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Valenzuela heads list of baseball survivors NEVV YORK (AIM Fernando Valenzuela is staying. Felix Jose and Jeffrey Hammonds are gone Teams had until the end of Monday night's games to cut their rosters to 25 from 2B. the expanded limit set for the first three weeks of the season Many didn't even wait for the dead line. Valenzuela, the chuhhs left hander signed by Son Diego dur ing the offseason, was thought to be on liie bubble, but Padres general manager Kandy Smith said he wouldn't lie cut. "He's had three starts, and two of them I think he did a nice job in,'' Smith said, “He doesn't have the same stuff he once did. hut he’s a real professional and knows how to pitch. 1 think he's been a good influence on the club." Valenzuela, who claims to in* 94. is 0-2 with a tv 14 KHA. the third lowest in the Padres' rota tion He has allowed 1(1 hits, including three homers, in 14, 2 ( innings, striking out eight and walking four. Hammonds, thought of as a possible Rookie of the Year going into last season, was optioned on Sunday to Bowiu of the Rustem League He was just 4-for-t‘J this season with one homers and three RHls. 1'he Orioles c leared another spot by plac ing outfielder Andy Van Siyke outfielder on the 15 day disabled list on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 11. Kansas City tossed three play ers out of the organization Out fielder Felix Jose was released and infielders Keltic Miller and Russ Me Ginnis were ploc ed on unconditional release waivers Jose was just 4-for Ml with no homers and one RBI Miller was 5-for-t5 and McGinnis was 0 for-5 Houston optioned right-hon tier Doug Hrocatl to t riple A Tucson, sen! left-hander Koss Powell outright to the same club and traded catcher Scooter Tin ker to Cleveland for minor league left-hander Matt Williams Tucker played in five games this season with the Astros, hit ting itHii with one homer and one RBI Boston optioned pitchers Mike Hartley and Frank Rodriguez and infielder Steve Rodriguez to Pawtucket of the International League, und Cleve land optioned pitcher Chad Ogea and infielder David Bell to Buffalo of the American Associ ation. HAtAl* M Xl'il Ml RYlfmmm! Varsity crew members, David Neevei. Craig Gerlach, Todd Matthes and Zoey Abramovltr are at Dexter by 7:00 a m. every morning practicing for upcoming competitions. Crew stays hot, ready for PCC Joel Hood For the Ofrg<n fJa>,V f mecisj Over the weekend the Oregon men's end women s crow teams reaffirmed their dominance in the West Region with a multitude of top finishes a! the regional competition in Van couver, Wash Aided by a stiff tail wind, the men's novice four team upset the No 1 ranked Washington squad In a half second in the day's closest race It was a crushing defeat for the Huskies who had iieen undefeated much of the year. "That was quite a spectacular race," Oregon men's novice four member Joel Ramsey said. All year we have had a good boat but never got the chain e to show it in a lug time rat e We knew we could do it, and we did it It was a great feeling “ The men's varsity four boat rat ed to its liest time this year in the 2,000-meter race but had to settle for fourth place overall in the pool of 15 teams The undefeated Washington team blew away from the competition and will be ranked No l going into the Pacific Coast Championships next week end Oregon should h« in the top three in their t»'st perforinam e of the year. the men's light weight four team crushed rival ilumhoidl State to take s>h ond plate overall Due to 1I msl' tent top finishes, the team w ill chuck the ’‘light weight'' from their title and race as varsity nest weekend in the ( hampionshi ps. The women s novice eight and novice four teams each took second plat e amid tough compc tition The novice eight team, which has been ranked No l mm h of the season, wilt keep that honor nest weekend in the championships File women's varsity four team scored a third place finish for Oregon in one of the day s closer events. 