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O ctober 29, 1997 • T he P o r tlan d O bserver P age B 2 Blazers fall to Jazz Bryon Russell and Shandon A nderson each scored 16 points as the Utah Jazz beat the Port land Trail Blazers 98-77 in an exhibition gam e Saturday night. J e ff H ornacek and ro o k ie point guard Jacq u es V aughn added 13 apiece for Utah (4-3). Isaiah Rider had 14 points for the Blazers, w ho finished the preseason 5-3. Brian G rant added 10 points and 12 rebounds. RefereeG ary Zielinski ejected Rider and Portland coach M ike D unleavy after they questioned a 3-secondcall against Rider with 7:04 left in the third quarter. Trent may go on injured list Marlins win dream season T his is w hat baseball is all about. C om ing oh so close and falling oh so far. The exuberance o f youth ful filling dream s. A curse seem ingly doom ing one o f b aseb all's oldest teams to unending failure. I l was one o f the great ones S u n day, a seventh gam e o f the W orld Series going to extra innings for only the fourth tim e. And in the end, eight m onths after the seaso n 's start, b ase ball had its youngest cham pion, a Cuban defector who relished in re wards and reunion all at once, and a team that ju st co u ld n ’t believe what slipped through its hands. " I guess every little boy im agines this might happen at one time. I t's a total fantasy fo rm e ," M arlins m an ager Jim L eyland said after F lo rid a's incredible 3 - 2 ,1 1 inning victory over C leveland. A fantasy lor one team was a nightm are for another. T w o m ore outs. T hat w as all C leveland needed in the ninth inning to w rap up its first W orld Series title since 1948. But singles by M oises Alou and C h a rle s J o h n s o n , an d C r a ig C ounsell ’ s sacri fice fly tied the score against Jose M esa in the ninth. And Tony F ernandez’s error in the I Ith set up a E dgar R enteria’s g am e-w in ning hit o ff C harles Nagy. In ju st their lilth season, the M ar lins had won it all, the fastest title ever for any franchise in the majors. Ihe $89 m illion they spent on free agents last w inter show ed money can buy success in baseball these days. ’’I’m very disappointed that we lost. I c a n ’t describ e how d isa p p o in ted ,” Indians m anager M ike H argrove said on his unhappy 48th birthday. *’I d o n ’t really know w hat to tell the team, other than they played hard all year lo n g .” Only once had b aseb all’s season been stretched this far, in 1924, when the W ashington Senators beat the New York G iants in the 12th inning o f G am e 7. T he tension in extra G ary Trent likely will start the season on the Portland Trai I Blaz e rs’ injured list because o f persis tent soreness in his left shin. D octors have been unable to determ ine the precise reason for the soreness, w hich has bothered the 6-foot-8 forw ard since early in training camp. “ It ju st popped up, and all at once it was there,” Trent said. “ I can’t let it frustrate me. That would do me no good. 1 ju st have to w ait until it heals.” Barkley accused of new assault C harles Barkley was arrested early Sunday for hurling a bar patron through a plate-glass w in dow after the man tossed a glass o f ice at him. Police said the H ouston Rock ets star told the victim as he lay bleeding on the ground: " Y o u got w hat you deserve. You d o n ’t respect me. I hope y o u ’re h u rt.’’ Barkley w as charged w ith ag gravated battery and resisting ar- est w ithout violence, police said. Te w as jailed for five hours be- ore being released on $6,000 jond. use holds off Ducks Rodney Serm ons scored tw o ouchdowns and defensive tackle vlarc Matock partially blocked a xxential game-winning field goal vith three seconds remaining as southern Cal i fom ia held off Oregon, >4-22, in a Pacific 10 contest. Akili Smith’s three-yard run with 1:11 left brought Oregon (4-4, 1-4 i’ac-IO) within 24-22. The Ducks .vent for the two-point conversion lutcomerback Brian Kelly prevented LaCorey Collins from catching John Fox's pass With 22 seconds left, Oregon had i2nd-and-l0 from the USC 16 bu, was penalized 15 yards for having 12 players on the field. After the Ducks brought the ball to the 19-yard line, Joshua Smith’s 17-yard field-goal attempt was tipped by Matock and fell short Huskies crush Beavers For a half on a crisp, clear Satur day even ing, the unth inkable seemed possible Oregon State and seventh-ranked Washington were deadlocked 10- 10. Ihe Beavers, 24-point under dogs, winners against Washington only once in the previous 20 tries, had visions o f an amazing upset. Then reality, in the form o f Washington’s mammoth offensive line and overpowering talent, re-es tablished itself, and the Huskiesover- whelmed ( fregon State 45-17 V m a n a g e a w e ll - p i tc h e d g a m e ; te le v is io n r a tin g s w e re at an a ll- tim e low . W ell, all o f that w as true. Yet none o f it m attered S unday night. Players and fans spend their e n tire lives hoping for night like this. M ost never m ake it. ‘ W e h av e n ’t given up all y ea r,” L eyland said, ‘ and tonight w a sn ’t a night to give u p .” F e r n a n d e z h a d th e b ig g e s t tu r n a r o u n d o f a ll. H is tw o -ru n s in g l e o f f A l L e i te r h a d p u t C le v e la n d a h e a d in th e th ird . Jim T h o m e w a lk e d , M a rq u is G risso m s in g le d an d J a re t W r ig h t m o v e d th e ru n n e rs o v e r. Portland Power start year 5-0 N atalie W illiam s had 24 points and 13 rebounds as the Portland Pow er beat the P hiladelphia Rage 74-67 on Sunday to im prove to 5-0 in the A m erican Basketball League. Katy Steding added 16 points and eight rebounds, and Elaine Powell scored nine o f her 14 points in the fo u rth q u a rte r for P o rtlan d , the league’s only undefeated team. Dawn Staley led the Rage (3-1) with 18 points, and Taj M cW illiam s had 17 points and 12 rebounds. The gam e featured 12 ties and 1.3 lead changes, w ith the Pow er taking the lead for good on P ow ell'sbaseline ju m p er with 3:03 to play. A crow d o f 2,390 attended the gam e at the Palestra. Terrell Bell, Jamal Robinson on waivers T he P ortland T rail B lazers w aived forward Terrell Bell and guard-forw ard Jamal Robinson on Tuesday, reducing their roster to 15 players. The roster m ust be dow n to the NBA limit o f 12 by 3 p.m ., PST, on Thursday. The B lazers are e x pected to place forw ard G ary Trent on the injured list because o f a sore shin, leaving tw o m ore players to be cut or m oved to the injured list by the deadline. The B lazers open their season at hom e Friday night against Se attle. innings w as im m easurable. Players knew even the tiniest m istake could blow it apart - ju st look at the way C le v e la n d rig h t f ie ld e r M an n y R am irez nearly let A lo u ’s tw o-out, tw o-on fly in the 10th pop out o f his glove. *’I w as too nervous to w atch ,” Florida first basem an Je ff C onine said. ” 1 d o n ’t think you can find a better finish than th at.” • T h e W o rld S e rie s h ad been b a s h e d fo r 10 d a y s: T h e M a rlin s w ere a w ild -c a rd te a m th a n f in ish e d n in e g a m e s o u t o f f irs t; th e In d ia n s , at 8 6 -7 5 , h ad ju s t the f o u rth - b e s t re c o rd in th e A m e r i ca n L e a g u e ; n e ith e r te a m co u ld Oakland Raider James Jet looks to the sidelines at the Kingdome Sunday. (Photo by Anthony Jacobs) Moon propels Seahawks at Kingdome W arren M oon proved that h e ’s not too old to be a starting q u arter back in the NFL. Moon, in his 20th season o f pro fessional football, passed for 409 yards and five touchdow ns to lead the Seattle Seahaw ks to a 45-34 vic tory over the O akland R aiders (3-5) on Sunday. Rookies Jake Plum m er and Tony G raziani, each m aking his first pro start, show ed they aren ’t yet ready to lead their