12 The Daily Collegian Monday, July 28,1997 Arrington Continued from Page 8. Arrington. He wanted the spotlight. And as the autograph seekers kept coming, so did the questions. Can you take consolation in the way it ended ? You played a big role at the end. “Nope,” he said. “I’m a team player, though, so I won’t take it too personally. I love my team.” While sports writers were drool ing over the juicy quotes Arrington was dishing out, little children ran to their parents in the stands, excit ingly showing them the football cards the Parade Magazine Nation al Player-of-the-Year had just signed for them. Soon, Arrington was stripped of all the parts of his wardrobe he did not have to give back to Big 33 offi cials. All his wristbands and towels had been given to different chil dren who had approached him after the game. All that was left was the tape on his right wrist that was adorned with a cross that was drawn with a black magic marker. Arrington was visibly annoyed with the reporters around him, and his hand Ullrich first German to win Tour de France By SALVATORE ZANCA Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) A hero in his Black Forest home and a champion along the Champs Elysees, Jan Ull rich yesterday became the first German to win the Tour de France since the cycling showcase began in 1903. “I’ll never forget this day my entire life,” he said. “A dream from my youth was fulfilled.” Before several hundred thousand cheering fans on a bright, sunny day, he rode into Paris with the leader’s yellow jersey to finish ithe 21-stage, 2,455-mile race. He ended 39th for the day, the same time as the rest of the pack, but his work in this grueling three week test had been done well before “Unbelievable,” Ullrich said. “I’m overjoyed because I was afraid of crashing up to the last meter.” In only his second Tour de France he was second in 1996 Ullrich finished 9 minutes, 9 sec onds ahead of Richard Virenque of France, the largest victory margin since Laurent Fignon won by 10:32 in 1984. The 23-year-old German is the eighth youngest winner, younger than five-time winners Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain when they won the first time. The late Jacques Anquetil, another five time champion, was only a month younger than Ullrich. Ullrich had been wearing the leader’s yellow jersey since the 10th stage of the race, taking over the lead on the second day in the Pyrenees mountains in the south of France. Ullrich, who earned $360,000 for the victory, said he will cherish two memories in particular. “The first was the victory in the Pyrenees, the second was putting on the yellow jersey for the first time,” he said. Ullrich, born in the former East Germany, was the 1993 world ama- —— —■ I*" 2nd meal free when | I - - - ordering anything on the menu of _ t - equal value or less, (excludes "'*'*■ I -?S_~ beverages £? dessert). Use only ... 1 ‘ . from 3pm to Bpm. | | 126 W. College Arc. j souskS Enjoy the BEST of the dub Scene • Alcohol Rnee was probably cramped from sign ing an endless amount of auto graphs, but he remained playful with the fans and tolerant of the reporters. “I really have nothing to say about this game,” Arrington said. “I just want to go home and cry for a little bit, but I’ll be alright. I’m just a little hurt right now.” Arrington’s ego may have been bruised at the Big 33 Football Clas sic, but it seems clear he is a man with priorities. It’s doubtful he will have many nights in his career as disappointing as Saturday, but even if he does, it can be assumed he will handle it with the same grace he did this past weekend. “I’ve never been one that’s thrived on' the media,” Arrington said. “I just want to be the best I can be. If after my years at Penn State, and I don’t go any further than that, I will have already had my ride. Football isn’t life, it’s just part of it.” Andrew Debes ( axdl44@psu.edu) is a senior majoring in journalism and is a Collegian sports writer. teur road champion. He moved to Merdingen, a small town near the French border, in 1994 after turn ing pro. In Merdingen, television cover age of the final day of the race was shown on a big screen during the local club’s soccer game. Fans packed the town’s restau rants and free beer flowed as the party, expected to last well into the night, got rolling. Ulrich’s fans, including his moth er Marianne, traveled to Paris and waved banners and German flags on the Champs Elysees. The Ger man national anthem was played as Ullrich moved up a step on the podium from last year. In 1996 Ullrich was second by a little more than a minute to Telekom teammate Bjarne Riis, who finished seventh this year. This time, Riis and the other Telekom team rode to protect Ull rich’s lead. “Nobody can win the Tour with out a strong team. We were a real team, everyone sacrificed himself for the others,” Ullrich said. “That’s the only way such a victory is possible.” Nicola Minali won the final stage, a largely ceremonial ride of 99 miles that started on Main Street in Disneyland Paris and ended on the Champs Elysees in Paris. The race finished with 10 cir cuits from the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde. A