News Scrapbook 1980

SAN DIEGO UNION FEB 2 9 1980

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THE SAN DIEGO UNION

HERRMANN TAKES NO. 2 SINGLES

eattle Beats lJ D, 76-58, In 2nd Half Until a few weeks ago, Seattle University Coach Jack Schalow says he was a sensitive, compassionate sort. The type of guy who tried to keep all 15 of his players happy. And then he started losing ball- games. St. Mary's was first, then Santa Clara, Pepperdine and Loyola. "That was it," Schalow said last night, "I told my players if they didn't start playing unselfishly, pass- ing the ball, they were gonna be out of there. I think it made a difference tonight." It appeared to, anyway. The Chief- tains came back from a 32-30 half· time deficit to overwhelm the Uni- versity of San Diego, 76-58, last night in a West Coast Athletic Conference contest in the Sports Arena. For USD, it was another in a succession of WCAC losses (1-14). And Portland comes to town tomor- row. For Seattle, now 7-8 and 11-15 overall, it was one of those rll{e, team-oriented victories. Seven-foot center Jawann Oldham - weakened by a virus - neverthe- less responded with 21 points and five rebounds. Guard Carl Ervin, probably the team's best passer, scored 26 points on 12 of 19 from the floor. Tony Barnes added 17 points and 10 rebounds, Bernard Hill had 12 rebounds, and Larry Martin finished with six assists. (Continued on C-3, Col. 4) Seattle Rips USO With By AILENE VOISIN Stott Writer, The Son Diego Union Team Play ( Continued from C-1) "That's what I've been trying to get these guys to do all year," Schalow said. "For a while they did, and we were 6-4. Then they all starting going for the shot and we lost four straight. "It got so bad, I wanted to go out and jump off a bridge." Shalow restrained him- self, however, choosing in- stead to bring his some- times-selfish, sometimes- happy Chieftains into San Diego for a battle with the smaller Toreros (5-19). For a half, he probably wished he hadn't. USD, tak- ing advantage of Oldham's absence for the first 12 min- utes, outrebounded the Chieftains 14-11 and capital- ized at the line (14 for 14). Rusty Whitmarsh's two free throws gave the Toreros the halftime advantage. But Oldham started the second half, and just like that, Seattle was ahead. Ervin scored two consecu- tive baskets, Oldham hit a hook and a free throw, and USD was down, 37-32. The Chieftains didn't stop there - Ervin began hitting from the ·corner, Oldham and and Hill pulled down the rebounds, and Seattle led comfortably the rest of the way. At one point, Oldham scored three straight hooks over USD's defenders, Bob Bartholomew and Keith Cunningham. "Keith came over and asked me how to stop that,'' USD's Coach Jim Brovelli said afterward, "and I told him I didn't know. Maybe he ought to get a pogo stick. "Still, l thought he played well. Seattle is just too big and quick for us. They've got as much talent as anyone in the league." Brovelli probably wouldn't get much argu- ment there. TOREROBOX SEATTLE 171) Ervin 1212 26, Mortm O 0-0,0 H. 20·04, f Bornes 49-1117, Brooks 2 2-3 6, Kf , y1 0-0 I j 6 Oldham 77,121, FeorsOO-OO. Totals 2810-24 f USO (58) f Slockolper 4 0-0 8, P,erce 3 4-4 10, Coon'ng. l>Jm 2 0-0 4, Levesque 1 0-0 2, Borlholom,w 4 0- I t 8, Barbour 4 4-4 12, Whitmarsh J 3-8 14. I Moles00-00. Tolols2116·1758 Halftime score-USO 32, Seollle :II. Fouled I out-None, Total fouls--Seottle 15, USO 20 A-510 .

