News Scrapbook 1989

San Diego, Calif, (San Diego Co) SAN DIEGO TRISUNE

Los Angeles.CA (Los Angeles Co.) Times \ San Diego Ed.) Cir. D. 50,010) (Car. S. 55,573)

DEC 2 O1989

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Eg: gets fired up as USD gets iced again C/ 55 T HERE was P!en~1 of emotion during last night's,!!SD basketball game. The trouble 1s, 1t came from Toreros coach HanK Egan and not his team. Egan's em~tio~ ran the gam~t _from disbelief to incredulity to anger to rage -:-- all of 1t directed at the officials - in the Toreros' 79-64 loss to Eastern Washington at the USO Sports Center. ~gani known for his demonstrative courtside behavior, reached his boiling pomt with 5:30 rema1rung JO the game and the Toreros trailing 62-60. That's when .USO forward Craig Cottrell was called for an intentional foul for grabbJOg the Jersey of Eastern Washington forward David Peed. "Oh no " yelled Egan. •oh no. "OHNO!" y Kirk Kenney ibune Sportswriter

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~-c,~f OS: Another defeat six seconas remammg m the half. USO ce~ter John ?erome, who had a It shouldn't have been that close. game-hi~~ 28 l,)010~, and. nine re- USO took 18 frees throws (making 12) bounds. We think _its go1?g to all \n the first half. Eastern Washington haP,~n at onc_e and it doesn _t . had only four (making two). Howev• Five or six or seven tunes we er, eight USO turnovers limited the went down the floor and didn't even number of shots the Toreros took get a good shot. We'd take a three- from the floor and kept the Eagles in painter. We had plenty of time. We're the game. Just not mature. That was a mature It was tied at 46 four minutes into basketball team. That was obvious."

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Mar-based literary agency Waterside Productions. On • unday, Clausen bowed out. "I was concerned that the attention to legal details ~ould make_me write defensively," Clausen said, "and Id end up with a book with very little spirit." Clau.,en, 46, won the Edgar Award for mystery fiction in 1~2 for his best-selhng "Ghost Lover," a thinking mans novel of revenge and murder in the rural MJdwest His free-lance writing includes comedy screenplays · and a computer aoftware manual. He had envisioned telhng the Broderick story in the manner of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood," a mix of detailed reporting and novehstic flair. On Monday, he happened to read the latest edition of the book "Fatal Vision." Anewly added epilogue convinced him he had made the right decision. It w author Joe McGinnlss' account of his three years in court fighting a lawsuit filed by convicted murderer Jeffrey MacDonald. Newspaper Strike Chatter Strike one and you're out. • Senior editors and non-editorial department managers at the Umon-Tr1bune are said to have pleaded with publisher Helen Copley and editor-in-chief Herb Klein to avert a threatened strike by Newspaper Guild members. • Reporters are taking home their files and phone lists 10 they can't be used by replacements hired as stnke-br akera. Elected omc1als are bemg asked not to t&lk to stnke- breakers. The first to pledge support were Rep. Jim Bates

(D-San Diego) and state Sen.-elect Lucy !Gllea (D-San Diego) • As the Guild sees it, the m3Jor obstacle to a compromise settlement is the disingenuous style of King & Ballow, the Tennessee law firm hired to represent the company. The National Labor Relations Board has accused K&B of two dozen counts of illegal negotiating tactics during U-T bargaining. One U-T employee says the K&B style is captured in William Kennedy's novel "The Ink Truck," a comic-tragic tale of a fictional newspaper strike in Albany. l!1 it, an angry columnist talks of Stanley, the company s lawyer-negotiator: "Stanley says our 57th proposal is unacceptable without changes. He refuses to specify which changes. Hinted even With changes he wouldn't like it." An Odoriferous Idea Some men have their names on libraries or dams or great hails of learning. Others have to settle for Jess imposing edifices. Jim Dragna, the attorney representing the city in hllgallon with the Environmental Protection Agency, told federal Judge Rudi Brewster during Monday's court sesSJon that officials are considering names for the proposed $2.6-billion sewage system. "There has been some discussion of naming the system the Judge Brewster [sewage] system," Dragna said. Brewster groaned. Dragna then assured him he was ,oking. •

Eastern Washington won while playing on the road for the sixth time in seven games. "We're a senior-dominated team that has to learn how to win on the road," said Eastern Washington coach Bob Hoffman. "That's why this game was so important for us. "When you get right down to it, this game is 80 percent luck. Down the stretch, we got some breaks they didn't get. We made our free throws and they didn't. And we got a couple calls on the road, which is unusual We're just very fortunate." • • • NOTES - For the second straight game, Jerome was the only Toreros player to reach double figures in scoring. Cottrell and junior guard Pat Holbert each had eight points. Strickland scored seven. Jerome has become the focal point of USD's offense, but he doesn't be- lieve the Toreros are relying too much on him to spark the offense. "That's not necessarily it " he said. "We've got other people we ~an go to. "It's frustrating. I think that's the only word I can use to describe it. It seems like we're not all there when it comes to game time. Sometimes I sense it coming together, but some- times I just don't know. We're too cool or something." • The Toreros play host to Neva- da-Reno tomorrow night al 7:30 at the USO Sports Center. Nevada-Reno defeated UC Davis 109-63 last night to improve its record to 3-4. The Wolfpack defeated USO 90-68 last season in Reno. •

