Oregon daily emerald., June 06, 1985, Page 9, Image 9

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Chris Millar’s baseball earner was temporarily sidelined
because of a broken bone he suffered in his right hand last
weekend.
Johnson nails the shot;
Celtics slip past Lakers
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Dennis Johnson's 15-foot
lumper fmtn the left side of the foul line at the final buzzer
nave the Boston Celtics a 107-105 victory over the Los
Angeles lakers Wednesday night and deadlocked their liest
obsuven NBA championship series it two games apiece.
The fifth game will be at the Inglewood Forum Friday
night with the sixth and seventh meetings scheduled for
Boston Garden Sunday and Thursday
The Lakers had tied the score at 104-104 with 19 seconds
to go when Earvin “Magic” Johnson rebounded in a missed
hook shot by Kareem Abdui-Jabbar. After a timeout Dennis
(Johnson dribbled away much of the remaining time before
passing to Larry Bird, who gave it back to Johnson, who
found the net as the final buzzer went off.
The basket climaxed a Boston comeback from a seven
point deficit in the fourth quarter.
James Worthy's two quick baskets early in the fourth
quarter gave los Angeles a 90-83 lead and again put the
Lakers on the verge of putting the game away. But it was at
that point that Bird took over for the Celtics, breaking out a
shooting slump tJiat had seen them hit only 39.3 percent of
his field goals In the last five playoff games
Los Angeles appeared ready to take control of the game
with a blistering 27,-7 streak during a seven-minute span in
the third period.
The spurt came after Boston scored the first six points of
the half for a 64-58 lead and ended with los Angeles ahead
80-72 with 3:36 left. But Boston didn't wiit under the
pressure as Kevin McHale. who had 13 points in the quarter,
came back with two straight hook shots and (Juinn Buckner
hit from outside just as the 24-second clock expired, trim
ming the deficit back to two.
Miller suffers hand injury
By Brent De La Paz
Or tha Kmaruld
The baseball career of Chris Miller has been
put on hold for awhile — at least until the Oregon
quarterback recovers from a broken hand sustain
ed while wrestling with a friend on Saturday.
Miller, who recently signed a professional
baseball contract with the Seattle Mariners, suf
fered the injury to the base of small finger on his
right hand.
On Sunday morning, dr. Kenneth Butters
performed a successful operation on Miller’s in
jury by inserting two screws and a pin near
Miller’s right wrist, which is his throwing hand.
The junior, who was expected to play short
stop fpr the Mariner’s Northwest Class A Bell
ingham team this summer, is expected to he in a
cast for at least six weeks.
"It vvas a freak thing,” Miller says of the acci
dent. "I was just wrestling, and 3 got in a bad
position.” ’ *• •
Miller says he might be able to get the cast off ■
earlier than the six-week', period .set by his
physicians. * , : *
“They .(doctors) Were really pleased," Miller
“said, referring to the operation.-“The pin will be
taken chit ip three weeks, and twill have a smaller •
cast put op in two’t'd three weeks.”' • • . ’.
The junior, originally from Sheldon High
School in Eugene, says there is a possibility he
will get the cast off in four weeks if the rehabilita
tion process goes well.
“My hand will be at 100 percent,” says
Miller, who felt the injury would not hinder his
football or baseball careers.
Miller says the Mariners are still interested;
Seattle is treating Miller's status like any injury
suffered by a player under contract.
"Everything stays the same,” Miller says.
‘They. (Mariners) are very disappointed, but they
expressed their sympathy.”
In fact. Miller is still looking forward to join
ing the Bellinghaift team sometime in the middle
of July.
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T’m going to try to get lip. there sometime in. • \
July ~ whenver. the six weeks are up,:’ Miller
says. “If the doctors turn me loose, I. hope to be
there" in the middle of July. ” • . *. .
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But Miller's baseball season will be. short * , .
because Oregon football coach Rjch Brooks has
set August 10 as the opening*day"for fall'drills. m
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*• The Ducks are 'scheduled to. play their ,
season-opener against Washington £tate Univer- “ .
•sity on Aug. 31 in Pullman, Wash. .• ’*
Howe Field may get new team
' By. Adam Worcester .'
‘ Of Dm KoMrtld • *
When.'the Oregon's club
sports baseball' team played its
final home' game of. the season
Aprtl 27 at Howe Field,.it may
• have marked, the end'df an era.
T.hat event may Well have
been the final college, baseball
.game ever played, on the field.
By this’time' next year, budget
permitting, Howe. Field could
• be the home of the women's var
, sity softball team.
How close is this to becoming .
a reality?
"It's still' in the 0pen-and
. pencil stage," says Oregon.
Assistant Athletic Director
Chris' Voelz'. The. athletic
department is still gathering
cost figures and is in the process
of compiling next year’s
budget. *• • ...
