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Houston 2, Portland 1
Sunk by inconsistencies The Timbers give up
two early goals, right
themselves and score,
then miss chances to tie
By BERNARDO FALLAS
SPECIAL TO THE OREGONIAN
HOUSTON — If the Portland Tim-
bers benefited from having their
MATT SLOCUM/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS captain, Jack Jewsbury, back in the
Keegan Bradley celebrates on the starting lineup Sunday night against
18th green after winning a three- the Houston Dynamo, they were also
hole playoff over Jason Dufner to hindered by the types of inconsisten-
claim the PGA Championship. cies, however brief, that are bound to
plague an expansion team — even
one that tends to shun that label.
Rookie’s
The inconsistencies, in the form
of defensive lapses in the first half
and an inability
stunning
to finish chances The
in the second,
proved to weigh Timbers
more heavily in Next up:
rally takes the outcome of Portland at
the game than Sporting Kansas
Jewsbury’s pres- City, 5:30 p.m.
PGA title
ence — or even Wednesday
his goal, for that (TV on KPTV 12,
matter — in a Estrella 307;
2-1 Timbers loss radio on
at Robertson KXTG 750,
Keegan Bradley’s “dream” Stadium that KXL 101.1,
championship gets some snapped their KWBY 940
For
three-game un-
help from Jason Dufner’s beaten streak. more
monumental meltdown “ We h a d a Timbers
coverage, go to
15-minute spell
By DOUG FERGUSON where they got oregonlive.com/
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS their two goals timbers
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A rally that where maybe we
ranks among the best. A collapse weren’t as sharp
hardly anyone saw coming. There as we would have liked,” said Jews-
was even a guy in a red shirt Sunday, bury, who was back in the lineup af-
pumping his fists with each clutch ter missing the previous two games
putt in the final, frenzied hour of the with a hamstring injury.
PGA Championship. On a night that marked the re-
In a major filled with unfamiliar turn of Timbers coach John Spen-
names, Keegan Bradley delivered an cer and defenders Mike Chabala and
unforgettable finish. Lovel Palmer to their old stomping
Bradley was five shots behind with grounds, their homecoming was
only three holes to play after his chip more bitter than sweet.
shot raced across the 15th green and Spencer, who was an assistant with
into the water, leading to a triple bo- the Dynamo for 41⁄2 seasons before
gey. That’s when he reminded him- taking on the Timbers’ job last year,
self that no lead was safe on the final and Chabala and Palmer, who un-
four holes at Atlanta Athletic Club. til July 21 were part of the Houston
“I just kept telling myself, ‘Don’t CODY DUTY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
roster, knew better than most how
let that hole define this whole tour- tough the Dynamo are at home.
Portland’s Lovel Palmer (left) and Houston’s Carlo Costly contend for the ball in the first half. Palmer was
nament,’ ” Bradley said. traded to the Timbers by the Dynamo last month. Also in July, Houston acquired Costly from a Mexican club. Please see TIMBERS, Page B6
Instead, it led to one of the most
stunning turnarounds in a major.
Bradley made back-to-back birdies,
including a 35-footer with a belly
putter that rattled into the cup on
Elder skatesman fends
(( ))
the 17th.
Then came a monumental melt-
off young board rivals
down by Jason Dufner. Unflappable
all afternoon, he hit his tee shot in See photos from
the water on the 15th for the first of the Dew Tour at
three consecutive bogeys that led to oregonlive.com/
a three-hole playoff. sports or use
Bradley birdied the 16th hole in The Oregonian’s Dew Tour veteran Bucky “If I wasn’t winning, (age) would be
getting thrown in my face, but since
the playoff — his first outright lead of Mobile Reader to
see them on your Lasek, 38, outshines I’m winning, I’m going to throw it in
Please see PGA, Page B3
smartphone. Brazilian teen star Pedro their face,” Lasek said.
