NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION YEARBOOK 1976/77
Table of Contents
OFFICERS, COMMITTEES
N.C.S.R.A. FINANCIAL STATEMENT
MEMBER CLUBS
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
N.C.S.R.A. ANNUAL MEETING
P.C.S.R.A. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
P.C.S.R.A. ANNUAL MEETING
GOSSIP
RULES CHANGES
TOURNAMENT SEASON
DOUBLES TOURNAMENTS
INTERCOLLEGIATE RANKINGS
N.C.S.R.A. RANKINGS
LEAGUE REPORTS
P.C.S.R.A. RANKINGS
NORCAL DINNER
N.C.S.R.A. CHAMPIONSHIPS
CLUB REPORTS
MEMBERSHIP LIST
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS - 1977/78
David Tepper, President
Steve Yost, First Vice President
John Lau, Second Vice President
Emmanuel Uren, Secretary
Jim Urbanski, Treasurer
Polly Fox, Publicity
COMMITTEES
John Lau, League Chairperson
Steve Yost, Ranking Chairperson
Polly Fox, Women's Chairperson
David Tepper, Representative to P.C.S.R.A., Director, U.S.S.R.A.
Steve Yost, Alternate
PAST PRESIDENTS
Dick Crawford - 1969 -71
Alan Fox - 1971 - 1973
Dick Crawford - 1973-1974
Peter Gaynor 1974 - 1977
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Cash in Bank as of February 28, 1976, $1,188.16
REVENUE
Membership Dues : $2,511.00
Club Dues 215.00
Team/League Fees 200.00
Advertising 180.00
Special Assessments 64.50
Khan Exhibition 670.00
Pacific Coast Doubles Tournament 450.00
1976 N.C.S.R.A. Tournament 1,856.89
1977 N.C.S.R.A. Tournament (Partial) 1,381.00
$8,716.55
EXPENSES
Yearbook $1,624.31
Mailing 204.57
Khan Exhibition 669.00
Pacific Coast Doubles Tournament 407.00
P.C.S.R.A. Dues--1976-77 125.00
U.S.S.R.A. Dues--1976-77 50.00
U.C. Intercollegiate Team 100.00
N.C.S.R.A. National Team 1976 100.00
N.C.S.R.A. Tournament/League and Team Awards 2,390.04
1977 N.C.S.R.A. Tournament (Partial) 685.72
Miscellaneous 57.67
$6,413.31
Cash in Bank as of February 25, 1977, $2,303.24
Respectfully submitted,
Joe Jezukewicz, Treasurer, N.C.S.R.A.
*Treasurer Urbanski reports that as of August 1, 1977, N.C.S.R.A. had a cash balance of $1,660.01
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MEMBER CLUBS 1978-79 SEASON
FIG GARDEN SWIM & RACKET CLUB
FRESNO YMCA
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
THE OLYMPIC CLUB
ORINDA SQUASH CLUB
PENINSULA SQUASH CLUB
PRESIDIO SQUASH CLUB
SAN JOAQUIN ATHLETIC AND RACQUET CLUB
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE SQUASH CLUB
UNIVERSITY CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MEDICAL CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SQUASH RACQUETS CLUB
SAN FRANCISCO TENNIS CLUB
SAN FRANCISCO BAY CLUB
STANFORD SQUASH TEAM
FRESNO YMCA
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
THE OLYMPIC CLUB
ORINDA SQUASH CLUB
PENINSULA SQUASH CLUB
PRESIDIO SQUASH CLUB
SAN JOAQUIN ATHLETIC AND RACQUET CLUB
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE SQUASH CLUB
UNIVERSITY CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MEDICAL CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SQUASH RACQUETS CLUB
SAN FRANCISCO TENNIS CLUB
SAN FRANCISCO BAY CLUB
STANFORD SQUASH TEAM
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
I have been playing squash in Northern California for almost four years. In that time, the game has gone through some very positive changes. N.C.S.R.A. membership has almost doubled. Sixteen new courts have been built in the West Bay. Fresno had one court; now they have six. This growth is not just limited to our area. In fact, we might be just behind developments on this continent and in the rest of the world.
The late sixties and early seventies produced a remarkable boom as commercially operated squash centers, backed with private and/or public funds became sound, if not lucrative, business operations in countries such as Britain, Sweden and, Australia. The game is played and is growing in virtually every industrialized nation in the free world. In North America, these developments have been paralleled in Canada, Mexico, and most recently the Northeastern portion of the United States. Less than five years ago in New York City, the game could only be found in the private rens' clubs and an occasional Y.M.C.A. or University. At last count, Manhattan has seven new, privately owned, commercially operated squash centers providing over sixty courts for anyone wishing to pay the rental fee for the time the court is used. Initiation fee or monthly dues are either minimal or often not charged at all. Slowly but surely squash is entering the mainstream of recreational sports.
This growth provides us, the N.C.S.R.A., with a great opportunity and even greater responsibility.
More players mean more beginners, especially more women and juniors. As more experienced, knowledgeable players, it is our responsibility to guide and encourage them to learn to play the game properly. Squash is a game played under some very obvious physical limitations. Anyone who has taken a follow-through on the forehand or a ball in the backside is certainly aware of this. Instruction in a few basic areas and an awareness of the elementary principles of the game and the obligation one assumes when entering a squash court with an opponent, squash becomes the safe; exciting, and an invigorating game we all know it to be.
As an organization, it becomes the responsibility of the N.C.S.R.A. to encourage beginning players by providing organized activities for them. The game is growing here among women and Juniors. I am happy to say there will be a women's interclub league here this season for the first time ever.
Hopefully, junior development is not too far behind.
These are just some of the areas we can work on.
Your interest, suggestions, and participation will benefit the game and all those associated with it. Please do not hesitate to contact me, your club representative, or any other member of the executive board if you have something to offer.
We would be most remiss if we did not extend a sincere thank you to Peter and Charlotte Gaynor, who are very much responsible for the current format of this yearbook. As N.C.S.R.A. President for the past three years, Peter set a standard for organization and progress that will serve for many years to come. Charlotte contributed many, many hours, and enthusiasm to the typing, correspondence, and other chores that enable this organization to function. Once again, our thanks to you both.
Respectfully submitted,
David Tepper
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING
March 27, 1977 - 12:00 p.m
University of California Squash Racquets Club, Harmon Gymnasium
Officers present: Peter Gaynor, President; David Tepper, 1st Vice President; Joseph Jezukewicz, Treasurer; Chapin Coit, Secretary
Absent: John Windle, 2nd Vice President
N.C.S.R.A. Club Representatives present: Jack Sarafian, Leonard DeFendis, Fresno area clubs; Steve Yost, Alan Fox, San Francisco Olympic Club; Alex Eichmann, Peninsula Squash Club; Dick Crawford, Paul Gessling, U.C.S.R. Clubs; William Strong, Presidio Squash Club; Chapin Coit, San Francisco Jewish Community Center; Peter Gaynor, San Francisco University Club;
Joseph Jezukewicz, University of California Medical Center.
Meeting called to order by President Gaynor who noted that this was the largest attendance at our annual meeting. Secretary Coit read the minutes of last annual meeting, March 7, 1976, held at San Francisco University Club. APPROVED--Treasurer Jezukewicz submitted and read annual Financial Statement. Cash in bank, February 25, 1977, $2,303.24, a very favorable increase over cash in the bank at last annual report, $1,188.16, as of February 29, 1976. Treasurer's report APPROVED, followed by a discussion of various financial matters. Alan Fox, Olympic Club, mentioned the $ .50 entry fee collected by N.C.S.R.A. from each individual entry for all N.C.S.R.A. sanctioned tournaments. This fee originally designated for promotional/educational, etc. activities and it was agreed that a sufficient sum must be accumulated before any activity can be undertaken. Several recent tournaments still owe their $ .50 deductions to N.C.S.R.A. A donation to the U.C.S.R.C. Intercollegiate Team of $100 from N.C.S.R.A. was approved with a possibility of using the $ .50 fees from Ralfe Miller Tournament plus the difference from N.C.S.R.A. to equal the $100 donation. It was agreed that this $ .50 fee will be shown on all N.C.S.R.A. Sanctioned Tournament Entry Forms and it will be part of entry fees, not an additional cost. Jack Sarafian, Fresno, moved that the new N.C.S.R.A. officers for 1977-78 determine the use of this special fund. This $ .50 fee will be charged ONLY to full pay entries, NOT to student entries. Alan Fox motioned that a vote be taken on the continuance of this special fee - only two votes against continuance; so the fee will become an official policy of N.C.S.R.A. David Tepper requested we establish a standard association entry form, closing dates uniform for entry acceptance, tournament procedures, etc., for all future N.C.S.R.A. tournaments. This was requested to be a priority business for the new officers.
David Tepper brought up "old business" from previous N.C.S.R.A. Annual Meeting - a motion that N.C.S.R.A. Executive Officers cannot serve more than two consecutive years/terms in any position. vote by Executive Board/Club Representatives was 4 Yes/9 No, the motion failed. Jack Sarafian, Fresno, made a motion that all N.C.S.R.A. members present at the annual meeting be allowed to vote on all issues, not just Executive Officers/Club Representatives, which is the present procedure. Much discussion on this motion--final vote-- 34 IN FAVOR, 8 AGAINST--motion carried. This will require a change in N.C.S.R.A. "By-laws."
Jack Sarafian, Fresno, initiated a lengthy discussion on the selection of hardball versus new 70 Plus ball. Your Secretary will summarize here the general remarks as everybody got into this controversial matter. It was agreed that a specific ball for each class must be shown on all N.C.S.R.A. Tournament Entry Forms and balls cannot be changed after entries mailed/received.
Larry Delf, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, President, Pacific Coast S.R.A., attended our meeting, and his presence was sincerely appreciated. Delf requested and was given time to make some informal remarks at this time regarding the ball situation in Canada and other general remarks. Delf said 70% of all Canadian players are now using the softer English ball. Thirty new courts planned or under construction in Canada will be built to international dimensions/wider size--Alberta S.R.A. will have no hardball tournaments in 1977-78 and future years. David Tepper mentioned. that the national trend is towards the 70 Plus ball and that all 1977-78 tournament results will count for ranking if any approved ball is used.
The final decision was a motion by Jim Urbanski, Peninsula Squash Club, that the N.C.S.R.A. conduct a poll including a ballot is included with the annual dues notices to be mailed to all members by April 15. This ballot will ask members to vote on their preference for either "Hard Ball" or "70 Plus Ball" with the voting/survey results to be binding on all tournament directors and league chairpersons. This voting will close September 15, 1977, with the results announced immediately; so all members will be aware of the ball to be used and can practice/play accordingly.
An additional financial matter discussed regarding the dues differential paid to N.C.S.R.A. by individual member clubs. New officers to decide if any and what changes to be made and decisions to be publicized to member clubs.
David Tepper made some interesting and lengthy remarks on various items.Tepper played in recent U.S. National Team Championships, February 18-21, Chicago, where our N.C.S.R.A. team won one and lost one match, a very fine showing.
Tepper was also the official N.C.S.R.A. delegate to the U.S.S.R.A. Annual Meeting. He explained the benefits of being a member of the national association.
There is a strong and growing representation by clubs located "West of the Rockies."
The financial situation of U.S.S.R.A., not good, was mentioned. A trend towards decentralization, more regional bodies, possible dues changes with member clubs/associations paying varying dues in proportion to the size of membership, etc.
Eligibility of pro/amateur status in tournaments--amateur status to remain as the present.
"Open Tournaments" to be a local classification.
New ball development--talk of national "B," "C" "D" Tournaments. Discussion regarding "70 Plus" ball with "Hard Ball" winning a close vote for use in 1978 Nationals, Boston. Either ball will be approved for national results/ranking. Jim McQueenie, President, North American Professional S.R.A., 1976-77, stated that at their annual association meeting, approximately 50 members voted on the choice of balls with 40 votes favoring 70 Plus ball as better for general play and especially for teaching and beginner players.
Some new rules regarding changes in "Lets" and "Let Points."
Great expansion of public/pay by hour, etc. clubs--40% of clubs/courts in New York City now in this category. We appreciate and thank Tepper for his excellent summary.
Final matter on agenda was the election of officers for the 1977-78 season, N.C.S.R.A.
This was our first ever election conducted by printed paper ballot showing names of various candidates for each position previously chosen by an impartial Nominating Committee. A total of 48 members submitted ballots with the following results:
Your new N.C.S.R.A. officers for 1977-78:
DAVID TEPPER, President
STEVE YOST, 1st Vice President-Ranking and Classification
JOHN LAU, 2nd Vice President - League Commissioner
JAMES URBANSKI, Treasurer
EMMANUEL UREN, Secretary
POLLY FOX, Publicity/Public Relations Director
Congratulations to this excellent and very representative group. Your outgoing officers appreciate having served your association and feel confident your future is in excellent and entirely capable executive personnel.
Meeting adjourned 2:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Chapin Coit, Secretary/N.C.S.R.A.
