Boyd changes
Sox as strike
opens up jobs
in majors
NEW YORK (AP) Baseball
has found its first big-name
Strikebreaker.
Dennis “Oil Can" Boyd, eager
to prove he can still pitch at age
35, has agreed to join the Chica*
go White Sox ami piny despite
the strike,
"Yes, it was a difficult deci
sion.'' Boyd said Tuesday from
his home in Winter Haven,
Florida.
■ | felt shut i didn't .want to
cross the picket line I've been
through a couple of strikes and
1 know what those ore about But
I wanted another chance to ploy
ball, and if this is what it takes,
then I’m going to do it.”
Plus, there’s the promise of a
nice paycheck. If he signs before
(an. 20. Boyd and the White Sox
can make any deal they want.
After that date, ins contract will
be between $115,000 and
$275,000.
Boyd, 78-77 with a 4.04 ERA
in a flamboyant. 10-year career
with Boston, Montreal and
Texas, has not pitched in the
majors since 1991. The right
hander played last year in the
independent. Class A Northern
League with the Sioux City
Explorers, and was 4-1 with a
1.89 ERA before his season was
cut short by a blood clot in his
right shoulder.
Boyd, bothered by a similar
blood clot in 1988 while with
Boston, underwent surgery to
correct the problem. He's been
throwing since then and says he
has recovered.
Society needs reality check
Kris Hk\r\
I'm noi the type of person
who typically enjoys change 1
like to find a groove and then
keep on rolling
So, with this in mind. I've got
to tell you that I'm not com
pletely positive about 1905 so
far.
First Gary Larson decides to
stop drawing his For Side car
toons, then the post office rais
es its rail's for the fourth time
since 1 started mailing letters. To
(up it off, an all-female crew Kit
tlmg to bt the ! Inited States' rap
resentative in tin' America's Cup
is tin* talk of the sailing world
Why is it so mnvsworlhy tii.it
tins group of women is altempt
ing to defend tint trophy all
sailors vie for*
I guess the answer lies in the
question The key to this burn
ing issue is that the combatants
are a group of women. Not just
one or two women, hut an entire
crew of the supposed weaker
sex is attempting to qualify for
our country
Tills idea seems to in* setting
the sport of sailing on its ear I
may not favor change, but I cer
tamly don't always oppose it
The tiling that particularly
interests me about the all-female
crew of America t is that, as a
society, we are still focusing on
the outer-stall of human beings
Monday's holiday in recogni
lion of M irim !.other King |r
stimulated my thoughts on this
group of individuals and their
treatment across the nation
Shouldn't wt< com entrnte on
the abilities of the America i
crew instead of their sex ' If
these women were something
Other than (.am a Man. would
that make the story twice as
important or newsworthy' It
probably would in today 's soci
ety and that theory’s exis
tent e is something we are all
responsible for
It’s been said before, hut the
mti itlti
Why can't we just get beyond
the outside and focus on making
determinations from what is on
Turn I HENRY, Kept 10
Rams migrate east to St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (API Light years after losing tint
Cardinals to Arizona. St Louis btu anm the new
homo of the Rams Tuesday
The Los Angeles Rams, wooed by one of the
most lucrative deals in sports, are leaving Iwmkrupt
Orange County for ,1 city that lust its first NFL fran
chise because of lack of fan support.
This time around, the city is offering a new
domed stadium and incentives that could give the
franchise a $20 million annual profit The Rams
were projected to lose $ti million playing in An i
heim this post season
"Today is a great day for this community," St
Louis mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. said at the long
awaited news conference "For the last nine
months we have been working around the < lo< k
trying to bring NFL football to St Louis "
If the league approves, pro football will return to
St. Louis for the first time since 1<)H7, when the
Cardinals left for Arizona.
“The St. Louis Rams - how tweet it is." Bosley
said. "Today is the day that the dream of a team
of our own is now a reality."
TRADING PUCES
■ wrwit
The Loa
Angeles
Rams
made it
official
1 uesaay, announcing
that the team « moving to
St. Louis.
■ Quotable: “The St
Louts Rams — how
sweet it is.'
