Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday Page 10 April 10 1996 Beautiful Sports snapshot r " win for Stangs 'I1 AP photo By Jeff Hunter Former Scottish rugby player Gavin Hastings left now of the Scottish Claymores of the World Football d with League stands William ‘Refrigerator Perry of the London Monarchs a former NFL player sports writer OGDEN — While Mountain Crest' baseball fans were enjoying the bcauti- - head-to-hea- ful weather Tuesday afternoon head Mitch Sports briefs Logan’s Will Clark stretches for third but is tagged by Box Elder's Carlos Rodriguez during Just fine until the sixth LAUSANNE Switzerland (AP) — Jessica Foschi 's battle to clear her name isn't over yet Although the American Arbitration d Association believes the 15-- y swimmer was not at fault for a positive Then'S ox Elder opened up and Logan went down ear-ol- Logan Grizzlies rolled into the sunshine of a balmy Tuesday and in time drifted off to sleep in a 7- -4 loss to Box Elder’s apparently beaten baseball team “All we had to do was play a little defense’ moaned Logan coach Stu Howell whose good-glov- e team took a 4-- lead into the sixth frame at Worthington Park Instead Bees base runners took advanruns and leaving Logan once again wondering where the game had gone Friday at Sky View the Grizzlies saw a two-ru- n lead melt into a 5--4 loss Today the 3 locals try again hosting Ogden In hindsight Ihesday’s troubles started felony charge stemming from a weekend incident in which he allegedly smashed a bar window Athletic department spokesman Keith Molin said the matter is being treated as alcohol-related which mandates indefinite suspension Griese the son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese is barred from NBA New York 97 Boston 93 Detroit 111 New Jersey 94 Denver 96 LA Lakers 91 Toronto 102 Milwaukee 96 Houeton 90 Vancouver 84 Portland 96 Phoenix 91 Sacramento 95 Dallas 86 NHL IHL Las Vegas 6 Chicago 5 Phoenix 7 Orlando 0 AL New York 7 Kansas City 3 Toronto 5 California 0 Boston 9 Minnesota 1 Detroit 10 Seattle 9 Milwaukee 10 Oakland 4 Texas 3 Chicago 2 NL New York 12 Cincinnati 5 San Francisco 3 Houston 1 10 innings Atlanta 3 Los Angeles 1 Florida 5 San Diego 2 10 innings PCL Tacoma 9 Las Vegas 7 Sak Lake 6 Calgary 3 Vancouver 3 Colorado Springs 2 Afcuquerque 6 Phoenix 6 Tucson 4 Edmonton 3 5:30 pm ESPN — Major League Baseball Cleveland at Baltimore 6 pm TBS — NBA Basketbal Phoenix at Utah KJZZ — NBA Basketball Phoenix at Utah 7 pm at Col- ESPN — Major League Basebal Atlanta Angelas early Thursday 2 The lefthander had abut down Ben in the first inning when two Grizzly baserunners were stranded TWo more l Lomond but was battered by Logan fix 11 hits and four earned runs by the time 3-- 0 after Clark singled following IV If Nuggets drop Lakers' By The Associated X ii: : All would be silent after the sixth except on the Bees’ side of the field Nearing 90 pitches after shutting down Basebal Texas pm USA — PGA Golf The Masters Tourna- ment frit round at Augusta Ga Today's quote “It's inexcusable You just don't do that Now you're going to have to sit probably the rest of the season Just when I thought we were smart aad ihea wham!" — Magic Johnson on Nick tea Exel's tirade on Tuesday night in which Van Exel shoved a referee after being ejected for arguing Johnson can't believe what be has seen since returning to the Lakers “I’ve been through more in one year than I did in 1 1 or 12 years with my other squad" he said “I should have stayed retired I guess" Nuggets 98 Lakers 91 At Denver Dak Ellis scored 20 points and LaPhonso Ellis added 17 points and 13 pretty well At SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Damian ern-tcrficl- Jermaine Allenswork doubled went to third cm Tony Womack's single snd scored oa a The Buzz came back to score three run in wild-pitc- h the first and two in the second In the first Mitch Simons and Brian Raabe singled and thev trail only cfmHinp “As a team we’re hitting 300 which is pretty respectable” Blotter said “As long as we keep hitting the ball and playing solid defense we’re going to beOK” Although the MC defense was less than perfect (three errors) the Mustang offense was more than “OK" tagging the Scots' two lefthanders for five See STANGS on Page 13 extra-bas- Big West plans to expand by four iwnarjto5 By Shawn Harrison sports writer With other conferences expanding and breaking into divisions the Big West Conference is not going to be left behind A strategic plan was announced Tuesday that will see the conference expand from its current 12 members to 16 institutions Two schools that play NCAA Division A football and two that don’t will be