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Show ___TheSaltLake Tribune SPORTS Monday, June 12, 1995 ianOdds or o Not, Betting Winners Is Key By Steve Luhm THE student of the gamerecalled his EVANSTON, Wyo. — It is ev- ery handicappers’ goal to find horses that win at generous odds That's why Daily Racing BB TODAY: WAC FOOTBALL By Joe Baird ESPNThrows A Change-Up At the WAC The WACdid somecontortions recently to land additional football telecasts on ESPN. At first glance, it’s hard to see why. Conference schools derivedlittle financially from the 10-game package Brigham Young, Wyoming and Texas-El Paso | pad es jumble dates to a sports network. And most of ie contests will be seen on ESPN2, which reaches only 15 million homes,virtually none in Utah. But commissioner Karl Benson insists the dealwill pay dividends. “Our primary objective is to generate as muchregional and national exposure as we can as we try to sell the WAC,” hesays. “And what better vehicle than television? It’s not just the games on ESPN2: the Sports Center highlights, it's cut-ins to our games on ESPN. Our goal is to make the WAC a household name, and this is the perfect way to do that.” The WAC and ESPN signed a five-year football contract last June, and announced a four-year basketball agreement in May. This latest, one-year package came about when the network asked the conference to shuffle some games so it could televise the Nebraska-Oklahoma State game on Aug. 31. “It was an unusualsituation,” says Utah athletic director Chris Hill, a memberof the WAC’stelevision committee. ‘They needed that Nebraska-Oklahoma State date freed up, andthat affected a whole lot of other people.” Wyoming moved three games to accommodate ESPN; UTEP and BYU one apiece. The Cougars and Cowboyswill play Oct. 21 in Provo instead of Sept. 23. The three schools do get additional ESPN exposure from the switches. BYU's Sept. 2 openerat Air Forcewill be nationally televised, as will Wyoming's Sept. 9 game against AFA and UTEP’'s Nov. 25 date with the Cowboys. But given the meager payouts and schedule scrambling, wasit worth it? “We've got the newfootball deal and an exclusive basketball package with them,’ Benson notes. “ESPN is our television partner. They asked us for help, and we wanted to cooperate with them. ESPN and ESPN2 continue to grow. We want to grow with them.” o ADD TELEVISION One nameconspicuously absent from either of ESPN's 1995 football schedules is Utah, which finishedlast season 10-2 and ranked 10th in the Associated Press poll But that could change. The ae work is interested in the U Sept. 2 opener against Pac- 10 champ Oregon and the Sept. 9 game against Stanford for youth, much of which was spent at SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Forms are studied, race replays watched and information stored Sometimes, however. horseplayers must endure low-oddsopportunities and be content with cashing mutuel tickets no matter howmeagerthe payoff. Remember: The worst winning ticket is better than any losing ticket. With that in mind, it was time Sundayto bet two horsesat Wyoming Downsthat lookedvirtually unbeatable and graciously accept the fact that potential profits from the wager were not going to provide the down-payment on a retirement homein St. George. Heading into the Gary Waite Derby, Vals Lady Luck had won three in a rowby a combined mar- CASHINGIN The Salt Lake Tribune's Steve Luhm has been given an imaginary $1,000 bankroli for the 1995 meet at Wyoming Downs. His wagers — successful and otherwise — will be chronicled through- out the summer. Starting bankroll: $1,039.10 @ Sunday's winnings: $29.50 @ Current bankroll: $1068.60 gin of 734 lengths. The only way this improving horse could lose, it appeared, was to fall down coming out of the starting gate. Before the race, one serious Early season night games are usually big draws at Utah. How the Utes would fareat the gate on a 95-degree day is something to be considered BOWL UPDATE The WAC may lose onepostseason football game, but gain another sen’s delight, this isn't New York and Vals