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• . •Ó 7 •:• •. • • . -* • - a * î' t • *<r- » V % • . * ••• •' I& il-bäi®bfcäittSAil£MMlhNÌKNflNMMMHHwBfllHBNHhMrittfti . .. » O C T . 1, 1997 Page B2 Ih r PaxrtUiMtit HMwvuvw United States' Looses Ryder Cup challenge PIL Standings iger Woods may have con tributed only 1 1/2 points to the United States ’ losing Ryder Cup challenge but he said the emotion-charged weekend was an “awesome” experience. The Masters champion and world number two once again displayed an Achilles heel in his failure to adjust to conditions alien to him — just as he had in the three majors since his triumph at Augusta in April. He could muster only one win from his five matches to go with a half and three defeats, including a four and two singles thumping by Italian Costantino Rocca on Sunday. “ I t’s called golf. You c a n 't al ways win. You can only hope you go aw ay having given your all. I gave my all,” he said. “What I take away from this is that it was a chance for all o f us to get really close, a bonding experience. “I can’t believe how great these ark McGwire hit his guys are. It’s awesome being part of 58th home run, tying a team instead o f being alone out him for the most ever there. by a righthanded batter, in the sixth “You try to beat their butt all year inning o f the St. Louis C ardinals’ and now they’re cheering for you out season finale against Chicago on there. Eleven great guys and an awe Sunday. some captain.” McGwire hit an 0-2 pitch from W oods lost three o f the first five Steve Trachsel over the center field ortland Trail Blazers for July 1st. holes against Rocca but said the match wall, a drive estimated at 414 feet, ward R asheed W allace, The 6-11 Wallace was third on the got away from him finally at the to lead o ff the sixth. It’s the most Trail Blazers with averages o f 15.1 who was one o f the N B A ’s ninth. homers by a righthanded hitter points and 6.8 rebounds last season, most improved players last season, “I had a chance to win it because since Hank Greenberg hit 58 in his first in Portland. He also was reportedly has agreed to a six-year he was 20 feet away and I was five 1938. Jimmie Foxx shares the third in the NBA with a .558 field- contract extension worth $75 mil feet away but he made his putt and 1 record, hitting 58 in 1932. goal percentage and averaged nearly lion. missed mine and lost it,” he said. McGwire pum ped his fist in the The Columbian, a newspaper in a block per game. For a man who said at the start o f air as he rounded first base. He Vancouver, Washington, and KFXS The former North Carolina star the w eek that m atchplay is his acknowledged a sellout crowd o f finished third behind Miami Heat Radio in Portland, Oregon are re favourite form o f golf it was a major 46,065 when he made a curtain center Isaac Austin and Toronto Rap porting that Wallace has agreed to disappointment call, stepping out the dugout and tors guard Doug Christie in voting the deal, the biggest in club history. “Matchplay is the epitome, one on waving. for Most Improved Player. It would surpass the seven-year, $63 one, you don’t get the chance to do it McGwire has 24 home runs in Wallace was selected fourth over million package given this summer very often. More emotions are in two months with the Cardinals, all by the Washington Bullets in 1995 to free agent forward Brian Grant. volved — you have more ups and who broke the team record with Citing an unidentified source close and had a turbulent rookie season. downs. He averaged 10.1 points and 4.7 re their 144th o f the season. to the negotiations, the Columbian “You get momentum on your side, bounds in 65 games. His season was said the deal was w orth betw een you can ride that wave, it’s a great $75 million and $80 million. Tele shortened by a broken wrist and he feeling. And vice versa you can get phone calls to the team were not also was charged with assault against stomped on if the other guy gets hot.” immediately returned. a female companion. On this occasion the other guy did Last summer, the Bullets dealt The Trail Blazers beat the Octo get hot but Woods will be gunning ber 1 st deadline for re-signing mem Wallace and guard Mitchell Butler for revenge on home ground in two bers o f the “Class o f 1995,” the first to Portland for guard Rod Strickland years’ time and all the better pre group o f rookies who were subjected Ken Griffey Jr., who has 55 and forward Harvey Grant. pared for his experience here. home runs, took him self out o f the Wallace would be the fourth mem to the rookie salary scale. The 23- Seattle M ariners’ lineup for the ber o f the 1995 rookie class to sign an year-old Wallace was to make $ 1.95 start o f a season-ending three- ex ten sio n , jo in in g V an c o u v e r’s million this season, the last year o f game series against Oakland. It his original three-year contract, and Bryant Reeves, Utah’s Greg Ostertag was the fifth game he’s missed and Cleveland’s Bobby Sura. would have become a free agent on this season. “Do I have a chance to break the record?” Griffey asked. “I’ve got six bombs to go and there ain ’ t no way I’m going to break it.” any o f the mas By dropping out o f the race to ter plan goals catch Maris, he said it was more im Eyen and Tony Brown have land staff. fo r A lb e rta important now to get some rest to