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Show D D Outdoors D4 Business D9 Thursday, October 29, 1992 The Daily Herald Cougars expect more of same from Lions ar NOTABLE QUOTES: "if Assistant Sports Editor you sign him, we will come." Bumper sticker in St. Louis, where the Cardinals are negotiating with shortstop Ozzie Smith. NBA scouts watched the Charlotte Hornets at their overtime victory against the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night, raising speculation of a trade and efforts to sign holdout center Alonzo Mourning. A trade is considered the crucial factor as negotiations with Mourning remain stalled. Team officials told the Winston-SaleJournal that talks were continuing on several fronts, but they also said nothing was near completion. m HALL LEAVES: Former Paso basketball player l Henry Hall has left the school and won t attempt to play for the Miners again, athletic director Brad Hovious said Wednesday. Hovious said he understood that it was Hall's decision to leave school. "As far as I know, he was not doing well academically," Hovious said. "I can't speak for his professors, but there appeared to be a slim chance he was going to make it academically." .Texas-E- RAINBOWS' BOWL: The University of Hawaii will get a bid to the Aloha Bowl if it wins its next two games, a bowl official says. need to enter The Rainbows (5-their Nov. 14 game at San Diego State with a 1 record to ensure themselves an invitation to the Christmas Day game, executive director Lenny Klompus says. A win by the Rainbows in that game, however, could put them on track to win the WAC championship and an automatic berth in the Holiday Bowl. A loss to Hawaii in that game would leave San Diego State little chance for an Aloha Bowl bid, because the Aztecs could finish no better than Klompus said. That would change, however, if San Diego State running back Marshall Faulk wins the Heisman Trophy, he said. 1) 7-- NETTERS FALL: BYU'sEvi Kbljanin and Jennifer Saret advanced to the second round of the qualifying draw of the Riviera Tennis Championships Tuesday night before being erased from the tournament in Pacific Palisades. Koljanin swept Mary Beth Novak of Northwestern 0 in the first round and then lost to Jean Callen of Virginia Saret thwarted Joelle Schad of 2 before Arizona State 3 No. seed to Lindsay losing Nimmo of Illinois. Saret won the lost the second 3 and first set then retired because of muscle cramps. Cougar Jennifer Holmes succumbed in the first round to of Texas Janine Burton-Durhasingle-eliminati- 6-- 6-- 4, 6-- 4, 6-- 1. 6-- 3, 3-- 6, 6-- 6-- 7-- m A&M 7-- 5, 6-- 3. ... COUGARSUTES: After roaring through the first half of the WAC season undefeated, BYU's women's volleyball try to keep its record unblemished when it takes on instate rival Utah Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. The match can be heard on KSRR 1400 AM. Complimentary tickets for the match can be picked up at the 23 Salt Lake Hardees locations. eight-ranke- d team will CROSS COUNTRY: a dozen or more BYU women harriers will enter the Weber State cross country meet at Schneiter's Riverside Golf Course in Riverdale Friday afternoon. The women's race is at 3 p.m. and the men's race at 3:30 p.m. million) O. Wayne 2. Moat money, trainer Lukaa ($8.7 million) 3. Moat racea won, jockey Pat Day, Latlll Pincay (6) D. Wayne 4. Most racea won, trainer Lukaa (10) 5. Highest payoff $108.80 (Turf Classic, 1984) 6. Lowest payoff $2.40 (Juvenile fillies, 1990) Source: Thoroughbred Racing Communications World Features Syndicate will pay lor your list H published. Send Hsts to Sports features, P.O. Boa SO, Maple Shade, N.J. 08052. Include nam, address, phone number and source. (9 QMS I Thursday 5 45 p.m. College football. Southern Mississippi at East Carolina (ESPN) 6 p.m. The King and I sports talk (KOOL 106.5 FM) 8 p.m. Sports Byline USA (KOOL 106 $ FM) 10:30 p.m. Motorcycle racing (ESPN) 11 p.m. Boning, Van Horn va. Williams (PSN) 11:30 p.m. Volleyball (PSN) p.m. PGA Tour Championship (ESPN) 3 p.m. Senior PGA, Kaanapali Classic 1 (ESPN) 4 p.m. Sportscentral (KSL 1160 AM) 5:30 p.m. NHL, Islanders at Devils (ESPN) k. tongue-in-chee- 14th-rank- ed run look like a pass and a pass look Hall continued. like a run. it up well bemix "They really tween the run and the pass. I need to read quickly and then react. ' ' BYU offensive lineman Mike Empey added his perspective. had a chance to watch them on TV a couple of times. They are a lot the same kind of team as Notre Dame. "I've "Our offensive line is going to have to have another good game against that type of defense," Empey added. "We've seen bigger defensive lines, but these guys are exceptionally strong and fast." them. I hasn't even crossed my mind that there's no way we can beat them. We have to remember that they're just guys..." Empey played against the Lions last season and remembers the experience well. "I remember they were really tough," Empey said. "But we were able to hold our own. Our own mistakes hurt us. " Half echoed that sentiment. "I'm very optimistic about our chances." Edwards said he belies es the key will be ridding the Cougars of turnovers. Thai's an area that has Among those mistakes were a fumbled kickoff and a turnover immediately after halftime. Penn State led just 10-- 7 at the break but took advantage of those miscues to take control of the game. "We were a really young team last year when we played Penn State," Empey noted. He continued, "I dont have a doubt in my mind that we can beat plagued his team all season. BYU has given up 11 fumbles and 13 interceptions. Its opponents hae; lost seven fumbles and given up seven interceptions. "The obvious thing would be not to have any turnovers." Edwards said. "Then I would take, '' my chances from there. Jazz finally win in Boston Garden Olympians anxious to lead Jazz Malone scores 25 in victory 120-11- 4 - Karl Malone BOSTON (AP) had 25 points and the Utah Jazz took advantage of a huge rebounding edge to defeat the Boston Celt4 in an exhibition game. ics 20-It was the Jazz' first win in 21 tries at Boston Garden. The Jazz outrebounded the Celtwith Malone getting a ics 10 rebounds, despite game-hig- h the absence Wednesday of injured who is recenter Mark Eaton covering from right knee surgery. Utah improved to The Celtics (4-got eight rebounds from Robert Parish but starting forwards Xavier McDan-ie- l and Kevin Gamble had only four between them. The Jazz had streaks of six straight points and then seven in a row in the final quarter to overcome a Boston lead that had been up to 3 in the first quarter. Seven Jazz players scored in double figures. Tyrone Corbin and Jeff Malone had 17 apiece, while Mike Brown, John Stockton, David Benoit and Larry Krystko-wia- k had 10 each. Jay Humphries had 12 assists for Utah. McDaniel led Boston with 17 points, while Parish and Rick Fox had 13 apiece and Dee Brown and 1 1 47-3- By JACKIE MacMULLAN Boston Globe BOSTON 4-- 3. 2) AP Photo Boston's Dee Brown (right) puts pressure on Jazz guard John Stockton as he heads for the basket. the exhibition season with a le Lakers 110, Bullets 106 Vlade MEMPHIS, Tenn. scored 25 points and Sam Perkins 21, leading the Los Angeles exhibition vicLakers to a tory over the Washington Bullets. Divac connected on 10 of 14 shots from the field. Magic Johnson played 31 minutes and had 13 points and 14 assists. 10-10- 105-9- 6 victory over Sacramento. Jordan had missed the Bulls' last two games because he was testifying in a North Carolina gambling case against James Bouler and recovering from the flu. put the game Chicago (7-- Kevin McHale each had 10. Mc-Haplayed 19 minutes, his longest stint of the exhibition season. He missed the Celtics' first four games because of an ankle injury. 1 0) ac run in the third away with a 59-aquarter which broke a ll 17-- 6 tie. Magic 110, Hawks 108 Nick Anderson ATLANTA hit a jump shot with 4.1 seconds left, giving the Orlando 6 ot exhibition victoMagic a 1 Hawks. the Atlanta over ry 10-1- After Anderson's basket, Domi- nique Wilkins was short on a shot. Shaquille O'Neal, the NBA's top draft choice, scored 1 1 of his 21 points in the final period Bulls 105, Kings 96 Michael BUFFALO, N.Y. Jordan had 23 points and the cago Bulls remained unbeaten in last-seco- Pirates' Leyland gets By JIM DONAGHY AP Baseball Writer - Jim NEW YORK (AP) who guided the Pittsburgh Pirates to their third straight National League East title this season. was named NL Manager of the Year on Wednesday. Leyland was voted first on 20 of 24 ballots and Ley-lan- never even oc- travel time. Why use it as an excuse to start season off on the the 1992-9- 3 foot? wrong One player did not see it that way. Michael Jordan, the best basketball player on this and every other planet, announced he was tired, then teed it up for 18 holes while his teammates began preparation for defense of their NBA championship. Naturally, the bla- 1 Di-v- It I 1, - - curred to him to do anything but show up for training camp. "To be honest. wanted to be, here, and