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The Series
and other stuff
by John Musser
Collegian Sports Editor
By the time you read this, it
may already be to late.
No, I'm not talking about a
pop quiz in Math 140 or Chem
14. I'm talking about this years
version of the fall classic,
which is looking a lot more
like a Mike Tyson fight quick
and hardly worth the trouble of
watching it.
That's not to say that there
hasn't been any excitement, but
the outcome so far has hardly
been surprising.
The Oakland A's have
thoroughly dominated games
one and two, despite the fact
that Jose Canseco has yet to
get his first hit. Of course,
when you have Rickey
Henderson almost literally
carrying the A's offense on his
shoulders, Jose can just stand
in right field and flex his
pectorals.
Offense isn't the difference
in this Series, however. The
Giants have some lumber, with
Kevin Mitchell and Will Clark
cutting most of the wood. The
difference is in the pitching.
The A's have great starting
pitching. The Giants have
average to above average
pitching. While both managers
have a bullpen ace that they
can always count on, A's
skipper Tony La Russa has
more depth and better middle
relievers to call on than his
counterpart, Roger Craig.
That is why the A's will
win the Series. Of course,
that's easy for me to say after
two games have been played. I
told you it was to late.
• The Steelers-Browns game
on Sunday may not have been
the biggest national sports
story this past weekend, but
the game certainly garnered
much of the local sports
interest.
After their first meeting, in
which the Browns embarrassed,
humiliated, and basically gave
the Steelers a sound thrashing,
Pittsburgh turned the tables and
upset Cleveland in the dawg
pound. The Steelers
accomplished this victory
despite having to jump several
hurdles.
First, Pittsburgh didn't have
the services of their starting
quarterback, Bubby Brister,
who is out with a knee injury.
Second, the Steelers suffered
five more injuries to key
players, including wide receiver
Louis Lipps, running back
Tim Worley, and cornerback
Rod Woodson. Last,
Pittsburgh overcame one of the
toughest home crowds in the
NFL.
Aren't these the same guys
that were bums a few weeks
ago?
• Speaking of bums, if the
Browns keep playing the way
they have the past couple of
orting View
weeks, particularly the offense,
the dawgs will do more booing
than barking.
• After their season opening
loss to Virginia, Penn State
fans started mumbling about
another long season like the
previous one. National sports
publications such as "Sports
Illustrated", which printed a
story entitled "Very Sorry
State", took their kicks while
the Nittany Lion was down.
But after Saturdays convincing
win over Syracuse, in which
the Lions racked up 356
rushing yards, the Lions are
kicking back.
Now that the Lions have
put together a five-game
winning streak and put the
suspension signal-caller Tom
Bill behind them, Penn State
faces their first big test on
October 28 when the Crimson
Tide of Alabama rolls into
Beaver Stadium.
If Penn State beats 'Rama,
the Lions will most likely go
on to a successful year, with a
bowl bid offer coming at the -
end of the season.
Otherwise, JoePa and the
boys will have plenty of time
to study for finals.
• There were two big goals
scored over the weekend, both
by the NHL's two biggest
stars. One of the goals was
historic, the other merely a
goal that ended a week and a
half of frustration.
SUnday night was a record
breaking evAing for The
Great One, Wayne Gretzky, as
he tied and then broke Gordie
Howe's 1,850 career points
mark. Fittingly, Gretz broke
the record in his old kingdom,
the Northlands Coliseum in
Edmonton.
Wayne tied the record with
an assist, and then broke the
record late in the game when
he put one of his classic
backhanders into the net.
Gretzky then won the game in
OT with his second goal of
the game.
As for the frustration
ending goal, Mario Lemieux
finally put the puck into the
net after four games. L e
Magnifique accomplished this
feat against the Rangers
Sunday night in the second
period.
Lemieux almost scored an
amazing shorthanded goal in
the first period when he
exploded past two Ranger's
defenseman, faked goalie Bob
Froese out of his skin, zipped
behind the net and stuffed the
puck into the net. There was
just one problem. A Ranger's
defenseman had accidentally
knocked the net off of its
!noorings. No goal. •
• Do you think that Dallas
Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones
realizes yet that its just not
that easy to buy a team and
make it a winner? An 0-6
record just might.
Erie Panther's coach talks about
the athlete and substance abuse
Seminar kicks off Alcohol Awareness Week
(continued from page one)
hockey player can either seek
professional help or be banned
from the league. Both Hansis and
his players thought that the
random testing was effective.
Hansis thinks that one reason.
that substance abuse is prevalent
in sports is because of the
incredibly high salaries that
todays athletes earn.
He said that professional
athletes have a lot of spare time
as well as money. Many people,
including drug dealers, take
advantage of this fact.
After Hansis was finished
speaking, Moore talked to the
audience about sonie of the
people he has seen using drugs
while he played college hockey at
R.P.I.
He said some of the fraternity
members would try to get the
hockey players caught doing
drugs. The team at R.P.I. would
try to keep the player away from
the frats and their drugs.
Sometimes, they were
unsuccessful -
Miciak spoke next, and
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explained he had seen many
talented hockey players who took
drugs, but ultimately amounted
to nothing, either as a hockey
player or a person.
Miciak said he thought all
professional sports should be
more strict in their drug policies,
banning players for life if they
are caught for drug abuse.
After Miciak stepped down,
Hansis opened the floor to
anybody who had questions about
substance abuse, hockey, or
Drugs and alcohol
will catch up to
you sooner or
later.
-Ron Hansis
Erie Panther's
coach
sports in general.
Much of the time was spent
discussing the Panther's
upcoming season. Other topics
Presen
** If necessary
news,
sports
on
included discussion of the
National Hockey League and the
special attention many of the
athletes receive these oays after
getting caught for substance
abuse.
Hansis summed up -- his
comments by noting he has seen
so many talented athletes ruin
their talent through substance
abuse.
He added that drugs and
alcohol will catch up to you
sooner or later. •
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Upcoming
sports events
• Women's V-Ball tonight vs.
Geneseo and Allegheny
Colleges- Home, 6 pm, Erie
Hall.
• Men's soccer at 3 pm vs.
Grove City College, Home,
soccer field.
• Women's V-Ball this
Saturday against St. John
Fisher and Carnegie-Mellon,
Home, 1 pm, Erie Hall.