The Spokesman-Review from Spokane, Washington • 27

ini iv WT iy vwfs ir'TTt n-s'w s-vt T'rirTwn Tyv't-ww --yr rr- t-v1 ryr' y-e1 71 THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW SUNDAY, SEPT. 20, 1992 PAGE Cl SANDBERG LIFTS CUBS Ryne Sandbergs 5-for-5, four-walk performance helps the Chicago Cubs salvage a doubleheader split with St Louis. STORY, C2 ALSO TODAY: BASEBALL, C2 NFL PREVIEWS, C4 AREA SPORTS, C9 LETTERS, C9 OUTDOORS, CIO Comhusker quarterback Mike Grant for a first-quarter safety and kept the visitors fn the hole all night, thanks to four turnovers game certainly didnt. Instead of falling perilously behind as they did a year ago, the Huskies grabbed control of this one in the second quarter and only briefly and a measly 309 yards in total offense, rd Thats one whole yard more than the Huskies Washingtons 29-14 triumph over 12th-ranked Nebraska on Saturday as prime-time college football came to Husky Stadium. I think we put all the comparisons to rest, said DMarco Farr, the junior whos had the dubious good fortune to follow Out-land Trophy winner Emtman at defensive tackle.

People can start looking at this team now. An ESPN television audience the reason for UW latest home start ever and By John Blanchette Stiff writer SEATTLE Defense at the University of Washington is no longer yesterdays news, it seems. Gone are Steve Emtman, Donald Jones, Dana Hall and many of the mainstays who made defense the First word in Husky football the last couple of years. So for the time being, anyway are the unflattering comparisons being heaped upon their successors. I For one night, the current Husky defense was every bit as good as the old one and, indeed, proved to be the difference in No.

2 one motivational gimmick. Wed like to give Bob Devaney the game ball, teased James, referring to Nebraskas retiring athletic director and former football coach, for his comments after the Orange Bowl. Weve had those up on the wall for a year. Those would be Devaneys remarks, after Nebraskas loss to Miami, that the Huskies werent in the same ballpark with the Hurricanes when asked to compare the two teams that shared 1991s national championship. Its hard to say how either the Huskies or Huskers compare to last years editions.

This yielded in last years 36-21 victory in Lincoln. They grew up, acknowledged UW coach Don James. They got burned a little bit on the option. But by and large, the defense against the interior run had to hold up for us to have a chance and they really passed the test. And now, having swept the Huskers in this home-and-home series, James can put away relinquished it.

The Washington offense, however, was nowhere near as dominant as the unit that ran up a stunning 618 yards on the Comhuskers last year. In fact, quarterback Billy Joe Hob-ert had to call timeout even before UWs first snap. There was nowhere to go but up and eventually the Huskies did. Please see HUSKIES: C7 73,333 ticket buyers got an eyeful. The Husky defense scored the games first i points rover Tommie Smith crushing enneson May has day as Vandals shell Weber on target QB has a record day, leads Eastern to win By Dave Boling Staff writer Mark Tenneson set a record Saturday, for passing efficiency and perhaps for poetic justice.

Sometimes erratic and often maligned during the past three seasons, Tenneson played more effectively than any Conference history to lead East- quarterback in Big Sky i em Washington to a 45-14 non-conference win over Sonoma State at Wood- nsid Shocker Tennessee pulls off the surprise of the day in Top 25 action, routing No. 4 Florida. Page C8 By Jim Meehan Staff writer MOSCOW, Idaho Idaho running back Sherriden May was a man of few woids and few moves Saturday. Sometimes, he was a man who didnt even need a few blocks to get to where he was going. May amassed 204 rushing yards and three touchdowns while leaving a wake of Weber State tacklers with his straight-on, bullish style as the Vandals flattened the Wildcats 52-24 before a Kibbie Dome crowd of 1 1,400.

May, who played defensive back last year as a freshman, took it all in stride when he met the press after the rout. Yeah, May responded when asked if he was happy with the move to running back. Its my natural position. May was so impressive that his 66-yard scoring run in the second quarter came despite a blown block, UI offensive lineman Chris Schneider said. That was a great example of a play where I missed a block and Sherriden was still able to break it, said Schneider, a Coeur dAlene High graduate.

It makes it a lot easier to block for a guy who runs his tail off." Idahos win in the Big Sky Conference opener pushed the sixth-ranked Vandals to 3-0. and soothed some of the wounds left over from Webers 45-17 thrashing of UI last season. Weber, considered a serious contender for the conference title, dropped to 1-2 and 0-1. May still got to play a little defensive back Saturday. Or at least that's what it looked like on several plays where he simply lowered his shoulder and flattened Wildcat tacklers.

On other occasions, May just simply ran forward and his only interference was the Kibbie Dome air conditioning. ward Stadium Cheney. Tenneson threw four touchdown passes and gained 265 yards on just 14 attempts (10 completions). He also rushed for a 1-yard touchdown. John Friesz, Jamie Martin, Ken Hobart none of the conferences great quarterbacks could match Tennesons 310.4 quarterback efficiency rating.

Pac-10 rides high: USC and UCLA pull off big nonconference wins. Page C7 Pirates rally: Whitworth uses a fourth-quarter comeback to beat Eastern Oregon. PageC7 Idahos offensive line, which paved the way ild- 304 running yards, manhandled the Wild for cats. There were a lot of times when they were scraping free of tacklers, Weber coach Dave Arslanian said. And there were times when It was just a matter of throwing to the open guy," the 6-foot-3 Tenneson scoffed.

Tennesons shaky play at the beginning of last season was viewed as one of the reasons behind Easterns struggles although the culpability could well have been widely spread. But Tenneson shook off the criticism and finished strongly, starting an upward trend that peaked Saturday with what has to be his ultimate redemption. I was really happy with Marks play, said EWU coach Dick Zomes. He did a great job the whole ball game. He saw a lot of things out there and got a lot accomplished.