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PACIFIC COAST SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION
1977/78 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
1977 September
Golden Bear Open (Softball), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Sept. 16-18
Inland Empire Championships, Spokane, Washington 23-25
October
Racquet Club of Victoria Invitational, Victoria, B. C.7-9
Joe Ginet Invitational, Fresno YMCA, Fresno, California 7-9
College Club Championships, College Club, Seattle, Washington, 14-16
Olympic club "C-D" Invitational, Olympic Club, San Francisco, California, 14-16
Boodles British Gin Invitational Doubles, Univ. Club of SF, San Francisco, CA, 14-16
Venice Squash Club Championships, Venice (Los Angeles), California, 21-23
Calgary Open Squash Championships (Softball), Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta, 28-30
Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Championships, Vancouver, B. C., 28-30
November
*Pacific Northwest Singles Champs, Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland, Oregon, 4-6
South Bay Championships, South Bay Club, Los Angeles, California, 4-6
*Alberta Singles Champs, Royal Glenora Club, Edmonton, Alberta, 11-13
Jericho Tennis Club Invitational, Jericho Club, Vancouver, B. C., 11-13
Ralfe D. Miller Championships, University of California, Berkeley, California, 11-13
*Labatts Tourn. of Squash Champs, Vancouver Racquet Club, Vancouver, B. C., 18-20
Univ. of B.C. Ladies' Singles Champs, University of B. C., Vancouver, B. C., 18-20
Oregon State Doubles Champs, Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland, Oregon, 18-20
San Diego Invitational, San Diego, California, 18-20
B.C. Doubles Champs, Vancouver Racquet Club, Vancouver, B. C., 25-27
West. Canadian Jr. Age-group Champs, Evergreen Squash Club, Vancouver, B. C., 25-27
December
*University Club of San Francisco Championships, San Francisco, California, 2-4
*Washington State Championships, Seattle Tennis Club, Seattle, Washington, 9-11
Richmond Squash Club Invitational, Richmond, B. C., 9-11
University Club of Los Angeles Championships, Los Angeles, California, 9-11
1978
January
Pacific Coast Doubles Champs., Univ. Club of SF , San Francisco, CA., 6-8
Pacific Coast Doubles Vets and Srs Champs, Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland, OR, 6-8
Pacific NW Junior Age-group Champs, Racquet Club of Victoria, Victoria, B. C., 6-8
Western Canadian Singles Champs, Hollyburn Country Club, Vancouver, B. C., 13-15
Olympic Club Invitational, Olympic Club, San Francisco, California, 20-22
Washington Athletic Club Invit., Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, Washington, 20-22
Alberta Open Singles Champs, Glencoe Club, Calgary, Alberta, 27-29
Only those tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) will be considered for P.C.S.R.A. rankings
February
*Oregon State Singles Champs, Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland, Oregon 3-5
University of British Columbia "C-D" Tournament, Vancouver, B. C., 3-5
Cate School Championships, Carpinteria, California, 3-5
CANADIAN NATIONAL SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS, Hamilton, Ontario, B. C., 10-12
*Calif. State Champs, Peninsula Squash Club, San Mateo (San Francisco), CA., 10-12
U.S NATIONAL SINGLES AND TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS, Boston, Massachusetts. 17-20
Shawnigan Lake Invitational, Shawnigan Lake, B. C., 17-20
LAPHAM CUP & GRANT TROPHY INT'L MATCHES, Univ. Club of S.F. CA. ,24-26
March
Nor. California Championships, Olympic Club, San Francisco, California, 10-11
*PACIFIC COAST SINGLES CHAMPS, Seattle Tennis World, Seattle, WA., 10-11
West. Canadian Dbls. Champs, Vancouver LTB Club, Vancouver, B. C., 17-19
Edmonton Open Sngls. & Alberta Open Dbls., Royal Glenora Club, Edmon., Alberta, 17-19
*Southern California Champs, Venice Squash Club, Venice (Los Angeles), CA., 17-19
Seattle City Championships, College Club, Seattle, Washington, 24-26
*British Columbia Championships, Vancouver Racquet Club, Vancouver, B. C., 24-26
(*) Only those tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) will be considered for P.C.S.R.A. rankings.
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PACIFIC COAST ANNUAL MEETING
by Steve Yost
Not only was there a great amount of squash played in Calgary, Alberta in Canada this year, but we also took part in the annual P.C.S.R.A. (Pacific Coast Squash Racquet Association) meeting. Our regional association is made up of the six local associations (Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Northern California. and Southern California) plus the elected officers who were Larry Delf (President), Roy Phillips (President-Elect), and Tom Wrightson (Secretary-Treasurer).
The association meets once a year to consider squash matters within its jurisdiction. This year's meeting acted on the following:
1) Reaffirmed that next year's Pacific Coast Squash Racquet Tournament will be held the weekend of March 10-12, 1978 in Seattle, Washington. Next year's annual meeting will be held in conjunction with the tournament.
2) Elected the following officers for the 1977-78 season
President - Roy Phillips- Seattle
Secretary-Treasurer - Tom Wrightson- Portland
President-Elect - Peter Gaynor- San Francisco
3) In addition to the Coast being held in Seattle in 1978, the following schedule of future tournaments is as follows:
1979 - San Francisco
1980 - Vancouver
1981 - Portland
1982 - Los Angeles
1983 - Calgary
4) There is some consideration being given to switching around Calgary; so that the tournament will be held somewhere in the middle geographical area between the time the tournament is held in Los Angeles and the time it is held in Calgary.
Next year's Pacific Coast championships will include the following age categories which are new:
Junior Veterans - Both A and B - 35-44 years of age Veterans
Both A and B - 45-49 years of age Seniors
Both A and B - 50 and over
It was also agreed for this year that there would be no upward movement from B to A if a person wins several tournaments. A review of this situation will be conducted at next year's meeting in Seattle.
5) Doubles Tournament- It was decided that it would be best to hold both the Veterans Doubles and the Pacific Coast Doubles on the same weekend at two different locations because it was felt there is little overlap in play between Veterans and Regular Doubles, and it was felt that only one weekend during the height of the season should be devoted to Pacific Coast Doubles action. It was further decided that the locations for 1978 will be as follows:
San Francisco - Pacific Coast Doubles
Portland - Pacific Coast Veterans Doubles
Both these tournaments will be held the weekend of January 6-8, 1978. Following year locations will be in Seattle and Vancouver with the thought in mind that the doubles tournaments will be rotated among the four cities involved.
6) All local associations were once again encouraged to conduct open tournaments (i.e., allow pros to play). However, pros will not be allowed to play in the Pacific Coast Championships.
7) National Teams- It was decided not to try and put together a Pacific Coast team to play in the United States Nationals but rather British Columbia Association was encouraged to get together with other northwest associations to have a northwest team, and it was presumed the California associations will field a California team.
8) Balls- Both the Pacific Coast Association and as of June 1977, the U.S.S.R.A. are pushing for uniform adoption of the 70 Plus ball for all competition.
9)1977 National Championship Results- The association wishes to congratulate the following players on their showing in various national championships:
Les Harding -Winner, United States National Veterans Title
Dick Radloff - Semifinalist, United States National Veterans and
runner-up in Canadian National Veterans
Phil Motati - Winner, Canadian Singles
George Morfitt - Winner, Mexican National Veterans Title
10) Colorado has asked to be included on mailings of entry forms.
Entries should be mailed to:
Colorado Squash Racquet Association
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RUMORS, LIES, AND GOSSIP
Those who remember Aldwyn and Roz Cooper, whose charming presence added that certain air of British gentility to our squash scene (circa 1975-76) will be happy to know that they are alive and very well in their native England. Several of our members - Mike and Marilyn Jensen-Akula, David Tepper, Ed Marr, and family. Steve and Ester Marks were fortunate enough to visit the Coopers and bask in the wonderful hospitality at their home in the Befordshire countryside, about forty miles north of London this past summer. Aldwyn is plowing new ground as a research consultant for the Open University in Milton Keynes. With two new squash courts less than a hundred yards from his office, he is playing daily, except for the days he plays twice. So far he has dominated all American challengers on the wide British courts and with that soft British ball. Roz commutes to London where she assists in running a small wine brokerage. They miss California and hope to return before too long. In the meantime, they send best regards for all.
Every season brings a change in our squash community as someone invariably is moving into or out of Northern California. So far this year we are on the debit side as four of our more prominent players will not be here for the coming season.
Alan Hager is not a player of classic style, but anyone who competes against him on a squash or tennis court is sure to appreciate the intelligence, touch, and strength which he blended into his game. Off the court, Alan's cultured wit and demeanor makes him well-liked and respected. He has moved with his new wife, Carol Burke, to the University of Oklahoma in Norman to further his academic career. Boomer Sooner!
Linn Roth was for many years a squash fixture at the U.C. Medical Center where he finally completed studies for his doctorate in microbiology last June. He was honored with a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison where he will no doubt be impressing people with his forehand and his easy going personality.
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| Owen O'Donnell and Mike Jensen-Akula |
Former Pacific Coast Class "C" Champion Mike Jensen-Akula and his wife, Marilyn, have moved to Maryland where Mike has begun a fellowship at the National Institute of Health. An early product of both Fresno and U.C.S.R.C. squash programs, Mike is planning to play on a regular basis in Maryland. When his fellowship is over they are hoping to return to the Bay Area.
Never one to rest on past achievements, twice National Senior squash champ Floyd Svensson thought he might give racketball a whirl in this "off-season" this past spring and summer. The results were predictable enough for those familiar with Floyd's ability and determination. Traveling to Louisville, Kentucky this past May for the International Racketball Association Championships, Floyd came home with the 55 and over title in his bag. In addition, he made a few more waves in reaching the quarters of the 45's as well. The word is Floyd will soon be moving on to tennis where we just might see similar results. In the meantime, with the creation of a 55 and over division for the U.S.S.R.A. Nationals in Boston this winter, we wish Floyd good luck in adding that crown to his already formidable collection.
The N.C.S.R.A. was well represented in the U.S.S.R.A. National 70+ Ball Championships held in Seattle in early August. There were more players in the A draw from the San Francisco area than anywhere else. Ted Gross and Tom Dashiell played very well to reach the semifinals. Ted had wins over Dennis Driscoll and Mark Alger before losing to a top Canadian, Pat Richardson. Tom defeated Al McKeown and Neil Dempsey before falling to Jay Nelson, #2 in the U.S.
Richardson then topped Nelson in five games for the title.
Dr. Frank Smith of Monterey was the winner of the Senior B while Steve Yost reached the semis of Vets B.
Brett Gibbons brought home some hardware by reaching the finals of the Women's B before falling 18-16 in the fifth game to Andrea Levy of Victoria.
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RULES UPDATE
Several rules changes were adopted at the annual U.S.S.R.A. meeting in Chicago this past February. The changes are now in effect. Below is a summary, exact wording of the new rules can be found in the 1977-78 U.S.S.R.A. Yearbook.
RULES CHANGES
A) Solid pastel shirts and/or trousers are permitted (though local club rules on dress must be observed when all white is required, of course).
B) If a player "comes around," turns to take a ball on the forehand which might normally have been taken on the backhand (or vice versa) and then hits his opponent with the ball, the point is a "let" if the ball would otherwise have reached the front wall fairly. If the ball would not have reached the front wall fairly, then the striker loses the point. The so-called "English Let" no longer applies once you "come around." Even if the ball was headed directly to the front wall, the point is a "let."
(Note: The opponent still must make an effort to clear and provide the striker of the ball with a fair opportunity to play the ball as he chooses.)
C) If a player swings at a ball, misses, and then the ball hits his opponent, the point is a "let" if the player (or his partner) might have had another chance to return the ball. If the ball was going out of play except for striking the opponent, the player loses the point. If a player swings and misses, then manages to recover and return the ball fairly and it then hits his opponent, the provisions for "coming around" apply. The point is either a "let" or lost by the striker if the ball would not have reached the front wall fairly.
The intent of this rule is that a player must clear the ball, but should not be penalized by having to clear twice on the same stroke. Referees are instructed that deliberate faking is to be considered the same as swinging and missing. That is, a player may no longer fake a volley, then step back and let the ball go hoping that it hits his opponent.
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THE TOURNAMENT SEASON
Class A
In all respects, the 1977-78 tournament season was the finest in recent years. In terms of quality of play, it was the best since the peak years of the Eichmann-Gurney era, which also featured an occasional appearance by Victor Niederhoffer. In terms of quantity, it was the best ever. Fourteen and sixteen player draws were not uncommon and the California State Championships boasted a Class A draw of twenty-four players.
Finally, after having one Player (for several years Alex Eichmann, and more recently Tom Dashiell dominate play, it was a refreshing change to see six different players notch tournament victories over the course of the season.
Fresno
The Joe Ginet Invitational got things rolling over a typically warm Fresno weekend. The hard-hitting of L.A.'s Jim Kilkowski (1976 NorCal finalist as a visitor from Minnesota) and Joe Scataloni made things even hotter for NorCal players. Tom Dashiell and Ted Gross advanced to the semis, but no further as they both fell in four games to Scataloni and Kilkowski. The final was closely contested with heatedly debates as Kilkowski won 15-14, 15-11, 17-16.
Ralfe D. Miller
With Tom Dashiell, winner in 1974 and 1975, playing in a tournament on the East Coast it was certain the Ralfe Miller Invitational would produce a new champion. Ted Gross, playing on his home courts, made the most of this opportunity. After dropping the first game of his quarterfinal match with Bob Mueller, Ted got his steady, accurate game in gear. He proceeded to win nine games in a row, producing quarter, semi, and final round victories. He defeated David Tepper, a surprise winner over a slightly out of shape Rick Woolworth, in the semis. Jim Kilkowski made it through the bottom half of the draw with wins over Sunil Mehta and Mike Roizen to face Ted in the finals. Ted avenged his Fresno loss to Jim by the unusual scores of 17-16, 17-16, 15-2 to become the first Cal undergraduate to win the Ralfe Miller title.
University Club
The University Club Invitational produced a top-notch field. Seeds were Dashiell, Gross, Kilkowski, and Roizen, but Rick Woolworth, eager to establish his true place on that pecking order, was the surprise of the weekend. After defeating Kilkowski in the quarters, Rick played at the top of his game against defending champ Dashiell, handing Tom a 15-11, 15-12, 15-7 loss. Meanwhile, Ted Gross was carving up the bottom hail of the draw, winning nine more consecutive games to reach the finals. There he won the first game - 18-13. Rick dug in to win the second When Ted captured the third, 15-13, it seemed his steady play would be too much for Rick to overcome. But Rick matched Ted stroke for stroke and step for step to win the final games, 18-15, 18-13, proving his fitness in a final match that lasted close to two hours!
Olympic Club
The Olympic Club Invitational was basically playing with the same cast, but there were a few changes in the script.
Ted Gross and Tom Dashiell filled the semi-final bracket in their half, with Ted scoring his first ever win over Tom, 15-7, ( 8-15), 15-12, 15-12.
In the bottom half of the draw, Second-seeded Rick Woolworth found an unexpected opponent - David Tepper. Tepper upset the third-seeded Jim Kilkowski, his last obstacle to the final. Tepper's left-handed style made things difficult for a while, but Rick settled down to win in four.
The Gross-Woolworth final exceeded all expectations, featuring shot-making and hitting for length rarely seen on the hot Olympic Club courts. Rick was sharp in winning the first game, 15-10 before Ted established position and pattern to take the next two, 15-4, 15-12. When Rick moved to 14-12 in the fourth, it seemed a fifth game was just a moment away. Rick probably thought so too because before he knew it Ted caught him to tie the match at 14-all, and then surged by him in set three to capture the game, match, and championship, 17-14, in the fourth.
California State Championships
With Ted Gross and Rick Woolworth in fine form and Tom Dashiell eager to successfully defend his most prestigious title, NorCal, hopes were high en route to Los Angeles for the California State Championships.
They were seeded one, two, and three. But fourth-seeded Arif Sarfraz, Pakistani born and Princeton bred. provided the excitement. A recent emigre to the Los Angeles area, Arif proved he was ready for serious squash by winning the Cate School Invitational over Jim Kilkowski and Bob French, both accomplished players, the previous weekend. At the Venice Club his smooth, deceptive style was too much for Carl Mersola and Ted Gross, as Arif reached the finals relatively untested.
