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Ron Jamerson, Cougar Grid Ace,

Chases O.J.'s Touchdown Mark

The story that filtered down schools, including Big Ten rep-
from Santa Barbara City College resentatives, indicated they will
was that the most highly publi- c on tac t Ron when the current
cized football player there last football season is over.
week was Ron Jamerson, star His ultimate decision as far
running back of the COC Cou- as football is concerned is to
gars. play pro ball, preferably on the
Ron's photo, it was alleged, west coast with Oakland, the
was posted in the locker room Rams, or the 49ers.
and on bulletin boards with the A modest young man and a
exhortation to "Get Him!" gentleman, Jamerson gives cred-
The story may be apochry- it for whatever success he has
phal, but it is reasonable that achieved to the Cougar offensive
this psychological guerrilla war- line which opens the holes for
fare was conducted before last his spectacular runs and scores.
Saturday night's Homecoming He mentioned specifically
game here in light of the formi- Juan Campbell, Tom Jack, Bob
dable statistics this classy run- Piltz, Bill Atkins, Joe Murphy,
n e r h a s pi l e d u p s o far this C a r l D e e l e y, P a u l Le h man,
season as California's top JC Randy Berglund, Mike Lombardi,
scorer. Leo Chavez, and Claude Pitts.
J a m e r s on h as s c o red 21
When questioned about the
touchdowns in nine games. He's real possibility of being named
logged 1,116 yards in 192 car- All-America, Ron demurred by
ries for 5 .8 yards a crack . Ron saying, "I can't speak about
is also the Cougars' top pass that. I'm just going to keep
receiver.
running.''
The ct urable back long since
Ron, sharing the optimism of
has broken COC 's old scoring most of his teammates, thinks
"record of 15 touchdowns and now
the Cougars have a real shot
is aiming for one of the hallowed
at the state JC title.
statistics in the state--0.J. '' On the right day, we can
Simpson's 27 TDs scored at
beat any team in the JC divi-
San Francisco City College. sion in the state." he said.
Ron has one more league "Actually on any one good day
game and potentially three state when the team puts together
play-off contests to knock off four solid quarters, the Cougars
O.J .s long-standing mark. can beat a number of four-year Ron Jamerson, Cougar's high-scoring running back, is chasing 0. J.
John Taylor of Moorpark is schools in California." Simpson's state touchdown mark. If Cougars make state play-offs,
lightly ahead of Jamerson in R on c r e d it s t h e f i ne grid Ron's chances are good.
total yardage. The two meet in season to team "togetherness".
a head-on confrontation this "We have unity and spirit
S a t u r d a y n i g h t (at Thousand this year," he said. "That goes
Oaks High School). for the coaches as well as the
If the Cougars beat Moorpark, players. Something else is diff-
COC is the Western State con- erent now, too. The blacks and
ference champ. If Moorpark de- whites are cooperating. Last
feats COC, the Cougars are co- year some of us felt racial pre-
champions with Ventura College. judice."
Jamerson, who runs the 100 When not playing or practicing
yard dash around 9. 7 seconds football, Ron spends time coach-
and 40 yards in 4 .4, possesses ing boys on the sand lots of Pa-
''amazing acceleration and great coima and San Fernando where
de t e rm in at ion'' ace ording to he grew up. He played football
Mike Gillespie, the offensive at Sylmar High as well as base-
backfield coach. ball, and ran track.
''And he's just learning to Remember the name ••• Ron
run," he added. Jamerson.
Ron's futurn as a football You'll hear it many times in
pJayer was forecast unequivocally the years ahead.
by Larry Reis big, the Cougars'
head coach.
''He's a potential super-star, Ski Club Plans
You're going to hear and hear
about him when he moves on to Holiday Outing
another school and when he's a
professional."
COC's Frostbites, the Ski
Reis big's evaluation appar-
ently is shared by others, in- club. has got it together.
First major outing will be to
cluding coaches from some of Brianhead, Utah, over the Thanks-
th.e top football schools in the giving holiday.
land. The club also hopes to bring
A part i a l l i st of "offers"
a ski ramp on campus for demon-
this 200 pounds peedsterhas al- strations in January during the
ready received includes USC, proposed "Club Week" activities
UCLA, Notre Dame, Nebraska, sponsored by the Inter-Club C oun-
Oklahoma, Stanford, 0 reg on, sil.
Oregon State, washington t>tate, Frostbites, which merged with
University of Texas at El Paso, the Santa Clarita Ski club re -
San Jose State, University of cently, invites all students--be- Ed Marynowski (center), COC 's top cross country runner, wi 11 compete
Pacific, O cc i dental, and the ginners as well as advanced ski- in the State Junior College Championships Saturday (Nov. 17) at San
University of Kentucky. ers--to join the group. Mike Gil- Mateo. Cougar harriers, with smallest team in league, finished a fine
A number of additional lespie is faculty sponsor. fourth in the WSC.