I never even assumed anything different was an option.' said John Stockton. U.S. Olympi an and starting point guard for the Utah Jazz, who was in towii I Wednesday to play the Celtics. In truth, most of the members of the Dream Team probably didn't entertain thoughts of show ing up late for preseason camp w ith their NBA clubs. The Olympics were a separate entity, a unique honor that was worth the added practice and 1 d, 109 points overall to beat rookie manager Felipe Alou Jim Leyland of the Monacal took who over in Alou. Expos. May for Tom Runnells, was ballots named on three first-plac- e and received 65 points. The other first-plac- e vote went to Atlanta's Bobby Cox. who finished third with 29 points. It was the second time in the three years that Leyland has been named Manager of the Year in voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. "This is real pleasing to me." Leyland said at a news conference in Pittsburgh. "Nobody wants to sound like they're boasting, but I think it was my best year. We had to do some unorthodox things, and everything happened to work out." The Pirates finished 6 and beat the Expos by nine games. It 96-6- and added 19 rebounds for the Magic. Cavaliers 113, Nets 97 Steve OTTAWA, Ontario a and hit a Kerr jumper 4 run early in the basket in a fourth quarter, lifting the Cleve7 land Cavaliers to a victory over the New Jersey Nets. Suns 96, Pistons 95 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -Charles Barkley made two free throws with 7.6 seconds left to 13-- 1 13-9- give the Phoenix Suns a tory over Detroit. 96-9- 5 vic- Barkley's free throws gave Phoenix its first lead since early in the second quarter. The Pistons led 78-- 7 1 after three quarters before Danny Ainge scored eight points as the Suns got NL tant act of individualism caused hard feelings and harsh words. Then again, does Chicago know-hoto start a season any other with 5:15 left. But Terry Mills drew a foul, hit both free throws, and the Suns didn't get back within one until 1:18 reit to 86-8- 5 way? Utah is not Controversy Central, never has been, never w ill be. Karl Malone is proud of that, and he wanted to keep it that way, even though he was tired from the trip to Barcelona, too. In fact, when he was completely honest with himself, he wouldn't mained. At that point, Olden Polynice and Barkley traded baskets to make it Joe Dumars missed a jumper, and Barkley was fouled by Polynice and hit the winning free throws. Isaiah Morris had a chance to win it, but his jumper bounced off the rim with one second left. 95-9- 4. have minded missing the first week, either. "In the beginning, just the SuperSonics 107, Nuggets 89 thought of going to camp and playSASKATOON, Saskatchewan ing more basketball, well. I sort of Shawn Kemp had 24 points and dreaded it." Malone said. "It 10 rebounds, leading the Seattle meant getting into shape all over vic107-8- 9 NBA a to SuperSonics again. I was thinking, "Gee. do I Denver. over really want to do it?' tory "But then all of a sudden, camp started, and I was working out beforehand, then working out afterwards, and I forgot all about it." The Jazz are clearly not the Leyland said. "I'm sad tor our Bulls. They have not won two community and sad for the organistraight championships: in fact, zation, but 1992 was a great year they have never won one. On top for the Pittsburgh Pirates. We won of that. Utah's personnel included 99 if you count the a couple of new faces. Jay Hum96 games phries and Earn Krystkowiak. playoffs we came back from down in the playoffs and we were "What people need to realize is ahead 0 in the ninth inning of every guy in this league has 4 difGame 7. How could that be a bad ferent attitude about things." said Malone. "For me. I didn't want to year?" Leyland did a masterful job of go through a whole season and platooning this season, using his have any regrets. bench players to near perfection "1 didn't want to be a cause for and usually coming up with the distraction or disruption. The last right pitcher. The Pirates got the expected thing I wanted to do was look back on the season, say. "Where did we production from outfielders Barry Bonds and Andy Van Slyke, but go wrong?" and find out it was my fault." Leyland got more than expected Stockton had the perfect out if from players like Alex Cole, Cecil Don (See JAZZ, Page 1)2) and Espy Slaught. manager award was a surprising success for Pittsburgh after losing outfielder Bobby Bonilla to free agency and trading pitcher John Smiley just