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Show SPORTS 1 The Salt Lake Tribune MORNING BRIEFING Wham, Bam: Rams’ Phillips Arrested, Faces Lawsuits Two people who wereat a party with Lawrence Phillips filedlaw suits Wednesday, accusing theSt Louis Rams running back sault. battery and false imprison me The former Nebraska football player was arrested at the party in Oma gedwith disorde a hearing next month The lawsuits filed i ountyDistrict Court manand Arthur Stallwortk unspecified damages. 1 file dseparatelawsuits against form football player Clinton Childs Bateman’s lawsuit alleged Phil ips touched intimateparts of her body with his hands and a champagne bottle. A separate suit al- d Childs repeatedly touched her inappropriately In his lawsuits, Stallworth acused Phillips and Childs of beating himat the party. Stallworth is Bateman’s boyfriend Thelawsuits alleged that Childs and Phillips confined Bateman and Stallworth without their consent Phillips’ attorney, Hal Anderson did not immediately return ephonecalls seeking comment i hilds whereabouts Wednesday were not known Phillips’ arrest came as he was on probation in California for drunken driving. That arrest ocred while he was on probation in Nebraska for assaulting his for- mergirlfriend A hearing is scheduled Feb. 28 n Lincoln to determine whether Phillips California arrest violated his Nebraska probation Rams Coach Dick Vermeil said he had not heard from Phillips since his arrest Sunday. He said he believed Phillips was in St move to keep settlement hopes alive, opponents of the Jack Mur phy Stadiumrenovation deal have ked a judgeto givethe city 10 ys to comeup with a way to retain the Chargers and the Super Bowl Connecticut players Sh Stafford and Dactavian Newton, who were among three athletes charged in a dorm room robbery, applied for special probation. Two Memphis, Tenn businessmen have looking into possible recruiting violations by Ole Miss A unspecified violation of team rules has earned Adam Walton, sonof Hall of Fame mem. ber Bill Walton, a suspension for the remainder of LSU's season Coach Dale Brown said. new four. For banquet reserva- hosting the tournament was mere- ly a formality Tunji Awojobi, Boston University’s top scorer, rebounder and shot blocker. was suspended by the America East league for an additional two games for hitting a Vermont playgame Even s admit they blew a id of North Carolina ertime victory against Forest, the s II not tak ever. committee Hollan id did say ividually to North Running Times magazine anks Magna’s eve Lester 54 age group and a s John Cahill sec- ond in the 70-7 tinue that s in scoring and tied for sixth in the all-around statistical analysis Wingpointe (575-2345) is takee times for this weekend premature use of b: away fromarr Eve sa: ys Orrin Fr scoutingdirector. “As pitching,” lins to expand, we will a apan there have been loopholes expansion Arizona Diamondbacks. and Hasegawa. row into the game under a rigorystem built on repetition and op. ‘That may be why the Yankeesare battling Major League Baseball over how to classify llowed players to escape early, in- continue to reach i and throw strikes, says San Diego ? eral manager Kevin Towers Shigetoshi Haseg I of them. evel here is higher than Japar y you arguewith that sy item?” said the director ofpri ssional and uting for the Texas Rangers. realities for smaller-market segawa, who will pitch for the Anaheim: gels. "Many Japanesepla rs think lik rrowing most searches. Cash- and want to come here Masanori M liever with the 65 was the f the New York Yankees, Texas Blue Jays can more ez i) out into the world and pluck a Nomo. It takes moretime to devel- Toront Toronto tha ay other positions. pansion, manyy t f player development and ums to corporations, the U.S. Tennis Association named the team lost to THE k E pc hursday hold their first k " t Thomas He A test on Alomar vealed a moderate kno for him strain twistedthe a of Bulgaria 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the sec ond round of the Faber Grand Prix. In other matches, top-seed. ed Jana Novotna of the Czech Re public de mir of d Ruxandra Drago: 6-2, 6-3, and $28 million, five-y Hetold ons in Texas and would not discuss come eligible for free terthis season I just find it really hard to pressure on myself, and for the A's to put pressure on themselve to get a contract done during spring training. And I ith it during the cou: continues to be the possibility of reer for the entire That's the past. I've never ed in the past and J don't sec why you should,” McGwire said Wednesday. “We had a great run hi McGwiresaid but he 88-90 a contract ¢ tension once spring train in a trade and im ndled memories of to three straight AL t season of ar contract last week that he ‘o returned to the in such memories at be aplayoff The lost t Bordick and catcher Te bach as free 2 t son, and Mike Ste: ¢ young. The A year by winning 78 games The n ddle of the 0: and that's long over with. It’s a néw time fo: to play together McGwire. who showed up training before the I T quoted ROCKIES pit h games the 1997 