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Show oonts Wadlkiins avoids rough, leads PGA NOTABLE QUOTES: "When you spread the contract (NCAA $1 billion contract with CBS) out over seven years and 810 schools, we've found $1 billion doesn't go as far as you would think. Without cost cutting, you are going to see a lot of sports Richard D. being dropped." Schultz, NCAA executive director. A.F. TEAM LOSES: 9-- al 6-- Braxston Banks has sued the NCAA in federal court in an effort to receive another year of college eligibility. Banks claims NCAA rules making him ineligible to play this fall violate federal antitrust law. The rules make a player ineligible after he signs for the NFL draft and retains an agent to represent him. Banks entered the NFL draft in April but was not selected. CAGERS HOT: The United States basketball team took advantage of its height advantage and got untracked at the World Championships in Argentina, routing a South Korean team with 146-6no player taller than Seven-footAlonzo Mourning had 29 points in less than 19 minutes to lead the United States, which shot 73 percent from the field and outrebounded the South Koreans 7. er 54-1- 7. RECORD FALLS: Charlie Santostefano of Jacksonville, Fla., broke the national record in the 400m individual medley and Trina Jackson became one of the youngest swimmers to win a national title at the U.S. Swimming Long Course Junior Nationals. Santostefano, 16, won the 400 IM in 4:29.07 (old record 4:29.36). Jackson won the women's 200m meter freestyle with a time of 2:03.84. UTAHNS WIN: EdEliasonof Stansbury Park shot 683 of a possible 720 points to take his second National Archery Association Tournament title with total of 2603 points. a four-da- y Richard McKinney of Gilbert, Ariz., was second with 2539 in the competition at the University of Miami (Ohio). Denise Parker, also of Stansbury Park, shot 677 to take first place in the women's division with a four-da- y total of 2586. PAC-10- ? Texas A&M and Texas officials have asked the Pacific 10 Conference about joining the league, a newspaper reported today. The Dallas Times Herald quoted unidentified Pac-1- 0 sources as saying the schools would try to leave the Southwest Conference as quickly as possible in hopes of keeping their departure from becoming a political issue with state legislators. Spokesmen for the schools were not immediately available for comment. Arkansas announced last week it will join the Southeastern Conference. The newspaper said an offer from the SEC also is on the table for A&M and Texas. REEVES RESTING: Denver Broncos head coach Dan Reeves was resting comfortably in an undisclosed hospital after he had chest pains and was diagnosed with arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. Reeves, 46, was in good condition, according to his cardiologist, Dr. Randall Marsh, who said the coach had not suffered a heart attack. N.V. QIANTt WITH WILLI! MAYS IN AND OUT OF THI ARMY, 10S2-BPart of .76S (with Ma,,) 136-1- 3 1952 S3 (without Maya) (7-S1 19M (with Maya) JOl May hit .35. 45 HR, tnd Gtantt awapt World Srt owcat port a Faatwrva lyiMtteal taafta Faaturaa tyrMMcato wftM aay tor your Dal M awfcMahoa). tonal Mala o toarta foaluroa, P.O. 0M, Mania hmm, N.A MOM. Iiwluoo rama, aaV a nee a no' a. Voaa, pfcana wumoof 24 t5J 1 t I tl rMa JO p.m. Baaabalt (ESPN) I M p.m. BaaabaM, Cuba ai Matt fWON) 35 p.m. Baaball. Dodger at Brtvtt (TBS) 6 30 p m. Sportacantral (KSL 1160 AM) I 30 p m Boaaball (CSPN) I put. Coiifoa football, Utah at KBYU Channel 11) Boiing (PSN) 1105 p m. PGA Champtonahipt Hght (ABC Channel 4) "For me to hit every fairway is like Michael Jordan not missing a free throw for a year. "There is an art to chipping out of this type of grass, and I'm not one to do very well out of this grass," Couples added. "I wasn't very excited about this week." "If you don't drive it well, you are hosed right off the bat," Wadkins said. "If you hit bad, you are already thinking how to hit your third shot." "It's tough," O'Meara said. "It's a major championship. That's the way it's supposed to be played tough. Sometimes a bogey's not going to be the end of the world." Wadkins, never a winner in 16 years on the PGA Tour, salvaged par once but took