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Rookie music to Brooks’ ears
■ NFL: Rookie kicker
Sieve McLaughlin's guitar
ts liked around camp
ST LOUIS (API The St
Louis Rem*' new kit ki>r is a nat
ural for that NFL hazing exnr
i iso where th«• rookies are
forted to sing their college fight
song
Steve McLaughlin le<! an
alternative rock hand tailed Pet
the Fish at the University of
Arizona lie brought a strong
log. and a guitar, to training
camp
ft started off as just a
•
surprised me hem a lot of peo
ple took it more seriously than I
did I never lot It get in the wav
of football
Since NCAA rules prohibit
st holarship athletes from hold
ing a paving job during the
school year, the hand was limit
ed to playing three < haritv
events Hut Pel the Fish record
iel a demo tape in Mav for see
oral interested rei ord compa
nies, and a compact dtsi could
he released soon Mi Laoghlin
likens the Iwnd's sound to that
of early RKM or I I
"1 don't like to categorize it,
but it seems to appeal to every
hods Mi Laughlin sml
Fven coach Rich Brooks
doesn't mind
"It's line that he's got some
other talents.'' Brooks said
He's a pretty good golfer, too "
Mi Langhlin's kicking i ertain
ly <aught the attention of thr*
Ram*, who took him in the
third round of tin- draft They've
never taken a ku k«<r higher
They also released veteran
Tony Zendeja* before training
c amp, removing the compete
tion Then they signed
Sfi loughlm to a four year Si 1
million deal For the rlinr her.
the only otfier kn k<>r they invit
ed to camp, Steve Starcevuh.
was cut on Sunday
"It s a great opportunity for
me," said Mr 1-uughlin who also
punted in t allege "They took
me in the third round and when
somebody does that it’s a good
compliment and I just need to
show them they were right
The biggest difference
between M< l .mghlin and
Z.eildejas is leg strength.
Ml i.a-.cl; ill! v\ .IS • ii ,r 1 !
SO yards or beyond in his tol
lege i amor. while Zendegis was
1 for-5 beyond the 40 last sea
son with a long of only 4,4
yards
Mi l.nughiin kicked a 54
yarder last year, and once boot
ed a 72 yarder in pregame
warmups
He s accurate, too l-nst season
he set a si bool record by going
24-for-29. si ored 95 points, and
won the I.ou Groza Award as
the nation's top kicker
Now that he's in the pros.
Mi l.atighlin believes it's going
to get even easier T he hash
marks tir< set wider in college.
making for more difficult
angles
Another plus is once the S2W)
million domcsd stadium is com*
plot«». probably in lima for tht*
fourth game of the season Oc t
22 against San Fronciw o, he'll
be kicking indoors in home
games That means no wind
variables, no gusts knot king «i
perfect attempt off line
Th« other guvs hate it. they
get s< rate hed up and burned,”
Mi l.aughlin said, referring to
tfie artific ial turf required
indoors Hut as lar ns a kn ker
goes, it's a dream **
McLaughlin said the biggest
adjustment will he kic king for
money
"it s just tht* mental part, the
adiustment to the NFL. those
sorts of pressures." Meljiughlin
said You’re not kic king for fun
anymore, you're trying to put
food on people’s tables "
He said he long ago prepared
himself for occasional failure.
"'Nobody does the job perfec t
ly. nobody,” he said "You have
to understand you're going to
miss some, and you've got to .
make* the dec ision earlv on in
your career so you can deal
with the* pressure "
And the ex pec lotions.
''Hey. kic ker in the third
round, 1 know what that
means, " he said "But when
there's three seconds left and
you go in there and nail it, you
love the kic ker "
Emeralds’ woes don’t stop Trippy
■ BASEBALL: •< ; ,y t.
struggling, but this steady center
' cider ceda^ty isn't
By Mark McTyre
I hi lingerie I.rmmilds hint* had a disap
pointing week and a half, winning only I of
12 games and dropping from 4 . to 8 . games
behind Southern Division-leading Portland
But it hadn't stopped center fielder Joe
Trippy from fieiog the consistent Itall plaver
that he has been all year
For the season. Trippv is hatting 32ft in
1" garni” piaveii with 1U doidiies. .■ home
run. 21 KH1 and IS stolen bases Within the
numbers have come some pretty important
hits lus last one being on July _’H
t'rippy. who was getting the night off,
was tailed upon by manager Puul.Kunge to
pun h hit for Jason Shy in the bottom of the
ninth to lead off the inning With his team
trailing 6-<t, the speedy Trippy took advan
tage of an error by Bellingham's renter
fielder Ales Morales and stretched what
was to lx- a double into a triple He would
later store ns his team went on to win in 10
innings, 7-6
The fan favorite and his teammates will
return to Cavil Stadium Thursday, from a
five game series in f.verett, to fate division
foe Southern Oregon
MA i m MK' fi W'i 5535
Joe Trippy, one of the Ems' beat offensive weapons,
quickly became a tan tavorlle in Eugene because ot his
great play and his demeanor with the crowd
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