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Show if A Tuesday Oct. 9, 1990 NOTABLE QUOTES: "i d It's been an interest mine for a long time. It's of be a cop. something different every day. They deal with a lot of bad apples, " but they also do so many things to ; help people. There are so many times I'm driving on the freeway ; and I see somebody swerving. t Obviously, they're drunk. That's when I wish I could put a red light ' on my car." Oakland A's first baseman Mark McGwire, talking ; about what he'd be doing if he wasn't playing baseball. ' CONTEST WINNER: ; The judges had to go to the tiebreaker to determine the winner of The Daily Herald Football Contest last week. Five entrants picked all the winners correctly, but Kyle Hardman of Pleasant Grove had the closest score on the tiebreaker game to win the contest. He will receive a gift certificate from Doug Smith Chrysler Plymouth and Gart Bros, and two tickets to a BYU basketball game. He also qualifies as a finalist in the contest and will have a chance to win the grand prize, a trip to San Diego and tickets to the Holiday Bowl from Morris Travel. CRAIG OUT: San Francisco o ,49ers' running back Roger will be out indefinitely after Craig suffering a partially torn posterior cruciate ligament of the right knee in the second quarter of Sunday's 1 victory over Houston. Craig reportedly injured his knee at the end of a run. The eight-yea- r veteran had appeared in 114 straight games. San Francisco coach George Seifert said that there are no plans for surgery at this time. All-Pr- 24-2- NFLPA OPPOSES: The NFL Players Association opposes the league's policy on equal access for media to locker rooms, its executive director said. NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw, in a. statement released by the union, said rather than granting locker room interviews, a separate area should be provided so players would not be required to ; participate in media interviews Unless full clothed. - INVITE: The University of Miami received an invitation to become the 10th member of the Big East Conference, and the school's 55-- I - member board of trustees will decide by Wednesday whether to ; accept the offer. Big East officials ; - have been courting Miami for some time and reportedly were :' awaiting a signal that school ' officials would accept an invitation l before extending one. But Miami Edward Foote and s ' president athletic director Sam Jankovich " declined to predict whether the ; board will vote to join the league. ; I :WAC PLAYERS: Wyoming quarterback Tom Corontzos and New Mexico linebacker Steve ; Vaipulu have been named the WAC players of the week. ' .; Corontzos was named after he ; ; completed 20 passes out of 32 Z attempts for 421 yards and three TDs, leading the Cowbovs over His 421 San Diego State IX yards was the second most ; productive passing day in Wyoming history. Vaipulu led the ; Lobo defense that limited UTEP to bnly 218 yards in offense, the best deiensive effort by a New Mexico team in six years. Vaipulu had two " sacks and now leads the r' conference with 11. Vaipulu has sacked at least one quarterback in every game this season, and is just six sacks short of the school record. He also caused two fumbles, had one tackle for a loss . and had four other unassisted tackles. 52-5- 1. Reds' 'Nasflw Boys' s Hiyfi PITTSBURGH (AP) Perhaps there's some historical irony that the Cincinnati Reds, baseball's first professional team, are changing the way the game is played. For a century and a half, baseball has been a nine-innisport. No more, thanks to the Reds' Nasty Boys bullpen. Now, when you're playing Cincinnati, baseball g is a game. The Pittsburgh Pirates, who are running short on time, victories and hitting, are discovering just that in the National League playoffs. If you don't get to the Reds in five innings, you're going to get the Nasty Boys. "You don't get too many chances to go ahead of them and it's been frustrating," Andy Van Slyke said after Monday's 3 victory gave the Reds a 1 lead in the best-of-- 7 series. "Their bullpen's been doing the job all year, and they're doing it now." What they're doing is a job on the Pirates' strength, their hitters: Van Slyke, Bobby Bonilla and Barry Bonds. The Killer Bs plus one, who combined for 82 home runs and 311 RBI during the (.206) with no season, are homers and two RBIs. Jose Lind, n in a horrid slump, has as many RBI by himself. "I'm really, really mad because you want to do the things you've done all year," said Bonds, who is with no RBI after driving in 114 during the season. "Maybe we're trying too hard." Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers have brought the hammer down hard on the Pirates' hammer men, limiting them to four hits and no runs and striking out 13. Dibble and Myers haven't given up a hit or a run and have struck out 11 in a combined 6 3 five-innin- 6-- 2-- late-seaso- 2-- nditmiaMi Hi n fl PLAYERS HURT IN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES WHO MISSED WORLD SERIES 1. Reggie JacKeon, A a (1972) pulled hamstring J. Kevin McReynolda, Padree (1984) fractured hand 3. Vine Coleman. Cardinal (1985) bruiaed toft ankle x Automatic tarp rolled over Irtt leg Source Major League Baaeball A SFS Sparta Feature Syndicate will pay SS lor your Mat rf publlehed. tend Mete to Sport reaturea, P.O. Boa 660, Mapla Shade, N.J. 08052. Include name, phone number and aource. 