College of San Mateo - Campus Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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GTZ. Koxing Trouble in finding opponents was the main difiiculty of the boxing and wrestling teams. Box- ing is completed for the season, but wrestling is just tapering off as this is written. Several outstanding stars formed the nucleus of the boxing squad. Merle Rivord, former Golden Glove fighter from Chicago, was a new- comer who proved a sensation. The junior College won in the ring over San jose State and Salinas J. C. but lost to California Frosh and to Salinas in a return bout. In the conference tourney at Salinas, Howard .. QM WWA.. gan.. Peters, 126 pound scrapper from the Bulldog ranks, was the lone winner for San Mateo. For his work Peters received a gold medal. In the exhibition bouts at the conference matches, the Mateans showed some execllent boxers. Rivord, Harry Davis, and others won their battles, but they did not count as they were only exhibition events. Several freshmen showed a good deal of prom- ise during the season, and the hopes of Coach Wilson for a successful team next season are high at present. MW Forty-four

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Ckew San Mateo gained a tie for the crew cham- pionship by whipping Oakland-Polytechnic Col- lege of Engineering in the nnal race. But they lost all chances for a clear win of the California Collegiate Oarsmen's Association Conference when they were defeated by the University of San Francisco. A review of the season tells the tale of hard-fought and winning races. In league competition the usual San Mateo streak of good and bad luck held true. The locals were stroked by Sherman Frick and Chester Edwards. The other portsiders were Conny Byrnes, Bill Whit- tington, Wes Hicks, Malt Stepp, and George Owens. On the starboard,.behind Edwards, were Bill Dower, Tom Tinker, Keith Reeves, Harry Prongos, and Bill Watson. Vic Feudale was cox- swain. Mr. Rankin acted as coach. Forly-three

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Pete Marich, dark haired golfing star of the jaysee links team, nosed out Bud Brownell of Salinas in the finals of the annual conference golf meet to win the title. Pete was the only Bulldog golfer to qualify. He was an upset winner, hav- ing shot steady golf for the entire tournament. The San Mateo team of john Worsley, Romeo Firpo, jim Mulpeters, Bill Cooley, and Art Schneider finished third. Under the tutelage of Coach Ted Matthew, the Bulldog linksmen en- joyed a fairly successful season, winning well over fifty per cent of their matches. tw fling . . -'V 1 , Four matches, all with Polytechnic High coached by Lee Bissett, had trouble in scheduling School of San Francisco, constituted the entire matches. Poly won the only four meets. wrestling season for San Mateo. The team, - .g,.. '72 Forly-fffle