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by
D anny B ell
is greatly reducing one’ s salary.
M any baseball players w ho had
previously commanded mu Iti-m il lion
d o lla r contracts are fin d in g that i f
their statistics are not in the atm o­
sphere, th e ir salaries are plum m et­
Montana Calls It
Quits
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sas C ity fo r $310,000. He made $3.5
m illio n w ith T o ro n to last season.
“ I re m e m b e r m a k in g $5 an
hour,” Borders said. " Y o u have to
keep things in perspective. The sala­
ry I ju s t signed for, you could make
$5 an hour fo r about 15 years and not
make that kind o f m oney,”
Players and agents use last
w eek’ s wage negotiations as an in d i­
cator that current rules can accom ­
modate the owners position that wag­
es need to be lowered and revenues
players, because o f loss o f revenue,
are p a yin ge co n o m ica lly,” Hendricks
franchise rests on its co m p e titive ­
ness. I f the b ig m oney clubs are the
o n ly ones to a ffo rd high-priced ta l­
ent, then th e o re tica lly, they could
changed.”
T om B ro w n in g w ent from $3.5
to have gone fu ll cycle. W ith respect
to the owners o f markets w ith high
three years and re lie ve r John Ranco
m illio n to $300,000 when he signed
w ith K ansas C ity . B o b W e lc h
attendance and deep pockets, clubs
d ro p p e d fr o m $ 2 .9 m illio n to
$225,000 w ith Oakland. Bud B lack
orado Rockies and F lorida M arlins,
were able to seek out and secure the
who made $2.65 m illio n last year
w ith San Francisco, signed w ith
high price free agents.
The ironic footnote to this w hole
C leveland fo r $350,000.
A c tin g com m issioner Bud Selig
episode may be summarized by a
c o m m e n t fr o m
agent R andy
history, when he agreed to a con­
tract extension valued at $11.5
commented that the free agent a ctiv­
ity is “ incredible, ju s t in cre d ib le .”
Dave Stewart dropped from $3.5
Hendricks.
“ The players say all along. We
want a fa ir m arket value and the club
w ith San D iego that w o u ld earn him
m illio n through the 1998 season.
m illio n to $1 m illio n when he signed
should exercise restraint and operate
$275,000 i f he made the team. He
C arter set a reception record last
w ith O akland on Saturday. But he
season w ith 122 catches.
d id n ’t seem to mind.
“ W hat the owners are doing now,
on a budget: The owners say We
can’ t do that unless the players give
made $2.96 m illio n last year.
“ Teams and players lost a lo t o f
us a rtific ia l mechanisms.
“ We have an eight-m onth labor
w ar and the end result is we have
m arket-driven salaries that are fa ll­
money in the last few months,” B o r­
ders said. “ M aybe this is the way
things are go in g to be fro m now on.”
on rig h t now isn’ t anymore than what
ing p re cip ito u sly and the strike, as o f
contend that some sort o f revenue
it should have been.”
In a deal that has generated the
necessity, forced owners to adhere
m ost co n tro ve rsy am ong agents,
catcher Pat Borders signed w ith Kan­
com m itted enough, can adhere to
prudent business practices, but the
sharing is in order. H ow ever, that can
be done w ith o u t im posing an a r tifi­
cial ceiling: i.e. salary cap, and should
football. His agent is orchestrat­
ing a ceremony w hich w ill in ­
clude friends and fa m ily o f the
quarterback.
Carter Rewarded
Chris Carter, w ho five years
ago was picked-up o f f w aivers by
the M innesota V ik in g s , became
the highest paid player in team
Talley Moves To
Falcons
probably shou Id have been done years
ago, w ith o u t asking us to fix their
problem s,” he said. “ W h a t’ s going
D aryl T a lle y, called the heart
and soul o f the B u ffa lo B ills de­
fense, has jo in e d the A tla n ta Fal­
Sara Jessie from the University of Oregon, Women's Track
cons after becom ing a free agent.
He has agreed to a tw o -ye a r co n ­
tract reportedly w o rth $1 m illio n
a year fo r tw o years.