a double bogey champion Hale Irwin, PGA winner Larry Nelson and Lee Trevino, who won this title at Shoal Creek six years ago with a total. Jack Nicklaus, who includes five PGA titles among las record 18 major professional crowns, was unable to get anything going on the course he designed. He shot 78, including a fat 40 on the front side. Curtis Strange, winner of two of the last three U.S. Opens, shot 79. Two former U.S. Amateur champions shared fourth place with 70s Scott Verplank and Billy Mayfair. after 14 Verplank was holes, but fell back with a bogey on 15 and a double bogey-- 7 on 17 when he got into the woods and had to hack his way out. "I hit one bad shot on the hole and could have made anything," two-tim- and bogey on the other two times he missed the fairway. His lead came with some torrid scoring on the back nine, a 31 that included three birdies in the range and capped by birdie putts of six feet on the final two holes. Asked what he'd do if he made this major his first career victory, would probably Wadkins said, retire and go fishing. I did catch a bass on Tuesday, so this is going to be a great week." While the top trio survived the day on the difficult course, some of the game's glamor players had their problems. There was a large group at 77, including Australian Greg Norman, Spain's Seve Ballesteros, three-tim-e 'i Open e X A j jtm. fc V . Bobby Wadkins Verplank said. England's Nick Faldo and defending champion Payne Stewart head (See PGA, Page B5) Mets TKO Phillies, Reds continue to slide By JOHN KREISER AP Sports Writer e A meeting did nothing to help the reeling Cincinnati Reds. A brawl did wonders for the New York Mets. The Reds, who've seen most of their lead in the NL West disappear in the last 17 days, held a closed-doo- r meeting before Thursday night's game with Los Angeles. Thus inspired, they matched their worst first inning of the season as the Dodgers scored five times off Jack Armstrong and coasted to a 10-- 3 victory. "Well, there's not much you can say about that one," Reds manager Lou Piniella said. "They came out swinging and put it away in the first two innings. I thought Armstrong threw the ball pretty hard. The harder he threw it, the harder they hit it." The Mets, who had lost four of their last five games, were trailing 1 in the fifth inning when Philadelphia's Pat Combs drilled Dwight Gooden just above the left knee with a pitch. Gooden, who had hit two Phillies with pitches earlier in the game, charged the mound and the battle was on. It took the umpires 20 minutes to get the game started again, with Gooden and Combs among the seven ejections. It took the Mets only one inning to take command, as Howard Johnson's two-ru- n homer pinch-douband Kelvin Torve's two-fu- n lifted New York to a 4 victory. "It did seem to motivate us," Mets manager Bud Harrelson said of the fight. "The fans got heated and involved." The Mets' victory, combined with Pittsburgh's 6 loss in 10 innings to Montreal, cut the Pirates' NL East lead to one-ha-lf game. The Reds, in their last 17 games, now lead San Francisco by 4 and the Dodgers by seven. The Giants had a day off before beginning a four- pre-gam- 3-- le 5-- Ai H H Bl HITTINO SO 1 O Murphy, Phil Now hitting singled In 4 loss to Mets. .235 with 17 homers and 56 RBI. 4000 Snyder, Cla13-- 5 loss to Rangers. hitless in .249 with 13 homers and 52 RBI. Joyner, Cal y on PITCHING disabled list. Agullera, Minn Now hitting OOOO IP OOOO saves and a with did not pitch. Now 2.58 ERA, 51 strikeouts and 13 walks.. Morris, Del did not pitch. Now 24 3 ER SO M OOOO with a 5.00 ERA. 96 0T Hurst, SanDiaga went the distance to pick up seventh win, a 3.73 ERA. shutout over Braves. Now 6.1 13 S 2 Peterson, CMSox took the loss in 3 loss to Royals OOOO Downs, SanFran on disabled list. Jim Oott, OOOO LA did not pitch. OOOO Colby Ward, Cla did not pitch game showdown with the Reds tonight at Riverfront Stadium. Also, San Diego beat Atlanta 0 and St. Louis beat Chicago Mets 5, Phillies 4 Bad blood between the teams goes back to last year when Roger McDowell and Gregg Jeffer-ie- s got into a fight during which Darren Daulton and Strawberry tussled. r i rw . 