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Wed., Sept. 24, 1958 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

THE SAN DIEGO UNION

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n Y one of maJor d1mens10n nal. Was the killing of a doe and Indian Reservation. The vio- wound in pike buck on Los Coyotes ly Jrom _a ,410-guage shot g_un said. t_he. back of h 1 s -_ Iators were apprehended by head. Tlie mcident happened Q""'Nf,. M •, .. ------- warden Ray Kellogg. Even Saturday at d~sk. The father, - JNLJTf S so, only 16 cases were filed/CJu-ist Stergeo s, Rt. 1, Braw. yesterday in EI Cajon muni- Jey, was u nd er a doctor's I • .__ cipal court, about 50 per cent care and could not give a co- "Ju r less than for the 1937 open- herent account of the event. y ing. The Point Loma kelp boat One phase of the Jaw, af- yesterday reported seven fish. compiled fr 1ectlng ranche·rs arose to ermen sackmg 10 barracuda Tht San Diego Union•:i, plague wardens.' Judge R. 70 calico bass, . 5 miscellane'. Gallant Man, a s~;.:•rv1•~ Fenton Garfield yesterday ous and 2 wlute sea bass. ged colt with tender· lei rulecl that it is illegal under The fishing was as hot at La th roughout his brilliant fe, game laws for hunters to JolJa where 28 passengers Ing c a l' e e r, Yest ra, drive acro~s meadows. He shared 217 bar:acuda, most tur!led up with an ierda said such activity damages of these stretching to log di- which forced his Withgjur the land by causing erosion. mensions. a~drom Saturday's $lOO~ - ----- ---- a . ed Woodward St k , Cavers' Maley Scores ~:;~:L:rka;:l:ay!n~\j reported the Iitt1/ f eru( P 'C' A R I "popped a splint onco t h_a, rep verage U e side of his left front i11 1 ~,1~ a workout Sunda eg 11 (Continued) the blame with the players. George Schutte, h e a d We gave the team only sev- coach, San Diego Junior Col- en running plays and three lege-Our bo)'S have played pass patterns. Our line was no game yet but we have outcharged, and the Mexi- plenty of problems. We just co team played b e t t e r have not jelled Yet mechan. against us than they did in ical!y. (The Knights open losing to Los Angeles State their season Saturday night the previous weekend. Our at Glendale College, that it WOUid be aii !Ie Sai! 10 before Gallant Meast No, resume training. an couJ1 By that time it w too late to make thUld be rich races for Which G !ou. Man was being pointedallan $75,000 added Jocke -th, Gold Cup on Oct. is C!u1 $100,000 Washington 'D th, International on Nov • 11 ,C next opponent (New Mexico Bob Kloppenburg, J i n e a game:• CJ~ Earnest was killed instant. Ing playedan age of not h·

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Maley Hits A High 'C' And Coaches Answer In Chorus Duane Maley has sounded lhe battle cry and the coaches are in open revolt against the "C" average requirement for high school athletes. One survey of coaches in the City Prep League, the only league affected by the "C" average standard,

" discloses that 53 out of a total of 5:5 character-builders oppose higher qualifications for athletes than for other students. The reaction was not unex- pected. Coaches give lip-service to the noble ideal of education but the loss of a talented athlete -even the threatened loss - quickly smokes 'em into the open. Maley, for example, frank- ly concedes that he stands to part with several of his more promising footballers at San Di- ego High School. The mere thought is enough to make a coach break into a cold sweat. Though it means reversing a stand previously taken in

the $50,000 Pimlico 's • a~c on Nov. 29, as Well Pec1a Woodward. as th1 * FOOTBALL-"! th. k kids tried so darn ;n th1 please me and makard to opening game a succes! thlll) they froze up " St at f • anford', new ootball coach J , Curtice told 1oothall c in San Francisco wG ters Ha.I Bradley and r~~kie ~.ard men Buzz Guy of Duk Ille. ta.ckle Harry Javernl~/ nd the Umversity of Color OJ were released by the CJ ado land Browns last nigh:ve. brmg their roster do to 35 . . . Donald l<'uell cwennt to -----.. • ra1 * *

coach, Cal Western-Ou r team, composed almost en. tireJy of freshmen, lost its opener at University of Redlands, 41-0, but we were encouraged by our overall play, particularly in t h e early stages. Loyal Moore did a trernend8us job for us. We meet Occidental there ~'riday and if we tight- en the pass defense, have green this ye~r with t h e backs averaging about 140 pounds. We just don't know how strong we Will be since league rules prevent during tbe fll'St three weeks of practice. Most of the line wilJ be boys up from t h e sophomore team. We still have Ezel Singleton, a com- paratively small but out- ~li!l{li1ie:l\'J1\. lf.:~'l.\X • __ _ the inter · scho?l scrimmages a good chance. Maley - Our squad is