Lucky Ladydidn'tlose. Even though 1-5 odds are tough for any self-respecting handicapper to accept, the top-heavy fa- vorite prevailed. Vals Lucky Lady returned $7.40 across the board. In the 13th race — a 7¥2-furlong thoroughbred allowance — Trascible looked equally unbeatable. The good news? Iracsible romped homeby eight lengths and paid a relatively respectable $9.80 across the board, including an extremely generous $3.80 to win. WYOMING DOWNS RESULTS results fromSunday's racing at Wyoance, Three-year-oldsand ards Pure 300, | Scratched — Shahayla ELEVENTH RACE,Allowance, Three-year olds and up, 400 Yards, Purse $850, Arures Quick Angel $15.00 8.20 5.40 Boss For The Day 17.60 7.80 Streakin Memories $80 Time — 2038, Jockeys Knualsen, Nelson, Black Quinella 347.20 Trifecta (42 LFTH RACE,Gary Waite Malden Derby, ‘Three-year-olds, 330 Yards, Purse $25,000, Lady Luck $2.60 2.40 240 Jet On Hugo 4.60 340 | NINTH RACE, Conboy Chnle Paty Ts, 3.00 ‘Twoyearolds, 350 Yards, Purse $700, 580 340 | and placed 260) Th Black. Wahlen 40 SECOND RACE, Calming (4.000), Threesear: ‘olds and up,6 Purlongs, Purse $1,000. 60 Gray Regard $9.40 90 260 300 chr, Spencer | SIXTH RACE, CowboyCassie Derby Trial, | Three:earalls, 400 Vards, Purse $500 Miz Proudest Rocket $5.00 280 260 Imadashingdiamond 5.40 340, 1. Twoxyearolds, 330 3.00 $11.00 5.00360 6.60 3.60 380 | Exacta 1-2)— 6660 E, ywboy Cassie Derby Tri atsTher eras 0 YerdsPane$90 7a Bully 3280 220 260 — Mr Glen Go 10026) FOURTH RACE, Maiden Claiming (85,000, | Sweet Dyna Three-year-olds and up, 5Y Furlongs, Purse Notehea alyand SetDy oo ria | 85 Danger Ahead $1040 5.00 340, I"Saat Le Ua sd ond Aisqualified ‘THIRTEENTH RACE, Allowance, Three-yearolds and up, 7% Furlongs, Purse $4,100, Trifecta (3 60.80 Traseible $3.80 3.00 3.00 Triple (143) — $19.40 atdancer 3.80 3.00 3.60 ‘TENTH RACE,Cowboy Classic Futurity Trial, Quality Ps ‘Time — 1:50 4/5 ‘Two-year-old, 350 Yards, Purse $700, Sra4304a sks — Back Garton Spent Dat Royal Chargin Colors 3.20 4.00 Derks Cowboy Up 420 Tim e— 177.90 Jockey Larsen, M. Anderson, Giles nel a (28) — $17 Handle — $78,531 ‘Twin Trifecta (6-2-4) — $93.60 NBAIs Moving to Lock Out Its Players By David Moore DALLAS MORNING NEWS HOUSTON — The NBAowners will impose a lockout once The Finals are over if they are unable to reach a newcollective bargaining agreementwith their players, officials involved in the negotiations said Sunday. Sources around the league confirm that a formal directive has beenissued to every club, stating a lockout will go into effect the day after Houston and Orlando determine the championship. The directive states that while the league will conduct the draft June 28, all other business — summer training camps, trades, contract extensions and free-agent sign- ings — will halt. NBA commissioner David Stern, at The Summit for Game 3 of The Finals, did not deny that the league is headedforits first work stoppage. A lockout could come as early as Thursday because the Rockets have takena 30 lead in The Finals. “Our teams have been fully briefed on the optionsavailable to the Labor Relations Committee if no agreement is reached by the end of The Finals,” Stern said “Westill hope that such an agreementis obtainable and won't be commenting on the other options at this time.” Thetwosides brokeoff negotiations last month andhaveno formal meetings planned. Simon Gourdine, Players Association executive director, could not be reached for comment. But sources confirm he has beeninformed of the league’s stance. Players Association president Buck Williams of Portland also was unavailable for comment. The CBA between the league andits players expired at the end of last season. There were rumblings of a lockout in October, but the two sides averted a work stoppage by reaching a no-strike, nolockout agreement. This agreement assured the 1994-95 season would be played and placed a moratoriumon signingor restructuring player contracts. That moratorium expires the day after The Finals. Privately, officials around the league said there was concern that some clubs would rush to