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SPORT The Salt LakeTribune THREE FANSKILLED IN NORTH CAROLINA Three spectators were killed and up to a dozen injured when struck by debris thatflewinto the standsafter a three-car crash at the Indy Racing League event Saturdayin Concord, N.C./B-11 M BASEBALL B-2,4,13,44 MINBA BASKETBALL B-5,7,40 BE NHL PLAYOFFS B-6 MLS SOCCER B-8 MAY2, 1999 Spurs Stop Blazersin OT — Look OutJazz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PLAYOFF CHASE Today, he gets to showKarl Malone andthe real MVP award Duncan showedoff his offensive repertoire with a left-handed push shot, a corner jumper "°? “stemconreaice Pct GB xy-Uich % 12 350 WeFomiand 34 13.723 tts <fa,Aulonlo, 3818723 Nh and a righty hook shot in overtime as the San Antonio Spurs beat Portland 98-90 and tied _x-Houston Phoenix 28 26 19 22 5% 542 7% 10 12) todayto have any chance of earning homecourt advantage throughout the postseason, _sgattie 23 24 489 12% SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan was the most valuable playerof overtime Saturday rest of the nation whether he’s worthy of the the Trail Blazers in the standings. The Spurs(34-13) needto beat the Jazz(36- and Duncan will have a chance to showa na- tional television audience why he has been gaining scattered MVP support. “That's not what I'm playing for right now,” Duncan said. “We've got a great chanceto do Minnesota Scrmamento, 25 23 52144 2423514 14% w-clincheddivisiontitle x-clinched playoff berth, y-division leader UTAH (2) — HOME(4): Tuesday,Clippers. AWAY(4): Today, at SanAntonio. PORTLAND (3} — HOME(4): Tuesday, See SPURS, Page B-7 Jazz Escape Rugged April Still in First Place B-5 San Antonio, AWAY (2): Fey, at Denver, Wednesday,at LA. Lake! SAN ANTONIO(3) — HOME tt) Today Utah, AWAY(2): Tuesday, at Portland; Wednesday, at Golden State. Despite Return, Buzz Still Going South LT LAKE TRIBUNE, W@ Saturday: Tucson 6 Salt Lake 4 WHighlight: Tuc- A month into the season is way too soonto panic. But Salt Lake Buzz manager Phil Roofis running out of patience after his team lost 6-4 to the Tucson Sidewinders on Mee ee9th Os CoveyanField. ia son's Derte Powell time in 10 games. Record: x ‘Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune Alta’s Bennett Norton, left, hits the finishline first in the boys 400, while Murray's Tracy Hamblin winsthegirls 400 meters on Saturday afternoonat the BYU Invitational in Provo. For more details on the big meet, see page B-12. aka’ < ; y oe Salt Lake's 10th loss in 12 games, dropping the team lo 9- aT Tucson (Femando Heman- dez, 0-2, 8.44) at Salt Lake (Mark feos 8, Tales of the Tape Saturdaynightin frontof a season-high8,420 fansat Franklin “It takes 25 to 30 gamesfor a teamtoget settled in and get comfortable with each other,” said Roof. “We should bestart- ing to stabilize here. “If we execute, we win the ballgame. We didn’t execute duringthe roadtrip and we picked up whereweleftoff. The Buzz openeda four-game homestand, reeling from a 17 trip through Nashville and Memphis. A coupleof missed opportunities ruined Salt Lake’s home- @ Detroit Pitcher \s Caught With See BUZZ, Page B-4 Claimer to Champion: Long Shot Charismatic Runs to Derby Win BY ANDREWBEYER THE WASHINGTON POST LOUISVILLE, Ky. — horse named Charismatic Saturday mocked the owners who spendmillions of dollars in the quest for a Kentucky Derby winner. Less than three months after runningin a claiming race — where anyone could have purchased him for $62,500 — the long shot scored a shocking upset in America’s great race. After the 31-to-1 colt gave Wayne Lukas his fourth Derbyvictory, the trainer admitted, ‘In my career, I have never misjudged a horse as badly as this one." Realizing how easily and cheaply hecould havelost an eventual Derby winner, he told owner Bob Lewis, “Whew, Bob, did wejust escape one!” If they were lucky notto lose the horse in February, so, too, were the trainer and owner blessed by good luck in the runningof the 125th Derby. In a trouble-filled 19-horse field, Charismatic's jockey Chris Antley managedto avoid the travails that compromised the chances of manyof ‘ivals, and he held on desperately to avoid Menifee’s powerful late charge by a neck. Cat Thief, Lukas’ other entrant, finished third. The result spoiled trainer Bob Baffert’'s bid to makehistory by winning the Derbyfor a third con- secutive year. The Californian saddled three power- ful contenders — Prime Timber, Excellent Meeting and General Challenge — but none of them reached serious contention, and theyfinished fourth, fifth and 11th, respectively. The outcome of the 125th Derby was shaped as the oversized field charged into the first turn. Usu- See DERBY, Page