European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday june 14, 1960 the stars and stripes Page 23 papa never pushed7 Vance Sweghe one wot imagine that when or. Vandow Chc s son shed his swaddling clothes a hoop would have been nailed to he lop or the family s garage door and the Young heir immediately indoctrinated in the Art of shooting basketball goals. Nol so. I could Tell he was going to be a Good athlete said the los Angeles physician who spent six years performing for the new York Knick Sof the National basketball association.1 never pushed him at All. I just encouraged him to do the things that were enjoyable swim play Tennis and perform at his own level. I wanted it to be fun for the son now grown into a strapping 6-foot-8, 221 Pound professional Prospect off Urcla s Assembly line of perennial greats remembers it Well and he backs up his pop. From the Lime i was 8 to 13 years old my main interest was swimming said Kiki Vandow Chc one of the top choices in tuesday s Aba College draft. I won a lot of races in my age group. My ambition was to be an olympic Champion. It was not until later that i started growing and became interested in basketball. 1 never had any pressure at All from my family. The big pressure came after i entered Urcla with its Rich basketball tradition and Long history of winning. That to me was an intimidating and a humbling when Young Vanda Wegh entered Urcla the Bruins under coach John wooden were coming off the most spectacular winning Streak in College basketball history and one unlikely to be duplicated. Starting in 1964-65 and continuing through 9/\ the Bruins w on 10 National championships Over i period of 12 years. Kiki was attempting to step Inlo the shoes of such All time greats As Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Bill Walton. I remember when was a freshman. Marques Johnson who was Hen a senior beat me on to straight dunks Vandow Che 2. Said. I thought he was he most amazing basketball player i Ever saw. I was i5lh on a is Man squad. Every player was a High school All american. As a Sophomore and Junior i had to play alongside Guys like Dave Green Wood Roy Hamilton Brad Holland and Raymond Townsend All of whom became first round draft picks in the Aba. You have to pay your dues if you play at Urcla. It s difficult to establish a name. It s hard to build up Confidence in yourself. As for gauging my performances with those of Abdul Jabbar and Walton. I w As never Good enough to make Low key scholarly erudite Vandeweghe is inclined to be Overly modest. Vandow Chc was the spearhead that drove an underdog Urcla team to the Mcaa finals this year before bowing to Louisville. His 1.380 Points made him the eighth highest career scorer in Urcla history. His .570 Field goal percentage is exceeded onh b that of Abdul Jahbar and Walton. Chosen by the expansion Dallas Mavericks in tuesday s Aba draft. Kiki is Uncertain about proceeding into pro basketball. I was very eager in play with he kicks because ill s where my father played and because i love the cily of new he said. Now i will have id study my Vandeweghe s options Are manifold Al a c . He majored in economics was twice academic All Merica and said to be in line for a Khodus scholarship at Oxford. I would continue postgraduate work even if i played pro he said. Named Ernest jr., but nicknamed by a nurse in Germany while his father was serving in the Mili tary Kiki is totally unspoiled by his family s High achievement level. Papa Ernie an All America at Colgate look med ical courses while playing pro Ball and became a successful physician. His Mother. Colleen was a miss America from Utah and sister of Mel hut chins an All America Ai Brigham Young. Sister Tauna was u member of the i976 . Olympic swimming team whose i9ko Hopes were killed by the Moscow Boycott. Sure there Are trophies All Over the place acknowledges Kiki. But they arc not visible. My mom s Are hidden under the bed my dad s in the basement Tauna s somewhere else. In our House we d rather have something besides trophies to talk Atu Cutch pm fans flee Clouds of tear Gas released by police in efforts to break up fights be tween supporters of the England and Belgium National soccer teams during soccer fans at play european championship match at Turin Italy. Fighting broke out after Belgium lied inc score at 1-1 in the first half and play was halted for several minutes. There was no further scoring and the game ended in a i-1 lie. In another championship game thursday Italy and Spain battled to � scoreless tic. Al witness for Ali tells of racial friction new Orleans up a former official at inc Louisiana super dome who helped promote a 1978 heavyweight title Boul Between Leon Spinks and Muhammad Ali testified thursday that he had racial difficulties with his while co promo cars. Sherman Coclin who headed super dome services inc. A private maintenance contractor at the dome testified As a de sense witness in a $20 million slander suit against Ali by the two while promoters. Jake Dimaggio. Federal judge Murcy sear denied a re quest wednesday to dismiss the slander suit saying it would have logo to inc All White six member jury. The defense began presenting its Case thursday. Copelin testified about an earlier lawsuit filed against him and Black promoter Don Hubbard by Ciaccio and Dimaggio. The two whiles claimed the two Blacks were try ing to skim profits from Lam fight. I thought in was tantamount to Black mail and i ton l think in would have been done if we weren t copelin said. Most of the testimony thursday related to the suit by Ciaccio and Dimaggio against copelin and Hubbard. Which was settled out of court und did not directly Bear on inc suit against Ali the former Champ who testified Mon Day sat Quick lev in inc courtroom at he defense table listening attentive to portions of the Tes Limons Ihn univ Lac his re Marks. Copelin said thi.1 main i us in the suit Between inc promoters was a s2ih in finder s fee for arranging inc fight but he Testi fied in had been agreed to in Advance by lie White promoters. He said neither Ciaccio nor Dimaggio objected to inc finder s fee in the week before the fight we were Virv Hain Fomous Clou the he said trials to open for olympic boxing team Atlanta up another sugar Ray Leonard or Muhammad am could be looming in the background As the olympic boxing trials open sunday in the Omni. The trials open with the fighters knowing they will have no satisfaction of seeking the olympic Gold medal and that a number of their Peers who should have been among the 88 entrants died in a plane crash in Poland this year. However a Strong contingent of eight boxers in each of i weight classes will vie for a spot on the . Learn thai will per form in a series of International competitions. Boxers represent eight Lea Nix four from the Amateur athletic Union in the matches starting with quarterfinals sunday. Monday and tuesday. Semifinals will be wednesday and thursday with the finals scheduled saturday night. A Strong favorite to follow in he Steps of All and Duane Bobich in the heavyweight division will be Philadelphia s mams ice son of former heavyweight Champion Joe Fra ice. I Raier reigns As inc favorite since he won the recent aau title at Occas. Jackie Beard of Jackson Tenn. Heads a Strong contingent at ii1 pounds where he has won three straight lilies. A chief Chal Lenge will come from either Harold Petty of St. Louis or Myron Taylor of Philadelphia Pell was the tit aau Champion Rich Ltd of Pomona. . May do inc Best of the 112-Pound class a iwo Lime aau Champ at 106 in 1979 and the reigning world cup. Pan american and Golden gloves Lillis. Lie Likel will have a Strong match from Jerome coif a of Knox Ville. Tenn. Or an inspired t Rone Slev Varl of Washington. Stewart s brother Jerome was me the boxers killed in the Poland . Also in the Field will be Bernard t. Tay Lor of Charlotte n.c., a former world cup Winner. Pan american and aau Champion at 125 pounds. He is one of the Lew fighters who had olympic trials experience lie lost in the quarterfinal in l�76 and in the quark rain also the 1975 pan american games
