News Scrapbook 1956-1959

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There was a time when Bob Mccutcheon, fiery young football coach at the University of San Diego, couldn't seem to open his mouth without getting foot into same. Intensely ambitious and dedicated to his job, Mc-

-Pioneers Gunning For econ Victory It's victory No. 1 in the 1958 football record books for the Unlversity of San Diego Pioneers. J:!ut they"ll have to show more grid savvy ft they hope to make it two in a row when they collide with New Mexico Western this Saturday afternoon in Balboa Stadium. The Pioneers didn't have the~•------------ soft tou_ch they exp~cted in the I neer l 7. A five-yard pass from Un vermty of 1'~ex1co Plumas Luis Rodriguez to 'i"d Isma<'I !Ast Sattlrday night.. They f1- Encinas was good for the :Mex- n~lly came through with a 20-6 j ico score. triumph. Freshman Joe Gray !rom St Coach Bob M~Cutcheon says .Augustine High intcroepted the Pioneers will take the meas- Mexico pass and raced 68 d ure of New Mexico ';'~stern "if / to the Pioneers' final we play up to our ab1llty.-" • . "B t" h d d d .. , 11 down with only seevn second& u , e a e , we get of play rema,tning In the .game. knocked off good an d proper Gray and Gausepoh,l were the unlesa we ~;t more variety into shining lights In the USD de- our attack. • c E h · •- M c t h bl d ense. ac m ...,rcepted t w 0 f 'd c u c eothn amtef tohverucosno- passe~ dee P in Pioneer terli- 1 ence on e par o e t t h · · gridders and coaches for the ory o thwart t e v1s1tors. surprise the visitors from below / the border gave them. "We really underrated them," Mccutcheon admitted. The 7,000 fans in Balboa I Stadium saw the Pioneers

cutcheon declared war on just about everybody, including USD opponents and the press. After losing a game to Arizona State at Flagstaff, he accused his con- querors of evcr)1hing but grand larceny. And his temper frothed like Old Faithful when Robert (Bull) Trometter, plaJiul Marine coach, added in ·ult to injury by substituting the team trainer for a third-stringer in the course of a 40-6 rout last autumn. But, happily, all this is in the past. A mood of delightful calm has descended upon the stately USD campus overlooking Mission Valley. McCutcheon is ready to forgive and forget.

Bishop Names 2Department Heaas At USD

"I'Hi made a lot of mistakes on :his job," Mc- cutcheon was saying yesterday, "and I've learned a lot of things. I'll be honest. I've had to change my outlook completely. ,,. "I cam h re from Antelope Valley with th idea I was :

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launch the season's scoring in the fir~t quarter. Quarterback Jan Chapman hit end C. G. Walker for a seven-yard touch- down aerial. Th e scoring toss toppe,1 a /13-yard drive. Sopho- m' o re Vic Gauseopohl, w tar ed on defense, ian over tor two extra points. T c Pioneers staged a 53- Y'Ard drive ln the second quar- ter for he11· second touchdown. Bob Keyes finished it w,~h a 011e-yard aunt for a 14-0 half- time 11,d,·2 ntage. , After a 11coreless third quar- ter, the Mexico dub gained a break when Enrique Fuente, intercepted a pass on the Pio-

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By JOHNNY :.\foDONALD Coach Bob Mccutcheon is tough New Mexico A&M still at a loss en how to evalu. last Friday. New Me i c o ate his unbeaten University Western topped National As- of San Diego Pioneers, who sociation of Intercollegiate pulled one out of the fire, Athletics statistics in defense 13-10, against New Mexico prior to their meeting with Western last Saturday. USD. He is beset by this quandary At any rate, the Montana as the Pioneers prepare for Staters, who whipped USD their first major test of the last year, 21-7, should be the campaign next Sa urday night key test. They have beaten against Montana State Col- North Dakota, 15-8, and South lege in .8alboa Stadium. Dakota State, 23-6, in succes. GOOU OR BAD! stve weeKs anQ w~re, listed ""' , 1 d 11 l 14th among the nation s best ., ve p _aye we . n. a small schools. :few spots, like the begmmng of the first quarter and the GAUSEP?HL STARS third quarter agamst N e w Offensi"'.ely, the_ Pion~ers exico Western " McCutch- showed signs of life agamst eon summarized 1 'b u t we the Mustangs, especially with, seem to let down.' the brilliant running of sopho- "I don't know whether the more Vic Gausepohl, who OPPOS.ition we have had the 1 picked up 131 yards in 14 oar. last two weeks has been thatlries and scored both touch- good or Whether we are that downs on runs of 55 and eight bad." yards. The big problems seem In defense of t I\ e USD 1 to be_ at quarterback and in cause, its first opponent, the the middle ot the. line, University of Mexico, scored McCutch on felt that veter- twice against a supposedly (Continued on b-6, Col, 6), -

Gary Davies, a 6-foot, 175-pound junior, from Con- cordia, Kan., is expected to be at quarterback Saturday night for Montana State when the un- beaten Bobcat~ face [he University of San Diego at Balboa Stadium. Both clubs have won two games. USD Strength till . Puzzle To Coach --.._, (Continued) 'an guard John Mulligan, a side -and ls a questionable '6-I, ·207-pound senior, was thelstarter against Montan _a · standout in the line. State NO\,ack banged up his I Halfback Bob Keyes a n d knee agam and appear to be tackle Ri<''· Novack sustain- definitely out of the next con- ed mjuries a g a I n s t New test. jMexico. Keyes 1 einjured hi.I • • * INOIVIOUAL STATISTICS Ru1hing New Mexico CB VG YL Net Avg. f'lb • :::.: : U 1~ 1 3 ; i ~g~~~fl:;,~ ::::: : :ai 16i 1~ 11~ lJ rancheouh'!:' .... 3 I 15 '' ,4 O v~~l~.ii· .. ..:·:.. J 3 d .. -1-i Totals • , •, • , • , 65 27S .« 231 3.$ USO CB YG YL Net Avg Ke-.,es,hb •, •••••.. IO 3l -4 29 2,9 i~t~i•rfb ·•:::::•: 1i g 1! l:~ 0 ."·1: 1 f 1~{ ij Gilmore,fb 5 20 o ?O -4'.0 Totals 45 253 21 2l1 S,I

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