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

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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

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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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Larry Slover Halfback 5' l I --170 Tim Short Fullback 6'0 -190 OCCIDENTAL l4-CAL WESTERN O A highly rated Occidental College football team lived up to advance no- tices as the Tigers handed Cal Western its second straight defeat, i4-O, Led by John Whitney, an All-Confer- ence fullback, Oxy dominated play throughout the game. The big, fast orange squad spent most of the even- ing in the visitor's territory while rolling up 328 yards to the Westerners' 123. Their first touchdown drive started on Cal Western's 41 after Dave Roberson ran back a punt 47 yards. Ten plays later, Whitney crashed over from the one. Whitney scored again in the third period to cap a 60-yard push by Occi- dental in ll plays. Cal Western gave local fans some- thing to cheer about in the fourth quar- ter when they managed to threaten on two occasions. One drive was halted on Oxy's nine yard line. Later, Bob Dovkin dropped Larry Toledo's pass in the end zone to end a second scoring opportunity and a frustrating evening for the Western eleven. Rick Starek Halfback 5'8 -165 Howie Williamson Halfback 5'l 1 --T95 Roy Dohner Halfback 5'l O -170 OXY CLIPS C.W U Don Clothier Joe Frost Larry Johnson Center Guard Quarterback 6'2 --235 5 lO 185 60