Notebook
Wednesday, August 25, 1999
Brooks,
Garland sit outWide receivers Attrice Brooks and Jamal Garland weren't allowed to practice with the team this morning because their transcripts from their respective junior colleges have yet to arrive.
Jones was frustrated by the turn of events because neither player can be a part of the team until their grades are verified.
It was also announced that junior college recruit Tony Vaughn is an academic casualty. At this point, he is the only Rainbow player who failed to make the grade.
"We're hoping Attrice and Jamal can resume practicing soon," Jones said. "They told us we needed both players' sealed transcripts and that a fax wouldn't do. It's like having to get a court order."
Brooks and Garland are expected to contribute right away. Brooks played his junior college ball at San Francisco City College. Garland attended Grossmont (Calif.) College as did Vaughn.
"Right now, it appears all our veteran guys are in camp," Jones said. "We need to get everybody in and on the same page as quickly as possible."
With Garland and Brooks sidelined, Jones moved Scott Sims from the H receiver to the Z. He will back up both positions.
Tickets going fast
Aloha Stadium officials said they sold approximately 4,000 individual tickets yesterday for the USC game. It was the first time football tickets could be bought by the general public.Fans interested in buying individual game tickets can go to Aloha Stadium from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Final season-ticket sales aren't in yet, but it's believed about 23,000 packages were sold, a 15 percent increase over last year.
Injury update
Outside linebacker Bo Espinoza may be back in full pads as early as tomorrow, but is still doubtful for the season opener with USC because of a nasty hamstring pull. At this point, he is the only player on the two-deep chart with a serious injury."We've stayed pretty healthy throughout fall camp, which is good," Jones said. "One reason we've had limited contact is to keep our best guys on the football field."
Defensive lineman Tony Tuioti returned to practice this morning. He was held out of fall camp because of his back. This past spring, Tuioti underwent surgery to repair a ruptured disc in his lower back.
New emblem on pants
Say goodbye to the old Rainbow emblem and hello to the Warrior. Not only will he be on the helmet, but on the pants as well.Assistant equipment manager Al Ginoza said today the warrior will be just above the thigh pad.
Jones decided to bring back the warrior that was first introduced by former head coach Larry Price. The rainbow stripes will be on the pants, but the emblem has been removed from the uniform.
Quarterbacks on move
About the only sure thing for the six signal callers is Dan Robinson is the starter. Just how the others shake out will be determined over the next week or so.Jones said freshman Mike Harrison will continue to get repetitions with the No. 2 unit, but stopped short of saying the job was now his to lose.
Redshirt Kevin Gilbride appears to have taken over scout team duties. He will give the Rainbows' No. 1 defense a good look under center.
If Harrison falters, look for senior Josh Skinner to be called on first should Robinson go down. Skinner is better suited for the option, but he has the most game experience of the five Robinson understudies.
Ticket break for UH students
University of Hawaii and UH community college students will be offered football tickets discounted from $9 to $3 for any of the nine individual home games, athletic director Hugh Yoshida announced yesterday.The single-game tickets go on sale next Monday at UH Campus Center, Aloha Stadium, the Stan Sheriff Center and the Ward Centre Rainbowtique.
Seating is in sections PP and QQ on the mauka sideline and RR and SS in the north end zone.
Meanwhile, season-ticket sales for UH students, faculty and staff began today at Campus Center.
Ticket prices are $77 for students, $104 for faculty and staff (and $140 for guests).
Seating is in orange level section LL. Valid UH ID is required.
