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SPORTS Page 2D Statesman Journal, Salem, Wednesday, June 5, 1 Cardinals draft OSU catcher WED A June 5, 1996 Salem, Oregon Sports Editor Roy Gault 399-6723 INSIDE NBA: 3 Baseball: 4 High schools: 6 3 I A 1 A JOURNAL Sports Around Oregon What's happening Baseball draft By Reid English The Statesman Journal David Schmidt's patience paid off. The Oregon State catcher was taken by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighth round Tuesday in major league baseball's amateur draft. Sonics begin Mission Impossible "It's definitely an im-provement from 37th, and it's a reflection on how hard I worked and the desire I had," he said. Schmidt was Seattle looks for ways to slow down Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.

Los Angeles Times "I think Michael Jordan is Today's TV sports (Uve broadcasts and same-day tape coverage.) Baseball 11 a.m. National League Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs (WQN). 4 p.m. American League Seattle at Cleveland (PSN). 4:30 p.m.

National League New York Mets at Atlanta (ESPN). 7:30 p.m. American League Kansas City at Oakland (ESPN). 12:30 a College NCAA World Series, Miami (Fla.) vs. Clemson (tap9d) (ESPN).

Basketball 6 p.m. NBA Finals, Game 1, Seattle at Chicago (NBC). Tennis 9 a French Open Men's quarterfinal matches, Paris (USA). Sources: TV This Week, Statesman Journal, USA TODAY. The Statesman Journal makes every effort to provide accurate TV listings.

However, because of changes by the networks and stations, times may sometimes vary from the most recent information that we have received. ites by oddsmakers, and most everyone else, even though the teams split two regular season games. As if stopping the Bulls isn't daunting enough, Seattle also has to worry about making a few baskets. "In a lot of ways, my nightmare begins with Chicago because they're a great Schmidt also was drafted after his senior year at Kennewick High School, in the 48th round by the Chicago Cubs in 1992. Jay North, a St.

Louis West Coast scout, said he thinks Schmidt has a good chance to advance in the Cardinals' organization. "He has good arm strength and good mobility," North said. "He's a gamer. He likes to play the game. And he has some power." North said Schmidt will play this summer for New Jersey in the New York-Penn League.

Benson is No. 1 pick Clemson right-hander Kris Benson was taken by the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday as the top pick in baseball's amateur draft. Benson, 21, is 14-1 this season for Clemson with a 1.57 ERA, 193 strikeouts and just 26 walks in 149 innings. Minnesota, picking second, chose San Diego State first baseman Travis Lee, and St. Louis followed by taking Wichita State right-hander Braden Looper.

Toronto used the fourth pick on Clemson right-hander Billy Koch, and Montreal went for the first high school player, John Patterson, a righthander at West Orange-Stark High in West Orange, Texas. sen in the opening 19 rounds of the draft. Wakeland was selected in the 15th round by the Detroit Tigers. "I was out doing some hitting, and when i came in, it was on the answering machine," he said. "It was a big surprise because I had never talked to Detroit." Wakeland, a senior from St.

Helens, led the Beavers with a .368 batting average this season. The former Chemeketa Community College player also had 51 runs, 49 RBI, 17 doubles and nine home runs. He led OSU outfielders with 11 assists. Schmidt, a 6-foot-l, 195-pound left-handed batter, is excited about joining the Cardinals' organization. "I've done some research, and it doesn't look like they have an abundance of catchers," he said.

"I was excited early Tuesday, and the excitement kept building." Schmidt led the Beavers with 12 home runs, was second with 47 RBI, had 11 doubles, scored 41 runs and hit .321 in 49 games this season. When the SuperSonics beat the Bulls in November, 97-92, Karl moved Payton onto Jordan when it mattered, in the fourth quarter of a close game. Payton then turned in a key play with Seattle clinging to a 94-92 lead, stripping Jordan of the ball as he was about to head to the basket. "You can't stop him," said Hawkins, who also faced Jordan twice in the playoffs when he was with the Philadelphia 76ers and once when he was with the Charlotte Hornets. Please see Mission, Page 3D Baseball Hall of Famer visits Salem a Conversation With Bobby Doerr," part of Chemeketa Community College's yearlong Celebration of the Arts, will take place at 12:30 p.m.

Friday. Doerr, who played with the Boston Red Sox from 1937-51 is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. The public is invited to the event, in Theater 1 16 in Building 3 on the Chemeketa campus. There is no admission fee. Each guest may receive one autograph at no charge.

Billiards Salem man ninth at nationals Brent Southan of Salem captured ninth place at the 1996 Camel 8-Ball Classic last month at the Regal Riverfront Hotel in St. Louis. Southan and two other Oregon players, including Randy Petz of Stayton, qualified for the national event by winning a regional event in Salem earlier this spring. The three Oregonians were among 200 pool players to compete in the event. Southan won $2,700 in prizes and merchandise for finishing ninth.

Petz and Edie Crow of Portland won $275 in cash and a commemorative jacket. Southan competes in the local Bud Light Pool League. For information on the league, contact Randy Lee at 362-01 33. Colleges OSU, UO athletes honored Wrestler Les Gutches and gymnast Heather Bennett are Oregon State's Pacific-10 Conference medal winners, announced Tuesday by commissioner Tom Hansen. LaReina Woods, a senior from Corvallis High, and wrestler Kevin Roberts were Oregon's winners.

Woods was a four-year letterman in volleyball and track. A conference medal is awarded annually to each school's outstanding male and female student-athlete, based on a combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership. man known as "the Glove" because his aggressive nature while guarding opponents practically makes him part of their attire. Karl announced Payton won't match up with Jordan. Hersey Hawkins will.

Preferring to keep Payton out of potential foul trouble, Karl will start Payton on shooting guard Ron Harper, no easy matchup in itself, since Harper has quickness and a two-inch height advantage and is a good offensive rebounder. Even if Harper doesn't get many boards, Payton will have to stay with him, delaying his own release down-court to lead Seattle's hoped-for transition game. But no one is sure this is a permanent assignment. 1996 NBA NBA Finals Who: The Chicago Bulls and the Seattle Su-perSonics in the best-of-seven NBA Finals. TV: All games will be broadcast on NBC (channel 8, Portland).

