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Doric Brock, Sports Editor, 325-7630
Sooners return home to face ORU MaJ°r Leagueteams
begin search for new
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Missouri
2-1
12-2
Iowa State
1-1
13-2
Kansas
1-1
11-2
Nebraska
1-1
13-3
Oklahoma
1-1
12-3
Colorado
1-1
9-3
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Okla. State
1-1
11-6
Kansas St.
1-2
10-5
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Basketball—The
Sooners see the OSU
game as a good learning
experience.
were looking for tonight was to
have a win. and we didn’t get that,”
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The Blue Jays are looking “to
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Toronto Blue Jays are
holding tryout camps.
problem.
The California Angels also have
in North Carolina.
“There are a lot of former play-
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The Oklahoma Daily
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The game tonight will be the
first of two games providing a
break from the Big Eight Confer-
ence schedule. The Sooners host
Texas Saturday. OU won its first
conference game on Saturday
against Colorado 98-83.
Ryan Minor scored 34 points
and John Ontjes added 18 points as
the Sooners grabbed an early lead
they never relinquished.
OU scored many easy baskets
in the Colorado game as a result of
fast breaks. Sampson said the
Sooners are at their best when they
can get defensive rebounds and get
Up the court quickly instead of run-
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“We are deliberate only if a team
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The possibility of players cross-
Sampson was happy with the
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when the Buffaloes pulled within
striking distance.
“Our team has been very
resilient all year," Sampson said.
“Ryan (Minor) gets a lot of credit
for what we do, but everybody on
our team has stepped up and
played very well this year.”
After Saturday’s game, OU
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Wednesday,” Sampson said. “lam
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Sampson said he was pleased
with the OU defense.
“Defensively, we did a great job learn from a game like this."
Sampson did see some positive
aspects of the game. He is pleased discover new baseball talent,” said announced tryouts camps for this
c             ,                that the Sooners have given them- the ads, both two columns wide weekend in California.
Sooner center James Mayden, selves a chance to win in every and five inches deep. According to / * “<  1
...o.            . f j.__ game                                the News & Observer’s rates, that strike heads into its sixth month,
“We ye lost three basketball space would cost about $765.        there appears to be growing dis-
Potential players must be sention among the players’union.
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win, Sampson. We are going to bring proof of age, along with their ing the picket line appears to be
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Laura Vaughn— The Oklahoma Daily
Sooner men s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson got tisements in newspapers in eight Dunedin at 9 a.m. EST.
cities, including Atlanta and
Knoxville, Tenn.
On Monday, the advertisement cial law, the Blue Jays cannot play
appeared on page three of the games in Ontario using replace-
Mayden said. “So we have to go sports sections of The News & ment players, and the team has not
back to the drawing board and Observer in Raleigh, N.C., and The said what it plans to do about that
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said.
Players cannot be under con-
tract to another professional team
and cannot be in high school or
junior college, or be from a four-
year college and have eligibility
remaining.
The advertisement lists the
NEW YORK — The ads are phone number of the team’s scout-
showing up in the sports section, ing department in Dunedin and is
although maybe they should be in signed “The Toronto Bluejays.”
the “Help Wanted” column.            “We’ve gotten quite a few phone
“Could you make it in the Major calls already,” Blue Jays
Leagues?” read the bold-typed spokesman Howard Starkman said
notices appearing in several South- Monday night.
ern newspapers this week.             He said that although most of
They’re being placed by the the one-time ads were being placed
Toronto Blue Jays, who, like every in newspapers around Florida and
» other team in the majors, are Georgia, some would run for a day
scrambling to find players to
replace striking major leaguers
before the opening of Spring Train- ers in that area, and we want to let
ing.                              as many of them know about this
The Blue Jays are holding a try- as possible,” he said.
out camp for potential replace- The Blue Jays had scheduled a
ments this Saturday at their spring pair of tryouts for California last
training home in Dunedin, Fla. weekend, but they were postponed
Toronto is trying to attract as because of heavy rains. The Blue
many players as possible to the Jays advertised those camps in
workout, and trying different ways about 10 newspapers in California,
to do it.                               Blue Jays scouting director Bob
The team is putting the adver- Engle will run Saturday’s camp in
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Basketball Head Coach Kelvin played OSU in Stillwater on Mon-
Sampson has the task of getting his day.
team ready to play Oral Roberts The Sooners used balanced
University tonight at 7 p.m. scoring and solid defense to stay in
OU has a 12-3 record and is the game but finally lost 72-64 in
coming off a tough loss to Okla- front of 6,381 deafening fans at Gal-
homa State on Monday.             lagher-Iba Arena and a national TV
The Golden Eagles are 4-9 this audience (ESPN).
year. Their games include a 99-54 The Cowboys used a swarming
loss to Tulsa and a 84-45 loss to defense to hold Minor to 15 points,
DSU.                             nine below his average. Freshman
Sampson thinks it is good for Prince Fowler added 12 points and
the team to turn around and play Ernie Abercrombie scored 11
only two days after the 72-64 loss in points while pulling down eight
rebounds.
Sampson's defensive schemes
held the Cowboys’ top scoring
games this year... and in all three T ' /____
games we’ve been in position to between 19 and 25 years old and
hang in there and get better.