(Photo by John Giustuna)
by
D annv B ell
On a blustery day Saturday a
freshman and a senior came to the
BASKETBALL
Gill Returns
A fte r a week o ff, Seattle Su­
personic guard K e n d a ll G ill re­
turned to the team after being treat­
ed fo r c lin ic a l depression.
Dooley Moves Up
perform ance Saturday, having al­
ready posted 41 -8 1 /4 on her firs t
to turn in the second fastest 200
tim es in Oregon history.
Sara Jessie a senior came out o f
B efore I was concentrating on my
marks. I ’ ve had three fru stra tin g
D ooley, w ho is 29, w ill become
inches in the trip le ju m p .
The tw ilig h t meet w hich fo l­
years. I questioned m y a b ility . N o w
I ’ ve got m y fiv e back.
the youngest active N C A A D iv i­
sion I basketball coach, succeed­
lowed the day long developmental
Jessie has not lost sight o f her
ing Eddie Payne, w ho left the
meet, gave the crowd o f 2,305 a
school fo r Oregon State.
glimpse at a handful o f athletes head­
marks.
“ I w o n ’ t be happy unless I ju m p
ed fo r the 1996 O lym pics decathlete
Dan O 'B rie n , hammer thrower Lance
4 3 -p lu sa n d I kn o w th a t’ s there” she
said. “ Same w ith the long ju m p .
Deal. Steeple Chaser Danny Lopez.
T w e n ty plus, I kn o w its there. I ju s t
O re g o n
s o p h o m o re
q u a lity fo r conference o f N C A A
be the favorite in the K en tu cky
Derby, w ill miss the race because
cham pionships.
A lth o u g h the weather c o n d i­
meters. A ndrew s tim e was 3.44:5 a
o f a chipped bone in his left leg.
tions were not conducive to record
personal best and met the p ro v is io n ­
C raig Lewis, the c o lt’ s ow ner and
setting times some o f the p e rfo r­
trainer, said L arry The Legend
mances were impressive.
Johnson in on ly his second 100
al q u a lify in g tim e o f the N C A A
O ’ Brien the w o rld record holer in
w ith a th ro w o f 168-09 and the long
needed to au to m a tica lly q u a lify fo r
ju m p w ith a ju m p 25-1/2.
tucky hopefuls w ith an im pres­
sive w in at Santa A n ita on A p ril 8,
beating previously unbeaten A f­
the N C A A .
But even Johnson was surprised
Deal the A m erican recorder in
the hammer, easily won w ith a toss
when he returned and turned in 20.46
ternoon Delites, and 2-year-old
a u to m a tica lly q u a lify in g fo r the
o f2 4 8 -0 7 . Lopez was out sprinted at
the fin ish by Samuel K ib ir i in the
champion T im b e r C ountry.
N .C .A .A . cham pionship and tu rn ­
steeplechase.
OREGON CITY FORWARD MAKES ALL AMERICA
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regon C ity, Oregon, has been named
has a 3.5 grade-point average and
this year’ s Parade A ll-A m e ric a
w ill attend the U n iv e rs ity o f C on­
igh School G irls Basketball Team.
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O ther Parade A ll-A m e ric a n s in
graduate o fth e U n iv e rs ity o f Kansas,
w ho played a few years o f profes­
, the states w ith the most players on
e team C a lifo rn ia , N ew Jersey and
this ye a r’ s fin a l fo u r were Rebecca
Lobo and Nykesha Sales from the
sional basketball w ith the Harlem
G lo ve tro tte rs, C heryl M ille r o f the
linois each have three.
A rn o ld averaged 24 points, 13
U n ive rsity o f C onnecticut; O lym p ia
U n iv e rs ity o f Southern C a lifo rn ia ,
Scott, Jam ila W id e m a n , Vanessa
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C h a n d ra B e n to n , N a o m i M u lit -
auaopele. H eather O w en, Rachel
B asketball H a ll o f Fame, and Anne
D onovan o f O ld D o m in io n , who
hemmer and Anita Kaplan ofS tanford
played p ro fe ssio n a lly in Japan
The entire team, w hich is select-
I a n n u a lly by co lle g e coaches,
outs and recruiters, w ill be an-
tunced Sunday in Parade. It in-
udes 40 athletes fro m 20 states,
ith five each from Indiana and le x -
bounds, 3 assists and 2 steals a
im e d u rin g her se n io r season,
ram m y has been the most dom inat-
g player w e’ ve had at Oregon C ity.
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the heptathlon, w on the develop­
mental pole va u lt w ith a ju m p o f 17-
3/4, then to o k the tw ilig h t discuss
had jum ped to the to p o f the K e n ­
and she’ s a real team oriented p la y­
er,” said her coach. Brad Smith. She
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Lem ora to fin ish second in the 1500
o f the season Johnson tore - up the
track fo r a personal best o f 10.27.
H is tim e was ju s t shy o f the 10.22
Tam m y A rn o ld , a 6 ’ 3" forw ard
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have been done years ago.
B en
The horse thought by most to
career-ending in ju ry. The horse
r-
W hat is the remedy? Owners
have to be patient.
Anderews was ju s t a step behind
fo rm e r O re g o n ru n n e r Shannon
was out o f the derby, but was
uncertain when the in ju ry o c ­
curred. He added that it was not a
lio n when he signed w ith Texas. Last
M onday, Teddy H iguera made a deal
her sport.
“ I ’ m com peting again,” she said
meet record w ith a leap o f 42 feet 4
chance to set times o r marks to
T ew ksbury dropped from $3.5 m il­
Jessie a ttributed her huge im
provem ent to a new p h ilo so p h y on
her co m p e titive slum p in her fin a l
college students, but it gave them a
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$3.25 m illio n to $ 1.25 m illio n when
he signed w ith San Francisco. Bob
w ith a 19-4 3/4 leap.
year at Oregon, and set a school and
Derby Contender
Injured
s tric tly to budgets. The owners when
th ird and fin a l ju m p o f the day.
E a rlie r she w on the long ju m p
Joe D ooley was named East C aro­
lin a ’ s 19th head basketball coach.
The meet was non-counting fo r
lio n d o lla r contract, there were three
players to take a b ig shave.
T erry M u lh o lla n d dropped from
ju m p she im proved to 42-4 on her
As expected, assistant coach
HORSE RACING
signed fo r $5 m illio n over tw o years.
H ow ever, fo r every m u lti-m il-
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gon invitational T rackand field meet
ship smoke the field in the 100 meters
and then returned 40 minutes later
such as the N ew Y o rk Yankees, C o l­
1979.
Jessie also turned in impressive
ing the U o f O on a fo o tb a lI scholar­
w ith the Mets fo r $9 m illio n over
ing the second best 200 meter tim e
set by D O N C olem an’ s run 20.39 in
fore fro n t as stand outs at the O re­
at H ayw ard Field in Eugene.
P atrick Johnson w ho is attend­
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buy a cham pionship... the big man
over five years.
Pitcher Pet H am ish re-signed
party that he is re tirin g from pro
-
Because in sports, the v ia b ility o f a
reflected in a lot o f the signings. It’ s
an in d ica tio n that the m arket has
w ill announce this week at a gala
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The high-revenue clubs have
lost $700 m illio n in revenue because
future H all o f Famer Joe M ontana
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been the o n ly ones to sign players to
m u lti-m illio n do lia r contracts, some­
what va lid a tin g th e owners concerns.
o f the strike.
H ow ever, the argum ent appears
there,” Houston Astros General M an­
ager Bob W atson said. “ I t ’ s been
increased.
The owners m aintain they have
,
said.
eats up the little man.
Catcher C hris H oiles re-signed
w ith the O rio le s fo r $17.5 m illio n
“ I t ’ s a ch a n g in g m a rke t out
It has been co nfirm ed that
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OWNERS SCALE SACK WAGES
In the language o f some agents
and general managers, the phrase is
cal led “ ta kin g a shave.” W hat is “ tak­
ing a shave?” In baseball parlance it
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