Game 1: at Chicago, 6 tonight. Game 2: at Chicago, 6 p.m. Friday. a big part of their offense. Gary Payton.

CHICAGO There, now that's settled. Having read the scouting report, the Seattle Super-Sonics tackle the task of stopping Michael Jordan and the Chicaeo Bulls. basketball team," SuperSonics coach George Karl said Tuesday. "It's an unbelievable opportunity to play a team that won 72 games, but I guess the team that should play them is the team that won 64." taken in the Schmidt: 37th round Catchergoes last year by in eighth round the Los Angeles Dodgers. Schmidt, from Kennewick, turned down the Dodgers' offer last summer to return for his junior season.

"I wanted to improve my catching skills, and I think I made progress this year," he said. Also taken Tuesday was left fielder Chris Wakeland, who became the second OSU player cho- Radio 4:05 p.m. Major leagues Seattle at Cleveland (KRKT 990 AM). The SuperSonics shouldn't waste time, seeing as they may have only four chances. They had better start tonight, when the NBA Finals open at the United Center with the Bulls as huge favor Now to see how Seattle will play them.

Payton, the NBA's defensive player of the year, is the The Associated Press DEFENDER: Gary Payton will not start tonight's Game 1 of the NBA Finals guarding Chicago's Michael Jordan. FINALS: Great defenses will battle. Page 3D Schedule General 10 a.m. Simulcast horse and dog racing Booshay's Lucky Bet, 1866 River Rd. N.

7 p.m. Dog racing At Multnomah Greyhound Park. HallGroup announces class of '96 OLYMPIC-SIZED RIVALRY SURROUNDS GUTCHES Outdoors Avalanche roll past Panthers in 3-1 win Continued from Page 1 The starting lineup of center Steve Johnson, forward Charlie Sitton and guards Ray Blume, Mark Radford and Lester Conner all played at least one year in the NBA. Johnson was a consensus All-America and Pac-10 player of the year in 1981. He played for seven NBA teams, including Portland.

Most of the 1980-81 team members were from Oregon. The most prominent were Sitton (McMinn- ville), Radford (Grant High), Blume (Parkrose) and key reserve Jeff Stoutt (Lake Oswego). Ballard was a first-team all-Pacific-8 Conference selection during the final two years of his career (1974-77) at Oregon. The sharp-shooting forward played nine seasons with the Washington Bullets. Bates was an All-America tackle in 1958, his senior season at Oregon State.

He played in the 1957 Rose Bowl, and won the Hayward Award as Oregon's top amateur athlete in 1958. Johnson, a graduate of Sandy High School, won the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing in 1984. He was the first American to win a gold medal in downhill. Miles has been men's basketball coach the past 24 years at Oregon Tech in Klamath Falls. He also has coached OIT baseball and American Legion baseball.

Bean was twice a Portland city commissioner. He helped Portland develop one of the finest city park systems in the U.S. 10 will join Oregon Sports Hall of Fame OSU's 1980-81 men's basketball team will be honored. The Statesman Journal The numbers were phenomenal: 26-2, 17-1 and No. 1.

Swimming Peppers beat Olympians Brothers Seth and Martin Pepper, former McNary High School swimmers, finished ahead of three U.S. Olympians in the Speedo Invitational last month at Phoenix. Seth Pepper finished second in 24.91 and Martin Pepper was third in 25.05 in the 50-meter butterfly. Olympians Mark Henderson, David Fox and John Hargis were third, fourth and fifth. Winner Byron Davis was timed in 24.71 The Peppers did not make the U.S.

Olympic team. Seth, 25, graduated from McNary in 1989. Martin, 22, graduated in 1991. Around the world TODAY Sunrise 5:27 a.m. Sunset: 8:54 p.m High tides.

Yaquina Bay: 3:08 8.7; 4:38 p.m., 7.6. Low tides, Yaquina Bay: 9:49 am. 10:05 p.m., 2.2. RIVERS Fisherman's river summary for Tuesday as provided by the National Weather Service. Station Stg-Ft Chg.

Portland (Willamette) 12.8 Vancouver (Columbia) 12.9 Eugene (Willamette) 10.4 Harnsburg (Willamette) 3.0 Corvallis (Willamette) 2.S Albany (Willamette) 5.7 Meharna (N. Santiam) 3.8 Jefferson (Santiam) 5.0 0.2 Salem (Willamette) 8.8 Oregon City (upper) 4.8 0.0 Oregon City (lower) 13.8 Estacada (Clackamas) 2.3 Sandy (Sandy) 9.6 0.0 Foss (Nehalem) 4.4 Tillamook (Wilson) 3.6 Beaver (Nestucca) 4.2 0.0 Siletz (Siletz) 3.9 Tidewater (Alsea) 3.2 0.0 Oregon river forecast Western Oregon: Little change to slight falls in river and stream levels through Wednesday. Eastern Oregon: Slight snowmeit rises in river and stream levels at higher elevations. Little change elsewhere through Wednesday. FISH COUNTS Willamette Falls, on Friday 627 spring Chinook adults, 52 spring Chinook jacks, 67 summer steelhead.

Saturday, 545 (season total of 61 spring Chinook jacks (850), 87 summer steelhead Monday river How at Salem 19,400 cubic tee! per second, water temperature 61 degrees, water clarity 3.5 feet Upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead, shad and coho at Columbia and Snake River dams Monday. Chnk Coho Stthd Shad Bonneville 343 0 157 66,484 The Dalles 224 0 41 44,663 John Day 174 0 7 505 McNary 283 0 15 46 TOMORROW Sunrise 5:27 a.m. Sunset: 8:55 p.m. High tides, Yaquina Bay: 4:03 a.m., 8.1; 5:30 p.m., 7.6. Low odes, Yaquina Bay: 10:40 am, 11:09 p.m., 2.2.