'it was }u(t a great day for the whole Oregon . team." Oregon head i oar h Phil Husse said. "The men's novice four rat e was very exciting and worked out well for us Oregon will travel this weekend to Sacramento, Calif , for the Pacific Coast Championships Emotions differ for latest Hall inductees SPRINGFIKI.D, Moss (AP) Knrwiti Abdul-Jabtmr was quiet ly proud Cheryl Miller spent a sleepless night. But the two people who had waited longest — the Minneapo lis Inkers combo of coach John kundla and forward Vern Mikkelsen — were deiurtnined to savor every moment of their enshrinement Mnnda\ m the Bas ketball Hall of Fame. ‘Tin so high 1 don’t know when I'll come down.'1 said Mikkelsen. who pioneered the power forward position for the Lakers' first dynasty Mikkelsen had been nominat ed seven times since 1979 "Sometimes things are sweet er for the wait." fie said "And going in with my coach is the icing on the cake " kundlu. who guided the I.ak ers to six league titles in the sev en years from t'WH through 19S4. had a simple explanation for his long wait "With the players 1 had 1 was expet.tod to win." he said, listing Hatl-of-Farners George Milm, Jim Pollard, Slater Martin. (Hyde l.ovellettn and Klgin Baylor "If 1 hadn't. J would and should have been fired." Kundla said "But the only time people noticed us was when wo lost " Also inducted in the ilall of Fame were Anne Donovan, a throe-time Olympian and b-foot H standout at Old Dominion: longtime Soviet coach Aleksan dr Gomelsky, and the late refer ee Karl Strom In the lieginning Abdul-Jabbur saw basketball as a "neat way to gel a free college education " But by the time he retired from the game, lit! was .1 rtn ord brt'iik trig legend From the time lit* stepped on tin' court a! Power Memorial High School in Now York City through three NCAA championships at UCLA and 20 years amt sis championships in tho NBA, he dominated the game as few have lie scored a record 44,1-to points, and played more games (1.797) and blocked more shots (than any player in NBA history He was an All-Star HI times and the league's most valu able player six times ''The more he played, the more I respected him for the way he performed,” said Hall of-Famer jerry West, now executive vice president of Isisketlvill operations for the takers, "lie is the greatest player of all time ” Turn to FAME, Pago 1? May 16, IW5 Volume 96, Issue I 54 NBA All-Defensive Team NEW YORK (AP) The 1994 9b NBA All Defensive leans as selected by the NBA head coaches with first team volt", in parentheses ansi tolal ix>ints Voting was done a ?•1 basis first Team 1 orwards Scottie Ptppon, Chicago!??) 4(>. Dermis Rod man. San Antonio t IS) 35 Center David Robinson, San Antonio (10) ?? Guards Gary Payton, Seattle (19) 4 t Mootsie Blay lock Ali.r'ta (11) a.’ Second Team forwards Horace Grant, Orlando (6) 18, Derrick Me K oy. Indiana (,')} 13 Center Oik erode Mutornbo, Denver (10) ?6 Guards dorm Stockton. Utah (4) 14 Nate Mc Millan Seattle (?) >3 Oregon’s Lemke named to All-Acade mic team Or«K)o< outfielder Mote .a l efnk© txieo named to the CjTI Ac odeimc AU-DiStnci vili Soft ban Team and a finalist for national ail-Ameri ca honors, District VMi Coor dinator Stacey King announced tiKlay IcHnko a sopd<xr*0f© ffOiTt Shady Cove, c&rftos an ovor ah <)u -icJh point aver ago of 3 29 »n iho hold of £:*0fCiSo and MOv^ri wint Sc*efico ON THE TUBE May 16 *. / ■ 1 p.m ESPN Sailing, Amer tea's Gup F trials, race No. 7, at San Diego (if necessary) ■ 4 p.m TNT — NBA Playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinal game No. S, Chicago af Orlando ■ 4 30 p m ESPN — NHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference quarterfinal game No 6, Quebec at N V. Rangers OR Pittsburgh at Washington ■ 4 3*> p.m TBS — Major League Baseball. Colorado at Atlanta ■ 6 30pm TNT —NBA Playoffs, Western Conference semifinal game No 5. LA Lakers at San Antonio ■ 7:30 p.m TBS — NBA Playoffs. Western Conference semifinal game No. 5. Houston at Phoenix t Mt IWU)