5 30 I CssSrtiii- -- Tuesday Boxing, from 1976. All vs. Norton (ESPN) 6 p.m. Powerboat racing (PSN) 6 p.m. Baseball. NL Championship aeriet (CBS Channel 5) d 6:30 p.m. racing (ESPN) 7 p.m. Boxing (USA) 7:30 p.m. Drag racing (ESPN) p m. College soccer (PSN) 6 30 p.m. Auto racing (ESPN) 10 p.m. College football, USC at Washington St. (taped, PSN) Wedneaday 11 am. College soccer, Seton Hall at Connecticut (PSN) 1 p.m. Baaeball, AL Playoffs (CBS Channel S, K5L 1160 AM) 1:30 p.m. PGA, Las Vegas Invitational (ESPN) Vyafeeaa)iaaa innings. The bullpen dominance has admittedly pressured the Pirates into game playing a that's not their style. When Reds starter Danny Jackson pitched out of bases-loade- d jams in the fourth and fifth, the sigh of relief from Reds' fans could be heard all the way down the Ohio River. "It's hard to fall behind them three straight games . . . we've got to jump on somebody early and get ahead and keep that bullpen out of it," Pittsburgh manager Jim Ley-lan- d said. "Maybe they can come back and beat us, but we also led in the first game (a 3 Pirates' victory) and I thought we could have won that, too," Dibble said. "Everyone was picking the Pirates and that's fine with us. Nobody gave us a chance." Just like Pittsburgh, three of the Eric Davis Reds' top hitters and Barry Larkin are strugChris Sabo gling. But Mariano Duncan (four RBI), Billy Hatcher (.429) and Paul O'Neill (.429) are making up the difference. homer Duncan hit a three-ru- n and drove in four runs and Hatcher, traded by Pittsburgh in April, homer off Zane Smith hit a two-ru- n as the Reds won their fourth straight in Pittsburgh. They won hurry-up-and-sco- re 4-- their final three regular-seasogames here in August. By DICK HARMON Herald Sports Editor Athletic directors within the Western Athletic Conference have drafted a two-paproposal for the league's presidents' on expansion. This proposal came during a routine meeting of the athletic directors and faculty advisors in Denver, Colo., recently. The athletic directors are not openly commenting on the proposals but The Daily Herald has learned the athletic directors have drawn up two major suggestions for the WAC presidents' committee on expansion. rt BYU By DICK HARMON Thursday as physicians shaved off a bulging cervical disk in his neck. He was initially expected to be out of action for four weeks. It now appears Leavitt will be lost for the entire football season and his playing career may be in jeopardy. That committee consists of chairman Terry Roark (Wyoming), Rex Lee (BYU) and Albert Simone (Hawaii). Any action by that committee would be in an advisory role to the full WAC presidents' council. The proposals include the expansion of the WAC to 12 teams with two divisions for basketball and football, and a consortium agreement with the Big Eight and Southwest Conference for a television package when the current CFA contract expires. "It would be inappropriate to discuss any proposals the athletic directors make," said Jeff Hurd, six-tea- m Doctors consulted with Leavitt on doing more surgery this weekend, a procedure which would fuse the vertebrae. Leavitt declined the operation because of additional missed class time. But he might face the procedure at the end of the semester, according to his coach, Ken Schmidt. That procedure would place Leavitt in possible medical risk to play football, a concern both he and the university would carefully weigh, said Schmidt. It is a situation similar to what By DOUG TUCKER AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Colorado had five downs to score the winning touchdown on the final play of a game Missouri never will forget. But the Buffaloes, still hopeful of another shot at a national championship, will 1 victake their controversial tory without regret. "We don't apologize for this victory in no way, shape or form." coach Bill McCartney said Monday after getting the news he expected from the Big Eight Conference. The Big Eight, in what surely will further infuriate already aroused Missouri fans, on Monday ruled that Colorado's victory will stand even though game officials became confused in the final frantic seconds and inadvertently allowed the Buffaloes a fifth down. On that fifth down, as fans and 33-3- two-poi- screamed in nt protest, Charles Johnson wiggled across the goalline. "It has been determined that, in accordance with the football playing rules, the allowance of the fifth down to Colorado is not a postgame correctable error," Big Eight commissioner Carl James said in a statement. "The final score in the Colorado-Missou- ri football game will remain as What will not remain are the seven officials who worked the game. That crew, which has 177 years