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Snavely excels; Ducks struggle in tourney Chris Metz ChtQQn 0a*V Eftw&d Oregon's Tod Snavoly ti«d for second. hut the Ducks finished 14th out of Jfi teams at the Cleveland Golf Southwestern Intercolle giate Golf Tournament .it the North Ram h Country Club in Westlake Village. Calif, on Tuesday. With an HIM), Stanford eked out a 1 stroke victory over Oklahoma in windy conditions while New Mexico finished third with an HUH on the par 7t. B,797-yard course just outside of l.m Angeles (treyon finished up the 54-holt* event with a 925 Snavelv fired a tournament t»»st ft# in tht> first round before finishing the event with a second-round 79 and a 72 in the final round to cart! a 219. three strokes Itehmd Pepper dine s Mike Walton Snavely finished in a five wav tie for second. Stanford's Tiger Woods. Arizona Stale’s Todd Dempsey. Fresno State's |on Hetteni ourt and San lose State's Arron Oberholser all posted s< tires of 2t‘) “For Ted to finish second in this field, that's very impressive." Oregon com h Steve Nosier s.ml “The course was very diffic ull. and the conditions were very windy, causing the high scores ' Other Oregon scores itu luded Paul Kegali 2 32, Jeff Bartley 23H. Joel Stock 238 and J | Astorquin 25 J The ihn ks next see action ill the Western Collegiate at Santa Cm/. C alif , April H>-11 Florida man charged in replacement player death VVKST PALM BKACH, Fin (AP) — A Florida man with a long criminal record was ( harmed Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a pitcher hoping to make the Atlanta Braves ns a replacement player. The arrest of Neal Douglas Evans. :t(). brought sentiments of outrage from police and the Braves when it was learned of his record and that ho was an early release convict wanted on a parole violation when the (rime occurred. Evans was charged with first degree murder and attempted armed robbery in the slaying of Dave Shotkoski, 31, of Hoffman Estates, III., last Friday in a botched armed robbery attempt. "It's unfair and a real tragedy not only for IShotkoski's) fam ily and for West Palm Beach, but for all the nation,” said Atlanta general manager John Schuer holz "Too much of that goes on and they need to seriously do something about it.” Evans, of West Palm Beach, has been in Florida prisons on con victions of burglary, vehicle theft, drug possession and weapons charges, among others, state offi cials said. Evans was given conditional releases from prison three times, but each time he violated the terms of his release and was returned to prison, said Debbie Buchanan, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Correc tions. He was free on his fourth con ditional release when Shotkos ki was slain, she said “Where was the incentive for him to stop committing crime?" asked police Sgt. John English, "lie wasn't being punished to any great extent . It's a problem that our whole country is exponent ing We have so many violent criminals, so many regular crim inals just walking our streets ” Shotkoski — who is survived by a wife and an 8-month-old daughter — was shot several times just before dark during an after-dinner stroll on a service road near the hotel where he was staying with other Braves replace ments. Investigators said Evans was Turn to SHOTKOSKI. Page 14 Kickin’ it >*atm w unt.T tjnurrr «r Junior Carrie Miller practices her soccer moves Tuesday afternoon while taking advantage of the unusually warm weather. Temperatures are expected to remain In the upper AO's through Friday CANS, Okla. {AP) —One stop sign. One gen era! store. One school. One part-time police offi cer It takes just one mile to get through Cans, home of one 7-foot (.enter who in these parts has become a legend In any other town. Oklahoma State's Bryant Reeves might have made the folks bat k home proud * Big Kight player of the year as a sopho more, first team All-Big Kight three straight years Charles Ballard said Tuesday. "But anyone who follows college basketball knows about Bryant Reeves, and anyone who knows about Bryant Reeves knows about Cans." Cans, population 218, is located 15 miles west of the Arkansas border Most residents either raise cattle or, like Reeves' father, work in Fort Smith, Ark. The school has about 280 students and for years had just one sport until baseball was added tins year. Drivers in pickup trucks wave at every one they pass. The community is so tight that Reeves once rejected suggestions that he move to a bigger and now a berth in the Final Four Reeve# did more than that He put Cans on the map. "People never would have known where it was, " school Superintendent I MEHAlO school to improve hi* chances ol playing major college basks!!!;!!! "Bryant didn't want to." said his mothor, Car olyn. n teacher's aids. "Ho said this was his homo And they found htm." Indiana coach Boi> Knight came to Cans. and so did Eddie Sutton from Oklahoma State Torn Kennedy remember* "o large crowd - about :t(l" turning out for Sutton's visit 'We had a big supper and he talked about Bryant, how he wanted to take him up there to Stillwater and see what he could do." said Kennedy, who lives a few houses down from Reeves' grandmother "Ol' Sutton had some faith Bryant was awkward because lie was growing so fast But coach Sutton knew more than the rest of us." Reeves indeed was a project at Oklahoma Turn to REEVES, Pag*} 14 Volume 9t>, Issue I2<> Ducks add two players to spring roster fho University of Oregon football roster has been altered six days before (he opening of spring drills, i h iudmg the addition of two players lo the Ducks' offen sive unit i t n M>e lk>: <>t’ said receiver Jarrviai Wa are has :-iM.i” ’ied foschool and w u lake part in doits dur mg Apr:l However, senior comerback Isaac Walker. a starter during itie 1093 sea son and an important reserve tor Oregon's Pacific-10 Con ference champion last fait, has been dismissed from school for academic defioen In addition, freshman la» back David Crump has joined the squad for the spring aca deme term Crump signed with Oregon a year ago, but delayed Ns enrollment to improve Ns academic stand ing Wan.ce has attended Con tra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif, and Lane Com munity College since last faff. ON THIS DATE ■ 1929 - The Boston Bfuws win the Stanley Cup with a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers to complete a two-game sweep. ■ 1940 — Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paychek in the second round at Madison Square Garden to retain his world heavyweight title ■ 1941 — Wisconsin, led by Gene Englund's 13 points, wins the NCAA championship with a 39-34 victory over Washington State ■ 1966 —- Muhammad All retains his world heavy* weight title by beating George Chuvalo with a 15 round decision at Maple l eat Gardens in Toronto. ■ 1981 — Louisiana Tech routs Tennessee 79-59 tor the AIAW basketball title ■ 198? — Michael Jordan's jump shot with 16 seconds left gives North Carolina a 63-62 victory Over Georgetown (or the NCAA championship. ■ 1984 — The NFL Colts leave Baltimore in a hurry, trucking its equipment out ot town m a midnight dash (or Indianapolis. ■ 1987 — Tennessee routs Louisiana Tech 87 44 to win the NCAA. EMERALD
