News Scrapbook 1956-1959

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Son Dl•Qo Union Seau. ~e PhOto,s bY Joe Flvnn Chapman Spot Hi Target the last stripe into the enc'! mnr. USD had driven 71 yards in seven plays, with halfback Bobby Key s ~ng up the score with a brilliant 50-yard run.

pins Toward Reed of Lewis and Clark's Dennis Falk. Reed, who gath- ered in eight passes, catches the ball on the six, straight-arms Gary Grill on the three and dears * * *

Gathered In On 6-Yard Line 1 first USD touchdown at Bal-

.Jan Chapman, arrow, Univ rsity o[ Sari D n io quarterback who completed nine o[ 16 pa. se. 1crrlay, fires an eight-yard aerial to rnrl

boa Stadium. prnan had time to wait and then got the ball into the air past th outstretched arms * * * • * *

Overwhelms Lewis-Clark, 33- (Contlnued) whl<'h had been tied by sev- lwent around the left era! tormer I!ioneers. seven yards with The score might have been left in the half at r higher if the San Dicgans had man to halfback T Ga been able to capitalize on four pass for 29 yard.~ s<'t up th~ opportunities ln the second score. The margin Wl 9~ period. with Larry Tessary:S extra :McCu p ed practi- point placement. cally eve member of his CHAP:.\IAN mTS • 'Vl'E squad the f ec• ·ubstitution A J8-yard drive .in u p_\;t game,_ . yed iler Natl~nal was finished off in fhl' thltd Association o~ Intercollegiate period with Key triking ri:Ies. He flmshed th e game over left tackle from ~he two. with a- !reshmen_ backfield Tessary's plac<>me'nrmade it and yearlmgs on either end. 26 .0 USD scored after 4:44 of the · first period when a 71-yard The fina! co drive was capped by quarter• as Gates p1ck~d back Jan Chapman's eight- Clark quarter yard touchdown pass to end er's !?ass and returPed Merle Rred, who grabbed it yards for a touchdown early 1 on the three and went into m the fmal stanza. the end zone Reed incident- The victory ,,•as the Sa n ally, equalled c. G'. Walker's Die_gans' t~ird in tour start reception record set last year while Lewis and lark has ( with eight pass catches. posted a 2-2-1 record on t he : season. • 1 WINNERS HIKE '\fARGIN Besides Keyes, Gates picked l Lewis-Clark made !ts only up 43 yards in 13 carries, full- r thrfat of the afternoon after back Avalon Wright gathered s USD's first touchdown. With 24 in five trips and freshman f halfback Gary Grill picking halfback Ron Falvo collected d on six of the 15 25 yards in six carries. t1 pla s Po land, Ore. club USD also experienced ! ts ) wen five before the best passing of the season San Diegans held. with Chapman completing J -ri, t"rs went to the nine of 6 f 60 yards an d I e second period, Duane O'Connor completed 1c third quarter and three of four !or 58 vards. t fourth period f O r Lewis and Clark . 0 0 0 0- 0 0th.er p etrations. uign Diego scor no, ouc~aoJ,i il;,!i USO stretched the margin i,~ 9 ' ce'."%,t• tr~ ci~om~nl~lu~gfJ; to 12-0 with seconds to go in ;1~v ~•ss Interception). Conversions-Tes-

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o d y demonstrat Its sup. ort f r h ad football coach B o b I Cutcheon yf's\!'rcfay aftern Balboa Stadium. Al there were no demo rations from the stand , t e foothn ll squad car- ried U1 coach from the field following th<' Pioneers' 33-0 triumph o v e r Lewis and Clark. McCutchcon nlso was given the game ball. Th was th!' students' an- swPr to reports that Mccut- cheon is to he dismissed from his tead coaching and athlet- is dirC'ct or jobs at the end of the season. McCutcheon returned for , a r!l'f speech in 1ront o! the , stands after leaving his quad. "On behald of the coaching I staff any myself, we w a n t , to 1hank you for your won- derful ~upport," he said. "We won thi~ one for you - this was your~."

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the first period when Keyes took Chapman's pitchout and ran 89 yards down the I e ft slde!lnes for a touchdown. USD finally scored on th e next to last play of the first half after being stopped on the Oregonians' 31, 27, 101 and 9 in the second period. Keyes took a pitchout and

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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1958

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Renewal Of McCutcheon act Undecided, Says School Officio By JOHNNY ~IcDONALD "Bob McCutcheon has not been fired by the Athletic Board of Control," the Rev. William D. Spain, admin• istrative vice president of the University of San Diego, told the Quarterback Club yesterday at a luncheon meeting in the San Diego Club. This was Fr. Spain's reply ------------ to reports over the w ekend ies up to the expiration date that the USD head football of his contract. coach and athletic director This contradicted an earlier woul be released at the end report that Mccutcheon had o! the current season. H I s already been relieved of his two - year contract expires duties as athletic director and May l, 1959. that he would be released as Fr. Spain said in a pre- coach at the conclusion of the pared statement: season. , . Another publislled r e p o r t 'To :lanfy recent misu nd - that the Afhletk Board o! erstandmgs about th~ at~letlc Control would 'V~ to dismiss progr~m at th~ Um,ers1ty of the coach this proved San Diego, I wish to state; e ini:oi'rect. "1-Our atnletic p i is !lr'WOu com- neither determined nor con- ment \\hen asked how the trolled by a group Ill. •n- s o ncerning his possible town businessmen. · r firing was released. the jurisdiction of tit U er- - --~-

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SHOP TALK AT QUARTERBACK MEETING

vice president at USD. The Rev. Spain, comment- ing on reports that McCutcheon would be relea ed as coach and athletk director, told the club that no decision had bt::en reached and that the USD Board of Regents will 'have the final voice on McCutcheon's contract, which expires May 1, 1959.

Discu ing the football situation at yesterday's meeting of the Monday Quarterback Club were, left to right, Jesse Thomp on, backfield coach, San Diego Junior College; Bob M Cutcheon, head coach, Univer.;;ily of San Diego; Roy Engle, Hoover High coach, and the Rev. William Spain, administrative

slty's Board of Rege a "2-Coach McC:utdleon not been fired by Board of Control. "3-The Athletic Board of Control has made no decision about renewal or cancellation of McCutcheon's contract. "4-No member of th e Western College Association, or any of its committees, has condemned the University of San Diego athletic program or cast aspe ·ons on th e qualifications of the niver- sity of San Diego coach." Meanwhile, the USD coach and a letic director ha been given tile green light the university to continu is dut- as Athletic

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