season WHITE SOx ch eek asel b play e batting n from 11 gre he final cut n the end ofof comcom U.S. OLYMPIC SPIRIT STORE Join us for our new Park City, Ut location Grand Opening | February 22nd, 1997 751 Main Town Lift shoulder injury Male Jose But McGwire is not interested ankle on a Champion Magdalena he’s { powered topseed, w lose Jose Cansecoon the Oakland Ath: leties is a new situation. pei ing deple dova of the Czech Republic got off to a fast st { then faded badly to day, is startingtheL McGwire says that’s all in the past, and that his reunification this season with all I need is aw HOCKEY Engqvist joined Br 3 seed. lost to Spain's Fr will agree to honor eachother's rules on con e crossed at race speed GoranIvanisevic and Clavet 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) Fourth-seeded Karina Habsu tween the United States and Japanis 30 year old, sketchy and essentially says both side trol of players McGwire and Canseco combined for 416 homers for the Athletics in 1986-92. They were dubbed the Bash Brothers, as a yster in the weight roomof the s spring training clubhouseat runs Buddy ier and Tony as say the bank ll produce cr BYU-Hawai Commun The committee will also present baseball executive council with a proposal to avoid fu ture conflicts. The existing agreement be ASSOCIATED PRESS I'm Mark and MeGwireexplained. Becker onthesidelines of the Eu ropean with a ruling probablythis week PHOENIX — Forget the Bash Brothers. Mark THE ASS( j Forget about that spring ing meeting between Robe now under construction and due to open in two months The Fort gaining only a doubles point default the best pitcher in Japan Forget the Bash Brothers 2" Two Indy-ear driver ing rights for stadi new stadiumat the National Tennis Center for the late Arthur UtahState’s women’s U.S. clubs are Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Hideki Irabu, 27 The Yankees and Padres are fighting for hi: services and the snafu has become nasty. The commissioner's office will resolve the conflic’ OTEBOOK McGwire Is Hoping Fans == Hirschbeck mar and John Hirschbeck. more’s all-star second b will miss most of t season because o: f iting cerned about the urns at Texas Motor Speedway In a departure fromthe trend sellin; their farm team systems. said Joe Garagiola Jr., viee president and general manager of the ‘Clubsare less willing to wait years for a player to devel place where AUTO RACING Worth Star-Telegram TENNIS 9:00 he reason hom Bruce Summer- list with | an widearray of developme hays is No. 11 the Se ior PGA our money 7:00 thinning: expansion to 30 United GOLF Heber ( t 6:00 Eleven Japanese pitck 30 Byron division. t an pearanceis a testimo: cy and the shortageof pitc a half to BOXING Former heavy yweight champion Jame: will con- 4:00 minor league camps this spr After four se: seeding 3:00 ipervisi place anasteri Carolina S loss which dr to No. 4 in The poll and could put Duke in re pional | 2:00 of major league ballelubs ankle. unt whe ner 1:00 | | schedule for pitchers and catchers: Alomar Will Miss Seeing the local economy. Tuesday's an- nouncement Northwest Nazarene College would continue for the 64-teamfi RUNNING Two. years pitcher set m ment for Idaho's Treasure Valley fans and millions of dollars for meat will mean a lot of entertain- SOCCER March 1. A noon Team dinnes (sometimes) meeti Morearills | a with his spiraling wind forkball-fastball combina ers are increasingly loc Japan's reserve system requires There's no reason for him to Lunch | Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres’ 5 tourna- NAIA Di Nighttraining at the hotel, including practice swings, ning is more like basic training 11:00 nese pitchers who have ex and released former Jazz and We ber State guard Ruben Nemb- spring tra BY ROD BEATON and JOHN DeBELLIS Major league clubs are att Portlandactivated center Arvydas Sabonis fromtheinjuredlist hard ese more. BASKETBALL have confidence in me tions, call 263-8166 inter- viewed individually by an NCAA enforcement official apparently “If I wasin his situation, I may not want to speak to anyone in an hority position,” Vermeil said tah Soccer Hall been Boot camp or Club Med? A ty pical day for the Chiba Lotte Marines, who train at Peoria, Ariz.: To U.S. ‘Show’ FOOTBALL Louis The L Soccer Association will induct Hermann Neumann Willar a Arthur Zander. Japan’s Hurlers Making Move third-seededIva Majoli of Croatia beat Yayuk Basuki of Indonesia. Former BYU offensive guard Tim Hanshawof the San Francisco 49ers was allocated to London of the World League Ina February 20, 1997 City Hopett bring this pr in the to a conch next few m Ribbon Cutting 10:00 a.m. Commissioner Gary Wednesday's cut was groups representing nine Those eliminated were two groups in Houston, in addition to Hampton Roads, Va., and Hamil ton, Ontario, the lone Canadiar en “When Will I Ever Get Ahead?”’ Homeowners Plus ® Reduces your payments © Gets you out of debt early ® Credit Problems OK Great e Sales - 1 tati ee ane oe ® No Obligation Call Today 1-800-610-1010 aah Your Debts Now! 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