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
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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.
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U.S. Soccer and N ike have signed
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assure the grow th o f soccer at all
levels in the United States.
A 10 year agreem ent, effective
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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
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o f products to U.S. Soccer and its
national team s, and the Federation's
supplier and sponsor o f soccer balls.
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