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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1995)
Men’s tennis back on winning track Mark McTyre Oogon ft»>V t The Oregon men’s tennis team wasted no time starting a new winning streak, after having on amazing 20 consecutive victory nm broken by Cal Poly Jinn Luis Obispo over the weekend The Ducks swung bn< k into their winning form against the visiting Portland Pilots on Tues day afternoon at the Esslinger covered courts, taking the contest fi 5- 5. The highlight of the day < aim* in the contest's opener between Oregon's Hans Forsbnrgand Don gal Williams and Portland’s (lluis At/et and Henry Oldham, as the two pairs squared off in doubles action. The i ontest was slated as a r«VBngi* match for the Oregon pair who hatl lost to the opposi tion earlier in the season From the beginning, the two pairs battled in the first to eight games wins competition In the o|H*nmg seven games. em h team had broken the other's serve ont e With the score standing on serve, 4-3. At/etOldham advan tage, the dtio broke Forsberg/Williams again to take a 5-3 lead The Oregon pair, frus trated with their plav . and down a break, regained their ixmiposuru in the match’s next game to stage a comebac k The game lasted nearly 20 min utes as the foes battled at dflUt e With At/et holding the serve he Turn to TENNIS Pa-je 12 Mike Goldstein (front) and John DeVorss helped the Ducks to a clean sweep of Portland Tuesday at the Essllnper covered courts Exchange more than ‘meets’ the eye While the Oregon foot ball team readies itself to defend its Pacific-10 Conference title, and the Oregon basketball team ponders the highlights and what-ifs of a fate ful season, the Oregon wrestling team is spending part of its already-busv off season playing host to a 15-member wrestling delegation from Japan The hospitality — wedged in between the National Kspoir Championships last weekend and the University Freestyle and Greco-Roman Competition later this month — is part of an exchange that will send 15 Ducks on a 13-day lour of Japan on June 17, giving the team a lit tle hit of extra wrestling experi ence and. more importantly, a whole lot of cultural experience "I think it is one of the great est learning experiences you can have." Oregon head coach Ron Finley said. “It really raises your cultural interest “ The Japanese team led by Trkvor Kfvrnja Akihiro Sa!o, a coach from Daito Bufika University in Tokyo came to Oregon on March and has since been given the red carpet treatment not only by Oregon wrestlers, but bv those from Pacific University, Port land State, Clackamas Commu nity College and Southern Ore litil • ■ well In between wrestling each of the schools, the visitors have been everywhere from the coast to Mount St Helens and hack again, giving them more than just a view of a stuffv gym lined with thick wrestling mats and more to do than just watch cable TV in their hotel rooms And while in Japan, the Ore gon delegation will receive the reciprocal of their hospitality in the form of a VIP tour com plete with home-stays with some of the wrestler*, and the chum u to travel on top of get ting the wrestling experience of a lifetime The U. S end of the exchange culminates this Friday with an open dual meet between mem bers of the Oregon squad and the team from Japan at Cottage Grove High S» hool, with Oregon wrestlers dawning non-Oregon singlets and wrestling tm.it tin hed (the NCAA doesn't allow teams to wrestle representing their si hool in non national qualifying meets) But that real I) isn't the highlight of the whole exchange You see, the whole exi flange isn’t for school pride or rw ogni tion; winning or losing isn't the main priority here Sure, the team gets to compete against While i/torls have done n lot of things for o lot of pro pie. the fael of the mat ter is that not every thing eon he learned on tin s field or that mat wrestlers that i! wouldn't other wise vvrextlo. and it gats to yvres tie in Kmiehmes adverse condi tions, but the ext hangn does timeh more than that In a day and age where the Dennis Rodmans and Stove Howes seem to dominate the sports scene, ami where how much money tins person gets compared to others gels a lot more notoriety than what nth ietes do with themselves, the exchange is refreshing, to say the least Turn to WRESTLING Pa.je 12 SuperSonics guard placed on leave SKATTUi {AP) — Seattle SuperSonics guard Kendall Cull, who quarreled with coach George Kurl for much