The Box
Major League
Baseball
San Francisco 3
Chicago 5
National Football
League
Tampa Bay 6
Detroit 27
NCAA Football
Total offense In
Division 1-A
t. Oregon 543
2. Kentucky 541
3. Louis. Tech 535
4. Ohio St. 530
5. Florida 526
6. Tulane 511
7. Central Fla. 505
8. Indiana 500
9. Tulsa 499
10. UCLA 497
11. Texas 488
12. louisv. 481
13. Boston C. 471
14. Kansas St. 470
15. Nebraska 466
16. Syracuse 462
17. W. Mich. 460
18 Arkansas 460
19, Texas T. 456
20. Akron 442
91. Oregon SL 290
1. Kansas St. 205
2. Oklahoma 207
3. Wrsconson 209
4. Colorado 212
(t)5.Virg. Tech 216
(t)5. Florida St. 216
7. Georgia 229
8. Miami 236
9. Ohio State 238
10. Arkansas 239
11.So. Miss. 258
12. Florida 262
13. TexasAM 271
14. Mississippi 271
15. Utah St. 274
16. Auburn 275
17. Texas T. 280
18. Virginia 281
19. Penn. St. 281
20. Wash. St 284
57. Oregon 350
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Women lead, men in second at invitationals
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
After first rounds of play concluded last
night for the Oregon men and women golf
teams, the women had a commanding lead
over their competition in the Portland Invita
tional while the men, playing in the Husky In
vitational, were locked into a tie for second.
With a team score of 596, the first-place
women have a 22-stroke lead over second
place San Diego State University, which fin
ished with 618. The University of San Fran
cisco follows in third place with 632.
Capturing the first, second and fourth
spots for individual performance, the Ore
gon women were led by Karin Bristow, who
finished with a two-over-par 146. Angie Riz
zo was close with 147, and Dawn Berry
stroked 150. Oregon individual Claire
Hunter was in third place with 149.
Jerilyn White was locked into a three-way
tie for sixth place with 153, and Pam Sow
den brought up the rear with a 154 ninth
place ranKing.
Deja vu could best ex
plain the situation faced by
the Oregon men. After the
first round of the Pacific In
vitational last week, the
men were tied for second
place with California. Go
ing into today’s second and final round, they
were in a 729-stroke tie for second place with
Brigham Young. Northwestern held a three
stroke lead over Oregon and B YU with 726.
“We played well, and we’re in the same po
sition now as we were last week,” said Steve
Nosier, men’s head coach. “We’re out here to
win, not just to make a good showing. We’ve
got to go out and play good golf tomorrow.”
Leading the Ducks was Ryan Lavoie, who
shot a 72-71 for a one-under-par total of 143.
Derek Croskrey finished on par with 144, and
Adrian Burtner stepped up and hit two sets
of73, finishing with a two-over-par 146. Burt
ner did not play in Oregon’s first tournament.
Ben Crane and Andrew Tradway, who
each have totaled 148 strokes, are in a three
way tie with Nevada’s Joe Lucidi for 24th
place.
Tied for the title of individual champion
of the Husky Invitational are two Northwest
ern golfers, Luke Donald and Josh Habig who
each scored 141, three under par.
(( We played
well, and
we re in the
same position
now as we
were last
week. »
Steve Nosier
UO men's head coach
Matt Hankins/Emeruld
The Ducks will get to rest for a week before playing Washington State Oct. 10 after their bruising victory over Stanford Saturday.
Bye will allow Ducks to recover
The No. 17 Ducks hope to
rest their wounds before
they battle Washington State
By Joel Hood
Oregon Daily Emerald
There is little question that
the Oregon football team is on a
major roll after winning its last
six games dating back to last
season.
But now the No. 17 Ducks
have a week off to prepare for
their meeting with defending Pa
cific-10 Conference champion
Washington State, prompting
questions about whether Oregon
can stay in game-ready condition
through the break.