Egan said it wasn't an intentional lo~l. ~he officials listened to Egan's obJectlons for the next four minutes. They responded by telllng him to cairn down, saying, "That's enough." But there was more. USO guard Wayman Strickland was called for an intentional foul on Eastern Washington's Donn McMahon with 1:40 remaining and the Toreros trailing 69-64. Egan boiled over. In one fluid motion he tore off his sports coat and threw it into the air and out onto the court. "That's not a deliberate foul," said Egan, adding. "The way you guys re- feree makes a guy want to get out of the profession." Egan was hit with a technical as soon as his jacket hit the floor. McMahon made three of four free throws, theu Eastern Washington was given the ball out of bounds. Tb.e Eagles (3-4) scored the game's last 10 poJOts. handing the Toreros (3-6) their fifth loss in six games. "We shouldn't have let the officials take us out of that thing - if that's what bothered us," said Egan. "The calls are probably great calls and we probably shouldn't let that stuff af- fect us. I'm sorry I got the tech. "We shot the ball badly in the sec- ond half. We didn't run our offense very well We got out of sync. We lost our composure. They kept there com-

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Tribune photo by Michael Franklin USD's John Jerome had 28 points the second half when Eastern Wash- ington went on a 9-0 run to take a 55- 46 lead. Egan called a timeout to re- group. It worked. The Toreros re- sponded with a 14-7 run that cut the deficit to 62-60. That's when the intentional fouls came and the opportunity for a comeback left. "We do a lot of dumb things,'' said

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'The calls are proba- bly great calls and we probably shouldn't let that stuff affect us' -Hank Egan

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and areas of the court. The fust was a holding call on Craig Cottrell with the score. 62·60, and 5,21 left. Dav\d Peed, who led the Eagles with 18 pomts, made the two free throws. One second later, John Jerome was called for a foul on Damon Andrews, who made one of two from the line. Peed's 15-foot base- line JUmper made 1l 67-60. Then, with USO trailing, 69-64. Wayman Strickland was called for an intentional foul from behind near the nght sideiine.-and Elran's

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SAN DIEGO-Two controver- al 1ntent1onal foul calls, an ensu- ng techmcal loul and a composed, ClCP n need Eastern Washington team proved too much for th,e University of San Diego mens basltetbalt team Tat-sday mght. Rec1p1 nt.s of these factors on its home court, USD fell, 79 •6'1, m front of 823 disgruntled fans. "We don't comment about offl- c1als," USO Coach Hank Egan said. But during the Imai 5½ minutes. Egan had plenty of choice words about and to the officials. And after the econd mtent1onal foul was called with 1:40 left and USO trailing by five, Egan received a technical for hurling his iacket high mto the air before it landed near midcourt. "That's a first," Egan explained. "!Just lost 1t." For his part, the intentional foul

posu~e. Thats the difference in the ballgame right there." ThJS ~n. Egan has had nothing but bad luck with referees. He lambast- ed the officials last month in New York following USD's 77-72 loss to South Alabama in the St. John's Tournament when he drew another costly technical. Later, he sent a letter to SI. John's apologizing for his behavior. ~pn refused _to comment on the calls in question after last night's game. I ve got nothing to say about the officiating,'' said Egan. "I'm not going to comment on the officiating against South Alabama and I'm not going to comment on the officiating here." Egan's actions spoke for him. "That was a firs_t," he said, referring to the jacket incident. "I don't know what I JOtended. I Just lost it." The Toreros lost it, too. _USO too_k a 2~14 lead in the game's first 10 minutes, then spent the next 10 mmutes g1V1ng 1t away. The Toreros clung to a 36-35 halftime lead after Eastern Washington guard Brian Sullivan made his third three-pointer with Please see TOREROS: C-8, Col. 1 \

jacket was sent I McMahon made thre throws to begin a IO the game. USO, which fell to Nevada Reno at ho1 was outscored in ti 17-4. "We got out of syn "We lost our com~

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the B1sbop Buddy Award. Last year's co-recipient, Anne Lonnccker, whoshared 1he award with he rhusband, said Whitcomb's "contnbutions to the university and tbe San Diego community are so unique that the alumni association's board of direc- tors bas chosen to make an excepuon - an exception that will probably be made once in the life of this university." In 1953, Whitcomb became the lust woman to complete undergraduate studies at the San Diego College for Women and par- . uapated m commencement exerca.ses the following year. In 1972 tbe College for Women merged with the College of Men to become USD. In addition to her work as an art professor at USD, Whitcomb 1s director of design for all campu.~ intenors ar.d exteriors and is the founder and director of the universi.ty 's art gal'e,y. V.'lutcomb has aho directed restoration ~fforts at manySan Diego parishes including Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala , Sacred Heart Church, Coronado, and St. Agnes Qiurch in Point Loma.