Details on A2. Lasek easily won the bowl compe-
PGA Championship Barros in skateboard bowl tition, scoring 87.26 points with his
best two runs to beat the runner-up
Atlanta Athletic Club By NICK DASCHEL Barros by a full two points. Skate-
Final round Kyle Baldock SPECIAL TO THE OREGONIAN board bowl wrapped up four days of
K. Bradley 71-64-69-68 —272 -8 flies over Bucky Lasek feigned age-related Dew Tour competition in Portland.
(wins three-hole aggregate playoff) the Portland infirmities when he gestured Pedro Sunday’s other final was BMX dirt,
J. Dufner 70-65-68-69 —272 -8 skyline en Barros and Andy MacDonald to help contested on a new outdoor course
Others of interest route to him onto the podium after winning on the bank of the Willamette River
A. Scott 69-69-70-68 —276 -4 finishing the skateboard bowl event at Sun- just west of the Memorial Coliseum.
L. Donald 70-71-68-68 —277 -3 second in day’s Portland Invitational in the The finish was as eye-catching as
L. Westwood 71-68-70-68 —277 -3 the BMX Dirt Rose Quarter. the scenic backdrop to the course,
B. Crane 71-72-66-74 —283 +3 competition At 38, Lasek is one of the old-timers as Californian Dennis Enarson ral-
R. Garrigus 70-70-74-76 —290 +10 Sunday. on the Dew Tour’s skateboard scene, lied with his final run to beat Kyle
R. McIlroy 70-73-74-74 —291 +11 BRENT WOJAHN but he had no trouble whipping the Baldock, a rookie from Australia.
Inside: PGA notebook | B3 THE OREGONIAN youngsters, including Barros, the Portland, the longest-running stop
Complete results, earnings | B5 16-year-old Brazilian sensation. Please see DEW TOUR, Page B2
‘Incredibly rare’ collection of our sporting past
Memorabilia can be seen online, but the owner prefers to stay out of sight
By RACHEL BACHMAN
THE OREGONIAN
The Bachscore tor of the Oregon Historical Society,
wrote in an email to The Oregonian.
To see some of the state athletic
The Oregon football cards show “One might even say a home run!”
memorabilia in a rare local collection,
players from 1953, 1956 and 1958 — The man who amassed this col-
visit sportingoregon.com
the season after Oregon played Ohio lection, and quietly posted it online
Don’t miss Rachel
State in the Rose Bowl — in dives and in January, wants to remain anony-
Bachman’s look at issues,
lunges and effort-inspired facial con- mous. He agreed to meet with The
trends and people behind
tortions. The cards are charming in the games. It appears
Oregonian to explain why, and to talk
the way of bygone souvenirs but they each Monday and Wednesday at
about a collection whose purpose is
also are true artifacts. oregonlive.com/sports simple fun.
“These are incredibly rare,” said “Times like this are gloomy for a lot
Bill Wesslund, the owner of Port- of people,” he explained,“and sports
land Sports Card Co. “I’ve been in items from early Oregon sports are a distraction — a welcome and
the business for 35 years and of that, history the collector has acquired, important one.”
30 years in Oregon, and I don’t be- scanned and uploaded to a website, The collector is 44, of average
lieve I’ve ever seen even one of these sportingoregon.com. And they’re all height, with close-cropped gray
cards before.” available for perusal for free, without hair, the type of man who would
One local collector has 59 of them. advertisements. blend into a downtown crowd. A SPORTINGOREGON.COM
Even more remarkable, the cards are “It is very impressive,” Kerry Portland-born attorney and lifelong The African American Portland Giants baseball team played circa
only a few of more than 700 scarce Tymchuk, interim executive direc- Please see BACHMAN, Page B5 1910-15. This 1912 postcard is believed to picture the team.
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B2 SPORTS THE OREGONIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011
EVENTS AND ON THE AIR Little League Softball World Series
TODAY
MLB
San Francisco at Atlanta
Time
4 p.m.