streaker leapt onto the road on the final straightaway but was quickly removed by police. Minali won the sprint ahead of Erik Zabel, Ullrich’s teammate who had won three previous sprint fin ishes. Henk Vogels of Australia was third. All nine riders finished for the U.S. Postal Service team, which was competing in the race for the first time. It was only the second American team invited to partici pate. Ullrich seemed the only constant factor in this year’s Tour de Dodgers complete sweep of Phillies LOS ANGELES (AP) If Tripp Cromer continues to hit like this, he might avoid a return trip to the minors. Cromer, a Dodgers utility infielder called up from Triple-A Albuquerque on June 17, hit his fourth homer in 79 at-bats yesterday in the third inning of Los Angeles’ 7-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. “You never try to hit a home run,” said Cromer, who hit only five in 368 career at bats with the St. Louis Cardinals. “I’ve hit home runs in the past, but I haven’t hit a lot.” Roger Cedeno’s homer triggered a five-run sixth as the Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the team with the worst record in baseball and remained close to the division leading San Francisco Giants in the NL West. Cromer and Cedeno were in the starting lineup because the Phillies started left-hander Matt Beech, and their bats compensated for a less than productive day by the middle of the Dodgers’ lineup. Mike Piazza, Eric Karros, Raul Mondesi and Todd Zeile already have become the Dodgers’ first 20-homer quartet since 1979. “We’ve got four guys with 20 home runs already, but guys like me and Roger are going to have to hit if we expect to win because Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich, right, and his teammates Rold Eiysees after the final stage of the Tour de France. Ullrich became the Aldag, center, and Erik Zabel, all from Germany, ride down the Champs first German to win the Tour yesterday. France, a race marked by falls, controversial sprints and injury withdrawals. He was considered among the top three favorites when the race started July 5 in Rouen. Ullrich stayed close while Riis faded in the Mike, Eric and Mondi just can’t do it every day,” Cromer said. “So it’s a plus that other guys can step up and hit the back of the wall every once in a while.” Tom Candiotti (7-3) won consecutive starts for the first time since June 21-25, 1995. The right-hander, demoted to the bullpen at the end of spring training, allowed one run and seven hits in 7 1-3 innings with his two speeds of knucklebaUs. Cromer’s home run was his third in support of Candiotti. His other two came on July 17 in an 8-7 loss at Florida. Perhaps it’s Cromer’s way of paying Candiotti back for the generos ity of Candiotti’s wife. Donna Candiotti was responsible for retrieving the ball from Cromer’s first home run with the Dodgers, on July 10 at Dodger Stadium, She left her seat behind home plate and went out to the right-field pavilion, where an usher helped her locate the man who caught the ball. She bought it for $lOO and gave it to Cromer’s wife, Michelle. “You want to play hard for somebody like that,” Cromer said. “Candy’s a great guy and he’s worked hard. I’ve heard all the rumors about him getting traded all the time, but he just steadily goes out there and does a great Pyrenees. With his senior team mate out of contention, Ullrich was allowed to go for the lead and did on the second day in the Pyrenees. He cemented that with a con vincing victory in the first time trial, winning by more than three minutes. He stayed close to Virenque in the Alps, even gaining another 40 seconds at one stage. Early on, Tony Rominger of Switzerland and Yevgeny Berzin of Russia were eliminated with bro ken collarbones. Falls also played a job every time he has a chance to pitch.” Candiotti is 4-1 since taking over in the rotation for Ramon Martinez, who has been out since June 15 with a torn rotator cuff. Martinez is due to come off the disabled list in about two weeks, which would probably send Candiotti back to the bullpen. “Maybe I could lobby for a six-man rotation and pitch in the pen in-between starts,” Can diotti joked. “As much as maybe I don’t like what my role has been here this year, you’ve got to give a lot of credit to that guy (general manager Fred Claire) for not trading me if he was.” Candiotti wasn’t the only one in the ball park who had to address constant trade rumors about himself. During the game, Phillies general manager Lee Thomas said he would not trade right-hander Curt Schilling before Thursday’s deadline. “My teammates were sick of hearing about it and I was sick of talking about it, so we just decided that we’d put it to bed,” Schilling said. “We shouldn’t be sitting here talking about this after a game where we just got beat 7-1. The important thing for me is that we focus on baseball and what’s important for this club.” part in the withdrawal of Alex Zuelle of Switzerland. Three stages went to riders who didn’t finish first. Controversial sprint finishes resulted in Zabel, Sergi Outschakov and Bart Voskamp being disqualified from victories.
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