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BRIEFS
OTEMiSS URBAN KIDS PICKING UP THE RACKET
Seles ousted;
Sampras, Kafelnikov
advance at
Wimbledon
Second seed M onica Seles of
the U nited States will not add the
W im bledon singles title to her list
o f G rand Slain cham pionships this
year as unseeded Sandrine T eslud
of France surprised the form er
world num ber one, 0-6, 6-4, 8-6,
M onday at the $9.62 m illion event
at the A ll-E ngland Club. On the
m en ’s side, top seed and three­
time cham pion Pete Sam pras o f
the United States breezed into the
fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
victory over Byron Black o f Z im ­
babw e, and third seed Yevgeny
K afelnikov o f R ussia defeated
1996
s e m if in a l is t
Jaso n
Stoltenberg o f A sustralia, 6-3, 7-
6 (7-4). 4-6, 6-3.
Interleague play
resumes with World
Series rematch
The second round o f interleague
play began M onday with a W orld
Series rem atch along w ith an All-
C a n a d ia n a ffa ir. T h e A tla n ta
Braves were back in Y ankee S ta­
dium M onday night to play the
New Y ork Y ankees for the first
tim e tim e since losing the sixth
and decisive gam e o f the 1996
Fall Classic.
Griffey top vote-
getter, three
Mariners on AL All-
Star team
Seattle M ariners superstar out­
fielder Ken G riffey Jr. w as the top
vote-getter for the third tim e in
his career, earning his eighth co n ­
se cu tiv e A ll-S ta r G am e berth
M onday with ov er 3.5 m illion
votes. G riffey, who is on pace to
break Roger M aris’ single-season
record o f 61 hom e runs, received
3,514,340 votes in balloting by
the fans, who choose the starters
for the annual m id-sum m er clas­
sic to be played July 8th at Jacobs
Field in Cleveland.
Irabu pitches for
Columbus tonight at
Rochester
Japanese pitcher H ideki Irabu
continues to prepare for his m ajor
league debut next w eek w hen he
starts tonight for the C olum bus
C lippers, the New York Y ankees’
Triple-A affiliate. Irabu will pitch
for the C lippers tonight in an In­
ternational League gam e at R och­
ester and again in a hom e gam e
Saturday against Toledo.
BUM
NBA free agency
period begins
O ne y ear after a free agent
frenzy enabled three N B A players
to crack the $100 m illion barrier,
the 1997 m arket will not quite
reach the sam e high-rent district.
Superstar M ichael Jordan o f the
C hicago Bulls and Patrick Ew ing
o f the New Y ork K nicks headline
the list o f N BA players w ho be­
com e eligible for free agency on
T u e s d a y . L a s t J u ly , J o r d a n ,
S h aq u illeO ’Neal. A lonzo M ourn­
ing, Juw an H ow ard, G ary Payton
and Reggie M iller H ooded the
m arket with an all-tim e collection
of m arquee players. Jordan ended
up signing a one-year contract
worth a record $30 m illion, the
highest annual salary in the his­
tory o f sports.
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Coach Tom Clark (right) teaches tennis to a group of kids at Peninsula Park in north Portland. The Tennis in the Park program is part of
an array of summer activities offered by Portland Parks and Recreation.
(Photo by M ark Washington)
KELVIN CATO IS TOP BLAZER DRAFT PICK
COLLEGE STAR ESCAPES
TROUBLED STREETS
Five years ago, Kelvin Cato was
suspected o f m urder in a drive-by
shooting. N ow h e’s a first-round draft
pick o f the Portland Trail Blazers.
W hen he was introduced by the
Blazers during a new s conference
Thursday, the 6-foot-i I, 255-pound
center did n ’t duck the tough ques­
tions about his past and what h e’s
learned on his journey from that ter­
rible day.
“ It scared me know ing that it could
happen to anybody.’’ he said. "Just
being in the w rong place at the w rong
time will get a lot o f people in trouble,
especially a young guy hanging out
with older people and not know ing
the things that can happen to you.
Y o u ’ve just got to build on your own
m istakes.”
The shooting occurred on the streets
o f A tlanta in 1992. C ato w as in the car
from which the fatal shot w as tired.
At first, authorities thought Cato had
fired the gun Eventually, investiga­
tors determ ined som eone else had
done the shooting.
C a to ’s m other. Carolyn, who ac­
com panied him to Portland, m ade a
quick decision that her son was leav­
ing for college - imm ediately.
“ I w as scared to death,” she said.
“The best thing to do w as to get him
out o f that city and I sent him away
early.”
C ato did as he w as told.
“ I left Atlanta and w ent directly to
school the sum m er before I even en-
MEGABUCKS DOUGH
W IN N E R S
June 2 0 . 1907 -
WORLD REACTS
TO TYSON BITE
rolled in South A labam a because she
felt there was nothing there in Atlanta
for me but another opportunity to get
in trouble,” he said.
Cato d id n ’t play high school bas­
ketball or receive a high school di­
ploma. Instead, he played for an AAU
team and got his general equivalency
diplom a (GED).
He sat out his freshman year at
South Alabama, then played for one
season there before transferring to
Iowa State because he didn "t get along
with his coach. He had to sit out
another season before playing the last
tw o years for coach Tim Floyd.