7-- 3-- 1. ex-M- et late-seas- s 1 -- On Wednesday, Philadelphia's Don Carman threw a pitch over the head of pitcher David Cone and I 1 they exchanged words, although nothing more happened. "This isn't the first time we've brawled with them," said Gooden, iff who allowed nine hits and three runs in five innings. "The thought went through my mind that he might hit me. You go with your first reaction, and mine was to go One of the "veterans" of the Brigham Young coaching staff, get him. It's probably the wildest instructions to a player in practice. I've ever seen." fight "Combs was obviously throwing at him," home plate umpire Randy Marsh said. "It did look kind of nasty out there. Luckily, some of (See MAJORS, Page B5) Jsp if J 3L Herald Staff Photo assistant head coach Dick Felt, gives After decades of autumn drills 1 more Edwards' rolls out staff Lobo lineman dies two 4-- days after collapsing ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -New Mexico defensive lineman Chris Cooper died of a rare muscular disease Thursday two days after he collapsed during a football workd out consisting of an run, Coach Mike Sheppard said. The senior from Houston died at 4:59 p.m. Thursday at University Hospital of complications from rhabdomyolysis, a rare disease in which dying muscles secrete poisons that attack other organs in the body, Dr. Howard Levy said at a University Arena news conference. Sheppard said football practice was halted Thursday with the news. "The players were told of their teammate's death on the field ... and were asked to take some time by themselves to go and grieve in their own way," Sheppard said. He said Cooper had been an outstanding junior college football 850-yar- player, "an outstanding person first." "I would suggest that Chris is the type of person that, if he wanted to do something and his body was telling him 'hold up just a second,' that he'd argue with his body. And I sense that might be, in layman's terms, what I saw happen," Sheppard said. Levy said Cooper had been stable through the night and had shown improvement earlier Thursday, but late in the afternoon had difficulty absorbing oxygen from the respirator. His heart stopped at 4:30 p.m., and a half-hoof resuscitation failed. There had been evidence prior to the collapse of kidney damage, Levy said. The damaged kidneys could not handle the toxins secreted by his muscles, he said. But Cooper had come out of his semiconscious state earlier Thursday and had been able to communicate with the doctor, Levy said. "He was aware of me. He squeezed my hand on command. He would acknowledge with a nod of his head any time we asked him a question," Levy said. The young man's family was with him when he died, he said. What triggered the disease remains a mystery. An autopsy has been scheduled for Friday. Cooper had passed out around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday near the end of d the team's annual Lobo Run. The run was conducted in weather in shorts and no helmets. It was the only physical exercise of the day, Lobo sports information director Greg Remington said. 850-yar- O.K. America, there is life the after 18. quality life of winners And a lot to live for. Just take a look at the football practice field at BYU Saturday. You will see assembled there a salute to life, something that will warm the cockles of your heart. Inspire you. Here is a football staff for the ages. If you have a wife, a mortgage, cholesterol in the 200s and can't see the horizon for the spike of your 's hair, hold on, there is light at the end of the garage. Good things can happen, if you endure. teen-ager- staff, casts ST "C i one of the most experienced of assistants in collegedom. we're talking years here. At a time most men their age are looking for shade, lemonade and the easy life, Edwards and Company will take up whistles and stand for hours in 100 degree heat during which begin Monday. This spring the staff included 138 years of college coaching experience. Does President Bush's cabinet have that much expertise in the field of government? Their stacked resumes would be a phone book. And Dick Harmon SPORTS two-a-da- EDITOR See LaVell Edwards, the third winningest active coach in college football, enter his 19th season as head coach. His 28th year at BYU. Surrounding