Troians, Vasquez Win College Tennis T.itles By HANK WESCH Staff Writer, The Son Diego Union with his

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two-hands-from- either-side style to record service breaks which gave him the initial set andthen the match. Herrmann's agility hasn't caught up since his body recorded a six-inch growth spurt in his 15th year. Opponents don't gen- erally walk away awed when beaten by Herrmann. But he has respect for them. "This is the biggest tour- nament I've won, the last two were the best players I've beaten,'' Herrmann said. "This could be the turning point of the season for me." Other singles champions included Pepperdine's Garth Haynes at No. 3, USC's Jack Kruger at No. 4, Arizona's Andis Luters at 5 and USC's Jim Agate at No 6. Kruger, from La Jolla, later teamed with Brawley to win the No. 2 doubles championship.

Rocky rolled, Peter per- severed and the Trojans tri- umphed. Those were the key ele- ments as the San Dieg(} Intercollegiate Invitational Tennis Tournament came toa shining close yesterday ! at Morley Field. . I Rolando "Roc ky" Vasquez, Pepperdine's 6- foot-4 sophomore who speaks sofUy but swings an oversized racket, powered past the University of San Diego's Scott Lipton, 6-7 (5- 3), 6-2, 6-3 for the cham- pionship of the I\'o. 1 divi- sion. USD's Peter Herrmann compensating with gump- tion what he may lack in grace, became the only San But use took the team trophy back to Los Angeles, the Trojans' depth pulling them to a close ( 52 points to 46) victory over Pepper- dine. USD finished a strong third with 40 team points to 29 for fourth-place Arizona. Tbe N o.l singles final be- tween Vasquez and Lipton proved entertaining. but in the end Liptop couldn't han- dle the speed of the shots from Pepperdine's answer to the Incredible Hulk. "He just hits the ball so hard,'" said Lipton .after- ward. "I thought I returned serve well in the last two sets, but even when I hit it hard at his feet he got it back. He played a lot better than I thought he would " Lipton played a heady first set, generally keeping the ball on Vasquez's back- hand but also picking up some key points when the 200-pounder sprayed fore- hands off the court. Vasquez was wide wuh a pair of routine forehands and also contributed a dou- ble fault as Lipton won the first set tiebreaker. Thereafter, Lipton had little success with any strategy as Vasquez served * * * Singles Finals No. 1Divisioo- Rolando Vosq~z IPepper. dine) di. Scott Lipton {USO) 6-7, l-1, H No. 2 Division - Peter Herrmann IUSD) di. Seon Browley IUSCI 7 5, U, 6-4. No. J Division - Garth Hoines fPepperd,ne) di. Chris Jochum i USO) 6-2, 6-2. No. 4 Division - Jock Kruger IUSC) di. Honk Mo,avec (Long Beochl 6·3, 6-1. No. 5 Division - Andis Lulers IArizonaI di. Doug Adler M:l 6-4, 6-2. No. 6 Singles - Jtm Agate fltSC! di. Bill Moss (Mirono) 6-7, 7-., 7- 5. Doubles Semis and Finals No. 1Divison semifinals - Rocky Vosquez- Glen Michibolo IPepperdine) di. Rondy Friend-Dove Borrows IFullerlon) H 6--0. Dove Seibel-Scott Seeman !Sonia Barbaro) di. Roger Knopp.Doug Adler IUSCl H, 6-4: Final - Vosq~z-Midiibolo di. Seibel·See- mon 6-4, H No. 2 Division semifinals - Peter Herrmann-Jerry Jaffee IUSD' ,,. Andis Luters-Kevin McClinfi, IArtZOt>J) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1; Jock Kruger-Sean Browley IUSCl di. Dove Nicholson-Tom Tyrell !Long Beoch) 6-3,6-3. Fino I, - Kruger-Browley di Jaffee- Herrmann H, 6-1. • No. 3 Division semifinals - Mike White- Hector Ortiz (Pepperdinel di. Par Svenssoo- Chris Jochum (USO) 6-4, 6-4; Honk Moravec- John Nord, (Long Beoch) di. Billy Neolon- Jim Agoje IUSC) 6-4, 6-2. Ftnol- While-Ortiz di. Moravec-Nardi 6-3, 6-2. Final Team Scores - USC S"l, Pepperdine 46, USO~- Arizona 'll, Long Beoch 24, Sonia Barbaro :n, New Mexico 20, USI U12, Domin· gvez Hills 10, Fullerton 10, UCSD 9, Point Loma 4, Son Diego Stole 2.

