SPORTS
Dreams of post-season fade as injuries mount
(FROM THE
SIDELINES
BY JAYSON JACOBY]
S c ii n B u r vv e 1 I M alt
LnBounty. Mindin' Adams lull
Cummins Danny O’Neil. Mar
cia I’rice. Eric Castle Molly
McGrath.
Those are just a lew of the
Oregon athletes who have
missed substantial playing time
so far this season due to various
injuries.
The complete list couldn’t he
printed due to space Hint i
lions.
The final effect of this injury
parade can’t be tallied up until
the end of the season, but there
is no doubt that Oregon sports
have suffered greatly as a result
of this curious affliction that
h is plagued Duck athletes since
last summer.
The Oregon football team r.n
tered this season with high
hopes after two successive sea
sons that culminated in howl
.berths.. The Dui ss are above
,'iOO at :i-g, hut a disappointing
loss to Utah and a poor show
ing against IJSC have prevented
the team from being where it
spooled to fie at this point
Injuries to several offensive
and defensive starters have err
'.airily boon important factors in
(iregon's tw 0 losses
Harwell, tin' Die ks' leading
usher who led tile l'acitic-lO
Gonferoiico alter opening wins
■gainst Washington St.Or and
Texas Tech, missed hotii Ore
gun losses with ah ankle injury
After iiurwell s return in the
Ducks' win over New Mexico
Stale Saturday, Oregon is i 0
with the sophomore tailback in
the lineup
At various times during its
losses to Utah and l 'SC, (iregon
also was missing several defen
sive sturtefs, including line
hacker joe Harwell, safety Trie
Castle and jell Cummins, who
is likely out for the rest of the
season with a leg injury
And now, starting quarter
back Uannv O'Noll will miss
this weekend's important
showdown with the 1.1th
ranked California Colden
Hears Starting defensive end
Matt l.altountv. Oregon's all
time leader in quarterback
sacks, may also miss tins Satur
day's game
O'Neil dislocated Ins thumb
in the first quarter against New
Mexico St, ami La Bounty
sprained a knee The only good
Hews from .Saturday's injury re
port, whir h is becoming i us
tomarv after each Oregon game,
ts that Laflounty did not suiter
ligament or cartilage damage,
winchcould have required sur
gerv,
1 wouldn't mini! V
tins week.” Oregon Coat h Rich
Brooks said, but there is a lot
o! swelling ami soreness in the
knee
The Dm ks W ill need their lie
fonse in top form against the
powerful Cal oflense, which is
averaging 45 points .1 game
The volleyball loam, with e\
I’rvone returning from hist
vi-.ir's team ami a strong class
ol mtoming Iti'siimnn, was also
looking forwarii to post-se ison
play this tall Hut injuries have
taken tllltir toll on (aiai.il ta li',
tiregorv’s s.pia.l as wall
Junior Man in l’i■ wa . the
first to go down, suffering a
broken finger in ,i pm season
practice Price returned to a.
tuill last weekend. but riot i '
fore tlio Pin ks Inst three of. tour
Pan 10 games
Thun Oregon’s captain, se
n lor in oldie Mia ker S’ 1: idee
Adams, sustained a stress true:
turn in liar ankle in tin- midst ot
tile Ducks’ rise to a spot in the
national volleyball polls Ad
a ms made only a token app,
ance 1,1st weekend against
Washington and is doubt!. r
this weekend's games at 1 a!
and Stanford
Then tiie director of Oregon's
offense, senior setter Moil;, St
Gnitii, injured her back in pi at
tit i' before Iasi weekend s loss
es i.) Washington ami Washing-,
ton State
Consequently. thUui k.s
have dropped five of thi-ir first
six i’.u 10 it inti-sis. after jump
ing out to u 1(K! non-confor
unci- start
With tin- injuries to O'Neil,
LuHountv ami McGrath in last
weekend's action, the situation
doesn't appear to be improving
Duck, coaches and f.ms can
only hope it does before the
end of the season
If the injury trend continues
mill h longer, the athletic de
partment may have to consider
hiring the voo loo priest who
claims to have removed an evil
curse from Tampa Stadium be
lore last Sunday's Buccaneers
game Tampa Bay responded in
winning its first game of iho
season
What was that guy's nunc i '
UO rower brings home gold;
rugby team still undefeated
University ju
nior Allison Holier
returned to Hu
ge n a w i t ii t vj o
gold medals from
the U.S. Rowing
Masters National
C h a m p i o n s h i p s
2 7 - 2 H in Austin,
Huber, a coxswain lor the Se
attle Yacht Club, said a group
effort gave her team the win
ning edge,
"It was totally the team."
said Hobcr, a pre-journalism
major at the University. "The
whole team went home fueling
good."
