Show Tirf ftiiri sons Ogden Obituaries Standard-Examine- r a best seller to 'maintain Human stories as good as horses' By JERE LONGMAN KnigMt Ricider Newspapers HOUSTON — Most people figured that Houston had already thrown its best shot at Boston Of course that was before Ralph Sampson doing his impersonation of Ralph Kramden tried to send Jerry Sichting to the moon Sampson's two punches got him thrown out of Game 5 of the National Basketball Association finals on Thursday But it also got the Rockets back in seemed stunned and the Celtics unravthe proper orbit fueling an impassioned eled victory The question now is whether Houston "Sampson getting kicked out was the can maintain its emotional trailing turning point" said Boston Coach KC series refrenzy when the Jones "They just stepped up to another turns to Boston on Sunday when the level and played fantastic in every way Celtics will be seeking to wrap up their There are no words to explain why we 16th championship went the other way It got so bad that in "I hope this will pump us up" Sampthe second half I didn't have to coach" son said "We needed something and Houston attacked Boston like some this should get us going I think this will fierce uncontrollable swarm Robert turn the whole thing around" off 17 assists and 13 of Quite possibly the fight will turn the Reid dished whole thing into a tawdry mess Boston them came in the first half which set an NBA record Jim Petersen Sampfinals Garden crowds can be rude and bellison's replacement hauled down 12 recose under the best of conditions Rebounds member it was a Celtics' fan who tossed a drink on Atlanta Coach Mike Fratcllo Akeem Olajuwon scored 32 points as Boston waltzed through the Eastern grabbed 14 rebounds and tied Bill WalConference semifinals ton's championship series record with On Sunday it probably will be sweltereight blocked shots Olajuwon also made ing at the Garden Feelings will be rungood on his promise that Boston could ning as high as the temperature The not win two of three games in Houston Celtics' fans are expecting a champion"Olajuwon took over" Jones said "He ship they will be excitable and easily agdid what he said he was going to do He itated Sampson will not be welcomed in "was like Muhammad Ali He made a that boiling cauldron statement and he backed it up I was "Sampson better wear his hard hat" quite impressed with that" Larry Bird said "There will be a lot ol Olajuwon's outburst also raised the contact in Boston Our crowd will be Rockets are a louder than theirs and they are mean question of whether the better team without Sampson Olajuwon and nasty just like here (in Houston)" seems more dominant when Sampson is "I'm sure they'll accept me with open out Petersen is a more assertive defenarms" Sampson joked referring to the sive player than Sampson and a solid fans "I think our fans are nicer Celtics than theirs In Boston my mother and The Celtics quickly discounted the thesister got cussed out just because they ory were wearing red" "I definitely do not think they are betThat the ter without Ralph" Kevin McHale said Sampson would lose his cool and swing at the "It does give Akeem more room to Sichting is almost unthinkable George White a work but they are not better" columnist for the Houston Chronicle "I think everyone's pretty angry at ourcalled it "stupid senseless and indefensselves" said Celtics' starting guard Dan- ible" ny Ainge "We played bad They outhustled us I guess when you're up Had Sampson landed solid punches there's a tendency to ease up It's he could have severely hurt Sichting situation" not a But forget the safety aspect From a main event was The did seem it not pragmatic standpoint Houston's third fight of the playoffs admirable for Sampson to risk HousOlajuwon was ejected from Game 6 ton's chances in a silly fight He is the against Denver in the Western ConferRockets' captain one of their team leadence semifinals He was also thrown out ers When he departed so did the 17 of Game 5 of the Western finals after a had he rebounds and averaged points scuffle with the Los Angeles Lakers in the first four games of the NBA Kurt Rambis Houston won all three of "Championship scries those brawlgames "I can't believe he picked a fight with After Thursday's game Sampson apolSichting" Bird said "My girlfriend ogized and promised not to throw any could beat him (Sichting) up" more punches But he will be a marked But instead of hurting the Rockets man Sunday "It will be tough for Ralph going into Sampson's ejection with 9 minutes and 40 seconds left in the second quarter Boston Garden" Bird said filled Houston with a swelling emotion It will be tougher still for Houston to that carried through the rest of the game win The Celtics are at home this lead The Rockets' season They don't plan on losing No 2 Boston swelled to II by halftime any time soon NEW YORK (AP) — Today's Stakes shapes up as a human interest story Of course the main players are the who will contest the finale of thoroughbred horse racing's Triple Crown Horse Racing V J r "v ' & - -- Serves fV t 7 f 'J it up There's Bill Shoemaker Ferdinand's jockey who has won five of the 10 in which he has ridden James McLaughlin who rode in the 1880's and Eddie Arcaro share the jockeys' record of six Belmont victories Walter Kelley There's who will be saddling his first Belmont starter in the lightly raced Johns Treasure "If it wasn't for a horse nobody would know I was alive" Kelley said He happens to be a highly regarded member of the training profession which he joined in 1931 He has been around the race track longer ' ' Brian StallcopSlandard Examiner Shauna Davis delivers a serve in the third set of her match in FrJunebuster Tennis Tournament at iday's action of the Coca-Col- a the Ogden Athletic Club Davis and her mixed doubles partner Da1 2 vid Lewis defeated Dick Lowe and Jacque Hansen 'Cats take steeplechase honors INDIANAPOLIS — Weber State's Mark Wayment and Paul Henderson came away with honors Friday night after finishing 10th and 1th respectively in the steeplechase finals of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Wayment was clocked in 8:4570 with Henderson two seconds behind his Wildcat teammate in 8:4770 The two were fifth and sixth among American contenders for the honor "I think the problem was that in order for them to qualify (for the fi NCAA Track beating UCLA sophomore Kevin Young by about three meters Harris had set the meet record of 4842 last year Meanwhile Texas Christian Universirelay team of Roscoc ty's Andrew Smith Lcroy Reid and broke the collegiate reScholars Greg cord racing to victory in 3846 seconds the fastest mark in the world this year TCU's time broke the collegiate mark of 3853 set by Houston in this meet in of a sec1982 and was ond below the previous best in the world this year by the Horned Frogs in Wednesday's trials Harris only a junior will have a shot fourth NCAA title at a next vear "I felt pood today as good as I've felt nals) they had to run a week ago Wednesday and they've run three races in a period of just nine days I think it caught up to them" said WSC head track coach Chick Hislop "They dropped off their pace halfway through the race" Hislop added "If they would have gotten the same times they did in the trials they would have placed fifth or sixth overall" Kenya's Julius Korir of Washington State the 1984 Olympic champion won the first half of his attempted See TRACK on 2B dash was a surprise year" said Harris the world's intermediate hurdler Heard clocked in 2034 beat a field "It's good to come in as the defending that included heralded freshman Roy champion because you know what it Martin of SMU Chidi Imoh of Missouri world junior record holder Lorenzo takes to win" added the Daniel of Mississippi Stale and Harvey Harris the world junior record holder "I got off to a good start then at the McSwain of North Carolina State I McSwain wound up third in 2053 seventh hurdle just charged home" Imoh was sixth in 2063 Martin sevYoung finished second in 4877 Reginald Davis of Florida A&M was third enth also in 2063 and Daniel eighth in in 4947 and 1983 NCAA champion 2064 The women's 200 also was a close finSven Nylander of Southern Methodist ish with Texas' Juliet Cuthbert of Jaand Sweden was fourth in 4966 maica defending her title in 2271 While Harris' triumph was expected the victory by sophomore Floyd Heard edging indoor champion Gwcn Torrence of Georcia of Texas A&M in the men's all Ten horses were entered including Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand who finished second to beat Derby favorite Snow Chief in the Prcakness Snow Chief is skipping the Belmont For the eighth straight year there won't be a Triple Crown winner and so much of the Belmont's attractiveness evolves around a trio of trainers and a jockey called The Shoe There's Woody Stephens the Hall of Famer who will saddle Danzig Connection in a bid for a fifth consecutive Belmont victory Only two other trainers have won as many as three straight "I think he'd have to improve off his last race to give him serious thought" said Stephens of the colt who won the Peter Pan race on May 25 at Belmont Park Then he added "But I have a feeling he could be tough" Charlie There's another Hall of Fame trainer who will try to win his first Belmont in only his second try His first Belmont starter was Porterhouse who finished ninth in 1954 Ferdinand was only Whittingham's third Derby starter and his first siricc 1960 He also was the third Prcakness starter for the California-basewhose seven Triple Crown starters equal the number of victories for Stephens who also has won two Derbys and a Prcakness Iowa atnlete wins hurdle title third year INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Iowa State's Danny Harris the 1984 Olympic silver medalist became the second athlete in the history of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to capture the intermediate hurdles men's tle three straight years Friday In matching the feat of former Brigham Young University star Ralph Mann who won three consecutive hurHarris was dles titles from 4833 seconds clocked in a : Saturday June 7 1986 Torrcnce timed in 2280 nipped freshman Pauline Davis of Alabama (2284) for third Nigerian Maria Usifo became the first women's from Texas champion Southern in NCAA meet history winhurdles in 5516 ning the The time broke the stadium record of 5547 set by Anna Kastclskaya of the "Soviet Union in 1982 Leisa Knowles of Oklahoma State and defending champion Latanya Sheffield of San Diego State both were clocked in 5590 but Knowles was given the runner-up place Sophomore Karen Bakcwell of Miami of Ohio broke the meet record in the women's 800 meters winning in 2:0085 just ahead of crowd favorite Tina of Indiana Bakewcll and Parrott timed in 2:0102 both were under the old NCAA record of 2:0120 by Groenendaal of Oregon in 1985 The Texas Southern women collected their second title winning the team relay in 4371 with an of Moswumola Somcye Linda Mary Onyali and Usifo Abilene Christian's Freddie Williams of South Africa the NCAA indoor champion added the Division outdoor 800 title to the Division II crown he won reccntlv Williams was timed in 1:4641 just held ofTJelTRob-crsoof Fresno State (1:4664) The only starter Kelley has had in Triwas Blue ple Crown competition Swords which finished second in the Derby and Prcakness in 1943 the year Count Fleet won the Triple Crown Post time for the 18th Belmont is 3:38 pm MDT ABC will televise from 3 to 4 pm Others entered were Rampage Personal Flag Fobby Forbes Parade Marshal Bordeaux Bob and Imperious Spirit Missing will be Snow Chief the beaten Kentucky Derby favorite who rebounded to win the Prcakness and Jersey Derby Each starter will carry 126 pounds and if all 10 start the race will be worth $564400 with $338640 going to the winner It rained Friday and the races scheduled for the grass were switched to the main track The forecast was for more rain Friday night with a 70 percent chance of rain and a chance of a thunderstorm today Ferdinand is not supposed to be able to handle mud — all of his starts have been on fast tracks — and there was speculation he would be scratched if the track is muddy today "Any time you run with an off track you're taking a chance with your horse" said Whittingham But he said "This track dries out fast We'll have to wait and see what happens" There also will be five other stakes on the Belmont card One of them is the Jaipur which will be run in two $75000-adde- d divisions and which is scheduled to be contested on the grass One of the nine horses entered in the first division is Creme Fraichc the gelding who gave Stephens his record fourth straight Belmont victory last year His other three Belmont wins were with Conquistador Cielo in 1982 Caveat and Swale |