Oregon daily emerald., April 25, 1996, Page 9, Image 9

Emerald
THURSDAY
Aprt 25. 1996
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TODAY IM SPORTS
Btlte now uadtr
investigation
NEW YORK (AP) - Albert
Holin mM on WmttvmxUv with
besebeil i n vmshgatnrs who ere
looking *mo «« April S inci
dent in which the Cleveland
Indiana outfielder threw a hell
that hit ■ photographer
The meet In* at the office*
of management's Player Kola
turns (ixnmittm lasted about
90 minute*, according to one
baseball official who spoke on
the condition he not be iden
tified
Belle was joined by (Cleve
land general manager John
Hart, agent Arn Tellem and
Gene Gnu. the No. 2 official
of the players' association.
Attending the meeting for
management was baseball
security heed Kevin Hallinan.
American laegue lawyer Bill
.Schweitzer. PRC lawyer U>u
Melnniirar arid investigator Jtm
Murphy.
None of the people
involved in the snaainn would
comment or even acknowl
edge that It took place
The baseball officials want
to know what happened at
Jacobs Field in Cleveland
before the game on April tt
Women’s pro hoops
may start in 1997
NEW YORK (API — The
NBA Board of Governor*
today approved (he concept
of a Woman'a NBA to begin
play aa a auminer league In
\W7,
“We think thia la an idea
whose time ha* coma.** NBA
rommiaaioner David Stern
said “Pan* have come to
appreciate the excellence of
women'* basket hall and we
believe that significant net
work and aponaor opportuni
ties exiat to create a
foundation on which to build
a league '*
Stern said detail* would be
announced in early July with
team* expected to he placed
in cttiea that already have
NBA franchise*
x /
Apr* 25
ON THE TUBE
• 4pm TBS — NBA
Piayolta douttahaadaf. tow
at Ctamiand and
Portland at Utah, round
on«. gama to t'a
■ 430pm ESPN-NHL
PtayoRa, oontaranca
quanartmaN gama to S.
Tampa Say at Phiadatphta
or St lot* at Toronto
• S p.«n. TNT — NBA
Ptayotta doubtahaadac,
Atlanta at tnctona and
Houton at LA Latum. Bot»
round ona. gama ona
Ducks place sixth at Pac-10 tournament
■ GOLF: Oregon now waits to see
rf it wilt be selected for the NCAA
Regional May 9-11
By Trevor K—moy
Saw* CMC*
The Oregon wonan'i golf loam improve*!
it* overall nor* for the second straight dev
end moved up one epot in the teem itend
mgs to finish in sixth piece el the Pacific-10
Conference Championship* cm Wednesday
in Tucson. An*
After notching teem kotm of SU end 303.
respectively, in the first two rounds. Oregon
shot s 297 as a teem on Wednesday, bump
ing off USC for Kite possession of sixth piece
with a three round lout of 9!2
Senior Quisle) Timor! led the way, fin
l»hing in • tie for 14th with a third round
•core of ?*, Taroori * threw day total eu
224. four strokes ahead of Oregon tophu
more Paula Patterion, who fired a T2 on
Wednesday
Freshmen Karen Bristow and Kylia Wil
•on both shot throe day totals of 231 while
senior Susie Roh rounded out the Oregon
contingent with a combined score of 23S
Hoar Art tuna loaf its two-day lead, aa four
tune defending Pac-tO champion Aricorta
State came roering hack horn its ihtrd place
standing from ihe previous dey to reclaim
the conference crown with a team score of
•75
UCLA, ranked second tn the nation Miu
•ily finished in w um! place. throe UrokM
•heed of Art tuna Stanford pla. ed fourth
whit* Washington wu |u*t one stroke ahead
of th« thick* in fifth pint:#
Wildcat Marta Baena. fueled by a second
day score of (Ml. won the individual till*, but
UCLA's |<*mg Min Park was just one stroke
hack after firing a 70 on the final day.
Tha Ducks will now wait until April 28 to
mm if they will make it to the NCAA Region
•I* Considering the strength of (he PaclO
(five teams are ranked in the top 20 in the
nation, with Oregon at No. 20>. the Ducka
should gain serious consideration for a hid
If selected, the thicks would travel to
Omaha. Neb . for the Mav O 11 tournament.
