California State University Northridge - Sunburst Yearbook (Northridge, CA)

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Move over maTes! A man's sporT has or- rived upon The Valley STaTe scene. Rugby is iTs name and for endurance and skill iT makes fooTball seem like a Tyke's game. Such Terms as i'scrum and lineouT have be- come familiar To The small band of ruggers who responded To coach Barry Devine's chal- lenge in This inTernoTionally favoriTe sporT of conTacT. Rugby, The grandTaTher of modern American TooTball, is a game of complex skills. Valley SToTe's ruggers have been 0 pleosonT surprise in Their firsT foray inTo The rugged onosphere of organized compeTi- Tion. Each week, coach Devine and his cap- Toins, Doyne HinTon and Dick Reeves, have picked ouT a Team based on The efforTs of each individual during pracTice sessions. Al- Though all buT Tour of The squad ore novices, The Team has won Three games in Their last seven sTarTs. This semesTer rugby is only a club on self-help basis; bUT Devine, c1 sTub- born Aussie is deTermined To see ThaT his hord-working group of Yanks achieve college recogniTion and support. A sideline dosh against The USC iunior varsiTy; V'SC won 25-0. RUGBY IN SUCCESSFUL CAMPUS DEBUT A scrum serves as a method of gettin- after a violation. The ball into play MATADOR RUGGERS: Iboffom, l-ri Coach Devine, J. Olsen, C. Soule, D. Hinton, L. Cutler, J. Hyman, T. Mcisaac. ROW 2: F. Dorvey, A. Bugg, P. Meyers, S. Tullis, D. Rubin, R. Simundza. ROW 3: B. STeV- enson, G. Glove, C. Caplan, C. AsmUS. J. Borwnsberger, J. Cusanovich, W. Kelly, J. Horolson, W. England. 7-,!T

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WRE STLING UNABLE TO , PIN OPPOSITION 1 VII! 7' 41 4' MATADOR MATMEN: 11-r1 Don Markham, John Wilson, Dave Smith, Fred Schack, John Owens, Coach Adrcm Adams. Wrestling en'rered ifs Third week of grappling 0nd groaning This season. Coach Adrcm Adams Tried To build up a squad whose inexperience cmd injury-prone members Ulfimctfely weakened any chance for victory. The strongest weight division was in The 137 pound class where John Owens Tenociously defended his undefea'red rec- ord in dual mee'r competition, The Matadors were wrestling over Their heads all year ogainsT a rough schedule and even Harry Horokaiwa, a newcomer from Japan, couldn't prevent VSC from being pinned wiTh a 1-10 record. The Matodors are on top for once. Struggling for position. An unwilling Matador is caught. Captain Dave Smith is pinned.

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com -. and his SSH. Reeve; have 76 efforTs of Sessions, Al. W e novices, In Their lqsf 3y is only a '79, 0 stub- see ThoT his iieve college into play . Coach ibomm' Hinton: soule, ' 2: , C OW . M0500 T TUIIiST . Meyer? 6. SteV' . POVJ ' ASmUSI CGPIOO' W. KeHY: SamOnC I .d. MEN'S FENCING: U-ri G. Harrington, M. Muenze, B. Haaz, couch Muriel Bower, Mathews, S. Gazuriun, N. Duncan, J. SmiTh. Fencers work ouT Twice a week as a group. DuelisTs HarringTon and H002 execute a lunge cmd parry. FENCING SLASHED BY GRADUATION As a compeTiTive sporT, fencing is relaTively new To Volley STaTe. However, since iTs incepTion Three years ago MoTodor fencers, under The ex- cellenT TuTelcge of Muriel Bower, have rapidly progressed from The elemenTory foil skills To placing Karl Dempwolf on The 1963 NCAA All- American fencing squad. DespiTe a great 1963 Team, This season will be devoTed,To rebuilding a squad depleTed by graduaTion. The men's Team is Training wiTh epee, foil and sabre. This spring semesTer's inifiol maTch agoinsT UCLA was lost bUT The men and women's combined Teams looked forward To The UCLA Open InviTaTiorial of The end of February and VSC was scheduled To hosT The WesTern InTercollegiaTe Fencing Con- ference in HS regional meeT during mid-March. All meeTs were scored by elecTrical moniToring for The firs'r Time. 111