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21,195; Sports onday, June 21,1993 The Battalion Page 3 ^neteen! 1 ; Js celebra te tocele- r itage, ' leader of I -| Ill E^;lhe baseball lC e Enseni- tany eM- | e lieve fte hanks for lessons Dad tselvesas 1 As 1 sat at id. "Bull Ionic this ay be born weekend 7 pon- Africa. I erin g lif e / the a Way for Iniverse and ts." Ivery thing, I geStation ( e g an to think J xas State V m y dad. No, 5 aid June- r a ‘t/ don't turn rth of July Iway. This is r:.: lot going to be Uly,Junelne of those 5 of bladS>PP.\ "Wonder yv«ears" type ''|ieces. It was '•■■■■lather's Day of thestM Anyway, I i obtained* • for the < out." cutive v ge 'iticizedtfl decision,. , ‘“’’outa generation gap. MARK SMITH Sportswriter gan to think about my dad and the lationship that we've developed er the years. What had brought us together? We certainly don't have liat much in common. The guy is /U ‘ four decades older than I am. Talk I about a generation gap. His idea of 5 B 1115 * 0 * s Lawrence Welk and Glen nf 1 . IWdlor. I'm more of an Eagles and 3 e , m ? l jolice man. Even the birth of rock de^e ro ^ was a ^ er ti me - wonders! w h at was it that gave us com- fl irf lion ground? What connection a | C -jcould a man who lived through the 1 Korean War and a punk kid who lived through Arthur "The Scud Itud" Kent's television coverage of lie Persian Gulf War possibly make? ou aresuiJ Well, the answer, quite simply, is ffic and i|! ase b a ll' When I was young I could ossible"® ot § et enou gh baseball. Every night ] a v VS 5 i I would wait for dad to get home so e handsif| e could hit me some grounders in Df youisn f 6 backyard. For a couple of hours [every night. Dad and I would work ough mo.'P’gcther. He would show me how to wear safe** 13ster those short-hops and I would :ant part| Wor k so hard trying to get it. I Even when he was hitting me ' he saiitaose balls, he was teaching me look thiporuething more. I never had much 'Vu toyoilatural talent arounddho- diamond. The wor I s0 Dad taught me to-jyvork hard to entedwit l m P r ove. "If you want something lad enough, you've got to work rs canals: hard to get it," he would tell me. azardouilhat pretty much holds true for any- chancescfWug in life. Was he teaching me laseball or a valuable lesson in life? arefulyoi the world may never know. take baa ;treets and bell sal Now that I have the benefit of a ttle age, 1 can look back on those id lays and realize that being with my 5 bicycles lad was much more than baseball ood idea.' ? responsi- y, he said, me life,' an be sen- a while oi ? reckless JuneS ten are ?r until ten are /ithout error. liter ;ditor >tt, Laura Practice. It was father-son bonding, learned that even though Dad lis- ened to some lousy music, he really oiew baseball. I respected him for hat. I guess I still do. Probably a lot of people connect vith their fathers that way. They ind something that they like to do ogether and do it. It could be fish- ng or golf or anything. Fathers lave a lot to teach us; they have wis- lom to share with their children, ust think of all the things that your lad taught you. He might have aught you to drive or, more simply, o walk. He might have taught you o tie your shoelaces and he might ven have taught you to sit on the lofty without falling off. I would just like to say thanks to the dads in the world who helped is play baseball, drive cars and eat olid foods. Happy Father's Day, )ad. Yes! Chicago wins title for third straight time Paxson's 3-pointer lifts Bulls over Suns, 99-98 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — The Chicago Bulls, with the clock running out, showed the guts and grace of a champion. They beat the Phoenix Suns 99-98 Sun day night to win their third straight NBA title on John Paxon's 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds to play. Phoenix's last chance at extending the NBA Finals to a seventh game ended when Horace Grant blocked Kevin Johnson's jumper from just beyond the foul line with a second to play. Michael Jordan, who led the Bulls to the previous two titles, ran into the stands to retrieve the ball. "This is a reward for all the hard work/' Jordan said. The Bulls were clearly a team in trou ble before setting up for their last shot, having scored but nine points in the quar ter — all by Jordan — until Paxon's wide- open 23-footer from the left side. The play started with Jordan passing to Scottie Pippen, who threw the ball down low to Grant. Grant then kicked the ball out to Paxson at the 3-point arc. With Phoenix playing back in anticipation of a closer shot, the 6-foot-2 guard hit nothing but net and gave the Bulls a finals record 10 3-pointers in the game. Chicago joined the Minneapolis Lakers from 1952-54 and the Boston Celtics from 1959-66 as the only teams to win as many as three consecutive NBA titles. Jordan scored 33 points for the Bulls and finished with the highest scoring av erage in finals history, 41.0, eclipsing Rick Barry's 1967 standard of 40.8. The Suns, who held Chicago without a field goal for the first 6:39 of the fourth quarter, led 98-94 before Jordan's court- length drive for a layup closed the Bulls within two. Dan Majerle's airball caused a 24-second violation, giving Chicago pos session and setting up Paxon's winner. Even if the Bulls aren't the best team in history, they certainly are the most suc cessful road team in the NBA Finals. In winning three consecutive titles, they are are 8-1 in the championship series away from Chicago and just 4-4 at home. Chicago won despite blowing an 87-79 lead in the fourth quarter and hitting just five of 18 shots in the final period. The