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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1996)
Emerald * teiiSs&jS&rssii - -> o> ^ «ak.c i&J&SK*-? s ■^JZFi&X' ' 'JSi'-Os. vy* , ■ V-.' • •••., - WEDNESDAY Fflbruvy2l. 1906 Baseball deserves forgiveness It i* obvious that iia*i4w»li t* th«i spurt of tho gods luit look outside Tbs hut week or k> tho weather luu iwn warm. The tun, for the moat jwsrt. has Iwh?u shining. and the smell of spring training if in the air. It if a heavenly Sibling for sum By tn« end of thn wwk, •II team* will have officially reported to their spring training home for « month of preparation before the season starts on April V rot b*n>»< I mil fan*. this is catch up hm*> Timm ros t»r» Inn <uni< familiar i*»d aftnr an off HANSEN season of transai lions unit player movements; rotis serin leagues are formed. •nil Petur Gammons turns into E.F Hutton: When ho talks, people listen. Now is also the time to forgive, After two years of turmoil, threats of a strike turning into a strike, threats of a lockout turning into a lock out. two labor related short ened seasons and, most devastating of all. a can ceted World Series, baseball is finally getting hack to the business of being a game (kme are Michael Jordan and Deion Sanders hack to the sports that they rule A new strike atone will most likely be in effect It will now be a called strike if Ihe ball crosses the plate just below the knee. This will also bn the taut year of non interleague nlay And, most important, tor the first time in the last two years, base ball is slated to start on nm» and go the distance Amen With these changes. Major league Baseball hopes to lure back some of tha fan base which, led up with the sport, abandoned them last year I am one of those fans Or I should say. I wo* one of those fans < her the past five months 1 have come to the conclu sion that I need baseball just as much as baseball needs ■Ml Last yaw I was one at the thousand* of fans who rejected baseball The stoke Ml me scarred with a wound that would not heel I felt trampled over by play ers and owners who team tngly couldn't care lew about me So in turn I did not care about them I watched maybe a half Turn to HAMS£N, Page 12 Oregon’s club crew team to ‘erg’ for funds ■ CLUB SPORTS; Lacrosse soccer, shnng. rugby and volleyball have played By Ryan Frank and Jason Lawta-Sarry fmttmem $txm Dragon crew will begin ill annual "‘Ergathon’* fund-raiser today in front of the University Craw rowan will row for 24 hours straight on stationary row ing mat Jiinws called “erg* “ For a tmall donation, a student can have a rawer erg (u*t for him or her For riampltt, a one dollar II MM tan power pull* from the un duly rower Knwiti* shifts will last for one hour Togather, the event will feature non stop rowing fmm ft 00 a m Wednesday in ft 00 a m Thun day The crew team will use the money railed from this event to fund trip* to competiliom up and down the Wait Coast The spring season begins Mar 30 and 3t al the Crew Classic in San Diego • • • Oregon » men'# lacroes# club •wen* kicked off Its longue season Sunday with * Q 7 win over Lin field College Two sophomores midfielder fell Km kson end attack men Craig Baggnt ted the Ducks* offensive barrage as each col lected three goals In hts first *<un«* sm, f t n i h m 4 n Team coordinator Schuyler Harmon *«td Oregon ha* high expectation* for this wmmoii fsd lowing the win over Un field "(.infield W4* MM of the bant team* in tha league 1**1 year we expect U> be a tug contender for the title thi* veer," Matnw.n •aid. The Ucrmc team * next home game t» Mar 2 at I 00 p in on the South Bank Field • • » Oregon man * *mtm club team ended * three gam* Inatng *<reak Monday. tutl lh* lh«U (HI tie against TWh of Salem w»* law than *4t»»fvtng Oregon lad ft-2 with (net 10 minute* remaining in the game but could mu hold the lead Defensive btwluteimi one* again plagued ih* Duck*. m fatigued player* fat 1ml |u get hack on defence "Our •lamina len t up tu par,*' goatkesiper (.rug tadiavilch Mid W* need more practice and i onditiontng time ** Ryan Aand«rud l«d a ImI am ml Oregon offensive attack with two goal* Tit* 0-1 I thick.* have four gam** left on lh* indoor « had ul*« *o they can dill salvage a winning season Oregon'* Nordli tkung dub team competed in a tO-kiiome let cituen* race on K*b 17 al MtHHIl Bac helor Oregon * Emil Ostberg and Phil Austin fimehod fourth and fifth in the men'* division respectively In the women1* division. Oregon'* Ucllt Suhrw plac ed second. • • • Holln Ummoni wored twice and Mf Wampler *« ored onr.e a* Oregon'* rugby dub twain foil to the University of Wtuftn'* tttV eling bw school team 22 17 'll was I ho beat game «n have played ilnc« Un i»rm.' (Its g«n'» Keith linger taUi "They had mum •!