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Inducties To Hall Of
Fame
Be i
Kruk Retires
During White Sox
Game
Chicago White Sox designat
ed hitter John Kruk abruptly an
nounced his retirement during Sun-
| day’s game at Baltimore.
K ruk singled in his first at-
bat, but departed for a pinch-hitter
in the third inning and left the
ballpark before the end o f the Ori-
| oles’ 8-3 victory.
“The desire to compete at this
level is gone,” Kruk said. “ When
| that happens, it’s time to go.
Angels’ Chili Davis
Slaps Fan
California Angels designated
| hitter C h ili D avis is expected to
face disciplinary action from the
American League after poking and
slapping a fan in the face during
Sunday’s game against the M il
waukee Brewers.
TENNIS
AGASSI DEFEATS
SAMPRAS
Top-ranked Andre A gassi
I dominated the final two sets to roll
to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over sec
ond-seeded Pete Sampras in Sun
day’s all-Am erican final of the
$1,545 million du Maurier Open
| TennisChampionshipsat Montreal
Agassi broke Sampras’ ser-
I vice three times over the last two
sets after Sampras scored the only
break o f the opening set.
Agassi evened his career se-
| ries with Sampras at 8-8 and won
for the third time in four meetings
I this year. Agassi also won his fifth
tournament o f the year and solidi-
| fled his hold on the top ranking.
BASKETBALL
Pippen Accuser
Fails To Show
Chicago Bulls forward Scot
tie Pippen was cleared ofdomestic
battery charges last week when his
accuser failed to appear in a
Waukegan, III. court
Pippen was arrested and
charged with battery May 19th
following an alleged incident in
volving his fiance. Prosectuors said
P ip p e n ’ s fia n ce , Y v e tte
Deleone, does not wish to pursue
the case.
Pippen was arrested and later
released on $100 bond following
the incident, which authorities say
took place at Pippen’s home in
Highland Park, III. a suburb o f
Chicago. Pippen’s fiance did not
require medical attention
P ortland O bserver
A TALK WITH DAMON AND WILLIE STOUDAMIRE
i
This past Saturday, I was able to
catch W illie and Damon Stoudamire
for an interview as they prepared for
a celebration party at the Airport
Shilo Inn.
I asked W illie what role he
played guiding Damon toward his
goal o f becoming an N B A player.
But surprisingly enough, he referred
to his influence upon Damon as be
ing minimal. He said that the coaches
that Damon had as he was growing-
up had far more impact on Damon
than he did. He also said that Damon’s
selection in the N B A draft was “great”
and exceeded his expectations.
W illie did have some interest
ing opinions in regard to mentoring
as we w ill explore further. The fol
lowing are excerpts from our talk.
Three-tim e Most Valuable
I Player Mike Schmidt, considered
by many to be the best third
baseman in history, and outfielder
Richie Ashburn gave a distinct
Philadelphia flavor to Sunday’s
Baseball Hall o f Fame induction
Portland Observer: Damon,
I ceremonies at Cooperstown, New
you did sign with Toronto?
York.
Damon: No
Schmidt was elected to the
Portland
Observer: So you
Hall o f Fame in his first year o f |
have to wait until the lock-out is over
I eligibility by the Baseball Writers
Association. He received 444 o f | to sign'.'’
460 votes cast and easi ly surpassed
the magic number o f 345 (75 per
cent) needed fo r e le ctio n
Schm idt’s 96.52 per cent was the
fourth highest in history, surpassed
I only by Tom Seaver’s record 98 84
percent in 1992, T y Cobb at 98.23
percent in 1936 and Hank Aaron
I at 97.83 per cent in 1982.
2, 1995 • T he
Damon: Yes
Portland Observer: So how
long do you think the lock-out is
going to last ' A month, six weeks?
Damon: Z don t think the lock
out is going to lust that long Once
the lock-out is over, I don t think
negotiations are going to last that
long
Portland Observer: / know
you re a little young, but do you feel
a responsibility to the community
that you came from Can you give
something back9
Damon: Yeah I think I can, but
people have to understand, I have to
get my own selfon my feet, you know,
and get established in what I ‘m do
ing But I can definitely bring back
something to the community.
Portland Observer: You're
very focused and seem to have an
agenda o f priorities Do you write
your game plan down?
Damon: / don t need to write it
down. I have a game plan in my
head. I know what I want and I know
how to go about it
Portland Observer: You’ve
mentioned your support system and
that it was a nurturing and support
ive system. Do you consider yourself
lucky to have had such good guid
ance and counseling?
