WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015
Sports shorts
SPORTS
EOU ready for kickoff
College Football
Big 12 supports
ban on transfers
with violent pasts
Big 12 Conference
athletic directors are
unanimously backing a
proposal that would prohibit
schools from
accepting
transfers
who were
disciplined
for violent acts at their
previous schools.
In a text to The
Associated Press, Big 12
Commissioner Bob Bowlsby
said Tuesday that conference
ADs meeting in New
Orleans “supported a policy
draft similar to that of the
(Southeastern Conference).”
Bowlsby said the draft
ZRXOGVWLOOQHHGWREHUH¿QHG
and submitted to a joint
council of faculty athletic
representatives and athletic
directors for approval.
The SEC earlier this year
passed a rule preventing
schools from accepting
transfers who have been
dismissed from another team
for “serious misconduct,”
GH¿QHGDVVH[XDODVVDXOW
domestic violence or other
forms of sexual violence.
QB Finley named
Broncos starter
BOISE, Idaho (AP) —
Sophomore Ryan Finley
has been named the starting
quarterback for No. 23 Boise
State for its season opener
against Washington.
Boise State
FACES coach Bryan
Harsin made the
announcement
on Sunday.
Finley was
in a four-way
race for the job
with Tommy
Finley
Stuart, Alex
Ogle and freshman Brett
5\SLHQ)LQOH\¿QLVKHGVSULQJ
practice as the clear leader
in the competition, but an
April misdemeanor arrest
clouded his status. Harsin
has previously said Finley is
eligible and won’t face further
discipline for his arrest.
Finley had the most
experience of the four
quarterbacks after appearing
LQ¿YHJDPHVODVWVHDVRQ
as a redshirt freshman.
He completed 12 of 27
passes for 161 yards,
two touchdowns and one
interception. He’ll replace
Grant Hedrick, who
graduated after leading the
Broncos to a Fiesta Bowl
title last season.
“There won’t be
alcohol in our
building ever
again.“
— Steve Sarkisian
USC football coach in a
public apology for his
slurred, profanity laced
speech at a team rally
last weekend. Sarkisian
said his behavior was
caused by mixing alco-
hol with medication. He
said he will seek unspec-
ifi ed treatment although
he does not believe he
has a substance-abuse
problem. USC also is
banning alcohol on cam-
pus and at the Coliseum
for all members of the
coaching staff.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1939 ² 7KH ¿UVW PDMRU
league baseball game is tele-
vised. NBC-TV broadcasts a
doubleheader at Brooklyn’s
Ebbets Field between the
Cincinnati Reds and the
Dodgers.
1961 — The International
Hockey Hall of Fame opens
in Toronto.
Contact us at 541-966-0838 or
sports@eastoregonian.com
1B
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS
Mountaineers
bring back top
weapons for 2015
East Oregonian
File photo
In this Oct. 11, 2014 fi le photo, Eastern Or-
egon University quarterback Zach Bartlow
looks to pass in a game against Carroll Col-
lege in La Grande. Bartlow returns to lead
the EOU offense this season and the Moun-
taineers play their fi rst game on Saturday at
College of Idaho.
LA GRANDE — The
Eastern Oregon University
football team opens its 2015
campaign on Saturday when it
travels to Frontier Conference
foe College of Idaho.
$ VWURQJ ¿QLVK DQG WKH
return of several key players
helped earn the Mountaineers
a No. 13 ranking in both the
NAIA spring and preseason
coaches polls, and EOU will be
ORRNLQJ WR ZLQ LWV ¿IWK VHDVRQ
opener under eighth-year head
coach Tim Camp.
Redshirt junior quarterback
Zach Bartlow will be looking
for another big game against
Tailgate on enemy territory
Alumni and fans are invited to join EOU President Tom
Insko in cheering on the Mountaineers as they open the
2015 football season.
WHAT: EOU Alumni Association/Mountaineer Athletic
Association pre-game tailgate.
WHERE: East corner of the College of Idaho Activities
Center parking lot in Caldwell, Idaho.
WHEN: Saturday, 10:30 a.m. (MT), game starts at 1 p.m.
the Yotes, which he burned for
WRWDO\DUGVDQG¿YHWRXFK
downs in a 47-7 win last season
in La Grande, and was named
one of the team’s four captains
on Sunday.
Senior running back Jace
Billingsley, senior defensive
back Adam Bese and senior
linebacker Gary Posten will
join him as captains.
“This is a group of guys
that have been selected by
WNBA
their teammates and coaches
because they are outstanding
ambassadors for our program,”
said Camp, who guided EOU to
an 8-3 record and the verge of
a national tournament berth last
season. “They are leaders in the
classroom, in the community,
in the locker room, and are
¿QH UHSUHVHQWDWLYHV RI (DVWHUQ
Oregon University and this
See MOUNTAINEERS/2B
MLB
Cruz blasts No. 38 as
Mariners come from
behind at home
Atlanta
Dream’s
Shoni
Schimmel
during
the fi rst
half of a
WNBA
basketball
game,
Sunday,
Aug. 23,
2015,
in Unc-
asville,
Conn.
AP Photo/
Jessica Hill
SEATTLE (AP) — Austin Jackson’s bases-
ORDGHGWZRUXQVLQJOHLQWKH¿IWKLQQLQJFDSSHG
6HDWWOH¶V FRPHEDFN IURP D ¿YHUXQ GH¿FLW DQG
led the Mariners a 6-5 victory over the Oakland
Athletics on Tuesday night.
Down 5-0 entering the fourth inning, Nelson
Cruz sparked Seattle’s comeback with his major
league-leading 38th home run, a solo shot off
Jesse Chavez.
