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Show Chronicle - Page Seven Thursday, January 12, 1989 PORT Utes to fate By Kent Condon Chronicle sports editor rv Hawaii oim forget about Iona. College basketball is an unpredictable business. A "sure thing" rarely, it ever, exists 1 XTf A A U O J r-lug ui tL. wjuu Kiiiguuiu. oulxi is aeu- nitely the case with the two teams which iai 1 will be squaring off tonight in the Huntsman Center at 7:30 p.m. Utah, along with its 8 record, will host Hawaii and its 5 mark. But it's the common opponents of the two teams which really give tonight's Western Athletic Conference contest a unique and peraaps unpreaiciaDie iwisl Ana wno are 9-- 8-- the common opponents? One is the Purdue Boilermakers and the other is something called Iona, The Utes, you may recall, ran into all kinds of trouble during their visit to West Conversely, the Lafayette, falling 95-5Rainbows found ways of getting by the 3. Boilermakers powerful frontcourt line while posting a 9 victory in the second round of their own Rainbow Classic. Bad 72-6- news for the Utes, right? Maybe " not-do- n't 4i IIIUlI , C f ' 7 oacK When you walked outside this morning, did you think about base- 77-6- i l t l wT m iew iouc In other words, this may not be the most opportune time to start betting on the Utes or the Rainbows. The contest is the kind of game that makes you feel sorry for those poor Las Vegas oddsmakers. The resurgent Rainbows have relied on the veteran talents of senior Reggie Cross (19.6 points per game) and junior college transter lerry Houston 112.2 ppg. and 7.3 rebounds). Also making contributions for Hawaii have been guard David Hallums and forward Vincent Small. All is not well, however, for Hawaii ball? As you braved gigantic snowbanks, did you stop and contemplate America's grand old game As you made your way to your first class this Utah-Hawa- ii morning, up what can only be described as a glacier, couldn't you just smell the green grass, feel the warm summer air and see the red clay of the infield? Grab a cool summer beverage and a big ol' Dodgerdog because spring training is just around the corner. It won't officially begin until March, but in just a few weeks most teams will ask their rookies, pitchers and catchers to report for early workouts. Now that you're in a baseball mood, think about last season. It wasn't really that exciting was it? The overall home run count was way down and most games turned into pitching duels. The first perfect game in a decade was pitched last year and with Orel Hershiser's record break-- , ing season, offensive baseball hit an Coach Riley Wallace and his upstart Rainbow Warrior team. Last week Hawaii learned that last year's leading Rainbow scorer, Chris Gaines, had been declared aca- demically ineligible. In spite of the loss of Gaines, Utah Coach Lynn Archibald isn't about to take the Rainbows lightly. Hawaii is playing very well right now," a concerned Archibald said. "They are very strong inside and are quick up and down the court. "We'll need to execute better and shoot the ball better," the Utah coach explained. "Our defense seems to have broken down and it will also need to be much improved." On a positive note for the Utes, however, has been the ltfl play of Boo Singletary. The senior seems to have recovered nicely from his ; " ' Hawaii Coach Riley Wallace has turned a 5 team of a year ago into a legitimate WAC contender. The Rainbows will face Utah tonight in the Huntsman Second-yea- r 4-2- band of talented rookies, the Padres have added the big bat of Jack Clark and powerful left arm of pitching ace Bruce Hurst. And the Padres recently gave steady slugger Tony Gwynn a $2 million contract that should keep him happy for a long time. With everything coming up roses in San Diego, watch for the Padres to e low. contend in the National League West. With teams like the Rangers and But if last month's winter meetings Padres going like gangbusters to in Atlanta are any indication, the 1989 season should be a bright one. improve themselves, baseball in '89 should only get better. One team to keep an eye on is the e And speaking of baseball . . . I'd Texas Rangers. The : whiplike to commend the writers who ping boys of the American League elected Johnny Bench and Carl went wheeling and dealing in Yastrzemski into the Hall of Fame Atlanta and came away with a Hall shoe-iof Fame a defensive main- ; Monday. Bench played in 2,158 games during his career while driv-in- g stay and steady hitter. .. r- ... in 1,376 runs. He received 10 Strikeout king Nolan Ryan should not only give the young Ranger gold gloves and two MVP awards. Yaz collected 3,419 hits over an pitching staff some needed experiAmerican League-recor- d should his arm but 3,308 ence, ageless right ' games played. He also hit 452 home give them at least a dozen wins. career. runs in his By stealing the Cubs' Rafeal , . - ' . . college in the elective and serve part-tim- e Army Keserve or national vuara, , and you can get as much as $4000 a year for college. That includes your Guard or Reserve pay, the GI Bill and up to a $1000 grant from ROTC. V Add it all up and youH graduate with a college degree plus an Army Officer's commission. And all you have to do is use your head. Find out more. Contact Lawrence Sansone at r V i 2240 So. 1300 E. 232 So. Main 562 E. 400 So. 2185 So. State Elliott H. 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The Padres were the best team in baseball after the All-Stbreak last to And an now, year. impressive one-tim- Madison off the bench has also been a constant for if Palmeiro, the Rangers picked up a badly needed .300 hitter. And the acquisition of Julio Franco from Cleveland will finally give the Rangers some help at second base. Add these guys to a line up of impressive rookies, and you've got a contender. Another team that worked around the clock while in Atlanta was the San Diego Padres. Owner Joan Kroc (who runs a little restaurant chain called McDonalds) spared no expense in trying to build a wirming all-tim- t-7 mmmmmmMS ' ' ) 5. and shot 78 percent from the field in last week's losses to UTEP and New Mexico. The play of senior forward Jimmy n Time to talk baseball Utah, in its most productive offensive showing of the season, defeated the Gaels 109-7It was the same team that handed Hawaii its first loss of the year, a 3 set- - arthroscopic knee surgery ' Burton Jim lr . y ' use west entrance- - |