To reach the finals, Woolworth's path was not as smooth. He had to go four games against both Kilkowski and Dashiell to get there,
In the afternoon, Rick returned to the court for the finals, with too little time to recover from his morning match against Dashiell, Few in the gallery believed he would have the strength to play his aggressive, attacking game, but Rick rose to the occasion, playing superbly to win two of the first three games. Arif was equal to the challenge of his inspired opponent and countered with some fine shot-making of his own to win the last two games and the championships, (4-15),15-7, (12-15), 15-10, 15-10, in a memorable exhibition of squash craftmanship and sportsmanship The game of squash at it's finest.
N.C.S.R.A. Championships
The N.C.S.R.A. Championships, held this year at Cal's Harmon Gym, gave Tom Dashiell a chance to recover some of his lost dominance. With Rick Woolworth out of town and Ted Gross on the other half of the draw. Tom had a bit more breathing room.
He advanced to the Finals with straight game victories over Alan Hager and David Tepper. There he faced not Gross, but Mike Roizen. An inflamed Achilles tendon forced Ted out before he even played a match. Even without Gross in his half of the draw, Mike had a rather perilous trip to the finals.
After surviving match points in the fifth game of his first round match against Paul Gessling, Mike was to do the same against Calgary's visiting Larry Delf.
The pressure eased up in his semifinal against Alan Fox, the beneficiary of Gross' default, as Mike won in three. Tom started quickly in the final, capturing the first two games. To start the third, Mike went to the hard serve and managed to turn the match around to even at two games apiece. But in the fifth game, Tom's strength and conditioning gave him the edge, as he won his third consecutive N.C.S.R.A. Championship.
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| Rob Kritzer, David Hogg, Gary Walter, John Lau, and Ted Gross |
Class B
It is rare to see the players of one club totally dominate a particular class over one season, but that is exactly what several young men (Paul Gessling, John Lau, Andre Naniche, Kris Surano, and David Hogg) from the U.C.S.R.C. did this past season. Together they accounted for the winner of seven B tournaments and the runner-up of five.
Steve Marks was the only other NorCal player to take home any silver in this class as he reached the finals of Fresno's Joe Ginet Invitational where he fell to Paul Gessling in a long five-game match.
The momentum of his win then carried Paul to the finals o! the Ralfe Miller Invitational in Berkeley. Facing him was unseeded Dave Hogg who was returning to competitive squash after a one-year hiatus. Dave surprised more than a few people when he was able to stay with Paul's hard-hitting pace. His superior shot-making produced a five-game victory.
Undaunted by this setback, Paul Gessling went on to capture the very next tournament - the University Club Invitational, to earn his Class A stripes. It wasn't easy. He had tough matches with Steve Marks and John Lau en route to the finals.
On the top half of the draw, Kris Surano was having a much easier time as he advanced to his first B final without losing a game. His opponent in the finals rose to the occasion, with Paul prevailing winning 15-12, 15-14, (14-17),15-9.
As a major ranking tournament for the 1977-78 season, the winner of the B Class in the Olympic Club Invitational would move to the A's immediately. Twenty-six players entered with that thought in their minds, but in the end, only third-seeded John Lau could claim that honor, as he managed to survive the numerous upsets that prevented three of the four seeds from reaching the semi-finals.
Andre Naniche was the giant killer, knocking off top seed Dave Hogg in the quarters before advancing to the finals by way of default over Steve Marks. John put an end to Andre's run of good luck, downing him in three straight games.
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| Andre Naniche and David White |
However, the best was yet to come. On the very next weekend. Andre became the 1977 California State Class B champion, defeating good friend Kris Surano, 15-13, 15-10, (9-15), 15-13, in the finals. Throughout the tournament, Andre was tested all the way, surviving his semifinal with L.A.'s Mike Simmons winning 16-14 in the fifth.
With Gessling, Lau, and Naniche moving up to the A's, the N.C.S.R.A. Class B Championships boiled down to (surprise!) Kris Surano versus Dave Hogg in the finals. Improving Greg Stiles and Adrian Begg reached the semis, but both then went down without winning a game. The final showed the 70 Plus ball to its best advantage under hot conditions, as both players were able to use the entire court, mixing up both touch and power, in their shot-making, Kris was just a little too sharp for Dave, winning three games to one.
Class C
In several ways, Class "C" is one of the more interesting levels of squash because there is a blending of age and experience versus youth and enthusiasm, combined with some occasionally unorthodox tactics and stroke production. This is not often found in the more skilled classes, where everyone tends to hit the same shots in the same consistent fashion.
The season opener in Fresno was one for youthful enthusiasm. Cal undergrads Drew Sorensen and Dave White survived two five-game matches apiece to reach the final round, where oddly enough they went five more games. Drew was the winner, (14-18), 15-13, 15-3, (3-15), 15-12.
Early in the season, the mammoth Olympic Club C-D extravaganza really gets things jumping. One hundred twenty-eight players turned out for this event. The semifinal pairings were Bill Tenneson versus Steve Tucker and Make Bishop versus Tom Richardson, with Bill and Tom the winners of their matches. Bill earned the right to spend the rest of the season as a B with a convincing final round victory. The Olympic Club is to be commended for staging this event. Through the fine organization, it is possible for one player to lose three matches over the course of one weekend! But seriously, it is good to see an event which caters solely to the developing players for this is what the growth of the sport is based upon.
Former midshipman, Greg Stiles, returned to Naval Academy form to capture the Ralfe Miller championship. After six years at sea Greg, now a civilian, polished off Ben Werner, Dave White, and finalist Chuck Grant to make his first mark in N.C.S.R.A. squash circles.
Jim Holloran scored one for the wise and experienced by winning the University Club Invitational. A fine athlete, Jim found himself still mired in class C after several seasons. Determined to raise his classification, he captured a see-saw, five-game final from young (and strong) Steve Tucker, 15-10, (7-15), 18-17, (11-15), 15-7. Steve was not interested in remaining a C for very long either as he advanced with determination through the large Olympic Club Invitational draw to face and then defeat Dave Helson in the final.
Nor for that matter was Dave, for he followed Steve's example by winning the C's at Cate two weekends later over teammate Bruce Beckett.
The Cal States final was contested by the locals in Southern California. We are happy to note that recent Cal graduate Bob Jones, now playing at the Venice Club, was the big winner.
The N.C.S.R.A. Championships gave one of the two finalists, Tom Richardson and Dave White, a chance to advance to the B's with a win or a loss. Tom, who played strongly throughout the tournament, rose to the occasion with a straight game victory.
Class D
With semifinalists in every tournament advancing to Class C for the very next event, the D Class features a constantly changing cast. Cal students in Dick Crawford's fine squash program are often the principal players, but it is not unusual to see someone who has taken up the game at a slightly later age to take home some hardware.
Fresno's Joe Collings pleased the home town crowd by defeating Richard Felix of the Venice Club in the finals of Fresno's Joe Ginet Invitational. Both players were tested en route to the finals.
John Wishnart was equally as tough on his home courts as he turned back David Seltzer
in the Ralfe Miller final, winning three games to one. Marcus Byruck and Larry Ricker also moved up to Class C by virtue of being the losing semifinalists.
Seniors
The fifty and over flight started slowly, as only six players turned out for the Ralfe Miller. It did not bother Bill Garratt as he defeated Gabe Smilkstein and Hugh LaRue to take home the hardware.
Entries totaled eleven at the University Club Invitational. First among them was General "Fly" Flanagan, making his first tournament appearance of the season. After holding on to defeat Park Dingwell, 15-13 in the fifth, the "Fly" spread his wings to defeat Greg Stout in the finals. His speed afoot and conditioning were far superior and the score was 15-6, 15-10, 15-11.
The popular Olympic Club Invitational attracted a season-high of fourteen entrants, but General Flanagan again had everyone's number. He defeated Jim Frolik, who had a good win over Bill Garratt, in a four-game final.
Bill Garratt got back on the winning track as he ended the season winning the N.C.S.R.A. Championship. His final victim was Gabe Smilkstein. Bill then went on to Calgary where he came home with the winner's trophy in the Senior B Class.
Women
Just as the Ivy League has sent our area many fine male squash players over the past years--Larry Sears, Ed Harding. Charlie Hoeveler and Rick Woolworth to name but a few--it now appears as though the same is happening among the women. Increased coeducation and new athletic programs for women at the collegiate level are exposing more women to squash. Dartmouth grad, Candy Neville and Sarah Muyskens, who earned her degree at Yale, are the first of this new breed.
Except for Fresno, where local favorite Cathy Collings defeated Jenny Franchot (Mrs. Dashiell) for the title, Candy and Sarah dominated play.
Nineteen women, the largest turnout ever, competed in the Ralfe Miller tournament. Candy was not pressed as she defeated Judy Scott and Liz Fraser without the loss of a game for the title. Liz's semifinal victim was Connie Elliott, another new face o the squash scene.
Sarah Muyskens made an impressive NorCal debut, defeating Kay Campbell 15-6, 15-9, 15-6 and Candy Neville 15-8, 17-16, 15-6 for the University Club Invitational title. Candy had defeated Catherine Gladstone, visiting from Los Angeles in her semifinal round.
Sarah and Candy were matched together as finalists once again at the Olympic Club. This match was a real nail-biter as Candy squeezed by Sarah in five games, (17-18), (16-18),15-14, 15-13, 15-11. In the Women's B draw, Cathy Kramer defeated Brett Gibbons in the final.
Candy further added to her record by reaching the finals of the Cal State, losing there to Marion Clement, a visitor from New York, in five games. Cynthia Nadai of Berkeley upset fourth-seeded Pat Fleischauer of the host Venice Club to reach the semifinals.
In the B's, Catherine Gladstone defeated Brett Gibbons in a five-game final.
Twenty-two women entered two classes of play in the N.C.S.R.A. Championships. Candy and Sarah inevitably reached the finals. With the number one ranking at stake, Candy triumphed in four games for her third tournament victory of the season.
[Editor's note: In the Women's B Consolation, Polly Fox defeated Charlotte Gaynor in what squash commentators refer to as a "hard-fought" final. Although Polly was promised a trophy for her only tournament victory to date (and probably ever) she has yet to receive it ... well, Peter???]
Class B Vets
This class is one of the most competitive in recent years. Last year was no exception. The recent P.C.S.R.A. rule change, which moves a two-tournament winner to A vets for the balance of the season, ensures that no player can dominate over the entire season.
Steve Yost was the first player to move up with the big boys. He opened the season winning the Fresno title over Vince Palmo in a five-game final. Forced to sit out the Ralfe Miller due to injury, Steve returned for the University Club Invitational and defeated Bill Garratt, Bill Anderson, and then Dick Crawford in a a four-game final for the title. Steve then moved to the A vets. excepting the P.C.S.R.A. Championships where he played well to reach the semis.
Dick Crawford was also a double winner by New Year's Day. Playing well on his home courts, Dick defeated Jack Sarafian 17-16, (12-15).15-12, (9-15), 15-8 for the Ralfe Miller Championship, his first B Vets title ever. He then went down to Los Angeles in December for their University Club's Invitational. Dick came home a champ, blitzing John Russell 3-0 in the finals.
With Yost and Crawford gone from the B Class, Jack Sarafian was ready to make his move. He too was a double winner, capturing the Olympic Club Invitational and the N.C.S.R.A. Championships. He won in over in four over Bill Anderson in the Olympic Club finals and had to go to five to beat Len Defendis for the N.C.S.R.A. title.
Big Bill Ducas took home-court advantage one step further as he captured his own University Club's Invitational over Ed Dold - another Cal student rising through the squash classes. In the semis, Bill defeated clubmate Dave Brown while Ed handled Mike Summerhill.
The Olympic Club Invitational drew a remarkable total or forty-nine competitors. The semifinals featured J.C.C. clubmates Don Martin and William Bassetti matched against Cal's John Shannon and Dan Weiss in their respective halves. The younger men were the victors and Don went on to win the final over John in a close three-game match.
Cal's Khan Kamal, after surviving a first-round scare against the venerable Chapin Coit, spoiled the hopes of the home crowd at Cate School Invitational. He defeated his final round opponent. Cate student Tony Bingham, 15-9 in the fourth.
The N.C.S.R.A. Championships wrapped the season up. Bill Albersberg, Jeff Huskamp, Jim Urbanski, and John Derdivaniswill have the honor of competing in class C this coming season as they all reached the semifinals. Huskamp went out the big winner defeating Derdivanis, 3-1.
Class A Vets
For the past few seasons, the A Vets has been limited to a group of four or five players who have participated on a regular basis. A field of this size is more conducive to round robin play rather than a single elimination draw, but either way, the best player prevails.
Over past seasons Murray Smith and Floyd Svensson have been the best players in this class. Last season was no exception.
Peck Lau was the winner of a three-man round robin at the Joe Ginet Invitational. He prevailed over Larry Chargin and Ed Marr, with Chargin edging Marr for second place.
Smith, Svensson, Marr, and Tom Thomas, returning to play after an absence of several years, were the field for the University Club Invitational. With wins over Marr and Thomas, Murray and Floyd squared off knowing the winner of their match would determine winner and runner-up for the tournament. It was a battle all the way before Floyd squeezed by Murray in the fifth game for the title.
Tom beat Ed for third place.
With Steve Yost and Dick Crawford moving up from B Vets, the Olympic Club Invitational attracted seven players, necessitating an elimination draw. The finalists inevitably were Murray and Floyd, with the match going again to five games. Murray surged to a 9-1 lead in the final game before Floyd, never tougher than when he is behind, caught him at 13-all. However, Murray dug in to win 18-16 for the championship.
The N.C.S.R.A. was not well represented at the Cal States, where John Bennett of Salt Lake City defeated Ed Helfeld, who recently moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, in a tight match for the championship.
The N.C.S.R.A. Championships had another small turnout and was dominated by Floyd Svensson. Steve Yost had a good win over Peck Lau to capture second place.
With the lowering of the age group to 35 years from 40, players such as Alan Fox, Jose Alonzo, and Dan Morgan will now be eligible to compete. Hopefully, we will see a larger and more competitive field of players as a result.
Juniors
Here is another class that is gaining in numbers and skill. As of now, the University of California and the Olympic Club have been the leaders in exposing youngsters to the game but we can expect to see more young players from some of the newer, family oriented clubs in the near future. Southern California has been pushing junior development both in Los Angeles and at the Cate School in Carpenteria.
Bob Enea from Cal was the big winner in the Juniors, capturing both the Olympic Club Invitational and the N.C.S.R.A. title. Dan Tachiera, also from Cal, was the finalist in both events. Bruce Gaynor had a good season too as he reached the semis in both of those tournaments and won the University Club Novice flight.
