Series ends in wild way
University of Southern California
Volume LXVI11, Number 5 _Los Angeles, California___Tuesday, July 1, 1975
USA BEATS JAPAN
BY MARK PATTON
Editor
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The American and Japanese college all-star baseball players were the best of friends off the playing field during their seven-game series at Dedeaux Field and in Omaha, Neb.
On the field, however, it was a different story. Both teams did every thing in the book to win. There were diving catches, double steals, dramatic ninth inning comebacks—even a triple play.
In the end, however, pitching made the difference as the United States won the fourth annual series for the third straight time, five games to two.
America’s premier pitching staff was led by USC’s own Pete Redfern who was named as the most valuable player ofthe series. Redfern won both the first and fifth games, allowing a total of only nine hits in 17 innings. He struck out 19.
In fact, the exciting moments of the series came when the Trojan right-hander wasn’t pitching—like last weekend.
Japan staged two thrilling comebacks—one to tie in the ninth inning and the other to tie and win in the 15th—to take an extra-inning contest Saturday night, 4-3. In the series finale Sunday, the Americans scored late to break a scoreless deadlock and win, 2-0.
The Saturday game took four hours to be played and had enough drama for the entire series. The Japanese took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, and starter Akio Saito made it stand up until the eighth.
Steve Kemp, USC’s all-American outfielder, then lined a two-out single to left field for only the sixth U.S. hit. Steve Powers of the University of Arizona, the top hitter in the series, followed him by pulling a line drive down the right field line—just missing the foul pole—for a home run.
With two different languages being spoken, a communications problem did develop in the bottom of the eighth—and it didn’t come at a very humorous moment. Charlie Phillips had just come in to relieve his Trojan teammate, John Racanelli, who had pitched three hitless innings.
A walk, a single and a hit batter loaded the bases against Phillips with one out. Japan then called on Nobushisa Arai to pinch hit, and Phillips worked him to a one ball—two strike count. Arai then checked his swing on a low fastball, but the plate umpire ruled that he swung and called him out.
Arai remained at the plate, not knowing that he had been called out. For over a minute the plate umpire tried to explain to him that he was out, but Arai was still confused.
An interpreter was called out onto the field where Arai was finally told he had swung at strike three. Arai, through the interpreter, immediately appealed the call to the first base umpire who reversed the decision. Ironically, Phillips struck him out on the next pitch and had the next batter pop out to retire the side.
But the drama wasn’t to end there. Toshiyuki Yoshiza wa opened the ninth inning with a bloop-double which fell between three Americans in short right field. Pinch hitter Hidetoshi Hakamada chased him home with a booming triple to right center to tie the score.
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USC’s Hozduk will debate for U.S. team
Tom Hozduk, former captain of the Trojan debate squad, has been selected as one of two Americans to represent the United States abroad as a member ofthe international debating team.
Currently a candidate for a master’s degree and working as a forensic assistant in the Department of Speech Communication, Hozduk is the first Trojan debater to be so honored since the 1950s.
Beginning in January, 1976, he will tour England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales for two months of debating before university and college audiences.
Selection to the team is the climax of Hozduk’s 11-year association with competitive forensics. While attending Loara High School in Anaheim he joined the forensics team and excelled in individual speaking events. As a senior at Loara, he won 10 championships in oral interpretation and became interested in furthering his training in debate at the college level.
Hozduk continued his winning ways as a member of
A SUMMER TREND
less students, less crime
BY JACK HUBER
Staff Writer
A solution has been found to the crime problems in and around the university campus—get rid of the students.
The crime rate in the area has declined drastically since the spring semester ended, and police officials attribute it to the lack of students. The regular semester enrollment at the university is 20,000, while approximately 7,000 attend the summer session.
“There has been a significant decrease in auto crimes mainly due to the lack of autos parked on the streets around USC,” said Lt. Matthew Hunt, public relations officer of LAPDs Southwest Division. “There have been very few assaults, but our police force remains at the same level
of manpower year round.”
John Lechner, director of campus security and parking operations, had a similar observation about the recent crime scene.
“So far this summer, we’ve only encountered the ‘careless type’ problem here on campus,” he said. “Careless meaning that somebody left their car open and lost a tapedeck or other valuables.
“Our added patrols and protection methods have made our division more responsible and successful in fighting crime.” Lechner is preparing a report which will compare the 1975 crime statistics to those of 1974. He said that it will show a marked improvement in the division with its addition of six officers.
“Students and the surrounding community are more aware of the added security, both on the Row and around campus,” Lechner said.
Campus Security employs 50 officers the entire year. Lechner said the turnover rate of officers quitting has dropped in the past months.
“Since the officers took the basic training course last year, the morale in the department has improved greatly,” he said.
The basic pay for security officers is $775 a month, but will go up to $810 in July.
“Sure, some of the men are always looking around for a better paying job, Lechner said. “But who isn’t nowadays? Our men keep a low profile as officers here, they are a type of service organization to the school.
the Trojan debate squad after enrolling at USC. In four years he won more than 300 victories in debate and captured 19 tournament championships. He was a member of the Trojan team which finished third in the nation at the 1974 National Debate Tournament.
As an undergraduate, he served as the president of the local chapter of Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha forensic honorary and was elected squad captain for his senior year, 1973-74. Rec6gnizing this leadership and his general contributions to forensics in Southern California, the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association gave Hozduk its 1974 Carl Bo-vero Memorial Award. This award symbolizes service to forensic education and is granted annually to the graduating senior voted by the association as most likely to further forensics as a profession.
The International Debate Tour, sponsored by the Committee on International Discussion and Debate of the Speech Communication Association, is intended to foster international rapport, encourage educational understanding, and promote the intellectual growth of the participants through the discussion of relevant political and social issues.
Hozduk will travel and debate with David Congalton, a student from Eastern Illinois University. Hozduk and Congalton were selected from seven national finalists at a recent meeting of the International Committee in Chicago.
Competition for the team is open to championship debaters from any college or university.
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FIRST BASE BOUND—USC's Steve Kemp sprints to- fourth annual Collegiate Baseball Championship Series ward first base after hitting a single to right field in the at Dedeaux Field. Kemp's single scored Steve Powers eighth inning of Sunday's 2-0 win over Japan in the for the Americans' second run. ST photo by Mike Ito.