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gets fired up as USD gets iced again ;;;!_J~5 T HLRE was plent of emotion during last night's USD basketball game. The trouble is, it came from Toreros coach Han Egan and not his team. Egan's emotions ran the gamut from disbelief to Incredulity to anger to rage - all of it directed at the officials - in the Toreros' 79-64 loss to Eastern Washrngton at the USD Sports Center. ~gan: known for his .demonstrative courtside behavior, reached his boiling point with 5:30 rema1rung m the game and the Toreros trailing 62-60. That's when .USD f~rward Craig Cottrell was called for an intentional foul for grabbing the Jersey of Eastern Washington forward David Peed. ~ob no " yelled Egan. "Oh no. Ay Kirk Kenney T'rlbune Sporuwriter

!J~If OS: Another defeat six seconcts remammg m the half. USO ce~ter John Jerome, who had a It shouldn't have been that close. game-high 28 points and nine re- USD took 18 frees throws (making 12) bounds. "We think _it's goi~g to all ~n the first half. Eastern Washington happen at once and 1t doesn t. had only four (making two). Howev- "Five or six or seven times we er, eight USD 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-ba ed literary agency Watel'Slde Productions. On unday, Clausen bowed out. "I was concerned that the attention to legal details ~ould make me Wl'lte defensively," Clausen said, "and Id end up with a book with very little spirit." Clausen, 46, won the Edgar Award for mystery fiction in l!J!l2 for his best-selling "Ghost Lover," a thinking man s novel of revenge and murder m the rural Midwest. His free-lance writing includes comedy screenplays nd a computer software manual. He had envJSioned telling the Broderick story in the manner of Truman Capote•~ "In Cold Blood," a mix of detailed reporting and novelistic flair. On onday, he happened to read the latest edition of th book "Fatal Vision." A newly added epilogue convinced him he had made the right decision. It w author Joe McGinmss' account of his three Y ars in court fighting a lawsuit filed by convicted murder r Jeffrey MacDonald. Newspaper Strike Chatter trike one and you're out. • mor editors and non-editorial department rr. n rs at th Union-Tribune are said to have pleaded with publisher Helen Copley and editor•m-ch1ef Herb Kl In to avert a threatened strike by Newspaper Guild m mbers. • Reporters are taking home their files and phone hsts so they can't be used by replacements hired as trike-breakers. Elected officials are being asked not to Lalk lo strike-breakers. The f111t to pledge support were Rep. Jim Bates

(D-San Diego) and state Sen.-elect Lucy Killea (D-San Diego) • As the Guild sees it, the major 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 dunng U-Tbargaining. One U-T employee says the K&B style is captured in Wilham Kennedy's novel "The Ink Truck," a corruc-tragic tale of a fictional newspaper strike in Albany. I,n 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. Hmted even with changes he wouldn't like it." An Odoriferous Idea Some men have their names on libraries or dams or great halls of learning. Others have to settle for less imposing edifices. Jim Dragna, the attorney representing the city in ht1gat1on .,,nth the Environmental Protection Agency, told federal Judge Rudi Brewster during Monday's court s SJon that off1c1als are considering names for the proposed $2.6-bilhon sewage system. "There has been some discussion of naming the system the Judge Brewster (sewage] system," Dragna s81d. Brewster groaned. Dragna then assured him he was JQking.

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. Dow~ 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." • • • NOT~ - For the second straight game, Jerome was the only Toreros play~r 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 'can 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 at 7:30 at the USD Sports Center. Nevada-Reno defeated UC Davis 109-63 last night to improve its record to 3-4. The Wolfpack defeated USD 90-68 last season in Reno.

"OHNO!" Egan said 1t wasn't an intentional fo~l. The officials listened to Egan's obJecllons for the next four minutes. They responded by telling him to calm down, saying, "That's enough." But there was more. USD 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 boil1.d over. In one fluid motion he tore off h1 sports coat and threw it into the air and out onto the court. "That's not a deliberate foul," aid 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. The Eagles (3-4) scored the game's last 10 points, handing the Toreros (3-6) their fifth loss in six games. "We shouldn't have let the omc1als 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 ball. 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 Frank/In 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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calls came at rather unusual times and areas of the court. The first was a holding call on Craig Cottrell with the score, 62-60. and 5,21 left. David 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 it ITT-60. Then, with USD trailing, 69-64, Wayman Strickland was called for an rntenllonal foul from behind near the nght sideline, and Egan's Jacket was sent flying Ronn McMahon made three of four free throws to begin a 10-0 run to end the game. USO, which fell to 3-6 and plays Nevada Reno at home Thursday, was outscored in the final 5,21, 17-4. "We got out of sync," Egan said. "We lost our composure, and they say about the officials . . Anybody want to talk about the game?" Eastern Washington coach Bob Hofman was willing. 'That's a real good win for us," he said. "They're a good team. We made our free throws down the stretch and handled the pressure. We al ·o got a couple calls that went our way, which is unusual The Eagles (3·4), of the Big Sky Conference, got 18 pomts from Peed and 18 pomts and nine rebounds from on the road."

the ballgame." Said McMahon, one of four sen1 starters, "ll seems hke we're uslf· ally on the other end of calls I that." In the early going, the Toreo looked to be runmng away ta · three 10-pomt leads. But Easter Washington, which improved 3.4 rn its sixth road game, pull w1thin 36-35 at the half. In the first 8,23 of the sec~ half, Eastern Washington ou scored USD, 20-10. "The t wouldn't go away," Cottrell said. Jerome again handled the b of the scoring for USD. He was only Torero rn double-figures • Ing with 28 points. He also pul down a team-high mne rebound.'l USD committed 12 fouls to t SIX for Eastern Washington m the second half. Eastern Washmgt.pn made 15 of 19 to just two of four f r USD ..

