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Show Wednesday, October as, 199s Hie Daily Utah Chronicle - 9 pom It's Time to Get Rid of Offensive U. Teamates Native Names GREG BEACHAM Chronicle Sports Writer Rick Vazquez The wins kept piling up for the Utes on Tuesday at the Utah Sports Intercollegiate Tennis Tourney, as three singles players and all four doubles teams advanced ever deeper into Writer the field. Chronicle Utah's No. tuning in to ABC night, and Dmaginc this: "Hello, I'm Al Michaels along with Frank Gifibrd and Dan Dierdorf, and welcome to Monday Night Football. Tonight's matchup features the offense of the d high-powere- Utah. Mormons against the stingy defense of the Los Angeles Mexicans..." Would this make you uncomfortable? It should. Yet there still remain, those ignorant sport fans who can't comprehend why our country's Native American population would be disturbed over often derogatory references to its people used in team nicknames. "I think they should be honored," said Jewish comedian Jackie. Mason on Talk 2 Monday night. "If everyone went around calling themselves the Jackie Masons, I wouldn't have any problem with that" This type of contributes to the probss simple-mindedne- lem. : , ... The fact is that names such as the Seminoles, Utes, Blackhawks, and Braves are meant to invoke images of a aggressive people which fans can associate with their teams. Fan fads such as the flaming sec "Vazquez" on pate II - war-lik- e, player and tournament top seed Christian Svensson led the team into the round of eight with a 64 victory over Manuel Calvo of BYU. There will be a battle for both tournament and team supremacy on Thursday as Svensson faces his teammate, classmate and doubles partner Brandon Owen. Owen, a Highland High grad and Ute junior, pulled a bit of an upset in the round of 16, defeating tournament fourth seed and top Weber State playOwen will er Milar Paulik 1 3-- 6-- hard-foug- 5--7, 6-- 3, to Face Off in Tennis Tourney face Svensson on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the most interesting Ute contest to date. The third Ute to advance was freshman Cory Dalos, who continued his 6-- 3 victory over strong play with a BYU's Jason Hardin. Dalos will face another Cougar, Kengo Usui, on Thursday at 3 p.m. Usui defeated Utah's Ben Coates 4-6- 4, 6-- 2 in a difficult match for both 7-- 6, competitors. Tournament second seed and top Cougar Boris Bosnjakovic also advanced to the round of eight with a difficult victory over Utah's Glenn Irwin. Bosnjakovic won 7-and will face teammate Kris 5, Rosander for the right to face the 6-- 3 Svensson-Owe- winner. n Utah's Philippe Rodrigue will take the court today at 1:30 p.m. against Weber State's Danny Novak in the consolation bracket It is impossible to imagine a more 6-- see "Tennis" on page Chronicle Photo Cathy Linford Tournament top seed and No. 1 Ute Christian Svensson hits a vocal 4 forehand in his victory at the Utah Intercollegiate face teammate Brandon Owen on will Svensson Championship. 3-- 6, 6-- 3, 6-- Thursday. II Spikers Look to Bury Bengals Murray Single Burns - Cancel CLEVELAND (AP) that missing persons report. The RICK VAZQUEZ real Cleveland Indians have shown up. Eddie Murray singled home the Chronicle Sports Writer winning run in the 11th inning Tuesday night and the Indians, comemasters of the back, saved their season by rallyand cutting the ing past Atlanta rides can give one of the most exhilarating natural highs one Roller-coaste- r last-innin- can experience. It can also induce motion sickness. The Utah women's volleyball team has had its share of both this year. Its most recent ride on the Cyclone had them riding high with three consecutive 7-- 6 Braves' lead in the World Series to 3, No team in baseball postseason history has overcome a : play. see "Volley" on page 