By Maureen Nu~ a _/ Soutbora Cross ;;zJf,5:::? ALCALA PARK - University of San Diego art professor 1berese Whitcomb was honored recently w1tb the Bi,;hop Buddy Award, the lughest honor USD bestO"-S on a gradU3.te. It was tbe first time m the 16-year history of the award that ic was given to a USO employee. She received the Bl.Shop Buddy Award plaque from Or. Arthor Hughes, USD presi- dent. al the annual Alumni Mass celebrated ~c. 7 in Founders Chapel at whicll some 350 peop!~ attended. She also received a lighted candle. symbolizmg the ligbt ofUSD farU1 .:on mun11y The award, named for the first bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, IS presented an- nually to an alumna or alumnus who a, made a s1gruficant contobuuoo to lus or bcr profes- sion and has served the community and USD. 11le selecoon ofWhitcombmarks a depar- ture from the al umni association's critena that states no USD personnel will be given

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sANDIEG~ avid Peed scored 18 ~ts:- includi!!g a three-point basket two mmutes into the second half that put his team ahead to stay. as Eastern wa~hington downed the Univer- sity of San Diego 79-64 Tuesday night. .- I d h. team Peed's dunk had pule is_ . to \vithin 40-39, the':! he hit his three-pointer to gwe Eastern Washington the lead for g~- d Peed finished with 18 pomts an Greg Trygstad also had 18 for Eastern Washington . . San Diego led most of the first half and was up by as many as 10 points before the Eagles \3-4) went ahead briefly with two minutes left in the half on a rebound ba_sket _by McMahon, who finished with mne points. Other Eagles in d?uble figures included Brian Sullivan with 14 and Greg Olson with 12. USD (3-6) was Jed by John Jer- ome's 28 points.

S.rn Diego, CA. (San Diego Co.) S,in Diego Union (Cir D. 217,089) (Cir S. 341,840)

DEC 2 1 1989

Photo by U...UN«i NuMc• AWARD RECIPIENT - Therese Whitcomb, this year's recipient of the Bishop Buddy Award, the highest honor issued to a graduate of the University of San Diego, proceeds down the aisle after receiving the award at the annual Alumni Mass celebrated Dec. 7 at Founders Chapel, USO. The selection of Whitcomb, an art p_rofessor at USO as weU as the founder _and director of the university's art gallery, marks the first time a USO adm1rnstrator has received the award - an exception to the rule prohibiting USD employees from being so honored.

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ing, scoring or rebounding as well as he did last season. Further, sophomore point guard Wayman Strickland, who played small forward in high school, lacks the corresponding experience of most collegiate point guards. Too, when a team's top outside shooter is also its best inside scorer, as is the case with USO and senior forward /center John Jerome, when that player fails to get the ball in the right spot at the right time, points can be scarce.

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"It's a disease that seems to have become rather infectious. "It's when you are supposed to win , or you have an equal chance to win, that you find out how well you play. "We got to a game (Tuesday) night, and it was a war . . and they were pretty veteran and stayed together and functioned as a team, and we didn't." Bad teams fall apart late in games, Egan said, stopping one con- clusion short of calling his team a bad one.

matched up with," Egan said. "We should have been able to handle that ball game, especially on our home floor " Late in the game Egan threw his Jacket onto the court, steamed by a referee's call. Perhaps, though, that call merely was the final piece of coal; his team had alread)' built a fire under Egan ' Whenever ever, ii seems, we get in the crunch," said Egan, "we go solo. We don't practice like that, but we play like that

Y'ith 1-40 left JO its game Tuesday ag~.,IS 1s1tmg Eastern Washington . USD which tonight plays host to vada Reno (H) at 7-30 - trailed 64. he Toreros lost, 79-64 In lo mg to UC anta Barbara, UCLA and South Alabama - all pro- gram th t reached the NCAA Tour• nament last sea on - USD paid !or its habit of fmi bing divided. But Eastern Washington? Although senior-laden and improv- mg, the Eagl are "a team we

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can result in disoriented play, but Egan is tired of hearing of his team's youth, he said. He heard it often last season, an 8-20 campaign Egan ranked his most trying to date. It can be argued that sophomore Gylan Dottin, burdened with differ- ent defensive tasks since he switched from forward to guard, and that jun- ior center Dondi Bell, asked to re- bound and play more defense, are merely adjusting. Neither is shoot-

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