added in the near future I-- This membership plan was developed snd approved by the chief executive officers of the con- Lake Gty Aggie athletic director Chuck Bell said “This is the most dramatic and visionary step taken in the conference's history" Big West commissioner Dennis Farrell said 26-ye- ar “As a conference we have declared our intention to expand and will appoint a committee to begin screening potential institutions for Big West Conference membership There is no timetable for completing this aggressive plan and it would be inappropriate to speculate on potential institutions for membership" 1996-9- 7 USU President George H Emert got the ball roiling a This move would expand the league’s two existing divisions from six to eight members each One division would continue to be ference school presidents in Salt Sec FOUR on Page 13 ference’s 12 members beginning in month ago meeting with the con- AP photo Los Angolas Lakors guard Nick Van Exol is restrained by an unidontifiod member of the Mm wtim oryuviy wnn after Exsl was ejected Tyson faces battery accusation in Chicago non bimnon imm M Garrutson EXol rebounds as the Nuggets stayed in the playoff hunt win kept Denver within The much-need2 12 games of Sacramento for the last Western Conference playoff spoL Knicks 97 Celtics 93 At New York Patrick Ewing had 26 points ed CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Tyson still on probation 13 months after serving three years in prison for rape has been accused by an Indiana woman of sexual battery ia a Chicago nigbfdub A club manager said Tuesday however that the heavyweight champion was never alone wirii the woman Sunday night when the and 11 rebounds as the Knicks beat the Celtics for the 14th straight time Ewing continued to struggle from the field missing 13 of 21 field-goattempts But he made 11 of 12 free throws and made a key block down the stretch al Anthony Mason added 21 points and nine rebounds for the Knicks who haven’t lost to alleged incident occurred the Celtics since Jan 10 1993 Chicago police are investigating Pistons 111 Nets 94 the allegations against the WBC d Detroit made a 15 champion who has not been charged to win at New Jersey “We'll investigate it and do it Pistons coach Doug Collins missed the final quarter because of illness He received expeditiously and professionally and see what we come up with" Chicago an injection for a back problem on Monday and had a reaction to the shot Pistons police spokesman Paul Jenkins said Tyson once the undisputed world AP heavyweight champion was Heavyweight boxar Mike Tysonphoto Sec NBA on Page 12 has released from aa Indiana prison ia bean accused of sexual battey March 1995 He is serving fear rion ed at a Chica hospital afici The Indiana womaa the incident released earls Monday accused Tyson of “sexual battery" and told to ace a doctor this w eek Todd Walker doubled la Simons Raabe after an incident Sunday night at The fie wmild not identify the woman scored on Ktvia Renner'S fielder's choice Clique a Sou4 Side nightefoh said her excqX to uy she w as i Gary beautiDenny Hocking's sacrifice fly scored Walker cian and of a business lie Uwyet Jerry Lee fYteel of Gay fci la the second Simons doubled and scored Jenkins said there is no charge would not uy which hospital trcaed on Raabe 's single Miller's double scored known as “sexual battery" in Clinrev her and he would not specify wbai Raabe Petrel Mid he w as referring to the the wnman claim Tyson did Rich Aude's two-ru- n home run over the accusation by its Indiana term and The womaa called' police on Monleftficld wall cut the Buzz margin to 3 in uid he believed the comparable Illiday and tbca followed up by filing a the third inning nois offense would be sexual assault complaint at a police station TuesIn the eighth Hocking singled stole secFetect Mid the woman went to the day Pet eel Mid ond and third and scored on Chris Latham's club with friends and had never met team-recor- Happy home opener for Buzz Miller bad three hits including two doubles and batted ia one run to lead the Salt Lake Buzz to an 8-- 3 victory over Calgary in Salt Lake's home opener Tuesday night The Cannons scored in the first when 4-- 1 undefeated Box Elder in the Region 5 oa Page 13 See SIXTH go-ar-ea co-own-er 5-- Tys'brLrtjife wJ single Miller’s single scored Le'bam t I double in the fourth that scored Mathews all the way from first Overall the Mustangs who beat Ben Lomond 7--3 Wednesday are playing A double play shortened his fifth inning but the steam was gone by the sixth A walk to Wick Udy brought pitch- - was tiring rapidly He had been the boas all afternoon — h wasn’t until the fourth