News Scrapbook 1989
Los Angeles CA (~os Angeles Co.) Times (San Diego Ed.) (Cir. D. 50 010) (Cir. S. 55,573)
San Diego, CA. (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840)
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!Another side to power struggle Page cites SDG&E rate losses, cites need for a rate increase By Charles W. Ross Starr Writer Utility bills in San Diego are going _ up next year, SDG~resident Tom Page predicted1ast night. must increase rates to cost or above, Shames, head of the consumer group he added. UCAN, who produced a year-old Page's predictions are expected to SDG&E rate analysis chart that fuel the current controversy over showed the local utility with residen- which utility has the cheapest ener- tial rates rising but continuing to be gy, and whether Edison can deliver lower than Edison's each year on a promise of rate reductions if its through the year 2000. takeover is successful. The chart was produced by Rate arguments are a major seg- SDG&E during its so-called border menl of state regulatory examina- wars with Edison over customers tions of Edison's proposed merger last year. with Edison. Regulators must deter- "It is hard to understand how mine _whether ~r. not there are public SDG&E rates last year were predict- benefits to a utility merger. , ed to be better t~an Edison's and Page's predictions were cha!- ' lenged by others, including Michael See SDG&E on P ge D-2 Speaking at a debate on the merits of the proposed $2.5 billion SDG&E merger with Southern California Edison, Page said SDG&E is current- ly losing money on making electrici- ty. "The math just doesn't work out," said the utility executive, noting that it cost SDG&E 9.50 cents per ki- lowatt-hour to make electricity that is sold for 8.75 cents. The company
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"These (rate changes) are just a game, a shell game, an accounting ence that Page was about to seek a, $50 million or $100 million rate in- crease this month, with the amount dependent on the desires of Edison's management. Navarro said Edison could not le- gally deliver on its promise of a 10 percent rate reduction for San Diegans. "And our rates would (subsequently) go higher than Edison's, and continue to be higher were we to remain as a stand-alone utility," said Page. Peter Navarro, USO economics professor, author -of a book on utility economics and leader of an opposi- tion group known as Prevent Los An- gelization Now, told the debate audi- significantly during recent years. Page told the audience that SDG&E would be filing for a fuel- related rate increase on Sept. 29 to take effect next spring. The SDG&E executive said he ex- pects that sometime next year, or the following year, that SDG&E and ~n rates would reach parity. now suddenly they are going to be worse," Shames told Page during the debate. Edison rates are currently higher than those paid by SDG&E custom- ers and are expected to increase by early next year. On the other band, SDG&E's rates have been dropping 1 Jllkn~ P. c. e r,, 1888 USD defeats Azusa with wing offense LL: USO ----- ping to wing By Tom Krasovic tarr Writer $&;;,? Stop the fullback. and you're quite like- ly to stop the Delaware Wing T offense. Azusa Pacific did stop USD fullback Todd Jackson last night - on fourth down on the Cougars' I-yard line. But after that early failure, Jackson proved unstoppable, and so did the rest of USD's wing offense. The Toreros (1-0) shot to a 17-0 halftime lead and rolled to a 24-6 victory before a crowd of 3,827 at USO. It was the first time in seven tries that USO coach Brian Fogarty had beaten Azusa Pacific (0-1). This was supposed to be an exceptional Cougars team, too. Azusa Pacrfic has 16 starters from last year' team which was 7-L Did the Cougars take USO lightly? "Heavens, no," said Azusa Pacific coach Jim M1lhon. "I don't think so," said Jae on, who gamed 117 yards on 21 carries and put USO ahead, 17-0, with a 1-yard run late in ...-/ the first half. One man had a different opinion. "Azusa took us for granted," said USO quarterback Brendan Murphy (14-of-21, 192 yards). "We could tell. Before the game, the team attitude was, 'We're going to surprise them.' " The surprise came quick and hard. USO outgained Azusa Pacific in the first half, 275 yards to 47. The Cougars failed to get a first down in the first quar- ter, but surrendered eight. Early in the game, though, USO blew a prime scoring opportunity. The Toreros drove 64 yards to the 5- yard line to open the game. On third down, Murphy hit Todd Whitley on a crossing pattern near the goal line. But defensive back David Taylor brought down Whitlev on the 1. USO elected to go for the touchdown. "I probably got greedy there," said Fogarty Linebacker Jeff Gustin stopped Jack- son mches from a touchdown. USD's defense, a supposed weak spot, got the ball hack quickly, though, and Murphy capped a 43-yard drive with a 5- yard touchdown run. Later in the quarter, Dave Bergmann's 20-yard field goal made it 10-0. In the third quarter, USO fumbled a punt, and Azusa took advantage. Running back Tommy Daniel ran 26 yards for a TD, making it 17-6 with 12:48 left. But the Toreros' Murphy capped a 73- yard drive with a 5-yard TD pass to Mike Hintze. Junior defensive back Darryl Jackson made several key plays that kept Azusa Pacific from getting back into the game. He recovered two fumbles (one by a teammate), made an interception and stopped Adam Gonzaga on fourth-and-2 with 2: 11 left in the third quarter. Azusa Pacific seemed unsure as to where the football was, Fogarty said, mostly because the Toreros