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Kris Henry Life in the fast lane is no excuse for Darryl Maybe I just have some different understanding about life, but I have absolutely no sympathy for ath letes who ruin their lives with drugs or alcohol. The idea of not judging a man until you walk a mile in his shoes goes out the window with these multimillionaire delinquents. First of all. I will never earn in my life what these overpaid superstars earn in one year Sec ondly. since my earnings will never reach their stature. I will never have the opportunity where several people are held responsible for a mistake that 1 made alone 1 would be w illing to wager that most people are in the same situation that I'm in when it comes to the comparison to modern-day athletes Whatever the situation, it still doesn't affect how pathetic it is when an athlete crumbles t Mica use he or she allowed inse curities to bring about his or her demise. Take Darryl Strawberry for example. The All-Star outfielder for the New York Mots. Ixis Ange les Dodgers and San Francisco Giants had the potential to become one of the greatest hitters to ever play baseball Hut like many m his situation, the lure of drugs and life in the fast lane was simply too much for the grow n man to handle. Poor Dorrs I 1 le (leaked at mak ing just over $4 million per year with the Dodgers I.ife must he simply unbearable when you never have to concern yourself with a price tag Poor Darryl All he bad to do was concentrate on playing f»aso (ml! Being a part of the national pastime (an be so draining on the system Hit the tiali. catch the twill and throw the hall Poor Darryl No one under stands the turbulent life of a pro fessional athlete, even his peers, ("here were countless times when Strawberry criticized his team mates and refused to look in the mirror before pointing a finger When Ins wives and girlfriends couldn't understand, he alleged ly w-ould express his displeasure ph>steady. as yesterday's chron icle of Strawberry's life (in the Oregon Daily Enivrald} details. The only solace Darryl could find came in the form of an ille gal substance that several athletes who have fallen by the wayside Shadowed CiAMf CiMAWf Freshmen Dan Colling and Ken Yanhs unwind with a little one-on-one hoops after classes Tuesday Maxwell waits for league penalty PORTLAND (AP) Hot-tem pered Houston Rockets guard Vernon Maxwell quietly left Portland with his teammates Tuesday as NBA officials weighed what penalty he would fai t< for allegedly punching a fan. "You know I'm not going to talk about it/' Maxwell said as he left a downtown hotel. Witnesses said Maxwell charged up a dozen rows into the Memorial Coliseum crowd during Monday night's 120-82 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers and punched 35-year-old Steve (eiorge in the jaw. George and his attorney said they plan lo press charge* ami are considering a lawsuit. A police report filed by George at 1 tt> a rtt Tuesday was forwarded to the Multnomah County district attorney’s office. Maxwell likely would fat e a misdemeanor charge of fourth degree assault if (.eotge signs a complaint, Portland police spokesman ( W Jensen said George's attorney, Richard Mat/.els. said his client would sign the complaint but did not know when Mair.eis said there's a good chance any civil lawsuit could lie avoided by an out-of court settlement. George, who is deaf in his right ear. was examined at a hos pital emergency room late Mon day night to make sure his nth »»r oar was not damaged in the in< ident So far. thorn was no indication of any serious injury. Mai/.ols said. A freelance television camera• man captured the alienation on video and sunt the tape to the NBA s office in New York Hod Thom, the NBA's vie« president for operations, said no action would be taken before Wednes day. Thorn said a player has never gone into the crowd to assault a Turn to MAXWELL, Page8 ■ CLUB NOTES Joel Hood hy fte> Oregon Qatty t'rrmakl The University Equestrian team rtxle to a second place showing las! weekend at Fresno. California, but the team was not able to pick up any ground on front-runner Stanford. The Cardinal main tained their series lead by taking first place at the showing "It would have been nice to pick up a few points on them." said team captain Julie Freschi "But we were pretty pleased with our performance as a team. Everyone from our squad did very well." Stanford widened it's West Coast series lead to five points with the victory The Equestrian team's next showing will be a return trip to Palo Alto. Calif, on Feb 1H The learn hosts its own showing on March -I The Club Snowboard team will be competing this weekend in a giant slalom event at Ski Howl, on Mt, Hood After a blow out of in-state rival Southern Ore gon St last weekend, the University Kugbv team is pumped for one of its biggest tournaments of the year this weekend in Portland "With teams such as Oregon St and the I hover sity of Washington competing in this weekend's tourney, it should give us an idea of how we slack up against the rest of the Pm ifu Northwest schools for league play this spring." said Rugby Capt. Chris l^ntpe February 8, 1995 Volume 'X\ Iuik ‘>4 Cocaine reason for suspension WASHINGTON (Al’) Daffy! Strawberry tested pose live for cocaine on consecu tive days last month, accord ing to documents obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press Strawberry was suspended CO daysby M.i;or t tstgue Baseball Monday tor violating the game s drug policy and terms ot his after care pro gram The San Francisco Quints invneKiiatety roteasrKt hvo Strawberry reused the last two months ot the t9Q4 soa son after admitting to a sub stance abuse problem and seeking treatment Although there was speculation that it was a cocame problem, a was never officially confirmed by representatives of base baft or Strawberry Names in the game PARh-,(AP) Staff! Oral ' ; «*d r. '' it v'. ■ ! top-ranked ivoman pi.iyer is! monlh after missing toume manta tx*i ause of physu al problems. wiil start her come back at the Pans Open next week, tournament officials sa d Tuesday Graf skipped tasf month's Australian Open the first Grand Siam oven! of the sea son and yielded her No 1 r - jU Aranxta Sanchez Vicario " •ng tmaiist HAMBURG, Germany (Al1) George Foremen arrived in Germany on Tues day and faced .1 horde of reporters wanting to know if f?e really would give Gorman Axel Schulz heavyweight title Foreman said he though! (hi) Schulz fight was stiff on and that it would likely be t • ■ Mike Tyson ut ■ >u! <V ..1 .r I offers me a Challenge Foreman began a four day visii af the invitation of a Ger man pay per-viow leiovision as (he Gorman modia report ed that Foreman s attorney, Honry Hofet^CS, w*is siQtitos? fighting unranked Schulz T he bout is set for April 22 m Las Vegas BLOOMINGTON lit) (AP) I'idian.i co.ici Bob Knight has rue' : od retirement several limes this season, and his son sees it as a possibility "I wouldn't be surprised." said Patrck Knight, a senior on the Indiana team The younger Knight said Monday ho doesn't know whether his fattier, coaching the Indiana team (or the 24th season, will call it a carrier at the end of this campaign