of the season over playing time, was granted on indefinite leave from the team today because of clinical depression. A brief statement issued bv Sonit s president Wally Walker said the diagnosis was con firmed hv two doctors (nil did not a< company the team to Utah for a game tonight against the jazz 'Our biggest concern right now is Kendall Gill and his well being," Walker said The statement quoted Gill as saving. "1 hope to fee! better and contribute on the court as soon as possible, but right now 1 think finding a treatment and recovering must lake precedence over basketball." Gill and Karl have squabbled repeatedly during the season over the fifth-year guard's demand for more playing time The latest clash occurred last Wednesday night when GUI blew up at K iri in the i o.u !i\office Team sourcM told The Seattle Times that co-captain Nate McMillan. Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton later met with Karl to disi uss his treatment of Gill. Gill. 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds, was acquired by the Souks from Charlotte after the 1992-93 season. This season he has appeared in 67 games and has been averaging 14.1 points. 3 9 rebounds and 2 6 assists in 29 4 minutes a game. Ducks return to diamond for pair of Civil War tilts Mark Me Tyre Oregon (\&iy lnwtak! 'llii' Oregon softball team, tinn ing off a three-game winning streak at home, take-* to the roatf Wednesday to face Oregon State in CorvatUe The Din ks (12 15 overall, 3-5 Pa. 10) showed new life over the weekend in back-to-bai k dou blofieadert as they won their final three games. After dropping the first game of a twin-bill with Ari zona State, the Duck-, pounded out 12 hits and scored seven runs in the fourth inning of game two to coast to a c)-2 victory Short stop Kathy Stahl ripped a grand slam in the decisive inning and pitcher Kirn Kampfor pic ked up the complete game win. Oregon kept the momentum rolling the nest day behind two additional strong pitching per formam.es by k.impfer, on route toft-Oami 3-1 victories ov»r Stan ford Right fielder Angie l.uRoy belted her third homo run of the season in the clotting game. The ('.ivil War matchup should prove to ho a vital one for both teams os their itn.uids m the f’li ific 10 Conferem o art* almost orpin 1 The Beavers (7-0, 2 4) are coming off encouraging splits with Arizona State and Stanford over the weekend Oregon Stale, which did not win a conference game last year, is pet ed by Amy Warner ( 333 batting average. 22 hits, and seven RHi) and Angela Cooper ( 28ti avg., it) hits, and three stolen bases) The Beavers bent the Ducks earlier this season at the UNLV Spring Fling. 4-1, to narrow Ore gon’s lead in the overall series to 58 47. APR 11 5. \ olumc |\\uc I 25 Bo knows retire ment M )HU { A ,i AP) Bo Jackson once .1 star >n two doc oed to rei^o from t>.iv bit and wt nove to ,1 third arena acting m movies and on t©ievi8ioo hie busi ness manager said Tuesday * t - Mi Koe * ; .n - . fl 1 * . > - s ■ - . I - ■ ■ Mi -* o ■. t d J. 1 kscic reaii/ed dunng the wight months of the baseball strike that rh' wanted to spend ■' 'i- ' ■ iV tr-, h--, wife and three children n Chicago He stud fie made his deci ’< > retoe Mi w.itay i' d does not plan any genera! news conference to e'.ibo ratw She said he told USA Tmliy of his plans and was to talk today with sports writer and television commentator Dick Schaap Women’s crew team returns from San Diego TNs Of f'' t i if 1 Wl tf I u') \ ( ff/vV team competed in one oi the nation s largest regalias over the weekend, with trie novice women placing second in tn© petit finals competition Trie Oregon varsity women Competed »n trie San Diego Visitor s Cup where the some what ifMupe- enced cew fin ■ shed strong but did not advance to the finals in their division ON THIS DATE ■ 1950 — Art Wall birdies five of the last six holes to cap a final round 66 and edge Fred Hawkms by one stroke to capture the Masters ■ 1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sets an NBA record with 41 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 115-104 victory over the Boston Celtics and 3-0 lead in Eastern Division playoffs ■ 1972 — For the first time ever, the major leagues tail to open Decause oi a strike that started on Apnl 1 and would not be settled until April 13. ■ 1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hits a sky hook in the Los Angeles Lakers' 129-115 victory Over the Utah Jazr to become the all time NBA scorer I Ml MAID