Baseball scoreboard Amateur draft NEW YORK First-round selections Tuesday in baseball's 1996 amateur draft: First Round 1 Pittsburgh, Kristin Benson, rhp, Clemson. 2, Minnesota, Travis Lee, lb, San Diego State, 3, St. Louis, Braden Looper, rhp, Wichita State, 4, Toronto, William Koch, rhp, Clemson. 5, Montreal, John Patterson, rhp, West Orange Stark HS, Orange, Texas, 6, Detrort, Seth Greisinger, rhp, Virginia. 7, San Francisco, Matthew All five starters advanced to the NBA.

Two played into the 1990s. They were the 1980-81 Oregon State basketball team, and they were the talk of the state and the nation. White, rhp, Waynesboro (Pa.) HS. 8, Milwaukee, Chad Green, ct. Kentucky 9, Florida, Mark Kotsay, cf-lf, Cal State Fullerton.

10, Oakland. Eric Chavez, ss-rhp, Mt, Car-mel HS, San Diego, 11, Philadelphia, Adam Eaton, rhp, Snohomish (Wash HS. 12, Chicago White Sox, Robert Seay, Ihp, Saratoga (Fla.) HS. 13, New York Mets, Robert Stratton, rf-cf, San Marcos HS, Santa Barbara, Calit. 14, Kansas City, Dermal Brown, rf-cf, Marlboro Central HS, Newburgh, NY.

15, San Diego, Matthew Halloran, ss, Chancellor HS, Fred- ericksburgh, Va, 16, Toronto (from Baltimore), Joseph Lawrence, ss, Barbe HS, Lake Charles, La. 1 7, Chicago Cubs, Todd Noel, rhp, North Vermillion HS, Maurice, La. 18, Texas, Robert Dickey, rhp, Tennessee, 19, Houston, Mark Johnson, rhp, Hawaii. 20, New York Yankees (from California), Eric Milton. Ihp, Maryland.

21, Colorado, Jacob Westbrook, rhp, Madison County HS, Danielsville, Ga, 22, Seattle, Gilbert Meche, rhp, Acadiana HS, Scott, La, 23, Los Angeles, Damian Rolls, 3b, Schlagle HS, Kansas City, Kan. 24, Texas (from New York Yankees), Samuel Marsonek, rhp, Jesuit HS, Lutz, Fla. 25, Cincinnati, John Oliver, cf, Lake Lehman HS, Dallas, Pa. 26, Boston, Joshua Garrett, rhp, South Spencer HS, Richland, Ind. 27, Atlanta, Andrew Zapp, 1b, Center Grove HS, Greenwood, Ind.

28, Cleveland, Daniel Peoples, 1b, Texas. 29, Tampa Bay, Paul Wilder, rf, Cary HS, Raleigh, NC. 30, Arizona, Nicholas Bierbrodt, Ihp, Robert A Mil-likan HS, Long Beach, Calif. Law i IkaaPLiJ" BBBBBBBBBBBr BiBk, k.aaaai LbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV Soccer Cycling Basketball Local scoreboard Tour of Italy i 1 13 r-oouvyiaicu neoo DENVER Now the Florida Panthers know why Colorado is called the Avalanche. It took them IV2 periods, but the Colorado Avalanche finally solved Florida's suffocating defense and super-steady John Vanbiesbrouck with a three-goal flurry in 3:49 of the second period to win the Stanley Cup opener 3-1 Tuesday night.

Scott Young swung the momentum to the Avalanche and their pompom-waving fans with a seemingly soft goal that defused the importance of several early Florida defensive stands. Mike Ricci and Uwe Krupp quickly followed with goals as Colorado seized what history shows is often a series-swinging victory. "The first goal was a big, big lift," Young said. "Any goal in this game was a big goal. The guys were a little bit nervous about them getting the first goal because they (Florida) play such good defense." And if the Avalanche missed right wing Claude Lemieux, who sat out the first game of a two-game suspension for blindsiding Detroit's Kris Draper in the conference finals, they didn't show it.

Patrick Roy was, well, Patrick Roy in goal, and Colorado's speed and NBA playoffs FINALS (Best-of-seven) TODAY'S GAME Seattle at Chicago, 6 p.m. (NBC) FRIDAY'S GAME Seattle at Chicago, 6 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, June 9 Chicago at Seattle, 4:30 p.m. (NBC) Wednesday, June 12 Chicago at Seattle, 6 p.m. (NBC) Friday, June 14 Basketball At THE HOOP JV boys Cascade 48, Newberg 40; Pirates 53, Silverton 48; Cascade 47, Dallas 46; Newberg 47, Lebanon 44.

4A boys Lebanon 50, Silverton 44; South Salem 63, McNary 39; West Albany 50, Silverton 46; McKay 52, Newberg 49; South Albany 46, Dallas 23. 3A2A boys Amity 62, Cascade 60 POT). Frosh boys Lebanon 59, Cascade 37; Lebanon 74, Woodburn 43. The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame announced Tuesday that the OSU team's starters, and five individuals will be inducted Aug. 3 at a banquet at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.

The other inductees are Greg Ballard, Oregon basketball; Ted Bates, Oregon State football; Bill Johnson, Olympic skiing; Dan Miles, multi-sport; and Ormond Bean, special contribution to sports. The 1980-81 OSU Beavers were one of the top teams of all time in Or- penn snnrt.fi Horse racing Injury slows Cigar Cigar's march toward Citation's record of 16 straight victories could be delayed for the second time this year by a bruised right front foot. The bruise was found after Cigar's 1 5th straight victory the Massachusetts Handicap on Saturday at Suffolk Downs. Cigar easily beat five overmatched rivals in the MassCap, moving within one of Citation's record winning streak for North American-based horses in this century. The $150,000 winner's share and a $250,000 bonus in the MassCap pushed Cigar's earnings past $8 million.

