Green ball gains national attention
Ducks break
into AP Top
25 with wins
Chns Met*
OrttQon Dotty ErrmnM
In a year ripe with reward* at
every turn for Oregon athletics,
the men's basketball team has
provided the latest in the ever
growing list of pleasant surpris
es.
Jerry Green's Ducks, snubbed
bv the coaches in the CNN/1 'SA
Today poll, were rewarded for
their sweep of UCLA and USC
over the weekend in opening
play of the Par-10 season bv
sneaking into the 25th spot in
The latest Associated Press Top
25.
The Ducks haven’t been
nationally ranked since 1077,
but have gotten off to their t>est
since 1974 with a 10-1 mark.
Included in the fast start was the
Ducks' first Far West Classic
Championship in 20 years with
wins over George Washington
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THE TOP
TWENTY FIVE
Avtociatad Praia BttAMbaJ) poll
1 Massachusetts (44) g i
2' Connecticut (V*ly"~‘~~t&0
3 Kansas (2) io-i
jHfiwth Carolina (2V to' i
5'" Arkansas .~.ff-2
6 U&A 7 1
7 Kentucky (1) 8-2
8 Syracuse ~~ 10-1
9 MaryTand...”.i t-3
to Sectfgeiown 9-1
ft "MlchigaffSt . 9-V
i? Af^ooaST ' jjy
13 Arizona i0-3
t S Plor'da 7 3
16 Duke . 9-4
17 Missouri 10-1
18 Clems on ______ 1Q-Q
19 Iowa _\ 1-3
20 California..8;?
21 Penn _ _ §t_
22 <5 • I
?TT5wa Sf 7" ; jT?
2-1 New Kktxico St 10 3
25. Oregon 10-1
Life as a sportswriter offers blame,
occasional credit for job well done
Kki> Hfcsm
Wo all have days when we an*
proud to (h* a pari of a profession
and other days when we can't
stand our profession
Before I bey tut inv tour here at
the Emerald. I goj some advice
from Terry Fret, former columnist
ut the Oregonian and current
contributor to The Sp irting Sens
Being new at this game, 1 look
heed to his warning that
spurtswriters art* cynical,
!>at kstahbing ba si ard s
it thought remained in the
hat k of inv mind as 1 covered the
volley halt circuit and the Ducks
run for the roses It still exists as
1 enter my main Imat of covering
the Oregon men s (xiskethall team
And it has been in covering
basketball for this limited time
that I have already uu urrttd the
present «> of the dark side of
sportswriting. as well as the light
aide
Following the title game of the
Far West Classic. I watt lied with
pleasure ns the Ducks received
their t hampionship trophy
Seniors like Orlando Williams
and |ordy l.yden had smites of
relief after finally winning the
elusive Portland tournament
Then my ears burned with
amazement is the Far West
( ias.su All Tournament team was
announced Notre Dame •- Ryan
Hoover was named the Classic's
MVP while Ceorge W i.shingtoiis
Kwame Fvans and “O” took their
place among the tournament's
elite, easy choices considering
each player's key efforts in the
Classic
Hut rounding out the list of five
were two Oregon State players.
Mustafa Hoff and Stnphane
Brown two players who
displayed average abilities in
helping the Heavers lose both
games they played
Turn to HENRY. Pago IF
Penn State star opts
for the pros, heeds
head coach’s advice
STATE COl.LEGK. Pa. (AP) -- Penn Slate tailback ki
Jana Carter was impressed when ).|. Stokes of UCLA
and Tyrone Wheatley of Mil higan turned down mil
lions of dollars from the NIT, to return to m hool last
year.
But both players had injury-plagued seasons that
hurt their draft status, and that heljied Qirter decide
to skip his own senior season and enter the NFL a year
early,
"You only have so many years in football." he said
Monday "So I might as well get something out of it
now while l‘m young and healthy."
Pro scouts told Penn State coach Joe Pnterno that
(iarter. the Ueisman Trophy runner-up this season,
would lie a top five pick
“I don't really think he can improve his situation
athletically by coming back to Penn State." Patemo
said, "The No. 1 obligation he has is to do what's best
for him and his family.”
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A** VKSl fit rrmmi
Penn State running back Kl-Jana Carter announced hie Intentions of forgoing
his final year of eligibility to enter the 1995 NFL draft.
