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Wednesday, March 18,19
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State-Fu
college press EXCHANGE
A college student admitted he tri
to bribe a Cal State Fullerton bask<
ball player "just to see if he would ?
tually do it."
it was just a what-ilY" Jack Uh sa
in an interview at the Fullerton ja
"I got my answer by being put in jai
Oh, 21, of La Verne, was arraign
last Wednesday in a Fullerton coiu
room on a felony charge of "offering
attempting to bribe a player." He is b
ing held in Fullerton city jail on $25,0
bail.
Oh was caught on audiotape oflft
ing a player he identified as Cor<
Sanders $1,000 to help beat the 10-poi
spread against University of Pacific <
Feb. 19.
Oh, an admitted gambler who h
bet as much as $5,000 on games, sa
he did not follow up on the offer
Sanders and he didn't realize he wou
become ensnared in a Fullerton poli
sting for just plotting a bribe since 1
never paid Sanders.
"I didn't go through with it," Oh sai
"I thought it was just illegal if I wei
through with it. I found out if I just hi
Equestrian 1
staff writer JOE QUINN
The USC Equestrian team
maintained its No. 1 seat in the region
by winning the High Point
Team title at home Saturday.
Clemson University and the
University of Georgia tied for Reserve
High Point Team while the
Bulldogs kept its regional second-place
standing.
Freshman Jennifer Woods
placed first in the Open Flat division
with sophomore Ellen Smoak
also taking home a blue ribbon for
Intermediate Flat.
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^ Sanders, a freshman cent
wouldn't comment Tuesday after p
ic- tice.
According to police, however,
lid said that he didn't follow up and
il. off Sanders because he realized
1." wouldn't make money after paying
ed player. Las Vegas oddsmakers "c
rt- bets at about $500-$l,000 when the
or suspicious activity on a college gam
,0. especially a lesser-known Divisi(
[)0 school like Fullerton. Oh told Sane
he had wanted to bet $11,000 per ga
;r_ He was recorded telling Sand
that Fullerton's season was almost o
^ the team wasn't doing that well, "so
might as well get paid to lose," said 1
Garry Mancini, who investigated
case. Police said Oh also told Sand
^ he had connections with the "Chin
mafia" who could do harm to those \
to didn't make good on their promis
^ Oh also offered Sanders $100
ce every free throw he missed and s
Sanders could make $75,000 if he
operated the rest of the season,
d. Oh has been involved with gambl
at and the police before ? he was a ]
id informant in the 1997 bookmak
;eam maintan
Senior Christine Perrine also ne
finished first in Novice Flat, qual- ph
ifying for the Regional Finals in Fe
April. at(
Also finishing first individually
were freshmen Mikel Cole in
Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter and
Stacy George in Beginner WalkTrot-Canter.
Senior Erika Johnson and C01
freshman Ellen Miller both won in
the Walk-Trot division. Cole also
qualified for the Regional Finals. ^
Other high scorers on Satur- 4 g
day included Jean Schoenekase
with a second-place finish Begin- an
IT,
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jret arrest of Jerry Wei Sun that is sched- b;
uled to come to trial next month. Oh n
;er, approached Fullerton police after he
rac- was allegedly threatened by Sun, to d<
whom Oh owed more than $13,000 in gi
Oh gambling debts. T
pay 'When I heard the name 'Jack' (was b
i he involved in the CSF case) I thought this si
the can't be Jack Oh'," Mancini said. "He ei
ap" helped us on that (other) case, he knows
re's how we work." bl
e ? Oh surrendered Monday afternoon w
ml after police confronted him outside his bi
lers business management class. tl
me. "He's probably an immature stu- ei
lers dent who didn't know what he was ci
ver, doing," Mancini said. "On a scale of one- sc
you to-10, with 10 being a hardened crim3et.
inal, he's a one. He did this on his own." le
the Oh said he was a bit intimidated m
iers when he approached Sanders two weeks si
ese ago. pi
vho Sanders, at 6'11, is one of the tallest li]
les. players on the team, but not a starter,
for He averages 2.5 points a game and 1.4 in
aid rebounds off the bench. But Oh thought re
co- the freshman could get Ike Harmon,
the second-leading scorer on the team, in
ling to help. w
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ing school as Magic Johnson. Oh, who plays in
is top spot Sport
r Walk-Trot-Canter and third BRIEFS con
icings from Amy Bell in Open
nces, Lori Dupuis in Intermedi- Men's socc
i Flat and Cindy Doyle in Be- USC men':
mer Walk-Trot-Canter. ^as announce
The Equestrian team will trav- ^ je ^anij
l D n 11 u r, record and ad
to Berry College in Rome, Ga., ofthe NCAAT
March 28 for the next hunt seat en jetter wjnn(
npetition and the Regional Stock tional Player oi
at Finals. is and "Projecl
South Carolina will host the last year's squ
gional Hunt Seat Finals on April This year's
it. Snfrwinftn Farm in Mnnlrina (F/M, 6 0, RoS^
The show is open to the public ^
d is free.