Jurisprudence Irvin informant jailed Confidant-turned-informant Dennis Pedini violated a gag order in the drug case of Dallas Cowboy receiver Michael Irvin by giving an interview to a tabloid television show, a judge ruled Tuesday. State District Judge Manny Alvarez held Pedini in contempt of court for appearing on and providing hidden-camera video of Irvin, 30, to "Hard Copy." Pedini was fined $500 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Razorbacks suspended Arkansas basketball players Kareem Reid and Marlon Towns were suspended indefinitely from the team Tuesday after being arrested and cited for possession of a controlled substance last week. Golf Open field completed Mike Heinen shot a 10-under-par 134, taking medalist honors among 32 players who advanced from the sectional qualifier at Westerville, Ohio, to next week's U.S. Chicago at Seattle, 6 p.m.

(NBC), if neo essary Sunday, June 16 Bowling Seattle at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. (NBC), if necessary Wednesday, June 19 Seattle at Chicago, 6 p.m. (NBC), if nec BIELLA, Italy Results Tuesday of the 17th stage of the Tour of Italy 146.3 miles from Lausanne. Switzerland, to Biel la: 1 Nicolay Bo Lareen, Denmark, Amore Vita, 5 hours, 46 minutes, 58 seconds, 25.302 mph. 2.

Laurent Roux, France, TVM, same time. 3. Sergio Barbero, Italy, Carrera, 16 minutes, 2 seconds behind. 4. Marco delta Vedova, Italy.

Brescialat, same time. 5. Amilcare Tronca, Italy, Scrigno Blue Storm, same time. 6. Andrei Tieteriouk, Kazahkstan, AKI, 16:24 behind.

7. Zbigniew Spruch, Poland, Ceramiche Panaria, 16:26 behind. 8. Dirk Baldinger, Germany, Team Polti, same time. 9.

Fabrizio Guidi, Italy, Scrigno Blue Storm, same time. 10. Gabriele Missaglia, Italy, Ceramiche Panaria, same time. Overall standings (After 17 stages) 1. Pavel Tonkov, Russia, 78 houis, 4 minutes, 58 seconds.

2. Piotre Ugrumov, Latvia, 20 seconds behind, 3. Enrico Zaina. Italy, :38 behind, 4. Davide Rebellin, Italy.

:44 behind. 5. Ivan Gotti, Italy, 1:14 behind. 6 Stefano Faustini, Italy. 1:1 5 behind.

7 Abraham Olano, Spain, 1 :27 behind. 8. Eugeni Berzin, Russia, 1 :41 behind 9. Claudio Chiappucci, Italy, 2:00 behind. 10.

Alexandre Shefer, Kazahkstan, 2:10 behind. USISL Pro Western Conference Conference standings SW Pts Everett (7-3) 7 3 1 19 Chico (6-5) 6 3 116 San Fernando Vly (5-5) 5 2 1 13 Yakima (3-5) 3 3 0 9 Hawaii (2-4) 2 3 0 6 Cascade (5-6) 2 8 0 6 Central Valley (2-10) 15 0 3 Note: Teams get 3 points for a win in regulation or overtime, 1 point for a shootout win (SW), Overall record noted in parenthesis. Last weekend's results Yakima 2, Everett 1 Cascade 3, Willamette Valley 2 Cascade 2, Hawaii 0 Spokane 5, Yakima 1 San Fernando Valley 2, Chico 1 Central Coast 3, Central Valley 2 Spokane 2, Everett 1 San Fernando Valley 3, Central Valley 2 (SO) Willamette Valley 3, Hawaii 2 Friday's matches Charlotte at Cascade, 7 p.m. Central Valley at San Fernando Valley Saturday's matches Charlotte at Everett Yakima at Hawaii San Francisco at Chico Sunday's match Yakima at Hawaii Surge statistics SCORING Player Goals Asta Pts Eanlensch 4 2 10 Miguel Camarena 4 0 8 Eric Descombes 3 1 7 Ricki Camarena 1 3 5 Peter Kavanagh 2 0 4 Smith, Joyce Crist: 2 each; Mettie Ram-seyer: C--Paula Miller: 3. 18-hole group Low gross Carol Franz 85.

Low net Judy Lewis 67, Day's play Donna Brusben, Marie Galloway, Sherri Stanley, Janet Busby. SALEM LADIES 18-hole group Low gross Championship D. Todd 80; Class A--J. Parker 92; M. Wingard 95; Reames 104; M.

Stevens 106. Low net Championship-L. Clark 71 Class AJ. Parker 72; M. Wingard, S.

Herrmann 70; M. Coulter 72; M. Stevens 68. Day's play: two hate holes gross D. Todd J.

Stettler 69; Class A-J, Parker 79; Wingard 82; CE. Ostrin, M. Couter 91 M. Stevens 93. McNARY LADIES 9-hole group Low net Class A-llene Kemper 35; B- Elly Jung 36; C- Betty Mae Hunter, Barb Fisher 33.

Days play: most one putts Class A Virginia Butler Blanche Const, Man Lou Wolbers, Bev Crowley Rita Valko, Margie McDonald 1 18-hole group President's Cup First round Prall-bye; Suggs-bye; Sa-dowski-bye; Vincent d. Larson 4 Day d. Jones 6 Stevens d. France 5 Idso d. J.

Nissen 1 up; Marr Filsinger 4 Sanesi d. Hoffman 1 up; Fish Nissen 3 Kurikara Bechert 3 1 Glore d. Hagen 8 Vittone d. Emery 10 Hallock d. Davidson 1 up; Cardinal d.

Abel 1 up; Keels Wittwer 2 1 DABiurvAM A Timothy J. GonzalezStatesman Journal RARING TO GO: Two victories Saturday, and a potential meeting with his so-cailed rival, separate Les Gutches from the Olympics. Fed-up Gutches can hardly wait CREEKSIDE LADIES 9-hole group Tournament Low putts; Roxie Oglesby 12; Long drive: Jeri Scott; KP: Carolyn Palanuk; Shortest drrve: Melanie Culveyhouse; Most inspirational: Tracy Wright; Team scramble: 1, Sue Hanley, Jan Young, Sue Domine; 2, Val Vickers, Juli Conway, Barbara Strand, Karen Chambers. HOLES-IN-ONE At Springhill CC Matt Avery, on the 150-yard No. 14 hole, usinga6-iron.