- Freeman Bosley
Mayor ot St. Louis
Bosley. former
Sen Thomas Kagle
lon, who headed the
FANS Ini: effort to
lure the Ram*. I' S
Rep Richard
Gephardt, and other
official# then signet!
an oversized "relo
t at ion agreement "
"I have waited
and wanted tins day
to happen for a long
time," Gephardt
said "Let me tell
you, we proved
together the naysay
ers wrong I am con
fident professional
football is going to
be a huge sin l ess in this town
When Rums owner (ieorgia Frontier**, who grew
Turn to RAMS, Pa<}612
Charger star ‘Means’ business on path to Super Bowl
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Anyone
who thinks Nat rone Means is
in his element whet) he’s stam
peding over tacklers should
have seen him after the San
Diego Chargers won the AFC
championship.
Of course, when you’re a
245-pound clap of thunder
with a lightning bolt on your
uniform, you can lie the life of
the party anytime you want
As the celebrants around
him in the visiting locker room
at Three Rivers Stadium
danced, screamed. even
rapped a little us they mock
ingly waved towels, the 22
year-old Means summoned up
all of his accumulated wisdom,
took a long puff on a huge c ig
ar and said, “We're pretty
good. Where are we going'"
Had his teammates heard
him, they would have
responded as a chorus, "To the
Super Bowl." But none of
Means' buddies were close
enough to know what he said.
They all know what the
"Nalrone Bomb" hus done for
tin) Chargers this season. Me
detonated at just the right time,
finishing second in the AFC
with 1.350 yards rushing,
scored 1- touchdowns and
made the Pro Howl in only his
second NFL season.
In the playoffs, he led the
Chargers back from a 21 -fi half
time deficit to a 22*21 win over
Miami. Then he helped wear
down Pittsburgh's staunch
defense, several times laying
flat defenders who strayed into
his path.
Means is as self assured as a
grizzled veteran Not necessar
ily cocky or boastful, but cer
tainly aware of his importance
to the Chargers and his ability
to live up to the organization's
demands.
“Once they made the Hutts
trade. 1 knew I was going to be
the man." said Means of
Chargors general manager Hob
by Heathard's decision to deal
top running back Marion Hutts
on draft day to New England
All Huits had done was lead
(he team in rushing five
straight years as the focal point
of a power attack
"After the draft, conch Ross
came to my house in North
Carolina i think it showed .t
little something that he
stopped there and he was
talking to mu and rny mom lit)
said I'd have the opportunity,
that rny role would pick up in
the offense and 1 would have
the opportunity to start
“I knew the chance was
there, hut he didn't hand me
the starting job. 1 think it kind
of boosted my confidence,
though, and it showed he
would give me the chance to
lx? the back
"The training was rough, hut
1 knew what it was ail for. I
could sacrifice for a couple of
months to get everything right.
It was worth it "
As was making room for
Means, a second-round pick
from North Carolina. Neither
Beathard nor coach Bobby
Kuss worried about Mc.ms tak
trig over
"lie's a big strong guy who
has breakaway speed and is
not afraid to take a hit, because
he knows he's usually going to
come out of it Oh," Ross said.
"He’s also a pretty good receiv
er and a smart football player
and a pretty guod blocker."
And a turrifu talker Means
means what he says, and isn’t
afraid to stir up controversy or
give frank answers to tough
questions
Such as on the matter of
respect:
"It's lime to start giving our
selves some credit, because the
way it’s been going, nobody
else is going to give us credit
until we start It's time we start
pumping ourselves up a bit."
Or on his quick NFL suc
cess:
"I think other people are
more surprised by it. I'm not. I
felt if I could get the hall 20-25
Turn to MEANS, PagelO
January IK, l‘W5
Volume 96. Issue 79
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Duck women
receive vote
After F riday's Civil War
upset over Oregon State, ihe
Oregon women received 14
votes in the latest Associated
Press women s basketball
poll The Ducks are now
ranked 34th in ihe nation
alter their impressive 9-3 start
(o the season
As a result, the Beavers leu
out ol this week's tori 25, slip
ping tiorn 21st to 26th in the
nation and dropped to 9-3 on
the season as well
Three Pac-10 schools
Oc< upy the top 25 Stanford
leads the pack coming in at
No 5 wh uj Washington (13)
and USC (24) make up the
rest o( the conlorence contm
gent
CHAMPIONS
j Since 192/, the
Montreal Canadiens
have taken home
22 Stanley Cup
Trophies Here's
how they stack up
with the
! competition.
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Detroit
Toronto
Montreal
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