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Ducks drop two of three due to lack of pitching Mark McTyre Oeyor, OaXy (rrytrakl With an absence of starting pitcher* over the weekend, the Oregon club baseball team dropped two of three games on its road trip to Centra! Oregon Community College in Band. The Dm ks (i:-45 kicked off their three-game series in disap pointing fashion, by relinquish ing four- and six-run leads in the final inning of each game of a doubleheader on Saturday after noon However. Oregon was able to bounce hack with a vic tory in its final game against its host, behind a superb pitching performance by Oscar Sweeten. Being one of the starting pitchers that wasn't able to make the initial trip to Bend because of prior engagements. Sweeten arrived on Sunday to toss a three-hit complete game en route to a 5-1 victory. In addi tion to allowing just three hits, Sweeten struck out nine batters and walked only one. “Oscar did a good job," Ore gon head coach Mark Walter said. "We really needed a strong complete pitching performance. He did that.” In the victory, Rico Ramirez and Jake Stoops led the offen sive output with two hits apiece. Although the Ducks dropped both ends of their twin bill on Saturday by one run each, the games did not fall short of offen sive highlights. In the first game, third base man Chip Bradley hit a two-run triple in the sixth inning, and in the following contest pitcher Boh Humphreys helped his cause by belting three hits, (ai k ing one of them for a three-run blast in the third inning. UAitA Ml f ?f» l rrw«A) An annual rite of spring on campus, Intramural softball started this week with both regular and coed leagues getting under way Players learning new reality of salaries NEW YORK (Al’J — In the parlance of some agents ami general managers, it's called "taking a shave." All across baseball, players with multi-million dollar salaries are taking multi-million cuts if they don't have super stats to back up their big bucks "It's a changing market out there." Houston Astros general manager Hob Watson said Mon day. "It's been reflei ted in a lot of the signings. It's an indti-ation that the market has changes! Tom Browning went from $:t 5 million to $300,000 when he signed with Kansas (oty Boh Welch dropped from $2,9 mil lion to $225,000 with Oakland Hud Blai k, who made $2 ti5 mil lion Iasi year, signed with Cleve land for $350.0t)0 Mike Dev ereaux dropped from $2,575.(MM;) to SHIM),000 “It's been incredible, just Incredible," acting commission er Hud Selig said Dave Stewart dropped from S ) 5 million to 51 million when he signed with Oakland on Sat urday He didn't seem to mind What the owners are doing now probably should have been done years ago without asking us to fix their problem," h>- said What's going on right now isn't any more than what it should have been," In the deal most criticized by •gents, catcher Pat Harders signed with Kansas City for S lIO.OtKI He made $2 5 million last siirtson with Toronto "I remember making $5 .in hour." Borders Mid "You have to keep things in perspective The salary I jut! signed for, you could make $5 an hour for about 15 years and not make that kind of money " Players and agents say the moves of the past week show the current system of free agency and salary arbitration can adjust to changes in rev enue Owners claim they lost $700 million m revenue l**i ause of the strike ■ CLUB NOTES Joel Hood The Oregon men's and women’s inw teams tattled through unseasonably cold temperatures arid freezing rain List week end In Corvallis to consistent lop fin ishes in each division. Oregon finished no worse than third place in any one division including gold medal perfor mances by two teams. The women's lightweight four team took home gold medal* in the women's 1.000-meter overall finals race and were joined by the women's novice four team who were able to come up gold in the petite team finals We had a lot of strong performances this weekend from our team," men's var sity team rower Zohar Abramovitz said "Despite the terrible weather, everyone was able to do well in their divisions ' Both the men's and women’s varsity team managed third-place medals in the grand finals, holding their own against some of the region's top teams The women's novic e eight team took si* und place in its modal nice, coming up only three seconds shy of gold-medal winner Oregon State's pace The men took home silver medals in both the novice four and novice light weight four divisions, giving Oregon a top three finish in each of the events it entered. "We were very pleased with our per formances," Abramovit* said "We are now iooking to take the next and get first-place medals in all of our divisions. With the improvements that we have made over the last few week* that's not out of the question." Oregon will host the next scheduled regatta at Dexter reservoir on Saturday, April 22. The Covered Bridge Regatta, stationed just outside Eugene, will be a rare "home game'' for Oregon, who will again do battle with some of the North west's toughest teams That list includes the Northwest region's No 1 ranked team. Humboldt Oregon raises record $2 million during drive The Duck Athletic Fund, the fund-raising arm of the University Department of Athletics, has reported record figures in donations following its annual six-week fund drive. Assistant Athletics Director Jim Hartko announced The DAF reported an increase of more than 93 percent in cash donations and pledges to reach a total of $2,091,211 for 1995 More than 120 volun teers were organized into loams in three divisions (Eugene. Portland and all other areas). Hartko said Oregon's first ever outright Pacific-10 Conference footfall title and Rose Howl trip and the Ducks' selection to the NCAA Tournament fields in men's and women s fwskethail contributed to the success of the fund drive Bartko said the annual fund drive helps to offset the cost of scholarships for Oregon student-ath letes. allowing budgeted funds to be earmarked in other areas, such as recruiting, travel and equip ment. TUESDAY April II. 1995 Volume ‘Kv Iwue 12‘> Agassi moves up to No. 1 PONT* VEDHA l\l ACM. f ia (A(’) Andre Agassi, the U S Open and Australian Open champion, was ranked tfw world's No 1 men s ten nis player today tor the fast time, replacing Pete Sam pras. who had been on top tor 8? consecutive weeks ttvj tumboyant Agassi is only the 12th player in the 22? year history ot the men's Computer rankings to hold " No 1 spot He was positioned to move up from No 2 top after defeating Sampras in the final of the I ipton Champi onships March .'*> Boycott plea affecting players HAINES CITY, Fla (AP) A columnist's plea for a tan boycott of me Kansas City Royals' ftom© opener is got tiny oft the nerves of some of the players Jason Whitlock, a colum nist for Trie Kansas City Star has written several columns ufgtng tans to skip the April 26 opener against Baltimore, and says r>«■ s received 1,000 phone i a s supporting the boycott m the last week ON THIS DATE ■ 1912 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants began a 19 -game winning streak with an 18-3 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. ■ 1961 — The Los Angeles Angels won their first major league game with a 1-7 victory over the Orioles at Baltimore Ted Klus/ewski hit two homers for the Angels. ■ 1962 — The New York Mets played their firs! game, losing 11 -4 to the Cardinals In St Louis. ■ 1969 — The Seattle Pilots played their first game, with Gary Bell shutting out the White Sox. 7-0. at Sicks Stadium. ■ 1985 — Seattle's Gorman Thomas hit three homers and drove in 6 runs to lead the Manners in a 14 -6 victory over the Oakland As ■ 1990— Mark Langston made his debut for the Angels by combining with Mike Witt on a no-hitter, leading California over the Seattle Mariners, 1-0 ■ Today's birthdays Bret Saborhagen 31; Wally Whitehurst 31. r mi ru to
