University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Tony Santino, Outfield Last year as a Frosh, Tony played 1st base but probably will see a lot of action for the varsity in the outfield. As a Frosh he batted .285 and should show just as well this year on the varsity squad. Ralph Pausig, Pitcher This marks Ralph ' s first year on the varsity squad but you may recognize him as starting forward on the Trojan basketball team. Ralph is a good pitcher, winning nine out of eleven games as a Frosh. Looks promising. A Trojan Player Displays the Form That Has Brought Many Titles In order to get into the NCAA play-off Troy would have to win the NCAA District title. Stanford had won the CIBA championship which meant the Indians would play the District 8 champ. The Trojans started off the cham- pionship play by downing Seattle University 7 to 1. Then Troy had to beat San Diego State 2 out of 3 games, which they did by scores of 12 to 6, 1 to 3, and 3 to 1. Then, as told before, we lost the toss of the coin. The Score Mounts as Another Trojan Comes Into Home Plate It has been said by people who know and keep up with Trojan baseball that this 1954 varsity team is the best balanced team that Troy has seen in many years. A very heartening thing is that many of the men on the squad are juniors or sophomores, which is a good indication of what can be expected in the future, but then as someone once said, the only sure things are death and taxes, and there ' s more truth than poetry in that. 264

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sc. sc. sc sc. sc sc. sc. 1953 Track Scores .101 University of Arizona 30 . 73 1 3 San Diego State 19 us Naval Training Center... 69 . 92 1 6 Occidental 43 . 79 3 4 Stanford 51 . 83 2 3 LAAC 52 . 78 California 53 75 UCLA 56 2 3 5 6 SC First West Coast Relays SC First California Relays SC First PCC Championships SC First NCAA Championships Jess Mortcnsen, Head Track Coach Having led Troy to three consecutive NCAA cham- pionships in as many years of coaching the track team, Mort has established himself as one of the great track coaches of all times. As an undergraduate. Jess was one of the world ' s best all-around athletes, having at one time held the world record for the decathlon. 1954 Trojan Track Team Front Row: Asst. Coach Gray Berg, Walt Levack. J. B. Hutchins. Dick Hecht, Mike Thurman, Ernie Amador, Chuck Prophet. Joe Graffiio, Ron Ley. Pat Coyle, Jon Arnett, Dave Bungay, Will Wright, Director of Athletics Willi.s O. Hunter. Second Row: Head Coach Jess Mortensen, Twig Chambers, Mike Larrabee, Ron Childs, Ed Sommers. John Morgan, Bill Taylor, Lou Bortolin, Corky Phillips, Ron Evans. Marty Montgomery. Chuck Beeman, Dick Weber. Third Row: George Root, Fernando Ledesma. Howard Smith. Sherwin Sosnovsky, Rod Wilger, Howard Bugbee, Hank Kctels, Al Barry, Fred Edwards, Leon Clarke, Dick Adams. | Row: Manage bn Fullenhowe khn Doe, Dou ijala. Ernie S n. Leon Patterson, Des Koch, Hillard Torgan, Senior Manager Jack MKn. Bugbee, » n 266