T he P ortland O bserver • O ctober
4, 1995
P age A 7
Mariners Fall In First Playoff
RIEFS
BASKETBALL
NBA Refs Out,
Replacements
Hired
Ruben Sierra smashed a two-run
hom er to cap a fo u r-ru n sev en th
inning and D avid C one p itch ed
eig h t stro n g in n in g s as the New
Y ork Y an k ees d e fe a te d the S e
attle M arin ers, 9 -6 , T u e sd a y in
the first
g a m e o f t h e i r A m e r ic a n
L eague D iv isio n al P la y o ff series.
The Y ankees, w ho w ere m ak
ing th e ir first p o st-se a so n a p p e a r
ance in 14 y e a rs, re c o rd e d th e ir
first p la y o ff w in sin c e G am e T w o
o f the W orld S e rie s on O c to b e r
21st, 1981, a g a in st the Los A n g e
les D odgers.
G a m e T w o is W e d n e s d a y
night at Y ankee S tadium , w hich
drew a re c o rd crow d o f 5 7 ,1 78 for
the first gam e.
T he se llo u t was the first at
Y ankee S tad iu m since the 1994
se a so n -o p e n e r and the paid a tte n
dance re p re se n ts the largest crow d
since the stadium underw ent re n o
vation for the 1976 seaso n .
T ied at 4-4, R andy V elarde
was hit by Je ff N elson to open the
seventh.
Bobby A yala relieved and was
g reeted w ith a single by W ade
B oggs that sent V elarde to third
B e rn ie W illia m s th en lin e d a
do u b le to deep c e n te r field that
Ken G riffey m isjudged, scoring
V elard e and se n d in g B oggs to
third.
Paul O ’N e ill’s sacrifice fly
scored B oggs for a 6-4 lead b e
fore S ierra dep o sited A y a la ’s 2 - 1
pitch well over the right-field wall.
C one (1 -0) allow ed four runs
and six hits over eig h t innings.
C oe, who is 3-2 in eight p o st
season starts, struck out five and
The NBA began a lock out o f
I members o f the National Basket
ball Referees Association Sunday
and hired replacement refs. The
announcement came after the union
rejected a no-strike, no-lockout
agreement that the league said it
would accept while a new collec
tive bargaining agreement with the
referees continues to be negotiat-
|e d .
The last collective bargaining
I agreement between the league and
referees expired on Sept. I. The
NBA has offered a 10 percent sal
ary increase for the 95-96 season
and an overall 30 percent increase
over five years. I he officials are
asking for a 70 per cent increase
' for next season.
m atched his season high with six
w alks. It was the third tim e this
season that C one has w alked six.
C lo s e r J o h n
W e tte la n d
struggled in the ninth, but struck
out Mike
B low ers, who represented the
tying run, to end the gam e.
G riffey tied the gam e at 4-4
for Seattle w ith a tw o-run hom er,
his second o f the gam e, in the
seventh.
The Y ankees took a 4-2 lead
in the bottom o f sixth, as Don
M attingly singled in W illiam s to
Knott Street Boxing Tourney
The best in Knott Street boxing is
held this weekend at the Matt Dishman
Community Center.
The public is invited to the Clyde
Quisenbery Memorial Allstar Ama
teur Boxing Tournament, co-spon
sored by the Police Activities League
at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Portland
Parks Bureau Center at 77 N.E. Knott
St. Tickets arc $8 for adults and $2 for
children.
Knott Street Boxing Coaches Ray
Monge and Joe Calder and hoping
that boxers from the tournament will
qualify for the National PAL Boxing
Championships, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3 in
Texas. The Saturday tournament is a
The league said that replace
ment officials have been hired to
attend a training camp that will
open Oct. I . They will officiate all
NBA games starting with the first
pre-season games Oct. 12. A no
strike, no-lockout agreement with
T he C h ic a g o B ulls M onday
the players enabled the 1994-95
a
c
q
u
ire d c o n tro v e rsia l pow er fo r
season to be played without inter
w
ard
D e n n is R odm an, the NBA
ruption.
re b o u n d in g ch am p io n each o f the
last four y e a rs, from the San A n
Olajuwon To Miss to n io S p u rs in ex c h a n g e for r e
serve c e n te r W ill Perdue and other
Preseason
Houston Rockets superstar c o n sid e ra tio n s.
The acquisition o f Rodman, the
center Hakeem Olajuwon said he
I will likely miss the preseason due league’s prem ier rebounder, makes
the Bulls the likely Eastern Confer
to a back injury.
The injury forced promoters ence co-favorite with the Orlando
to cancel Saturday's pay-per-view, Magic.
Rodman joins a Bulls team that
one-on-one contest with Orlando
Magic center Shaquille O ’Neal features All-Stars Michael Jordan and
Scottie Pippen andfillsChicago’sglar-
scheduled for Atlantic City.
Olajuwon suffered the injury ing need for a rebounding forward
while in London promoting the since the departure of Horace Grant.