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TOURNAMENTS ON THE ROAD
N.C.S.R.A. players, always eager to compete, had another active season playing outside our area, occasionally bringing home hardware but invariably impressing people with the quality of squash in Northern California.
The Venice Club Invitational usually has a good turnout from the northerners. This year was no exception as Ted Gross defeated Jim Kilkowski and Carl Mersola for the A title and Mike Bishop retrieved his way to the C final.
The Oregon State Championship, hosted by the mammoth Multnomah Athletic Club (9 singles courts!), was a near miss for Tom Dashiell. Playing well, he defeated Bryce Harding, Dick Radloff, and Chris Burrows to reach his first final in the Northwest. As he surged to a 10-6 fifth game lead over Al McKeown, the situation seemed well in hand. But a couple a loosely played points, combined with a few of McKeown's patented three-walls, turned the match around and Al emerged as the champion, much to the delight of his home club gallery. Ted Gross and David Tepper also competed. Ted lost a heart-breaker to Chris Burrows at 18-13 in the fifth, while David went down in five to eventual winner McKeown.
On the following weekend, Tom did not fare any better at the Pacific Northwest Championships in Vancouver. After he won his first two matches to reach the semis, he met Bob Puddicombe, a very talented player who does not often compete outside of his native Vancouver. The left-handed Puddicombe was very sharp as he beat Tom in three straight and consequently won the championship over Richard Fleming, also from Vancouver, in five games.
Ted Gross scored another win in Southern California as he defeated Tony Elmaleh, Joe Scataloni, and Jim Kilkowski for the University Club of Los Angeles Championship. Dick Crawford captured the B Vets crown.
Ted next went south of the border for the first club Aristos Championships, in Tijuana, Mexico. After reaching the finals, he let a two-game lead slip away against Bob French who scored a fine comeback win, (6-15), (8-15), 15-13, 16-13, 17-15.
Floyd Svensson put on a truly remarkable performance at the Intermountain Championships held in Salt Lake City. Entered in the A Singles, the A Vets Singles, and the Doubles draws, Floyd emerged, after playing five matches in nine hours, the victor in each event. Notably, he defeated Ed Atwood, a former Harvard player little more than half of Floyd's age (!) for the A title, and then John Bennett for the A Vet. title. Finally, he combined with pick-up partner, Terry Chatwin to defeat Bennett and Rex Waltman for the doubles crown.
The U.S.S.R.A. National Championships attracted more NorCal players than ever before. Floyd Svensson, Murray Smith, Hugh LaRue, and Bill Garratt as they competed in their respective Veteran and Senior divisions. Floyd led the way with three victories to reach to quarters where he succumbed to the delicate touch of Brunswick, Maine's Charlie Butt, who went on to reach the finals. With the creation of a 55 and over class next year, Floyd will certainly be a contender for the title.
In the team tournament, the California team of Rick Woolworth, Tom Dashiell, Ted Gross, Jim Kilkowski, and Mike Roizen was honored with the #3 seeding. They avenged last year's loss to Harvard by defeating the Crimson 4-1, with Rick, Tom, Ted, and Mike scoring wins. The quarter-final match with the New York #1 team went down to the wire. Convincing wins by Woolworth and Dashiell were offset as Ted and Mike fell to their opponents. The match was ultimately decided at the number 4 slot where Jim Kilkowski was edged out by Fritz Hobbs, 15-13 in the fifth game.
Bob French and David Tepper joined Chris Burrows and Kim Proctor, both of Seattle, and Portland's Al McKeown to form the Pacific Coast team. French and Tepper contributed wins as the Coast team beat Ontario #2, 4-1. In the quarters, facing defending champions Mexico, the Coast team gave the Mexican team its toughest contest. McKeown and Tepper won, but with U.S. Junior Champ Mario Sanchez playing at the #1 position, Mexico prevailed 3-2 and went on to win the tournament for the second year in a row.
Tom Dashiell was the surprise of the Southern California Championships. He defeated Carl Mersola and Jim Kilkowski without the loss of a game to advance to the finals against the formidable Arif Sarfraz. Few gave Toma chance against Arif, who had yet to lose a tournament in California. But Tomcame out smoking and convincingly defeated Arif by scores of 15-5, 15-6, 15-10 for perhaps the best win of his career and his second Southern California Championship in a row.
The season wind-up was the P.C.S.R.A. Championships, held this time in Calgary, Alberta.
Unfortunately, the travel distance prevented many of our players from attending and enjoying Canadian hospitality. Several good results were turned in by those who did make the trip. Tom Dashiell and Rick Woolworth reached the semifinals of the A's before falling to Canadian opponents. Tom rallied from being down two games to none to take Richard Fleming to the fifth game, only to see Fleming recover from a 7-1l deficit to win the match. Rick, after a good win over Al McKeown, faced two-time Canadian National Champion and defending P.C.S.R.A. Champion, Phil Mohtadi. For the first two games, Rick held his own but Mohtadi's steady aggressive play coupled with his flawless court coverage was too much for Rick and he lost in four games. Mohtadi then defeated Fleming to successfully retain his crown.
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BOODLES BRITISH GIN INVITATIONAL DOUBLES 1976
by Peter Gaynor
The active sponsorship of Squash by the General Wine and Spirits Company, a division of Seagrams, had its modest beginning on the University Club's new doubles court September 17, 1976. Twenty-five teams, most rather new to the nuances of doubles, contested the attractive Boodles Bowl throughout the week.
The early rounds resulted in expected wins highlighted by Tom Huster and Linn Roth's exciting 3-2 victory over Bill Tenneson and Dan Morgan. The quarter-finals results were Chris Burrows playing with John Hutchinson of Seattle over Cal notables Paul Gessling and Kris Surano, 3-0, Tom Dashiell and Bob Mueller in a close three games over Huster and Roth, Niko and Tony Elmaleh, Los Angeles 3-1 over Sunil Mehta and Ted Gross, and the University Club's standard bearers Charlie Hoeveler and Murray Smith over the Senior team of Floyd Svennson and Frank Smith.
The semifinals proved to be the most exciting squash seen all year with both underdogs upsetting the favorites. In the top bracket, Dashiell and Mueller defeated top seeds Burrows and Hutchinson, 3-2 in a two hour. The first game went to Chris and John, 16-18, but they lost the next two 10 and 11, then came roaring back to bury the opposition, 15-3. In the final game, points changed hands one at a time until Chris and John led 13-9. With an overpowering burst, Tom and Bob brought the score to 14-13 but were tied at 14 all. Tom called no set without hesitation and after a few rallies hit a perfect cross-court full wall length that John couldn't handle to win the game, 15-14.
In the bottom half, the Elmalehs faced Hoeveler and Smith, with Niko and Tony's years of playing together making them the favorite over Hoeveler's incredible reflexes and speed.
Smith and Hoeveler won the 2nd and 4th games, then with Charlie getting everything possible, wore down their opponents, 15-13, in the fifth to win 3-2.
Between the semis and the finals, the gentlemen from General Wine, Angelo Vassallo, Ron Block, Larry Immerman, and Mel Owens, sponsored one of the most elaborate buffets ever seen at the University Club and a good time was enjoyed by all the players and their friends.
The finals could not match the semis for excitement but was stimulating to watch as the match became a very strategic battle. Bob and Tom won the first at 13-15, lost the next two, 15-7 and 15-9, and came back to win the 4th, 11-7. Charlie Hoeveler continued to show great reflexes and speed and Murray provided the steadiness which so often characterizes his game, and this combination resulted in a 15-12 fifth game win and the title, 3-2.
Evidently, the tournament was a success because Boodles British Gin agreed to sponsor the event in 1977.
PACIFIC COAST DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
The sixth annual Pacific Coast Doubles Championships was the first to transpire outside Portland's Multnomah Athletic Club. With the new doubles court at the University in San Francisco and through the efforts of Peter Gaynor, the N.C.S.R.A. was able to help stage this unique event. Teams from Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, and Portland participated, making the field truly representative.
Sportswriters love to select a "turning point" when the momentum and character of an athletic event radically change in a matter of a moment or two. Matches in the various racquet sports seem to often present these "turning points" to the observer. In this event, a series of fewer than one half dozen points not only turned one match around but directly affected the outcome of the tournament as a whole.
For two games of one quarter-final, matching the team of Niko and Tony Elmaleh, recent emigres from New York to Los Angeles, against David Tepper and Ted Gross. The Elmaleh brothers had dominated the first two games of the match with their superior teamwork and experience. Surging to a 3-0 lead in the five-point set of the third game, their victory seemed assured. Yet it only took a few shots and a few errors that put Tepper and Gross ahead in the game, 4-3. A daring backhand reverse corner by Niko evened the score at 4-all. After a long rally on the simultaneous match and game point, David managed to get his hard crosscourt forehand by Tony for the game.
Early in the fourth game, it was apparent the complexion of the match had changed. Niko and Tony were making the errors while David and Ted had steadied to play tough and determined. After losing the fourth game at 12, the Elmalehs began to tire and fell 15-8 in the fifth.
In other quarter-final action, top-seeded Chuck McGinness with his partner Ron Ragan of Portland were hard pressed to get by Kris Surano and Paul Gessling, winning with a score of 18-17 in the fourth game. Tom Dashiell and Bob Mueller handled the veteran team of Jim Bennett and Rex Waltman, visiting from Salt Lake City, in three straight. In upset, the pick-up team of Bob French and Mike Roizen surprised Boodles Gin Champs Charlie Hoeveler and Murray Smith, also three straight.
In the Sunday morning semifinals, Tepper and Gross started to jell as a team and defeated McGuinessa nd Ragan in three by making the big shots on the big points. Dashiell and Mueller had too much speed for French and Roizen, as their surprising retrievals forced Bob and Mike into numerous errors.
Tepper and Gross were getting better with each match, and once they won the first game of the final from Dashiell and Mueller, the outcome was never in doubt. Tepper's domination on the left wall combined with Gross' steady retrieving led to a 15-12, 15-6. 15-10 victory for the championship.
[Editor's note: It should also be noted that there were a few polite wagers on this match, not the least of which was between Fox, the younger and Charlotte Gaynor. Gaynor, using powers known only to Jimmy-the-Greek (and presumably Ted and David), was victorious, winning what ultimately turned out to be dinner for 12 at the Fox household.]
In the second flight, the home town teams of Peter Gaynor with partner Steve Yost, and Paul Pringle and partnerAlan Skelton disappointed their respective semifinal opponents from Portland.
Those who feel squash doubles is as closely related to tennis as it is to squash singles had their opinions justified as Pringle and Skelton, two very accomplished tennis players, won the final match in four games.
In other doubles action, Ed Marr and Murray Smith made a good showing at the Pacific Coast Veterans Doubles in Portland, in a losing effort in the finals to Seattle's Doc Adkisson and Dick Daly.
Tepper and Gross ventured a journey to St. Louis in late March for the U.S. National Doubles. Their hopes were high, but Larry Heath and Peter Day of New York, later to be the ranked number six nationally, wasted no time in illustrating what the game is all about. The scores were 15-8, 15-8, 15-6.
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FROM THE 1977-78 U.S.S.R.A. YEARBOOK ...
For the second year in a row, the University of California at Berkeley was represented in the tournament by a full team of six players. In team standings, the Golden Bears distinguished themselves by finishing in a tie for 14th position (out of 30).
INTERCOLLEGIATE RANKINGS
(1976-77)
Individual 1. Mike Desaulniers (Harvard)