And why not? The Seattle
club garnered two bronze, a sil
vur and three gold medals dur
ing the two-day competition.
Heber, also a member of the
University Club Sports crew
team, was on two of the gold
medal-winning txiats
The Seattle Yacht Club,
which recruited Huber from the
University at the beginning of
lO
CLUB
SPORTS
held Sept
Tex.
tho summer, won numerous
events at the national cham
pionships last year, too, Heber
said.
The University Club Sports
rugby team remained undefeat
ed Saturday, boating Southern
Oregon 24 7 at Ashland
Richard Dunn, Brad Niulson,
Greg Hunton and Rich Miller
all scored for the Ducks, who
blew the game open after a slim
11-3 halftime lead The win im
proved Oregon’s record to 2-0
The Oregon ’ft' squad also
won Saturday at Ashland, top
ping Oil' 22-4 1 he ’ll Ducks
are 2-0.
The women's Club Sports
soccer team won 1-0 at Linfield
on Saturday.
The Ducks will next see uc
tion today at 4 p m as they
host Western Oregon State at
the South Bank Field Spokane
Community College visits Eu
gene on Saturday for a 10 a m
matchup with Oregon at the
South Bank Fiold.
Leo Durocher dead at 86
Loo Durochor isn't In base
ball's Hall of Faino. Tom Lasor
da and Don Drysdalo, among
others, say that's wrong
"Loo was my idol," Lasorda
said of Durochor, who died
Monday in Palm Springs, Calif.,
at the ago of Bti. “Ho hud an
electrifying personality and he
was tiio most aggressive manag
er 1 have ever seen.
"Ho had an outstanding per
sonality and he was groat for
the game of baseball and de
serves to bo in the Hall of
Fame," the Los Angeles Dodg
ers munugor added. “I toot his
number (2) because of the love,
admiration and respect 1 had
for him. Wo lost a wonderful
man."
Drysdalo, a Hall of l amer
who pitched for the Dodgers
while Durochor was a coach
with LA in the early 1900s,
then opposed him when Duro
chor managed the Chicago
Cubs, said he belongs in Coo
porstown.
"Loo was thu typo of guy you
could listen to and learn from
Just talking with Loo taught mo
a great deal about the game,"
Drysdalo said "Whether you
wore playing bridge or gin rum
my or bowling, no would al
ways talk baseball with you
"He was just a wonderful
man and baseball will miss the
man.He belongs in the Hall of
Fame, but if he over gets into
the Hall it will be like so many
other deserving people it al
ways seems they get in after
they dio."
Durooher played for 17 sea
sons, almost all as a shortstop,
with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Cincinnati Reds. St Louis Car
dinals and New York Yankees,
thu team ho broke into baseball
with in 1925. Ho managed the
Dodgers. New York (Hants,
Cubs and Houston Astros be
fore retiring in 1979 with 2.00B
wins, sixth on the all-time list
Ducks place 16th out of 18 after strong third round finish
Tliti Oregon women's gull team finished
19th ii! the Ping Lady Sun ldevil (iullegiate (iulf
. ournamunt, Jield !.inI weekend at Arizona
Statu.
Thu Out ks si urtui 9?>7 for 11>111 pi.iff out of
lit schools ut Arizona Statu s Kurstun Course
Arizona won the tournament huiuiily w ith an
881) finish, and San Joso Statu was second with
a 908
Arizona I mi through thn first two rounds and
shot its host round Sunday, extending tliu mar
gin between it and Sun Joso Statu 1 ho Wild
cats shot rounds of 300, 291 and 283
Other Paid fie* 10 Conference teams finishing
in the field included USC (4th), Stanford (7th).
Arizona Stale (8th) and UCLA (9th).
Leigh Uornung was Oregon's top finisher in
the individual race, totaling a 237 for a six
way 4.trd place tie. San Jose State's Lisa Wal
ton won the individual race witli a 2 IS, and
Arizona teammates Dobhie 1’arks ami Annika
Suri'iistjin wore jnnI a stroke off, tying (nr set
ond at 2 lti
Walton Ind through the lirst two days and
hit under or at par all three days on the par 72
course
Other Oregon finishers in the tourney wen;
Star I a Yamuda, shooting a 2d8 for -tilth; Shan
non Mater, shooting a 240 lor 5Hth; harlv
Mills, shooting a 2-12 (or tiitrd, and Nancy
draw ford, shooting a 202 for li;trii. Belli
Manc/ak, playing as an Oregon individual,
shot a 2-17 for 7tith
Muior's third-round score of 7f> w-.ts tin;
Ducks' ties! round of golf over the weekend
The Dm ks shot their teum-fiest round of goll
on the last day to pull them out of last place
Oregon, which was last after the lirst two
rounds, shot rounds of 220, 112-1 and 41 t
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