News Scrapbook 1956-1959

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By ~IEL ZJKES

Added strength in the mid- needed strength. die of the line and the return And to protect O'Connor of quarterback Duane O'Con- and Jan Chapman, the other nor to the backfield could most active signal c·aller. Mc- mean the difference between Cutcheon,, has switched his , victory and defeat for Uni- tackles to guards and vice versity of San Diego's Pi'o- versa. neers tomorrow night. Tackles llil! Clark <2351 and I Coach Bob .McCutcheon's Dick Gardner (238) will be in ' I Pioneers play host to the po- the guard spots tomorrow 1 tent Montana State Bobcats in night while former guards Balboa Stadium tomorrow John Mulligan (2121, the team night at 8, each team shoot- captain, and Norm Magenotl mg for its lhird straight vie- <211) will man the tackle po- tory without defeat. sitions The Bobcats, who rank Also witched to guarrl was ninth among the nation's 221-pound Lou Verrec·l11 , a small colleges, defeated USD, standout at Compton JC last 21-7, last year in Bozeman year. and are considered e v en Chapman has taken a liPat. stronger this fall. ing at times from onnl ing However, USD seems to be opposition linemen in th first a much Improved team over two games S'O McCutcheo is last year so one of the top moving the heavier ladF! to upsets of the year among the the center of the line in order small college ranks could be /to not only protect the guRr• brewing for tomorrow night. terbacks but also to give The return of O'Connor to I them more time to get off the quarterback chores gives passes. •

SWIFT PIONEER-Halfback Vic Gausepohl shows his ability at cutting away from a tackler as the swift University of San Diego halfback goes through drills with his Pioneer teammates for Saturday night's game against Montana State. Gausepohl was the offensive and defensive star in the Pioneers' victory over New Mexico Western last week when he scored both touchrtowns, one on a 55-yard jaunt. Bobcats Threaten ioneer Win Skein "Ir we win this one, we caught four of our five com- · could go all the way, but Mon- pleted passes for 51 yards. tana State College's Bobcats You can't knock (.J.!!,n) Chap. are real rough and the kids man's passing when he com-, are going to ha ve t o play a pletes five of eight aerials and whale of a game for us to win it he stays hot e can give our third traight." that Montana bunch some That s how University of trouble." San Diego foot ball coach Bob The other pass Chapman Mccutcheon sums up the Pio- completed was to haliback neers' chances as they go Bob Keys, last year's leading through their drill.· for Satur- ground gainer !or the Pio- day night's game in Balboa neers. who may not see a c. I Stadfum. lion Saturday night because of ..Our pn sing attack looked a leg injury. I a little be tter last week, any. The loss of Keyes definitely way C. G. Walker looked bet- is a setback to the Pioneers , ter," said Mccutcheon. " He lbut the Absence of the swif t \!____________ Negro star, who is a former junior college All-American, I Gausepohl, a transfer from Long Beach City College, did every' hing but lead the band in USD's 13-10 victory over New • texico Western last Sat-1 urday. He s•epr,ed off fol yards In 14 carries, scoring both Pio-I neer touchdowns, and a l o was the defensive stan lout, I bringing down a runner from behind to kill what look to be a sure score for the opposi. j Ltion. J Bobcats Stronge '/ 1 •· Says McCutcheon , . , By JOH1"Nl· ;\lcDONALD \\ e 11 have to score three / defeated USD 21.- or four touchdowns to beat "Th · '· Montana State College,,, head and er use t_he_ belly series coach Bob McCutcheon said M .sp tl·T, sr1lar to • ew yesterday after re,·iewin j ':x1co _Weste .. They a re scout reports of the unbeate~ Qtck, gi, the tr p~sser p:enty Bobcats. 0 p~otect1on and like to gam. Montana State I i st e di bl~. Mccutcheon continued. among the top 10 small col- Sonny Ho!land, a 215- leges Jn the country w i 11 pound center, is the be t !me. meet the Pioneers in' Balboa ~an ~n . the Bo 1cat squad. Stadlum Saturday nlght be- / ey a,': a good pa "r in fore what might b th I G-:ry Davies, three gOdd' re- e e arg. ce1vers and a " d · est L'SD game crowd of the . «DO outside season. ru,~ner m Charles Bo, an "The Bobcats are 50 They gamble on 'fourth cent better ti'an last v!a; ,1: do½ n plays, often and a;;aln t :Mccutcheon added, last ye;r laS t 11 'eek's opponent IS o u th O n e soi:, losmg to Idaho State and/Yard on last down from their Arizona State o( Tempe. They (Continued on a-20, Col. 1) Bobcats Bett Says Coach (Continued) , 30 while leading only 10-6 early in the game." The Pionee·s worked on de- won 't be felt as much as ex- pected tor USD turned up a real gem in Vic Gausepohl last week. / the Montanans had an 8-2 sea- Dakota !:>talc), went for

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GE'l THE GLUE-Backfield coach Paul Platz of the University ef San Diego tapes a pad over Bob Keyes' in-

jurPd ribs as the Pioneers go through their last paces before playing Mon- tana State tomorrow night.

