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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Friday, January 22, 1999 Baseball Union in No Mood for a Salary Cap : oS. : * COTOHHCC OOOH OCOEOECRODOOEe Hi TODAY: COLLEGES_ ByJoeBaird Union head Donald Fehr had a clear response Thursday for baseball owners who want an NBA-style salary cap: Forgetit. “Baseball players have _historically behaved in very differ- TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS Y. Wrestlers Time TV Manitoba at Utah Event 7pm. (FSR) KTKK-AM (630) GOLF MasterCard Championship PGA Bob HopeClassic Noon 2pm. (ESPN) IHL HOCKEY Face Tough WAC Opener ‘The BYU wrestling team Radio Et Ways thanbasketball Playthe Sports KFNZ-AM(1320) ihe ene Summit, an annual meeting o: THIS WEEK’S CAMPUS CALENDAR could be facing its most eru- TODAY Women’s Basketball: Northern Arizona at Weber State, 7 p.m. cial weekendof the season. Women’s Gymnastics: So. Utah, Sacramento St. at Utah State, 7 p.m. Swimming: Washington at Utah, 5 p.m. Men's Volleyball: Pacific at BYU The Cougars, wholost a close match to Cal Poly-SLO last week, will try to rebound Saturdayin its WACopener against Fi 0 State and Men’s Tennis: Montana State at BYU, 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY Men’s Basketball: Utah vs, San JoseState, 7:30 p.m.; Utah State at Ida- WesternState. The Cougs ho, 8 p.m. MST; Fresno State at BYU, 7 p.m.; WeberState at Northern Arizona, 8:30 p.m.; Southern Utah at Oral Roberts, 6 p.m. MST meet the Bulldogsat noon andWestern State at 4 p.m Women’s Basketball: BYU at FresnoState, 8 p.m. MST; Southern Utah ‘This is an important match against FresnoState, at Oral Roberts, 1 p.m. MST; CS Northridge at Weber State, 7 p.m. Women's Gymnastics: Utah at Minnesota, 6 p.m. MST Swimming: ColoradoState at BYU, 6 p.m. Wrestling: Fresno State at BYU, noon; Western State at BYU, 4 p.m. Women's Tennis: Wisconsin at BYU, noon. because it could come down to oneof us winning the WAC.” said BYU Coach Mark Shultz. “Last year’s match against them wasreal- WAC champion at 125 pounds. Hefinished fourth nationally last year and is Quotable here. Theysaid, ‘Man, you're messing Smart. Wrestling at 165 yourcareer up.’ " — IBF middleweight champion Berard Hopkins, on calls from promoters waminghim not to appear at hearings conducted by the National Association of Attomeys General Boxing Task Force in New York pounds, Smart has compiled a team-best 10-2 mark. Smart's onlylosses have come against the No. 1- ranked wrestler in the nation. Smart is ranked No. 2. o Wooden Weekend lion, four-year contract. The deal was completedless than 48 hours after John Henry became the team’s owner, succeeding H. Wayne Huizenga. Floyd, 26, hit for their weekendseries at Highland High will conduct a school assemblytoday to honorvolleyball player Logan Tom, whois expected to re- Ute h Arizona State. The problem? They didn’t have any. Not only that, most of the Utes had never even cerea national awart used wooden bats in a game before. was aninteresting situa- Tom, who signed with Stanford Uni- said Esmay Both teams were supposed SUMMARY] versity in November,led the Rams to use the new aluminum bats approved by the NCAA to an undefeated regular season this past fall. Highland finished for this season, bats that are supposed to perform more second to Mountain Crest in the Class 4-A state tournament after like woodenbats. But when ASU did not receive expected winning the previous two champi- liability documents from Louisville Slugger, one of the onships. Sheis a two-time MVP selection by The Salt Lake Tribune. Sun Devils opted for wood. Fortunately for the Utes they werein Tempe, Ariz., FOOTBALL Bristol Olomua, a 6-foot-5, 225- Oo newbat’s manufacturers, the becomethe ninth high schoolfoot- School in Mesa. His uncle, Robert Anae, played on BYU’s national championship team in 1984. Counting four junior-college players, tight ends in the nation after his ‘The Utes were swept by season-opening series, losing 17-4 Friday, 3-0 Saturday a 9-2 Sunday Utah is idle this weekend. Red Mountain High THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE time loss to Viewmont, but should be cleared to play next week, Cot- tonwood