TV/Radio
ESPN2
Philippines rallies, reaches semifinals
San Francisco at Atlanta (delay) 7 p.m. KUIK (1360) By SCOTT SEPICH Next up prime chance to tie the score anna Hale homered over the
Toronto at Seattle 7 p.m. Root, KFXX (1080) SPECIAL TO THE OREGONIAN in the fifth inning, but couldn’t center-field fence — the first
Alpenrose Stadium get a runner home from third home run of the tournament
NFL exhibition Time TV/Radio On a mission to become the
Sunday with one out. at Alpenrose’s main field — to
N.Y. Jets at Houston 5 p.m. ESPN
first non-American team to Southwest 11, Canada 0
win the Little League Softball Despitebeingaforeignteam, leadtheSterlingattack.Sterling
Southeast 10, EMEA 1 Muntinlupa brought a boister- plays Canada today in its final
Soccer Time TV/Radio World Series, Muntinlupa City, Central 7, West 2 ous crowd that waved Philip- pool game before Tuesday’s
Swansea City at Manchester City 11:55 a.m. ESPN2 Philippines, took a major step Asia Pacific 4, East 3
forward by beating New City, pines flags. semifinal.Westchesterfinished
Auto racing Time TV/Radio Today
N.Y., 4-3 on Sunday at Alpen- “The Filipino community 1-3 in pool play and will play in
Southeast vs. Asia Pacific,
NASCAR Sprint Cup 7 a.m. ESPN rose Stadium. here in Portland has been sup- either the seventh- or ninth-
2 p.m.
With the win, Muntinlupa portive when we bring a team place game Wednesday.
Central vs. Canada 5 p.m.
to this tournament for many
LATEST LINE improved to 3-0 in Pool B play
and clinched a berth in the
Southwest vs. Latin America
years,” Lacson said, adding: Southwest 11, Canada 0:
5:30 p.m. Three pitchers forWaco,Texas,
MLB ATLANTA 7-8 San Francisco tournament semifinals Tues- East vs. Oregon 8 p.m. “They feed us well after the
Chicago even-6 HOUSTON
games.” combined to throw a five-in-
Favorite
American League
Odds Underdog MILWAUKEE 7-8 Los Angeles day. No Asia-Pacific team has Stories, photos ningno-hitterastheSouthwest
DETROIT 6-7 Minnesota COLORADO 61⁄2-71⁄2 Florida made the semifinals since Muntinlupa plays another
New York 61⁄2-71⁄2 KANSAS CITY SAN DIEGO even-6 New York and more at undefeated team, Wilkes representatives downedWind-
OAKLAND 7 ⁄2-81⁄2
1
Baltimore 2005. oregonlive.com/ sor, Ont. (0-3), to keep their title
Texas 61⁄2-71⁄2 LOS ANGELES NFL exhibition “This is very special for County, N.C., today to deter-
SEATTLE 6-7 Toronto Favorite Points Underdog sports and softballworld-
mine first place in the group. hopes alive. Waco (2-1) faces
National League HOUSTON 21⁄2 NY Jets this group,” said Muntinlupa series.com Manaubo, Puerto Rico, today,
Favorite Odds Underdog manager Esteban Lacson.“We Both teams will play Tuesday
St. Louis 51⁄2-61⁄2 PITTSBURGH
in separate semifinals. with the winner taking second
started out in coach-pitch soft- place in Pool A and moving on
ball six years ago with our eyes New City — located about 35
New City’s hits came in a three- to the semifinals.
miles north of NewYork City —
OREGONLIVE TOP 10 on the World Series this year.
It’s been a lot of hard work and
run second inning.
can finish no better than fifth. Southeast 10, EMEA 1: Wil-
Muntinlupa’s defense was
Top 10 viewed sports stories last week on Oregonlive.com training almost every day.” The East Region representative kes County, N.C., bounced
sparkling. Center fielder Dhar-
New City took a 3-0 lead into wraps up pool play at 8 tonight back from a 1-0 deficit in the
lene Dolleton and catcher Jill
the bottom of the third inning, against Willow Creek of Bea- third inning and scored 10
1. Lache Seastrunk’s high school counselor defends San Juan each made spectacu-
when Muntinlupa scored four verton. runs in its final three at-bats
Oregon coaches, Willie Lyles 12,320 lar diving catches, and the Fili-
runs on four hits. Winning pinosmadenoerrorsinthelast Central 7, West 2: Sterling, to beat Milan, Italy, and stay
2. Willie Lyles fires back at reports disputing his role pitcher Marides Uytiepo sin- four innings. Ill., moved to 3-0 in the tour- undefeated in Pool B play. Mi-
in Lache Seastrunk’s life 10,641 gled in the go-ahead run. Reese Guevarra struck out nament and clinched first lan (0-4) is done with pool play
Uytiepo pitched all six in- eight batters in five innings for place in Pool A with a victory and will play in the ninth-place
nings, giving up six hits. Four of New City (1-2), which had a over Westchester, Calif. Abri- game Wednesday.
3. Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas walks the talk,
and his teammates love it 7,533
4. Oregon Ducks rundown: Questions before pads; LSU
matchup historic top-five pairing 6,899 Motor sports roundup
5. Oregon Ducks rundown: Will Willie Lyles ever go away?
6,821 Rain pushes Sprint Cup race back a day
6. Dewitt Stuckey steps in to the crucial middle line Marcos Ambrose should be Kristi King said the race would IndyCar: Ryan Hunter-Reay
backer position for the Oregon Ducks 6,744 on pins and needles. He says Next up be staged Tuesday if neces- raced to his first IndyCar vic-
he’s not. Sprint Cup: Heluva Good! sary. The 2009 Watkins Glen tory of the year after a slip-
7. Oregon football: Sun comes out and the Ducks get “No, not at all,” Ambrose Sour Cream Dips, Watkins Cup race won byTony Stewart pery, crash-marred finish that
after it in Tuesday’s practice 6,731 said Sunday after NASCAR Glen, N.Y., 7 a.m. today (ESPN) also was postponed a day af- left drivers upset that it was
postponed the Sprint Cup race Nationwide: NAPA Auto Parts ter the track was hit by a string restarted in rain with about 10
8. OSU defensive tackle Castro Masaniai sentenced, atWatkins Glen International of thunderstorms. laps left in Loudon, N.H.
200, Montreal, 11:30 a.m.
reinstated to team but will miss one game 6,563 because of rain. “It keeps me If there is a long delay here, Moments after the race
Saturday (ESPN)
relaxed. You can’t fight the it might change Ambrose’s resumed Sunday, Danica
Trucks: VFW 200, Brook-
9. Oregon Ducks rundown: Fall camp starts; New weather, so I just worry about outlook, which wasn’t good Patrick’s car slid sideways,
lyn, Mich., 9:30 a.m. Saturday
Orleans media ranks Ducks No. 10 5,525 stuff you can control. I’ve got when he arrived on Friday. Al- starting a chain reaction that
(Speed)
the kids here with me, so I’m though he had won the past knocked Will Power and Ta-
10. Oregon football: Five questions facing the Ducks as going to play with them a little IndyCar: Grand Prix of three Nationwide races at kuma Sato out of the race.
camp opens 5,332 bit and chill out.” Sonoma, Sonoma, Calif., 1 p.m. the storied road course, the Officials reverted to the
Steady rain that began just Aug. 28 (Versus) affable Australian was unable race order that existed before
when the race was scheduled Formula One: Belgium Grand to land a ride this year and the final restart, leaving Oriol
to start at 10 a.m. (PDT) and Prix, Circuit de Spa- wasn’t happy about it. Servia in second place and
OF NOTE did not abate in time for track Francorchamps, Aug. 28 OnSaturdaymorning,there Scott Dixon in third.
crews to dry the 2.45-mile rac- was a definite mood swing in Power, second in the series
Williams beats Stosur for Rogers Cup title ing surface. They did give it a the Finger Lakes region of up- the pits of the No. 9 Ford Am- point standings, was irate
shot with jet driers that got the state New York. brose drives for Richard Petty as he left his car. But he cut
Eight weeks into her comeback, SerenaWilliams not only front straightaway nearly race- “We really feel like we have Motorsports. He had the pro- Dario Franchitti’s lead from
believes she can be as good as she once was. She can be ready,butasecondfrontmoved a window,” Watkins Glen In- visional pole until teammate 63 points to 47 with five races
better. in, forcing the postponement. ternational President Michael AJ Allmendinger and then left. Franchitti led for 115 laps
The 29-year-old American star made a pretty good point The race is now scheduled Printup said.“I’ll keep my fin- Kyle Busch bested his time as before a crash ended his race
by capturing the Rogers Cup in commanding fashion Sun- to begin at 7 a.m. today, but gers crossed.” all three shattered Jeff Gor- on the 119th.
