Emerald
WEDNESDAY
November 8, 1995
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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."
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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.
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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
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