His first ace in 10 years. At Santlam GC Mike Meiners, on the 136-yard No 17 hole, using a 9-iron. Little league KEIZER Baseball Majors As 6, Sipple Well Drilling Keizer Saw Mower 9, Pro-Tint Windows 7, Minor II Valley Garbage Service 10, Coldwell Bank 3. Minor I State Farm Insurnace 13. Keizer Veterinary Clinic 10; Keizer Elks 13, Mister Z's Tax Service Long Lumber 4, Lile Moving Storage 8.

Softball Minor I Keizer Vision 22, Carpenter's Union 15; Keizer Rotary 12, P.G.S. 10. Babe Ruth SALEM Trachsel Buick 16, Salem Grocery Outlet Jackson Jewlers 2, Kauffman Homes 1 essary Playoff leaders Through June 2 Scoring FG FT Pts Avg Joraan, oni. 136 97 388 32.3 Malone, Utah 18 188 101 477 26.5 O'Neal. Orl.

12 131 48 310 25.8 Barkley. Phoe. 4 31 37 102 25.5 Houston. Det. 3 25 18 75 25,0 LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS At CHERRY CITY Tuesday Summer Seniors Ray James 277, 631 Pat Wallace 205, 531 NORTHWEST SENIOR TOUR GRAND FINALS At Westside Lanes, Olympia, Wash.

Top finishers locals 1 Larry Fulton (Tacoma) 4237, $1200; 2, Leon Coucks (Everett, Wash.) 4164, $925; 3, Bill Stames (Corvallis) 4146, $750; 4, Don Gilman (Oregon Crty) 4143, $650; 5. Les Shearer (Wilsonville) 4096, $575. 6, Loren Faxon (DallasO 4086, $510; 12, Charlie Way (Salem) 3980, $300; 14, Jim Thompson (Turner) 3906, $280; 16, Doug Clark (Keizer) 3863, $250; 21, Ron Poole (Keizer) 3669, $220. Golf SANTIAM LADIES 9-hole group Overall low net Diane Freres 31 Day's play: most one putts Class A (tie) Margaret Huddleston. Angela The only drawback to coach Ralph Miller's best team was the ending.

The Beavers lost their last two games to Arizona State in Corvallis and to Kansas State in the NCAA Tournament. The winners of the 10 weight classes will become the Olympic freestyle team in Atlanta. None of the far as two years ago, when Burnett invited Gutches to a workout session in Colorado Springs, Colo. Gutches stunned Team U.S.A., and "I'm just sick and tired of listening about it," Gutches said. "Every second of my life is not consumed by Kevin Jackson.

A lot of people want to talk and make a Field Goal Percentage FG FGA Pet Grant, Orl 61 94 649 O'Neal, Orl. 131 216 .606 Kemp, Sea 98 169 .580 Hill, Det. 22 39 .564 Rebounding Olympic trials What: U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling trials. When: Friday and Saturday.

Where: Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Who: Participants include Oregon State standout Les Gutches, who is the top seed at 180.5 pounds. Off Def Tot Avg oarxiey, rnoe 4 ib jb 54 13.5 i i-a Jackson, by throwing Jackson huge thing about it and I can understand why people do, but I don't like people making a big deal out of something I want to keep in perspective." In fact. Gutches isn't so Hodman, Chi. 12 57 102 159 13 3 Bowling Polynice, Sac 4 16 32 48 12.0 ATLANTA Assists The Oregon State star is ready for the Olympic wrestling trials this weekend.

By Jason Quick The Statesman Journal Les Gutches has had enough. Enough of the media. Enough of the talk. Enough of the waiting. "I'm just ready to wrestle," Gutches said.

Gutches, a 23-year-old senior at Oregon State, is at the center of a brewing rivalry that has captured the attention of the national wrestling press while spicing up this weekend's U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling trials at the Spokane Arena. Golf scoreboard No. Avg depth wore down a team that has thrived in the playoffs by relying on those very assets. Since the NHL switched to a best-of-seven playoff format, the Game 1 winner has captured 45 of 57 Stanley Cup championships, just as the New Jersey Devils did in upsetting Detroit last season.

weight classes has attracted more attention than the 180.5-pound class, where Gutches is the top seed. Gutches beat Olympic champion and three-time World Champion Kevin Jackson at last month's U.S. Nationals to earn the coveted top seed at this weekend's tournament. The 5-2 win against Jackson, which came in the final 10 seconds of overtime, supported what U.S. freestyle coach Bruce Burnett had billed before the tournament as "t.hp hpst rivnlrv in wrac.

Stockton. Utah Johnson, Phoe 18 195 10.8 4 43 108 sure the media should be counting on a rematch. U.S. Open qualifiers The Beavers finished with a 26-2 record after 26 straight wins and a No. 1 ranking for nine consecutive weeks.

It marked the first time that an OSU basketball team had been ranked No. 1 in a national poll. Oregon State won the Pacific-10 Conference title with a 17-1 record. The team earned the nickname, "The Orange Express," for its fast-breaking style of play. Please see Hall, Page 2D National Championship TOLEDO, Ohio Standings Tuesday after the second round of the PBA National Championship at Ducat's Imperial Lanes, with 16-game pintail totals: 1, Walter Ray Williams Stockton, 3,818.

2, Leroy Johnson, Chicago. Hockey "Everyone thinks Jackson is going to be there in the finals, but I don't think it's a sure thing," Gutches said. twice. "I'm surprised Burnett remembered that," Gutches said this week. The national media has caught on.

Gutches said he has been overloaded with media inquiries. So much in fact, that he turned down a national teleconference put on by USA Wrestling. NHL playoffs STANLEY CUP FINALS Colorado vs. Florida (Best-of-seven) TUESDAY'S GAME 3.815. 3, Rick Steelsmith, Wichita, 3.795.