He extended his streak of reaching base safely
to 35 straight games.
/RJDQ0RUULVRQRQKLVWKELUWKGD\¿QLVKHG
the fourth-inning rally with a two-run shot, his
13th, off the foul pole in right.
7KH 0DULQHUV DGGHG WKUHH UXQV LQ WKH ¿IWK
¿QLVKLQJZLWK-DFNVRQ¶VWZRRXWJRDKHDGVLQJOH
that chased Chavez (7-13).
Chavez, who tied Cleve-
land’s Corey Kluber for the
most losses in the American
Seattle
League, worked 4 2-3 innings,
allowing eight hits and six runs.
He walked two and struck out
three. He is 0-5 in 15 career
appearances against Seattle.
Marcus Semien hit a two-run
Oakland
homer to highlight Oakland’s
four-run second inning as the
A’s chased Mike Montgomery,
who lasted just 1 2-3 innings.
0RQWJRPHU\ JDYH XS ¿YH UXQV
and seven hits in the shortest of his 16 big-league
career starts.
Edgar Olmos (1-0), taking over for Mont-
gomery with two outs in the second, earned the
victory. He worked a career-best 3 2-3 innings
and allowed three hits and no runs. His previous
best was 1 2-3 innings.
Billy Burns had three hits for Oakland.
The A’s left at least one runner on base in
every inning, 12 total.
UP NEXT
Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez (14-8, 3.74)
has been well below his standard over his past
¿YHVWDUWVZLWKDQ(5$
A’s: Since he was recalled from Triple-A
Nashville on July 25, RHP Chris Bassitt (1-5,
2.48) is 1-3 in six starts with a 2.18 ERA, the
¿IWKORZHVWLQWKH$/GXULQJWKDWVSDQ
6
Dream cruise past Sun
Schimmel dialed
in from field
MXVWWKUHH¿UVWKDOISRLQWVDQG
¿QLVKHGZLWK
Atlanta’s DeLisha Milton-
Jones,
the
40-year-old
Atlanta
Connecticut
Associated Press
forward in her 17th season,
matched the WNBA record
ATLANTA — Sancho
for career games set by Tina
Lyttle had 17 points and ¿UVWKDOISRLQWV
Thompson (496).
Shoni Schimmel made four
the Atlanta Dream beat the
The Dream led by 23
Connecticut Sun for the third 3-pointers and scored 15 points points midway through the
time in 10 days, 71-57 on for the Dream. Schimmel was third quarter. Connecticut
4 for 6 from three-point range used a 23-12 run, capped
Tuesday.
,WZDVWKH6XQ¶VWKHLU¿IWK DQGIRUIURPWKH¿HOGZKLOH by Shekinna Stricklen’s
also adding three rebounds 3-pointer, to pull to 58-46
straight loss.
Atlanta (11-16) opened on and two assists.
with 8:22 remaining.
Angel McCoughtry, who
a 10-0 run and never trailed
Stricklen scored 14 points
while holding Connecticut scored 33 points against the and Chelsea Gray had 12 to
(12-15) to a season-low 18 Sun on Sunday, was held to lead the Sun.
71
57
5
Track & Field
Americans struggle through opening four days
U.S. medal count at 5
United
States’ Jen-
nifer Simp-
son wears
just one
shoe as she
passes by
Ethiopia’s
gold medal
winner Gen-
zebe Dib-
aba after
fi nishing the
women’s
1500m fi nal
at the World
Athletics
Champion-
ships in Bei-
jing, Tues-
day, Aug. 25,
2015.
By PAT GRAHAM
Associated Press
BEIJING — Jenny Simpson lost
her left shoe after being stepped
on and ran the last lap of the
1,500-meter race with her bare foot
striking the surface.
That’s just the way things have
been going for the Americans so far
at the world championships. Lots of
favorites are stumbling.
“I’ll get over it,” Simpson said
7XHVGD\ DIWHU DQ WKSODFH ¿QLVK
two years after taking silver in the
event and four years after winning
it. “Just got unlucky.”
She’s not the only one.
7KH FRXQWU\ WKDW¶V ZRQ ¿YH
straight overall medal counts at the
worlds is in serious trouble nearly
halfway through the competition.
The Americans have one gold, a
silver and four bronze medals. Its
total is just ahead of Poland and way
behind Kenya, which has nine total
AP Photo/
Ng Han Guan
medals even after getting shut out of
the men’s marathon.
One of the red, white and blue’s
former stars is taking notice.
Sprinter Michael Johnson tweeted:
“US team need to turn it around
quick! Competition management
has been atrocious with multiple
event favorites failing to advance to
¿QDO´
The Bird’s Nest has never been
all that friendly to the Americans.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the
team captured 23 medals — a total
that led to a revamping of various
aspects of USA Track and Field’s
operation. It worked; the Americans
won 29 medals in London.
They then won 25 medals at the
worlds in 2013 but have put them-
selves well behind that pace with
¿YHGD\VWRJR
They’re faltering in all sorts
of ways, besides Simpson’s shoe
mishap:
— Long jumper Jeff Henderson
GLGQ¶W TXDOLI\ IRU WKH ¿QDO GHVSLWH
entering with the world’s top leap
this year.
— Tori Bowie won bronze in the
100 but was the only U.S. woman to
PDNHWKH¿QDO
— Galen Rupp, the 2012
Olympic silver medalist in the
10,000, couldn’t hang with the pack
DWWKHHQGDQG¿QLVKHG¿IWK
— Five-time national champion
Bershawn Jackson failed to advance
RXW RI WKH ¿UVW URXQG LQ WKH
See STRUGGLE/2B