10 3-- 0 deficit, and the Indians made sure they wouldn't have to either by winning the first World Series game played 5, Omomoe Photo Cathy Linford Senior Rene Maggard, shown in action earlier this year, blasts a kill into the opposing backcourt I Ith 11th against Alejandro Pcna, Carlos Bacrga led off with a double, Albert Belle was intentionally walked and Murray hit a sharp single to center that easily scored pinch-runnc- Alvaro Espinoza. r The win was the Indians' 29th in their last made them 22-- this year and deciin one-ruoverall in extra at-b- sions and 15-- n 2 1 innings. e Cleveland stopped a World Series losing streak dating to 1954. The Braves, meanwhile, had their seven-gamwinning this in snapped. postseason string The Indians will try to even the six-gam- 2-- 1. wins over UTEP, New Mexico and Utah State. Last Friday the Utes crashed back down to earth, landing in Provo (of all 15-15-1- 3 to places) losing 15-1BYU. Despite the loss, Utah coach Beth Launiere was encouraged by her team's g Braves in in Cleveland in 41 years. Keyed by Kenny Lofton, who reached base in all six of his the Indians scored a run in Then in the the eighth to tie it at-bat- s, e Scries Wednesday night in Game 4. Ken Hill is likely to start against Atlanta's Steve Avery. BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer 6-- Pigskin Picks for Pizza at The Pie Pizzeria Phantom Picks Don't cry for us, readers. Last week's pick results left us with that sinking feeling, but we turned up the music of the night for this week's picks. The rules are these: pick the winners of these 18 games (or steal your picks from Brahms and Wagner) and deposit diem in die Qirony offices at 240 Union by 5 p.m. Friday. The best kitty of them all will advance to two-itekitty heaven and win a Pie. Venerable from The pizza 14-inc- Last week's winner was Shawn "David" Crosby, who rode the Starlight Express to a 13-- 5 record. Our celeb, Fred Hickman of CNN, colThis lapsed into a puddle of week's superstar is ESPN's "Rockin'" Robin Roberts, who loves her Saints but still thinks the Nincrs will kill 'em. On the big board, James "Norma Desmond" Jardine is finally ready for with an 11-- mark to lead his close-ulast week's contest. Greg "Che Guevara" Beacham now leads the cumulative standings by three games, but should be martyred soon. James "The Phantom" Edward hid behind p 7 double nines, Rick "Judas" Vazquez hit while ad guy Rhctt a betraying slid off the face of Evans Rice" Tun ' the earth with a 1 mark. I This week's games Jardine I Edward I Beacham I Vazquez Evans I I Roberts 45-2- 7 44-2- 8 44-2- 8 47-2- 5 39-3- 3 43-2- 9 Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah at BYU BYU BYU BYU BYU BYU BYU San Diego St at UTEP Air Force at Fresno St CSU at Wyoming Nebraska at Colorado Bills at Dolphins Panthers at Patriots Browns at Bengals Cowboys at Falcons Packers at Lions jaguars at Steelers Saints at 49ers Jets at Colts Seahawks at Cardinals Rams at Eagles Buccaneers at Oilers Giants at Redskins SDSU Air Force CSU SDSU Air Force CSU SDSU Air Force CSU SDSU Air Force CSU SDSU Air Force CSU SDSU Air Force Nebraska Dolphins Patriots Nebraska Nebraska Dolphins Nebraska Dolphins Nebraska Dolphins Patriots Patriots Patriots Patriots Browns Bengals Cowboys Packers Browns Browns Browns Cowboys Cowboys Packers Steelers 49ers Packers Jaguars 49ers Cowboys Packers Steelers 49ers Coin Colli Colli Cardinals Eagles Bucs Redskins Cardinals Eaglsi Busi Seahawks Rami Buff Redskins Utah State at Utah Hawaii Name. Phone. Cowboys Lions Steelers 49ers Cofti Cardinals Rams Bucs Redskins Steelers 49ers Cofts Cardinals Eagles Bues Redskins Redskins Bills Tie breaker (SDSU at Utah) , TOTAL POINTS IN GAME . Wyoming Nebraska Dolphins Patriots Bengals Cowboys Lions Steelers 49ers Colli Cardinals Bami Qikli Redskins I Your Pick 56-- 6 |