4, Mike Miller, Albuquerque, N.M., 3,760. 5, Butch Soper, Lake Havasu City, 3,758. 6, Tim Criss, Bel Air, Md 3,718, FAR HILLS, N.J The following players have qualified for the 96th United Stales Open Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club, Birmingham, Mich June 13-16 (a-amateur): Tuesday WESTERVILLE, OHIO Mike Heinen. Lake Charles, Calif 68-66 134 Brad Faxon. Barringlon.

R.I 67-69 136 Joey Gullion. Richardson. Texas 72-64 136 Omar Uresti, Austin, Texas 68-68 136 McCarron, Sacramento. Calif 136 Tim Heron, Maple Grove, Minn 69-67 136 Frank UckMer, Middlelown. Ohio 68-69 137 Larry Mize.

Columbus, Ga 71-67 138 Harrington, Memphis, Tenn 71-67 13B tournament Friday to earn the right to face Gutches Saturday in a best-of-three series of matches. "I'm just sick of talking about it," Gutches said. "The trials are so close, and I know I'm ready." 1 here are some other tough people there. I'm training for everyone in my weight class." Jackson must win a mini- Colorado 3. Florida 1, Colorado leads 7, Tom Baker, Buffalo, 3,713.

8. The rivalry goes back as Steve Jaros. Bolingbrook, 3.702. 9, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo 3,698, 10, Ken Yoko-bosky, Fairfield, N.J., 3.672.

11. David Ted Tryba, Oriando. Fla 71-70141 Mark Wiebe, Englewood. Cob 73-68- 141 David Berganio, Cleveland 69-72 -141 Steve Flesch, Union, Ky 74-67141 Paul Goydos, Long Beach, Calif 69-72 -141 Steve Jones, Scottsdale, Ariz 67 74 141 Kelly Gibson, New Orleans 72-69- 141 David Frost, Dallas 69-72141 a-John Morse, Marshall. Mich 72-69 141 Attentates Tom Purtzer Carefree, Ariz 73-68 141 Tom Shaw.

Rumson, N.J 71-71 142 a-Randy Lean. Bellbrook, Ohio 72-70 1 42 Eric Booker, Grand Blanc, Mich 70-72 1 42 ATLANTA Wendell Hobby Jr Ashbum, Ga 67 136 Javier Sanchez, Greensboro, Ga 66-72 138 Reid Edstrom. Alpharetta. Ga 73-70 143 Alternates Matt Peterson, Athens. Ga 73-70 143 Walt Chapman.

Knoxvllle, Tenn 74-72 146 Eric Rustand, Tucson, An? 72-75 -147 Craig Hartle, Roswell, Ga 70-78- 148 DETROIT Skip Kendall, Palm Harbour Fla 67 67 134 Flannery, Rancho Mirage, Calif 69 69 138 Alternates Gillis, Lake Orion, Mich 68-70 138 TENAFLY, N.J. Scott Gump. Orlando, Fla 68-67 135 Peter Jordan, Brandon, Fla 68-70 -138 Mike Swartz, Phoenix, Ariz 68-71139 Bob Gilder, Cornelius, Ore. 69-70139 Jurgenson. Newport Beach, La.

71-68139 Peter Teravainen. Singapore 72-68 -140 Greg Lesher, Labannon, Penn 70-70- -140 Francis Quinn, Sutton, Mass 69-72- 141 Eales, Lylham, England 69-72 141 Jeff Julian, Springfield. Mass 69-72 141 Burke West Caldwell, N.J 74-67- 141 Mfchael Christie, Greenville, S.C 71-70 141 Lucas Parsons. Cleveland, Ohio 67-75 1 42 Jim Thorpe. Sprlngvllle, 68-74142 Scott Dunlop, Sarasota, Fla.

70-72 142 Ken Green, Palm Beach, Fla 71-71142 Darrell Kestner, East Norwich, 69-73 142 BIackmar, Corpus Texas 72-70 142 Alternates Mark Mielke, Lawrence. 71-71142 Perry, Westerville. Ohio 72-71-143 Jim McGovern, Oradell, 71-72 143 8T. LOUIS Pemice Jr Lee's Mo 69-73 142 Darrett Brlnker, Evansvllle. Ind 74-70 144 Brian Hughett.

Hastings. Neb. 74-70144 Alternates Nash Haxel, Creve Coeur. Mo 73-72 145 Slade Adams, Wichita. Kan 89-76 145 Jay Dotting.

Chesterfield. Mo 72-74- -146 Traber, Woodstock, III, 3.669. 12, Steve Wilson, Tamarac, Fla, 3,662. series 1-0 THURSDAY'S GAME Florida at Colorado. 5 (ESPN) Saturday, Jura 8 Colorado at Florida, 5 p.m.

(FOX) Monday, June 10 Colorado at Florida, 5 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, June 13 NHL playoffs a Tuesday's game: Colorado 3, Florida 1 (Colorado leads the series, 1-0). a Next game: 5 p.m. Thursday. TV: ESPN (Viacom cable channel 14).

13. Jack Jurek, Lackawanna. Chris Orozco 1 1 3 Byron Alvarez 1 0 2 Luis Baez 0 1 1 Greg Pfleger 0 1 1 USISL Premier Northern Division Conference standings SW Pts Spokane (7-2) 5 1 1 13 Puget Sound (4-4) 3 3 0 9 San Francisco (5-2) 2 2 0 6 Bellingham (2-6) 2 8 0 6 Willamette Valley (1-5) 110 3 Colorado Springs (3-4) 14 0 3 Note: Teams get 3 points for a win in regulation or overtime, 1 point for a shootout win (SW). Overall record noted in parenthesis Last week's results Cascade 3, Willamette Valley 2 San Diego 9. Bellingham 1 San Francisco 3, Charlotte 2 Spokane 5, Yakima 1 Tucson 4, Bellingham 1 Spokane 2, Everett 1 Willamette Valley 3, Hawaii 2 Friday's matches Fontana at Bellingham Saturday's match San Francisco at Chico Fontana at Spokane Willamette Valley at Puget Sound Sunday's match San Francisco at Sacramento Bellingham at Willamette Valley, 4 p.m.

