Emerald
TUESDAY
October 31, 1995
TODAY IN SPORTS
Oregon travels north
to play Pilots
tonight
The Du< ks wit! toko a
short road trip tonight to
fai e Portland in their final
non-conference game of the
year
Tho Pilots and the Ducks
will face off for the second
time this year, the last meet
ing brought Oregon its first
Mi Arthur Court victory in
1905 and gave rookie head
coach Cathy Nelson her first
victory in front of the home
crowd. The Ducks swept
the Pilots 15-7, It. 14, la-1 I
junior outside hitter Ann
Mi Neel It'd the team with 1 1
kills, and sophomore outside
hitter Shelby Kdwards and
. redshirt freshman middle
blocker Madeline Hrnst eat h
had 10 kills. Oregon led at
the net with 21 team blocks.
For the Pilots, junior mid
dle hlocker Dawn Fudaly had
13 kills and freshman outside
hitter Staci Asher had 12.
Portland has a record of 7
16 and the Ducks are only
slightly better with a 7 IS
overall record
Ducks tied for
second at Texas
tournament
The Oregon women's golf
team was in a three-way tie
for second place following
the first two rounds of play
at the Lady Cardinal Invita
tional in Beaumont. Texas,
Monday. The Ducks trailed
only the Beavers, who shot a
team score of 831 to finish
the first day 15 strokes !«*t
ter than Oregon. Tulane and
North Texas
Oregon senior Christel
Tumori was in a two-way tie
for second among the inch
x iduals with a nine-over-par
score of 153. Laura Kolf of
North Texas led the 12-team
field with a combined score
of 152. Tomori had rounds of
77 and 78 to lead the llucks
Senior Susie Roh fired a
180 to place Nth for Oregon
Play com,hide-, nxlav in the
54-hole tournament being
played at the par 72,8.093
yard Beaumont Country Club.
Hargrove rewarded
contract extension
CLEVELAND (AP) — The
Cleveland Indians have
exercised the 1997 option
on the contract of manager
Mike Hargrove, who led the
team to its first World Series
appearance since 1954
"Mike has done an out
standing job in taking this
club to the next level," gen
eral manager John Mart said
in announcing the move
Monday. "Mike lias done so
much for this organization
over the years and he is very
deserving of this."
MAH* hi rVHi i
Oregon tailback Ricky Whittle, who was held to 57 yards rushing last Saturday, watches from
the sidelines as the Oucks defense failed to hold Arizona State on its final scoring drive.
Miracles can
happen, just
have faith
You know, sometimes things just
don't go tlu> way you want titutn to
And when they don’t, it either piss
i's sou off nr |ust leaves you in a stu
|»ur Well last weekend took hold of my
emotions iitid mt orporated both sides (>hv i
ously I'm talking about the Dm k* loss last
weekend to tin- visiting Sun Devils the
supposed 12-point underdogs
I su dly I'm tin* typo of person thill doesn't
give up hope until tin* final whistle blows, sig
m
Mat
Mcfyre
I miying I nit t*tni of tilt* gaitu*.
Hut this tinin I had lost <11
lU»|)0 Of » Dili k'* UHliet);ll k
whnn Art/ditii Slnto's Mu luiol
Martin cafriwi tho ball In for
■
fling toward tilt? as l stood at
I fit* htK-i. Of I hi* tftui /M1\v
shooting photos rooking it
H itliin those low s»m ontls
it took Mttrtin to ( ross the
goal line, nil the hopes that I had fur tins sea
son's team full from my lead to tin* tips of niv
tin'-, is it did with all of tin* fans watching
on nt Aut/eii Stadium I felt si< k. sad, upset and
drained hei auso of what happened, not know
ing vs hat to do or what to ask this players dur
ing thu post gaum interview session
1 was -aire that these guvs would Imi frustrat
ed and angered with the outcome of the game
and tie in no mood to be homliarded with tpte*.