Damon:/ consider my se lf lucky •
coming from such a great back
ground and being hungry.
Portland Observ er:/ s /Z ju /Z jmzz -
ger what drove y o u 9
Damon: Yeah, that and I was
the type o f kid, that when people
would talk to a targe group o f kids
and tell that only one in a hundred
would make it to the pros, I would sit
back and say to myself that I m going
to be that one. That's how I set mv
goals, that's how I did things
Portland Observer: But you
practice a lot. I heard you have a
very hard work ethic - that you might
practice hours by yourself Is that
true?
Damon: Yeah, you got to work
on the fundamentals I think a lot o f
Tourney, Dance, Fish Fry Set
The 51 st anniversary tournament
o f the Leisure Hour G o lf C lu b w ill be
held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at
the R eso rt at the M ountain in
Wemme, Ore., a45-minute drive east
o f Portland on U.S. Highw ay 26.
Special events on Saturday in
clude a "down home cooked fish
fry," at 5 p.m. and a Jam m in' dance
at 8 p.m. with Joe Johnson’s band
FRED FUNK WINS
IOEAN GOLF
CLASSIC
Fred Funk blew a four-shot lead
to Jim McGovern, but rallied with a
birdie at the final hole Sunday to win
the $1 m illion Idean G o lf Classic at
the Pleasant Valley Country Club in
Sutton, Massachusetts.
F u n k took the lead when
McGovern bogeyed the 16th and 17th
holes, then tapped in for birdie at the
par-5 18th, clinching his second vic
tory in seven years on the P-G -A
Tour. Funk, who had not won since
1992 H ouston O pen, earned
$ 180,000.
Funk stumbled to a final-round
73 and finished at 16-under-par 268,
the fifth straight champion to win this
event at 16-under. McGovern shot a
final-round 70 for 269, one stroke in
front o f Don Pooley, who fired a 3-
under 68
HALE IRWIN WINS AMERITECH
SENIOR GOLF BY SEVEN
STROKES
Hale Irwin shattered the tourna
ment record and cruised to his first
Senior Tour victory Sunday, a whop
ping seven-stroke triumph at the
$850,000 Ameritech Senior Open at
the Stonebridge Country C lu b in
Aurora, Illinois.
Irwin, who joined the Senior
Tour after his 50th birthday last
month, led from wire-to-wire. His
2 1-under-par 195 eclipsed the 54-
hole tournament record o f 16-under
200 set by Mike H ill in 1991. It was
the lowest score on the Senior Tour
since Ray Floyd posted a 22-under
194 at the 1993 Gulfstream Aero
space Invitational
Irwin, who has 20 victories dur
ing a 27-year career on the P-G -A
Tour, fired a final-round 66 to cap
ture the $ 127,500 top prize. The sev
en-stroke margin equaled the largest
on the Senior Tour this season and
made him the fiffh-youngest player
to win in Senior Tour history.
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The go lf club is one o f the oldest
and largest African Am erican golf
clubs in the P a c ific Northwest,
founded by Vernon G askin, 5 1 years
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“Why not take a small vacation
and join us. If not for the three days,
come up and join us for the fish fry
and dance.”
OECKY IVERSON WINS
LPGA FRIENDLY’S
CLASSIC DY TWO
STROKES
Becky Iverson shot a 2-under-
par 70 Sunday and captured the first
victory o f her two-year career, a two-
stroke triumph at the inaugural
$500,000 L -P -G -A Friendly’s C la s
sic at the Crestview Country Club in
Agawam, Massachusetts.
Iverson broke away from co
leader K e lly R o b b in s m idw ay
through Sunday’s round and held on
to claim the $75,000 first prize. Her
best previous finish was a 13th-place
tie at last year’s Chicago Challenge.
Iverson, the ninth first-time win
ner o f the season, sandwiched bird
ies on the n inth and 12th holes around
a bogey at number 11. She stumbled
by settling for bogey at the 18th after
missing a four-foot par putt.
For more information call V ir
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and your call w ill be returned.
I he clu b also has a ju n io r
g o lf program that is g o in g strong
w ith over 50 active ju n io r g o lf
ers. I he clu b is co -h o stin g the
1995 A n n u al Ju n io r G o lf T o u r
nament to be played A u g . 9-11 in
Seattle.