Firebird statistics SCORING Player Goals Asts Pts Shane Livingston 2 0 4 Lennie Quashie 1 1 3 Jason Crevar 1 0 2 Frank Dubosz 1 0 2 Bene Orozco 1 2 Matt Smith 1 2 Eric Merten 1 1 MarkO'Briant 0 1 1 Jal Ralls 0 1 1 3,649. 14, Don Moser, San Jose, Calif, 3,640. 15, Bill Oakes, Lawton. Okla, 3,627 Florida at Colorado, 5 p.m (ESPN), if Craig Parry. Windermere, Fla 69-69 138 Wayne Grady, McLean, Va 67-71-138 John Cook, Rancho Mirage, Calrt 67-72 139 David Ogrin, San Antonio.

Texas 70-69 139 Wayne Westner South Africa 70 69 139 Sean Murphy, Lovington, 70-69 139 Stewart Cink, Atlanta 69 70 139 a Trip Kuehne. McKinney, Texas 69-71 -140 David Edwards, Stillwater, Okla 69 71 140 Todd Demsey, Scoltsdale, Ariz 71-69 140 Emlyn Aubrey. Austin, Texas 71-69 1 40 Brett Ogle. McLean, Va 72-68 140 16, Mike Edwards, Oklahoma City, 3,624. 17, Brian LeClair, Hudson, N.Y, 3.615.

18. necessary Saturday, June 15 Seles stumbles at stomping grounds Don Sylvia, Vera Beach, Fla, 3,607 Colorado at Florida, 5 p.m. (ESPN), if Open. Twenty-seven golfers at other sites including Bob Gilder of Corvallis also qualified to fill out the 1 56-player field for the Open, which is June 1 3-1 6 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham, Mich. Gilder shot a 139 at Tenafly, N.J.

The qualifier at Westerville included many touring pros because it was scheduled for the day after the final round of the Memorial Tournament at nearby Muirfield Village Golf Club. College World Series Clemson edges Alabama Doug Livingston's two-run double in the top of the ninth drove in the go-ahead run, and star starter Billy Koch came on in relief to nail down Clemson's 14-13 victory over Alabama. The Crimson Tide rallied from three five-run deficits and took a 12-10 lead into the ninth with the help of Brett Taft's two-run homer and grand slam. Florida doubles up Ssminoles Tommy Bond pitched 7 solid innings, and Chuck Hazzard hit two home runs as Florida beat Florida State 6-3 in the elimination round. It was the Gators' fourth victory in five games over their intrastate rival this season.

College basketball Camby charges taken seriously The University of Massachusetts will begin investigating whether Marcus Camby accepted gifts from sports agents. Athletic director Bob Marcum said Tuesday the problem may stem from a "disgruntled" agent who wanted to sign the All-America center. Marcum, speaking at a news conference, said UMass officials had no reason to believe Camby was accepting improper gifts. Marcum was responding to a story in The Hartford Courant in which Camby admitted accepting jewelry worth $5,300 from Wesley Spears, a Hartford agent. Camby's agent, James Bryant of ProServ, denied his client received such benefits while he was an active player.

He said Camby did take $1 ,000 from a lawyer but only after the season. From AP wires 19, Billy Orlikowski, Grand Rapids. Mich, 3,604 20, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3,603 21 Wayne Webb, Barberton, necessary Monday, June 17 Florida at Colorado, 5 (FOX), If nec Carl Paulson, Virginia Beach. Va 71-69 140 Curt Byrum, Scottsdale, Ariz 69 72 141 the important moments or when she was down, she was able to hit a good shot," No- Seles said her game still needs work as she looks ahead to Wimbledon. Ohio, 3,601 22, Joe Firpo, Bedford, Texas, 3,600 23, Dennis Jacques, Brooklyn, 3,593, 24, Len Blakey, Tacoma, Wash, 3,692.

25, Doug Kent, Canandaioua, N.Y, College Tennis scoreboard Quotable 3,588. 26, Kevin Taber, Toledo, Ohio, 3,586 27, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla, 3,584. 28, (tie) David Ozio, Vidor, Texas, and Mike Shoemaker, Sen Antonio, 3,578 30, Ryan Shafer, Elmira, N.Y, 3,573, BaViw'' sssi jjjPHaaBI iSf'lS Itfs .11 I BEa flpjPP jjjj hIH bh Bali aafl BBh ffiB BHst''' .11 Baseball 31, Jim Johnson, Wilmington, Del, COLLEGE WORLD SERIES At Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Neb. (Double Elimination) TUESDAY'S GAMES Clemson 14 Alabama 19 Alnhnma 3,569. 32, (tin) Jeff Morln, Rockaway, N.J and Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas.

3,565 34, Chris Warren, Dallas, 3,564. 35. Bob Learn Jr Erie, Pa 3,567 36, Ron Pal-ombiJr, Erie, Pa, 3,556. matches. It marked the first time since 1989 that Seles lost at the French Open.

That year, she lost to Steffi Graf in the semifinals. Seles won in 1990, 1991 and 1992 before missing the next three years after she was stabbed in Hamburg, Germany, in 1993. Novotna sensed a different Seles across the net than the one who ruled women's tennis in the early 1990s. "At the important moments, she was not as dominant as she used to be," said the ninth-seeded Czech, who had lost her previous four matches to Seles. "It didn't seem to me at The three-time champ loses at the French Open for the first time since 1989.

