California Western University - Loma Del Mar Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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CAL WESTERN 27-U OF REDLANDS T2 CWU mixed a fine running and passing game To Turn back UniversiTy of Redlands 27-12, Three quarTerbacks shared in The Wesferner heroics. STarTer Larry Toledo com- pleTed 5 of 8 passes, Birney Groom connec- Ted on 4 of 5, and Sophomore Allen Brown hiT on 2 OT 3 To pace The aTTack. Cal Wesfern scored The TirsT Time iT had The ball, marching 3l yards in seven plays To score on a swing pass from Toledo To J. Murdock, The WesTerners' advanTage was increased To T3-O in The second period when Groom passed inTo The end zone To Jerry l-lombs. Nick Wilks conversion was good, Redlands finally came alive To score and iusT before The half, J. CorTez inTercepTed a Toledo pass and ran 86 yards Tor anofher TD, l-lalTscore1 T3-l2. Cal WesTern sTarTed To roll again in The Third period when Anson Avery plunged over from The Two, raising The score To 2l -l2. The 4Th period was held in check unTil The lasT Two seconds when Brown passed To Paul SmiTh in The end zone, Final score: 27- 12. Larry Toledo Quanerback 5il l -l 60 Al Madison Halfback 5'7 -160 -reL9a3.essciz::v:,1c-Lux'-,rw 2' .Hz f ' - Allen Brown Birney Groom Bobby Acuna Jesse Murdock Quarterback Quarferbock Halfback Halfback 6'0 -180 70 5 TO

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GRIDDERS PLAY UPGRADED SCHEDULE Al LEWIS Buddy Lewis Larry Potter Al Rogers Head Coach Line Coach End Coach Trainer SEASON SUMMARY California Western University end- ed its upgraded football schedule with four wins against five losses. The Westerners opened against powerful University of Redlands and won 27-12. lniuries to key players hounoled Western for the next five games, losing in succession to Uni- versity of Hawaii, Occidental, La Verne, Whittier, and Cal Poly of Pomona. They won their final three games against Claremont-Mudd, University of California at Riverside, and University of Mexico. Ten gridders were named to the NAIA All-District football team. Joe Spaulding, Jack O'Brien and Jesse Murdock were tapped for the defen- sive first team while tackle Ben Cipranic was selected for the offen- sive first team. Second team honors went to Bob Dovgin, Larry Toledo, Anson Avery, Tim Short, Ron Dam- schen and Larry Slover. Spaulding was named to the All-Coast small college eleven. Tribute is paid to quarterback Larry Toledo who ranked nationally all season in passing offense and completion percentage. After the final Mexico game, To- ledo had thrown a total of l27 passes and completed lO4 for a total of H53 yards and a .604 com- pletion percentage. He also had nine completions go for touchdowns. downs. COACH Al Lewis tensely watches his charges during the season opener against Redlands. GRADUATE ASSISTANT Jim Lorenz talks anxiously with spotters in the press box. 177

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DPENING PAIR A sTrong Hawaii University Team was a challenge To CWU aTTer winning The Redlands opener, cmd They met This challenge in high spiriTs. Only deciding facTor between The Two Teams was when The clock ran ouT aTTer 60 minutes. ATTer a scoreless TirsT half in which looTh Teams failed To capiTalize on oppo- nenT mistakes, Cal Western hiT The scor- ing column on The TirsT play from scrim- mage on a 72 yard iaunT by J. Murdock. Hawaii goT iTs TirsT scoring opportunity when A. Ikeda recovered a CWU fum- ble on The Westerners' 6-yd-line. Two plays laTer The Rainbows Tied The game as Melvin Wise, Hawaii quarterback, Tossed a 4-yard paydirT aerial To wing- back Robert Au. Joe Spaulding, Western co-capTain cenTer, blocked The conversion aTTempT, and The game remained a 6-6 Tie until 7:39 of The last quarTer. Ben Ronquilio, workhorse of The Rainbow backfield, scored The go-ahead Touchdown on a 23-yard run. The PAT was successful as Wise passed To Thomas Mojica and The 8-poinT margin was held The remainder of The game by The Tired up Rainbows. Cal WesTern roared back in The wan- ing momenTs of The game only to lose The ball on downs inside The five-yard line with inches To go. BLOCKED! Center Joe Spaulding demonstrates why he earned Little All Coast linebacker honors Here he blocks The PAT attempt by University of Hawaii. WESTERN linemen in the CWU-Hawaii game get ready to rush the Rainbow kicker in the tightly played game. Bill Clarke Jim Barrett Paul Smith Anson Avery Jack Duby Halfback Halfback Halfback Fullback Fullback 5'9 -l85 5'9 --T65 5'l0 -l7O 5'l - ., ., . A.g,i, f