'14 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 19, 2000
MO N D AY
Continued from Page 13
But for Michigan fans, these playoffs
have been a change.
The Lakers' Glen Rice starred on
the 1989 national title team and either
he or Rose will be the first Wolverine
to play a significant role on a NBA
title winning team since Cazzie
Russell and the New York Knicks won
it all in 1970.
This season also marks the first
time in Rose's NBA career that play-
tag time is not a concern.'
Rose didn't get the minutes early in
his career that he needed to develop
and after an inauspicious two seasons
with the Denver Nuggets, he was trad-
ed to the Pacers four years ago.
Rose still didn't fully flourish in
Indiana until this year, when lie aver-
aged 37 minutes and 18.2 points per
game this season - career highs by
far.
Seven years ago, when Rose walked
off the floor after the timeout game,
he put his arm around coach Steve
Fisher and promised that they'd be
back on Monday with a championship
at stake.
Though it took six years longer than
lie expected, Rose is finally back.
.AP PHOTO
Jalen Rose will try to exorcise demons
of past Monday nights tonight when
his Pacers play the Lakers.
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Harris misses cut by
six, Woods wns by 15
By Dan Williams the event with a birdie on 18, his
Daily Sports ditor only birdie of the tournament.
Harris drove the ball into a short
In his first professional golf tour- cut of rough on the memorably
naient, in his first major, in the scenic par-five 18th hole, which
U S. Open at Pcbble Beach, awe do-lIcgs around the Pacific Occan.
rather than frustration should have A five iron and a pitching wedge
been the prceailing emotion for later, he was dropping in a three-
recent Michigan graduate Michael foot putt to applause from the grand-
Harris. stands.
But evcn though Harris bested Harris's finish seemed to repre-
several famous touting pros sent his Pebble Beach experience as
including Bernhard Langer, Greg a whole - nice, but it left him
Norman, and Brad Faxon - in his thirsting for more,
inaugural PGA event, he ws s-dissat- "It was great for what it was
isfied with missing the cut (+7) by worth," Harris said. "It's something
six strokes with scores of 77 and 78, you can't put a price on, but at the
for a two-round total of 13-over par. same time, it was extremely frustrat-
A large part of Harris' frustration ing to have everything stacked
was derived from something lie had against you."
little control over - the weather. The Tiroy native plans to concet-
In the first round Thursday, trate on golf almost exclusively now,
golfers who teed off earlier in the with the hope of developing a suc-
day were greeted with sunny condi- cessful career.
tions and a course that played rela- In the not too distant future,
ively smooth. But a thick coastal Harris looks to gain experience
California fog rolled in just before playing in more professional tourna-
Harris's late tee time (3:30 p.m. ments, and he hopes to return to the
Pacific), which permitted hir to Open next year, which will be held
play just two holes before play was at Southern Hills Country Club near
suspended Tulsa, Okla.
The completion of his round was in the long term, he would love to
again postponed Friday- morning return to Pebble Beach a few years
from 6:45 to 8:30 with the incursion older and a little wiser, and leave a
of more fog. The waiting, plus the bigger mark on the course.
prospects of playing nearly two TIGER THEN THE REST: The
rounds in a day, were enough of a biggest name in golf was at it again
hindrance for Harris without the this weekend, as Tiger Woods
pressure of playing in the Open at cruised to capture his third major
Pebble. championship, and first U.S. Open
"It was kind of a firestorm," title.
Harris said. "It takes a lot to con- Woods set records for lowest cons-
centrate out there. Playing 34 holes posite score at a U.S. Open (12
in one day turned out to be more under par) and biggest victory mar-
than I could handle" gin (15) at any major as be left a
To compound matters, some of field of the best professional golfers
the big-name golfers that Harris had in the world scratching their heads.
expected to be cordial were actually Woods led the tournament wire to
more cold and business-like. wire, holding on to a one shot lead
"It was tough because it's a very after the first round, a six-shot lead
tense time for them," Harris said. "It after the second day and a stagger-
wasn't a carefree environment. This ing 10-shot advantage after round
was a little bit different than I had three.
anticipated, and it's a little disap- In July, Woods will attempt to
pointing" capture the only major that has elcid-
Still, Harris avoided the big mis- ed him thus far - the British Open,
takes, with only one double bogey in to be staged at historic St. Andrews
his tiwo rounds, and he concluded Golf Club in Scotland.
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got a good head on his shoulders. 6
Henson is sharing time at third base
with Scott Seabol, who is aong the
Eastern Ieague's statistical leaders in a
number of offensie categories. Against
Harrisburg, Henson was he designated
hitter - a role that lie will continue to
fill fr the Nat igators on occasion.
"He's got igat it 30O days a year"
Radison said. "I want to DH him to
lessen his load a little bit. I don't want
to bur him out there at third base. I'd
rather he just get his at-bats."
Despite the criticism that Henson
received two years ago upon announc-
inug his decision to play two sports,
things have been working themseles
out well. As a result, he is still far from
making a definite decision regarding a
commitment to one sport or the other.
The Wolverine coaching staff has
been more patient with Henson than the
Yankees organization, which has a
greater financial investment in him than*
Michigan does.
"Coach Carr is very supportive"
Henson said. "I check in every couple of
weeks. He always wonders how baseball
is going for me, if I'm hitting the curve.
Everyone on the team wants to know if
I'm hitting the curve."
There has been speculation regarding
what the Yankees may do with their
prized prospect. Henson received a 20
million signing bonus, and is eligible to
collect an additional S2.5 million if he
stays with the Yankees after graduation.
"He has a great future in baseball,"
said one representative of the Yankees.
"He plays football in the fall, but all we
care about is that he's with the Yankees
when it's all said and done. I'd hate to
lose him"
Henson's current success on the dia-
mond is just the tip of the iceberg. He
has shown considerable promise, but
Radison believes that these are flashes
of brilliance from someone who could
be "one of the game's great players."
On the football field, Henson is still
unproven. After two years of limited
playing time behind Tom Brady,
Henson is now poised to live sup to his
press clippings.
"l'is going back [to Ann Arbor] in
August," Henson said. "I'm 100 percent
about that and (the Yankees) can do@
whatthey want, but they know where I
stand right now. I'm going back and
we're going to win a championship this
fall. I'll sit down in January and evalu-
ate my situation, just like I have the past
two years."
On this June day, Henson speaks with
the confidence of a man who is in con-
trol of his life and his destiny.
The starting quarterback for the
WVolverines is bussing from city to city
- from Trenton, N.J. to Akron, Ohio to
New Haven, Conn. and onward -and
is enjoying the summer of 2000, when
the pressure of having to make a crucial
decision is still at least a year away.
Michigan fans can find their quarter-
back at the movies ("We saw Road Trip
last night") or at the gaming table ("We
play cards - a lot of cards! I'm having
a rough road trip this week. I was good
on the last one, but I'm a little dow
now"), or at an Eastern League ballparI
Halfway through a four-year journey,
Drew Henson is balancing things just
fine.