Western here Saturday aft- ernoonl has defeated Adams State, 34-7, and St. Mary's ot New Mexico, 40-0. Tac- kle Jack Trily and guard Norman Magenot may move Into the starting lineup off their work in the Mexico Robert C:Qull) Trometter, head coach, Marine Recruit tine team but we outplayed them in the second half for a 33-0 victory. We used all our men but none was out- !landing. Back Al Hall was used despite sore ribs be- cause we wanted to know how he may hold up this week against Fresno State. Fresno is strong again de- spite a weekend Joss, 29-7, to Brigham Young. We have only six players with college •.lUlerience.___ game. Dep t E o - l R k h d a age oc a

Duant> !Ualey this space, I find myself in sympathy with Maley and the other rebelling coaches. The Board of Education lost my support in this matter when it backed away from the issue of mak- ing the "C" average mandatory for all extra-cur- ricular activities. The idea was discussed by the Board at a recent meeting, then conveniently tabled. It's the notion here that football should be regarded as a privilege for high school athletes, a privilege earned by honest application in the classroom. But the same standards should apply to debating, cheer- leading, horn-playing and other activities. The Board of Education, possibly fearing parental wrath has declined to come to grips with this thorny issue.' That being the case, I'll have to agi·ee ~ith the coaches that athletes in the City Prep League are victims of a double standard. Fair Way: Uniform Treatment What's good enough for the footballers is also good enough for the glockenspielers and the drama society. In an appearance before the Monday Quarterback Club, Maley made the interesting point that a foot- ba.H player must maintain a higher average than is required of a student for graduation. Some stu- dents, he said, are being graduated with "D" aver- ages. It's little wonder that a lot of youngsters find them- selves poorly prepared for college when the good times finally end in high school. In the case of foot- ball players, it's possible the coaches themselves a.re partly respon ible. At least, this is a theory held by Dr. Malcolm Love, president of San Diego State, and I suspect it has some merit. Di·. Love charges that high school coaches are so occupied with building winning teams, enhancing their own reputations, that the welfare of the young- sters is frequently disregarded. The Aztec president make the soiid point that a coach gets closer to a high school student than any other te3,cher, and there- fore is in position to do the greatest good. A conscientious coach will inspire his athlete to educate themselves as completely as possible . But too many of the character-builders apparently think only in terms of the scoreboard. Advice Puzzles McCutcheon "You sometimes wonder what kind of advice the kids are getting in the high schools nowadays," says Bob Mccutcheon, the University of San Diego coach. "A lot of youngsters are interested in attending ol- lege but they don't have the proper preparation. "Looking over their transcripts, we find a lot of stuff like wood shop, orchestra and gym-but very little that will enable a boy to go to college." McCutcheon says he screened a total of 200 high school athletes, and, to his distress, found that only 37 could qualify scholastically at USD. That's not exactly the kind of achievement that gets Sputniks into orbit, and it's hardly a flowing recommendation for football at the high school level. Many of the youngsters apparently need somebody to push their noses close to the grindstone and the coaches, with their popularity and prestige, could do the pushing. It's barely possible some of the schoolboy athletes will thank the Board of Education for forcing them to study and maintain a "C". Particularly when it comes time to move along to college where the dean · of admissions is apt to be singularly unimpressed by the schoolboy's clippings. I still like the idea of making football a bonus to the high schooler, instead of something he takes for granted. But playing football is no more of a privilege thaq representing the school on the debating team. Either make the rules apply to everybody, or toss 'em out. It's the American way, the only way.

