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Show B Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1992 The Daily Herald "There was a lot of negative press surrounding this issue. They were saying I was the spoiled rookie and Terry Catledge was the veteran being forced to give up his number. Well, it was never that way. Terry and I are teammates and he has elected to keep No. 33 for personal reasons, so I have elected to wear jersey No. 32. It is the very first number that I wore when I started Orlando playing basketball." Magic center Shaquille O'Neal, the first pick in this year's NBA draft, after deciding on the number he will wear in the NBA. O'Neal wore 33 in college, but Magic teammate Terry Catledge already had that number and refused to give it up. STILL INTERESTED: The By DICK HARMON Herald Sports Editor By JIM GREENIDGE Boston Globe FAVORED: The BYU women's volleyball team has been tabbed as the favorite in the Western Athletic Conference race this season by the league's coaches. The Cougars, who finished second to New Mexico in the WAC race last year, received 48 points in the poll, votes. New including six first-plac- e Mexico was second at 43 points and two first place votes. Newcomer Fresno State, San Diego State, Colorado State, Wyoming, Utah and UTEP round out the poll. The Cougars are ranked seventh in the AVCA Tachikara coaches Top 25 poll, while New Mexico is 11th and Fresno State 23rd. RICHEST PACT: Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken signed contract a $32.5 million, five-yethat gives him the richest total deal in baseball history. Ripken, a r, American League will average $6.5 million a year under the contract, which in average annual value trails only the deal Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs agreed to in March, contract worth $7.1 a four-yemillion per season. ar All-Sta- ar 7-- (7-4- 6 ), -- I c3 . "i s off wy fa . Coach Rich Kotite decided not to one-ye- ar 0 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, he wanted to give McMahon some practice Thursday. McMahon is the second-strin- g quarterback. CUTS: Former BYU defensive b;uks Rodney Rice and Tony Cutchfield were waived Monday by the Detroit Lions. Another defensive lineman Craig Patterson, who has played with Phoenix for several years, was cut by the Cardinals. ll-Western Athletic; ed really He got his stroke back into a groove, he says, by playing dou- bles. "For me, it's good to get out and play doubles so I can get to work on my which is my bread and butter," said Edberg, who had 10 aces J The brace, made of plastic with a metal hinge, had the lower plastic y, with Washington's 5. 7-- (7-4- 6-- ), 1 mid-Apr- k, double-f- 3-- aulting counter-punche- 1 r: 4-- Mexican claims 49ers' star may resume throwing today (team physician Michael Dillingham) and Joe right now. "But to say than he'll do more than just throw to see how it feels to throw, I couldn't say," Seifert said. The coach did say that he would like to name the starting quarterback for the Sept. 6 regular-seaso- n vacant WBC crown opener against the New York Giants before Friday night's final exhibition game against Seattle. Seifert also said that defensive end Kevin Fagan worked out for the first time Monday, and that he could get in a couple of plays against the Seahawks. Fagan has been recuperating from knee surgery. In other camp news, the team signed free agent linebacker Ilia Jarostchuk, who was recently waived by the New England Patriots. veteran, Jarostchuk, a was signed to fill the void created by the loss of inside linebacker Mitch Donohue. five-ye- ar portion bent. Earlier in drills offensive guard Eli Herring had a Omni 7 bilateral brace bent two inches off its titianium metal alignment. Before that, offensive lineman Evan Pilgrim had a brace bent like Herring's when noseguard Lenny Gomes sat on his leg in a pileup. For the first time ever, BYU is requiring all running backs to wear protective knee braces during according to trainer George Curtis. "It seems to have T-5- "Plus, it's always good to go AP Photo out and just play another match, it's good to go out and get up a Sweden's Stefan Edberg prepares to return a shot against MaliVai Washington during the Volvo 1 to win the title. sweat, good to get out and have to International in New Haven, Conn. Monday. Edberg won the match 6 push yojrself," said Edberg, who is on his way to winning a on his serve when his backhand million dollars for the eighth think. It's not a huge difference, break point. They got back on "an easy in terms of money, serve when Washington broke at volley down the line straight year (he's now at $847,-674- and it's not went said Edberg backhand," but it's just the way you feel. 15 in the sixth, with Washington when he ripped long. taking game point Right now, Pete Sampras is No. Washington, ranked 16th, lost in my mind because of the way a forehand at Edberg's body in Edberg is working hard on rehis last four serves. gaining the No. ranking, which he's been playing the last the frontcourt. il "That's a little unfortunate," he held for three weeks until month." said the In the Washington, who, in conWashington when Courier grabbed necting on just 53 percent of his Edberg, who held at love in his held a 0 