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Emerald WEDNESDAY November 8, 1995 rz r> TOOAY IN SPORTS Baylor honored as NL's best manager MAY YORK (AIM Dun Hat lor. who led the ( olor.uio Rockies to the playoffs in only their third season, was voted National I .casin' Man ager of the Year on Tuesday Baylor received 19 of 26 first-place votes and nine sec onds for 122 points in voting by the Baseball Writers Asso ciation of America, easily defeating Davey Johnson Baylor was the only manager named on every ballot Johnson, pushed out by the Reds after leading Cim innnti to the NI, Central title, got eight firsts. ir> seconds and four thirds for H9 points Atlanta Bravos manager Bobby Cox was third with one lirst. one second and 12 thirds for 20 points, followed by Terry Collins of Houston (11 points), Jim Riggleman of the Chicago Cubs (ft). Dallas Cretin of the New York Mels (3) and Brute Bot fly of San Diego (1) Under Baylor, the Rockies were 77-67 last season and won the wild-card spot by one game over the Astros. Seahawks may move if Dome isn’t fixed SKA'ITL!-: (AP) As n Inst rt'sort, Seattle Seahawks majority owner Ken Behring says he would move the team if the Kingdome isn't reno vated. Hut. he emphasized, the team is not for sale "If people think they are going to drive us out of town, the only way they will drive us out is with the team,'1 Behring told the Seattle Post Intelligencer. "We're the team's owner and we intend to stay that way." "VVe don’t want to leave," h« smd Monday **W® an going to do everything possi ble to work with the county and with business leaders to try to work this out." He has asked for $150 mil lion in improvements to the Kingdome, including luxury suites. The team, which Behring said lost $5 million to Sfi million last season, is willing to contribute $25 mil lion. Meanwhile. Behring sup ports the Browns' move from Cleveland to Baltimore He said Browns owner Art Mod ell "had a stadium that wasn't satisfac tory.” U»M* >A 1 rnf t |<J True freshman Kicker Joshua Smith has Improved steadily this season, rightfully earning Paclf lc-10 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week Smith has come a long way ■ FOOTBALL: The freshman kicker earned the Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week honor By Trevor Kearney Sports £d>tar He wasn't supposed to be a fur tor in Ore gon's 24-22 victory over Washington on Sat urday He wasn't even supposed to be a starter and wasn't even guaranteed a spot on the team. But true freshman kicker Joshua Smith lias proved that he is all of the things he wasn’t supposed to he and more. On Monday. Smith was named the Pacific 10 Conference Spei iai Teams Player of the Week after his three field goals against Wash ington proved to be the deciding factor in Oregon's upset victory. "I am so far ahead of where I wanted to be right now it is unbelievable," Smith said, adding that he was just hoping to make the team this year and become a starter by the time he was a senior. “Right now I can’t believe personally what I have accomplished at this time," he said "It is something 1 haven't even dreamed of. I have dreamed of being a good player, hut not being Pac-10 Player of the Week "I was stunned (by the award!,’’ he said. “I didn't know how to take it. I still can't believe it The game was such a big game, and we played so well that it could have been any of us (getting the honor).*’ Hut it was Smith who earned the honor, and it has been Smith who has upped the level of fus gunit> steadily from the beginning of the season. when fit) was called to practii e early from his home in Colorodo Springs, Colo . to take over the kn king job left vacant when sophomore Matt Bolden went down to injury "At the Ifegmmng of the year, when 1 went in, my legs were like water It was si ary." he said "It was tough I wouldn’t trade it for anything, hut it was real lough " The kicking game, once a definite strong point in Oregon's offense, had become unpredictable this season after Holden s injury. Hut as it looks now, the Due ks have someone to count on when they need to con vert on a i ritical fourth down or extra point attempt "When I first came in, (my teammates) didn’t know me and they didn’t know my abilities.' Smith said. “Now (my teammates) know I am going to pull through for them — now the kicking game is not a weakness." Against Washington, the kicking game was anything but a weakness, as Smith hit field goals of 30-yards. 22-yards and 34-yards in the first half lie added three extra points in the first half, at i minting for 11 of the Ducks’ 24 points. “It was crazy," Smith said of playing in Husky Stadium, adding the intimidation Washington’s howl talks was a factor going into the game. "They have got crazy, crazy fans and really loud fans Going into Husky Stadium and taking one from them in their house was incredible." Turn to FOOTBALL, Page 10 Washington fans show no class Appalled and '.tin. ked are the two words that liest th>\t rtbe th<< thoughts run ning through my head as I sat through my first game at Husky Stadium on Saturday \fter Inuring Imrror stones about how uwlul it is to in* in Husky Stadium as .in opi>o&iug fan us|h* < tally an Orttgon fan — I flat) n run a rod k vurtkd ahus+» duiH’nd ing un v* bother th© ‘ or losing. Asidn from my dad. OPINION GUIs Stewart there wasn t another I )wi k tun in the mi turn I ',\ as seated iji Noticing this tiefore thii pallid, l decided I was probably twist off not celebrating too much when Oregon did well A» the opening ke koff sailed through itn* .or, I prepared fur battle When Pat Johnson took it hat k H9 yards for a touchdown, all of the thoughts of restraining my happiness quli kly left toy head, and I found toy self standing with my arms straight up in the air as if to h«dp the official make the call As I looked around I realized that my dad ami I wore the only people standing up Surprisingly, nobody said anything to mo or even gave me any dirty looks I figured they were too shell-shot ked to Im mad so I sat hat k dow n and tried to contain my ne dement. As die first half went on and the 1 hicks kept rolling, I bet mnn more and more careful in how I n«n ted to Oregon's good plays. Turn t> STEWART. Pag.; 10 Cougars bench Davis for season ■ COUGARS: The Washington State quarterback is punished for breaking team rules PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Wash ington State starting quarterbai k Chad Pa vis lias exhibited a "disturbing pat tern of behavior" and will lie Imnched for tin. Cougars final two games, coach Mike Pric e said Tuesday. Price declined to discuss specifics, but said the demotion comes as the result of breaking team rules in a series of incidents that showed a lack of support for teammates and coaches "As a result of a disturbing pattern of behavior to the Washington State football team and its team rules. I've decided to bench Chad Davis the next two games," Price told reporters dur ing his weekly telephone news confer ence. "His nonsupportive attitude to teammates and coaches ... will not fie tolerated.*' Fifth-year senior Shawn Deeds and redshirt freshman Kyan Leaf will split quarterback duties against Turn to COUGARS. Pago 12
