Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1995)
Duck golfers swing into final day at fifth rsris nenry Oe0on CmuM The Oregon women's golf team, in fourth pla« <■ following the first day, slipped to fifth after carding a ,103 on Tuesday ill the Nike-Pni ific- JO Confer ence Women's Golf Champi onships. Two-time defending N( AA champion Arizona State increased its lead to a com manding 18-stroke advantage following a sei ond round score oi zun The 54-hole championship is being played at the Treating Tree Golf Course in Corvallis and concludes today The Sun Devils have carded a 576 through 3fi holes and hold a comfortable margin over sec ond-place UCLA at fin4 going into the final dav of plm Stanford is in third with a SUM. followed by Arizona at 600 and Oregon at 602 Washington at R04. USC at 613, tIregon State .it 830 and Washington Statu at 840 round out th» field of nine r*„ Seniors Shannon Hare am) Karls Mills led the Dinks efforts on Tuesday, tying for fourth with sis other golfers shooting HO Hare shot a one under par '1 on Tuesday while Mills carded a one-over par 73 "Things are going really well.” Oregon head coach l.ar.i Mai k Tennant said. "1 think we're in a really good position 1 think the girls are confident and we have a really good chain e to finish holier than **.• ever h.no before." The Sun Devils posted three of the top four scores on Toes day and their other two com petiton* finished in the top t'i to help Arizona State maintain its lead. Arizona State senior Wend) Ward is tied with Arizona's Heather ('.raff for the individual lead at HI Jeers, cheers for baseball in season opener MIAMI (AI’J baseball returned Tuesday night with a big crowd, a few boos and a powerful performance by Raul Mondesi Inst season’s National League rook ie of the year hornered twit e, doubled and drove in four runs to help the Los Angeles Dodgers be.it the Florida Mar lins 8-7. ending the splintered sport 's record 257-day layoff Although there wore a few thousand empty seats on opening night, the crowd of 42,125 was announced as a sellout. The Marlins rallied from an H 2 deficit, scoring four times In the ninth inning before Rudy Soane/, struck out rookie Charles Johnson to end the game. 1 lif fans greeted the players with a mixed reception. lust prior to the game, both teams lined up along the base paths and tipped their caps toward the stands in a gesture of reconciliation follow ing the longest strike m baseball history "Thanks to the loyal, patient and knowledgeable baseball fans of South Florida." the public address announc er said. The crowd jeered. Then came the first pitch of pro baseball's 126th season, albeit 23 days and 2 minutes late At 7:3? p.m KDT, Florida's John Burkett threw a fastball that was fouled off The crowd cheered Tarry Pendleton, who hit a home run in Ins first at-bat for the Marlins, hit a two-run single during the rally in the ninth Greg Colbrunn also hit an RHI single off Todd Worrell before Sea nor relieved for a save. Ramon Martinez allowed two runs in six innings and broke a 2-all tie with an RHI double in the fifth. Antonio Osuna pitched 2 2-3 innings before Worrell and Siumn/ entered Burkett allowed six hits and five earned runs in 4 2-3 innings COUNTtSY PHOTO Oregon cyclist Graham Simpson (front) breaks away from the pack en route to a first place finish over the weekend. Eric Roesinger (back) finished third. Cycling Ducks earn nationals bid Joel Hood F(y tfw (>ogn*: Hatty CmaraM The Oregon cycling teem returned to at lion over the weekend with two rat es Uun reaffirmed the itut ks as a team to be ret koneti with tn the Fact(ic Northwest Conference. With .1 third-place showing in Saturday 's t ri terium in Spokane. Wash,, to go with a first and .1 third in Sunday's road rate in Cheney. Wash . Oregon moved into second place in the confer ence and qualified for nationals in Reno. Nev . on June 3 and a On Sfliufdsv f1 f jl U c .»n fj-ItL-rjjs *cck advantage of a slow pace at the start of the t ri terium event and sprinted to the front of the pat k The two Oregon rider* were soon joined by three other riders from various schools in the Northwest to solidify the lead pn< k Despite the early break, the five riders were able to sustain their lead and roll to victors On the final lap. however. Ryan Carlson c ollided with another rider and was unable to finish lbs brother, link, collected third place for the Out ks On Sunday, the pool of eight collegiate teams moved the competition to Cheney lor the loop ing 7t) mile road rat e Oregon senior Graham Simpson followed what his teammates had done the day lie fore and broke away from the pa< k at the -inmile mark Turn to CYCLING. I’a ;e \? Seahawks’ Erickson cited for drunken drivina KIRKLAND. Wash (AP) — Seattle Seahawks coach Dennis Erickson was cited r«« ently for drunken driving, Krii kson and a prosecutor confirmed Tuesday Erickson was stopped A[>rtl lr> on Interstate a near Marysville, in Snohomish County He vvas cited for a blood-alcohol level of .23, said Snohomish County Deputy Prosecutor James Townsend. A level of .10 is considered the legal threshold for intoxication in Washington state "1 havo no excuses," Erickson told a hastily called Tuesday afternoon news conference at Seahawks headquarters. "It was an awful mistake. I regret it It's embarrassing. I apologize to the organization, to this community. It's been a tough learning process and it'll never happen again All I (.an do is apologize." He said he had no similar inoi •Units in his past A Washington State Patrol spokesman said he knew of no other Erickson DUl citations in Washington The .Seahaw ks hired Erickson from the University of Miami in January to replace Tom Flores, fired afte' the NFL team posted a 14-d4 record during his three sea sons at the helm Erickson, an Everett native, coached the Miami Hurricanes to two national championships and ■ i i< iAi record in six seasons A Seahawks spokesman said th« team would have no com ment on the matter until the prosecution was over Arraignment was set for May 3, Townsend said. Erickson was o<irt)i)M>und on 1 5 when his driving drew the attention of Trooper Douglas Downey, patrol spokesman Lt Turn to DUI, Page 1? i /rr\K\rrr\k\i fl/LI tftiLA I ) \\/ Mir I \lr \ In ¥ rVI l /ill it /HI i f U.L/ i I i \ j April 2(\ IW5 V ivluinc K Mic I -V i CAL-iber A look at Cal Ripken counting down to Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive games piayod ■ CAL-endar They Baltimore Orioles I open thee season Wednesday afternoon at Kansas City ■ CAL-cutating Ripken ti ts ptayed in 2,009 straight gamer. He needs 122 more to break Gehrig's mark ■ CAl-ibrating: 321 different major leaguers have ptayed shortstop since Ripken began playing there every day in 1982, The New York Yankees have used the moat, 71 I MS MAl o Conners team receives threats SAN Dlf GO (AP) Dennis Conner s Americas Cup team has received two threat ening phono calls prompting poiii c to investigate Tues day C o throat reported by the watt directed at Connor, Skipper 01 the y,n 'it Star:. & Stripe'., syndicate Spokes woman Barbara Schwartz said She would r>ot elaborate on the call *' me f t occurred Monday and the other happened last week Both were made to IN' loam compound on San Diego Bay t hey wore not death threats; they were threatening phone calls.' Schwartz said "I don't know it they are relat ed in any way ' ON THE TUBE April ?6 \ / ■ 10 30 a.m. ESPN — Major League Base ball. T ex as at N Y Yankees or at 2 p m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati ■ t p m. TBS Major League Baseball, San Francisco at Atlanta ■ t p.m. ESPN Major League Basel jail. NY Mats at Colorado or Oakland at Toronto ■ /:30 p.m. ESPN — Major League Baseball, Houston at San Diego or Detroit at California l Ml MAI.C
