MONDAY
Oct. 91998
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TRIVA QUESTION
Who was the first Pac-10 Conference
player to win the Heisman Trophy?
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Press Top 25
1. Tennessee 8-0
2. Kansas St. 9-0
3. UCLA 8-0
4. Florida 8-1
5. Florida St 9-1
6. Texas AM 9-1
7. Ohio St. 8-1
8. Wisconsin 9-0
9. Arizona 9-1
10. Arkansas 8-0
11. Nebraska 8-2
12. N. Dame 7-1
13. Missouri 7-2
14. Tulane 8-0
15. Michigan 7-2
16. Virg. Tech 7-1
17. Georgia 6-2
18. Texas 7-2
19. Penn. St 6-2
20. Oregon 7-2
21. Virginia 7-2
22. Geo. Tech 6-2
23. Air Force 8-1
24. Miami 5-2
25. Wyoming 8-1
Trivia answer
Oregon States Terry
Baker won the
award in 1962
Best Bet
NFL
Pittsburgh
at Green Bay
5:20 p.m., ABC
Oregon 27, Washington 22
Ho-Ching’s return sparks Oregon win
Nick A ledley/Emerald
Washington’s Todd Johnson attempts to tackle Oregon’s Herman Ho-Ching, who ran for 47 yards in his first game since Sept. 19.
Injury doesn’t stop Ho-Ching
Opinion
Joel
Hood
Herman Ho-Ching offers the
Ducks a solution to its
weakened running game
Willis Reed would have been proud.
With about six minutes to go in the first
quarter of Saturday’s Oregon-Washington
showdown, freshman tailback Herman Ho
Ching conspicuously rose from the Ducks’
bench and placed himself atop an exercise
bike just a few feet from the sideline.
Suited up for the first time since
sustaining a serious knee injury against San
Jose State on Sept. 19, Ho-Ching warmed up
on the sideline watching the Duck offense
sputter on the field.
Oregon, still the Pacific-10 Conference’s
top rushing team despite three lackluster
games in a row, started the game with an
incomplete play-action pass to wide
receiver Damon Griffin, a toss-sweep to
tailback Derien Latimer that lost three yards
and a short screen pass to Latimer that put
the Ducks right about to the original line of
scrimmage.
The Ducks’ first three possessions of the
game netted 10 yards in total offense.
Then it happened.
Ho-Ching — who some thought would
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Oregon still falters on the
ground, but comes up big
with receiver Tony Hartley
By Rob Moseley
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon football team has won
some big games this season.
The opening game explosion against
Michigan State, impressive victories in
their first two Pa
cific-10 Confer- *
ence games and a
scrappy effort to
beat Southern Cal
ifornia will all be
remembered as
significant wins if
and when the
Ducks qualify fora
prestigious post
season bowl.
But none of
those will be re
membered as
sweetly, by players
and fans alike, as
the No. 21 Ducks’
Tony Hartley set a
school record
with 242 receiv
ing yards
Please turn to
story on Page 9
27-22 win over Wash
ington in front of
46,031 fans at Autzen Stadium on Satur
day. With the victory, Oregon (7-2 over
all, 4-2 Pac-10) helped exorcise not only
the demons of last week’s blow-out loss
at Arizona, but continued to establish
the Ducks as the Northwest's dominant
team in the 1090s.
“They always talk about that,” Oregon
quarterback Akili Smith said. “They al
ways win in recruiting battles and every
thing, but hopefully today we got our re
spect.”
Smith completed 19 of 32 passes for
442 yards and three touchdowns, two to
Tony Hartley, who had nine receptions
for a school-record 242 yards.
With leading receiver Damon Griffin
battling his own ineffectiveness as well
as the Huskies’ secondary, 1 lartley made
six catches of at least 20 yards, including
touchdowns grabs of 30 and 42 yards.
"They were doing a lot of bracketing on
Damon, double teaming him in certain
formations,” Smith said. “Sometimes dif
ferent receivers have to step up and make
plays, and Tony Hartley did that today.”
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Ducks can’t overcome strong Washington team
Despite a strong run in Game 2,
the Ducks suffer a sound defeat
at the hands of Washington
By Allison Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
By no means was it a fond farewell for the
Oregon seniors in their final home match of
their career.
There were no tears in the eyes of seniors
Lindsay Mayer, Tanya Minion, Alii White
and Madeline Ernst as they said goodbye to
the 990 fans who were on hand to watch
them play at McArthur Court for the last
time.
And there were no tears in the end, even
though the Ducks failed to end its home
schedule on a high note.
Oregon, whose record dropped to 7-19
overall and 2-13 in the Pacific-10 Confer
ence, lost to the Washington Huskies 9-15,
15-12, 12-15, 10-15 on Sunday, but it was
n’t without a fight.
VOLLEYBALL
The Ducks’ fell behind
0-7 in Game 1 before nar
rowing the gap to 8-13
late in the game. Oregon
traded serves seven times
with the Huskies up 9-14,
before a block by Kristina
Laffling sealed Washing
ton’s win.
“We played steady to work our way out
of some bad spots,” Washington head coach
Bill Neville said. “We had to earn 11 points
in Game 1 to get the thing.”
Oregon played best in Game 1, tallying 23
kills and only seven errors for an overall at
tack percentage of .320, but it wasn’t enough
as the Huskies recorded 25 kills and had an
overall attack percentage of .435.
Washington (7-11, 6-8) fell behind early
in Game 2, trailing by 6-3 and 10-5. With
setter Angie Short serving, the Huskies tal
lied four straight points to take the lead at
11-12. Oregon finished the job with a kill by
Ernst after White’s serve.
“We did a great job passing in Game 2,”
Oregon head coach Cathy Nelson said. “But
we also didn’t control the ball well — we hit
the ball into the net or out of bounds five or
six times, which you can’t do if you want to
win the match.”
The Ducks were not able to derail the
Huskies in Games 3 and 4. After losing to
Oregon State on Friday, Washington knew
it could not afford another loss if it hopes to
make post season play. Led by Kristina Laf
fling and Malena Thompson, who each
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(( We did a
great job
passing in
Game 2. But
we also didn't
control the
ball well... ^
Cathy Nelson
Oregon head coach