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I THE SAN DIEGO UNION Sun., Sept. 14, 1958 O ~N DIEGO, CALIFORNIA h3

-San Diego Union Staff Photo coach Bob Mccutcheon watches. The Pioneers open Saturday night against University of Mexico.

John Mulligan and Joe Steuben, left to right, likely starting tackles at University of San Diego, drill as

STEPPED UP SCHEDULE FOR PIONEERS Mexico First For· USD By JOHNNY )l<-DONALD rlnes and currently is head- top- The University of San Di- ing the Marine Corps Recruit notchers In the backfleld :ln- ego opens its third football Depot club. elude quarterback A 1 o n z o campaign Saturday nigllt . Actuall,Y, th e quart~rbacks Fernandez and fullback Fe• . m question are untried but . when 1t meets the University have capable backgrounds. hpe De La Carma. of Mexico at Balboa Stadium. They are Duane O'Conner, a Fernandez, who is 5-8½ and This will be the beginning of 5-9, 165 • pound sophomore 158 pounds, carried the ball a stepped-up program for the from Los Angeles and J a n 95 times for 262 yards and Pioneers. The schedule calls Chapman, a 5 -lO, junior ftom completed 18 o! 50 passes for Arkansas City, Kan. I for such opposition as N e w . 201 yards whl e De La Carma Mexico Western, Montan a N;1ther ls a passer of Val- ran 192 yards in 57 carries. State, Lewis and Clark, Colo- dez st ature, but _may give th e However, De La Carma is rado Western State, Id ah o cl,ub more runmng str e~g th . only 5-10 and weighs 163 State, Pepperdine and Mon- O C?nner played at Citrus pounds. t Jumor College last season The Mexicans will operate ana. . t b while Champan played for from a multiple offense. their The Pioneers appear o e Arkansas City JC stronger than last year at ev- . · • coac,h, Rob~rto Mendez, has ery position except quarter- \Yith the present lme 7::1a- a~ 1~pressive record o! 92 back. Vern Valdez, 1957 ,s ex- terial, USD should outweigh v_icto~1es, 43 losses and five cellent signal • caller, has de- t~e Mexicans. However, t~e ties m 16 years at the helm. t d for hitch in the Ma- Pioneers ha? to battle to ga!n Last year the Pumas had a par e a a 27-13 decision last year m 5-5-1 reccu;d. * * • Mexico City. The Mexican team 1s ex- Besides Velez other

fall. Clarke and his Pioneer teammates are go- ing through twice-daily drills at Marine Corps Recruit Depot. They open play Sept. 20.

DIEGO, CALIFORNIA SDAY, SEPT. 11, 1958

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Valdez leads MC \evn At FlagstaH Special to Th• San Dino Union FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Sept. 12-Vern Valdez, who oper- ated unsuccess1ull)' here last year while leading lhe Uni- versity of San Diego. will be at quarterback to m o r row night jor the s~n D ego :'-1a- rines when they battle the tough Arizona State Lumber- jacks. Yaldez ha~ \rnn f c "tart- ing a signment at quarterback and is expected 'to be 'throw• ing a Jot ot ootba ls L a s t vcar he was q a,rterback of the 'Pioneer~ ' the ) dropped a 40-6 to the Arizonan~.

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SMITH TALKS TO USO CLUB Maurice Clipper Smith, football coach at Santa Clara v. hen the Broncos were riding high in the '30s, will address the Uni- versity of San Diego Boos- ters Club tomorrow noon at Mission Valley Country Club. Head coach B o b Mc- cutcheon will give Boos- ters a report on the Pio• neer eleven that faces University of Mexico Sat- urday night in Balboa Stadium. Two pairs of Mexico game tickets will be given away at the luncheon, pro- gram chairman F r a n k Lauerman said.

The Mexicans will be paced pected o arrive In San Diego by Vlctcir Velez, who stands Tuesday night and will stay 5-10 and weighs only 143 at the San Diego Hotel. USD pounds. Velez carried the ball\has several e c u rs 1 on s 88 times for 486 yards and planned for the visitors. And completed 35 of 60 passes for maybe another one Saturday 488 yard last season,. night.

