Ainge takes the stand
Ex-Eugene star says he wants to play hoops
NEW YORK (AP) — Danny Ainge says he just
wants to play basketball
Wednesday, Ainge took the stand for more
than an hour Wednesday in federal court,
testifying that for two days in June, Toronto
Blue Jays President Peter Bavasi gave him the
go-ahead to do just that with the Boston Cel
tics
"He told me in life people change their
minds," said Ainge, who insists he will not
return to baseball regardless of the outcome of
the trial “I told him I was worried about my
baseball committments and Mr Bavasi said not
to worry I don't remember his words, but he
said my contract was void His advice to me
was I should do what I want to do "
Ainge. 22, formerly of North Eugene High
School in Eugene. Ore , signed a three-year
contract on Sept 15, 1980 with Toronto
The deal included a $300,000 addendum
which prohibits Ainge, an All-American bas
ketball player from Brigham Young, from play
ing either professional or recreational basket
ball
The Blue Jays were well aware Ainge was a
valuable basketball commodity and took an
expensive precaution to guard against en
ticement from any National Basketball As
socation club
But on June 10. one day after the Celtics
drafted him, Bavasi and Pat Gillick, the Blue
Jays' vice president, each told him to make a
decision based on his happiness. Ainge said.
At the time, Ainge was hitting just 177 as the
regular third baseman (he since has lost his job
to journeyman Ted Cox). His frustrations at the
plate, combined with a spectacular senior year
at BYU where he averaged 24.4 points a game,
made him wonder if he made the right choice.
And when the Celtics picked Ainge — de
spite his baseball committment and a strong
letter from the Blue Jays to leave him alone —
in the second round of the June 9 draft, Ainge
became convinced he made the wrong choice
with baseball
Gillick said the Blue Jays never agreed to let
Ainge out of his contract He said Bavasi was
“shocked and stunned” by Ainge's decision to
play basketball
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rorcea to scramDie on aerense,
said Voelz With Sue Harbour
out tor the season with an
achilles injury, Oregon was
“playing out of position and
slow to react sometimes "
Kristin Lubahn came off the
bench and played very well,
filling in some of the holes in the
Ducks defense She ended up
leading Oregon with a .220 hit
ting average, closely followed
by Karen Beamer and Tamara
Chambers, who both nailed a
200 clip
"Kristin came in for us and did
IOC awards
1988 games to
Seoul, Calgary
BADEN BADEN, Germany
(AP) — The International Olym
pic Committee stuck to its cru
sading principles Wednesday
and gave the 1988 Summer
Olympic Games to the little
Asian country of South Korea
Calgary, Canada, got the 1988
Winter Games
Seoul, the capital of South
Korea, won by 52 votes to 27
over its sole rival, the Japanese
industrial city of Nagoya
And the IOC seemed to close
its eyes to last year's boycott of
the Moscow Summer Olympics
in awarding the Winter Games
to Calgary
Italy and Sweden, the other
countries hoping to stage the
Winter Games, both sent ath
letes to Moscow Canada joined
the boycott, yet Calgary led the
voting for the 1988 Winter
Games all along the line
Seoul’s clearcut victory was
surprising For most of this year,
Nagoya had been regarded as
an almost certain winner
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a super job She really came
through for us when we needed
here," said Voelz
"I'm proud of the whole
team," she continued "We
never gave up We fought back
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"After our road trip to Califor
nia, the team after so many
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We came out tonight though,
loose and ready to play It was a
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"But this game shows how
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leyball has improved I'm very
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grams When I was down in
California, there was a national
volleyball meeting and they told
us that the Pacific Northwest
had improved its level of play
more than any other region in
the country "
Voelz believed that before she
ever went down to California As
a whole, she is probably happy
with the level of competion in
the area
But as far as Wednesday night
goes, she would probably be
happier if Oregon State hadn't
come so far so fast
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