2. Phil Mohtadi (Western Ontario)
3. Gil Mateer (Pennsylvania)
4. Jay Gillespie (Toronto)
5. Bob Callahan (Princeton)
6. Ian Shaw (Western Ontario)
7. Frank Brosens (Princeton)
8. Bill Kaplan (Harvard)
9. Larry Gile (Yale)
10. Ned Edwards (Pennsylvania).
Six-Man Tournament Team
1. Western Ontario (31)
2. Princeton (28)
3. Penn (25)
4. Harvard (24.5)
5. Army (18)
6. Trinity (18)
7. Stonybrook (16.5)
8. Williams (16)
8. Yale (16)
10. Dartmouth (14)
10. Toronto (14)
12. Navy (13)
13. M.I.T. (11)
14. California (10)
14. Bowdoin (10)
14. Franklin & Marshall (10)
17. Mexico (9.5)
18. Cornell (8.5)
18. Fordham (8.5)
20. Amherst (7.5)
21. Tufts (7)
22. Lehigh (4.5)
23. Air Force (3)
23. Davidson (3)
23. Hobart (3)
23. York (3)
27. Georgia (2)
27. Hampshire (2)
28. Michigan State (1)
28. Skidmore (1)
Nine-Man Team
1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Pennsylvania
4. Williams
5. Navy
6. Yale
7. Dartmouth
8. Army
9. Trinity
10. Stonybrook
11. Amherst
12. Bowdoin
13. M.I.T.
14. Tufts
15. Franklin & Marshall
16. Cornell
17. Hobart
18. Fordham
18. Rochester
20. Wesleyan
21. Lehigh
22. Stevens Tech
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N.C.S.R.A. Rankings
1976-77 Season
Class A
1. Ted Gross
2. Rick Woolworth
3. Tom Dashiell
4. Mike Roizen
5. David Tepper
6. Bob Mueller
Mention
Alan Hager, John Lau, Jim Marver, Sunil Mehta
Class A Vets
1. Floyd Svensson
2. Murray Smith
3. Peck Lau
4. Ed Marr
5. Steve Yost
6. Tom Thomas
Class B
1. Paul Gessling*
2. John Lau*
3. Andre Naniche*
4. Kris Surano
5. David Hogg
6. Steve Marks
7. Spencer Johnston
8. Jim Feutz
9. Ron Schneider
10. Robert Kritzer
11. Tom Huster
12. Ross Ziegler
13. Steve Morton
14. Bill Tenneson
Insufficient Data
Adrian Begg, Ed Marr, Greg Stiles
* Must play in a higher class in future seasons
Class C
1. Drew Sorenson*
2. Bill Tenneson*
3. Greg Stiles*
4. Jim Holloran*
5. Steve Tucker*
6. Tom Richardson*
7. Dave Helson*
8. Dave White*
9. Mike Bishop*
10. Chuck Grant*
11. Steve Kevan
12. Bruce Beckett*
13. Ben Werner
14. Vic Rauch
15. Fritz Kunze
16. Jon Hunt
17. David Seltzer
18. Bob Howell
19. Mike O'Farrell
Insufficient Data
Fred Schurkus
Mention
Adrian Begg, Emmanuel Uren
Class D
1. Joe Collings*
2. John Whisnant*
3. Bill Ducas*
4. Dan Weiss*
5. John Huskamp*
6. Khan Kamal *
7. David Seltzer*
8. Ed Dold*
9. John Shannon*
10. John Derdivandis*
11. Dave Walish*
12. Marcus Bryruck*
13. Larry Ricker*
14. David Brown
15. Mike Summerbell*
16. William Bassetti
17. Don Martin*
18. Bill Aalbersberg *
19. Jim Urbanski*
20. Dan Herschberger*
21. Dan Miller
22. Steve Katz
23. Scott Eberle
23. Sheldon Harmat
23. K. Pendergast
Mention
Hal Bell, Marc Roth, Pierre Zetterberg
Women's A
1. Candy Neville
2. Sarah Muyskens.
3. Judy Scott
4. Cathy Cramer
5. Evelyn Kavaler
6. Connie Elliott
Insufficient Data
Elizabeth Fraser, Frances Hardy
Mention
Mary Campbell, Lindsey Walker
Women's B
1. Cathy Cramer*
2. Brett Gibbons*
3. Shaye Hester
4. Mary Stephens
5. Joan Barkan
*Must play in a higher class in future seasons
Mention
J. Gobershock, P. Fox, P. Hoeschler, T. Place, C. Rauh, C. Shiozaki, T. Veldhuyzen
Juniors1. Robert Enea
2. Dan Tachiera
3. Bruce Gaynor
4. Richard Morrissey
Mention
Mike Coit, Pat Doyle, Nick Giorgio, Nial Vigholes
Class B Vets
1. Steve Yost
2. Dick Crawford
3. Jack Sarafian
4. Bill Anderson
5. Bob Howell
6. Peter Gaynor
Insufficient Data
Leonard Defendis, Vince Palmo
Mention
Jack Bickel, Hank Bruce, Geoff Thomas, Waddy White
Open Seniors
1. Edward Flanagan
2. Bill Garratt
3. Hugh La Rue
4. Gabe Smilkstein
5. Greg Stout
6. Waddy White
7. Bill Strong
8. Dan Williams
9. John Riley
Insufficient Data
Jim Frolik
Joe Ginet
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THE LEAGUE SEASON
From the Gallery
From our point of view, gleaned from the process of collecting reports on last season's league play, it must have been frustrating to participate in Northern California Squash Racquets League play. It is clear that the administrators are frustrated; in general, they received little or no cooperation in terms of receiving results. What is worse, is that at times whole teams defaulted. League results are therefore semi-official. Well, we should accept that those are the kind of leagues that we wanted because that's what we got. If we want more satisfying participation next year, then it's simple. Keep your agreements! If you agree to play on a team, play your match in time. If you are a team captain, report the results on time, You don't have to do anything more. It's that simple.
The Executive Board
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THE LEAGUE CZAR REPORT
by John Windle
Greetings from the Sponge, which I gather was my nickname during the last season. No doubt this sobriquet was earned by dint of my ability to soak up punishment, verbal assault, telephonic abuse, and numerous none-too-subtle pleas to bend the rules to league play. It seemed that the whole season staggered from trauma to trauma, with dispute after dispute rearing its ugly head. I strongly advise my successor to lay down ground rules even more firmly than I did and to entertain no discussion of them whatsoever. Let us all hope that the new season will herald a uniform code of play by the league rules, with no latecomers, early leavers, cry-babies, unofficial poll-takers, or downright nuisances weaving their webs. Perhaps settling the ball issue will resolve some of the conflicts; so that the season can once again become worthy of our aspirations and not appeal to our instincts.
Being sidelined for most of this year by injury has no doubt soured my viewpoint; I hope that active participation by us all at every level, making the sacrifice for away matches and graciously hosting the home ones, will decrease the number of defaults and increase both the volume and the standard of play for all or us. It a season is not enjoyable, we have only ourselves to blame.
My sincerest thanks to those who helped the season to a successful conclusion: to the rest, see you on (not in) court!
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A LEAGUE
by Tom Dashiell
A LEAGUE
by Tom Dashiell
The 1976-77, "A" League season was a tightly fought, and in some cases, bitterly contested battle between the Olympic Club and the Peninsula Squash Club. Peninsula emerged the victor only in the final week, largely by virtue of its 20-0 edge over the cal team in their four matches.
Top horses for Peninsula were Alex Eichmann, who completed his second consecutive year undefeated in league play, and Rick Woolworth, who replaced Alex as Peninsula's number one man for the second half of the season. Dave Tepper, Sunil Mehta, Alan Hager, and Steve Marks rounded out the winning team. Matches of note were Ted Gross' near defeat of Eichmann (15-14 in the fifth), Hager's contested victory over Murray Smith, Bob Mueller's 3-2 win over Tepper (followed the next week by a Mueller loss to Jim Marver) and Dashiell's two victories over Woolworth (to be in tournament play).
The season generated considerable controversy.
The first half witnessed complete acceptance of the 70+ ball by almost all players. However, in view of the many tournaments played with the hardball during the winter, a preference poll taken by the League Commissioner prior to the start of the second half indicated a slight plurality in favor of the hardball. However, players were free to use the 70+ ball if both so desired.
The end result was a few forfeits, several interminable quarrels, and many telephone hours spent discussing the various merits of two little black balls. All in all, however, League play was as intense as always, and blatant animosities over the ball seemed to disappear as the season wore on. Peninsula is to be congratulated for its second consecutive "A" League championship.
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D LEAGUE
by Chapin Coit
1976-77 was a good "D" League season for the West Bay (S.F. Division).
Final league results.
Peninsula Squash Club was an easy winner with an 8-1- 1 record. I cannot advise on other team standings except for the J.C.C. which compiled a 6-4 record. I really tried during the season to get reports from each team captain but I've not been too successful.
A final note: The annual East-West playoff was canceled due to the controversy over the ball.
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PRESIDIO - UNIVERSITY CLUB WINS VETERANS SQUASH LEAGUE
This is the league in which the fathers of future squash champions continue to flex their sinews and their stratagems relating their tales of former front-running days when trophies abounded like Prohibition whiskey kegs which were off-loaded at Smuggler's Cove and donkey-carted up and down ravines into Sausalito.
Today the Veteran squash front-runner who both cocks an eye along the coast toward Smuggler's Cove and collects squash trophies is Steve Yost, the Olympic Clubber who proved himself invincible until January 6 and who captured so many league victories and B Veteran tournaments this season that he was upgraded to the ultimate rank of A Veteran.
The repeating championship team with players from both the Presidio and the University Club of San Francisco, scarred and limping after twelve team matches with one team loss, was led to 29 wins out of 36 individual matches this year by (Lieutenant General E. M.) Fly Flanagan, (League Chairman) Bill Strong, and (N.C.S.R.A. President) Peter Gaynor. The depth and dexterity of this team surfaced in solid victories served up consistently by Hank Bruce, Waddie White, John Bushby, Steve Spaulding, and Don Clelland.
The team's scars originated in the opening three-man match when the Olympic Club won everything except last year's trophy steins and punished the overheated visitors and the 70 Plus ball like Shadrach, Meshach and, Abednego in the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar.
Emerging unharmed, the champs lost little other than mobility thereafter: notable limps wrapped by Dr. Callander occurred when 1) Bushby dislocated his toe in his first January match after three weeks of skiing in Switzerland; 2) Gaynor played too often on a severely sprained ankle; 3) Bruce was injured in his final win over Smith of Peninsula; and 4) Flanagan road-sprinted his shins into splints.
Longest win streak: Hank Bruce may have set some kind of an old folks' record like Rip Van Winkle as he won eight matches between October 22 and January 27, when Yost eked out his revenge.
Longest streak: from the Visitors' lockers to the steam room at the University Club during a mixed doubles tournament.
Longest stroke: Steve Spaulding, known as "The Whip."
Longest down curves: the famous smiles of White and Flanagan after they were beaten by Callander.
When the Olympic Club's three bionic craftsmen sank the Presidio/ U.C.S.F. team in the opening team match, smiling captain Geoff Thomas chose to sail on like Columbus with a minimum crew of salty winners who might consider cutting their own throats if they could not slice their opponents to ribbons.
Tartar steak comprised of Steve Yost's victims was the dish devoured six times this year by the steely Olympian deuce-survivor who chuckled with old-world charm as he ground up raw each adversary until he was finally brought to his knees by nimble Hank Bruce, who played St. George to Yost's dragon. This dragon did not die, however. Like an ancient mariner who keeps a sea-watch for albatross, Yostmuses in wait upon the moors above Muir, fully prepared for the day when a chance to share the Pacific Coast A Veterans' title will alight upon his trophy case.
In mid-season, Olympic strongman Jack Bickel fell victim to a .virus that hospitalized and waylaid him for weeks: his post on the poopdeck was not filled by his crewmates Frolik, Zwart, or Drocco in time to avoid third place for the Olympic Club this year. To captain Geoff Thomas, however, went the Ulysses Award: the world's costliest mini-bottle of Boodles ginseng for his teacup and the tempests through which his three-match mini-crew rowed.
Slow starters who accelerated to defeat the Olympic Club three times and capture second place in the Veteran's League this season, the Peninsula Squash Club campaigned less like Alex's Angels than ten Stout-hearted Dingwells and Howells who could calmly Garratt you or Smith you into submission before their victims could furiously Fishbach and Oliver for chemical analysis or Uren to Proctor a Williamsf or financial aid. Stout claimed he is the Bay Area's fleetest-footed 65-year-old, and Howell found that being the #1 C Veteran did not raise his status with Little Leaguers. Gordo decided to Clark our Association until he could decipher some fine print which may not have been on the ball; so his matches were disqualified.
But the power which this team promises may mature earlier next season, and the trail to the league trophies will grow more torrid.
Wristy men of merit played nobly this season for the merry mix of Ringers who completed this league with hard-serving victories by John Callander, Reed Foster, and others. Joining in the fray until the final huzzahs were tough competitors such as Dan Williams, Jim Kempenich, Hugh LaRue, Chapin Coit, and Warner Odenthal, all of whom stood ready at all times to play with good cheer and to defeat any man who wore shoes on both feet.
As increasing numbers of players achieve the age of antiquity (40), this league will continue to seek out the greatest good for the greatest number of recreational players who enjoy the expression of their competitive instincts. It is heralded that next year we all may have to combat new teams of hoary valor from U.C.S.R.C., U.C.S.F., and Orinda.
So be it.
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C LEAGUE 1976-77 SEASON
C LEAGUE 1976-77 SEASON
by Sheldon C. Ramsy, Commissioner C League
The season did not start auspiciously and in my opinion not end on a much better note.
Hopefully: now that the 70+ ball issue has been resolved, there will be less dissension among teams as well as their respective players. However, there are certain problems which arose last year that can only be corrected through the cooperation and mutual courtesy of the participants.
Firstly, I feel that the 70+ ball issue created a great deal of antagonism between teams and players which permeated and tarnished the atmosphere of good sportsmanship which should always exist in this form of amateur competition.
Certain teams even went so far as to drop out of league competition because the 70 Plus ball was sanctioned for league play. The whole purpose of league play is to provide the opportunity for members of different clubs to fraternize and play friendly though competitive squash at different court locations. Considering this purpose, many people were dismayed that certain teams withdrew from the league.
Secondly, there were too many instances where either one of the teams did not show up at all or fielded only a portion of a team. Not only common courtesy but civility dictates that with the exception of extraordinary circumstances, you notify your opposition of your unavailability. If you are going to play squash in league competition, it is imperative that you not only allocate the time to play and be at the court on time, but that you assign a priority to that commitment.
Lastly, with the exception of a couple of the captains, I received little or no cooperation with regard to the posting of scores. The teams whose scores had not yet been submitted were notified that they would default unless their scores were promptly received.
Not all scores were submitted, but in the end, no teams defaulted. As a result, there are no official team standings.
However, I have it on good authority that the Peninsula Squash Club won the league competition with a season score of 33 wins and 12 losses. U.C. Medical Center was the runner-up with less individual match victory (1 or 0) point than the Peninsula Squash Club.
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PACIFIC COAST SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION 1976/77 SEASON RANKINGS
(Note: These rankings are strictly based on points accumulated in the 10 major designated tournaments held among the 6 P.C.S.R.A. regions last season. The Olympic Club Invitational, California State, and Southern California Championships were used for these rankings.)
Class A
1. Phil Mohtadi, Calgary
2. Tom Dashiell, San Francisco
2. Richard Flemming, Vancouver
4. Arif Sarfraz, Los Angeles
4. Rick Woolworth, Stanford
6. Ted Gross, Berkeley
6. Bob Puddicombe, Vancouver
8. Al McKeown, Portland
8, Dennis Scott, Vancouver
10. John Dowling, Vancouver
10. Pat Richardson, Vancouver
Mention
Jay Gillespie, Toronto Mike Greenwood, Victoria, Dick Radloff, Seattle
Class Veterans A
1. Les Harding, Seattle
2. Dick Radloff, Seattle
3. George Morfitt, Vancouver
4. John Bennett, SLC
4, Murray Smith, San Francisco
6. Tom Brucker, Seattle
7. Ron Cimolino, Calgary
7. Egon Kuhn, Victoria
7. Ed Helfeld, Los Angeles
7. Floyd Svensson, Orinda
Mention
Bill Adkisson, Seattle Larry Barclay, VLTBC Dan Dudas, Venice Henry Goley, Edmonton Peck Lau, Fresno Ed Marr, San Francisco Alfred Martinez, Mexico Brooks Ragen, Seattle Joe Siegenberg, Edmonton Tom Wrightson, Portland
Class B
1. Dave Cox, Victoria
2. Mark Alger, Tacoma
2. Sean O'Neal, Calgary
4. Andre Naniche, Berkeley
5. Tom Hulme, Portland
5. Mike Simmons, Los Angeles
7. Bruce Faaland, Seattle
7. John Lau, Berkeley
7. Bruce Wilbur, Edmonton
11. Larry La Bossier, Seattle
11. Kris Surano, Berkeley
Mention
Rick Drooyan, Los Angeles, Blair Kruger, Victoria, Randy Labbe, Portland
Class Veterans B
1. George Smith, Vancouver
2. Jack Sarafin, Fresno
2. Peter Woolley, Vancouver
4. Keith Barker, Portland
4. Bud Brunn, Los Angeles
4. Coley Carlson, Seattle
4. Dave Edgar, Vancouver
4. Jack Kohr, Los Angeles
4. Ed Trott, Edmonton
10. Bill Anderson, California
Mention
Vic Beaudry, Vancouver Jerry Jones, Portland Spud Nicholson, Vancouver Jim Robinson, Los Angeles Steve Yost, San Francisco
Class C
1. Richard Ferguson, Calgary
2. Dave Sloan, Portland
3. D. Balenko, Seattle
3. Don Fuhrer, Los Angeles
3. Bob Jones, Los Angeles
3. Bob Livingston, Seattle
3. David Reid, Vancouver
3. Steve Tucker, Orinda
3. Marty Wares, Calgary
11. Ian Bell, Calgary
11. Jock Edwards, Portland
11. Dave Helson, Berkeley
11. Luis Howard, Los Angeles
11. Al Khan, Vancouver
11. Gary Lauder, Vancouver
11. Andy Markoe, Seattle
11. Mike Petre, California
11. Rick Tell, Los Angeles
Mention
Jeff Aldin, Portland, Ray Banks, Vancouver, Mike Bishop, San Francisco, Bob Cicci Gary Finke, Seattle W. Gross, Berkeley Andy Kerr, Portland, Steve Kevan, Berkeley Bill Lenihan, Seattle N. McDonald, Steve Spalding, Howie Young
Class D
1. Dan Pollock, Portland
2. Hugh Woolley, Vancouver
3. Bob Gladstone, Los Angeles
3. P. Gray, Vancouver
3. Dave Jubitz, Portland
3. Chris Morphy, LA
3. Tony Richard, Edmonton
3. Mark Tindle, Vancouver
3. John Tarode, Calgary
3. Dan Weiss, Berkeley
Mention
Greg Anderson, Portland Brad Browne, Portland Alan Engleson, Los Angeles, Glen McNeil, Vancouver Wayne Morrison, Calgary, Eric Multhaup, Los Angeles, John Shannon, Berkeley, D. Wood, Vancouver. Dave Wodey