have nearly mastered the Wing T. Fogarty installed the offense last year, It relies on mis- direction - and an effective fullback. Last night, it produced 382 yards. Azusa Pacific finished with 133 yards. "I can't think of a time when we played better, though the victory in 1987 against UC Santa Barbara comes to mind," Fo- garty said. "The people I talked to said it takes two years for the Delaware Wing T to click, and it did tonight. ' Said Murphy, a junior "I realized we could be good, because we have our offen- sive line back, and they're good. This was about as well as we have played." Eight players caught passes for USO, led by Todd Jackson with three for 43 yards. The Toreros played host o Whittier College next Saturday at 7:30. [) good season • _ ___~ss1ve opener By Tom °Krasovic Staff Writer LOCAL BRIEFS USD women beaten twice in volleyball 1:he USD~m~~oft~ll team lo t two round- robin matches yesterday at the UC Irvine Tourna- ment at Irvine s Crawford Hall. All-tournament selection Juli Argotow had 21 kill to lead Ea tern Washington past the Torera , 15-6, 9. 15, 15 12, 15-10 All-tournament selection Angie Rais led USO with 13 kills. In USD's other match, UC Irvine swept the Toreras, 15-10, 15-0, 15-1. USO Is 0-7. '(The playoffs are) our ultimate goal ... We're probably one of four or five teams in California capable of going.· The city that likes to call itself America's finest can take heart: at least one of its football teams played well in an opener. . The University of San Diego, play- mg before a near-capacity home crowd of 3,827, beat favored Azusa Pacific, 24-6, Saturday. The Toreros play host to the Poets of Whittier College tomorrow night at 7:30. Were USO a prominent football program, ef~usive • columns might have been written about its perform- ance Saturday night. The Toreros using the Delaware wing-T offense' outgained their bigger but confused opponent in the first half, 275-47. The Cougars were rated as California's top small-college team in preseason reports. They have 16 starters back from a team that last year went 7-1 and beat USO, 14-13. Is USO really that good? "I think we surprised them a lit- tle," said Coach Brian Fogarty, who had. lost all of his six previous games agamst Azusa Pacific. "I know Coac:i (Jim) Milhon was a bit concerned about that before the game. But you can talk all you want _ sometimes players don't listen. "I think once we got up on them it was good for our players. 1 don't know that we are 18 points better. Probably not. It was one of those games where everything kind of went right." It wm have to be that sort of sea- son if USO is to make the NCAA Di- vision HI playoffs for the first time Only 16 of 217 teams are selected: Because the West Region has the most teams, USD could go undefeat- ed and still not be one of the region's four qualifiers, Fogarty said. "It's our ultimate goal ... We're - Brian Fogarty, USD football coach probably one of four or five teams in Calif?rnia capable of going," Fogar- ty said. . Much of the optimism would fade if opponents figure out USD's offense which hardly features 11 All-Ameri~ cans. Though it had faced USD last year, Azusa Pacific was bamboozled by all the misdirection of the wing-T Saturday and found its size advan- tage useless. To be sure, the Toreros are ~m?Other on offense this season, said Jumor quarterback Brendan Murphy who completed 14 of 21 passes for 192 yards Saturday. Still, upcoming op- ponents will be better prepared for the USD offense, Fogarty said. In years past, Whittier has slowed USO's offense, and seven defenders r~turn from last year's team. Hoover fflgh graduate Gaylan Sweet, a slot- back, led the Poets in receiving ( 3l catches, 276 yards) and rushing (l 8 l. 618). Other key returnees are senior quarterback Mike Haney (5-foot- 8 l70'. l,34~ yards, 10 touchdowns) and Jumor wide receiver Russell Goo. Haney missed most of last year's game, won by USO, 21-6, because of an injury. The Poets were 3-6 last year and have yet to play this season. USO sophomore linebacker Dan Chandler (shoulder) is doubtful and would be replaced by sophomore Lenny Territo. ,,u Jlll.n', , f C. B I First VictoryOver Azusa wide left. After an lmtia 71 yard drive stalled Inches short of the goal lme. USO scored on Ill' next possession. From the five urphy turned a broken pl y into a touchdown by sweeping to the right s1d line. USO Increased its lead to 10-0 with a 20-yard field goal by Dave Bergmann with 3.43 left m the flI'St quarter On its n po ession early n the ond q .iarter U D drov 90 yards m three play -Jackson scoring on a ne-yard off tackle ru -to take a 17-0 lead mto h me he driv tup pla :, were a 33-yard r.m by Jackson and a56-yardp hytoK n Jon sdownthe1ght delm. In builcllng its I d, USO domi- nated every statistical catev1.,ry. The Toreros controlled I he L t1l for 22,01 to Just 7.59 fer Azusa. The Cougars ran Just 18 plays. Murphy had 159 yards on 10-of- 14 passing to just 28 for Azusa s Bnan Hunt (three of eight) , Jack- son had 13 carries for 84 yards to lead a ground game that totaled 116 yard•. Azusa managed just 19 yards rush ng. Torero defensive back Darryl Jackson had an interception and also l'('Cov red a fumble. He added another ful'Tlble recov- ry and had one of the l:Hggest hits of the 11ight in the •econd half. On a fourth and two in the third quarter, Ja<"kson rarne up from his corner- back spot c1nd crunched Azusa's Adam Gonzaga, who Jost four yards on the play. -JIM LINDGREN - ... USO fullback ed for 117 y 0 odd Jackson on 21 carrl • .__ ___ ~-----~.,_~
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