Show - t C2 SPORTS Thursday October 1 The Salt Lake Tribune Florida Mississippi St Limp Into Ada THE ASSOCIATED 1 110 I - sr"""—ruw'1 Bay "It felt pretty good Things went really well I took quite a bit of the snaps and threw the ball really well" said George who had a streak of 25 consecutive starts end as he missed the season's first three games "Ifs still a little sore especially when I take a snap" he said of the thumb on his passing hand "The doctors are saying it's OK that I do everything situIt's now a ation and see if it swells up" wait-and-se- e ti Players Activated: The Denver Broncos activated wide receiver Vance Johnson off the injured reserve list on Wednesday and rookie cornerback Frank inson Rob- LI NFL Honors: Quarterbacks Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills and Rich Gannon of the Minnesota Vikings who led their teams to lopsided victories were named the NFL's offensive players of the week on Wednesday The league also named defensive tackle Santana Dotson of the Tampa Bay Bucs and linebacker Bryan Cox of the Miami Dolphins as the defensive players of the week M Calling Plays: The struggling Los Angeles Raiders are in an eflos- changing fort to end an ing streak Raiders coach Art Shell said Wednesday that assistant coach Tom Walsh will begin calling the plays Sunday when the Raiders meet the New York Giants at the Los Angeles Coliseum IS Players Report: Defensive end Robert Harris the Minnesota Vikings' top draft choice play-calle- rs eight-gam- e (0-- 4 Phoenix Cardinals have released linebacker Jesse Small a Plan B acquisition from the Los Philadelphia Eagles Angeles Rams tight end Damone Johnson a starter since 1987 could miss the rest of the season with a partial rotator cuff tear in his left shoulder Et NFL Trial: Jonathon Walker a defense witness in a $10 million lawsuit against the National Football League said Wednesday that players seeking the damages were paid more than their real market value The 235 players in the class action lawsuit were paid MON a week during the 1989 season as members of developmental squads or practice teams They filed the suit after US District Court Judge Lamberth last March ruled the 28 NFL teams violated antitrust laws by fixing the practice team wage Royce USC Player: Wounded Southern Cal football player Jon McGee was released from a hospital Wednesday two days after a stray gang bullet struck his arm McGee a freshman inside linebacker from Tucson was struck in the left elbow by a bullet fired a quarteraway Monday by a bicycling gunman shooting at a car police said No one was ar- -mile rested Rohbock Scores Again Iii Mountain View Win 5-- Several Southern Methodist starters were suspended because they improperly sold books purchased with bookcards will miss Saturday's game against Baylor and three of them also will miss the Rice game according to a pub- lished report Wednesday Those suspended from Saturday's game at Waco include cornerbacks Marcel lo Simmons and Marcus Malonson strong safety Richie Butler defensive end Chad Patton and defensive tackle Byron Bonds sources told the Fort Worth Star-Telegra- 7-- 8-- 4 7 and the agent for Detlef Schrempf will meet this week end to discuss the contract deNBA mands of the Sixth Man Award winner Schrempf signed a $126 million contract in 1989 which gives him the salary on the team He has demanded that Walsh renegotiate the contract or trade him e disqualified runner Natalya Artyomova for middle-distanc- life for testing positive for a banned substance and for trying to deceive the testers Federation chairman Valentin Balakhichev said Wednesday that the federation's ruling body had reviewed an earlier decision to disqualify Artyomova for four years He did not explain why the initial decision was changed the ITAR-Tas- s news agency said After Artyomova's doping test at a Grand Prix meet in Oslo Norway July 4 was positive she allegedly tried to replace the positive blood sample and deceive doctors As a result she was disqualified for four years The news service said Artyomova 29 a Soviet champion in the mile and the 1991 Grand Prix winner in the event is the first Russian athlete to be disqualified for life for doping 13 Tennis: Top-seede- d Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia breezed past Russia's Andrei in the first Cherkasov round of the $775000 Swiss 6-- 2 6-- 2 Indoors tennis tournament Wednesday at Basel Switzerland Top seeds Steffi Graf and Conchita Martinez advanced to the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix women's tournament Wednesday while Zina 1 x- 'k e ! : l 1 0 2-- e v i : 4-- o 17: -- :- - 1 - I- A t t 1 7 fourth-highe- exact sales figures Garrison moved into the second round at Leipzig GermaMonica Seles who won the Australian French and US Opens this year have