sign players to big contracts in an effort to bypass the new system. There are reports that Wash- Falta Video Systems June Special Oritachi ington has an eight-year, $65 million contract waiting for freeagent Chris Webber, andSeattle is prepared to give a five-year, $30 million extension to guard Gary Payton. Sources say the Charlotte Hornets are thought to be on the verge ofsigning center Alonzo Mourning to a multi-year extension that would average $10 million, “We can’t go back to the old system until there is something in place that works,” one official said. “We've got to take certain steps. “The bottom lineis that no basketball will be played until an agreementis reached,”’ At the start of these playoffs, Stern and others remained publicly optimistic about negotiations. But privately, league officials were worried. They say the players would not agree to a hard salary cap — something the owners want in place — and were asking for a larger shareofthe revenue than the owners. Oneofficial indicated the players’ latest proposal would increase the salary cap fromits current $15.9 million to the neighborhood of $22 million for next season. Training Seminar(8 hrs) covering frame, rolling towers, tube & clamp, and "system" scaffolding will be held at theSalt LakeAirport Hilton on Thursd Jay June 15,(Only Salt Lakedatethis year!) 27” HITACHI TV #27CX0 Coursefee of $195.00 includes a 300 pagetaining manua al. Additional manuals, videos, and "Train the Ee (Frontage Road of 1-15) Aral) of 4g Traine! r” also available for in-housetrainers. Call Al the Scaffold Training Lustitute, Houston, Tx, tor inform nation andregistration; 1-800-428-0162 Freedom Bowl may have stagedits final game when Utah rallied to beat Arizona 16-13 last December. The gamehas been an increasingly poor draw at Ana- HAIR REPLACEMENT DESIGNERS heim Stadium, and is seeking a corporate sponsor, Freedom Bowlofficials have until Thursdayto find one Bensonsays the WAC has been approachedabout investing in the game, and is considering the proposal. “The WAC needs the Freedom Bowl as the homefor one of its teams,’ says Benson, “We ma asked to enter into a partners with them, It's something we need to consider If the Freedomdoesn't make it the WAC may have other options. Theconferenceis reportedlytalk ing to the Independence Bowl about sending its No. 3 team to Shreveport, La t minute, adding to his goal in the first leg Wednesday at Turin. Fabrizio Ravanelli scored nine minutes into the second half. Juventus won the Italian Cup and the Italian League in the same season for the secondtime, a feat accomplished by no other team. Torino and Napoli each have done it once. a BROADCASTING Lindsey Nelson, the Hall of Fame sportscaster whose soothing voice and brazen sports jackets were fixtures for generations of baseball and college football fans, died Saturday night in,Atlanta. He was 76. Nelson died of complications from Parkinson's disease and pneumonia. Nelson had Parkinson's for 17 years and a history of heart disease. He had beenill since a fall in April: He was at Emory for three weeks to treat the Parkinson's and was in rehabilitation when he contracted pneumonia. Nelson, the voice of the Cotton Bowlfor 26 years, was a longtime Notre Dame football broadcaster and covered major league baseball for more than two decades, spending 17 years with the New York Mets. It was there he began assembling his outrageously loud wardrobe ofblinding colors and gaudyplaids. o BASEBALL Mickey Mantle did something he hadn’t been able to do in more than a week: He took a walk. Asa prescribed part of his recovery from liver transplant surgery last Thursday, the 63-year-old baseball Hall of Famergot out of bed and walked to a chair. Mantle’s first steps with his new liver came a day after he wastransferred out of intensive careto a private room at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. Goran Kiintmalm, medical director of the Baylor Transplantation Institute, said Sunday that Mantle’s mood is “quite cheerful. He really has a good attitude.” . Bob Hamelin, unable to find the