The Associated Press PARIS Monica Seles losing in a Grand Slam tournament before the finals doesn't happen very often, especially at the French Open. When Seles lost to Jana Novotna in Tuesday's quarterfinals, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3, it ended a few streaks. Seles had reached the finals of the past 10 Grand Slam tournaments she played in and had won 25 consecutive French Open eliminated 37, Michael Azcarate, Sunrise, Fla, Florida 6, Florida State 1. Florida Kioto 3,555 Avalanche 3, Panthers 1 Florida 1 0 01 Colorado 0 3 03 First Period 1, Florida, Fitzgerald 4 (Lindsay), 16:51 Penelties Mellanby. Fla (roughing), Skrudland.

Fla (roughing), 9:21 Krupp, col (high-sticking). 13:46, Gusarov, Col (holding), 18:15. Second Period 2, Colorado, Young 3 (Deadmarsh, Lefebvre). 10:32 3, Color ado, Ricci 6 (Keene. Ozolmsh).

12:21 4, Colorado, Krupp 3 (Kamensky, Forsberg). 14:20 Penalties Svehla, Fla (interference), :41, Undsay, Fla (roughing), Ricci, Col (roughing), Svehla, Fla (roughing), 17:39, Ricci, Col (goalie interference), 18:30 Third Period None Penalties Sakic. Col (holding), Carkner, Fla (slashing), 6 51, Vanbiesbrouck, Fla, served by Shep-pard (slashing). 9:55, Jovanovski, Fla (roughing), 19:42 Shots on goal Florida 12-6-8 26 Colorado 6 15-9 30 Power-play Opportunities Florida 0 of 5. Colorado 0 of 8 Goalies Florida, Vanbiesbrouck 12-7 (30 shots 27 saves) Colorado, Roy 13 6 (26-25) A 16,061 (16,061) eliminated vutua saiu.

"Every time she was up, she made an easy mistake. I knew that and felt that right from the beginning." Seles said: "I just played very scared, especially in the tiebreaker. That shouldn't have been the way I should have gone out on the court." The last time that Seles lost earlier in a Grand Slam tournament was in the third round at the U.S. Open in 1990. "I felt I was just pushing the ball back, not playing my game and going for the shots," Seles said.

"I think I'll have to serve better, because on grass I won't be able to get away with that. I'll have to go for the aces and win some free points," Seles said. "In the second set when I was down, when I started to come in, I would do really well. I think that's one thing I hope to carry on to Wimbledon. "I need to play more freely and not so tight like I did today." TENNIS: Sampras wins in five sets.

Page 5D TODAY'S GAME Game 11 Miami (49 13) vs ciomsnn UMass athletic director Bob Marcum, on a March television interview that UMass star Marcus Camby gave while wearing a gaudy diamond necklace: "I didn't even know it was diamonds; you're telling me it was diamonds. You look at our (team) rings, they look like diamonds, too, but they're zircons." a Scoresllne: 399-6671 French Open PARIS Results Tuesday of the $10.5 million French Open at Roland Garros stadium: Quarterfinals Men's singles Yevgeny Kafelnikov (6), Russia, def Richard Krapcek (13), Nether lands, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (4-7). 6-2 Pete Sam pras (1), Tampa, Fla def Jim Courier (7), Miami. 6 7 (4-7), 4-6. 6 4, 6-4, 6-4 Men's doubles Guy Forget, France, and Jakob Hlasek, Switzerland (5), def Javier Frana, Argentina, and Rick Leach, Laguna Beach, Calif 6-2, 6-2 Todd Woodbndge and Mark Woodforde.

Australia (1), def Jonas Bjorkman and Nicklas Kulti, Sweden (9), 8-4, 8-1 Jared Palmer, Tampa, Fla and Jonathan Stark, Seattle, def Libor Plmek, Belgium, and Byron Talbot (1 1), South Africa, 6-3, 3 6, 6 1 Women's singles Arantxa Sanchez Vicarlo (4), Spain, def Karlna Habsudova. Slovakia, 6 2, 6 7 (4 7), 10-8. Jana No-votna (10), Czech Republic, del Monica Seles (1), Sarasota, Fla 7 6 (9 7), 8-3. Ste ffi Graf (1), Germany, def. Iva Majoli (5), Croatia, 6 3, 6-1.

Conchita Martinez (3), Spain, def Undsay Davenport (9), Murriefa, Calif Third Round Mixed doubts Patricia Tarablnl and Javier Frana, Argentina, def. Gigi Fernandez, Aspen, Colo and Cyril Suk, Czech Republic (5), 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 Larisa Neiland, Latvia, and Mark Woodforde. Australia (1), def. Meredith McGrath, Midland, Mich and Matt Lucena, Chico, Calif. (12), 7-8 (7-5), 4-6.

6-2 Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Mark Phillppoussis, Australia (11), def. Amy Frazier. Rochester Hills, Mich and Trevor Kronemann, Bradenton. 6-1, 6-2, Nicole Bradtke, Australia, and Todd Wood-bridge, Australia (6). del Catherine Barclay and Andrew Florent, Australia, 6-3, 8-2 Second Round Boys singles Michael Tabara, Czech Republic, def Darlo Sciortlno.

Italy, 8-1, 6-3 Daniel Eisner, Germany, def Oscar Ser rano, Spain, 6-2, 6-4 Daniel Marcos, Brazil, def Ingo Neumuller, Austria, 6-2, 6-4. (51-16). 4 30 pm Dealings Thursday, June 6 Game 12 LSU 150-151 vs Florida ISO- 17). 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 7 (Same 13 Miami us niom.nn if nor.

essary, OR LSU vs Florida, 12:30 p.m.. if necessary Game 14 LSU vs Florida 4 in Baseball AL CALIFORNIA ANGELS Placed OF Jim Edmonds on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 26 Recalled OF Orlando Palmeiro from Vancouver of the PCL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Optioned OF Allen Battle to Edmonton of the PCL. NL CHICAGO CUBS Activated OF Scott Bullett from the 15 day disabled list Placed SS Rey Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list. Basketball NBA DETROIT PISTONS Named Johnny Bach assistant coach The Associated Press TOUCH DAY: Monica Seles was ousted in straight sets on Tuesday by ninth-seeded Jana Novotna.

if necessary Saturday, June 8 Game 15 Championship Game. 10 a.m..