in collective experience, including 19 bowl games, was put on indefinite suspension beginning this week. No one has accused Colorado of deliberately cheating. Johnson spiked the ball on fourth down to stop the clock, then struggled across the goal line on fifth down. Missouri Chancellor Haskell Jr. had appealed to James to declare Missouri the winner, urging, "I ask for you to Monroe take appropriate actions to correct this unfortunate mistake.". "Obviously, we're very disappointed," Missouri athletic director Dick Tamburo said. "As far as we're concerned, our players and our people know we won that game even though Colorado gets the 'W.' Now we just want to get this whole mess behind us." J.C. Louderback of Arkansas City, Kan., the referee and crew chief for the game, said in a statement: "Through the entire episode, the coaches and players were very professional. In officiating, you work the game for the players and your feeling is the game should be determined by the players, not the coaches or officials on the field. "It's always a tough feeling when a rule, or an error in a rule becomes a factor in a game." 6 Pirates ular guy." Pirates general manager Larry Doughty was reminded of his best trade and his worst trade on the same day, and he couldn't have asked for a worse result Smith, acquired from Montreal in August, allowed five earned runs in five innings after giving up just nine in his first 10 Pirates' starts. Hatcher, whom he dealt away in April for two minor leaguers, went and gave the Reds a homer. lead with his second-innin- g "Hey, I've been happy for Billy he's found a place to all year play and he's doing well," Leyland said. "But I'm not so happy for him today." Some fans aren't happy with Leyland's decision to carry just six position players, thereby limiting his ability to maneuver around the Nasty Boys. With the bases loaded and the score tied at 2 with two outs in the fourth, Leyland let Smith hit for himself'. He grounded out. The Pirates also left the bases loaded in fifth, and Dibble struck out right-handhitters Gary Redus and Jeff King with a runner on second in the sixth. If he had two extra position players, rather than two extra three Pirates' pitchers pitchers still haven't seen action Leyland could have pinch hit in the fourth or used a hitter or two in the sixth. "When you only have six hitters, you've to be careful," he said. "You use them too quickly and maybe you're down to (light-hittinRafael Belliard in the ninth inning." Instead, they're down 1 and must get a game from Bob Walk tonight to the tie the series. i s - , V .k 2-- 0 ed left-hand- g) AP Laserphoto 2-- well-pitch- homer as Pirate The Reds' Mariano Duncan powers catcher Don Slaught and umpire Paul Runge watch Monday. three-ru-n Michigan No. 1; BYU slips to 13th expansion propositi iiffs will keep :h down win other dlowm associate WAC commissioner. "We are a presidents council-drive- n conference and until the presidents decide or take any action, there is absolutely nothing to any of it," said Hurd Monday. None of the athletic directors have publicly commented on the identity of the possible expansion teams to the nine-teaWAC, but the unconfirmed shopping list may include defending national basketball champion UNLV, Fresno State and San Jose State of the Big m West. The full WAC presidents' council is not scheduled to meet until June 1991. If any action were to be taken by the presidential subcommittee or the full presidents' council before that time, it would have to be in a specially-calle- d meeting. The consortium TV agreement with the Big Eight and SWC would supposedly be a major network contract similar to a deal etched out by the Pac-1- 0 conference which is not a member of the CFA. The Pac-1- 0 contract is with ABC sports. The CFA is currently involved in an antitrust suit which will determine if its members, of which BYU is numbered, can have a televison contract exclusive of other NCAA teams which are not CFA members. linebacker's football career in jeopardy Herald Sports Editor Outside linebacker Jared Leavitt is apparently the first major injury casualty for No. 13 ranked BYU. 237 pound junLeavitt, a ior, underwent neck surgery this past n adSo much for the home-fiel- d vantage in a series where the visitor has won two of the first three games. "The thing about us is there are guys throughout the lineup who can hit the ball out of the park and guys who can run," Larkin said. "You can't pitch around one partic WAC A. D.'s draft , hi B il 1L former C Frazier faced linebacker Danny a in 1979 following at Texas A&M. Alneck injury to come wanted Frazier though back from his neck injury, coach LaVell Edwards declined to let him. "I had a long talk with Jared. He has been a great player for us this season. But we talked about a lot of possibilities in the future. And there is more to life than football," said Schmidt. Leavitt transferred to BYU from Walla Walla Junior College in Cornell - The ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) No. 1 ranking, like an orphan on the doorstep, has