But, she says, if the depart
ment does decide to convert
Howe to softball, "we’ll do it
next fall ~ Boom!”
Athletic Director Bill Byrne .
recently said if would : take
about $70i000 to ready. Howe,
for softball. Voelzsa.ys that if
the money is in the budget, they
wanttodo.it. .. ’ :
"We would rather have an
operating budget for,teams than
we would like to have an
upgraded facility. If we cari
have both, we want both.” '
Byrne explained that the ra-.
tionale behind the conversion is
"that we would like to generate
some revenue from our
women's softball team and
.charge, admission to their •
events.” . '
But Voelz says the change .
would not necessarily be
motivated by money. •.
"It's a function of weather. /.
It’s more, trying . to. .avoid
rainouts and that kind of stuff,” .'
she • says. Voelz claims' the
athletic department would have ’
“to meet as a staff" to decide if’
admission should be charged:
. Ironically, ’weather was never
a problem for the 1985 softball .
team.'For perhaps the first time
in its history,, no women's soft-"
ball home games- vyere • rained '
out.
That's ironic; Voelz. claims, •
but. also deceiving.. Although
Oregon.Field (located just past
the north end.of Hayward Field); •
was. perfect this, year, during a
bad» spring, Voelz; says it is .
''underwater.” ;
.‘‘I mean it is a mess down
there.' The drainage isn't very
good. We Had rainouts, arid‘;we
had to cancel the next day .
because'it still wasn’t drained.
° We’d play teams who had -
played 15 games, while we.had.
played .one. ”
Howe field also has some
drainage problems that would
have to be taken care of, in addi
tion to converting the structure
of the irifieid from baseball-’to
softball.
“We’d have to redo right
field,” Voelz says. "We would
have to re-level the surface, do"
some work on the backstop and
fences.
, ' ‘Our intention is that dnce it...
' would.bp there"' then it Would.' •,
be a.vefy.good field..”. J * / ' '• ..
’ . * ' * * . * "
• But that-would--probably, be
the death knell for resurrecting
a varsity baseball program at the
University.- While sensitive .to ' - •
that concern’, Voelz beiieves'the
■field should have priority! ' ’ " ;
“J don’t Jlhink we’re going to -.
make decisions based "on’ wftat • :
' might or" could happen in; five
• years,”. Voelz says. “We make. . -
decisions on what ought to.and;
should ’.'happen' to .serve oiir
needs. ' .. . .
‘.‘Weill certainly.take baseball .' .'
into" consideration,, but taking
something" into, consideration
that dpesn’f’exist right n'dw.'is
very difficult.” . • ... . . . ‘
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Voelz compares it to the situa
tion with the track . team’s •
hammer-throwing' area, • which .
cuts off part of the field that the
women’s’.soccer 'team used
Before the sport\waScut. . ; .
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“It’s like for us to say, ‘Well.
Should* we be having the ham- " ..
mer . throw. • there right now
because,' actually; soccer, could:
.comeback.”. . * ' ' .’ ; • ' ■ '
. -Although Voelz cautions that.,
“untU'we say yes or no bn a.pfb-V •
' jesct, we'don’t niake a timeline,”
she says ;a. short-term decision
w.ill:be reached by the end of the
. fiscal year. By September, the
bulldozers could be. rolling;
And those who witnessed or
played- in .that April- 27 . game
cpuld become a part of Oregon
athletic history. - ' '•
et al.
MEETINGS
LESBIAN DISCUSSION GROUP
scheduled for tonight is cancelled.
GOLDEN KEY NATIONAL HONOR
SOCIETY last meeting for the school year
at 4 p.m. today in Century Room F, EMU.
Important issues to be discussed. All
members strongly urged to attend.
CIRCLE K SERVICE CLUB will be
Oregon Daily Emerald
holding its final meeting of the year at 6:30
p.m. at 624 E. 16th Street. No. 15.
OSP1RG will have its last chapter
meeting of the year tonight at 7 in Century
Room D. Meeting will be short.
PRSSA MEETING today at 4 p.m. in
Room 301-B Allen, for election of new
officers.
COUNCIL FOR MINORITY EDUCA
TION monthly meeting today from 5 to 7
p.ra. in Room 110, EMU.
HOMECOMING '85 planning now
beginning for next year's event. Anyone in
terested in helping come to Century
Room E today.
LECTURES
ERIC SONNENTHAL will speak on
"Geochemistry of pegmatoids in the Pic
ture Gorge basalt, central Oregon” today at
12:30 p.m. in Room 307 Volcanology.
Deadline for submitting Et AIs to the
Emerald front desk, 300 EMU, is noon the
day before publication. Et AIs are run only
once, depending upon space availability.
Events with a donation or admission
charge will not be considered. Events oc
curring nearest the publication date, and
campus-originated events will be given
priority.
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