Word: encino
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Encino, Calif...
While the Encino, Calif., native says "the key to college matches is to be mentally ready for the big 3-3 shot," (games go to the first player to get four points) Pompan's slashing attack and hard forehand will also open some doors...
...Pompan, the freshman whiz from Encino, Calif., and a dead ringer for Starsky the T.V. detective, will not play. A bad ankle has left him indefinitely sidelined, but Harvard has the edge in singles, anyway...
NUMBER 2, DON POMPAN. Lively freshman from Encino, California...very quick on his feet, plays an attacking game with forehand his best shot...capable of playing brilliant tennis at any given time, though not always consistent...his game improved greatly over the winter, but needs more experience according to Fish...went 1-3 on southern trip, including a well-played, three-set loss at Georgia, before injuring ankle...ankle must heal completely, and soon, if Crimson is to have a realistic shot at winning the Eastern League crown...likely candidate to play number one for Crimson in future years...
DIED. Francis Gary Powers, 47, airman-turned-spy who parachuted into history in 1960 when the U-2 he piloted on a CIA mission was shot down inside the Soviet Union; in a helicopter crash while on a reporting assignment for KNBC-TV, Los Angeles; in Encino, Calif. His capture, along with that of his photographic and electronic surveillance equipment, caused Nikita Khrushchev to cancel a summit conference with President Eisenhower. Tried publicly in Moscow, Powers was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for espionage, then released in 1962 in exchange for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel...