Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah" Clippers earn playoff engagement with Jazz Sport snapshot By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Clippers rotten record and all are in the playoffs Los Angeles qualified for the postseason for first on Monday night bjr beating the time since 1992-9- 3 The Clippers will open next Dallas Mavericks 99-9- 3 or Thursday Friday against the Utah Jazz a team they trail by 24 12 games “The guys’ smiles are so big right now’’ said Dar-ric- k Martin who jumped on the back of teammate Lamond Murray after the final buzzer sounded at Reunion Arena “You turn on the TV and they’re always making Clippers jokes It’s nice to be able to throw it back in then faces” AP photo Goff phenom Tiger Woods greets partner Monica Seles at the grand opening of their new restaurant The Official Al Star Cafe in Myrtle Beach SC lead on Sacramento The Clippers have a three-gam- e with three games to play but Los Angeles clinched the playoff spot because it has the tiebreaker edge over the Sports briefs jumper named the Utah State for the period ending April 14 Schmidt set a personal record in winning the long jump (18 fret 1075 inches) at the Cougar Invitational last Saturday The leap surpassed her old record of 1843 ek fifth Inning of the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets Acting commissioner Bud Selig and Robinson’s widow Rachel will there too c i u 0) 0) Todqy's quote “Everybody’s talking about the Rookof the Year Award going to somebody else I feel it's mine” — Philadelphia ie 76ers’ rookie Allen Iverson who has scored 40 or more points in each of the dollar1 bowl 'uyii&Iion " themselves and to Uj non-allian- ce Conference champion Brigham Young University was not invited to play in a 1997 Alliance bowl game despite a 13-- 1 record and a ranking as the fifth best team in the country The Cotton Bowl instead invited BYU to play Kansas “With these hearings we hope the committee will take a closer into possible practices by the days Black was surprised that sort of thing was still going on Robinson assured him that it was even though by then blacks had a firm foothold in the majors particularly on the Dodgers’ roster with Roy alliance” Bennett said in a news AP photo has been 50 years since Jackie Robinson brake the color barrier and forever changed bol The Brooklyn Dodgers hero wf bo honored by President Cffntontodey at Shea Stadkm It Cam-panel- la and Don Newcombe arriving shortly after Robinson “I had Campy and Newk and Jackie” Black said “He had eroer Pee Wee Reese a team leader broke down the barriers “Ninety percent of them came around’’ Black raid “I don’t think he had 100 percent but 100 percent of them cashed that (World Series) check in October” Black said Robinson was devoted to his task “He realized that he was opening doors for those behind him” Black said “He was hired to prov£ that blacks could play See ROBINSON on Page 7 Braves speed past smarting Reds By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves used to be a team that plodded along one base at a time waiting fat the homer Since the arrival three-ru- n of Kenny Lofton and Michael Tucker that approach has changed The defending NL champion is now a team that can beat its opponents with 15-- 5 rout over speed as evidenced by a market engaga in’a among teams of group boycott and bowls” the letter states Bennett noted that Western Athletic black player had to face in those nobody When Jackie got there TNT KJZZ — NBA Basketball Utah at Phoenix WGN — Major League Basebal Chicago White Sox at Texas 7 pm USA — Boxing champion Charles Murray (39-3-vs Ray Oliveira (2990) for NABF junior welterweight championship heavyvs Melton weights Shannon Briggs (27-1-at West Orange NJ Bcwen (34-9- lestfhe games ik there were guys who didn’t speak to him guys who wouldn’t play catch with him He understood” A gesture of friendship by South- - pm Sixers’ tj pioneer who integrated the game in 1947 and Black the huge pitcher who arrived five years later The first thing Robinson noticed was the pitchers size He advised the rookie not to get in any fights It would be easy given the abuse a AL 6 o They were roommates with the Brooklyn Dodgers Robinson the Washington 131 Philadelphia 110 Orlando 100 Detroit 91 Minnesota 95 Miami 87 Charlotte 94 Cleveland 82 Indiana 1 10 New York 107 OT Chicago 