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FIRST INDYCAR WIN
Scott Pruett edged A I Unser,
Junior, at the finish line Sunday for
his first career IndyCar victory, the
Marlboro 500 at the Michigan Inter
national Speedway in Brooklyn,
Michigan.
Pruett’s Lola-Ford finished just
56 thousandths o f a second ahead o f
Unser’s Penske-Mercedes, the sec
ond-closest finish o f a 500-mile race
in IndyCar history . Mexican Adrian
Fernandez finished third, followed
by leo Fabi o f Italy and Emerson
Fittipaldi o f Brazil.
Veteran driver Danny Sullivan
was taken W.A. Foote Hospital in
Jackson, Michigan, with injuries re
sulting from a crash on lap 194.
According to Doctor Terry Trammel I
o f the IndyCar medical staff, Sullivan
suffered a possible fractured pelvis.
BREAM TEAM III
Centers Hakeem Olajuw on,
S h a q u ille O ’N e a l and D avid
Robinson were named Sunday by U-
S -A Basketball to headline Dream
Team III, which w ill represent the
United States at the 1996 Summer
O lym pics in Atlanta.
Robinson, who w ill play in his
third straightOlympics, will bejoined
by Dream Team I teammates Karl
Malone and John Stockton o f the
Utah Jazz and Scottie Pippen o f the
Chicago Bulls. Forwards Malone,
Pippen, Grant H ill o f the Detroit
Pistons and Glenn Robinson o f the
Milwaukee Bucks also were chosen
Sunday. Anfernee Hardaway, a team
mate o f O ’N eal’s, was chosen at
guard, along with Stockton and
Reggie M illerofthe Indiana Pacers.
The final two selections for the
12-man squad wi 11 be made next year.
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Damon is self-spoken and di
rect. He said that he intends to main
tain a residence in Portland, although
during the season he wi 11 natural ly be
living in Toronto.
He also plans to finish his de
gree in media art, toalign himselffor
a possible career in broadcasting, if
need be at a later date. He also stated
that he wanted to receive a degree so
that his time in college would not be
“wasted.”
H is father, W illie Stoudam ire
had some interesting com m ents
that touched on a broader area,
that being his concern for our
com m unity youth.
Portland Observer: How did
you mentor your son as he progressed
toward the pros?
Willie: A lot o f people don 't
understand what mentorships are. I
cume out o f corporate America.
There was a black man by the name
o f Tommy Shropshire (with Miller
Brewing Co.) He s what I consider
a true mentor In the structure o f
Phillip Morns he cultivated black
leadership among the young broth
ers He would have sit down meet
ings. national sales meetings and we
would talk to him about our prob
lems, things we needed to work on
and such
Ever since I moved back to Port
land, I have found this not to be true
A lot o f people around here are more
selfish They are more in tune to their
own needs as opposed to the needs
o f young black men and women try
ing to succeed in corporate America
or as a matter o f fa ct in business
Itself. ITe have to develop those type
°fthings fo r young kids to take hold,
to grasp, and to look at To develop
a mindset and altitude to make them
successful
SERENA’S SONG RECOMES FIRST FILLY TO WIN
HASKEL AT MONMOUTH
Serena’s Song came from o ff the pace and held o ff a late charge by
Pyramid PeakSunday to win the $500,000 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth
Park in Oceanport, New Jersey, and become the first filly ever to win the
race.
Serena’s Song, almost exclusively a front-runner, carried jo ckey Gary
Stevens over the I 1/8 miles in 1:48 4/5. She was running against males
for the third time in her career, having won the Jim Beam Stakes and
finishing 16th in the Kentucky Derby earlier this year.
I he victory was the 11 th in 19 career starts for Serena’s Song, owned
by D. Wayne Lukas. Citadeed was third in a field o f 12 three-year-olds.
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER WINS
FCRMULA UNE GERMAN GRANU PRIX
Michael Schumacher became
the first German to drive to victory in
his home country when he won the
Formula One Grand Prix o f Germa
ny Sunday at Hockenheim.
Schumacher started second and
inherited the lead when British pole-
sitter Damon H ill’s W illiam s fell out
o f the race after brake problems
caused him to bump the wall on the
second lap.
David Coulthard, H ill’s W ill
iams teammate and fellow Briton,
finished second. Gerhard Berger was
third in a Ferrari, followed by Johnny
Herbert in the other Benetton. Jean-
C hristophe Boullion o f France was
fifth in a Sauber and Japan’s Aguri
Suzuki rounded out the top six in his
Ligier.
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