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GENE GREGSTON Evening Tribune Exei:utive Sports Editor

• Some 'Likes' Are Listed • First Kicker's a Sissy! • There's No Age for Paige PREFERENCES STATED: Some o! the things I like. The way Washington State coach Jim Sutherland expresses his offensive football philosophy, "the fir;;t guy who kicks is a sissy."

THE SAN DIEGO UNION

MEXICO WESTERN Pioneers' .foe Has 2-0 Record By JOHNNY McDONALD

University of Southern California and eight points against Michigan this Sat- urday. The ·lean, blue sky after a rain. Ex-Padre Bob Usher's anecdote a b o u t ageless Satchel Paige, a Miami teammate this past base- ball season: when they turned out the lights at the game in Buffalo, N.Y., and the hundreds .of fans struck cigarette lighters and matches in response to the announcer's plea, a Miami player in the dug- out turned and said ",Hap- py birthday, Satch !" ompany's idea of charging a dol-

'lf we play to our potential we should win, but if we play as we did against Mexh::o, we'll be beaten," summed up head coac~ Bo~ Mccutcheon yesterday as he con- 1de_red the Umverstty of San Diego's, chances against in- v~~mg ~ew ll1exico Western Saturday afternoon. I They JI have a line ourr egu~I . in. w:ight with six pound transfer from t11e Uni- ckles o er 220 but smaller versity of Mexico was the \lards 11nd centers," Mc-. big show by s c O ~in g two Cut:IH'on aid '·_They also,;1ave tot\Chdowns and gaining 961 .tou, good runmng backs. yards rushing. _The .M~stangs from Silver Other New Mexico starters City w_on t be a breather for probably will be Mack Pace, the . P10nee~s. :Vho will be a 175-pound junior at quarter- seekmg tl1e1r sixth straight back, and halfbacks Ronald Ir 11mph over a _two-year Darnell, 1'75-pound senior, and s The ew ~eXIcans de- Robert Sekula, a 165-pound t St. . ary s, Kansas, sophomore. In. theU' opener and The New Mexico club is ex- s State, Colo., 34-7, last pected to operate from a split T offense. E\W f xico, coached by The Pioneer coaching staff l John on, a former stand- has spent several hours re- o. at Hardin Stmmon~ in his viewing films of last week's pla 11 days, will field a' game with Mexico and Frank team wth1 _23 lett~rmen. Nine 1 Murphy's scouting report of of these will be m the start- the Mustangs. lllX li~eup. J\IcCutcheon indicated that . iamst Adams State ]a$tjthere would be some changes wee Juan Vasquez, a 200- in the lineup.

far a he:1u~~\lll""'~mission to the $50,000 golf tourna- ment in G ·and Blanc, Mich. (won by Billy Casper), thereby making the spectacle available to many more fans. · The Aztec Club's weekly Quarterback Club's luncheon program o! bringing together fans and coaches. Shooting-or should that be shooting at?- doYes (but not picking and cleaning them!). The sponsorship plan for the 1959 San Diego Open, whereby general chairman Tom Lanphier Jr. is trying to make this Junior Golf Association benefit more of a ci ic project-and the publicity and busi- ness helps the city, no doubt about it. BRAVES CHOSEN: The Braves at 5-6 in the World Series, but you have to hanc} it to the Yankees (might as well, he said, they usually ta1'e it;myway,. The prospects for the College of Pacific-Arizona State football game at Stockton to be one of the best in the West this week. That remark by a sports fan the other day when someone mentioned Ted Williams' good fortune at hitting a friend of the family, so lo speak, with his bat: "It just shows how clever he is with a bat!" A football coach who won't fall back on "It was a team victory" for a postgarne statement and in- stead offers his honest opinion of the major factors contributing to the triumph. A SHORT SWING: Good sports car races, which are those Saturday and Sunday at Hourglass Field figure to be. That description of latest golf circuit winne1· John McMullin's backswing: "It's so short he could tee off in a telephone booth." USC line coach Ray George's reply to a ques- tion that his being out of the profession for a few years might put him behind the times in technical advances: "All of the new techniques in football still depend on blocking and tackling." / The University of San Diego's realistic attitude on athletic scholarships: room, board, tuition and laundry money. The one about the golfer who had 17 strokes in a sand trap-16 regular and one apoplectic. _____ ___,

b-4 EVENING TRIBUNE TtAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA urs., Sept. 25, 1958 z