1 17 Toronto 100 LA Clippers 99 Dallas 93 Golden State 103 Denver 93 Sacramento 120 San Antonio 106 Noon WGN — Major League Baseball Colorado at Chicago Cubs 5:35 pjn TBS — Major League Basebafl Cincinnati the most powerful bowls and the most powerful conferences have entered into horizontal agreements to allocate the Black will be join the president ' NBA On television anti-tru- st tonight at Shea Stadium with Presi dent Clinton speaking during cete-t- e Mon day's scores IHL eral Trade Commission to launch an violainquiry into possible tions by the College Bowl Alliance A letter dated April 11 asks subcommittee chairman Sen Mike DeWine to schedule a committee hearing on the matter “There is substantial evidence that black man to play in the majors Crorfier'and Paul Konerko hit solo home runs to lift the Albuquerque Dukes to a 3-- 1 Pacific Coast League victory over the Salt Lake Buzz Monday night Albuquerque starter Gary Rath pitched 7 2-- 3 innings giving up seven hits including a home run by Kevin Baez while sinking out five and having no walks Las Vegas 5 Phoenix 4 SO into practices of the College Bowl Alliance The senators include Bob Bennett of Utah Mitch McConnell of Kentucky Craig Thomas and Mike Enzi both of Wyoming Last month the senators also asked the Department of Justice and the Fed- Baseball marks the 50th anniversary of Robinson’s debut as the first SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tripp PCL Senate Antitrust Subcommittee to look ‘Tuesday night means a lot to Dukes duck Buzz Senators seek probe of Bowl Alliance SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Four Republican senators have asked the me” the old pitcher said “I live a good life because of a guy named Jackie Robinson I appreciate everythin he did” 4) Albuquerque 3 Salt Lake 1 Vancouver 4 Colorado Springs 0 Las Vegas 9 Calgary 2 Phoenix 9 Tacoma 2 Tucson 4 Edmonton 3 Loi Angela’ Charles Outlaw (45) and Dallas' Stacey King battle for the ban during the Cttppws’ win Monday night NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Black paused for a moment to collect his thoughts and construct an appropriate response to the question will host No 22 Utah Utah State (13-2Wednesday in softball action at Johnson Field It will be the first meeting of the season between the two rivals as their scheduled April 2 meeting was canceled due to bad weather Houston 4 SL Louis 2 10 innings Colorado 10 Montreal 8 San Francisco 3 NY Mats 2 Atlanta 15 Cincinnati 5 See NBA on Page 9 AP photo Sports Writer (28-1- 1) NL Loy Vaught was the only member of the Clippers to play on the ’92-9- 3 playoff team and he said he didn’t want his younger teammates to simply be satisfied to reach the postseason 'Hal Bock USU softball hosts Utah 1 ver 103-9- 3 Clinton to lead celebration at Shea Stadium and marked the longest distance for the Aggies this year in the event Schmidt also fell just short of rovi- sional qualification for the NCAA pionships in the triple jump Schmidt’s bound of 40 feet 1025 inches was her collegiate best and placed her second Schmid missed the outdoor season year due to a broken vertebrae In 1995 however she placed third at the Cougar Invitational in the triple jump Other nominees included women’s tennis player Mindy Nelson hurdler Brooks Gibbons golfer Todd Tanner and softball shortstop Thmmy Alcantar Boston 10 Oakland 1 Milwaukee 7 Detroit 0 Seattle 6 Cleveland 1 Kansas City 3 Toronto 2 Baltimore 4 Minnesota 2 Anaheim 5 NY Yankees 1 Texas 3 Chicago White Sox Los Angeles currently has a 36-4- 3 record and might end up as the only sub- 500 team in the postseason and fighting for the Minnesota and Phoenix are 39-4- 0 sixth seed were the Last season the Sacramento Kings (39-4- 3) only team to make the playoffs with a losing record In other NBA games Indiana edged New York in overtime Washington defeated Philadelphia 131-11- 0 Charlotte Chicago drubbed Tbronto 117-10- 0 95-8- 7 94-8- 2 Miami beat Minnesota Cleveland topped Sacramento topped Orlando downed Detroit 100-9- 1 and Golden State defeated DenSan Antonio 120-10- 6 Robinson remembered Aggies honor Schmidt Athlete-of-the-Wc- Page 6 Tuesday April 15 1997 the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night for Atlanta’s ninth victory in 10 games Lofton went to equal his career high for hits in a game scored five runs to tie an Atlanta team