day in Toronto, dispatching 10th-seed Samantha Stosur of rain also is in the forecast in NASCAR spokeswoman don’s track record. — From wire reports
Australia 6-4, 6-2 for her first Canadian crown since 2001.
The victory was the latest step in a remarkable come-
back from injury and illness that has seen her win two of
the four tournaments she’s played since being sidelined
for 49 weeks.
“Being down the way I’ve been down and coming back,
it was cool. Eight months ago if there was only one tourna-
Dew Tour
ment I wanted to win, it was Toronto,” Williams said. “For Continued from Page B1
whatever reason, I really wanted to win this event.”
Tennis add: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic won the Rogers at seven years on the Dew
Cup in Montreal for his ninth tournament Tour, left a favorable impres-
victory of the year and record fifth in a sea- sion with tour general man-
son in an ATP Masters 1000 event, beating ager Chris Prybylo. The Dew
Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. The 24-year-old Tour made several changes to
Serb, the Australian Open andWimbledon this year’s Portland event, the
champion, is 29-0 this year on hard courts mostnoticeablebeingtheBMX
and 53-1 overall. course near the river and the
Cycling: Levi Leipheimer successfully de- addition of a portable concrete
fended his Tour of Utah title, locking onto skate bowl.
Williams Colombian Sergio Henao’s back wheel on “Another great event in Port-
38 titles include the final climb up Little Cottonwood Can- land. We couldn’t be happier,”
13 Grand Slams yon in Snowbird, Utah. Prybylo said.
Henao took the final stage and fin- Prybylo didn’t have crowd
ished second overall, while Leipheimer’s figures, and said cool weather
RadioShack teammate, Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia, took probably kept a few from at-
third. … tending.
Mark Cavendish won the road cycling test event for the “I would expect numbers BRENT WOJAHN/THE OREGONIAN
2012 London Olympics on Sunday, sprinting to victory in Bucky Lasek, at 38 one of the Dew Tour’s old-timers,
similar to the last few years
front of Buckingham Palace. showed his younger rivals a trick or two Sunday at the Rose
just based on walking around Quarter, winning the skateboard bowl event.
Golf: Danielle Kang became the first player in 15 years to and getting a feel for it,” Pry- SPORTS FANS!
successfully defend the U.S.Women’s Amateur title, beating
Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn 6 and 5 in the 36-hole final in
bylo said.
As for Lasek, a multiple Dew keeps you young, because it lead. I
rainy and windy conditions at Rhode Island Country Club. Tour and X Games skateboard
champion,heisbouncingback
keeps you energized.”
Particularlywhenthecompe-
“When I saw that, I was like
‘No way,’ ” Enarson said.
BET
Horse racing: A study commissioned by the Jockey Club
cites casinos, online poker, and poor public perception of
from a sub-par 2010, when he tition is a young high-flyer like Enarson answered with a YOU
horse racing as major factors in the decline of the racing
failed to win a DewTour event.
Lasek refused to think Father
Barros. The Brazilian wowed a
packed Portland park with his
flawless final run of his own to
overcome Baldock and cap- DIDN’T
industry. The findings were announced during an annual
Jockey Club Round Table in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Time was catching up with
him, and is proving that this
speed and vertical climb off the
concrete walls. But Barros also
ture the dirt title with a two-
run score of 91.75. Enarson, 20,
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year. Lasek won skate vert at had some missteps, while the beat Baldock by three-tenths
decided it would suit him best to get a fresh start in another technical Lasek turned in one of a point. Can you name the only team in Major
the Dew Tour’s 2011 inaugural League Baseball to win 1,000 games in
part of the country, so he’s enrolling at Dayton. As a trans- stop in Ocean City, Md., then solid run after another. Enarson considered adding both the National and American Leagues?