Head coach Mike Bellotti ex
pressed little concern Sunday
about keeping his team focused
on the rest of the season. In
stead, he said he is “excited" to
have the Ducks’ bye week at
this time.
“My initial impression was
that we need the time right now
to rest up and get rid of a lot of
the bumps and bruises that have
been accumulating,” Bellotti
said. “Even though we are play
ing very, very good football right
now, I think this will be a nice
break for us.”
Bellotti named tailback
Reuben Drougnns, linebacker
Garret Sabol and defensive line
man Zack Frieter as players who
have been able to suit up the last
couple of weeks but need the
week off to let some of their
wounds heal.
FOOTBALL
vvnai is nor
yet known is
the severity of
linebacker Pe
ter Sirmon's in
jury. Sirmon,
the Ducks’ cap
tain on defense
wno iea cne rac-iu last season
with 104 tackles, was pulled
out at the halftime of the San
Jose State game on Sept. 19 af
ter retearing his left pectoral
muscle in the second quarter.
Sirmon did not suit up
against Stanford last Saturday,
and had surgery Monday after
noon at Eugene’s Sacred Heart
Hospital to repair the torn mus
cle.
Starting in place of Sirmon
against Stanford was junior
Chris Vandiver, who led the
Ducks with career-high numbers
that included 19 total tackles
and a sack.
On Sunday, Bellotti called
Vandiver’s performance “maybe
the best” by a linebacker this sea
son.
“He has started games for us
before; it’s not as if he is a rook
ie,” Bellotti said. “It’s not sur
prising to me that he has stepped
in and is having this kind of suc
cess. With Sirmon going down
and possibly being out the whole
season, our concerns for who
was going to play in his spot
were very real.
“But I think with Chris Van
diver and Aaron Cheuvront, I’m
breathing a little sigh of relief in
that I believe we’ve got a couple
young guys who can play.”
Tailback Derien Latimer, who
was pulled in the first quarter
against Stanford after bruising
his ribs, will probably play
against the Cougars, Bellotti said.
Latimer, a junior from Colorado
Springs, Colo., has started just
two games in his Duck career af
ter being selected as Colorado’s
prep offensive player of the year
following his senior year at Air
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1998 season
allows baseball
to be reborn
I’m not going to tell you that the 1998
major league baseball regular season
has been the best ever.
If I tell you that, some old-timer who
witnessed a gargantuan Babe Ruth homer,
saw Jackie Robinson integrate the big
leagues or watched Bob Gibson menacing
ly stare down batters will bean me.
And I won’t have much of an argument
because my baseball memory goes back to
about 1986, when the New York Mets
rolled through Bill Buckner’s wickets to
win the World Series.
But I can confidently write that this sea
son has been the best in my lifetime.
Just when baseball was
supposed to shrivel up and
die in the shadows of the
hipper NBA and more
physical NFL, something
happened.
It might have taken a
monumental tater chase to
pull the spotlight back, but
the fact is, baseball has en
joyed a renaissance this sea
son.
Opinion
Tim
Pyle
Ana tne revival came just in the nick or
time.
If baseball had continued to dwindle in
popularity, the plethora of superstars the
game offers today would have gone largely
unnoticed by the American public. Greg
Maddux, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr.,
Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, Tony
Gwynn, Ivan Rodriguez, Cal Ripken Jr.,
not to mention those new home run kings,
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa ... When
has the grand old game had so many great
players?
Refreshingly, this season has also im
proved the relationship between the play
ers and fans. Many of those same fans who
vowed never to take themselves — or any
body else, for that matter — out to the ball
game again during the 1995 strike, now
have rejected millions of dollars to return
historic home run balls to Big Mac.
But perhaps the most dramatic mo
ments of the season still await.
Three of the four divisional playoffs
start today to begin the postseason.
In the American League, the Texas
Rangers (88-74) travel to Yankee Stadium
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