Trade talk aside, Drexler leads Trail Blazers past Lakers
PORTLAND, Ore, (AI>) — Clyde Drexler.
in his first home game since he went public
with his request to he traded, made six of
seven 3-pointers and scored 31 points as
Portland handed the Los Angeles Lakers
their most lopsided loss ever, 129-83 Mon
day night.
Drexler missed his first 3-pointer, then
made six in a row. He scored 16 points in
the third quarter when Portland turned an
11-point lead into a blowout that emphati
cally ended the Lakers' five-game winning
streak.
The Blazers, who have tx-aten Los Angeles
eight straight times, out scored the Lakers 41
15 in the third quarter to go ahead 106-69.
Los Angeles hasn't beaten Portland since
Jan. 15. 1993
The Lakers previous worst loss also was in
Portland, by 42 {mints (130-8B) on April 22,
1990. when then-coach Pat Riley benched
Magic Johnson and James Worthy to pr«{wm»
for the upcoming playoffs
Clifford Robinson added 2,1 points, while
Rod Strickland added 14 points and a sea
son-high lfi assists Drexler, Robinson and
Strickland all sat out the Pinal quarter
Tony Smith si ored 17 and Eddie Jones 15
for Los Angeles Cedric Ceballos. who
missed the two previous games with back
spasms, returned to the lineup but scored
only two points in 20 minutes Nick Van
Exel also scored just two points and didn't
play in the second half.
The talkers, playing their second game in
as many nights, lost big as is their habit In
10 losses. the Takers have lost by an aver
age of 20.2 points
The Blazers, who matched their longest
winning streak of the season at three games,
scored a season-high 65 points in the first
half when they led by as many as 12 points
before settling for a 65-54 advantage at inter
mission.
Portland had a 23-3 tun in the third irinr
ter. then added an H-l outburst to end the
period.
Drexler, who had eight reliounds. received
a smattering of boos but mostly ( beers when
he was introduced
The margin wasn't the biggest for the Blaz
ers this season They beat the other Los
Angeles team, the Clippers, by 4H on Dot
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TUESDAY
Jamuuy 10, 1WS
V< ilumr 96, K\uc 73
Slugger inducted
into Hall of Fame
Ni W i )HK (AP) M ...
Schmidt, perhaps the
greatest third baseman in
baseball history was the
Overwhelming arxt onty
Chon'.© Monday tor election
to the t tall ol Tamp
Schm>Cft whose 848
hot r e runs rank seventh on
the career list, was named
0>' 4*14 sit the 460 ti.i Ot'i
tiy the f J.lseb i ' .V' t,.fs
Association ot Amerca m
his first year of eligibility
Hu. '36 82 vote percentage
was the fourth-highest
over
firnidt a three-time Nl.
MVP and MVP of the 1980
World Seres became just
the 10th third baseman to
be selected tor th© Halt
PAC-10 HONORS
WALNUT CMt t K, Cast
(AP) Washington State
point guard (Xwnmc
Ellison was i >ivred the
Pacific-10 Conference
Player of the Week on
Monday
Second-hai! scoring by
Ellison, a 5-loot-10
sophorin >( ii ted the
Cougars (6-4 2-0) to
victories last week over
then-No 17 California and
then No 23 Stanford
E>t<son scored a career
f -jh PS pom!:', with ail but
one point coming m the
••«* n ’■ 1 naif ... Washington
State s 83- 71 victory over
California on Thursday
t .or was 14 of 16 from
the line and added six
aviists and two steals
f llison scored alt of his
12 points m the second halt
Saturday to help the
Cougars' to a 77-63 victory
over Stanford
ON THIS DAY
■ 1972 The iorii)• 4
winning streak tn major
professional sports «
snapped wfxin the
Milwaukee Burns bool the
t os Angatos l tikws 120 104
T he L akors had won 33
straight. txit Kareern Abdul
Jabber's 39 points gave Los
Angeles its first loss since
Oct 31
■ i960 Goaltender Jm
Stewart, playing m hts first
and onty grime with the
Boston Bruins, gives up throe
goals in the first tour minutes
of the gartie and a total ot five
m the first penod t to is
replaced and never plays in
the NHL again
■ 1982 Joe Montana's
third loochdown pass of the
game, a & yarder to Dwight
Dark, with 51 seconds
remaining, lifted tfie San
Francisco 49ers to 20 27
victory over the Dallas
Cowboys in the NFC title
game