qualified for the Virginia Slims Championships along with Wimbledon winner Will Graf and Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Capriati Rough Riding: Jockey Julio Pezua was suspended by stewards at Belmont Park for 10 days on Wednesday for careless riding a Ci ESPN Debut: Highlights of West Jordan's upset win over the No Timpview Thunderbirds on Aug 28 will be shown nationally on ESPN's Scholastic Sports America program The program will air Monday at 3 pm (MDT) during a segment entitled "Fantastic Finishes" Campgrounds: Uinta National Forest officials have announced all campgrounds will be open through the deer hunt weather permitting The only scheduled closing is Oct 5 for the Wolf Creek Campground Call for specific information come-from-behi- 37-3- 6 a 342-510- 0 a Hockey: Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Tommy Soderstrom underwent a minor operation Wednesday to correct a rhythm abnormality in his heart I ' rr - '' '117'N'sa N m 1 a j 1 - ' 1 : ' 7:- - t '' 4:4 -' Tf t k'A:-- - :1 7 '4 71 ' i o - --- --- - - - k 7- ( 'I ' ': ' -- ' ' f 1 - — 1 i I Il 'i 1 !'' "VAmmitti ' ' i i ' ''''' ' X'7'":--- ''''' 7 it ''o k 8 ' ' k ( -- '' ' 4 V'c 4 t k t f ' k "' — (--e--- ' 100 - ' ' ' t"' e : 't s -- - ria' '13P i at ' r :'"t Ji I ' a 4 - ks::i st - 'fll VIP 1 - i 'Now- 1 1 1 ' - 4 ''' ' t 4 ' I ' i - Ok I 0k 41 :s : r'--- As ''-- t 7-- 2 ( r A -- - - 1 9 (10-0- 2-- 8 2 2-- 4 TRUE CHAMPIONS kick Egattl be Salt Lake Inbunt During its annual Dinner for Champions Wednesday the Utah chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society handed out several awards Among the recipients were Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller left Silver Hope Award winner John Shuff center MS Champion of the Year and University of Utah gymnastics coach Greg Marsden Sports Person of the Year 8 Prep Football Games Bumped to Thursday Proud Colmnits to Play Basketball at Kansas By Jay Drew THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Alta High center Nick Proud is making his way from Down Under to one of the top teams in college basketball Proud a foreign exchange student from Sydney Australia verbally committed Tuesday to play college basketball at Kansas next fall "It's the tradition Kansas has and the recognition it gets as a basketball program" said Proud of his decision to attend the Big Eight school "Like they are going to be ranked No 1 in the preseason You can't beat that" Proud said he will sign on the first day of the early signing period Nov 11 or shortly thereafter "so I can sort of relax during the 215-poun- d 'prep season Its easier to play without all those coaches in the stands" As a junior Proud averaged nearly 15 points eight rebounds and three blocks a game He steadily improved as the season went on and was a major force in r Class helping Alta to its state basketball championship Proud visited Lawrence last weekend in conjunction with the a Thursday night football game and evidently liked what he saw Tuesday he notified Kansas coach Roy Williams of his decision and cancelled scheduled visits to BYU Oregon and Fresno State For Alta it will be the second school straight year the Sandy first-eve- 4-- Kansas-Californi- 4-- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 6 after being stopped in the sixth round by Pat Lawler in his previous match on March 18 1991 Duran had aggravated a left shoulder injury in that fight but the fans thought he had quit after six rounds Big len also was pleased about going the distance "It was difficult to fight a legend I didn't want to get embarrassed I didn't want to get knocked out It's something I won't forget" For his return Duran obviously kept his diet in check There was no roll about his middle as there had been in some previous fights and his official weight was 16612 pounds Duran knocked the Big len 16012 down in the first round with a right hand that caught the journeyman electrician going backwards and off balance Obviously the punch was solid enough to cause an injury to the hand From the fourth round on Duran seemed content to jab while landing an occasional hook to the body and head Big len for his part offered little resistance spending most of the fight backing away and circling To avoid conflict with Friday's col- lege basketball power Last year Travis Knight signed with the University of Connecticut "I'm happy it's over" said Alta coach Ron Carling who played a significant role in the process since Proud's parents still reside in Australia "He's happy with the decision As a coach that's all you can hope for" While Kansas won the Proud battle Kansas and BYU are both reportedly still in the running for center from Scott Pollard a Kennewick Wash Proud was Kansas' second commitment The Jayhawks also received a commitment