0C&» for
"amPionships
■ TENNIS: Some of the
nations best teams and
players will be competing
By Ryan Frank
SjfWH pCWNNF
Rain and flooding will not ho
a probhun for iho Oregon moo t
and woman'* lanni* loam* for
I ho imui four day*.
noin mam*
have tiupad
to OJai. Calif,
lot tiw Pacific
10 Contvnmca
Tonnia Cham
El o n•hip•
oginning
today But it
will not ba a
walk in the park tor the Duck*
On the men** tide, the draw
contain* unbeaten and No 1
ranked UCLA, No 2 Stanford
and No 7 USC. Arizona Art
zona Slate and California round
out the draw * nationally ranked
teams
The women will have their
hands full as well The Duck*
will compere against No. 2 Stan*
ford No. 4 Arizona. No « UCLA
and No. 19 USC. California. Ari
zona State and Washington are
also ranked nationally
"Thi» b a JOO y ear old tourne
ment and the top individual
player* in the nation will be
there." women * head coach
Wade Judy laid "The player* tn
thta tournament will have a lot
of motivation to play In the
NCAA* t expect to go down
there and *ee incredible play *
Men * head coach Chris Ku*
*ell i* equally tmpre**ad with
the men * field
"The level of competition is
very high." Russell said “The
beat player* tn the country are in
thi* draw. Stanford and UCXA
between them have five of the
top IS single* player* in the
nation Then there la an abun
dance of guy* ranked between
15 and bo '
Senior Hans Furtbsrg, junior*
Dougal William* and |ohn
DeVorsa and freshman Carlo*
Navarro will represent the
Duck* in single* play Forsberg
will lake on Sergio Ellas of Art
rone State, white William* wilt
face Henrik Wagner of Arixona
for the second time (hi* season
William* loal to Wagner Febru
ary 5 in Arixona DeVorta will
tackle No S Jeff Saixenstein of
Stanford and Navarro, who has
Turn to TENNIS Page 12
IWMUCHtWO*—MM
Sophomore Cocyn Coyie wtH bo competing In Iho opening round of
•fngJeo •< tho Poe-10 Tonnrt ChonploniMpt
Small frtsbee teams
excel at regional*
The Oregon Club Sport*
women * ultimate fritbee team
U beaded to the regional tourna
roam after winning the Miction
championship lamt weekend
The Duck* defeated Oregon
State and Humboldt State
despite traveling to Arcadia,
Calif, with the minimum (even
player* needed to field a team
Humboldt State competed with
19 player*, while Oregon State
traveled with 10
'll wa* great, everyone got to
play th* whole time " Oregon1*
Aurora delta Gnu aald.
The factional tournament
contained only Oregon. Oregon
Slate end Humboldt State All
teem* qualify for regional*
regardlea* of their performance
in sectionals.
At the same tournament the
Oregon Club Sport* men * ulti
mate frtsbee team did not fare a*
well.
The men »uffnro<i 13 ft (oases
to both Oregon State ami Mum
boidt Slat#
"W# didn't piav very well m a
loam,’ Oregon * Kent Peiteraon
Mid. 'We *l»«j had a low num
ber of peopla go "
Although the Duck* hurt their
only two malt he* of the week
end. they will still compete in
the regional tournament May 4
and 5 along with the women
The regional tournament
Include* team* from Canada.
Washington. Oregon and (Cali
fornia.
Snowboarder places
third in championship
The Oregon Club Sport*
tnowbuarding teem competed at
the sixth annual Northwest Col
legiale Snowboard (Champi
onship# last weekend
"it went over pretty well, but
we didn't have a* strong a show
ing a* we have had in the past.'*
•aid Oregon's Sieve Black, who
look third place on Saturday
Spikers take third
after dropping class
A low number of athlete*
competing hit the Dudti seemed
to be a trend la*t weekend The
Oregon Hut. Sports women'*
volleyball team traveled to
Pacific University for a regional
tournament with the minimum
of «i* player*
After the pool play. Oregon
was dropper) down to the BB
data where it look third plat e
The Duck* toppled "No Din** in
lb* first round, lost to "Fade to
Cray" in the second round and
defeated "Sub Spot" 2-0 for
third piece
Wushu, tai chi cluhs
off to championships
The Oregon dub Sport wushu
and tai chi teams will travel to
liofloloy. (aid ihl* wMiinm! fur
th* Chineso Martial Art* (3w»to
pkmahipa ThoCh«n>pi..n*hip U
ihe largmt moot in the nation fur
Chino** martial art*
dragon will cum pal a again*!
(aliforait, U(1A. Stanford. Art*
turn and possibly San I) logo
"Our dub U pratty now but I
think w« will do pratty good."
wuahu organism Dan Wu said
Tho championship is lha
wushu loam'* only mwl of lha
yaar. and many mambor* of lha
tai chi loam com poling this
woakand hava no! compatnd in
an avanl of lht» (aval.
—Ryan Frank