SPORTS BRIEFS
Wide receiver out
with tom ACL
Oregon wide receiver Keith Allen
will miss the 2003 football season
after tearing the anterior cruciate lig
ament in his left knee during prac
tice Thursday.
Allen, who was competing for a start
ing position this year, caught three pass
es for 54 yards last year as a sophomore
1 le sat out the first four games of 2002
because of a knee injury. 'Ihe Torrance
Calif., native has 10 receptions for 215
yards during his career.
Oregon kicks off the season
Aug. 30 at Mississippi State at 6 p.m.
on ESPN2.
Record sales
Oregon has set a record for football
season ticket sales for the sixth straight
year and has suspended sales before
the start of the season for the fifth
straight year, Senior Associate Athlet
ics Director Dave 1 leeke said.
The Ducks suspended sales after
reaching 40,435 tickets sold, surpass
ing last year's mark of 40,207.
Also, no tickets remain for home
games vs. Michigan (Sept. 20) and
Oregon State (Nov. 22), while stand
ing room-only tickets are all that re
main for Oregon's Sept. 27 matchup
against Washington State. Those tick
ets are available for $ 13 each.
Reserved seats for the Ducks' three re
maining home games vs. Nevada (Sept.
6), Stanford (Oct. 25) and California
(Nov. 8) remain on sale for $32.
Ducks picked to finish fifth
USC has been picked to win the
2003 Pacific-10 Conference football ti
tle, while Oregon was slated fifth in the
league's annual preseason media poll.
The Trojans were first with 227
points, including 10 first place votes
— three more total points than Ari
zona State, which received nine first
place votes. Washington was third
with 198 points and four first place
votes, followed by Oregon State with
172 points and two first place votes.
The Ducks claimed fifth with 139
points, one more than UCLA's 138.
Defending Pac-10 champion Wash
ington State was seventh with 107
points, while California (68 points),
Stanford (57 points) and Arizona (46
points) filled out the bottom.
The Pac-10 media members have
correctly picked three straight Pac-10
champions, including Oregon in
2001, and have tabbed four of the
past five champs. This is the first time
since 1996 that USC has been picked
to win the conference.
Lacrosse clinic
The Oregon women's lacrosse pro
gram will host a summer clinic Satur
day, Aug. 16, for local high school ath
letes. The clinic, beginning at 9 a m.,
will feature Oregon head coach Jen
Larsen and U.S. national team mem
bers Rachael Becker and Lauri Kenis.
The clinic is open to all Oregon and
northwest high school girls' lacrosse
players. It will take place at the Univer
sity and is an opportunity for players to
improve skills while gaining knowledge
from coaches and national players.
The cost for athletes is $30 per
person, while coaches can attend for
free. Interested coaches and athletes
can ask questions or register for the
clinic by contacting the lacrosse pro
gram at laxcamps@uoregon.edu or
calling 346-5492.
— Jesse Thomas
Thomas
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them in Europe.
One of the tests that soldiers had
to complete was a nine-mile run with
a full pack in less than two hours.
While in Europe during World War
II, Springer was a medical adminis
trator at a field hospital — like in the
show M*A*S*II, he says — and
eventually won a Bronze Star Medal
during his service for being a "good
soldier," as he put it.
Itie former world champion was
also a professor at the University of
Tennessee where he taught soils for 25
years. Springer has a wife, three sons
and two granddaughters, including Al
lison who is a freshman in high school
and runs track. One time the two even
ran in a road race together, but Allison
went on to finish as the third girl while
Springer was "way back."
Yet even at age 89, Springer is still
running. But for how long?
"Until they haul me off," he says
with a laugh. "Ihere'd be no better way
to kick off then out here on the track."
In October, Springer will turn 90
and enter a new age bracket. And al
though this season has come to a
close, he plans on competing at
the national championships again,
if he's around.
"You see, at age 89, you don't
plan that far ahead," Springer said
when asked about next year. "If I'm
still running and I'm healthy, I'll be
at nationals."
Springer's gende demeanor and soft
tones are an inspiration to anyone who
ever said they were too old to compete,
or a little too out of shape to try and be
active. With his aged wisdom, Springer
has advice for those types.
"I think everybody ought to be ac
tive, " he said. "It gets rid of your trou
bles and if you get out here and get
tired, it feels good."
Contact the sports editor
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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