lead, with Edberg top rung. for the third point. first serves, wasn't able to force "There is a difference between first two service games, grabbed first-sein the t However, Washington missed a Edberg to be the edge with a break being No. and No. 2," Edberg a it his on fourth in first the said. "It comes way you game, taking golden opportunity to make it 0 SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) There is a possibility that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe. Montana can begin throwing this week, maybe as early as today. Coach George Seifert said that an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) test taken of Montana's right elbow Monday morning showed some improvement. "Some of the swelling has subsided." Seifert said. "My sense of it now is that he might throw a few passes. But that's up to the doctor suffer as he was taken from the " field. An examination showed Rex suffered a grade one medial collateral ligament tear, which but not serious. A grade one tear involves fiber tear and light stretching of the ligament. Rex this morning anxious to was prevented from taking but run, in drills. contact part Rex may have been one more benefactor of a knee brace which has already prevented serious injuries to players on BYU's team in : ; just one week. knee a worn Rex has never brace before this fall and only plans its use in practice. "I was playing with the second unit, blocking for goalline when Tim Hanshaw and somebody else rolled into my leg," Rex said. -- third-strin- 20-1- first team 6-- 1. 1 take any chances with Randall Cunningham in the Philadelphia Eagles' preseason game against the New York Jets Thursday. Jim McMahon, who recently signed a contract with the Eagles, will start at quarterback. "There's no need to rush anything," Cunningham said Monday. "The regular season is the important thing." The coach said Cunningham would be rested as a precaution. Kotite said that since g David Archer, a prospective the was given quarterback, most playing time in Sunday's i Tight end By ron Rex, the only deep, deep breath, watching him ). McMAHON TO START: noon. sen230-pouRex, a 'the on ior, and the only tight end Was" with team varsity experience,' hauled off the field on a golf car in ' " ' pain. Players and coaches took a J shape." compared three. YU Conference: perByron Rex former returning from the defending champion Cougar squad, injured his knee during a brief scrimmage session.' want. It's important in my mind to leave a tournament without a loss. It's something that can keep you going. Now, having won this, I know my game's back in, serve-and-volle- -B- got its fitst major scare' of fall football drills Monday after- 4-- ing in second is not what .; PROVd ' NEW HAVEN, Conn. -When you've been ranked the best tennis player on the planet as Stefan Edberg was starting in and have held August 1990 that position for all but 12 weeks of 1991 , you tend not to settle for anything less than the winner's check. But Edberg, currently ranked No. 2 behind Jim Courier, had only one title in 12 tourneys before this past week's Voho International. That crown was captured in Hamburg, Germany, in early May when he decked Michael Stich at 1 in the third set. Edberg had lost in two other finals (the Australian Open and the Stuttgart Indoors) and had his last swing of the racket in the semifinals of four ofher tournaments, including the Cincinnati, where he lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets a week ago. Now Edberg has two titles this and 35 in his career season having downed MaliVai Washington on Monday, Edberg, who picked up $144,-00- 0 for the Volvo and will defend his U.S. Open title later this month, now holds a 0 mark against Washington (575,905), who has never been able to win a set against the Swede. "It's necessary to win once in a while to prove to yourself that you can do it," said Edberg, who won six of the eight finals he played last year. "To me, com6-- Canadian Football League hasn't lost interest in Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer. According to the Aug. 11 Edmonton Journal, the general manager of the Ottawa Hough Riders was taking a tour of some NFL camps in August, and one of the players he specifically wanted to check out was Detmer, who is trying to land a roster spot with the Green Bay Packers after being chosen in the ninth round by the NFL team. Ottawa pursued Detmer before the season. The newspaper reported that Detmer had said he was still interested in the Ottawa team, although his CFL rights are held by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. 