10 innings Astros 5, Mets 1
Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Biggio 2b-lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .304 Gutierrez ss 5 1 1 1 0 1 .259 Bagwell 1b 5 1 3 3 0 1 .312 Everett cf 3 1 1 1 2 0 .332 Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .268 Ward lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Mieske rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .338 Berkman rf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- Bako c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .272 b-Eusebio ph-c 1 1 1 0 0 0 .254 Hampton p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .278 RuJohnson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Totals 37 5 8 5 4 6 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Henderson lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .330 Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dunston lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Alfonzo 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .314 Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .306 Piazza c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .324 Ventura 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .307 Agbayani rf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McElroy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DHamilton cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .318 ROrdonez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Yoshii p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .205 Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Cedeno ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .305 Totals 33 1 5 1 3 7 Houston 010 000 000 4--5 8 0 New York 000 000 100 0--1 5 1a-grounded out for Wendell in the 8th. b-doubled for Bako in the 10th.E--Alfonzo (4). LOB--Houston 6, New York 5. 2B--Eusebio (9), Hampton (3). HR--Bagwell (38) off Cook; Piazza (31) off Hampton; Everett (21) off Yoshii. RBIs--Gutierrez (15), Bagwell 3 (108), Everett (93), Piazza (98). SB--Everett (25), DHamilton (5). CS--Bagwell (9). GIDP--Caminiti, Alfonzo, Olerud.
Runners left in scoring position--Houston 4 (Gutierrez 2, Berkman 2); New York 1 (ROrdonez).
Runners moved up--Mieske, RuJohnson.
DP--Houston 2 (Caminiti, Biggio and Bagwell), (Biggio and Bagwell); New York 1 (ROrdonez, Alfonzo and Olerud).
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Hampton 8 5 1 1 3 5 125 2.95 Wagner W, 3-1 2 0 0 0 0 2 28 1.96 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Yoshii 7 1/3 5 1 1 0 5 92 5.16 Wendell 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.51 Benitez 1 0 0 0 2 1 20 2.14 Cook L, 10-3 1/3 3 4 4 1 0 13 3.44 McElroy 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 12 5.66Inherited runners-scored--Wendell 2-0.IBB--off Cook (Biggio) 1, off Benitez (Caminiti) 1.
T--3:14. A--35,673 (55,777).
Dodgers 5, Brewers 2
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. EYoung 2b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .277 Grudzielanek ss 5 1 3 1 0 0 .306 Sheffield lf 5 0 2 2 0 0 .311 Karros 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Mondesi rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .248 DWhite cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Masaoka p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Hansen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Mills p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 PBorbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- Hundley c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .218 Vizcaino 3b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .244 Judd p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hubbard cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .326 b-Hllndswth ph-cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .303 Totals 36 5 11 5 2 0 Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Belliard 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Cirillo 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Loretta 3b-2b-ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Jenkins lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .309 Burnitz rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Nilsson c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .306 Grissom cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .268 KBarker 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .421 JsValentin ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Coppinger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Karl p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .170 Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Roque p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Collier 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Totals 30 2 4 2 3 4 Los Angeles 002 010 200--5 11 0 Milwaukee 000 020 000--2 4 0a-grounded out for Masaoka in the 8th. b-walked for Hubbard in the 8th.LOB--Los Angeles 8, Milwaukee 4. 2B--EYoung (19), Loretta (29). 3B--Grudzielanek (3). HR--Hubbard (1) off Karl. RBIs--EYoung (32), Grudzielanek (30), Sheffield 2 (69), Hubbard (11), KBarker 2 (5). SB--Vizcaino (2). S--Judd. GIDP--Karros, Cirillo.
Runners left in scoring position--Los Angeles 3 (EYoung 2, Judd); Milwaukee 1 (Jenkins).
Runners moved up--Grudzielanek, Sheffield, Hansen, Hundley.
DP--Los Angeles 1 (Vizcaino, EYoung and Karros); Milwaukee 1 (Loretta and KBarker).
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Judd W, 2-1 5 1/3 3 2 2 2 3 86 5.09 Masaoka 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 36 4.04 Mills 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 16 3.55 PBorbon 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.68 Shaw S, 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.27 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Karl L, 8-11 6 1/3 7 4 4 1 0 90 4.90 Weathers 2/3 4 1 1 0 0 22 4.50 Roque 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.02 Coppinger 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 18 4.12Weathers pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.Inherited runners-scored--PBorbon 1-0, Coppinger 2-0, Roque 1-0.
HBP--by Roque (Vizcaino). WP--Judd.
T--2:56. A--21,828 (53,192).