tions from myself and the rest of the media Hut
when it was time to talk to the players and
coac hes, they took all of the questions in stride
They gave no sorrowful answers, but instead
replied with words of confident e that the sea
son would go on
"Where do you see the Ducks going from
hens'"
"I think we just have to correct our mistakes
and go out there and win our next three games
Turn to McTYRE, Page 12
Bears end eight-game Monday night losing skid
■ NFl: Chicago's 14-6 win
over Minnesota gives
them their first wm on
Monday night since 1991
MINNE M'Di is (AP) rbe
Chicago Honrs finally won again
on .1 Monday night, and they
might have* doomed the Min
nesota Vikings' playoff hopes in
the process
Krik Kramer threw two touch
down passes, including a stun
ning 48-vnrder to Curtis Conway
with 25 seconds left in the first
half, as Chicago boat the Vikings
14-ti to end its NFl.-worst eight
game losing streak on Monde)
nights
The rare prime-time victory,
sealed when Minnesota's Qadry
Ismail fumbled at the Chicago 24
with t 32 to play, gave the Hears
(6-2) a one-game lead over Green
Bay in the NFC Central entering
the second half of the season It
also was Chicago's fourth con
secutive win. and its first sweep
over Minnesota since 1*8)1
It left the Vikings (3-5) needing
a remarkable turnaround to make
Dennis Green only the fourth
coach to take his team to the play
offs each of his first four seasons
Minnesota probably needs a f>
nmm
Chicago
Minnesota
14
6
2 finish to have a chance. and its
schedule includes Green Hay,
Detroit, ("loveland and San Fran
cisco.
Tiie Bears entered the game
with a 12 2(1 record in tlui 2t>-year
history of Monday night fuotlnll.
alHi they hadtl t WOH ill the show
case game since a victory at the
Metrodonie on Nov 11, 1991
Be font a 27-24 loss to Green Hav
on Sept. 11, they had lost their
previous seven Monday night
games by nearly 20 points a
game.
Even with naming back Robert
Smith out with an injured ankle,
Minnesota controlled the clock
throughout, riding quarterback
Warren Moon's accurate short
passing on long drives that kept
Kramer and the NFC's highest
scoring offense on the sidelines
much of the night.
Moon finished 2H of 42 for 252
yards, uni Iim Vikings luni a four
minute edge in possession
Hul Chicago sai ked Moon four
times, and the Vikings, who lost
their third straight game, consis
tently stalled when they got in
scoring position and managed
only two Fuad Reveiz field goals
Kramer completed ih of 25
passes for 2 31 yards, and was
exi eptional when he got his
chances.
lie was 5 of 5 for 73 yards on
Chicago's first scoring drive,
which ended m Kramer's 4-yard
pass to defensive end Jim Flani
gan. a hnii. field sulwtitule in goal
line situations That gave (ihitago
a 7- i lend, ami 1 >!t later Kramer
lofted a scoring pass to Conway,
who got behind Alfred Jackson
for his ninth touchdown catch of
the season.
The Vikings managed only the
second of Keveiz's kicks and nev
er threatened until the Hears
made their only mistake in the
final minutes
The Hears got a break when
Dewayne Washington waa called
for roughing the kic.ker when
Kevin Butler missed a 38-yard
field goal attempt with 2:23 to
play, but Rashaan Salaam fum
bled on the next play and Brod
erick Thotnas recovered at the
Minnesota 1 i with 17 remain
tug
Phi! final drive was delayed
when a Pm ran onto tint fluid, and
it ended whun Ismail was hit by
Marty (jirter, and All*»rt Fontenot
recovered
Phi' Vikings sat ihi' ton** with
their first drive of the game, tnk
ing 7 ttt off the clock Hut that
drive ended at the Chn ago 14
when Moon missed Jake Reed on
fourth-and 1 On their next pus
session. Moon was ti of t> for 75
yards as the Vikings moved to a
first down at the Hears 7 Hut the
Hears forced Minnesota to settle
for Kevoi/.'s first fluid goal, and
Kramer then got tb*» Chicago
offense going
A tfi-yard pass to Michael
Titnpson set up his touchdown
jiiivs Flanigan with 2:2.1 left in the
half. Flanigan, a second-year
defensive tackle, also t aught a
touchdown pass in the Hears'
Sept 11 Monday night loss to
Green Hay.
Flanigan then sacked Moon on
the first play of Minnesota's next
drive, helping force a punt.
Kramer moved the Hears to the
Vikings 48 before Conway huat
Jackson to make a lunging catch
that gave Chicago a 14-1 lead 25
seconds before halftime.