USD's tenacious Peter Herrmann lost this point but defeated USC's Sean Brawley, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, to win the No. 2

singles title of the San Diego Intercol- legiate Invitational Tennis Tourna- ment yesterday at Morley Field.

-Stott photos by Bill Ramero

Powerful Rocky Vasquez of Peppe rd _ine serves en route to singles win over usn·s

t t'.'..t~L:ip~o~..,-e:~ Diego college student to wm a championship by pre- vail •ng over the University of Southern Callfornia's Sean Brc.wley, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 at the No. L singles spot.

and volleyed his way to the final point of a final-set tiebreaker just to reach "I didn't play a good first yesterday's final, had set,'' Rocky conceded after- ample opportunity to sur- ward, "I couldn't hit my render against Brawley. groundstrokes very well That he didn't was a dem- and it seemed like whenev- onstration of the mental er I did hit one he pulled out toughness that Torero the right cards. I could Coach, Ed Collins lists atop read his backhand alrighl, the strengths in but I couldn't read his fore- Herrmann 's game. hand down the line. "I have to be strong men- "The last two sets I came tally because I'm not very in more and put more pace good physically," says on my shots and hit more to Herrmann matter of factly. his forehand. I think that "I'm slow. Last year when caught him off balance. He7 - ~--~ championship.

the team ran there was no one I could keep up with. Now there's one other guy I can race against. "I can't expect to win on natural ability, so I have to keep myself going and keep - trying my best." Against Brawley , a stocky player with a boom- ing serve, Herrmann had service break advantages negated by the USC player in both the first and third sets. Each time, however, Herrmann pounded away

was expectmg me to go the I other way." I Vasquez took the win in I stnde, feehng that the match play would be more I beneficial than wins over I players he was expected to I beat. Asked if ever thought I he might lose, he replied, I '·No, I never think about that in match. I never think though sometimes I do." Herrmann, who had sur- vived a test-of-wills semifi- nal that went down to the I'm going to lose, even

SAN DIEGO UNION

FEB 2 9 1980

I I I Provisional Presents Throwback successfully integrated

while the seventh member of the company plays a sprightly guitar. . But the play's biggest Jack even more important than' its vagueness, is the Jack of humor. Some years back the Provisional The- ater 'took itself very seri- ously indeed, and a certain amount of that holds over in the form of a faint prissi- ness and a threatening pomposity, both of which make it unlikely that the company will ever find it- self accepted as just plain folks.

plaints about Jobs, friends, politics, drinking, sex and causes, all tricked out with buzz words and wh1spy songs accompanied by acoustical instruments. Asong which shows up at the start and finish men- tions the problems of being an Indian, and one of the characters which Laughlm describes at some length is an Indian, so the whole show might be seen as a plea for everybody to .~e nice to Indians. But 1t s much too oblique for such a directly stated message. The show may also be about pollution or lost iden- tity. . And it doesn't help a bit that no dialogue is ever exchanged between charac- ters. The other four actors on stage march about in masks (ve_ry clever and at- tributed to Carlos Larana- ga) fiddling with the fussy abstract scenery and sug- gesting this or that crowd

By WELTON JONES Entertainment Editor, The Son Diego Union

themselves socially "ordinary" society. · Probably most people, even the "ordinary" ones, prefer using the theater for escape or ennobleme_nt rather than mundane rem- forcement. "Inching Through the Everglades" is clever from the title forward to exactly the second joke - in one of those revue sequences of a crowd freezing in mid-bus- tle while one individual de- livers a quip comes the line: "People laugh at me because I don't allow plas- tic to touch my body. They used to laugh at me be- cause I didn't want to be X- rayed. They don't laugh anymore." Thereafter, the strain of extraordinary artists trying to represent ordinary peo- ple droops into tedium and sterility. A large part of the prob- lem is the play's form. The majority of the time is al- lotted to monologues by Mi- chael E. Dawdy and Can- dice Laughlin as a pair of likable losers. Laughlin is the one with the wonderful rubber monkey face and the endless supply of voices while Dawdy projects a be- lievable low-class bumpkin. But eventually their end- less babble of meandering anecdotes atrophies inter- est. Their subjects are the usual sociological soup of into