coach Blair Martineau QO TENNIS WeberState's men’s team lost 61 to Idaho State. Steve Peterson expelled from BYU for violating its Honor Codetwicein twoyears, betennis season The BYU men’s and wom en's teams kick off their home indoor seasons this weekend, with the men tak the ITA Western Region Championships last October in Las Vegas. They are ranked No. 13 in the latest ITA rankings. ) ‘ has enrolled at Northern Arizona University and will play football for the Lumberjacks next fa Peeeeesessesseeseeeessesesesesece e Ute doubles team earned the berth by winning The University of Utah team Theresa Kulikowski, the nation’s third-ranked all-arounder, posted a 4.0 GPA,and12 of 13 team members were above 3.00. The se! hool ill announcehis arrival today e Salt Lake Trib une confirmed _Jenkins joins linebacker Nate who transferred BY BRETT PRETTYMAN ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WEST VALLEY CITY — The Utah Grizzlies are even at the International Hockey League’s mid-sea- son point, but Coach Butch Goring is confident his in the first of two games this weekend tonight (7 tion of howthe team should finish the season. The Grizzlies went 9-5-1 in that stretch and, if he is right, the Grizzlies could play the remaining 41 games with about a 24-14-3 record. If the team does keep that pace, it would end 42-32-8 for 92 points. That is almost identical to the team's 43-33-6 performance in 1996-97, Last year, Utah finished 47-27-8 (102 points) and was the fourth seed in the Western Conferenceplayoffs. “I feel comfortable now,” said Goring. “Not like I was feeling whenI wassitting here deciding that we had to makeall these changesjust to make the playoffs.”” The Grizzlies have gone through seven goalies in the first half and have another waiting to play his first game, with Philippe DeRouville backing up Scott Langkow. Two majortrades have boosted scor- YorkIslanders, turning the struggling NHL team over to assistant Bill Stewart. Milbury said he would remain as general managerof the team, which is mired in an 11-gamewinlessstreak. Utah vs. Manitoba Atthe E Center, West ValleyCity : Face 7 p.m. FSR tana. Kansas City Blades. Utah's home success rate is now 12.9 percent, it had been aslow os 8 percent. The teams piay again Soturday. Utah's Next Five: Saturday vs. Manitoba; Tuesday at Cincinnati; Wednesday at Houston; Jan. 29 vs. Long Beach; Jan, 30 vs. Fort Wayne. ‘About the Moose: Manitoba is 11-63 on the road and 5-3 in the last 40 and haslost twoin a row. les ‘Chistian Bronsard and Richard Shulmistro are ie 7th and 41th best goaliesin the league,respectively. Bill Bowler leads the Moose with 42 goals and 32 assists. games against them,” said Goring. “It is just my feeling that goaltending was the difference. If we can the road and eight duringa singletrip. Goring knows the stretch will be difficult, but says the Grizz have fifth playoff seed. Even the Moose, 11 points ahead enough depth to sustain the team’s three-game winning streak. ‘If we can come out of this segment of the season though, beating the Grizzliesfive of six times. “They have really had our number, but we played good with our heads above the water in mid-February then we will be thrilled,” he said Cheever, last year's Indianapolis the Jacks play leaguerival Mon. ey League. At 13.7 percentit is 14th out of 15 teams. The man- advantagetook a huge leap at homeas the Grizzlies scored during five of 42 power-play opportunitiesin two games with the cannot pass the Kansas City Blades (one point ahead) Cheever to Race IROC Jenkins will make a return to Utah next fall when the Lumber: jacks play at Weber State in Og den, and healso will meet former BYU teammateDrew Miller when @ Last Meeting: Manitoba 3, of the Grizzlies, seem reachable. Manitoba has dominated the series with Utah, been inaccurate and malicious. year. & Records: Utah 18-18-5; Manitoba 23-13-6 @ Series: Manitobaleads, 5-1 winthatbattle, and I think we can, we will come out on the winningside.” The second half won't be easy. The Grizzlies will play 14 games in the next 24 days, including 10 on overall and 3-5 in the Big Sky Conference last season in Coach JeromeSouers’ first : Radio: KTKK-AM(630), KFNZ-AM(1320) ing and power-play