University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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The Frosh team getting in shape. «triglin.141:4. fermis The tennis team was expected to be an improvement over last year ' s team and possibly even outclass the 1958 Varsity as well. Early season victories over San Mateo Junior College and City College of San Francisco indicated that the Frosh would perform as well as expected. In preseason matches, two Southern California boys, Norm Slomann and Bob Jones, showed much promise and rated top positions. Art Kono, the team ' s Number 1 man, did as well as three Varsity players in the Northern California Intercollegiate Championships at Palo Alto by advancing to the third round. Coach Stevens didn ' t anticipate any considerable amount of depth in his Frosh team but admittedly had to reconsider his position when the Junior Bears outclassed CCSF by the good margin of 6-3—such a victory was not foreseen. With men like Kono, Slomann and Jones and the others, Leonard Saputo, Jim Holstruin, Chris Robin and John Hilton, the pace of next year ' s Varsity will be stepped up. And if Stevens can draw to Cal, as he hopes, some of the young enthusiasts he has been tutoring at the Berkeley Tennis Club, the caliber of both tennis teams will be high. I FIRST ROW, left to r ight: Norm Slomann, Chuck Benson, Len Saputo, John Hilton, Chris Rolin. SECOND ROW: Art Kona, Bob Jones, Dudley Stier, George Keriline, Joe Van Hoff, Jim Holstrom. 445

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Rugger Coach, MILES HUDSON Out of my way, please! rugb Last year ' s record of eleven wins, two losses and two ties makes it evident that Cal has one of the best rugby teams in the nation. Such schools as Yale, Harvard, MIT and Princeton lost to the Bears in ' 57. From this team eighteen lettermen returned to form the nucleus for the new squad. UCLA fell to the ruggers in the open- ing match 14-9 and again in the return match at Berkeley, 15-13. But the Bruins spoke well for themselves and for their new coach and indicated that all future games would be decided by close scores. Cal and the University of British Columbia split the first two of their four matches, 8-6 and 9-17. The two remaining games in Vancouver would determine the winner of the World Cup Series. Each year this Cup goes to the team scoring the most aggre- gate points in the four matches. The Olympic Club proved to give some trouble before bowing down 8-5. And in another contest, fullback Tom Trutner, accounting for eleven points, led the team to a crumpling 23-6 victory over Stanford.Then the world-touring Australian Wallabies came to town with their impressive string of victories. The match was to be played under International Rugby rules : fifteen, and only fifteen, players could be used with no replacements permitted even in case of injury. On the appointed Thursday afternoon the rain, mud and the Aussies defeated Cal 12 to 5. The Bears ' Coach, Miles Doc Hudson, is an interesting American-New Zealand combination. Born in this country, he lived in New Zealand for eleven years where he acquired his knowledge of the game. His record of eighteen years at Berkeley-128 wins, 33 losses and 10 ties—reveals how well he imparts his skill. IN FRONT (with ball): Frank 1 lattarocci. FIRST ROW, left to right: Unidentified, Dave Babros, Tom Trutner, John Jim Woodward, Jack Hart, Ron Currie, Pat Vincent, Frank Maldenacio, John El!worthv, John Harrison, Art Howard. SECOND ROW: Gordon Greenlee, Jim Cullom, Steve Glagola, Tom Regers, Frank Nlisch, Tom Fraser, James La Rue, John Lee Smith, James Duff, Dick Moneymaker, Mike White, Dick Singleton, Miles Doc Hudson, coach. 447