![]() ![]() “Another black eye for a sport so many of us love. The Dodgers have been profitable bets in Kershaw’s starts in six of the past eight seasons, according to numbers. BETWEEN THE LINESĬlayton Kershaw’s record as a betting proposition is much like Shohei Ohtani’s, discussed yesterday. ![]() Open Cup round of 32 (7:30 p.m., CBS Sports Golazo Network). The Angels go for two out of three against Houston and try to avoid their first losing homestand (1:07 p.m., BSW).Wade Miley in Milwaukee (10:40 a.m., SNLA). The Dodgers finish their trip with a good matchup, Clayton Kershaw vs.The Lakers are 2-3 on the road in the playoffs, the Warriors are 3-2 at home going into Game 5 (7 p.m., TNT).Kapp and Crum always honored their beginnings in L.A.-area youth sports. It wasn’t too bad for a school with about 300 kids.” “It was at their field, and they had a tremendous team and, as I recall, we ended up tying them for the championship. “That was my greatest claim to fame at the time,” Kapp said. He told Bonsignore that his fondest memory at Hart was leading the Indians to a 47-46 upset victory over powerful Ventura High in 1955. Quiet and reserved in high school, Kapp was only starting to develop his personality and famously physical style of quarterback play. It didn’t always look good, but Joe got the job done.” “But darned if the ball didn’t get there. “He’d throw that darn (foot)ball end over end and every which way,” George Harris, a former Hart principal and coach, told Bonsignore. Kapp loved football but was a better basketball player. “We went from sleepy San Fernando to sleepy Newhall,” Kapp said. Kapp talked with the Daily News’ Vincent Bonsignore in 1999 about his humble beginnings at Hart High, which he attended after his family moved from Salinas to the San Fernando Valley and then to Santa Clarita in the early 1950s. … But I have no regrets about staying (in Louisville). I didn’t know I’d end up at Louisville for 30 years. “It was a stepping stone for me, the real jumping off point in my coaching career. “I really grew up there (at Pierce),” Crum said. Later, as Pierce basketball coach, Crum had to teach health education in the summer and run the gymnasium too, but the job allowed him to combine Wooden’s teachings with his own ideas into the coaching philosophy that would win at Louisville. And it was funny, we were at training table – I was there with Coach Wooden and (trainer) Ducky Drake and after the meal, Coach Wooden just says, ‘Well, are you coming or not?’ He didn’t say anything about a scholarship covering this or that or anything else. “I had offers from Washington and Arizona State, but I still wanted to go to UCLA. “I guess (Wooden) liked me, because he invited me to their practice and training table, and called to set me up with some tickets to watch the Bruins play over at the Pan Pacific Auditorium,” Crum said. ![]() I knew I had to go to a junior college to prove something to them,” Crum told Hoffarth.Īt the urging of a Pierce school president who went to the same church as Wooden, the coach, came to see Crum play. But I didn’t want to give up on my dream. “I really wanted to go to UCLA (straight from San Fernando High), but they didn’t think I was good enough, and they didn’t recruit me. He returned to Pierce after graduation to coach for five years before going back to UCLA as Wooden’s assistant on three national-title teams. His success was hardly pre-ordained.Ĭrum’s two seasons playing at Pierce, including a 27.1-point average as a freshman in 1954-55, earned him a scholarship to UCLA. In 2010, before Crum was made one of 12 inaugural inductees into the Pierce College Athletic Hall of Fame, he spoke with the Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth about the role that the community college played in his career. They’re so identified with other parts of the country that it’s easy for many fans to lose sight of the fact both are L.A.-area products, Crum a star player at San Fernando High and Pierce College (Woodland Hills) before playing and coaching at UCLA under Wooden, Kapp a multi-sport star at Hart High (Santa Clarita) before going to Cal.īut their local roots won’t have escaped the attention of longtime readers of the Los Angeles Daily News, which has told Kapp’s and Crum’s stories over the years. Kapp, who died Monday in San Jose at age 85 after struggling with dementia, is best known as the 1959 Rose Bowl and 1970 Super Bowl quarterback for Cal and the Minnesota Vikings and coach at Cal.Ĭrum, who died Tuesday in Louisville at 86, will be remembered mostly as a John Wooden protege who coached the University of Louisville to the 19 NCAA championships. Open Cup thanks to goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic. ![]()
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