,USD. Faces Tough Bobcats Toni ht (Continued) fcgal~st t;otrniversity of Mex-,arm. A good passer ,~110 likes 0 ,_ ep · · to run, he was a Junior Col- P1oneer coach Bob Mc- Jege All-American with Citrus Cutcheon has made several J(;: in 1936. ~hanges in _his lineup and still Bobcat coach Herb Agocs is not cc1·tam which of his two has made three changes-one Quarterbacks to start. of them a surprise. 'He ha In s~eking more weight In/switched Gene Schilling, ! the middle of the line, Mc- 230-pounder, from left to right Cut~heon has moved his reg. ta,:kle and Clyde Cleveland, ulat tackles to guard and /21.:i pounds, from right to left guards to the tackle posts. tackle. Veteran Dick Gardner. a 235- The surprise is the stat!ing pounder, and Jay Elson, 211 assignment of Tom Molen at po~nds, wfll be. at g u a rd s left half over Bob Rudio. Ra- \\h1lc John Mulligan. 207, and dio ran !or 101 yards 111 ei..,ht veteran Charlie Franklin, 213, carries and set up two Bob~at will be at tackles. touchdowns with sprints of 41 The one USD back:! i e Id !and 18 yards in last week's <'hange finds Tom Gates, for-/23-6 victory over South Da- rner Hawaiian Marine stand- kota State. out, going to right half and' Rocco Perciavalle, a 19:5- last week's star, Vic Gause- pound fullback, figures to be Pohl, movln~ lb left half. Bob the workhorse from the Boi,. l(eyes, the regular left half- cats' belly series attack. Per. back, may ·ee only limited ciaval!e carried 19 times for service h<'cau e ot rib injuries. 71 yards last week. Avalon Wright wl!I open at Others in the Mon fullback /Stat~ backfield wJlt be Ga y "' Althougli Jan Chapman, a ~avies at Quarterback, d :>•10 172 • pound sophomore, /Jim McCleod at right a 11 1f. has .start~d the last two games/back. Besides being a goo at quarterback, Duane O'Con- thrower, Davies also is excel- n_or coull! get the opening as- lent on defense. He intercept. s1g~mell,t. /ed.~wo passes last wcek. 0 Connor, a 3-9, 165-_pound Lmeups: sophomore, has been out ot ~~~•,:;•

US Battles~v Tough ob~at s I Here Tonight By ,JOll:S, T ::\kDO:S.\IJ) • Iontana ::; t a f e Colle"e s s tr o n g Bobcats, curr ·n•ly rankrd as the nation's ninth best m a I l school football team se1ve as the first major le~t of the 19:58 cam- paign for the University o( San Diego Pioneers tonight j when the two l'lu.bs battle ln Balboa Stadium. , Kickoff is scheduled fol' l o' clock. • The Bobcats have been in. stalled as two touchdown la. vorites, off their two victories over stiffor competition. The Pioneers, who also ha,·e woyj. two games, are riding a six. game victory string over tw 0 seasons. Pioneer official~ anticipate a crowd close to 10.000. Tl. s would exceed USD's record home crowd mark of 7,500 se 1 (Continuril on a-15 Col. 1

_Rocco. Perciavalle, a 190-pound junior fullbac., will be m the startmg lineup tonight for Montana State Co!l~ge wh~n the Bobcats face the Univen;ity I of San Diego Pioneers at Balboa Stadium. Both clubs are unbeaten. Kickoff is set for 8 o'clock.

, fense against }Iontana State yestrrday and will continue that drill today. Two USD players are ill douhtful starters. They a e starting halfback Bob Keyes and tackle Tlick Novack. Keyes might oc taped :up enough to pla} . A switch in the starting lne will find gi.tards <>lm i· lli- gan and Norm ~ag,1;%1(1't at tackle and Bill lnrke a n d Dick Gardner rrtoved from tackle to guard tcCutcheon said he wants to add wel;:ht in the middle of his line.

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