fer, the 6-foot-7 Derenbecker will be able to start practicing followed up with Sunday’s win “I thought if I made the run a new trick or two to his final It’s the Milwaukee Brewers, who notched
right away. But he is not expected to start playing in games in bowl. that I made here, I was going run, but ultimately decided to number 1,000 in the NL in June of 2011.
for Dayton, an Atlantic 10 Conference member, until the “I had a couple of bad con- to win,” said Lasek, who has 11 go with moves he knew best. By the way, in that same month the
2012-13 season. Atlanta Braves evened their all-time
tests last year and I got really Dew Tour career victories. It worked. record at 9,982 wins, 9,982 losses – the
WNBA: Sylvia Fowles had 28 points and 17 rebounds to help tired of people throwing age in In BMX dirt, Enarson briefly “I just rode the course the first time the franchise had been at .500
the visiting Chicago Sky beat the San Antonio Silver Stars 85- my face as a result of how I’m thoughthewastoastwhenBal- best I could. Everything I did since 1923. And get this – just 20 years
73. Standings, scores in Scoreboard, B5 performing,” Lasek said. “Be- dock landed a double backflip I knew I could do,” Enarson before, in April of 1991, the franchise was
— From wire reports sides, skateboarding in a sense during his final heat to take the said. at an all-time low 526 games below .500.
•••
If you know this one, you deserve the
award for greatest college sports fan
of all time. Name the only school to win
three consecutive team titles in both
NFL notebook men’s and women’s competition in
the same years, and name the sport in
Seahawks’ Curry still tackling high expectations
which it was accomplished. The answer
is Texas A&M, which in 2011 won both
NCAA track and field championships for
the third year in a row. But it wasn’t easy.
High expectations come ning the Butkus Award as the “In my first year, I had a decided to move Curry back to their quarterback mix. Af- The men had to win the 1,600-meter relay
outright, and the women had to finish in
with high draft picks, espe- nation’s best linebacker after completely different responsi- to more of a dedicated outside ter Sunday’s practice, coach the top three and ahead of Oregon. Both
cially when you’re the highest- the 2008 season. bility — I did more pass-rush- linebacker role, but there were Jim Harbaugh said the team succeeded, giving coach Pat Henry his 33
picked player at your position Even at 6-foot-2 and 250 ing than I ever did in college,” still other responsibilities that is bringing in the 34-year-old national title overall.
in nearly a decade. pounds, Curry has shown the Curry said. occasionally caused Curry to Culpepper for a tryout today. •••
That’s what happened to type of track speed you’d ex- When Pete Carroll replaced struggle. I bet you didn't know that Beaverton
N.Y. Giants: A somewhat Toyota buys cars (even yours)! We are
Wake Forest outside linebacker pect from tight ends and safe- Jim Mora as the Seahawks’ At times, Curry’s physical miffed Osi Umenyiora is re- currently looking for inventory for our
Aaron Curry when the Seattle ties, and because of that, the head coach before the 2010 gifts seemed to get in the way. turning without a new con- use car department. Please call or stop
Seahawks selected him fourth Seahawks had trouble narrow- season, one of the first things His speed became a liability as tract. In an email to The by today for a free appraisal of your
overall in the 2009 draft. ingdownwheretheywantedto he did was to look at film of he overran plays and his agil- automobile.
Associated Press, the two-
Not since Penn State’s LaVar use him. He played fairly well Curry to see where he’d best ity didn’t serve him as well as it time Pro Bowl defensive end
Arrington was taken second in his rookie season as a line- fit Carroll’s multiple defensive should have in pass coverage, said he plans to practice to-
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overall byWashington in 2000 backer/pass-rusherhybrid,but schemes. because he was still adjusting day, and that he will play this
had a college linebacker of any that role took him away from Carroll, defensive coordi- to his roles in the NFL. season under the terms of his
stripe been regarded so highly.
Curry had the pedigree, win-
his strengths, and injuries de-
railed his progress.
nator Gus Bradley and line-
backers coach Ken Norton Jr.
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