success. If Goring can keep the team healthy and together, there is no reason Utah and Milwaukee Admirals (two ahead) to reach the The Lumberjacks finished 6-5 Running back Ronney Jenkins, snow onthe ground. It must Utah's Ben Coates and Phil Briggs and Michael Moorer, hesaid. That, of course, is contingent on Tyson notgoingto jail next month when About the Grizzlies: Utah is 12-6-2 at home and 5-4-4 in the past 10 games and has won three in a row. . . Tha Utah power Play slowly is climbing from the bottom ofthe Intemational Hock. counts of Jenkins’ odyssey had BY MICHAEL C, LEWIS Cougs Debut at Home There are two inches of Rodrigue have qualified for Rolex National Indoor Tennis Championships Feb. 4-7 in son include Axel Schulz, Lou Savarese, Shannon Utah 1 (Jan. 10) Ex-Coug Jenkins to Play Football At Northern Arizonain the Fall them. Utes Farn Rolex Berth Grand hotelin Las Vegas. Possible opponents for Ty- o HOCKEY Mike Milbury stepped down as coach of the New lot of changes and they were good changes. We have done things to make this a better hockey club.” Goring suggests the past 15 gamesare an indica- career at touchdown catches, Olomuachose aroundpicking bats up, but by gametime, we had 48 of are led by returnees Brooke Leavens, Jodi Richardson and Kim Kelly Tyson's next fight, which will be held at the MGM his leg during the playoffs. Nickersonwill play instead with this team than I was on Oct. 1. We have made a the whole day running he will play for them next season. they helpedus out. Wespent ranked 18th in the nation, One huge right hand was enough to make Mike Ty- p.m.) at the E Center. “I’m a lot more comfortable earned a cumulative grade-point average of of 3.57 for the fall semester, according to the school. stage. ‘They are ranked 36th nationally The Cougar women BOXING son millions of more dollars, this time in a second comebackfight on April 24. “That's a lock,” Showtime executive producer Jay Larkin said of the date for High’s highly recruited 6-foot-10 BYU ahead of a handful of Pac-10 Conference schools — including Washington, Arizona and California. Heis rated by one recruiting service as one of the top 25 prep Damien Ward taking center by CoachBill Parcells. The NFC’s need playerwill be junior center, was involved in an automobile accident Saturday night and suffered a concussion. He sat out Tuesday's 64-57 over- oO BASKETBALL Derek Dawes, Cottonwood whereelse, we would have beenin trouble,” said Esmay. But my assistant coaches andI called all of our professional baseball friends, and tandem of Manuel Calvo and defensive end,inside linebackeror outsidelinebacker, ments from 13 players. won for WSU at No. 6 singles. with BYU's No. 1 doubles will miss the gamebecauseof an ankle injury. Kenne- oy will play instead of defensive tackle Tim Bowens of Miami, who has an arm injury. Boulware was madethe AF (C’s need player, selected from first alternates at 18-18-5 squad will play better in the second half and secure a playoff berth for a fifth straight season. “Considering a couple of weeks ago we werefive games under. 500, we aren't doing so bad,” said Goring as his team preparedto face the Manitoba Moose BYUhasreceived verbal commit- GYMNASTICS three doubles and six single matches against the Bobeats back Charles Woodson of Oakland anddefensive tack- of Minnesota linebacker Ed McDaniel, whohas a knee injury. ball playerto tell the BYU Cougars greater Phoenix area. If it had happened any- today troduced as the team’s director of player personnel. @ Linebacker Peter Boulware of Baltimore, cornerle Cortez Kennedy of Seattle were added to the AFC team for the Pro Bowl. Running back Emmitt Smith of Dallas and linebacker Hardy Nickerson of Tampa Bay were added as replacementsto the NFC squad. Woodson replaces Aaron Glenn of the New York Jets, who RINGING THEM UP — How Joe Louis eamed his wins.” i First-round KO — 10 times Second-round KO — times Third-round KO — times roarround KO — 6 times Fifth-40th-round KO — 46 times Ath-15th-round KO — 4 times Decision — 13 times Disqualification — 4 time “-His career record was63-3 ‘Theall-time Arizonaprep leaderin leagueteams arebased in the ing on MontanaS| offensive coordinatorfor the Jacksonville Jaguars