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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1995)
Bid to ban boxing adds to bizarre year Following Ihi' tragedy of American boxer ('.eraId McC.lellan. who was hospi talized with a blood clot in hts brain after losing to Britain's Nigel Benn in Saturday's VVBC super-middleweight title fight. Britain has again raised the issue of twinning Iwxing Ban lioxing because it is too violent? Now. I'm not the biggest box ing fan in the world, nor uni I a big fan of knock-down-drag-out violence, but we are talking about boxing hero. This is not golf This is not bowling it goes Trhok Kkarnky without saving that along with this job comes hazards, and the iith'leh-s that choose to Imu know that. It is riot like anyone is forcing them into the ring, nor is it as if they go into the profession look in# for job se< uritv and a nit << little pension plan They know that standing in a ring duktng it out with sornnone is not exa< tly as safe as working in a movie theater or pushing a p«ni;il at a desk These guys take risks There is no question about that Hut they ( hoose to take those risks in favor of earning a whole lot of money, so I really don't think it is anyone's plat e to take their jobs away from them - And SOmS "t these aspiring boxers don't have very many other i ham.es in life, so boxing offers them .i chance in develop a skill nnd use i! lu Ihs nine sue tessful Some kids <iri* fori ml to fight their way out of nearly every sit ini11on they fin e, and though I'm not saving that is net essari ty right some of today s bos ors have actually capitalized on these unfortunate situations In that respect, the profession of hosing inis given some young men « chance that they itngfii not have otherwise had All of the pros of timing aside. Turn to KEARNEY. P.i je 10A Mariners offer bonus to players PKORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The Seattle Mariners' minor league and replacement players have been offered a $100 bonus per exhibition game if they'll play. That's to compensate the play ers for any pressure they may feel from the striking players' union, which is strongly advis ing minor leaguers to boycott the games, said Woody Wood ward, the Mariner's vice presi dent of baseball operations Those who agree to play also will receive an additional $80 per day, the normal daily major league allowance during spring training Since camp opened on Feb. 20. players have received Sit) a day, plus lunch and hotel rooms. The players must make a deci sion by Tuesday so manager Lou Pilliella ntui his coaching slaft can put together a team for I-'ri doy's Cactus Leagues opener against the Chicago Cubs at Peo ria Stadium. Players can change their minds at any time and forfeit the extra money. On Thursday. Mariners man agement will designate a Cactus League roster, probably between 45 and 55 of the 94 players in tamp, made up of those players interested in playing "That's a joke," said Mariners' pitcher Chris Bosio, who is in Arizona waiting for a settlement. "What are they trying to do, buy them off?" A player who has signed specifically as a potential replacement player probably will be sent home if he decides not to make himself available, and reluctant minor league play ers will continue to work out and receive the $10 per diem. "It is unfortunate that the union has put these players in this set of circumstances." Woodward said. " These kills are not members of the union, yet the union is trying to bully them into not playing spring training games. The players are con i erned and don't appreciate being put in this position." 11 S 1ACTI The Oregon men's lacrosse team kicked oft Its season in winning tashlon beating Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran last weekend The team will play in Portland Sunday Lacrosse team takes pair on road Joe) Hood Oregon Pj.*/ tmet.r J In its first games of the spring season, the Oregon men's lacrosse team rolled to a pair of lopsided road victories The Ducks t<x>k care of Puget Sound 16-4 on Saturday and Pat ifie Lutheran to 7 on Sunday. Oregon, now 2-0 in league, trailed Puget Sound 4-2 through the first quarter before scoring 14 unanswered goals and cruising to the 16-4 win. "Our younger players really stepped up this weekend," player/t.oat h lan Haight said "Especially our defense We cornpletely shut down UPS in the second half." The Du( ks never trailed against Pacific Lutheran on Sunday. Oregon took a 5-1 halftime lead and extended it to 10-7 in the second half Senior attacker Matt Wade led Oregon in scoring for the weekend with seven goals Me had four in Saturday’s rout of Puget Sound Freshmen mid fielders Jeff Erickson and Schuyler Harrison both con tributed to the [lurks’ onslaught with six goals between them. Although Orugon wus able to si or*’ i» season-high 1ft goals against UPS on Saturday. Haight credits the two victories to the defense. lumor midfielder Paul lairdy was second in si oring for the Ducks on Sunday with two goals and an assist. Oregon is si hoduled to play two more league games over the weekend, versus the Mult nomah men's club at home on the Southhank Field on Satur day and against l.ewis a Clark in Portland on Sunday O’Bannon named player of the week Kor th» second straight week, as wall as the fourth time this season, UCLA senior forward Kd O'Bannon was named the Pacific 10 player of week on Monday O'Bannon now owns five career player of the week awards Since the honor began with the 1983-1984 season, only six players have won it mure i}ftn with former (IHgOO Stale guard I 111) Payton owning the most with nine A 6-foot-fi native of laikewood, Calif., O'Ban non led the No. 1 Bruins to a 3-0 week with Ins 86 points and 28 rebounds. In Tuesday's 88-77 win over Stanford. O'Ban non had twain highs of 22 points, nine rebounds, fivo blocked shots and three steals to go with five assists Against California on Thursday, ho hit for a game-high 27 points while equaling Reggio Miller's school record with seven three-pointers. In Sunday's drubbing of Duke, he erupted for a career-high 37 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. O'Bannon is now second in the Pac-10 in scor ing. averaging 20.6 points |>er game and is third in rebounds with 8 t per contest Also nominated for the award were Arizona's Damon Stoudamire, who scored 60 points last week including his first career triple double. / February 2.H, I9*)5 Volume '*>. luuc If w Top Twenty Five By The Associated Press The top 25 teams m The A-.-arited Press' cottage t.u'.featba*! poti. rvitht.is! place votes in parentheses, records through f eb 26 Total points based on 25 points tor a tirst place vote through one point tor a 25th pi,K e vote and previous ranking Record Pt» Prv 4 voc 404 14 306 19 !9 Olfw t(#cetvw«g mows utan MR. W KorKucky 89 Qoor^a l*cl» 13. Oregon IS *.<.'•{/ .’4 IiiM 19 N C Ou;W'' U Teiif, IS M .- *<4 10 1W. 10 SI low. 10 Uom Si 10 Goo^m 8 Co* aI C1W*sfort 6, i «« 5 Sartt CWd 3 M.t M-’fi?.Ml : Mii’1 Ow>? fwnpW ? Tittne 7. ©ncwisUi ! 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