-Telegram, said In Sunday·s column: "Why Is one Long Beach group so dedicated to defeating the Dodgers at the polls June 3? The story behind the story could turn out to be a real eyebrow-raiser!" (Really, Hank-real estate?) * * * Pro News. only U.S. weekly devoted to pro football. sends word from Chi go that Ram majority stockholder Dan Reeves Is the leading n ender tor an NBA franchise In Angeltown. As I've said lore. whoever gets L.A.'s pro basketball team it. Client wants to know whatever became o! lighthearted AI 4 Santoro. Senor toro, former Examiner Sports Editor and lecturer on Journalism at St. Mary's College, has just been named manager of the new Sports Page Restaurant on La Cienega. Santo is a strong tenor, spaghetti eater and amateur che.f whose bo t always has been that he discovered both Angel Brovelli and Madcap Maxie Baer. Cpach Percy Cerutty, who doesn't pulJ punches, crows: "We're not worried about Ron Delany. Herb Elliott is ready -to crack four minutes (>very time out!'' Frrshrnan Qb. Bill Bourque and ha.lfback Roh Keyes sparkf'd an Diego 11.'s Blues to a 22-0 win o,·er the Whites Saturday In the school"s first ann I PionN>r Roundup Day spring' football finalP. Bou " ck d on slx of seven aerials for 71 ~·ards and one 'ID. certainly will c

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