from forward BJ Williams of Wichita last week leaving Williams with two more scholarships to give 0 Aging Duran Feeds On Big len BUFFALO NY — He likes to eat and he likes to fight So it was a big Wednesday for Roberto Duran He enjoyed a leisurely lunch of spaghetti chicken potatoes and a small steak About nine hours later he fed a steady diet of left jabs to Tony Big len and won his first fight in 1812 months Duran also scored two knockdowns before a crowd of about 2500 in Memorial Auditorium a building that holds about 18000 "In the first round when I knocked him down I hurt my right hand" Duran said "If the right hand wasn't hurt I would have pressed him more" The fans obviously came to cheer the former holder of four world titles and they did for most of the fight There were boos in the late rounds when it became apparent that Duran wouldn't win by knockout But the Panamanian never seemed to really try for a KO in the second half of the fight Judges Andy IIeymann Donald Nodecker and Joe Ware each scored it 100-8for Duran Duran appeared pleased with the victory He said he was very hurt when he was roundly booed will send a postman to major 1 6-- 7 h State football game at Cougar Stadium Utah County's Region 4 high school teams will play their games tonight at 7:30 Perhaps the best of the three games will be played at American Cavemen will Fork where the host the Provo Bulldogs The Cavemen will be trying to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Timpview last week ThunderThe No birds will be at Orem to take on ) the disappointing Tigers who have lost three straight The other game will have Pleasat Mountain View ant Grove The Vikings are coming off ) their first win of the season while the Bruins are gearing up for their usual surge BYU-Uta- 4-- 3-- 1 3 32-1- 3 (2-3- (1-- (2-3- late-seaso- n Rice Taking Hits that Anger 49ers NEWS SERVICE KNIGHT-RIDDE- SAN JOSE Calif — Coach George Seifert said the San Francisco 49ers have plained to the NFL about what they believe are cheap shots leveled against Jerry Rice and the teams other receivers One example of the type of hits that have caused concern: In the first quarter of the game against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday safety Gene Atkins drew a personal-fou- l penalty for drilling Rice after he tried to catch a high pass from quarterback Steve Young Rice was com- slow to get up after the blow Rice who was knocked out of the Buffalo game Sept 13 after a clean hit caused a concussion went on to catch two passes for five yards Sunday in what he described as his "worst game ever" League officials could not be reached for comment on what action they might take on Seiferts complaint officials are trying to crack down on defensive backs who hit receivers after it's obvious the receiver no longer can catch the pass Seifert said MI Jackson Works Overtime to Prepare for Sunday FORT MYERS NEWS-PRES- S MIAMI — Keith Jackson took part in his first workout with the Miami Dolphins on Wednesday Coach Don Shula felt the free-ageacquisition had a solid prac- nt tice "He seemed like he picked things up pretty well" Shula said "There's just so much to learn But I thought he handled himself pretty well Conditioning-wis- e well have to get a handle on that" Jackson will spend the rest of the week arriving early and leaving late with plenty of meetings and conditioning in between — in an attempt to be ready for Sunday's game against Buffalo That decision will be made later in the week Meanwhile reaction among Miami players varied "When I saw him sign for that incredible sum my mouth started watering" said Louis Oliver who is in the midst of bitter negotiations with the team concerning a contract extension I k Z - 1 t (7NA :P : A - ! 1 0-- ( st IS Magic Tickets: The return of Magic Johnson to basketball led to a surge in Los Angeles Lakers ticket sales Wednesday Team spokesman Raymond Ridder said season tickets and individual game tickets were going at 10 times the pace of a normal day He didn't have ny I ! k two-tim- e 10-ye- - t : 1 2-- 9 3 11 ' A' i 0 8-- - t' - ii I 0 7-- 3 - ''— - 1 ' 4 ' : 'i 1' 6 9-- - '"' 8 0 4-- Et Cetera: Russian Runner Disqualified for Life The presidium of the Russian Athletics Federation has 2-- 0 1 4 1 - "T" 0 5-- have extended forward Derrick Mc Key's contract for an additional three seasons Sonics president Bob Whitsitt said Wednesday Mc Key's current contract extends through the 1993-9season and the new one will take him through the 1996-9season Whitsitt said No terms were disclosed Mc Key has avThe eraged 139 points in five season with the Sorties He averaged 14 9 points in 52 games last season Ell Contract Talks: Indiana Pacers president Donnie Walsh 0-- '1) ' ?" '''' e-- t N ' ti ' - ad ! - 0 5 - r" 0 3-- 1 — Where Shauna