10-ti- Cougars get major scare . Mi NOTABLE QUOTES: team's 6 MEXICO CITY (AP) - Miguel Angel Gonzalez of Mexico pounded Wilfrido Rocha of Colombia and scored a technical knockout Monday night to win the vacant World Boxing Council lightweight title. Rocha was forced out of the fight in the ninth round because of a cut over his left eye. Gonzalez was knocked down in the second round of the spectacular fight. two-a-day- paid s, off." Rex said he feels fortunate. "I'm lucky. I'm just sore. From that angle I could have really been hurt." CAMP NOTES D The backup for Rex, freshman Terrance Saluone, did not practice Monday. Expected back today, Saluone suffered a bruised sternum Saturday when hit in the endzone by Kapi Sikahema during Another freshman, Todd Jorgensen, played in the No. 2 spot Monday. ; D In the quarterback derByboth John Walsh and Steve Clements continued to mirror each, other. In the short scrimmage Rex was in6 pf 8 jured in, Walsh completed, and Clements was 5 of 7. " '.' D Vic Tarleton, a junior college transfer pushing to start at left corner, dropped a weight on his toe Monday night and could miss some time this week. ' ' ' scritn-mag- e. five-pou- nd Detmer survives one cut, but he's still on bubble HOW JOE DIMAOGIO COMPILED E MIS HITTING STREAK 8 times I. Went 4 time 2 Went 1 time 3 Went 4 timet t. Went 15 time 5 Went 8 times 6 Went 2 times 7. Went 8 times 8 Went Mor-- 3 1 time 8. Went 2 times 10. Went 3 times II. Went Source: Sport Features Syndicate Sport Features Syndlcato will pay SS for your Hst H published. Send lists to Sport features, P.O. Box 660, Mapto Shad, N.J. 08052. Include nam, address, phone number and ourc. fli 'UP J-- Tuesday 540 p.m. Bassball (ESPN) 5:35 p.m. Baseball, Expo (TBS) 6 p.m. The King and (KOOL 106.S FM) 7 p.m. Boxing, Stewart I at Braves sports talk vs. Tillman (USA) p.m. Softball (PSN) 8 p.m. Baseball, Cubs at Padres (WGN) 8 p.m. Sports Byline USA (KOOL 106.5 ! p.m. Baseball (ESPN) Wednesday 10 a.m. Bowling (PSN) 4 p.m. Sportscentral (KSL 1160 AM) Ty Detmer survived the first roster reduction in his young NFL career. The Green Bay Packers put nine players on the injured reserve list. Those players are gone for the season. Four other players were cut outright and placed on waivers. In order to get to the limit by tonight, more players will trim the Packers later today. Reports we've received from Green Bay indicate Detmer shoul J survive those cuts. The Packer's recently added a fifth quarterback to the roster, veteran Mike Tomczack whom they signed. Tomczack has exemption status and docs not count towards limit. the The NFL requires all teams to reduce their rosters to 47 players is the moby next Monday. That Detmer. ment of truth for young It is the next day of the rest of his career. Making an NFL roster, especially as a ninth round draft choice, is not easy. 1 Hcrmon NFL-re-quir- 60-play- cr 60-play- er Sports Editor for 163 yards, completing 64.9 percent for a 4.4 average per attempt and a 72.3 rating. Favre is 36 of 55 for 322 yards, 65.5 percent, 5.9 average yards per attempt and 56. 8 rating. Detmer is 9 of 13 for 107 yards g 69.2 percent for a and team leading 8.2 yards per attempt average. His rating is 62.0. Detmer has the longest pass of the year, a Some experts say the is the most important stain tistic evaluating performance. Detmer has become popular with Packer fans and has received more than his share of media attention in the Wisconsin area. York Jets. Sonny Detmer said if the Packers didn't give him a good look, they should release him to try and make another NFL team or go to the Canadian Football League. team-leadin- yards-per-attem- pt Tomczack's exempt status from this week's roster reduction is a plus for Detmer. Tomczack, who held out since camp began July 26, is far behind Don Majkowski, Brett Farve and Detmer in learning Mike Holmgren's new offense. But the stark reality is NFL That is also a plus for Detmer. Even though Detmer has been numbers are cold numbers. And Detmer is on the bubble . used sparingly in two of the PackLast week Ty's father Sonny he three ers' preseason games, leads the team in passing percent- was quoted in a Wisconsin newsthe age and has moved the Packers paper saying he didn't believe son his had his Packers number. enough when they've called given in Officially Majkowski is 24 of 37 of a chance to evaluate him play 1 ing conditions. The Packers did not play Detmer against the New Saturday Detmer entered the Rams game with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Packers An interception were ahead 13-1thrown by Detmer set up a game-tyin- g 0. Ram field goal. Detmer did march the Packers within range of a winning field goal, which the Green Bay kicker missed. Monday Mike Holmgren said the Packers played solid in the first half and not too bad in the second. "I was disappointed in some decisions our quarterbacks made, but then we had some routes (receivers) which were very strange and I hadn't seen before." Meanwhile, it's interesting to follow two other highly touted QBs in Detmer's draft class. 1 Denver's Tommy Maddox, a first rounder who signed for $4.4 million, is hanging on at Denver. The former UCLA Bruin is 25 of 44 for 276 yards and 2 touchdowns with four interceptions.? Houston's David Klingler has put up a fight in Cincinnati. Cincinnati Bengals' general manager Mike Brown said Friday Leigh Steinberg, the agent for draft choice Klingler may betrying to get the team to trade him by conducting a very slow contract negotiation. The Bengals reportedly are offering Klingler about $6 million over four years, while Klingler wants $8 million. . first-rou- nd How much is Detmer asking? As a ninth rounder, he isn't in any position to ask for anything but a chance. He'd be happy with just making the team and having some money to buy a new truck. With Detmer, Maddox and Klingler, funny how one year changes things. |