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The romantic streak which characterizes the- ater people sometimes takes off on odd tangents. The example at hand last night, when the Provision_al Theater of Los Angeles vis- ited USD for a single per- f or man ce, was the shopworn fantasy of "people's theater." The Provisional is a throwback in many ways. Years after the experimen- talists of the 1960s aban- • doned group consciousness for individual careers, the Provisional still clings to the noble notion of an artis- tic band of brothers so at- tuned to each other and to their audience that creativ- ity occurs in mass spasms. But even more sweetly romantic is the Provision- al's pose of being just folks, like you and me and Cousin Pearl and the folks down at the plant. In this rosy vision, all God's children join hands against common enemies - loneliness, pov- erty, employers - with the fresh-faced theater workers leading·the dance of life. Such a situation rarely exists in reality. Some the- aters have been popular sounding boards for com- munities isolated by lan- .:ua6 - the Yiddish the- ater, Luis Valdez' Teatro Campesino - but none. spring to mind which have

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LOS ANGELES TIMES fEB 2 9 198D

Despite· Music, USD Can't Hit Winning Note, 76-58 By JORN SCHUMACHER Tl- Slaff Wrlfff SAN DIF.GO-'fhe Lincoln High ting on him and he was getting mad- School band was playing the right der and madder at me," Schalow said. kind of music Thursday night, but it "But when Carl Ervin penetrates, fell on deaf ears. dribbles, and pulls up for the pass, The group performed such under- he's All-Coast. He's a darn good dog tunes as the themes from "Rock" shooter and when he penetrates and and "The Longest Yard," but their keeps the defense off balance he's one songs failed to.inspire the University super player." of San Diego as the Toreros dropped a Ervin and Oldham were also busy 1 76-58 decision to Seattle University on the defensive end of the floor, an- 1 at the Sports Arena. chorimg a 1.0ne defense that shut · For awhile it seemed USD would down the Toreros offense. Darryll live up to the victorious underdog Barbour's long range jumpers in the · role, but Seattle's senior tandem of 7 • second half comprised most of USD's , foot Jawann Oldham and guard Carl offense, Barbour totaled 12 points, Ervin dashed any upset hopes the with reserve Rusty Whitmarsh lead- Toreros might have had. ing the Toreros with 14. : USD jumped out to a 32-30 halftime "We play well, then we go into! lead, but Oldham and Ervin went to what I call our drought,'' USD head! work in the second half as the Chief- coach Jim Brovelli said. "We go four tans gradually pulled away. The two minutes without scoring, then we 1 accounted for 33 of Seattle's first 35 battle back and go intQ another 1 points in the second half, with Erving drought." ge ting 20 and Oldham 13 during a The Toreros now 1-14 in the West 35-20 blitz that left the Chieftans Coast Athletic Conference and 5-19 leading 65-52 with only 4,51 left. overall, have been experiencing· Ervin finished with 26 points on 12- droughts all season. But Bro'Velli is 1 of-19 shooting. Oldham, who didn't committed to a philosophy of notj start because of a sore throat, man- making any radical changes in the off• ~~;~::~ts during his 28 minutes se;';ould be easy to say I'm going; Seattle coach J ck Schalow had to clean house and bring in all new: high praise for Ervin, who reverted to players, but I won't do that," he said. i the form that Schalow believes makes "We've got players that are good' him amore talented player. supporting players at the Division I J "He was relying on.just outside level, all we need to bring in is a few, shooting for a long time-I kept get- top players." 1

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