Two of Tennesons scores for 80 and 66 yards came on bombs that were delicately lofted onto the fingertips of receiver Tony Brooks. He also found Brooks on 2-yard scoring pass, and hit Dan Thurston for a 22-yard score. The speedy Brooks scored on three of his five catches and averaged 38.4 yards per catch 192 yards total. Mark is a good quarterback, a very good quarterback, a great quarterback, Brooks said. He did a great job reading the defenses, finding the open man and delivering the ball.

In his last six games, Brooks has averaged 109 receiving yards and scored eight touchdowns on 30 catches. Brooks explained that on his two long scores, he broke from the inside slot position and got behind the free safety. We saw all week that the free safety was kind of stalling out on the inside and we thought we could get in a (three-wide-receiver) set and get Tony open over the Please see EAGLES: C3 they ran the counter and theyd break it out ndn and nobody was there. Last week (against Colorado State) our line played as good as any line Ive had, Vandal offei offensive line coach Art Valero said. I told them earlier in the week we were going to run the ball 50 times.

I wanted the game over by 2:30 (it started at He got his wish. By 2:30, Idahos lead had reached 35-0. And it was just the second quarter. A byproduct of Idahos running prowess was the fact that it kept Weber quarterback Jamie Martin, the NCAA Division I-AA player of the year in 1991, on the sideline. Please see VANDALS: C3 Ms end landmark losing skid with 6-4 victory over Oakland Seahawks sputter Flores stung by teams lack of progress offense, which ranks dead last in the American Conference going into todays game against the New England Patriots in Foxboro, Mass.

Quarterback Kelly Stouffer, harassed by a dropped passes, ha completed only 44 percent of his attempts, day, when the Mariners beat Oakland for the first time in 1992, 6-4. I cant remember the last time we won. I cant remember our last six-hit rally and I cant remember the last time we had a lead late in the game and got 1-2-3 innings in the eighth and ninth, Manager Bill Plummer said. But it was about time. The longest losing streak in club history ended when rookie Jeff Nelson pitched two perfect innings for his fifth save, throwing his fist in the air after striking out Jerry Browne for the final out.

Please see MARINERS: C2 By Larry LaRue McQatchy News Service SEATTLE It may have been the longest two weeks in franchise history. It was certainly the longest two weeb of Bret Boones major-league career. I was going bad and we didnt win a game, what could be worse? asked the rookie second baseman. Theres no doubt it was the longest two weeb of my life. The Mariners can now get on with their history and Boone can move along with his life Seattles 14-game losing streak ended on Satur thrown two interceptions and fumbled the ball three times.

Consequently, the Hawb have scored only a touchdown and a field goal in two games, sing defenses to score three while allowing opposing 1 2MMM3MJSK By Dave Boling Staff writer When Coach Tom Flores addresses the Seattle media during a game week, he generally offers an introductory statement. Its a preamble, a State of the Seahawks address. This week, he heaped accounts of injuries on top of explanations for offensive impotence, which were stacked on top of a long line of serious concerns. And after a full chorus of blues that would have caused B.B. King to cower, Flores realized that he was losing his audience.

Youve heard all those things, so you dont have to hear them again, Flores said. I guess what Im doing is reviewing them for myself. I dont know why Im hurting myself again, but I am. Clearly feeling the public pressure after embarrassing losses to Cincinnati and Kansas City, Flores offered a defense for his handling of the Seahawks particularly his willingness to commit to young players. Any time you make these kinds of commitments and you decide to go with youth, a new quarterback and things of that nature, then obviously you are willing to take a step backward and then go forward," Flores said.

When that step forward is going to be, I dont know. The forward steps have been few for Flores Cl, C6 C1.C2 FOOTBALL BASEBALL Area colleges (2) Washington 29, (12) Nebraska 14 Idaho 52, Weber St. 24 E. Washington 45, Sonoma St. 14 Whitworth 19, E.

Oregon 16 touchdowns on turnovers. I feel that were going in the right direction, but were just not getting it done, Flores said. I think were doing the right things, but we have to do them better." At 0-2, and ranked by The Sporting News as the third-worst team in the NFL, the Seahawks open themselves to considerable second-guessing. Its hard sometimes because we all become impatient and we all dislike losing intensely," Flores said. But reality is reality and right now were struggling.

We arent a bad football team, were just not real good right now. The struggles, Flores implied, are equity in the future. The suggestion is that you sometimes have to dig a hole to build a foundation. Im trying to build something here thats going to be more than a temporary fix, Flores Please see SEAHAWKS: CS TV HIGHLIGHTS American League Cleveland 5, Chicago 4 Toronto 1, Texas 0 Detroit 3, Boston 2 Milwaukee 4, Baltimore 1 Kansas City 7, New York 4 Seattle 6, Oakland 4 California 5, Minnesota 1 National League Cincinnati 5, San Diego 2 Chicago 6, St. Louis 5 1st St.

Louis 11, Chicago 10 (11), 2nd San Francisco 3, Los Angeles 0 Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 0 New York 7, Montreal 5 Houston 3, Atlanta 2 (12) 9 a.m.: Peak Antifreeze 500 (TNN) 10: 49ers-Jets (KREM) 10: Seahawks-Patriots (KHQ) 11:05: Astros-Braves (TBS) 1 p.m.: Lions-Redskins (KREM) 1: Golf, Hardee Classic (ESPN) 5: Dodgers-Giants (ESPN) 5: Colts-Bills (TNT) UW-Nebraska, tape (PSN) SlaH photo by Bart Haynnk The future looks dark to Tom Flores..