A ROUGHHOUSE REBIRTH FOR RUGGER

Rugby is a rough game that started in England in 1823 when a frustrated British soccer player picked up the ball and ran with it The sport found its way to the U.S. in the 1870s, but languished. Now it is enjoying a rebirth. Next weekend some 24 clubs and college teams in the West are expected to take part in the fourth annual Monterey Peninsula Tournament. At right, two of last year's semifinalists, USC and the San Francisco Olympic Club (striped jerseys), leap for the ball in a line-out, similar to an out-of-bounds play in basketball

Brawny USC (red) and UCLA players, arms about teammates' waists, clash in a scrum during the 1961 Monterey tournament

Stanford's Kyrk Reid holds the spoils of victory: a trophy and pretty Pam Peterson

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HY PESKIN