Snavely excels; Ducks struggle in tourney
Chris Metz
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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