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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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atill 'Rt a lo. 1 Qn how to evalu- last Friday. Ntw M e ate his unb aten University Western topped Nation of San t> !!RO Pioneers, who sociatlon of

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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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an guard John Mulligan, a side and ls a 207-pound senior, was the sta r 6-

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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

ly out o[ the next con-

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16 THE TIDINGS-Los Angeles

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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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th y were laughing and Joking. ould have recognized them c-hes But is was "winners' uarterbal'k Club and every- ' at the luncheon gathering ub yesterday. a~ happy, that is. except whose Hoover High team hird ·tra1ght last week, to :5, and Eddie Johns, an "add-

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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

It or SAR DIPgo•~ ~tartlnR'. llnP 111 bl~- gpr th9n Notre narnP'•. Ttie PlonePr forward, are E.- ~lPrlP RPed, 100, and ,John Mulligan, 21n; T. - Rick Novak, 216, and ,John 'llul- ler, 223; G.~lo.- i-t.-ur en, 226, an

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

EVENING TRIBUNE

USD Reviews Sport Situati n !Club questwn as to when a'expect to have a meeting in l ish out his t\vo-year-contract decision on McCutcheon'slthe next three or four days." with the Pioneers, then leave status might be forthcoming, The Rt. Rev. M~gr. John with USD's blessing for his Father Spain said, "The ques- L. Storm, USD president, told next job. The contract expires tion has not been raised of-,t~e Evening Trib~ne, ."A _re- next spring. ficially before the Board of vie"." of _the a~hlet1c s1tuat1on However. Father J. Walshe Athletic Control nor has the as 1t exist~ will be taken up (Continued from Page B-5)

taken a n y befor_e the Boa.rd of F:,e~ents I meetmg at the Admm1stra. of Control, jsity tomorrow afternoon (to• Gil Kuhn, chairman of the tive Building at the Univer• Athletic Board

Murray. USD coordinator of administration

It.id at the Boo&ters' step."

athletic Club me

e bishop is

in on the act nO\,.

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In answer to a Quarterback told the Boosters' Club, "We dayJ ar 3."

Re~gentswTa~e No ction on Grid Coach All indications point to Bob McCutcheon's finishing o u t the season as var ity f o o t- ball coach at University of San Diego. but anything could happen after that point. T h e Boa rd of R e g e n t s studied the "athletic program as it exists'' as part of yester- day's meeting at USD and, according to Msgr. J o h n Storm, president of the C o l- iege for Men, "There is no immedialP action to he taken. The bo d has considered the mattei: d will kee it under adv1 ~men ." Meanwhile, McCutcheon's charges were gomg through their training pace prepar- ing for Saturday night's game again. l Colorado W e s t e 1· n State Coll e in Balboa Stadi- um . USD's Pioneers pl yed their best game or the year in blanking- L. is and CI a r k last Saturday, ~-0 and they can't afford io a11 a let- down a g a i n s t e 1 o u n · taineer~. even thou t h e y have only a 1-4 record. The r. ountalneers ha v e (Cont. on Page B-7, ol. 1)

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guys under-rating Coloradolkicked all the extra points and We tern," said University or 1 San Diego coach Bob Mc- Pioneers. Cutcheon today. "This Colo-I Tackle Charlie Frankl n in- rau neh has lost three jured a knee last week and clo , ball games and it is'end Dale Cobb suffered a sep- overdwe. ' arated shoulder .McCutcheon's P i one ers, Franklin may see ]united who turned in their top etrort action along .,.,; th ei;iu . G. of thl' season In lacing Lewis\Walker, who was i rnj.u red and Clark las~ weekend, 33-0, ·against ::\Iontana • t a11d rate as favorites in most lo- ' cal cireles. center Jack Garofano, who However, the Pioneers have sprained an _ankh~ against been strongest in the line all L&C. 1 season and there will be a The split-T Mountaineers !cw 11 n em en missing this from Gunnison, Colo., are 1-41 week. lgoing into Saturda? night's End {';~rge Coggins ls a game In Balboa Su,dlum, but loss •~~lr,e;,vacademic route, all of the losses ha,·e been guard Lou ,Verracchi quit by fairly close scor school, ackle Leonard 'Skitt The Mountaineer. 1 ported- dropped out o! school for fl. ly are very strong in the line nancial reasons. lbut lack depth in the back- Coggins was last week's top field. handled the kickoffs for the

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coach Pete Pederson. Vic Gausepohl, USD's sec- ¥;;.. ond-leading ground gain e r,1_2e~ 10 will miss the contest after re-, Don GIimore, FB injuring his knee the first time '6':i~n~"'b"·~~ he carried the ball in I as t~/~~~-~BHB. .. pected to see much action the Ron Falvo, HB week, scoring three t o u c h- t\~~: Reed, E • . N~. downs m the process. Keyes c. G. Walker, E , h 6 5 '"d jTom Goles, HB , • • as a . -ya, s-per-carry av. Joe Gra,. HB • 2 erage for 44 ti mes· with the g~'• G7~~,e~ FB ball this fall. Facts and !ig Jtvn?si~ro~:. e ures: ROY Yoast, E . ..• 1 OPPOnents USO PUNTINCJ Yardage gained runni 692 i52 Name No. Posses attempted 50 68 Jon Chapman, QB , Posses comoleted 20 28 8111 Bourque, QB , Yordr. gained from passes 238 337 Duane O'Connor, QB 1 CT eom />locked I 2 SCORINC) Namw Td, Vic GousePOhl, HB 2 Joe Gray, HS I Bob Keyes, HB .t C. G, Walker, E 1 Tom Gates, HS 2 ~a;:,~ 1e:3,rvE e .. Nome GJ'~,~·.r:oi:1,e HB ~ew~,.~,? FB .. 11 0~ 8 QB 2 ~ week's game. Vic 1s1:'t remainder of the season. 6 PASSING . . Ncme Read) to go agam will be Jon Chapmon, qb shifty Bob Keyes, \\ ho rolled ~~~no 80 8f~ii~i~,

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