By JIM Ll 'DGREN SA DIEGO-Two controver- al intent anal foul calls, an ensu• mg techmcal foul and a composed, experienced Eastern Washington team proved too much for the University of San Diego men's b lcetball~ht. Rec1p1 nts of these factors on its home court, USO fell, 79-64, in front of 823 disgruntled fans. "We don't comment about offi· cials,'· USD Coach Hank Egan said. But during the final 5\.~ minutes, Egan had plenty of choice words about and to the officials. And after th econd intentional foul was called with L40 left and USD trailing by five, Egan received a technical for hurling his Jacket high into the air before it landed n ar midcourt. "That's a first," Egan explained. "I Just lost 1t." For his part, the intentional foul Contlr>ued from C-1 iJ.0 Li bey s call gave Peed two free throw which he made The inten tlonal foul also gave the Eagles an- other poss ion, which resulted in one more fr throw from forward Damon Andrews that extended EWU's lead to 65-60. Egan called tlJlle out, but 1t was to no avail The Toreros would never draw closer than five again. 'We don't comment about offi- Egan said. "I've got nothing to DIEG~ ~vi~ Peed scored 18 ~ht/...,...includ1~g a three-point basket two minut~s into the second half that r,ut his team ahead to stay, as Ea st ern Washington downed the Univer- sity of San Diego 79-64 tuesaay mi~~·s dunk ;;d pulled his.team to within 40-39, then he hit his three-pointer to give Eastern Washington the lead for go:o

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posu~e. That s the difference In the ballgame right there." This season, Egan has bad 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 St. John's apologizing for his behavior. ~fan refused _to comment on the call;'i in question after last night's game. Ive got nothing t~ ~y about the officiating," said Egan. "I'm not going to comment on the offmatmg against South Alabama and I'm not going to comment on the officiating here." Egan's actions spoke for him. "Tha~ was a first," he said, referring to the jacket incident. "I don't know what I mtended. I just lost it." The Toreros Jost it, too. _uso too~ _a 24:a 1ead in the game's first 10 minutes, then spent the next 10 In1Dutes g1vm~ 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. l

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That was more than enough to overcome the offensive brilliance of Jerome, the only USD player to score 3-for-3 from three-point range and made 11 of 15 shots from the field. The rest of the Toreros made 11 of "We do a Jot of dumb things," Jerome said. •·we think it's all going to happen at once, and it's not going 38.

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for Eastern Washington was its shootmg percentage. The Eagles en- tered the game making just 37 per- cent of their field-goal attempts and ot Just 18 percent from the floor in a recent 81-42 loss at Wash- ington State. Last night, they shot 46 percent and made 17 of 23 free h d sh a ·

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woman co wmpttre uaoczg w the San Diego College for Women and par- . ucipa1ed Ill commencement exercises the following year. In 1972 the College for Women merged with the College of Men 10 6 In add.iuon 10 her worl,,: as an art professor at USD, Wlutcomb is director of design for all campus interiors ard extcnors and is the founder and director of the univers.ity's art \\'tutcomb has also directed restorauon •fforts at many San Diego parishes including Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, Sacred Heart Church, Coronado, and St. become USD. gal'cry.

She rea1ved the Bishop Buddy Award plaque from Dr. Anhor Hughes, USD pres,- dcnt, at the annual Alumru Mru s celcbr.ucd Dec. 7 rn Founders Chapel at v.hich some 350 pc!Opl • attended. She also received a ligblcd candle, symboliring the light ofUSD 1be awilfd, named for the firs! bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, is presented an• nuallytoanalumnaoralumm1~whoasmade a S1gnifican1 contnbuuon 10 lus or her profes- s1on and has served the communny and f:uUi con muruly. The selection ofWtutcomb maro a dcpar- ture from the alumru association's criteria that states no USD personnel will be given USD.

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Photo by MlllJt.-n HUMC• AWARD RECIPIENT- Therese Whitcomb, this year's recipient of the Bishop Buddy Award, 1nor issued to a graduate of the University of San Diego, proceeds down the 1 • • eiving the award at the annual Alumni Mass oelebrated Dec. 7 at Founders ,! The selection of Whitcomb, an art professor at USO as well as the founder and university's art gallery, marks the first time a USO administrator has reoeived an exoeption to the rule prohibiting USD employees from being so honored.

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To ·n as a team, Egan says, 1 oreros have to stop playing solo 7 V' th 140 left In its game Tu sday 1 tmg Eastern Washington, U D which tomght plays host to N vada-Reno (S.4) at no trailed, -64 Th Toreros Jost 79-64. In lo Ing to UC 5aata Barbara, UCLA and South Alabama all pro- gr m that reached the CAA Tour• nament last season USD paid !or its habit of fm1Sh10g divided. But Eastern Washmgton? Although enior-laden and 1mprov• mg th Eagl are "a team we matched up Wlth" Egan said. 'We should have been able to handle that ball game, e pec1ally on our home floor." Late m 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 already built a fire under Egan. Whenever ever, it seems, we gel in the crunch," said Egan, "we go solo. We don't practice like that, but we play like that. "It's a disease that seems lo 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. Youth - three sophomores start for USD can result in disoriented play, but Egan is trred 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- mg, scoring or rebounding as well as he did last season. Further, sophomore point guard Wayman Strickland, who played small forward in high school, Jacks 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 USD 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.