Women's Class A
1. Jane Cartmel, Vancouver
2. Beryl Paton, Calgary
3. Sue Grimsdick, Vancouver
4. Candy Neville, Stanford
5, Lillie Tallman, Los Angeles
5. Barbara Savage, Vancouver
7. June Hole, Edmonton
7. Marion Clement, N.Y.C.
8. Janet Adkisson, Seattle
8. Pat Fleishauer, Los Angeles
8. Sarah Muyskens, San Francisco
8. Kathy Wilber
8. Dorthea Harding, Seattle
Mention
Seonald Bampton, Tacoma, Marylou Cicrich, Portland, Francis Hardy, San Francisco, Susie Kimberly, Portland, Ann Larkin, Venice, E. McDonald, Vancouver, Cindy Nadai, Berkeley, Stacy Park, Los Angeles, Judy Scott, Sausalito
Women's Class B
1. Barb Sloan, Portland
2. L. Crow, Seattle
2. Sue Smith, Vancouver
4. Catherine Cramer, Berkeley
4. Susan Doolittle, Edmonton
4. Alice Lobenstein, Seattle
7. T. Chalmers
7. Susan Clinch, Seattle
7. Lisa Eng, Vancouver
7. Brett Gibbons, San Francisco
7. Rosemarie Harrison, Edmonton
7. Joyce Major, Seattle
Mention
Joan Barkan, San Francisco, Dorothy Copp, Vancouver, Julie Jellis, Linda Manley, Ann Newlands, Portland, Tinsley Place, Berkeley. Susan Rose, Seattle, C. Smith
Women's Class C
1. Sue Mosley, Toronto
1. Palmer Robinson, Seattle
1. Sandra Smith
4. Candy Blackburn, Seattle
4. C.Palmer, Vancouver
4. C. Woolley, Vancouver
Mention
Charlotte Gaynor, San Francisco, Kathy Luster, Kathy McLean, Vancouver, S. Nicolls K. Patterson, Vancouver
Juniors
1. Robert Enea, Berkeley
1. McDonald
3. Eric Barclay, Vancouver
3. Jeff Colodny, Los Angeles
3. Rolfy DeDamm, Seattle
6. S. Bell
6, Steve Lawton, Calgary
6, Glen McNeil, Vancouver
9. Hugh LaBossier, Seattle
9. Jeff Nikora, Los Angeles
11. Jim Bricel, Seattle
11. Ingus Sigailis, Calgary
11. Dan Tachiera
11. Woolley
Mention
Anderson, Clark, Richard Ferguson, Calgary, B. Gaynor, San Francisco, Halls, Tal Johnson, Seattle, Kuhn, Kuino, Park, Ragen, Seattle, Vignoles, Ian Bell
Senior A Class
1. J. Siegenberg, Edmonton
2. R. Hall, Calgary
2. Jim Macken, Vancouver
4. Dick Daly, Seattle
4. Frank Wallace, Vancouver
Senior B Class
1. Garratt
2. Flanagan
3. Frolik
4. Chastain
4. Smilkstein
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N.C.S.R.A. DINNER
The ravages of wine and time have made it difficult to recall just what did happen last February 26 at the Montclair Restaurant (now the new New Pisa) on Green Street in San Francisco. Some eighty squash players, family, and friends gathered for a most pleasant evening of food and drink. Pewter mugs were awarded to the members of the winning teams in the various leagues. The Peninsula Squash Club was the big winner as their teams swept every title except for Class B which went to the Berkeley grads.
The other "official" business of the evening was the awarding of the various plaques of merit for a variety of achievement.
*Victor Niederhoffer "Best Dressed" Award--Ted Gross' lime green suede Converse sneakers placed him above all others, although Mike Roizen's surgeon's cap ran a close second.
*Most Improved Award--Paul Gessling was rewarded for two seasons of improvement--both on and off the court.
*Outstanding Victory--Steve Yost was honored for going undefeated in tournament and league play for over half the season.
*Choke Artist Award--Alan Hager's departure and impending marriage were commemorated in due fashion.
Distinguished guest for the evening was Larry Delf, P.C.S.R.A. President, who was visiting from Calgary.
The Annual Dinner is invariably a good time. It is held the Saturday night of the N.C.S.R.A. Championships. This season's dinner will be March 4. Plan to attend. It may be the only chance you get to see everyone with their clothes on.
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THE OLYMPIC CLUB
by Alan Fox
So many superlatives, and most of them good--that's the story of the Olympic Club squash season.
More Olympians than ever before are playing squash, the 1977 Olympic Club Invitational and the 1977 Olympic Club Championships were the biggest in the history of the Club, league play, intra-club, and ladder competition, featured more Olympic Club participants than ever before, a Junior program was successfully launched, Olympians sought squash glory and/or hardware in areas as diverse and exotic as Tahiti and Tijuana, Calgary and Carpinteria, Fresno and Mexico City, and Berkeley, Chicago, and Trenton, Eddie Marr sprayed more champagne on more people including himself than ever before, Murray Smith smiled, Bob Mueller didn't, Dashiell got married, Roizen learned Tepper's name but still no respect, and along the way many, many people had fun.
Were there any shadows across the 1976-77 Olympic Club squash season? Well, for the first time in years, the Olympic Club brought home no NorCal league championships, tournament victories were scarce, Miss Twohy got cross (once), the softball/hardball controversy threatened to divide the ranks, the Club got regularly out-politicked by the likes of Berkeley, Peninsula, and NorCal groups (but not Fresno!), the courts stayed hot, and a ceiling light didn't work. And on a more somber note, we lost Nick Listorti, one of the most universally popular squash players to play at the Olympic Club.
The 1976-77 Olympic Club season started early, in late August, with the always enjoyable annual Indian Summer Handicap Tournament run by co-chairmen Bill Garratt and Ed Marr. Fifty Olympians representing all classes, abilities, sizes, and shapes, plus a 40-year age span between the oldest and youngest competitors, competed within the guidelines established by the traditionally controversial handicapping of Ed Marr. In the finals, Dale Ames, a player still concurrently playing tennis, overpowered a suspiciously surprising finalist, Ed Marr, 3-1, with the help of a nine-point handicap. Gig Franecketook time out from an active law practice to defeat Jim Kempenich in the consolation's final.
A month later, Jack Bickel, Jon Gilbert, and Maurice Milam orchestrated and efficiently supervised the Club's annual C-D extravaganza, a major NorCal tournament, and organizational nightmare, as nearly 90 C and D class competitors participated in this complex, open, triple elimination, highly competitive event. Bill Tenneson of the Peninsula Squash Club emerged as ultimate tournament victor after several marathon matches, with Tom Richardson of Cal as his final round victim. Dr. Roger Mann and Pierre Zetterberg (U.C.) were winners and runner-up, respectively, of the class D event, and Chris Reynolds (U.C.) and Mark Vignoles (O.C.) were the finalists in the Novice Consolation.
The so-called "major" tournament of the year in northern California for Pacific Coast rankings was the 1977 Olympic Club Invitational, and, lured either by the potential for tournament glory, high rankings, that good Olympic Club chow, plentiful beer, the fact it was the first tournament of the new year, the fine tournament organization, or maybe just the opportunity to play with the "hard" ball, two hundred (200!) competitors turned out to make this the largest squash tournament in the history of the Olympic Club. Rick Woolworth and Ted Gross put on a marvelous exhibition of squash in the "A" Class final to justify every "major" label applied to the tournament, with Gross eking out a hard-earned victory-- (10-15), 15-4, 15-12, 17-14.
Other winners included
John Lau over Andre Naniche, 3-0 (Class B)
Steven Tucker overDave Helson, 3-1 (Class C)
Dan Weiss over John Shannon, 3-1 (Class D)
Murray Smith over Floyd Svensson, 3-2 (A Vets)
Jack Sarafian over Bill Anderson, 3-1 (B Vets)
E. M. ("Fly") Flanagan overJim Frolik, 3-1 (Seniors)
Kevin O'Neill over Michael Roy, 3-0 (Novice Open)
Robert Enea over Sandy Robertson, 3-0 (Novice B)
Robert Enea over Daniel Tachiera, 3-0 (Juniors)
Richard Morrissey over Patrick Doyle, 3-1 (Junior B)
Candy Neville over Sarah Muyskens, 3-2 (Women's Open)
Catherine Cramer over Brett Gibbons, 3-1 (Women's B)
Early April witnessed another first--the largest Olympic Club Championships (members only) in the history of the Club, under the guidance of Geoff Thomas, Hal Bell, and Mike Roizen. Dominant once again in the "A" Class was Tom Dashiell, who disposed of Mike Roizen with relative ease in the finals, 3-0. Steve Yost edged John Campodonico in a thriller, 15-13 in the fifth, for the B Class crown; Howard Maierhofer beat Jim Urbanski 3-0 in the B Vet final; John McKay out-slugged John Windle, 3-2 in Class C; Jim Urbanski took Class D 3-1 over Owen Proctor; and Bruce Gaynor beat nemesis cross-bay rival Richard Morrissey for the first-ever Junior title in a round robin. Ed Marr and Fred Carroll won the A-B and C-D Consolations, respectively, over Spencer Johnston and Bruce Gaynor.
Other Club winners included members of the winning intra-club team--John Campodonico, Paul Pelosi, Charlie Drocco, Weyman Lundquist, Bill Smith, Lew Alton, and Fred Chattey--fall first place ladder finishers Mike Roizen (A),Howard Maierhofer (B), Charlie Drocco (C), and Maurice Milam( D), and Winter-Spring (1977) first place ladder finishers Mike Roizen (A),Barry Reder (C),Maurice Milam (D), and Bruce Gaynor (Juniors).
In NorCal and West Coast tournament play, Dashiell, Garratt, Yost, Mueller, Roizen, and Smith, dominated the O.C. headlines.
After a relatively slow early season highlighted by his finalist finish in late October in the Oregon State Singles and exposure to extremely tough competition in Vancouver, Seattle, Fresno. and Trenton, Tom Dashiell picked up steam in the winter, won the NorCal Class A Singles over Mike Roizen, ran through Mersola, Kilkowski, and Sarfraz without the loss of a game to win the Southern California singles title, and then was narrowly edged in the Pacific Coast Class A semifinals at Calgary by Richard Fleming, 3-2.
Steve Yost had steam from the start, winning B Vet titles back to back at Fresno and the S.F. University Club, placing second in a tough A Vet draw in the NorCal and attaining the semifinals of B Vets at Calgary. Garratt won the Senior crown at both Fresno and the NorCal and reached the semis of the Pacific Coast Senior B's. Murray Smith barely held on to a quickly diminishing lead in the fifth game over Floyd Svensson in the Olympic Club Invitational A Vet finals to win, 3-2.
Mueller and Dashiell were runners-up in both the Boodles Gin Doubles tournament and the Pacific Coast Doubles, and Murray Smith combined with Charlie Hoeveler to win the Boodles Gin title over Mueller-Dashiell in five.
Was it the biggest and best squash season ever at the Olympic Club? Who cares! It was active, and it was fun.
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FRESNO SQUASH
by Jack Sarafian
The Fresno YMCA has remodeled and now has two squash courts with a limited gallery, with Joe Ginet and Jack Sarafian instructing the new players the basic rules of squash.
Fig Garden Swim and Racquet Club now have two courts and Leonard DeFendis is encouraging and teaching the new players.
San Joaquin Athletic and Racquet Club have two courts and they are in the process of setting up clinics for introducing and teaching the game of squash. Larry Chargin is helping with this program, also with Mr. Bob Fenton (one of their Tennis Pros) who in years past was an "A" squash player and he will set up squash programs.
The 1976 Joe Ginet Squash Tournament in Fresno was a very good tournament due to the great turn out as everyone enjoyed the party that followed at the D and D Ranch, courtesy of Mr. Leonard Defendis.
I would like to thank all of the players and their spouses from both Northern and Southern California who came to the tournament and the party. I would like to especially thank all who helped with the event.
Thank you!
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PENINSULA SQUASH CLUB
by Alex Eichmann
The 1976-77 season was a banner one for the Peninsula Squash Club (P.S.C.). After only a year and a half in existence, teams from the P.S.C. dominated the NorCal league play, winning three titles.
In the D League, the team (Jim Angell, Jake Benus, Bob Carlson, Fred Dorer, Owen Proctor, and Jim Urbanski) compiled an overwhelming 41-8 record, far out-distancing the opposition. The prior year it was virtually the same team that had the worst record in the league.
The C team (Larry Birenbaum, Bob Howell, Howard Maierhofer, Wynn Oliver, Dave Seltzer and, John Sines) didn't clinch the league title until their very last match. The 33-12 record was just enough to edge out the U.C. Med Center team by one I.M.V. point.
The Club's B team, although failing to win their league, completed the season with a fine 23-17 record, good enough for second place. Team members were Bill Garratt, Bob Howell, John Leyerzaph, Steve Marks, Ron Schneider, and Bill Tenneson.
The defending league Champions A team,, lost two members of their 1975-76 team, Aldwyn Cooper (to England) and Chris Baldwin (to New York). However, the addition of Sunil Mehta and David Tepper strengthened the team to make them, again, title contenders.