“ Peopledon’t understand how hard
it was for me to get to this level,” Cato
said. “ My mom always told me never
to give up som ething that you start. I
thought about quitting basketball a
long tim e ago, but at 7-foot, if you
d o n ’t play basketball, you become a
ja n ito r and n o thing else. I’m not
m opping no floors.”
Cato can run the floor and play
defense. He has extremely limited
offensive skills. But there is one thing
he knows he can do. “ I can block
an y b o d y ’s shot,” he said
A selection o f headlines on Sun­
day and M onday from the M ike
T yson-E van der H olyfield fight
and its afterm ath:
• “A Bad Bite fo r Boxing ” - The
News & Observer o f Raleigh.
• “Twice Bitten" - Times-Pica­
yune o f New Orleans.
• “Bite o f the Century!" - Ari­
zona Republic.
• “Bite Night ” - Lexington (Ky.)
Herald-Leader.
• ‘Tyson's Tasteless Tactics:
Bite N ight” - The Record o f
Hackensack, N.J.
• “Reality Bites” - Times Union
o f Albany, N. Y.
• “Did Tyson Bite O ff More Th an
He Can Chew? Time H ill Tell"-
Salt Lake Tribune.
• “Biting Commentary” - The
Boston Herald.
• “ Tyson B ites the Dust,
H olyfield” - Huntsville (Ala.)
Times.
• “A two-bit bout: Holyfield wins "
- Kansas City Star.
ns0N
APOLOGIZES,
CAREER IN
LIMRO
M ike Tyson, d isqualified for b it­
ing E vander H o ly field 's ears in their
heavyw eight title fight, faces a for­
mal com p lain t alleg in g u n sp o rts­
m anlike conduct and bringing b o x ­
ing into disrepute, prosecutors said
Tuesday.
An em ergency hearing o f the N e­
vada State A thleticCom m ission voted
unanim ously to hold a disciplinary
session next week at which the fighter
could be heavily fined and or receive
a lengthy ban from boxing.
In the m eantim e, he is tem p o ­
rarily suspended and his nearly $30
m illion purse from S atu rd ay ’s fight
is being w ithheld.
“ M ike is serious about this, he
will place his fate in their h an d s,”
T y so n ’s law yer, Eckley K each. told
reporters after T u esd a y 's public hear­
ing. “ M ike is w illing to accept w hat­
ever the com m ission determ ines."
T u esd ay ’s m eeting o f the five-
man com m ission began with a play ­
ing o f the videotape o f the W orld
Boxing A ssociation bout in w hich
Tyson was disqualified for biting
Holyfield tw ice in the third round.
H olyfield, w ho had beaten Tyson
in their first bout in N ovem ber, re­
quired 15 stitches in his right ear
and will have to un d erg o reco n ­
structive plastic surgery to repair a
hole in the top o f it. His left ear was
extensively chew ed, but there w as
no perm anent dam age, doctors said.
T he ch a m p io n ’s law yer has said
he has not ru led o ut filing civil
charges against Tyson for the bites.
A fter watch i n g a 111 h ree rou nds o f
the fight and the ensuing m elee in
the ring after the disqualification,
com m ission m em b er Jim N ave read
a m otion form ally asking for the
District A tto rn ey ’s office to draw up
a com plaint against Tyson.
T h e c o m m issio n o rd e re d th e
fig h t’s prom oter, Don K ing P roduc­
tio n s , to p r o v id e a c h e c k fo r
$29,824,600, representing T y so n ’s
purse, to be deposited in an interest-
bearing account p ending the o u t­
com e o f the hearing.
O n c e th e N e v a d a a tto r n e y
g en e ral’s office drew up a form al
com plaint, a period o f three w orking
days m ust pass before the hearing
may be held.
That w ould set the hearing for
next T uesday or W ednesday at the
earliest, since the July 4 Indepen­
dence Day holiday is observed on
Friday.
F in a l d r a w i n g
1st prize - $1,000 plus jacket
Noreen Deckley, Lake Oswego
MLIill'llliHSIllil'S
2nd prize - $500 plus jacket
Mrs. Conroy, Corvallis
3rd prize - $ 100 plus jacket
Joe Hoffman, Junction City
Annie Brown, Gresham
August Weil, Corvallis
John Rex Jr, Salem
Mike Esbenshade, Corvallis
4th prize - MEGABUCKS D O U G H
denim baseball jacket
R. A. Pallies, Klamath Falls
Lupie Herrera, Portland
Stephen Roshak, Hillsboro
Howard Hands, Grants Pass
Fred Eldredge, Salem
Robin McQueen, Roseburg
JoAnn Robinson, Sweet Home
Barbara Kramer, Phoenix
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Harold Godkin, Salem
Dorothy Marino, Portland
Suzie Motney, Grants Pass
Lori Gregory Cornelius
Ethel Van Dolah, St. Helens
Cora Miller, Salem
Shirley Ward, Eugene
Stephen Paup, Roseburg
Van D Shields, Longview, W A
Robert Richardson, Springfield
Karen Dittrich, Grants Pass
Don Hansen, Portland
Robert Rogers, Eugene
Ruth Young, Portland
Clair Alford, Portland
Mary Rembecki, Beaverton
Howard Herigstad, Salem
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