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Also in the .1anne backfield will be Eriile Merk, formerly o! Helix High and USC, and Bob Garner or L. C. Taylor, both of Fresno State, at the halves and last year's star Al Hall at fullback . Arizona coach Max Spils- bury will use the Fly-T of- fense, and will rely on a

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SAIi DIEGO, CALIFORNlji, EVENING TldBUNE Mon., Sept. 15, 1958 Y ...... \ The first Juncheo meeting >f the 1958 football season Nill be held by t~ ,Qvarter- oack Club a week t om today

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Aztecs U5D I Cal Western Wa .,t Debuts San Diego State College, University of San Diego and Cal Western will join Marine Corps Recruit Depot in the football wars this weekend. · All three will open their sea• sons Saturday night. MCRD, which got the jump on the rest of the pack by playing at Arizona (Flagstaff) State last Saturday, will make its second start against Eagle Rock AC here Sunday after• noon at 2. San Diego Junior College and the area's horde of high school footballers won't swing into action until the following weekend. City Prep and Met- ropolitan League carnivals are scheduled Sept. 26. San Diego JC will play at Glen- dale City College Sept. 27. USD will make its debut at home, but San Diego State and Cal Western will hit the road for their openers. University of r.texico •ill furnish the opposition for the Pioneers in Balboa Stadium Saturday night at 8. At the same time, the Attecs will be at Santa Barbara and Cal Western will be at Redlands.

b4 ® l.\Ion., -Sept. 15. 1958 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Mexico ·An Ex itin J • lub-US Coac Lo.s Angeles State knocked There is no coniinuity in their off the University ot Mexico, attack. v 23-6 Saturday night before McCutcheon said U1af·. the I ' Mexicans are fast but light. 6,000 fans at Easl Los Angeles "They have three good hacks but University of San Diego in Victor Velez, Luis Rodri- coach Bob Mccutcheon re- quez and Alonzo Fernandez," ported that the score ~as not he added. "Velez, althoug_h indicative of the closeness of weighing only 143 pounds,. 1s the ame. a fast runner to the outside McCutcheon and his five• while Rodriquez is a 1 et t man coaching stati wer1: on handed passer who usually hand to scout the Mexican takes a pitchout from quar- team for their impending bat- terback Fernandez to throw. tle ~aturday night at Balboa "They ha\·e good line surge Stadium. but against heavier Jines have "They made five costly to rely on plays around the fumbles in the first ha!! that ends. One thing about them, ruined them." Mccutcheon they're in good shape. None sai d, ' "but after they sett,l,ed of their players was injured." down the ca\1se was lost. The Mexico Pumas w i 11 "Th y're (Mexico) an ex- have one advantage over the citing ba ll club," the coach Pioneers in that they have observed. "They operate from played two games, against an a multiple offense, '1'-forma- Alumni team and the Diablos. tion, single wing, spreads, _un- The Mexican team reports balanced and unbalanced line. into town '.{'uesd y and w i 11 --- stay at the San Diego Hotel. Mexico ., . ....•.•• . 0 O O &- 6 LOke-fi~g:' 1~~. Rodriveur· (6, 'ru~).a 0-ll i Los Angeles: TD, Moher (poss from Lewis, 37 ;, Perry (9, run), Ruhle-n \ (pass from Lewis, 8). PAT, Ross (2) (pass from Lewis). FG, Hankerson (22). THE SAN DIEGOUNIOH

niversity ot N ada announced yesterday that it was fotced to cancel its game with the University of San Diego, ov 1, because of the lack of :rn terial Glenn J. Lawlor, Nevada athl fie d r or, notl!ied D by te gr yesterday of the can latlo The evndans hav a sq d of only 18 play- ers and d cided to play just sl.lC ames this season. Ne da o c a 11 e d oft game wltb Idaho State and Arlzo State at taff. Bob Mccutcheon c o a c h and a hletic director a 'SD, said the Pion rs would try to 1111 the open date. Th l s leaves USD with eight games, seven at home.

in the J ubile Room of the San Diego Club . Tom Ables, president of t~e all sessions ot the Quarter- backs will be cond~cted at sponsoring Aztec Club, said \ the San Dieg_o Club this year. Six San Dieio-area coaches will comprise' the panel _for \ the opening program.· 1nv1ted to appear are George Schutte, Paul Governali, Bob Mc- \ Cutcheon Al Lewis. Robert (Bull) T~ometter and Duane \ Maley.

termen.

THE SAR DIEGO UNION