been thrust into Gary Moeller's life, and the Michigan coach would just as soon slam the door and have it go someplace for a while at least. else "I'd be the happiest guy in the world if it were Jan. 2," Moeller said. "I'm not worried about the No. 1 ranking. It's nice, but it's not anything we want to talk about. At the end of the year, that's when you want to talk about those things." vaulted from No. Michigan (3-3 to the top spot in Thessociated Press poll after Notre TDame and Florida State both were defeated over the weekend. e Michigan received 34 votes and 1,453 points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. Undefeated Virginia, which didn't play last week, was second with 14 first-plac- e votes and 1,384 points. n Miami jumped six spots to No. 3. Rounding out the Top 10 are Oklahoma, Tennessee, Auburn, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Florida and Florida State. Illinois is ranked 11th, followed by Houston, Brigham Young, Colofirst-plac- Washington. He earned a starting spot with BYU this past spring and started five games this fall. Leavitt's replacement is former Timpview and Snow College star Scott Giles, who had planned on redshirting this season. Giles got his first workout as a starter preparing for a game Monday. This past week during BYU's bye, the Cougars conducted only three practice sessions and took Friday and Saturday off. Leavitt was released from the hospital Sunday. Once-beate- rado, Clemson, Southern set a precedent, but C olorado won't follow By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer Fifty years ago, Corneil won a football game against Dartmouth by scoring the winning touchdown on a fifth down an illegal extra play, just the way Colorado did against Missouri Saturday. The similiarities end there. Cornell gave the tainted victory back. Colorado isn't feeling quite that charitable. On Monday, the Big Eight Conference suspended the seven officials working the game for an indefinite period. "Times change," chuckled Bob Kane, who was acting athletic director at Cornell in 1940. In more ways than one. "It seems incredible now, but we were No. 1 then," said Kane, who later served as president of the U.S. Olympic Committee. "We had beaten Ohio State two straight years. Dartmouth was a mediocre team. It was a no contest situation." On a rainy, windy day at Hanover, N.H., Dartmouth nursed a 0 lead into the final moments of the game. Then Walt Scholl passed to Bill Murphy for what appeared to be Cornell's winning touchdown. Kane said. "We "It was won. The bookies paid off." Not so fast. Kane was watching the game with Jim Lynah, the Cornell AD who was on leave from his de 5, ," Cal, Washington, Georgia Tech, Oregon, Texas A&M and Arizona. fense job in Washington. "We were both greatly relieved when Murphy scored," Kane said. Then Bill McCarter, Dartmouth's AD, showed up with news that from his team's side of the field, it appeared the Cornell TD had come on a fifth down. The manager's chart showed that and Dartmouth coach Red Blaik was sure of it. "McCarter wasn't complaining," Kane said. "It was the rub of the green. We said we'd look at the movies when we got home. In those days, you didn't get films of the game until Monday. When we saw them, it was obvious. We ran the sequence a thousand times. It was clear. We shouldn't have had the ball. We scored on a ref's error." Cornell's coach was Carl Snave-ldescribed by Kane as a dogged competitor who didn't like to lose. "He was the son of a Methodist minister and married to the church organist, so he had a few scruples, too," he said. Snavely and the football staff looked at the film and in their minds, it left them no choice. "Accepting a victory like that, that would be a blemish on the record," Kane said. "We didn't want a blemish." The issue was presented to the team at the training table. The meeting was less than serene, y, i Kane said. "Some of the players thought the play was a double offsides. Some thought we had scored on third down. Finally, the captain, Walt Matuszak, stood up and said, 'We've won 18 straight. We'd hate to have the streak continued this way.' The players weren't happy. They were melancholy." Still, it was clear to Cornell what had to be done. The victory would have to be forfeited. "It seemed the natural thing to do," Kane said. "It was no big deal." Kane called the university president, Edmund Ezra Day. He happened to be a Dartmouth grad who had been the house guest of his alma mater's president for the game. "Dr. Day said, 'Dartmouth won't accept,'" Kane said. "They did." At the time, Day said, "If we hadn't made the decision, we would have been replaying that game as long as football had a place in intercollegiate athletics. I want no 'long counts' in Cornell athletic history.' " And there are none. The record book lists a simple 0 Dartmouth victory over Cornell for Nov. 15, 1940. No asterisks. No signs of anything out of the ordinary. No reminders of the until Colorado beat controversy Missouri Saturday with another n touchdown. 3-- fifth-dow- |