the past two seasonsanda longshotforthe Cleveland job) just a week ago, washired as the Browns’coach.Palmer, 49,is the ninth full-time coach of the Browns. ® In the latest installment of the San Francisco 49ers’ front-office makeover, Terry Donahuewas in- added by Coach Dennis Green. Smith replaces San Francisco running back Garrison Hearst, who broke said Wednesday. poundtight end from Arizona, has spring homeof the Anaheim Angels, Another seven major (5:30 p.m.) and the wome ing Wisconsin Saturday (noon) The Cougar men will play Paui Brown.Cleveland makesits return to the league led by a man with those sametraits. Chris Palmer, and a team-record 45 doubles. Healso stole 27 bases. Tim i eeboceccrsocncce Oo Logan Tom at Assembly Today required to use woodenbats ASU inthe Spares meeting last week in Carlsbad,Calif., several baseball owners said they would seek massive change during the next round oflabortalks in their sport, which probably will be after the 2001 season. Manywant a salary cap or maximum, sayingit is the only way small-market teams can survive against big spenderssuch as the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles. oO FOOTBALL ‘The Browns were first brought into the NFL nearly Highland to HonorVolleyball Star Goring Is Confident That Grizz Can Make Playoffs University of Utah baseball coach Tim Esmay was stunnedlast Friday when he learned the Utes would be tion,” 50 years ago by a quiet, cerebral, tough coach named 282 andled the Marlins with 22 home runs, 90 RBIs peleles o/Nielo ee cieisiee “| got 40 calls in the last two days whenit was found out | was coming ranked secondthis season. Leading the Cougars is Pleasant Grovenative Rangi time a union for a major U.S. league agreed to an individual salary limit. They also eliminated exceptions to teams’salary caps. Asked if there was any way baseball players wouid agree to similar provisions, Fehr responded: “We peat {seen anything so far that suggests we're going The new owner of the Florida Marlins gave left fielder Cliff Floyd a big raise. Floyd, who was sched- = The UnitedStates will play Guatemala at Los Angeles on March 11 in the opener of the U.S. Cup ’99 tournament. Bolivia will play Mexico in the second half of the doubleheader. a uled for arbitration next month, agreed to a $19 mil- TheBulldogs will be led by Stephan Aba, the defending SOCCER sports marketing and advertis- WUrd ing executives. In the NBA labor deal earlier this month, players agreed to a salary of $14 million,the first BASEBALL ly close.” sentenced on a no contest plea stemming from his assault on two menfollowinga traffic accident in Maryland. z TINTON FALLS, N.J, — Eddie 500 winner, was among the four drivers added to the International Raceof Championsfield ‘Thursday NASCAR's Rusty Wallace and Dale Jarrett and CART’s AlTier Jr. werealso added. ‘The series will ee Feb. 12 at Daytona Beach, F to last year after being ex- Nelled from BYU forviolating the code The 5-foot-11, 170-pound Jen- A UTAH TRADITION FoR 20 Years! kins will beableto play next fall, Pare level lower than the Cougars — Flavors because the Lumberjacks play in the NCAA's Division I-AA — a and rules do not require players who transfer to a lower division to sit out a year. Jenkins was expelledon Christ mas Eve, a week before the Cou- of Jenkins — which sakeof his col “dismissing” areer, Instead would have been a punitive mea sure requiring himto sit out next son, no matter where he trans: ferred the school allowed Jen kins to “withdraw.” He has two years of eligibility remaining. Jenkins could not be reached for comment Thursday; his uncle said last week that neither he nor Jenkins would speak to the media. Duke Hall said newspaper ac- DOWN/CAR RED, MONTHLY * eight speaker cassette stereo system. * air conditioning * heated side mirrors BYU to changethe technical de- departurefor the * ABS brakes * 15 inch wheels * central locking system * anti-theft alarm gars lost to Tulane in the Liberty Bowl However, he did convince scriptionof his Bethe first to see the completely redesigned 1999 Volkswagen Jetta GL — new shay pe -— new chassis — more standard features, including: FREE Windshield! 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