After a slow first half start (11-9), the team got strong support and performances from all members. In addition to Mehta and Tepper, the team (Alex Eichmann, Alan Hager, Steve Marks, and Rick Woolworth) compiled a 16-4 record in the second half of the season, good enough to repeat as Champions.
It sure was nice to see so many of the P.S.C. players and their ladies (30) at the NorCal Dinner; especially nice was the awards presentation with the majority of awards going to P.S.C. players who played so well all season long.
In tournament play, last season's P.S.C. players took home their share of silverware.
In the first tournament of the year, Fresno, three players distinguished themselves. Hugh LaRue won the Seniors, Steve Marks lost in a close final in the B's, and Tom Dashiell's better half Jenny Franchot was runner-up in the Women's.
The Olympic Club's C-D extravaganza always is a fun event because of the nature of the event. It's a very demanding test of endurance, as the winning player must survive SIX matches. Of the 96 entries in this event, the P.S.C. was represented with seven players in the draw.
The sole survivor after the long weekend was the Club's Bill Tenneson, winning over U.C.S.R.C.'s Tom Richardson, 3-1. In the C Consolation, Bob Howell out-lasted the U.C.M.C.'s Adrian Begg.
For four of our players, the Ralfe Miller Tournament proved to be the most successful event of their year. No less than eight squashers came away with trophies for their efforts.
Happy winners were Greg Stiles (C), Bill Garratt (Seniors), Bob Howell (C Vet), and Mike Jensen-Akula (A Cons.). Almost as happy were finalists Dave Seltzer( D, 16-17 in the 5th), Hugh LaRue (Seniors), Jon Hunt (C Cons.), and Alan Hager (A Cons.).
For the first time, the Bay Area has a doubles court; in January. the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship was hosted at the University Club, San Francisco,.
TWO P.S.C. players made it to the finals, but not as partners. Tom Dashiell (P.S.C./O.C.) teamed with Bob Mueller (O.C.) and David Tepper (P.S.C.) teamed with Ted Gross (U.C.S.R.C.). The Tepper/Gross duo emerged with a relatively easy finals victory, 3-0, to become Champions.
The University Club of San Francisco tourney had only one winner from the P.S.C. But, that winner, Rick Woolworth, won the marquee match. Rick played skillful squash as he easily disposed of Tom Dashiell in the semi's, 3-0. Then, in the final against Ted Gross, Rick beginning slowly and trailing in games, 1-2, steadied and won the fourth with good length and great volleying. In the fifth, it was extremely close all the way reaching overtime when Rick with just a bit more T-control than Ted;hit timely three-walls to win, 18-15.
In the NorCal Championship, Club players dominated in the A's. Tom Dashiell prevailed, but only after a long five-game struggle over Mike Roizen in the finals. In the A consolation, first-year "A" player Sunil Mehta won in five over L.A.'s Burt Kornyei.
In the Southern California Championships, Tom Dashiell played brilliantly in crushing Arif Sarfraz in the finals 3-0. It was just two weeks previous when Sarfraz won the Cal State over Woolworth in five, also played in L.A.
Three players from the P.S.C. journeyed to the Pacific Coast Championships held this year in frigid Calgary. Tom Dashiell and Rick Woolworth did extremely well, reaching the semi's in the A's. Meanwhile, Bill Garratt was declared the Pacific Coast B Senior Champ, being the only "B" to win a match in the combined Seninn A-B Class.
In our Club Championships held in April 1977, results were as follows:
A - Woolworth def. Dashiell (9-15), 15-9, 16-14, (10-15), 17-14
B - Tom Thomas def. John Sines 3-1
C - Larry Birenbaum def. Ravi Ramnarayan 3-2
D - Jake Benus def. Jim Cowan 3-1
Women - Brett Gibbons def. Jody Howell 3-0
Novice I - Marc Bidart def. Chet Ciccarelli 3-0
Novice II - Bill Giles def. Bill Chapman 3-1
Vets - Tom Thomas def. Howard Maierhofer 3-0
Rick Woolworth and his bride, Jill, have returned to New York City where they both have taken new jobs. We all wish them luck in the "Big Apple" and hope they'll remember to stop by the Club when they pass through the San Francisco Bay Area.
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SQUASH AT THE PRESIDIO
by Malcolm Rodacker
The Presidio Squash Program consists of the following:
A. Open Squash League
B. Veterans Squash League
C. Post Squash Ladder
The Open League is the Post League, which has a double elimination tournament in the fall (October through November).
Lieutenant General Edward Flanagan and Major General John Osteenwere two of the entries that made up the twenty-five-man tournament, At tournament's end, the champion was Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Egan.
The Veterans Squash League, which the Presidio Squash Team participated in, is a Bay Area League that competes from October through February
The Post Squash Ladder Tournament is year round with the participants challenging one or two names higher on the ladder.
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UNIVERSITY CLUB
by Murray Smith
During the 1976-77 season, the University Club, for the first time in recent memory and commensurate with the first full season of use of its new facilities, enjoyed a full and varied program of squash events, including the following:September
The season opened with the Boodles Gin Invitational Doubles, a very successful event featuring players from up and down the West Coast and sponsored by General Wine and Spirits Co., an affiliate of Seagrams Distillers, which will be repeated in the fall of 1977 and will hopefully become an annual fixture. Tournament winners were Charlie Hoeveler and Murray Smith, over runners-up Tom Dashiell and Bob Mueller.
September/ October
The Squash Committee sponsored two weekday evening. "quickie" round robin events for members, to stimulate early-season interest.
December
The Club hosted its traditional University Club Invitational Singles along one of the major Pacific Coast Squash Racquets Association events. Rick Woolworth, a Stanford Business School student who played his undergraduate squash at Dartmouth, defeated Berkeley undergrad Ted Gross in the finals of an extremely strong field.
January
The Club held its own championships in classes A, B, C, D, and Novice. Murray Smith won the Club Championship over Phil Smith in the finals. Steve Spaulding beat Peter Gaynor in the B finals, Bob MacDonnell/Fred Schurkus in C, Ned Bulkley/Dick Morrison in D and
Bob Bullard/Steve Griswold in Novice.
The Club hosted the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship, won by Dave Tepper of San Francisco and Ted Gross of Berkeley over Dashiell/Mueller of San Francisco.
February
A two-night challenge match involving 25 players each from the University Club and Pacific Union Club was won by the University Club. A dinner for all participants and their ladies was held in the University Club dining room after the second evening's matches, and a perpetual trophy established by the two clubs was accepted by Frank McGinnis, U.C. team captain, from Walt Pettit, P.U. Club captain.
February/March
A members' singles handicap tournament, featuring an entry of over 60 players, was won by
Fred Schurkus over Steve Spaulding in the finals.
March
A one-day Father-Sibling event was won by Peter Gaynor and his son, Bruce, over Peter Wardle and his son, Fenton, in the finals of the round-robin handicap format.
Additional events planned for the late spring of 1977 include the reactivation of a traditional singles-versus-marrieds match, for which there is a perpetual trophy, and a member-guest invitational Doubles.
The season was initiated with a questionnaire to all Club members, seeking their interests and preferences in the programming of events and use of the facilities, along with the compilation of a complete squash roster indicating classes of play, preferred hours of play and phone numbers.
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| Phil Smith, Bill Garatt, Paul Pelosi |
A new squash ladder board was ordered and installed, and ladder play was initiated under the guidance and control of John Barton and Phil Smith, ladder chairmen.
Polo shirts were designed by and ordered from a Southern Californian firm, bearing the University club crest, and made available to members.
The season was capped by a very successful dinner for members and their guests in the wine cellar of the Club on April 6, featuring a historical review by member Frank Smith of the Lapham Cup-Grant Trophy international matches between the United States and Canada, scheduled for our courts in February 1978; movies of Sharif Khan and Victor Niederhoffer; and the awarding of the various trophies from the members' events held during the season.
Squash Committee members were John Barton, Pierce Brownell, Jim Frolik, Peter Gaynor, Jim Kempenich, Bill Kimpton, Mike Lowe, Rob Morrow, Paul Pringle, Murray Smith, Phil Smith, and John Wilson.
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SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
by Chapin Coit, Squash Commissioner
The 1976-77 season was a below average performance for the Center, so hopefully, we'll rebound in 1977-78. We were following a tough act, as the 1975-76 season was our best ever with our "D" League team posting a 9-1 record, plus several fine individual performances.
In league play, the "D" team had a decent 4-6 record, considering our best players from the 1975-76 team had either advanced to the "C" class or joined the new Peninsula Squash Club for more available court time. Captain/General Manager/Coach Chapin Coit handled the "D" team with his usual flair, giving all aspirants, male and female, equal time. Our enthusiastic team included Don Martin, Peter Robertson, Jim Ross, Fran Rowley, Howard Goldberg, Bill Hutchinson, Harold Jaffee, Chapin Coit, Liz Fraser, Shaye Hester, and Sue Barkan. We feel sure the same team with newly acquired experience and possible new blood we'll be a strong contender in the 1977-78 season.
Many "D" team players entered all area tournaments but none advanced beyond any semi-finals.
Your reporter has nothing tremendous to report on other squash action at the "Center." It is rumored that we had the usual joint "B League" team--J.C. Center/U.C. Med Center--these vague details from Tom Huster/Steve Marks--their team was 2-6 against unknown (to your reporter!) opponents. So, we embark on another season wherein we shall again place "The Center" in our usual high-ranked position, leagues, and individual performance
In closing, 100%/all squash players at S.F.J.C.C. again thank the center staff for their great cooperation/understanding in handling one court for so many players. Hopefully, we may someday have a second squash court in the most central/available San Francisco location. All investors are welcome--call!!
As always, squash flourishes at "The Center" and we look forward, never backward, to another great year--the best value in San Francisco!!
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SQUASH RACQUETS CLUB
by Andre Naniche
This year, the club enjoyed its finest season, boasting champions from each division throughout the tournament season. This also marked the second year in a row that Cal sent a team to play in the Intercollegiates, held at Annapolis, Maryland this year. |
| Back row; Rob Kritzer, David Hogg Fron row: Gary Walter, John Lau, Ted Gross |
Club officers for the 1976/1977 year were:
President, Andre Naniche
Secretary, Bruce Beckett
Treasurer, Cynthia Nadai
Financial Advisor, Drew Sorensen
Ladder Chairman, Larry Ricker
Squash League nights, Dan Miller and Roger Willis
Special Coach, John Lau
A.S.U.C. rep, Dave White
The tournament season began in Fresno on a fresh note as Champions were crowned in both the B as Paul Gessling defeated Kris Surano and in the C division as Drew Sorensen defeated Dave White.
At the Ralfe Miller, Ted Gross (who?) won the A's, Dave Hogg beat Gessling in a spectacular five-game match, and Chuck Grant lost in the finals of the C's.
The Olympic Club tourney featured Gross winning again, with Lau defeating Naniche in the finals of the B's. Dave Helson lost in the finals of the C's. This tourney also saw Rob Kritzer with his best win of the season as he defeated Surano in an early round match. By the end of this tournament, Cal had two players move up to the A's; Gessling and Lau.
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| Andre Naniche, Tom Wrightson |
Class C featured an all-Cal final as Tom Richardson played very solidly to defeat Dave White.
As well as the previously mentioned results, Cal players were outstanding in the Women's D, and Novice class tournaments. Some fine performances were given by Cynthia Nadai, Cathy Cramer, Ed Dold, Dan Weiss, Dave Jones, Ben Werner, Bob Enea, Danny Krebs, Dan Tachiera, and Khan Kamal.
And oh yes, by the way, a very successful tournament season was handed in by the old coach himself, as Dick Crawford moved up to A vets by winning a couple of B vet tourneys.
The results of our annual Club Tourney had John Lau defeat Kris Surano for the A title, Kris rebounded back to defeat Tom Richardson in the B's.
Class C had Jeff Huskamp beat Ben Werner.
Class D had Kevin O'Neill defeat Danny Krebs.
In the Women final, Cyndi Nadai beat Cathy Cramer.
Special awards given out this year were:
Most Improved, Andre Naniche
Most outstanding Win, Steve Morton at the Nationals
Iron Man, Ben Werner
Choke Artist, Kris Surano
Purple Heart, Dave White
Rookie of the Year, Ed Dold
Alibi Artist, Cathy Cramer
Best Dressed, Bob Albersburg
Most Dedicated, Larry Ricker
Also, team sweat suits were given to the two graduating seniors Drew Sorensen and Andre Naniche.
And a special thanks to Cyndi Nadai for the wonderful help she gave throughout the course of the season.
Dick Crawford received a case of Lowenbrau for his fine coaching over the course of the season (?).
In league play, the tough Cal Grads captured the B title, featuring Dave Hogg, John Lau, Kris Surano, Dick Crawford, Rob Kritzer, and Dave Roe.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MEDICAL CENTER
by Mike Roizen
The U.C. Med Center squash season's high point came early in the year as athletic director Al Kerr managed some impressive wizardry resulting in a fresh coat of paint to appear on the walls of our traditionally dim squash courts.
Thanks again, Al!
A tough new policy against anything but green balls has helped keep the courts in better shape than in the past, but one still needs to eat his carrots if he wants to spot the sphere in our dimly lit caverns.
Although the courts remain clean, blood continued to be spilled in that other sporting event of Med Center racquet-men (racquet-people?), the Reservation Derby. Whatever pressure was eased by an injury to Mike Goldfield's dialing arm was more than made up for by the increasing number of racketball players invading the courts. Through some oversight, a new Dental School building going up does not include more much-needed squash facilities.
Individual mention goes to Jim Holloran who became a B player with a victory in the University Club tournament.
Mike Jensen-Akula's departure was a loss to Med Center--and California-- squash.
A new addition to the Med Center ladder this year was Londoner Adrian Begg who remained undefeated in C league play, leading the C team to a second place finish behind the Peninsula Club.