Suns, who got 21 points and 17 rebounds from Charles Barkley and 21 points from Majerle, were five for 21 in the last 12 minutes and missed seven of their eight shots from the field. Johnson had 19 points and 10 assists. The Bulls made 10 of 14 3-pointers, surpassing the finals record of nine set by Phoenix in its triple-overtime victory in Game 3. The Suns scored the first seven points of the period, closing within one as the See Bulls/Page 4 A Softball Complex Lady Aggies hoping new home brings more respect By MATTHEW J. RUSH Hie Battalion If Olsen Field can bring success to the Texas A&M baseball team, what does the new facility across the street hold in store for the already successful Aggie softball program? With the team finishing 20th in the nation, the school has finally decided to build a new softball park for the Lady Aggies. The new field will be deemed a "Mini-Olsen" because of its design, seat ing capacity and indoor facilities. Head Coach Bob Brock is excited about the construction and is eagerly awaiting next season. "I'm really happy for our new facili ty," Brock said. "Its going to be done re ally first class." Brock, who coached his team to a 38- 14 record in 1993, looks to repeat his suc cess with returning letterman Kim Gon zalez and All-American Jennifer Me- Falls. Brock has compiled a 564-187 in his twelve years as Aggie Head Coach. Former All-American and current as sistant coach Shawn Andaya, who played under Brock, has expressed simi lar feelings towards the new ballpark, "Its a great thing and I'm real excit ed." Andaya said. Andaya, a three-time All-American and a member of the Texas A&M Hall of Fame, added her thoughts on the caliber of stadium that is currently under works. "ItTl definitely be one of the best softball facilities in the country," she said. One of the tactics in designing and constructing the new field is to draw larger crowds and more notoriety for the Lady Aggies. The team has had winning seasons in each of Brock's 12 years, but has unfortunately had to play a multi tude of road games because of an inade quate facility at home. Now that there will be a new field, the softball team will hopefully get the respect it rightfully de serves. "It will definitely help the exposure of See Complex/Page 4 MARY MACMANUS/Thc Battalion What is now a muddy construction ^jte is soon to become the referred to as "Mini-Olsen," is scheduled to be completed in home of the Lady Aggie softball team. The field, currently time for the Lady Aggies'opening day in 1994. Janzen wins first U.S. Open THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — With one short swing out of the rough, Lee Janzen took his place in golf history. Evoking memories of Tom Watson and Lee Trevino, Janzen chipped out of the gnarly grass on 16th hole Sunday to blunt a challenge from Payne Stewart and win the U.S. Open by two strokes. Janzen, who had won but two tourna ments in his career, shot a 1-under-par 69 to win the tournament in which he missed the cut three previous times. "Unbelievable," he said. "I don't think it's sunk in yet. It's just incredible." He closed with the elan of a champion, with birdies on three of the last five holes to finish at 8-under 272, tying the U.S. Open record held by Jack Nicklaus (1980). Stewart, winner of the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship, shot a 70. He moved into a share of the lead when Janzen bogeyed No. 12. Both players were even when Janzen rolled in a 15- foot birdie putt on No. 14. Janzen, a 28-year-old from Austin, Minn., who joined the tour in 1989, was the essence of of consistency on the famed Baltusrol course at America's most prestigious tournament. He shot rounds of 67, 67, 69, 69, matching Trevino's U.S. Open mark in 1968 of shooting all four rounds under 70. Nobody else managed a challenge. Craig Parry and Paul Azinger finished at 277. Watson and Scott Hoch were at 278 while Nolan Henke, Ernie Els, Fred Funk and Raymond Floyd were at 279. This was an afternoon that belonged to Janzen and Stewart. Janzen started the day with a one- stroke lead over Stewart and quickly stretched it to two shots when Stewart missed a four-foot par putt on No. 1. But the dramatics came much later, in the See Janzen/Poge 4 International Olympic Committee upset with Congressional resolution THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Olympic Committee has a message for the U.S. Congress: Mind your own business. IOC officials reacted with fury Sunday to a U.S. House subcommittee resolution urging rejection of Beijing's bid to host the 2000 Summer Games because of China's human rights record. "This is interference," said IOC vice president Kevan Gosper. "It takes us back 13 years to the (Jimmy) Carter boycott when the movement was almost brought down." "It is a most unfortunate intrusion of politics in sport," said IOC director general Francois Carrard. "I see ghosts of the 1980 Carter boycott." Carter ordered the U.S.-led boycott of the Moscow Games to protest the Soviet in vasion of Afghanistan. Four years later, the Soviets retaliated by leading a boycott of the Los Angeles Games. "If the U.S. wants to make recommendations to the IOC, that's their right," Gosper said. "But they've got no right to tell individual members how to vote. We take the line that members can decide for themselves. We are very uncomfortable with this resolution and I personally regret it very much." Gosper is also an official on the Sydney, Australia, bidding committee. Sydney and Beijing are considered the front-runners among the six cities seeking to stage the 2000 Games. 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