before the start of the season for financial 3-- reasons. sucLeyland's regular-seaso- n once was however, cess, again spoiled in the playoffs as the Pirates lost to the NL West champion for the third straight year. This time was particularly painful as Atlanta rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 to keep Leyland and the Pirates out of the World Series again. "A lot of people think that (Game 7) is going to be lasting and won't go away, but 1992 is going to be a good memory for me," 1 2-- Coach creates new shoe brand during Olympics By MIKE CONKLIN Chicago Tribune IF THE SHOE FITS: Duke's Mike Krzyzewski can be expected to have his feet planted firmly on dethe ground when his two-tim- e fending NCAA champion;- open practice this week, but the coach said he's still a bit awed by his stint last summer as an assistant w ith the U.S. Dream Team in the Olympics. "The thing I noticed when - tian Laettner, the only collegian on the squad, feel comfortable. Krzyzewski pulled the center aside, told him to remove his shoes, and wrote the player's name on them. CROWD NOISE: With college basketball upon us, here are two sets of figures of interest left over from last season. Attendance at men's NCAA Division I games was down slightly with an average of5,440pcrgame.TheBig 10 was everyone gathered for the first No. with a mark of 12.865 per contest. Women's NCAA Division practice was the fact that the players matched their shoes." he said. I basketball saw a slight increase in the 1991-9"Michael Jordan wore Air campaign to 871 per Patrick Ewing had a pair of game. AMERICA'S TEAM AGAIN. Ewing's. Charles Barkley wore Barkley's." Then, to make Chris The Dallas Cowboys have an 1 Friday ' channel five. KSL-T- 42-1- received BREEDERS' CUP SUPERLATIVES 1. Mott money, jockey Pat Day ($8.1 I live on It would appear that PROVO "They're pretty much the same BYU coach LaVell Edwards ex- ball club that we played (and lost to last year," Edwards said. pects his Cougars to have an easy 33-" So we know a lot about them. ' ' game against Penn State on Saturday. According to BYU linebacker After reviewing last weekend's Nathan Hall, "We need to be 6 loss to Notre Dame, Edready. They're deep in talent and a have now "We wards quipped, powerful. chance to get healthy by playing "They execute well," Hall conPenn State." tinued. "They're the type of team What? that can hurt you. They can score Of course Edwards' comment an awful lot and that hurts a deThe fense. was made be will Lions "A lot of times teams like Penn Nittany heavily favored although the game State that execute well will make a 7) TRADE POSSIBLE: At least five Prnvo. Kickoff win be at noon. The game will be televised U in By BOB HUDSON Jor-dan- s. 2 nounced the remainder of the season is a sellout in Texas Stadium. base of 50.000 The season-tickfor this season is the highest for the team since it moved to the stadium in '71. Just four years ago. Cowboy average attendance was less et than 50.000. MUM'S THE WORD: Homecoming may never be the same at the University of Iowa and the loss last weekend to Purdue had nothing to do with it. That outcome didn't take any more bloom from e festivities than a dispute between the university and local Iowa City florists. Specifically, school officials let it be known several weeks in ad prc-gam- ever-vigila- nt vance that the use of the letter "1" on homecoming Mums was a copyright infringement. The school's demand to sellers: A S50 licensing fee and 6.5 percent royal-ticThe florists' answ er: Go jump in a bed of thistles. Instead, with a wink, they had an "H" affixed to Mums and told customers to turn them sideways. Then, just to show a principle (read: greed on the part of the university) was at stake, they announced a donation of 6.5 percent of the royalties to Hurricane Andrew relief. If NoPRICE OF SUCCESS lan Ryan returns to the Rangers next year, his contract calls for him to get a bonus of S .(XX) per inning s. I : 1 pitched. Question: Will it be prorated to S333 per out? PRICE OF SUCCESS 2: A Baseball America survey indicated Atlanta Braves' owner fed Turner may. have gotten a bargain w ith his team. The World Series runnerup " ranked No. 9 on the list put together by the publication. The figures were compiled by dividing the number of victories during the regular season by total player payroll. The Indians, with 76 wins, were a runaway No. 1 at "cost-per-win- $106,724. The Braves' paid $334,184. As you might expect, the Dodgers were the most expensive operation. |