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1976-77 Membership List
William Aalbersberg. UCSRA
Ross Abbott, SFTC
A. T. Adams
William H. Adams, UCSF
Jose R. Alonso, UCSRC
Lewis H. Alton, OC
Dale L. Ames, OC
John E. Amoore, JCC
Richard Anderson, OC
William S. Anderson, UCSRC
James B. Angell, Stanford/ PSC
George Applegarth, OC
Stephen W. Asher PSC/ UC Med
Steven Ast
Jack Baker
John P. Barber, JCC
Joan Barkan, JCC
Lowell Barrett, Fresno
Judy Anne Barro, PSC
Richard A. Barth MD, UC Med
John Barton, UCSF
W. H. C. Bassetti, JCC
John Bates, UCSF
Michael Beatty, UCSRC
Bruce K. Beckett, UCSRC
Walter Beckman, UCSRC
Adrian C. Begg, UC Med
Harold Bell, ОC
Russell S. Bell, Presidio
Jacob Benus, PSC
Morris Berman, UC Med
Allan L. Bernstein MD, SFTC
Jack Bickel, OC
Richard Bidleman, UCSRC, Life Member
Lazar Berenbaum, PSC
Michael Bishop, UC Med/PSC
Jan Black, PSC
Larry Blair, OC
Simon Blattner, Jr., PSC
Joseph B. Boone, PSC
Norman M. Boone, SFBC
Thomas B. Bradley, UC Med, Contributing Member
Craig Brater MD, UC Med
Lawrence W. Briscoe, OC
David S. Brown Jr., UCSF
James K. Brown, UC Med
Pierce Brownell, UCSF
Hank Bruce, JCC
James Buckingham, UCSRC, Contributing Member
Nick Burgoyne, PSC
Robert Burrows, UCSF
John Bushby, UCSF
Clifford J. Butler, UCSF
Marcus L. Byruck, JCC
John Callander MD, UCSF
Archibald Campbell, Presidio
Mary Campbell, JCC
John Campodonico, OC, Life Member
Richard C. Carlson, PSC
Lance Carnes, UCSF
David Carpita
Frederick Carroll, UCSF
Don Cass, UCSRC
Bryan Chapman, UC Med
Larry Chargin, FYMCA
W. Christians, Moffett
James Clapp, JCC
Gordon Clarke, PSC
Richard Clarke, OC
Don Clennand
Leonard Cohen, UCSRC
Stephen Cohen, PSC
C. B. Tim Cohler, OC
Chapin Coit, JCC, Contributing Member
Michael Coit, JCC
Catherine Collings
Bryant Comber
Millard F. Conger MD
Aldwyn Cooper, PSC
Roz Cooper, PSC
Richard Craig, UCSRC
Cathy Cramer, UCSRA
Dick Crawford, UCSRC
Richard C. Croll, OC
Phillip M. Crow, JCC
Lorrie Y. Croze, OC
S. Cryst MD, UCSF
Peter A. Crystal, Alameda
Bill Curran, HAFB
John Curran, UCSRC
Richard Daniel, UCSF
Thomas Dashiell, OC
Joyce Davenport
Eric T. Davis
Leonard De Fendis, FGSRC
Stephen F. DeLuchi, UCMed
John P. Derdivanis, UC Med
Robert T. Devlin, PU
Park T. Dingwell, OC/PSC, Life Member
Ed Dold, UCSRC
Paul Donald MD, Point West
Fred Dorer, PSC
Christopher S. Dove, UC Med
Patrick Doyle, Life Member
Jerome C. Draper Jr., OC, Life Member
Jerome C. Draper III, OC
Charles Drocco, OC
William Ducas, UCSF
Scott Eberle, UCSRC
T. Joe Egan, Presidio
Alex Eichmann, PSC, Honorary Life Member
Brett Elebash-Gibbons, PSC
Connie Elliot, JCC/BC
Nico Emalieh, Venice
Tony Emalieh, Venice
Robert Enea, UCSRA
Steven Enochian, JCC
George Evans, UCSRC
Peter J. Ewald, UCMed
James Feutz, UCSF
Herbert Fischbach, PSC
Robert M. Flanagan Jr., Presidio
Peter M. Folger, UCSF
W. Reed Foster, ОС, Life Member
Alan L. Fox, OC
Pauline O. Fox, PSC
Gig Franecke, ОC
Elizabeth N. Fraser, UCSRC/JCC
C. K. Poe Fratt, UCSF
Robert T. French, Venice
Reed Freyermuth, OC
Leo F. Frick, PSC
James R. Frolik, UCSF/OC
Daniel E. Gabe, OSC
J. Carr Gamble III, UCSRC
Bill Garratt, OC/PSC, Contributing Member
Martin Gascoyne, UCSRC
Bruce D. Gaynor, OC
Charlotte Gaynor
Peter T. Gaynor, UCSF
Robert Geske, UCSRC
Paul J. Gessling, UCSRC
Robert B. Gex
James Gibbons, PSC
Robert Gibbons, Presidio
Jonathan J. Gilbert, OC
Nick Giorgio, OC
Jerry Gitt
Rod Gobel, SJARC
Howard Goldberg
Michael Goldfield MD, UC Med
Mark Goldsman, UCSRC
Michael T. Gomez, HAFB
Stuart M. Gordon, OC/UCSF
Charles A. Grant, UCSRC
Stephen A. Graves, HAFB
Edward Green MD, UC Med
Mark Greenberg, UCSRC
Eric Greenleaf, UCSRC
Joseph Green MD, SFTC
Ted Gross, UCSRA
Norton Grubb, UCSRC
Richard D. Guyon, UCSRC
Alan Hager
Richard Haines, OC
Forrest A. Hainline III, UCSRC
Peter V. Hall, UCSF
Charles J. Hamilton Jr., JCC
Peter Hanaver, UCSRC
Raija Hannam, PSC
John W. Hardebeck, SDSC
Marilynn Hardebeck, SDSC
Sheldon Harmatz, PSC
Grant S. Harmon, UCSRC
J. W. Harris, OC
Eric Hasseltine, OSC
Mark Hauser, UCSRC
Elliot A. Hayne, UCSF
Patrick Healy, UCSF
Daniel M. Heffernan, UCSF
David Helson, UCSRC
Wellington Henderson Jr., UCSF/PU, Life Member
Barbara Henrikson, UCSRC
Thomas J. A. Henry, OC
Herb Herrman, UCSRC
Dan Hershberger, UCSRC
Shaye Hester, JCC
Timothy G. Hill, UCSF
Robert L. Hobson, OC
Parki Hoeschler
Charles Hoeveler
Dave Hogg, UCSRC
James F. Holloran Jr., UC Med
Robert S. Honeyman Jr., UCSRC
Madri Horowitz MD, UC Med
David M. Houston
Don Hoverter, UCSRC
Joan Howell, PSC
Robert B. Howell, PSC
Barbara Howlett, UCSRC
Boss K. Hoy, UCSF
Kenn Hoyt, SJARC
William D. Hughes, SFBC
Jon O. Hunt, PSC
Jeffrey C. Huskamp, UCSRC
Thomas Huster, JCC
William R. Hutchinson, JCC
Bruce Hyman, Lagunitas
Rich Jacinto, UCSRC
Harold Jaffe, JCC
Vali Jamal, Stanford
Joseph Jezukewicz, UC Med
Spencer Johnston, OC
Willard S. Johnston, OC
Dave Jones
Mark Jones
Robert M. Jones, UC Davis
Steve Jones, OC
George A. Juarez, Eng.
S. Kaderali
Jan Kallse, SFTC
Khan A. Kamal, UCSRC
Athar Karim
Danny Kassel
Steven N. Katz, OC
Evelyn Kavaler, UCSRC
Dick Keane
Ralph L. Feeney, SFBC
William Kompenich, OC/UCSF
Mike S. Kennedy MD, UC Med
Philip Kerig, UCSRC
Steve Kevan, UCSRC
Ashok Khanna
James F. Kirkham, UCSF
Paul A. Klassovity, Outrigger Canoe Club
Robin B, Klaus, OC
Steven M. Kohn
George Koskinas, UCSRC
Harry R. Kramp, OC
Robert Kritzer, UCSRC
Fritz Kunze, UCSRC
Charles S. Lafollette, UCSF
Guy Lampard, UCSRC
Vincent Lanza, JCC
Bob La Pointe
Hue La Rue, OC/PSC
B. Peck Lau MD, FYMCA
John Lau, UCSRC
Jonathan Leavitt, UCSRC
Dana Lee
William Leider MD, UC Med, Contributing Member
Jeff Lester, UCSRC
Jack Letts, PSC, Life Member
Ruth Letts, PSC
Stephen Levine, UC Med
Morton Levitt, UCSRC
John Leyerzaph, PSC
Elizabeth Lim, UCSRC
Michael Lowe, UCSF
Mary C. Lowrey, JCC
Barry Lynes, Presidio
Robert I. MacDonald, UCSF
John MacKay, OC
Howard Maierhoffer, PSC, Li!e Member
Phillip Makanna
Roger A. Mann MD
John J. Marcus, SFTC
Esther Marks, PSC
Steven F. Marks DDS, PSC/JCC
Edwin G. Marr, OC
Tony Marterie, OC
Don Martin
Lawrence Marum, UCSRC
James D. Marver, UCSRC
Jack Mason, UCSRC
Henry P. Massey Jr., OC
Bob Mateus PSC
Kenneth N. Matson, OC
James S. May, JCC
Kevin S. McCarthy, OC
William McDonnell Jr., OC
Brian L. McEachron
Frank McGinnis, UCSF
Terrence V. McLoughlin, OC
Michael J. McNally, SJARC
Frederick A. Medina, OC
Sunil Mehta, PSC
Carolyn Meyer, Travis
George W. Meyer, Travis
Maurice M. Milam, OC
Christopher Mill, UCSF
Daniel G. Miller, UCSRC
William Miller, UC Med
Ash Mitha
John Moran, PSC
Daniel Morgan
Howard Morrelli MD, UC Med, Life Member
R, H. Morrison, UCSF
Richard Morrissey, OC
Stephen W. D. Morton, UCSRC
Robert S. Mueller, OC
David N. Muirhead, OC
Sarah E. Muyskens, SFBC
Cynthia M. Nadai, UCSRC
John Nadherny, PSC
Andre Naniche, UCSRC
Candy Neville, Stanford
H. Turner Newton, UCSRC
David J. Noorthoek MD, SFTC
Tom R. Morris
Beter W. Nutting, UCSRC
Warner R. Odenthal, OSC, Contributing Member
Michael K. O'Farrell, UCSRC
Wynn Oliver, UCSF/PSC
Kevin O'Neill, UCSRC
Michael J. O'Shea, UCSF
Cristopher Owens, UCSRC
John Palmer MD
Vince Palmo, FGSRC
Gregory Panawek Jr., OC
Scott Patton, OC
Paul F. Pelosi, OC/UCSF
Bradford A. Peterson, Stanford
William Phillimore, SFTC
William Phillips, FGSRC
George A. Poole Jr., UCSF
Kevin Prendergast, UCSRC
Dana S. Prescott, Presidio
Paul C. Pringle, UCSF
Owen W. Proctor, ОC
Jesse Ragent, UCSRC
Sheldon C. Ramsey, PSC
Victor Rauch, UCSRC
Barry Reder, OC
Joe Restuccia, UCSRC
Christian E. Reynolds, UCSRC
Thomas Richardson, UCSRC
Neil L. Ricker, UCSRC
Charles Riddle
David Riding, OC
John C. Riley
David Ritvo MD, UCSF
Dan Roberts, UCSF
Keith Roberts, SFTC
Peter Roberts, JCC
A. P. Robertson
Peter Robertson, JCC
David B. Roe, UCSRC
Michael Roizen MD UC Med, OC, PSC
Paul Ronan, OC, Contributing Member
Ronald E. Rosden
Mark Rosenstein
James F. Ross, JCC
Robert D. Ross
Michael G. Roy, SFBC
Robert Rushakoff, UCSRC
Michael A. Ryan, SFTC
Barry H. Sachs
Jack Sarafian, FYMCA, Life Member
Phillip Sasso, UCSRC
Richard A. Schmidt Jr., UC Med
William Schmohl III, ОС
Ron Schneider, PSC/JCC
Fred Schurkus III, UCSF
Judy M. Scott
David Seltzer, PSC
Ronald A. Seltzer MD, PSC
John M. Shannon, UCSRC
David A. Shepard Jr., UC Med
Steven J. Shimmin, OSC
Caren Shiozaki, UCSRC
J. F. Shoch, Stanford
Charles Simpson, UCSF
David A. Simpson, UCSF
Dwight J. Simpson, UCSF, Life Member
John Sines, PSC
Alan J. Skelton
Christopher Smeall
Gabriel Smilkstein, UC Davis
Donald Smith MD, PSC
Murray Smith, OC/UCSF
Philip M. Smith, UCSF
Robert L. Smith, PSC/FYMCA, Life Member
William J. Smith, OC
Craig Smyser, Travis
Drew s. Sorensen, UCSRA
Dennis Spain
Stephen Spaulding III, UCSF
Dick Specht, OC
John Paul Spire, UC Med
Robert M. Stafford, OC
James M. Stephenson, OC
Gregory Stiles, PSC
Gregory Stout, PSC
William Strong, Presidio/SFBC
Michael Summerbell, Supreme
Kris Surano, UCSRC
Floyd Svennson, OSC
James R. Sweller, Travis
Daniel Tachiera, UCSRC
Lillian Tallman, Venice
Duane B. Temple, SJARC
Bill Tenneson, PSC
David Tepper, PSC
Geoffrey Thomas, OC
Joy Thomas
Nicholas G. Thomas, JCC
Thomas C. Thomas, PSC
Douglas Thompkins, Life Member
Bruce Thompson, Supreme
Anthony L. Torrance, OC
Stephen Tucker, OSC
Lee Turner, SFBC
Buddy Ullman
Gregg Underdown, FYMCA
James S. Urbanski, OC/PSC
Emmanuel Uren, PSC
Harry D. Verby, PSC
Niall Vignoles, OC
Richard Wagner, UC Med
Dave R. Walish, FYMCA
Jake Walker, UCSF
Lindsey Walker, UCSRC
Gary B. Walter, UCSRC
Chuck Walters, UCSRC
Frederick W. Walther, OC
Bettina Walton, JCC
Peter Wardle, UCSF
Joel Ware, OC
George Waring III MD, UC Davis
Jim Warner, JCC
Daniel S. Weiss, UCSRA
Edgar M. Wells Jr., JCC
Ben Werner MD, UCSRC, Life Member
James T. Wheary, UCSF
John Whisnant, UCSRC
Wadsworth White, Presidio, Contributing Member
David L. White, UCSRC
Stan Wiggin, OC
Dan B. Williams, OC/JCC
Peter Williams, Stanford
Ross P. Williams Jr., PSC/UCSF
Roger Willis, UCSRC
John C. Wilson Jr., UCSF
Thomas J. Wilson, JCC
John Windle, OC
Shannon Wong, SFTC
David Woodruff
Erik O. Wright, UCSRC
Michael Yokel, UCSF
Stevenson Yost, OC
Don B. Zanotti MD, Presidio
Pierre Zetterberg, UCSRC
Ross Ziegler, OC
Joseph E. Zucchi DDS, OC
Herm Zwart, OC, Life Member
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