been hired as assistants for the Eyen was a scout for the New Park have been get ready for next Wednesday Portland Trail Blazers, the team an York Knicks last season. Before im p lem en ted night’s AL playoffopener against nounced Friday. that, he was an assistant for eight in the last year, thanks to funding Baltimore here. Both have previous ties to Blazers seasons with the Los Angeles Clip from the 1994 bond measure and “What do I keep telling every community involvement. The bond coach Mike Dunleavy. Eyen was an pers, Lakers and Bucks. body? The record’s not impor Brown, a fourth-round draft pick im provem ents are scheduled for assistant to Dunleavy with the Los tant. W hat’s important is getting A ngeles Lakers and M ilw aukee by the New Jersey Nets in 1982 out completion this month. the trophy with all the flags on it,” ast year over 200 park Bucks. Brown, a former NBA player, o f Arkansas, played seven seasons he said. neighbors and friends vol was a scout at Milwaukee when in the league. He was a scout for the “The fans may not understand unteered to help complete Dunleavy was coach and general Bucks the last three seasons. it, but th at’s the way it is. It’s a The Blazers open training camp the construction o f the soft manager. surface team. It’s not a one-man show.” Eyen and B row n jo in Elston O ct. 3 at L infield C ollege in walking trail around the perimeter o f M anager Lou Piniella thought the park. The Community Treehouse, Turner to fill out D unleavy’s Port McMinnville. Griffey made a wise decision. a non-profit coalition o f neighbor “W e’re just going to give him a hood groups and public agencies, day o ff and give him a rest,” he helped organize this successful event. said. “Put it this way, I think he B ond p ro je c t im p ro v em en ts to could use a day off.” Alberta Park include construction o f Piniella said his All-Star center a new restroom located in the center fielder could be back in the lineup o f the park, installation o f new against the Athletics Saturday and benches, and the construction o f new Sunday. path connections to park features with “W e’ll see what happens,” he each other and with the perimeter said. “W e’ll worry about that to sidewalk. The existing spiral slide morrow.” was relocated at the site being pre Griffey said he doesn’t care if pared for the future playground. McGwire fnishes with more home with a new playground was origi runs than him. He will win the ally part o f the planned bond American League home title for p ro je c t im p ro v e m e n ts. But the second time. He won his first contractor’s bid came in well over AL crown with 40 in 111 games in budget and plans had to be scaled 1994 He has 55 in 155 games this back. Parks & Recreation is explor year. ing alternative funding or partner “ I d o n ’t m easure my success ships to help make the playground by som ebody else," he said. “ I MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE • GRESHAM possible. a in 't w o rried about M cG w ire.” w FRANKLIN 4 GRANT 4 BENSON 3 MADISON 3 JEFFERSON 2 WILSON 2 LINCOLN 1 MARSHALL 1 CLEVELAND 0 ROOSEVELT 0 L 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 T Mark McGwire hit 58th home ru M Portland Trail Blazers sign Rasheed Wallace $80 m illio n P G r iffe y fin ish e s w ith 55 l l l f s Alberta Park Improvements Sun Devils O re g o n 4 9 defeats OSU S t a n f o r d 5 8 Thanks to a quick, stifling de fense, Arizona State’s Pac-10 vic tory streak is alive at nine. Robert Nycz kicked two second- half field goals and the 25th-ranked Sun Devils survived 14 penalties, three interceptions and a late fumble for a come-from-behind 13-10 vic tory over Oregon State on Saturday. “Our defense really bailed us out today,” redshirt freshman quarter back Ryan Kealy said, “and they have all year. Our offense needs to put up more points, and a lot o f that responsibility is on my shoulders. I haven’t been getting the job done.” The defending Pac-10 champion Sun Devils (3-1) trailed 10-7 at half time o f their conference opener, the second year in a row that the Beavers had led Arizona State at the break. Arizona State, coming o ff a 13-10 home loss to BYU, w asn’t assured victory until J ’Juan Cherry inter cepted Tim A lexander’s pass to stop a final Oregon State threat with 19 seconds to play. No. 20 Stanford defeated O r egon 58-49 in a record-setting shootout Saturday night. Hutchinson had scoring passes o f 31 and 23 yards to Troy Walters, 80 yards to Damon Dunn and 9 yards to Jon Ritchie. A nthony Bookman had a 67-yard scoring run, Mike Mitchell scored on a 3- yard run, Kevin Miller added a pair o f 33-yard field goals and the Car dinal got a late safety. Hutchinson, who went 21 -of-31 for 340 yards, threw for 246 yards and four touchdowns in the first half. He had just three scoring passes in three previous games this season for the Cardinal (3-1 overall, 2-0 Pac-10). Jason Maas had five scoring passes for Oregon (3-1,1 -1), which had a six-gam e winning streak snapped. M aas had touchdow n strikes o f 66 and 47 yards to Pat Johnson, 4 yards to L aC orey Collins, 4 yards to Tony Hartley and 3 yards to A.J. Jelks. Trail Blazers hire Assistant coaches M J L kMlD-89.1 FM The JAZZ Station All JAZZ... all tie time! All the Jazz Greats H e fty S lic e o f t h e BLUES! 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