stroke that made him the American League rookie of the year with the Kansas City Royals last season, was sent down to Triple-A Omaha. Hamelin washitting .175 with two home runs and nine RBIs when he was benched two weeks ago. Hamelin, a fan favorite for his heft and his 24 homeruns, batted .282 in the strike-shortened 1994 season and easily won rookie honors.. . . Minnesota Twinspitchers Scott Erickson and Pat Mahomes will be skipped in their next scheduled starts after arriving 35 minutes late for workouts before Sunday's game against Detroit. “I don't have manyrules,” Twins manager Tom Kelly said, ‘‘but oneis to be on time. If you have a personal problem, a flat tire or a family problem,that’s one thing. But just to be late is not acceptable.” Erickson and Mahomesboth said they overslept. ‘I knowit'll never happen again,” Mahomes said “Life goes on,” said Erickson, whosaid he was up late watching a movie. “It was an honest mistake andif you do whatyou're not supposedto do you haveto suffer the consequences.” Driving a Ferrari, the Frenchman averaged 106.747 mph and beat runner-up Rubens Barrichello of Brazil, in a Jordan-Peugeot, by 31.687 seconds. ... Robbie Buhl held off Greg Mooreby less than two car lengths to win the Detroit round of the Firestone Indy Lights series. The race, which was scheduled to cover 36 laps on the 2.1-mile, 14-turn road course on Belle Isle, was stoppedat the onehourtimelimit, after just 24 laps, followinga crashat the start that required more than 30 minutes for wall and fencerepair. Enrique Contreras of Mexico, a series rookie, crashed hardin the first turn at the start. His car climbed the concrete barrier, flipped and wound up hanging from the wall upside down. Contreras was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital for a precautionary CAT-Scan after complaining of head pain. QO SOCCER Austria and Finland, both seeking to make the European Championshipfinals for the first time, came from behind to register big victories in qualifying matches. Austria scored a major upset, beating Ireland 3-1 in Dublin, handingthe Irish a second consecutive setback andplacing in doubt their once seemingly secure place in next year’s finals in England. Finland defeated Greece 2-1 in Helsinkito take overfirst place in qualifying Group Eight, ahead of Russia and Scotland... . Juventus of Turin added its ninth Italian Cup to its Italian league title, beating Parma 2-0 to win the two- leg final by a 3-0 aggregate score. Sergio Porrini scored in the 28th ® Single Strand Derma Fuse* © Aurora® @ Hair Transplantation © Custom Replacement for Chemotherapy & Alopecia Patients LOADED WITH LUXURY FEATURES! * '95 Audi A6 rated No. 1 in crash test safety! * 172 hp V6 engine, 4-speed automatic * Air, power sunroof, window & locks Save Now! 29,999 1045.South State Street's Salt LakeCity * (801) $31-9900 AN AFFORDABLE SOLUTION FOR EVERY HAIR LOSS PROBLEM @ Connex” Treatments Thicken hair up to 60% Terry Labonte, who benefited when teammate Jeff Gordon improperly shifted gears on a restart with six laps remaining. drove to an unexpected victory Sunday in the UAW-GM 500 in Long Pond, Pa. 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Hill is studying the proposal “It’s something we want toget feedback from the fans on,” he says. big eastern tracks, where jockeys whodon’t win on cincheslike Vals LadyLuck needpolice protection from unhappybettors. ‘If a horse like this loses in NewYork,” hesaid, “they'd need a bodybag.” Much to jockey Larry Knud- MORNING BRIEFING © Utah's Complete Hair Replacement Center © 27 Years Experience © As Filmod for 20/20 © Cortified Award Winning Statf @ Financ ing Available Free Consultation and CitePaathe of Utah’s Most a Work Slate SOCCER | United States Soccer Federation OPEN CUP Round of 16 Game COLORADO FOXES Two-Time American Professio nal Soccer League Champion vs FLAMENGO (UTAH) 1995 Region IV Open Cup Wipn SINGLE STRAND DERMA FUSE’ . Vatch our 1/2 hour TV showevery Saturday at 1:00 AM and 11:30 AM on KJAZZ. . AS SEEN ON T.V. 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