B-12 More the Merrier for Businessman Who Keeps Golf Score by Acquiring Courses BY KURT KRAGTHORPE THE SALTLAKE TRIBUNE To understand Michael Lohner, follow him into the bathroom. That's where he madehimself into Provo High's best golfer as a sophomore, by spending the winter practicing his shoulder turn with a picture of Jack Nicklaus taped on the mir- ror. These days, Lohner is known for going into a restroom and wiping off the “a different golf experience than people in Utah are governments like to build and run their own courses. So Lohner's business homecoming brings some questions: Is this a market for the “corporate” golfer? Is Stonebridge just another, higher-priced version of Salt Lake City's Wingpointe Golf Course? Will golfers detect any difference in the operation of Stonebridge, compared with other courses? Wingpointe charges $20 for walking players, even on weekends. If Utah golfers are alarmed by Stonebridge's rates, check Lohner’s response when he's showna price list ($28 to $49) for his course: too low. “I've been away from Utah for too long,” he counterat oneofthe 43 says, smiling. “People are spoiled, But when people experience what wehave to offer, | think they'll pay extra for that experience, | really do.” golf courses that his Ir- ving, Texas-based com- If Stonebridge turns out like any other Lohner pany owns, leases or manages. The point: Not even the president [———————————_ _ Careers and part-time jobs of the country’s third. in 7 largest course management firm, with nearly 2,000 employees, is exempt from serving customers. sician Richard Lohner. Sure, a lot of guys play No. 1 on the high school golf team for three years, start urday in West Valley City, with Lohner promising See BUSINESSMAN,Page B-9 Stonebridge Golf Club at Lake Park opened Sat- project, they will. His only documented failure in 36 years is not daring to retrieve his father's Hogan clubs from the Provo River one day whenRiverside Country Club's 17th hole gotthebest of kindly phy: OaSCORE.‘LIN NBA San Antonio 98. Portland 90 (OT) Milwaukee 88, Boston 79 Philadelphia 103, Toronto 96 Chicago 101, Miami 86 New jJersey 102, Washington 91 Leah HogstenThe Salt Lake Tribune BYU defenders Mac Wilson,left, and Steve Hinds got up high to block a spike from USC's BrookBillings in volleyball action Saturday at Smith Fieldhouse. BYU wonin four games. used to." Private management of a public golf facility is generally foreign to Utah, where city and county | Cougs Top USCin Volleyball Marathon BY JOE BAIRD THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PROVO — The BYU men's volleyball team threw itself a party at Smith Fieldhouse Sat urday night. And the Cougars figurethey have one more bash to come. It took 2% hours, but BYU fi. nally subdued Southern Cal in four games (14-16, 15-9, 15-8, 15-11) to win the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship, grab the MPSF's aulo- matic berth for this week's NCAAFinal Four in Los Ange: les and set the festivities in mo- By theendof the match, Pro vo's newest favorite sons and the record Fieldhouse crowd of 5,558 were swaying to the music. The Cougars accepted the conference championship tro phy, their first since the program began competing at the NCAA levelin 1990, “It's a dream come true,” said BYUmiddle blocker Ryan Millar. “We talked all year sbout this being our dream season. It's a dream to finish it off this way. Now, hopefully, we can pocket two more victories and come back with a [national] title The Cougars, ranked No, 1 most of the season, will go into the Final Four at UCLA's Pau- ley Pavilion as the top seed, meeting fourth-seeded Penn State in Thursday's semifinals, Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne will play the at-large invitee, probably No. 2 Long Beach State, in the other semifinal. Oddly, the Cougars did not have to win Saturdayto get to the Final Four or even to ensure themselves of the No. American League Boston 7, Oakland 2 Chicago 8, Anaheim 5 PCL Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 3 New York 8, Kansas City 4 National League Pittsburgh 9, Colorado 3 Minnesota 7, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 5, Texas 3 Toronto 9, Seattle 3 New York 9, San Francisco 4 Chicago2, San Diego 1 Arizona Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 16, Montreal 5 Los Angeles 12, Philadelphia 6 1 seed. BYUhas been so overpowering See BYU, Page B-7 A quicklookat keyfinal results in the world of sports Dallas 105, Golden State 94 Minnesota 103, L.A. Clippers 93 Phoenix 107, Vancouver 77 Tucson 6, Salt Lake 4 tion. Houston6, Florida 4 Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 1 NHLPlayoffs Colorado6, San Jose 2 ‘ |