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

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FRONT ROW, left to right: Jack Delbar, Jim Giblin, Nick Haloski, Rich Guisti, Pat Jardin, Mat Medrano, George Gerbing, Granny Wright and Steve Seitz. SECOND ROW: Bill Barraclough, Clair Smith, Ron O’Rourke, Gary (Bud) Murray, Charley Lax, Johnny Treu, Greg Re and Bud Holland. THIRD ROW: Frank Costellanos, Dave Carelli, Dave Lundsman, Don Covarelli, Wayne Lee, Gene Cornelius, Paul Rau, Al Arneson and Bob Brown. NOT PICTURED: Ormand Klein, Ernie DeLima, Johnny McRoberts, Gerry Meyer, Marino Rosellini and Gene Bettencourt. Driving deep into LA Valley territory for th- first time, halfback G reg Re (30) fights with Val- ley QB Larry Byers for this Don Covarelli pass. Net results — Re got it. official proof that we beat Sacramento. He’s just caught That’s Greg Re No, Granny Wright doesn’t have a sudden stomach ache. the first touchdown pass of the year from Don Covarelli. coming up to assist

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Coaches Jesse Freitas and Joe Ferem. With shining armor and a new hope, the College of San Mateo Bulldogs looked toward a new season of pigskin thrills. Coaches Jesse Freitas and Joe Ferem, a newcomer from Carlmont High, were optimistic as they viewed the training session at Coyote Point but were uncertain of what this untested, green eleven would do come game time against LA Valley. Showing very well against a superior southland club, the Bulldogs managed to contain the Valley machine for a major part of the game before falling before an alert passing attack and a 32-7 defeat. SM’s lone score came on a pass from Don Coyarelli to end Granny Wright. Covarelli kicked the conversion. Then the peninsula club made the annual plane trip to Southern California and challenged another defending champion, the Fullerton Hornets of the Eastern Conference. The Bulldogs were stung, 26-7, with Covarelli hitting Ron O’Rourke for the single td for SM. Bill Barraclough’s golden toe added the extra point. The highlight of the season took place the following Saturday when the CSM crew trounced Sacramento’s Panthers, 15-6, in the Big Eight Conference opener. It was the first time since 1946 that a San Mateo gridiron club had beaten the capital city footballers. Bill Barraclough, the poor man’s Lou Groza, did the winning damage with a 30-yard field goal after the Bulldogs had tied the score at 6-6 with an 85- yard td run by 205-pound fullback Gerry Meyer. Covarelli added the insur- ance tally in the last three seconds. From there on, the CSMites were destined to lose six straight hard-fought battles. WCC, with two lucky scoring thrusts, shut out the Freitasmen, 12-0. Santa Rosa’s Bearcubs turned a deaf ear, 19-0, after the Bulldogs had driven to the 9-yard line on the opening kickoff. Stockton ruined this year’s home- coming festivities, 14-6, and won the league title three weeks later. Oakland revenged last season’s 20-13 loss by slipping past on two last period td’s along with a blocked punt for an automatic safety. The Tom-Tom remained in possession of City College of SF as the Rams issued the third scoreless effort against the Mateans, 34-0. A belated bid to get a win resulted in yardage galore from the single-wing but nary a td. And Modesto nearly got the axe before squeezing out a 20-12 decision in Piratetown to hold on to “Jumbo,” sym- bolic elephant of the Modesto-San Mateo series. With more veterans expected come next September, the coaches are looking ahead to a better and more profitable season. FOOTBALL Athletic Director Murius McFadden. 0 12 60 % SCORES LA Valley Fullerton Sacramento WEC= Santa Rosa Stockton Oakland CCSE: Modesto (1-8) league games.

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With Mat “Babe” Medrano and big Nat Cross providing a men- acing protection, halfback Buddy Murray gets set to throw a jump pass ” “Babe” and “most valuable player’ trophy. Quarterback Don Covarelli, top passer. MEDRANO TAKES HONORS Mat “Babe” Medrano, a Capuchino High product, made just about every conceivable honor and team that a je player could, and it marked the first year that College of San Mateo has had a junior college All-American candi- date. Called by many sports writers as a tiger on defense, Mat always played 60 minutes of hard, rough, tough foot- THE WRAPUP FINAL BIG EIGHT STANDINGS w ps Stockton College 7é 193 City College of SF... 6 Santa Rosa JC. oe Oakland JC 4 Modesto JC 3 College of San Mateo 1 W. Contra Costa JC.. 1 Sacramento JC DAAnDRSWNKSs 171 PASSING rank pa pce pi nyg Don Covarelli 3 57 24 6 435 Wayne Lee 25 7 426 Jack Delbar 14 4 258 Johnny Treu 2 4 153 RUSHING rank tcb yg yl nyg av. Charley Lax... 12 63 339 41 298 4.6 Gerry Meyer.... 16 37 186 13 173 4.7 Johnny Treu .. 21 52 176 33 143 2.8 Buddy Murray 26 47 129 7 122 2.7 Halfback Charles ‘‘Mickey’’ Lax, leading ground gainer. ball whether the score was 0-0 or 34-0. In accordance, CSM ‘awarded him the “most valuable player” plaque at their fall banquet, and rival coaches selected him on the all-Big Eight first team. All seven rival conference schools selected him to their all-opponent clubs, and the crowning touch was added when the Wigwam Wisemen of America accorded him All-American honors in their 1956 poll.