“H e’s the best rebounder in this
upcoming M cD onald's basketball
[ championship. The NBA sends a league,” Chicago general manager
team to the annual tournament, Jerry Krause said. "We certainly had
which features the best teams from a weakness in our rebounding situa
v a rio u s E u ro p e a n L eag u e. tion last year. We think he’s going to
| Olajuwon had his back examined be an outstanding addition to our bas
in Atlantic City Friday by Doctor ketball team. We spent 36 hours with
pre-qualifier for the 1996 Olympic
Trials.
Proceeds from ticket sales and a
raffle will help offset costs of qualify
ing boxers toattend the national chain
pionships.
“W e're excited about any oppor
tunities that involve youth in activities
which keep them focused on disci
pline and commitment,” said PAL.
Activities Coordinator Nicci Johnson.
“By working with Knott Street, we
may get to help some boxers get a shot
at the Olympics."
PAL is a collaboration of kids,
cops and the community offering rec
reational, athletic and educational pro-
snap a tie and cam e around to
score on M ike S ta n le y ’s single.
Dan W ilson w alked w ith the
bases loaded in the sixth to tie the
gam e at 2-2 for the M ariners.
G riffey cut into New Y o rk 's
2-0 lead w ith a solo hom er o ff the
facade o f the right field upper
deck in the fourth. G riffey had
three hits, drove in three runs and
scored three tim es.
Boggs gave the Y ankees a 2-
0 lead with a tw o-run hom er to
cen ter field in the third. Boggs and
Williams had three hits apiece.
SAM BOWIE RETIRES AFTER 1 1 YEARS
grams designed to encourage and de
velop good citizenship.
During the 1940s, PAL in Port
land was founded by police officer
Mickey Pease who believed that
through boxing and other athletic pro
grams kids could be turned around.
This year, PAL served 1,800 kids
in 10 programs.
Tickets tor the boxing tourna
ment are available at Catalina Restau
rant, EZ & A l's Salon, Geneva’s Sa
lon. One Stop Records, the Portland
Parks Bureau community centers Matt
Dishman and Community Park and
the Northeast Precinct PAL office.
For more information, call 823-0250.
Sam Bowie, whose 11 year NBA career was plagued by injuries,
announced his retirement today. I he 7-foot-1 Bowie was the second player
selected in the 1984 draft - behind I lakeem Olajuwon and ahead o f Michael
Jordan, lie played for the Portland I rail Blazers from 1984 to 1989, then
spent four seasons with the New Jersey Nets and two with the Los Angeles
Lakers.
ihe 34-year-old Bowie missed the entire 1987-88 season and was
sidelined for 438 games during his career because of leg injuries. Bowie
played in just live games in 1986-87 and 20 in 1988-89, his final season
with Portland. He also missed two lull college seasons at Kentucky while
recovering from a stress fracture o f his left tibia.
Bowie was traded by Portland to New' Jersey, along with a first-round
draft pick, following the 1988-89 season for Buck Williams. He enjoyed
his finest N-B-A season in 1991-92 with the Nets, averaging 15.0 points
and 8.2 rebounds. I le appeared in a career-high 79 games during the 1992-
93 campaign, leading New Jersey in blocked shots (128). Heaveraged 10.4
points and seven rebounds during his pro career.
Chicago Acquires Dennis Rodman
Francis Pflum o f New Y ork's St.
Vincent’s Hospital. Pflum diag
nosed the injury' as a bi lateral sprain
| o f the lower back.
Olajuwon and O ’Neal were
| scheduled to compete in a $1 mil
lion one-on-one competition at the
Trump Taj Mahal Resort. It was to
be distributed by Showtime Event
Television. Olajuwon and O 'N eal
[ were to play 10 rounds for a total
o f $100,000 per round.
FOOTBALL
Rockies Make
History In Playoff
Run
The Colorado Rockies be
came the youngest expansion team
evertoqualify for post-season play,
rallying from a six-run deficit and
hanging on to defeat the San Fran
cisco Giants, 10-9.
The Rockies, in their third
year, were scheduled to host the
National League East champion
Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, in a
best-of-five series The Rockies
win the NL wild-card berth.
The Los Angeles Dodgers,
who clinched the Western Divi
sion title with a 7-2 victory over
the Padres on Saturday, were to
open the playoff s Tuesday at home
against the Central Division cham
pion Cincinnati Reds
Dennis this weekend. Dennis was in
Chicago. We had a lot of conversa
tions with him, we felt good about
those conversations.”
Along with establishing himself
as the league’s prem ier rebounder,
Rodman has been named to the N BA ’s
All-Defensive Team six times.
But the 34-year-old Rodman is
probably better known for his ever-
changing hair color, his tattoos and
his offbeat behavior.
T he 6-8, 2 1 0 -p o u n d R odm an
spent a tu m u ltu o u s tw o seasons
w ith the S purs in w hich he had
been su spended nu m ero u s tim es
by head coach Bob H ill for m iss
ing p ra c tic e s and “co n d u c t d e tri
m ental to the te a m .”
He averaged 16.8 rebounds and
7 .1 points in 49 games for the Spurs
last year.
“The Spurs won games before
Dennis Rodman came here and we ll
win games after Dennis Rodman. I
think our fans know that,” said Spurs
genera manager iregg P o p o v ic h
. ’ n m s is not the p o in t h c ie . I lie
,cam is the p o in t"
Hie last straw for Rodman in San
Antonio may have come when he
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