Colts’ Trudeau Goes on a Roll and Wins Title

Quarterback Jack Trudeau of the Indianapolis Colts has experienced the thrill of victory on the football field, but a golf course was the source of special satisfaction for him Saturday.

Trudeau sank his tee shot on the 360-yard par-four seventh hole at the Heron Lakes municipal course in Portland in winning the Neil Lomax Quarterback Shootout tournament.

“I’ve never made a hole in one before on a par-three hole, let alone on a par four,” Trudeau said.

The ball landed about 40 yards short of the green and rolled onto the putting surface and into the cup.

“I’ve been playing golf for a long time but I’ve never had a feeling like this,” Trudeau said.

He and partner Jeff Rutledge of the Washington Redskins combined to shoot a seven-under-par 29 in the nine-hole, two-man scramble format.

Sign of the times: A bill approved by the California Assembly Tuesday would double the maximum jail term for assaulting sports officials during athletic events.

The bill’s sponsor, Tom Hannigan (D-Fairfield), said he drafted the legislation after becoming concerned about a reported increase in attacks on sports officials.

Hitting a sports official currently would be considered battery, a misdemeanor with a maximum punishment of six months in jail and a $2,000 fine. Hannigan’s bill would increase the jail term to a possible one year.

The measure is opposed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

“We think it’s inappropriate to carve out a separate category for sports officials and that existing law is sufficient,” said Margaret Pena of the ACLU’s Capitol office.

The Assembly sent the bill to the Senate on a 74-0 vote.

Trivia time: Although they are considered among the greatest hitters in baseball history, what milestone accomplishment eluded Babe Ruth, Henry Aaron, Willie Mays, Stan Musial and Joe DiMaggio?

Dances with Bulls: Sasha Anawalt, during her weekly dance critique for public radio station KCRW, expanded the boundaries of the local art community to include the NBA finals.

“I turned on the television and witnessed a maestro of the air, Michael Jordan,” she told her audience. “The sight of him leaping to one side of the basket, switching directions and the ball from one hand to the other, then dumping it while teammates and opposition rattled around his waistline was one of the best ballets ever. Only Rudolf Nureyev in his prime could compete.”

Trivia answer: Batting’s Triple Crown.

Not-So-Fun City: Commenting on the horrendous conditions for last week’s U.S. outdoor track and field championships in New York, George Vecsey of the New York Times wrote: “We do not do outdoor track and field. Before they awarded the national meet to New York, they should have remembered there is a whole swath of the country where people have space, time, weather, energy, vision and money.

“Still, there is a certain perverse dignity in not having big-time facilities. Soccer officials from Europe shake their heads in amazement that there is no stadium in New York suitable for the 1994 World Cup. . . . How could we dare build major soccer or track and field stadiums when the bridges and parks and beaches are disintegrating and while New York and its suburbs are laying off librarians, teachers, health and safety officials to pay for what will eventually be called the Deregulation Era?”

Quotebook: Boston Celtic Coach Chris Ford, on the Philadelphia 76ers’ Charles Barkley: “I love Charles because he’s so honest. You can see a thought form in his head and then come right out his mouth without stopping in between.”