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Brooks readies for war with Huskies Chris Met* Oregon Dariy £merskl As Oregon head conch Kich Brooks prepares for Saturday's Pacific-10 battle with the ninth rated Washington Huskies, fie does so knowing that tfie Iluskios have been a thorn in the Dm ks1 side for quite some time They have won five-straight and 1-1 of I " >:■lines wfule brooks has been at the helm. It \ been a disappointing rival ry for me personally since I’ve been here, since I haven't had a lot of success," Brooks said. "Three wins is not something to jump up and down about, obvi ously.” Saturday ’s game is sold out. and with the span e attendance at previous home games, this week's swift ticket sales testify to the intense rivalry between the neighboring states I think the Northwest schools have had a long tradition of play ing each other." Brooks said. "I think the reason it's a sellout is our fans would really like to beat Washington, and the Washington fans come down in pretty good numbers.” The one thing on everybody's mind when it comes to playing the 5-1 Huskies is their star tail Uu k Napoleon Kaufman Despite coining off a down week that snis the senior rush for n season low HO yards against Arizona State. Kaufman remains one the more potent threats in the Par.-10. Although Brooks is well aware of what Kaufman can do. he also knows that the defense of the I >ui ks cannot afford to fix us sole ly on the Heisman Trophy can didate. "You cannot sell out on Napoleon Kaufman try mg to stop him." Brooks said. "Miami found out that if they concentrate too mui h on Kaufman, Washington has other weapons I think w hat we need to do is try not to let Napoleon Kaufman break the long run and make him earn Ins yards the hard is.iv nie Ducks' injury news is run e again disappointing for Brooks, with nose till kle Sililn Malepeni possibly the latest setback According to Brooks, it is doubt ful that Malepeni will play in the regionally televised game against the Huskies 1 ,#t f ► PAiiiAV I* Oregon head coach Rich Brooks has had his problems with Washing ton over the years He suffered a 24-3 defeat when the Huskies last vis ited Aut/en Stadium In 1992 Heisman Trophy candidate gets candid So what do you talk about with Napoleon Kaufman, perhaps the leading candi date for the 1994 Heisman Tro phy? Maybe the pressure of lining a candidate or his thoughts of the Saturday's big match up against the Ducks at AutZen Stadium on regional television? Not a chance Weiner dogs were the topic of choice with this star running bat k on Monday. Weiner dogs? One is left to wonder just what a small dog of a breed developed in Germany, having a long body, would have in common with the man who has rushed for over 1 ,(M)0 yards and is Washington's all-time leading rusher. Chris Mm/ Well, when you call 1-800 Napoleon, it's just a little bit of what you have to expect when talking with the man who has gotten twgs upon liags of fan mail sim e his arrival at the Universi ty of Washington "The funniest thing I've ever received was probably a picture OAHT UHASSit marina LoReina Woods and Casey Crtsler dive 1 or a ball against OSU earlier this season. The Ducks look for better results in the second half of the season starting with UW and WSU over the weekend. of it little wiener dog." Kaufman said, "The person said they named their dog after me That wns pretty neat You're damn right that was pretty neat legends are meant to lie honored with such selfless at ts of homage I would t»e inter ested to know |ust how many Bill Musgrave mastiffs there are run ning around Kugone, complete with fluffy emerald and lemon woolen sweaters and the inscrip tion "Freedom Howl or bust" on them Or how many Drew Bled soe beagles art) donning the crim son and gray, trotting down the strtrets of Pullman these days Oh, if I could only have a dog named after me 11an see it now. it giant wolf like < feature able to kill wussy dogs {like Huskies) with one fatal swipe of my catch er's mitt sized paw. exposing ms rn/.or sharp claws tattling back to Kaufman, ins disappointing 80-yard rushing effort Saturday against Arizona Slate lessens his chances of snatching the controversial award ntul makes tins weekend s game against Oregon all the more important. "The defense is going to have a hard time trying to control him believe that," SiliIn Malepeai said 1 say give him the award, just not off any monstrous day against Turn to NAPOLEON, Page 12 Ducks still searching for first Pac-10 win Kris Henry Otyut' &*** tmorakl Omgon la-gins tin! sts.ond phase of the Pacific 10 volleyball season when it hosts Washington State University on Friday and the I'm varsity of Washington on Saturday The Ducks’ best opportunity for a league victory occurred against these two scjuatis on the road last month, with both matches going four games Oregon. 6-12 overall and 0-0 in confereni e. hopes to end its 11-game losing streak, nine of which have come at the hands of conference foes in the first phase of matches. "I think even though Washington Slate is a young team." Oregon coach Gerry Gregory said, "they are a low-error team and have a balanced attack We played evenly against them m Pullman and that's a lough place to come away with a victory. "The Husky matt h was also a close one In the previous match, we hud a hard time passing their jump servers, but hopefully we have answered that problem. We're not far from either of these teams ” Oregon has not won a game in McArthur Court since a three-game vu lory over Tennessee on Sept. '1 in the championship match of the Oregon invitational Tournament. In fat t. the two games won Turn to PREVIEW, Page 1.0 October 20. 1‘M Volume Ivvuc 'H Big O' named to second team The fottcnMng are the Basketball Weekly proseason AB-P.kjfic 10 Team-. The teams will be introduced m the co8oqe basketball (if evenv issue Aft-Paafic 10 Team'. First Tearn G Tyus t .Jney, UCLA G Damon Stoudarmre, Arizona C Josot>h Btatf. Arizona F Mario Bennett. Arizona State I Ec1 OBannon, UCLA StxxxKl Team G Orlando Williams, Oregon G Befit Barry. Oregon State C Georgs Z* t< *. UCLA F Charles Qflonnon, UCLA F Lorenzo Orr. USC Sanders, Rison fined for Sunday's fight SANTA CLARA, Calif (AF’) — Deton Sanders and Andre Rtson wife lined Sr'.SOO each by the NFT on W.xirf-ztiy (nr their wiwikenc! fight in wh« h It wry tradtxf d.yr, and punches tn the rroddkt of the field The skirmish came during the second quarter of the San Frarxjsco 49ers' 42-3 rout of the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome The game wa. Sanders' first against his former team since joining S»m Francisco as a free agent Sept. IS UNLV searches for new basketball coach LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV btd a S t 8 million farewell to Rollie M. I'.-umirx) on Wednesday, then set about tryirig to find a now basketball coach who could come to work quickly and for a lot less money With Massirnmo formally gone, UNLV officials turned with a m*w sense of urgency toward hiring either Seattle Super So nios assistant Tim Grgunch or an interim coach to get the Runmn1 Flebets through the upcoming season Rangers hire Oates as new manager ARLINGTON. Texas (AP) — Former Baltimore manager Johnny Oates was hired Wednesday to manage the Texas Rangers, the first step ol a transformation that has the Rangers looking moro tike the Orioles of old Oates was given a two-year contract, its terms were not disclosed He rosaces Kevin Kennedy, who was fired by general manager Doug Melvin last week and then beat out Oates for the Boston job h i 'xu rVcwinn n , hj r
