Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, August 05, 1997, Page 5, Image 5

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DAILY TRIVIA
What brother combination holds the
record for most combined wins?
See scoreboard for answer.
Freeman earns first Aboriginal win; Johnson in 400 final
■ TRACK:
Michael Johnson
advances to the
400final after a
mistake on
Sunday almost
cost him a spot in
the semifinals
The Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece—Cathy Freeman made
history and Michael Johnson made amends.
Freeman, a 24-year-old Australian, be
came the first Aborigine to win a world or
Olympic title, taking the women’s 400 me
ters at the world championships on Monday
night.
“Tonight, I will be a proud girl,” Freeman
said after her dramatic triumph and slow
victory lap around Olympic Stadium with
both the Australian and Aboriginal flags. “It
gives me a special feeling. Being the first is
always special.
“I’m so glad of what I am, Australian and
Aboriginal. They’re two and the same.”
Freeman has been campaigning through
out the world for Aborigine rights, so her vic
tory took on great political significance.
“It was very important because it shows I
can deal with the pressure ... the pressure
put on me by outsiders,” Freeman said. “It
makes little children feel they have a chance
when they see me, feel me, touch me. I take
my role seriously as a role model.”
Johnson, taking his role seriously as the
world’s best 400-meter runner after a mis
take Sunday that almost cost him a place in
the semifinals, reasserted his authority by
winning his heat and advancing to Tuesday
night’s final.
“Yesterday, I was very disappointed in
myself,” the world and Olympic gold medal
ist said, after high-fiving his three other
American teammates who reached the final,
along with three Britons.
Freeman was not the only athlete to make
history Monday night.
Llewellyn Herbert became the first South
African to win a medal in the world champi
onships, earning the silver in the men’s 400
meter hurdles.
However, it was Freeman who was the
most emotional. On the victory stand, she
jumped in jubilation when her name was an
nounced. After the Australian anthem, she
broke into tears.
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gives me a special
feeling. Being the
first is always
special.
Cathy Freeman
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MONDAY'S NEWS AND RESULTS
American League
Cleveland.7
Detroit.2
Toronto.3
Minnesota.9
Milwaukee.5
Anaheim.2
NY Yankees.5
Kansas City.4
Boston.11
Texas.5
National League
Houston .1
Florida.4
Colorado.3
Philadelphia.7
St. Louis.2
NY Mets.4
Atlanta.6
Pittsburgh.0
San Francisco.9
Cincinnati.1
Oregon eighth in preseason
Pac-10 media poll
The Oregon Ducks were picked to finish the
1997 Pacific-10 football season in eighth place,
West Coast media voted in poll released July 31.
Washington received 28 of the 31 first-place
votes in its selection as the conference champi
on with 306 points.
Stanford, picked second, was the only other
school to garner any first-place votes with three.
The rest of the Pac-10 was selected as follows:
USC, third: UCLA, fourth; Arizona State, fifth; Ari
zona, sixth; Washington State, seventh; Oregon,
eighth; California, ninth; and Oregon State, 10th
In 1994, Oregon was picked to finish eighth in
the conference, but won the conference champi
onship and played in the Rose Bowl.
Dallas Cowboys coach
arrested at airport
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys
coach Barry Switzer was arrested Monday after a
loaded revolver was discovered in his carry-on
baggage at Dallas-Fort Worth International Air
port.
Switzer was detained, his .38-caliber revolver
was confiscated and he was released about two
hours later on his own recognizance, said airport
spokeswoman Angel Biasatti. Switzer returned to
Austin to rejoin the team for training camp.
“There was no criminal intent,” Biasatti said,
pointing out that 38 handguns have been confis
cated at the airport this year. “We have to arrest
individuals. It’s the law. Most of the time they for
get that they have them at the airport.... It’s an
unfortunate situation for Barry Switzer.”
Carrying a weapon into an airport is a third-de
gree felony. Airport security officials said Switzer
did not have a permit for the gun.
Security personnel discovered the weapon in
Switzer’s canvas bag as he went through a Ter
minal 3E checkpoint, Biasatti said.
DAILY TRIVIA ANSWER
Phil and Joe Niekro have a combined 539
wins, first all time between brothers.
EMS 1 1 .BOISE 0
CHAD PATTESON/Emerald
Ems pitcher Ryan Schurman won his fourth game Monday, striking out nine batters and allowing only one hit in seven innings.
Schurman’s effort sparks Ems’ win
■ EMERALDS: The Tualatin native gave up
only one hit and struck out nine in seven
innings of work for his fourth win
By Ryan Frank
Associate Editor
So much for statistics.
The Eugene Emeralds’ Ryan Schurman gave up
one hit and retired 21 of the 24 batters he faced in
seven innings to help shutout the Boise Hawks, the
Northwest League’s best hitting team, 11-0 at Civic
Stadium Monday night in front of 2,557.
Eugene, the league’s worst hitting team pounded
out 13 hits, including a Jeff Spencer grand slam in
the eighth inning, got two solid innings of relief
from Jamie Wise and played stellar defense to hold
the Hawks to three hits and improve their record to
17-30.
Boise (34-13) came into Monday night's action
with an eight-game cushion over Spokane in the
Northern Division and held the league’s best record
by 7 1/2 games over Southern Division leader Port
land.
“Schurman did an outstanding job of mixing
pitchers and keeping hitters off balance,” Eugene
manager Jim Saul said. “1 would say he is a stopper _
for our club right now. When we’ve not won too
many games, he’s been the man that says ‘I’m going
to give you a game, and he does.”'
In the first of two five-game series against the
Hawks earlier this season, the Ems were outscored
48-19 in a five-game sweep.
Not only was Monday night’s win the Ems' first
over the Hawks this season, but it also marks their
first three-game winning streak of the season. Eu
gene had won two straight on four previous occa
sions. In addition, the win was the Ems’ seventh in
their last 10 games.
“Me and [catcher] Mark Mortimer were on the
same page all night,” Schurman said. “We just
found a grove and went with it for seven strong in
nings, and the guys behind me played great de
fense.”
Schurman (4-4) allowed only two balls to leave
the infield through the first six innings, one on a
first-inning single and the second on a flyout in the
fourth.
“When you got a lead and you're up by four runs,
there’s no need to fool around," Schurman said.
Boise manager Tom Kotchman said there wasn’t
much his team could do.
"There’s not a whole lot you can say when a guy
throws seven innings of shutout ball against you,”
Turn to EMERALDS, Page 8
NWL
■ MONDAY
HIGHLIGHTS:
Jeff Spencer hit an
eighth-inning
grand slam and
Manny Sanchez
went 2-for-5 with
three RBIs to help
lead the Ems to
their first win over j
Boise this season.
■ WHAT’S NEXT:j
The Ems host the
Boise Hawks for
the next four
nights at Civic
Stadium