teams. G raziani com pleted just four passes and threw tw o inter ceptions before being pulled at h alf tim e o f A tlan ta’s 21-12 loss to C aro lina. Plum m er threw four intercep tions in A rizo n a 's 41-14 loss to T en nessee. M oon, w ho com pleted 28 of 44 passes, including three T D tosses to Joey G allow ay, was so hot his own coach w as afraid to stand too close to him on the sidelines. *’I d id n ’t w ant to touch h im ,” D ennis Erickson said. ‘T d id n 't want to burn m y self.” Led by M oon, who will be 41 on N ov. 18, the Seahaw ks rolled up 554 yards, their second m ost in history. T he Seahaw ks (5-3) w on their third in a row and fifth in th eir last six gam es. " T o o m uch is m ade o f the fact that I’m 40 years o ld ,” he said. ” 1 can still read defenses and throw the football. As long as I’m surrounded by good people. I’ll be O K .” M oon had his seventh 400-yard passing gam e in his 14th N FL sea son, tying Joe M ontana for second place behind Dan M arin o ’s 1.3. “ He plays like h e ’s in his 2 0 s,” adm ired O akland quarterback Jeff G eorge. I U.S. Soccer and N ike have signed a landm ark contract that will help assure the grow th o f soccer at all levels in the United States. A 10 year agreem ent, effective im m ediately, calls for N ike and U.S. Soccer to work closely together on a variety o f fronts through 2(X)6, d u r ing w hich time N ike will be the ex clusive official supplier and sponsor o f products to U.S. Soccer and its national team s, and the Federation's supplier and sponsor o f soccer balls. CATLIN GABEL RUMMAGE SALE OCT. 30-N 0V . 2 Thursday, October JO, 5p.m .-9 p .m . 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T h e firs t w o m an to p la y c o l lege fo o tb a ll h ad e x p e c te d to r e tire a fte r h e r h is to ric p a ir o f c o n v e rsio n k ic k s in a o n e -g a m e a p p e a ra n c e a w ee k e a rlie r, b u t W il la m e tte c o a c h D an H a w k in s to ld h e r to g et in u n ifo rm fo r th e s e c o n d h a l f o f S a t u r d a y 's g a m e a g a in s t S o u th e rn O re g o n . “The coach ju st w anted m e to suit up and get in the gam e,” she said Sunday. “I w asn 't expecting to play, but that was fine.” A n d a f te r g o in g O -fo r-2 on e x tra p o in ts o f th e B e a r c a ts ’ 4 1 - 27 v ic to ry , sh e sa y s s h e ’ll k e e p p r a c tic in g w ith th e te a m a n d h o p e s to g e t in a g a m e a g a in s o m e w h e re d o w n th e ro a d . The 20-year-old ju n io r biology m ajor from Richland, W ash., arrived at W illam ette’s gam e against S o u th ern Oregon late in the second quarter after helping her nationally ranked soccer team to a 5-0 victory over Seattle Pacific. In her No. 39 football je rse y and jeans, she stood on the sidelines with the team. As the players w alked to the locker room at halftim e, H aw kins looked at her and said, “W hy a re n 't you in full uniform ?” Nike to boost US Soccer Natalie Williams Great Part-Time Opportunities! Rated as the #4 Most Admired Employer in the Nation by Fortune Magazine $14.40 per hour per hour Delivery Drivers ‘ Must meet DOT requirements "nsctortialler Drivers ‘ Must meet DOT requirements ‘ Meet UPS appearance standardS’Tractor Trailer experience ‘ Must be 21 or older (doubles preferred) ‘ Meet UPS appearance ‘ Class A CDL standards Clylist brings spinning fitness Portland is home to the ride of a lifetime as Johnny G. Spinner, the world-class endurance cyclist, leads riders in a spinning class. 24 Hour Fitness on 4121 N.E. Halsey signed up 150 riders last weekend to set the world's largest indoor spinning class record. A portion o f the proceeds from event went to the Boys and Girls Club o f Portland. Happy Birthday Linda Calicott Honey & Family COME VISIT UPS AND APPLY! In Person at: Northeast Workforce 4106 N. Vancouver Portland, Oregon Hrs. 8 am - 5 pm \ October 30-31 An Equal Opportunity Employer O j