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asketball, admitted he is awed by the colleg press EXCHANGE
layers.
"These guys are looked up to by stu- LAWRENCE, Kansas
j. i n /-\i -j uTx on coach Rov William's face
eiius as uas&eiuau suits, un saia. it J
ives you a rush to really talk to them. whole story,
his is Division I basketball. They could Visibly fatigued, William!
0 the NBA stars of tomorrow. I could team, the University of Kani
iy to my kids I spoke to an NBA play- hawks, met a warm recepti
r." day night at Allen Field Hous
Bill Saum, who investigates gam- 300 fans greeted the team
ling for the NCAA, said Tuesday he 80-75 second-round NCAA
as unfamiliar with the Fullerton case, ment loss to Rhode Islanc
at if the scenario presented by au- few hours earlier,
lorities is accurate ? that the play- Although supportive far
- immediately went to university offi- gled to hold back tears, the
als who in turn called police ? the person that evening was clear
:hool should be lauded. Williams
"The athlete, the coach and the ath- "It's hard to express the {
'tic director are to be highly com- hurt you have, because it n
iended," Saum. "That's how it much to you," he said, h
lould be handled on every college cam- brimming with tears. "I'm n
is instead of ignoring it and acting ligent enough to say the wo
ie it's not going to happen." need to be said But please
CSF basketball coach Bob Hawk- stand _ we jove you?
ig lamented that the incident could Seniors c B McGratl
^ unfavorably on the: school. Thomas and RaefLaFrentz t
"Werethetnctimhere, saidHawk- turns addressing the crowd.
ig. But people won t look at it that ?Wo v, _ ,
... mi >ii 11 n_i We had a good season
av. iiibv 11 see me name oiam , j i ,
,, , J , ..lL. . , complished a lot of things, I\
ullerton associated with pomt-shav- j ?w . , f,\
g-and thafs all theyu know* | ^We wish we could ha
!" Administration club spc
itinued from page eleven Stauanger, Norway) and Joey Worthen (1
6'0, Salt Lake City, Utah).
er
s soccer coach Mark Berson ^ Women's golf
d his 1998 recruiting class. ^ 16th-annual Lady Gamecock Cla
icocks, who posted a 16-3-1 sic>a 12-team tournament featuring son
vanced to the second round nation s t?P squads, including s
'nnrnnmpnt in 1QQ7 ln<5p qpv- from the SEC, will take place this weekei
at the University Club in Blythewood.
fthe Year finalist Clint Math- To ?et the course- ^I'77 North *
140" signee Josh Wolff from ward Charlotte, take exit 27 (Blythewoo
,acj and make a left back over the bridge.
; class includes Alex Balasco 001118618 one-half mile down on tl
veil, Ga.), Mike Harmon (D, right.
i, S.C.), Frank Voll (M, 6'0, ^ ^is approximately 20-25 mi
utes.
Carolina's
Newest'-"
Traditu
Dance Marathor
accepting applica
for Executive Co
Members.
Dance Marathon
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country. Dance h
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lurnament hopes
Kansas saddens
fans.,, again
LaFrentz emphasized that, de
spite the loss, the team had learned
Hie look a i0t during its 35-4 season,
told the "You've got to take the good with
Jhe bad, and we've had a lot of good,"
3 and his he said.
sas' Jhy- But in bars throughout Lawrence,
on Sim- stunned Kansas fans dealt with the
<e. About bad.
after its "When it happened, people came
Tourna- in and started pounding shots," stu1
only a dent Scott Martz said. "Eveiyone was
drowning their sorrows."
is strug- In other tournament action, 14thsaddest
seeded Valparaiso remained the Tourly
Coach nament Cinderella after knocking off
No. 12 Florida State Sunday. The Cru
j saders knocked off No. 3 Ole Miss in
the first round. Valpo will play Rhode
leans so Friday while No. 3 Stanford
is eyes piay No. 2 Purdue.
0 ^ " In the East, No. 1 North Carolir
j na will meet No. 4 Michigan State
, under- an(j ^ j Washington will face
No. 2 UConn.
i, Billy In the South, No. 1 Duke will play
is the largest
ithropy in the
/larathon
Memorial
tal. All money
i event stays in
a.
in be picked
of Qreek Life.
)lications
March 20th.
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uso took No. 5 Syracuse Friday followed by No.
2 Kentucky against No. 6 UCLA,
and ac- In the West, No. 1 Arizona will
IcGrath play No. 4 Maryland Thursday and
ve gone No. 3 Utah will face No. 10 West Virginia.
msoring tourney
VI, Hoopapalooza *98
Hoopapalooza *98 will take place on April
18 and 19 outside the Carolina Coliseum
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
is- A four-man team costs $88 per team and
ae that guarantees your team a minimum of
ix three scheduled games and t-shirts for your
id team.
The deadline for entries is Wednesday,
x> April 8 and you can drop off your registrad)
tion in the USC Sport Administration Department
in the Coliseum by Monday, April
tie 13. Make checks payable to Summitt Sports.
For more information, call (803) 777n
5524" or (303) 989-4084
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