Letters to the sports desk

Don’t forget Murdock Northern Irish
gymnast Holly Murdock was left out of the Daily Bruin’s
international athlete series last week. Please have someone do an
article on her ASAP. In the spirit of intercommunity accord in
those British-occupied six Irish counties, she is a Protestant with
a Catholic coach, although her mother works for the English
Army.

J.K. Drummond San Pedro, Calif.

No offense: Crispin can’t score I had the
occasion to meet Jon Crispin a few times; indeed, he is fine young
man. Jon brings a certain excitement and intensity to UCLA
basketball which has been sorely lacking. However, there is
one condition that concerns me: He does not score. 
  UCLA is not going to win many basketball games by playing
with emotion and yet only scoring 60 points. I have watched Jon
closely the last few games. First, he rarely gets screens so he can
shoot threes. I do not know whether this is by design or
accident. Second, he has been unable to drive to the basket
successfully with the objective to (a) get fouled, (b) pass off or
(c) make a close-in shot. In summary, UCLA is at a marked
disadvantage by its lack of a scoring point guard.

Ed Gauld

Just a bunch of deadbeats I have read that
there are a number of cadavers missing from the UCLA Medical
School. It is my humble opinion that they’re playing for the
UCLA basketball team.

Irving Cyril Class of 1953

Piling on As a Bruin alumnus ’85
(two-year baseball letterman) I read with great enjoyment David
Regan’s frustration on having to watch that debacle that
pawned itself off as D-1 college basketball (“Uninspired
basketball not worthy of spot on TV,” March 5). This could be
the softest, most gutless UCLA team of all time. If you think this
is bad, just wait until the entirely overmatched Karl Dorrell team
suits up in September.

Jeff Hirsch Class of ’85

Not a fair fight Not too long ago, athletes
behind the Iron Curtain were winning medal after medal in the
Olympics. And how were they doing it? They sent professional
athletes. So what did we do? We joined them. We sent Michael, Shaq
and Kobe, and we are happy because we win all the time. You chose
to bury the main reason (sending boys against men in college
tennis) for the resentment at almost the end of your piece
(“Foreign policy,” March 2). Why would you do
that? Hmmm. I wonder how UCLA would feel if
Stanford brought Tiger back for a week or two each year
during the NCAA golf championships.  

D.G. Disney Peoria, Ill.

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