Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, June 18, 1991, Page 14, Image 13

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    SPORTS
Former Oregon coach Hobson dies at age 87
I ortner Oregon basketball coni h How
.ml Hobson, who led the Dm ks to their
only NCAA b.iski'tb.ill title in Pl't'l.
died June 'I He w.is 87
The former Dink coat h reportedly
died nf i ongestive he.irt f.nllire .il .1 Port
bind nursing home Hobson b«d been
suffering from be.irt problems .md .111 ul
i er before bis death
Hobson's lull l irs team ruptured
(fregon\ only hasketliall natioiial 1 bam
pionsbip hv defeating Ohio State In it
in the first-ever N't'.AA ( bampmnsbip
game
Hobson took ovei as Oregon's basket
ball roach in l'll i and guided the
I )m ks to a g I 7 1 .' I re* ord in I 1 seasons
before moving on to Yale in I'll
Hobson was more than |ust .1 college
basketball 1 oar II III bis dav I le was 1 on
side! ed one of till- sport 's pioneers be
mg the first to rei ommeiid that the
three point shot and shot 1 Ini k be part
ol tile college game Those two linen
(lolls were part ot a doctoi.il thesis on
basketball llobson completed at Colum
bia I niversilv in l'l-lt
I hrbson also produi ed a book in PI8 1
"Shooting Dm ks ih.it chronicled the
history of Oregon haskelhall during his
coat tiirift das s
Oregon athlete iliri'i lor Hill H\rne
was I'lri ted last week hv memfiers of the
ltHHI.ll \ssOI i.ltioil of (ailleglate 111
ns tors of Athletic s .is tin- \A( DA [in si
ifi’iil for l't'll <»2
livmi' was chosen president .it the
\At DA s .:tith .inmi.il convention in
S.in Du 140 \ At DA serves as the prpfes
sioiial ami mini ational aSsm iation for
more than t.2110 t ollege athlete dins
tors assistants and ( onfereni e i ommis
sinners at more than 1 ">t»0 institutions
throughout the t lilted Stales and l ana
da
Orruon women's haskethall coat h I I
is m He in\ vs ill i.oai h a I’at 11 ii III (on
ferem e all slai haskethall team 111 the
William (ones ( op International lour
nament in laijiei Taiwan, from |une .At
to (ills 7
\mung the plavers selected lot the
team vs.ts (fregon's SI.II 1 W.dlenholll
w lm w ill !«• ,t senior .it (Jregon next mm
son
Hi'inv h.is jirnn ill star coaching e\
perient e having coached .1 uroup
of I'.ii III woriicii s all stars that toured
Hungary during tin- summer I hat was
tin- Par - It) s first-ever international
i ompetition loi Women
Also joining I Iron and \\ allenbnrn
on thf trip will !><■ Oregon trainer him
lerrell
AVallnnborn trom \'am:ou\er Wash
was Oregon s sei olid leading si orer and
rebounder tins past season with |>er
game averages ol 1-t '1 points and a 0 re
(rounds
Ihe 12-plaver team will begin five
dav s of prat tue starting rliursdav in
Herkelev ( aid on the t ’niv ersitv ol
( alifornia campus
..Portland will host the pci;’ Tonrna
merit ot the \mern as a round robin
tournament that will select font Ohm
pit basketball teams from North and
South \merti a to i ompele 111 the IteO
Summer l )l\ mpit s m Hurt elon.r. Spam
Tire selis lion was made last week h\
the I SA Basketball Committee. saving
tli,it Portland was < hosen largely he
i ansa of enormous fan support for the
I’ortland Trallhlazers Although Port
land’s Memorial Coliseum has a < apat i
t\ of mill 12.884 I'SA Basketball he
lieved the support with whii h the tout
nament would generate would outweigh
the disadvantages of a small arena
The ltt‘12 Olympus will he the first
time that National Basketball Associa
tion pla\ ers i an p.la\ in the games I'SA
Basketball has said th.it the 12 man ros
tei will ((insist of nine or III NBA play
ers
No team other than Spain, the ()lvm
pit host team, is given an automatic hid
to the Olympics in basketball, treating
the need for the qualifying tournament
I lie 12 man I S team that w ill < ompete
in the Olympics, should it qualify
through zonal competition, will he the
same team tans will see in Portland
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berry earns spot on
U.S. world track team
\( \ A javelin i hamp I’.mlii
Hem continued her niitstand
I..; mmmiii tins past weekend
bv pl.ii mg second at I In1 Atli
lfti< s t ongress national chain
pinnships earning a berth on
this summer s I ’ S \\ or Id
( ihampionship team
Herrv threw 1*117 m S.itur
dav A finals to plai e set ond lie
hind veteran Karin Smith, who
won with a throw ol 1117-ti Or
egon’s Kim Hvatt was eighth
w ith a toss iif 1 r 1 .
H\ finishing sei.ond. lierrv
will In- on the I' S team that
will i ollipote in the World
( hampionships in Tokyo Aug
.' I Sept 1 The top three fin
ishers in eat h event will he on
the A merit an team
\o other Oregon athletes
made the World Champion
slops team hut Si ott Mi t.ee
did I|uuld\ loi the W orld I III
versity (lames in Sheffield
l .ngland. |ulv PI If r>
Mit.ee plat ed seventli in tilt
hammer w ith a throw of o 1 1 u
He was the top collegiate tin
isher earning the herth in the
World t niversitv (lames
Oregon's Art Skipper, after
planing third in the N'llAA jave
Im i o til pet i t ion > planed 11th at
l \t with a throw ot 224 t>
Skipper also i|ualdied for the
World I niversitv (lames b\ fin
isliing as the set ond collegian
hut likely won't compete be
< ause ol a season long ankle in
jury
Herrv and Medee also took
the Oregon trai k teams top
tumors at the team awards Iran
ipiet two weeks ago
Herrv w o n the I. v n n e
U inbiglet I’«• t ft11 nif r of the
Year Award for the second
straight year Mi (lee won the
!si h.irpl Award as the men s
most outstanding athlete
Herrs was the third athlete to
win the women’s top award
more than oik e Other multiple
winners were distance runners
Katin Haves in into Ha and
\nnette I land in I ‘IH7-BH
Hurdler Hob (lrav and sprint
ei Rosie Williams were hon
ored .is the leading scorers on
I he two teams
(■ray won the ( arl (Ireve
Ward and Williams the Man
Offiter Award (Iras had an
outstanding season that culmi
nated w ith a sei ond plat e fill
ish m the 1 10-metei hurdles at
the \l \ \ meet Williams left
as thi' school record-holder in
both the Itltl and Jlltl meter
dashes
Winning the loaches
Awards as the teams' Most Im
proved performers were Mu
h a m m.id Oliver a nil l.ut v
Nusrala
Oliver finished fourth at the
NCAA meet in the decathlon
and improved Ins personal re
lord in the event In almost Ml!)
points sine e the beginning ol
the season
Nusrala came out of nowhere
to qualify lor the NCAA meet in
the r>.(MM) meters, running the
third lastest time ill Pacific-10
Conference history She fin
ished tilth at the NCAA meet
Also honored were Cat Hal
ler. as the men’s outstanding
i ross i ountr\ runner and Curtis
Wilson as the men’s Most In
spirational athlete
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