him is his coaching (See HARMON, Paee B6) Toolson, Haws waiting for NBA 'yes' By DICK HARMON Hrrald Sports Editor The expected acquisition of Alex English by the Dallas Mavericks should keep free aent Andy Tool-so- n on the front burner with the Utah Jazz. Dallas and Utah entered a ding war for the veteran all-stthis week. The Mavericks won. bidar Toolson, a 6 sharpshooter and e three point field BYU's goal record holder, has been invited back to the Utah Jazz veterans camp after playing in the team's minicamp this past month. If the Jazz acquired English, Toolson's 6-- all-tim- chances with Utah were doomed. Meanwhile Marty Haws is keeping his sights focused on an NBA career having returned from a tryout with the Charlotte Hornets. "I felt I played very well and they had a chance to see what I could do. That's all I could ask, is 'for a chance. It is frustrating not having any solid promises from a team. I'm just in a waiting mode right now." Haws and Toolson have been frequent players in pickup games in the Smith Fieldhouse on BYU's campus. Haws said he would consider any opportunities to play in Europe or even the CBA if it came to some choices. "But right now I am just trying to keep playing and keeping myself in shape. I hope to hear from somebody." Haws averaged 18.5 points a game this past year for the WAC champion Cougars. He led the team in assists and steals. He earned first team honors this past year. Toolson led BYU in scoring with a 18.6 ppg average and shot .490 from the homerun range his senior year. He was named GTE Academic and second team all-WA- C. Mavericks throw blank check at English; he bites S (tapr-d- . U.S. Fred Couples, O'Meara in with 69s 5-- 4; BANKS SUES NCAA: Former Notre Dame running back TEXANS TO BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -Bobby Wadkins had the lead but not much fun. "It's a driving contest, in my opinion," Wadkins said. "It takes a little fun out of the game." It came down to a battle of avoiding the thick Bermuda rough on the Shoal Creek layout. Wadkins did miss three fairways, but managed to shoot a 68 Thursday for a one-shlead in the opening round of the 72nd PGA national championship. Fred Couples, a long hitter who often strays out of the fairway, was greatly surprised to be sharing second place with Mark O'Meara, one shot off the pace. "People say I'm long and crooked," Couples said. "I didn't miss a fairway. I probably couldn't go out there with a and hit every fairway. ot Providence (Utah) downed American Fork's National League 7 action at in semi-finthe Western Boys Baseball Association World Series at Alta Canyon Recreation Center Thursday. National led 3 after two innings, with a two-ru- n single by Austin Knight being the big blow. But Greg Cook hit a two-ru- n homer for Providence to fuel a rally that put it ahead for good. The Series concludes Saturday. All-Sta- rs Friday Aug. lO, 1990 BYU high. - DALLAS (AP) The Dallas Mavericks didn't say Thursday whether they'd outbid the Utah Jazz for free agent Alex English. Both Dallas newspapers said English, late of the Denver Nuggets, has agreed to a contract with the Mavericks. "We're out of it," Scott Uydcn, Utah Jazz director of player personnel, said Wednesday. "We were outbid by Dallas." English and his agent, Ted Steinberg, had been talking with Utah for several weeks and were said to be close to an agreement. But the deal with the Mavericks reportedly came about after a ser ies of discussions between Steinberg and Rick Sund, the Mavericks vice president of basketball operations. "We don't have a deal with Alex English as we speak. Until we do I don't think it's really wise to make any comment," Mavericks spokesman Kevin Sullivan said Thursday. Steinberg declined to elaborate on the discussions other than to say, "We are ow negotiating with Dallas." Sund also refused to com- Chicago and Cleveland showed an early interest in the forward. But the Jazz emerged as the leading candidate in recent ment. weeks. who million made $2 English, Two factors appear to have with the Denver Nuggets last seathe scales in the Mavericks' tipped r, had been socking a son, 11.2 million deal to return to the favor. The first is money. Nuggets this season. one-yea- |