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Attire Reflects His Play for CSUN: It Gets the Job Done
February 16, 1989|MIKE HISERMAN | Times Staff Writer  Ever
notice that the plays that are made to look easy draw the
biggest applause at a basketball game?  Think about it. Which
elicits greater fan reaction, a Jordanesque swoop-to-the-hoop,
wham-bam, thank-you-Sam (Vincent) ultra-jam on a breakaway, or
the textbook screen by a sweat-drenched, muscle-bound, 250-pound
power forward?  Nothing gets more of a charge out of an audience
than the spectacular, which does not always involve a lot of
effort. And that is precisely why it is unlikely that a play by
Alan Fraser will ever spark much of an ovation.  Fraser's way of
giving a charge is taking a charge. Workmen such as he are
sometimes referred to as "blue-collar" players. Fraser might be
called dirty blue collar.  That's not dirty as in "he's a dirty
player." It's dirty as in "get down and get dirty," which is
what the 6-foot-6 Cal State No