*«. and they won with itw and * Tha Victoria gam* wu an •nchihiUon. hot tht« weekend the (hick* will play their Hint con* fornnt e j|sm» of the Ism whou limy host Kvergrwen Sum Col lege ai II UO a m on South Hank field • * * Si* team* competed in a women'* volleyball tournament In Longview, Woh during the weekend Oregon * women * volley t>ali cluh team w«* one of (he teams I ha! made (he trip The Duck* played five malt b e* during the weekend, indud ing two matches in tournament play Oregon defeated hie Mekuln in the ()r*l round of the tournament, then wa* downed by Stiller Paint in the term final* Testimony shows Moon’s wife didn’t speak up about incident ■ TRIAL: The lawyers lor the former Houston Oiler question Felicia Moon on why she did not file charges RICHMOND. Texas (AP) — Prosecutors rested their assault case Tuesday against Warren Moon after the quarterbai k's wife acknowledges! the passed up severs! chance* to tell her vide of the story Felicia Moon in earlier testimony re (tea! wily characterised the Fort Bend County dis trict attorney * office aa overteaimis and not interested in her version of the July in argu ment that resulted in st rait he* and bruises along her neck and shoulders She admitted she ignored chance* to vol unteer the complete story to Investigator* who came to tire couple'* suburban Houston home, to the media who showed up *1 the house for a new* conference she called three day* after the argument, and later when she met with prosecutor*. "1 had an opportunity." said Felicia Moon. Ml who returned to the stand Tuesday Under repeated questioning by prosecu tor Mika KJliott. the conceded she did nut try to correct the publicised version of events detailed in a (our page statement she made to police and in an indictment against her 39 year-old husband Moon, who spent 10 yean with the Hous ton Oilers and is now with the Minnesota Viking*, face* up to a year in |ail and a $4,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor assault charge. Elliott tried to have Felicia Moon's four page statement submitted as evidence Tues day But County Court at law Judge Larry Wagenhecb agreed with defense attorney Rusty Hardin, who said it was Inadmissible. According to Texas law. unless a person who gave the statement refuses to acknowl edge the contents, the entire written version cannot be admitted aa evidence Felicia Moon never baa denied giving the statement, but has said it is incomplete One of the moat hotly contested portions of the statement is over the words "chocked" “H “thubd " Fvlktt Moon's stattmienl um the word "thfldwd" twice end "choked" once, ntordinj to portion* mui to juror* She he* Mid her husband "chocked" her. explaining he wedged hi* hand* Imhtnd he* shoulders while holding her down because of her excited Male during the argument Missouri City Police detective And! Willie contended Tuesday the word "chocked" t* a misspelling of the word "choked “ Felicia Moon has testified her husband “choked" her while trying to calm her She •aid he quickly releaved hit grin once the darted toughing and ha* insisted ha did not mean to harm her She alto said he had never hit her ttnce »«*©. whim the hied a divorce petition alleg ing he had assaulted her on three or* avion* But in a portion of her statement read Tueaday to jurors, Felicia Moon told police "Warren ha* assaulted me before The last time was about a year ago. about the Master Card He thought I wa* Tying about the bill '* She alto told the jury that prosecutors offered a plea bargain of six months proha Hon to her husband, hut she insisted it be rejected Felicia Moon, who ha* wanted the erne dropped, has testified the couple t marriage was rocky at the time of tha incident, trig gered by Moon s insistence that she surren dar credit card*, and that Moon had nut been living at their Missouri Qty home Ifis mulHmUliou-dollar signing with tha Oilers in 19*4. altar a successful stint with the Canadian Football league mada him pro football's highest paid player at tha lima Felicia H«"n said their marrive began to dateriorata becauaa tha choea to raise their than three young children while bar hus band wa* gone. To combat depression, she went to shopping malls. Angina up Si AO. 000 in credit card expense* ana bank with drawals and angering bar husband. Tha July argument included bar throwing a candle holder at Moon, hitting him tha back. She said she waa aiming at hit head. Ducks fall prey to Huskies and Cal Poly team ■ MEN'S TENNIS: Oregon comes home match against Idaho By Ryan Frank ftmmntm $f*»ca U»**vlw In it* only Pacific 10 Conferem r match erf the wwkimd, Oregon's men's Iannis teem w*» * wrapt hy Washington 7 0 tn a non-league match the Ducks warm «wapt again hy Cal Poly San toils Obispo 7 0 t he Unto* move the Dm k* to 7-0 overall amt O ft In the Pac 10 They now have lo»1 seven straight matches ami eight of their last ton Oregon * No | doubles I earn of l km gal Williams and Hans Porstwrg won the only match for the Ducks with a win over Ometlo Aria!I and Nick Williams of Washington But Oregon needed to win two out of the three double* matches to score a point Porsberg. Oregon's No 2 singles Slayer, eras able to push the first set of is match to a lie breaker, but the Huskies won all the singles matches in straight sets On Munday Oregon took on Cal Poly In Seattle, and was able to push four matches into three sets No I Douga! Williams, No 2 Hans Porsberg. No. 5 Mike Ckildslein and No. 0 left Strong all went three sets before dropping their match On the doubtea aide. No. 3 Michael Williams and Carina Navarro won lheir match, but the Docks could not win in the other two doubles matches This weekend Oregon will play only its second home match of the year against Idaho The Ducks will take on the Vandals on Saturday at tOOO a m Oregon has completed its Pac 10 dual meet schedule and will not compete against any Pac-10 schools until the individual championship at the end of April.
