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Meeting Of Board

s:~,m~~~ay I Some light should be cast on the "firmg or rehiring" of football coach Bob :'.1-lc- Cutcheon today when the Uni. versity of San Diego Board! of Regent· meets. with "a re- view of the athletic situation! as it exists" a part of the agenda. The board, of which the Mosl Rev. Charles F. Buddy, [D.D., Bishop o! San Diego, is the chairman, has the final 1say on the USO athletic pro- gram I Point Empha~lzed This point was emphasized yesterday in a statement by the Rev. William D. Spain, administrative vice president, which was read before both the Quarterback Club and USD Boosters' meetings. It read: "To clarify recent misun- derstandings about the ath. letic program at the Univer. sity of San Diego, I wish to state: "1-0ur athletic policy is neither determined nor con- trolled by a group of down- town businessmen. It is un- der the jurisdiction of the Uni- versity Board of Regents. No Decision .\lade "2-Coach Bob McCutcheon has not been fired by the Ath- letic 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 the West- ern College Association, or any of its committees. has condemned the University of San Diego athletic program or cast aspersions on the quali- fication. of the Univer. ity of San Diego coach. ' Indications are that • Ic- Cutcheon most likely will !in- (Cont. on Page B-7, Col. 6)

By ,JOHNNY McDONALD

Mccutcheon Is tough New Mexko A&M

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Gary Davies, a 6-[oot, 175-pound junior, from Con- cordia, Kan., is expected 1o be at quarterback Saturda night for l\Iontana State when th(' un- beaten Bobcats face the University of San Diego at Balboa Stadium. Both clubs have won two games. till Puzzle To Coach us Strength

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lie Is beset hy this quandary At any rate, the Montana as the Pionr>ers prepare tor Slaters, who whipped USD their first major test o! the last year, 2l•7, should be the campaign Jiext ·saturday night key test. They have beaten against Montana State Col- North Dakota, 15-8, and South lege in Balboa Stadium. Dakota State, 23-6, in succes- GOOD OR BADf s1ve weeKs and w~re listed 14th among the nation's best In a small schools. few spots, like the beginning GAUSEPOfil, STARS Pioneers Mexico Western," McCutch- showed signs of life against eon summarized "but we the Mustangs, especially with seem 10 let down.' the brilliant running of sopho- " l don't know whether the more Vic Gausepohl, who opposition we have had the picked up 131 yards In 14 car. last twn we<"k. h, bcE'n t ries and scored both touch- "We've played well of the first quarter and the third quarter against N e w Offensively, the

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· Si\Y-Under fire at Uni- of San Diego, coach Bob Mc- Cu h on addres ·e Quarterback Club ye ·t rday. At left is Gene Gregston, ports editor of Evening Tribune who was serving as "head quarterback." and at right is Cheesey Neil of Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Everyone's Happy 'Winners' Day' · BOB OR'.DI "very fired up" !ot their game with 1 executive

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16 THE TIDINGS-Los Angeles

October 24, 1958

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Lewis & Clark, which they won, 33-0. "They finally recognized how important it i~ to play as a team," said McCut- cheon. ''They're now pla~ing up to their potential and will be rough and tough to knock down the rest of the season." Thompson, backfield coach at SDJC, ·aid the Knights' 13-0 win over East Los Angeles was a ·•real team effort." "They really were aggressive on de- fense," he said. "It was their best per- formance yet." However, Thompson said the team's of- fense and defense both will get a rugged test at Bakersfield Saturday night when it runs up against "the No. 1 junior col- lege team in the nation." "They

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t'd starter" on panel, whose San Diego State College Frosh still are win- less . All of the regular panelists-Paul Gov- ernali of San Diego State, Bob Mccut- cheon of Univer::;ity oI San Diego, Jebse Thompson of San Diego Junior College and Chee ey Neil of Marine Corps Re- cruit Depot-were riding high after week- end victories. Governali said he •·really and truly is proud" of hi Aztec team, which nipped Los Angele State, 7-0, for its third straight win. "Bobbr Ball fwho scored on a 53-yard punt retu won it for us," said Gov- ernali "b t, without the tremendous de- fen. " of the line and secondary, victory wo 1a. not have been possible." Govern· ·aid that ends Braxton Pink- Ins Cotten, suspended last week for mis Ing a practice, have returned to the fold, and center Dennis Magee prob- ably will shake off the knee injury which sent htm to sidelines during the Los Angeles game "[ wish 1 h d 20 kids with his (MageeeJ attitude." 1 Govemali. Mccutcheon said his Pioneers were the

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SAN l>IIHIO, CALll"ORNIA }' TML, Ool :U, 1958