Rohbock's feet go goals follow Rohbock scored her 12th goal in three games to win over the lead the Mountain View Bruins to a American Fork Cavemen in a Region 4 girls soccer game Wednesday at Mountain View Rohbock had just one goal Wednesday but that's all right She had an amazing 11 goals in two games last week The win improved the Bruins' record to 7- 1 a game behind unbeaten Orem Lisa Anthony added two goals for the Bruins Timpview 5 Pleasant Grove 0: Their goalie injured 10 minutes into the contest the Timpview Thunderbirds still downed the Pleasant Grove 'Vin Region 4 girls soccer Wednesday Timpikings while PG dropped to view improved to Orem 7 Provo 0: The Orem Tigers remained unbeaten in Region 4 with a vvhalloping of the Provo Bulldogs Jill Martin had four goals for the Tigers while Megan Fitgarrald added two tallies Orem is Provo is 14 Highland 0: Eight different Brighton Brighton in the Bengals' 14-- Region 2 win scored players over the Highland Rams at Brighton Wednesday Erin Breen scored three goals for the Bengals while Kristen Gordon Leanne Johnson and Mary Beth in the Isaksen had two goals each Brighton is region and Highland is Alta 2 East 0: Jenn Morrill and Tanya Cameron supplied the offense and the entire Hawk squad pitched in on defense as Alta shut out the East Leopards Wednesday in Region 2 girls soccer Andi Russell was in the net for the Hawks Alta improves to in region play while East falls to Skyline 1 Cottonwood 0 (0I): Lindsay Hackett scored a goal in overtime to lift the Skyline Eagles to a win over the Cottonwood Colts in Region 2 soccer game Wednesday Camille Thomas had the shutout Skyline is Cottonwood is 4 1: Jeanine Williams scored River Bear Ogden two goals as the Ogden Tigers stomped the Bear River Bears Wednesday in Region 5 girls soccer in region play while Bear Ogden improves to River drops to Ben Lomond 5 Box Elder 0: The Ben Lomond Scots remained unbeaten in Region 5 with a 5- ) 0 whitewashing of the Box Elder Bees Wednesday in Brigham City The Bees fell to Logan 4 Mountain Crest 2: The Logan Grizzlies nipped the Mountain Crest Mustangs Wednesday in a Region 5 girls soccer contest The Grizz moved to with the triumph while the 'Stangs fell to 2-- IS Suspension: " 14 Mississippi State players have been injured and two running back Kevin Bouie and cornerback Mike James — are out for the season Quarterback Sleepy Robinson wide receiver Willie Harris and wingback Tony James have missed time to injuries and several others have missed entire games For the first time this season all should be healthy Thursday Florida is only marginally healthier 1 The Gators (1-- 1 in the SEC) and Bulldogs (2-- 1 0-Sugfighting to stay alive ar Bowl berth meet Thursday night No team has won the SEC with more than one conference loss The Bulldogs will play at Scott Field for the first time since November 1991 and the tray 4-- Running back Errict Rhett the team's leading rusher is doubtful with a sprained ankle but probably will start and starting fullback Kelvin Randolph is doubtful with a sprained ankle Nine Florida defensive players are out or questionable and at least one — tackle William Gaines — is out for the season Florida has won the last five games in the series by a combined 139-3score State's offense has scored only two touchdowns against the Gators in those five games But the Bulldogs won the last time the teams met at Starkville in 1986 "If we're going to have any shot at getting to the championship game this looks like a must win for us" Florida coach Steve Spurrier said Since then bra was placed on the disabled list Wednesday with an injured knee meaning hell be lost for at least four weeks The Basketball: Sonics Extend McKev's Contract The Seattle SuperSonics 28-10- 3 For George to Le ad Colts Sunday The waiting appeared over Wednesday for Jeff George as the Indianapolis quarterback had his most extensive practice in more than a month George who stretched a ligament in his right thumb in an exhibition game Aug 22 and coach Ted Marchibroda agreed after practice that it looked like he could start Sunday when the Colts visit Tampa ites Florida and Mississippi State each took a wrong turn on recent road trips and now are locked in an early season fight for survival in the Southeastern Conference No 13 Florida was beaten by Tennessee and No 24 Mississippi State committed eight turnovers and lost to Louisiana State 24- 31-1- 4 Football: It May Be Thumbs Up SEC Game Do-or-D- ie el has been costly this season: one loss and 14 injuries "We've played three games on the road and it seems like it's half a season" Bulldogs coach Jackie Sherrill said "We were a good team on Sept 5 when the Bulldogs beat Texas PRESS Miss — Preseason favor- STARKVILLE - 1992 ! 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