that he was readied for two singles and then he whipped the next three Beet Nick Van Exel may have outdone Dennis Rodman And now he’ll have to deal with the penalty and Magic Johnson’s wrath Incensed after getting ejected in the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 98-9- 1 loss to the Nuggets in Denver Van Exel charged and hit referee Ronnie Garre tson with a forearm shiver knocking Garre tson back to the scorer's table Screaming obscenities the Lakers guard in you’re going to see” Blotter also’ declared of Nick Olsen's e hits Mathews started the attack in the second with a long home run to left on Jake King's first pitch The blast which came immediately following walks to Russ Guymon and Nic Lindley staked Mountain Crest to a 3--0 lead “When Lance hits it he hits it hard" aid Blotter of Mathews who hit a BE for five names starter Jeff Healey Press including Johnson who was angered by Vfa Exel’s behavior “It's inexcusable" Johnson said “You just don't do that Now you're going to hive to sit probably the rest of the season Just when I thought we were smart and then Wham!" Van Exel's temper tantrum was reminiscent of Rodman's head-bu- tt ct referee Tbd Bernhardt last month The Chicago Bulls forward was suspended six games and fined $2(M)00 Looking stunned Ganetson whose father Darell was s longtime NBA ref snd currently the league's chief of officiating look a couple of steps toward Vfcn Exel ‘Instinctively I started to do something that 1 think I quite possibly would regret and caught mysclt and his players took him” Ganetson said "I will go bad to my boss and my boss’ boss and the head of security and tell them specifically what was uM in the manner in which it was said Whatever the league chooses to do from that point on that’s entirely up to my superiors" Rod Thom die NBA’s league operations officer might punish Yfcn Exel just as severely as Rodman In his favor Yu Exel a Lakers doesn’t have a troubled trad record like Rodman's and might get same slack The incident couldn’t come at a worsetime for the Lakers as they prepare for the playoffs The team had just recovered from the controversy surrounding their other Cedric Ccballos who left the team unexcused for four days last month John- son’s triple Grizz dins steadily parading in from the parking area rattled the rickety bleachers when their boys doubled up Kurt Anderson on a pop to first and then added a fourth run on singles by Gaik and Hislop (but also leaving runners at second and third) Van Exel shoves referee in On tolovlslon WGN — Major Loagua at Chicago White Sox 1-- 7--4 he took the hint in the fifth By the end of the third he was behind had to be restrained by his teammates Dallas 4 Calgary 3 OT at Lee especially lower down in the order Will Clark in the seventh spot cracked three hits and No 9 Adam Hislop went with two runs batted in Jared Johnson in the sixth spot smacked a soaring triple to the leftficld fence putting Logan up 2-- 0 The hosts broke out on top with leadoff hitter Nick Palmer’s RBI single to right in the second signaling trouble for BE starter Nick Stewart tage of Logan lethargy scoring seven (AP) Tuesday's scores Still the Grizz came out swinging 0 gan quarterback Brian Griese was suspended from the football team and appeared in court for arraignment on a started f The charge of malicious destruction of property valued at more than $100 carries up to four years in prison and a $2000 fine on conviction Griese a junior told police he broke a window after getting locked out of the bar by its manager campus-are- a third two in the fourthat the end Logan counted 11 runners high and dry “Once we scored a run it seemed that was enough” said Howell “We couldn’t get the key base hit” They also dozed in key defensive situations allowing scores on a dinky passed ball and a pickoff play at firsL After braving spring’s raw rigors the Michigan quarterback from team suspended — MichiANN ARBOR Mich spring practices which have already were left in the second another in the By Mike Ingraham sports editor test for steroids swimming’s world governing body FINA is launching its own investigation Despite the AAA’s ruling FINA has the power to impose its own ban or whatever punishment it deems necessary if it believes Foschi has broken its regulations PRIME — NHL Hockey Anaheim MMcifQHinld Journal win Tuesday 7-- 4 3-r- Foschi may not be clear to swim after all orado 6:30 pm the Bees' coach Jim Blotter was finding beauty in the play of his Mustangs “Pretty wasn't it?" Blotter said of homer in the Lance Mathews’ second inning “That’s about as pretty of a play as - ty' Wii - ' ' f f: ' r she wa$jgrfr See TT SON cm Page 12 ' |