record and stole two bases Hicker set a career high with the pitcher is worried about the baserun-n-er more than the batter he’s going to make niiuxke Wb’re doing a good job of taking advantage of the mistakes” Lofton who had two RBIs is hitting streak that during a four RBIs in a performance has raised his average to 393 Tucker is meaning the Braves got eight hits out of hitting 381 “It’s fun” Lofton said “If I don’t get the top two players in their batting order — not to mention a whole lot of havoc on Michael gets on Or vice versa And that helped the rest of the hitters See BRAVES on Page 9 “It’s a good situation” Thicker said “If 17-of-- 30 six-ga- release “TMented schools and play- ers are being dismissed for more lucrative names when it comes to bowl season” Members of the College Bowl Alliance are automatically seeded in one of three prestigious bowls — the Fiesta Orange and Sugar bowls — if they are champions of one of four bowl conferences Two berths can be filled by any Division 1 team that meets certain requirements Like BYU the University of Wyoming iff the WAC also had a stellar season and met criteria for an spot but was not invited to an Alliance bowl or to play in any other “at-larg- e” “at-larg- e” bowl game In 1993 the Alliance agreed top bowls would be open to all teams based on merit and regardless of status as independents or members of other conferences The agreement required that teams slots must have a minimum of eight wins or be ranked d conferhigher than the ence champion from the Atlantic Coast Big East Football Big TWelve or Southeastern conferences awarded the ge lowest-ranke- Woods begins life after mastering Masters By Tha Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY N J (AP) — Even the president couldn’t corner Tiger Woods on the night baseball celebrates the 50-yea- r anniversary of Jackie Robin- son's debut in the major leagues Woods 21 the youngest player to win the Masters while also becoming the first black golfer to win a major tournament kept his plans for a vacation despite an invitation from President Clinton to join him tonight at Shea Sta- dium in New York ’It’s no disrespect by Tiger to Jackie Robinson who is without question one of Tiger’s heroes” Hughes Norton of IMG Woods’ management group told USA Tbday on Monday “Nor is it any disrespect to President Clinton But it’s a good indication of how important off-tiis to Tiger” Tiger’s romp sets ratings record vicTiger Wxxfa’ record foe Masters down the as will in go tory Grand Slam golf finale in TV history Overnight ratings for the final round were 158 with a 32 share better than 12-stro-ke most-watch- ed any other show did all weekend exoej for CBS’ “60 Minute” which followed the Masters on Sunday night with a 17 The best previous rating for any sin- J gle day of a major tournament was The vacation is to an undisclosed foreign country Clinton plans to join a huge crowd honoring the late Robinson in the city where he broke baseball’s established color line 50 years ago Meanwhile Woods had a fell schedule more than 30 years ago on Monday April 1L 1966 when CBS got a play- rating for Jack Nicklaus’ off victory over Tbmmy Jacobs and 18-hol- e Gay Brewer: The overnight rating for the final half hour (7-- 7 JO pm EDI) was 222 with a 40 share meaning 40 percent of all TV seta in America that were turned on at the time were tuned to the Masters the day after hia milestone victory which was seen by the largest television audience In Masters history despite his runaway victory MasA day after his reoord-breakin- g ters tournament victory Woods exhibit ed the hard work grace and selflessness that have made him the world’s hottest sports star He made good on a pair of promotional appearances he could have skipped lie pressed the flesh with adoring fens He deflected credit for his g record-breakin- performance at Augusta National saying he owed it to his parents He encouraged children to earn trust from theirs And he welcomed the responsibility of serving as a children's role model “They look up to me in a positive light If I can help them out rve done my job” Woods said Monday during an appearance at the Official All-StCafe Wood made appearances at Official All-StCafe openings here and in Myrar ar tle Beach SC surprising some who I expected the dramatic victory and newfound mega-stardoto change hia pln m ! e |