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THE DAILY NEWS, Huntingdon. Saxton. and Mount Union. Tuesday. February II.

1986 PAGE 5 Today's Sports Parade By MILTON KICHMAN UPI Senior Editor Sports GENE STALLINGS gets a handshake and a hat from owner Bill Bidwell of the St. Louis Cardinals. Stallings, who spent 14 years as an assistant to Dallas coach Tom Landry, was named to replace Jim Hanifan as head man of the Cardinals. (UPI Photo) Berry leads St. John's by Hoyas By FRED LIEF UPI Sports Writer The heart of St.

John's and the ankle of Walter Berry became one and the same Monday night. Berry sprained his ankle over the weekend and was questionable for the Big East game in Landover. between N'o. 7 St. John's and No.

11 Georgetown. In the end. there were no questions, only exclamations. "The way he was moving on the court, you couldn't tell he had a sprained ankle," Georgetown forward David Wingate said. Said St.

John's guard Ron Rowan: "When you've got a player like Walter who can dominate a game on the offensive end. you'd be stupid not to give him the ball." Berry scored 22 points 14 in the second half to send St. John's to a GO-58 victory that ended the Hoyas' eight-game winning streak. It was the Redmen's second triumph over the Hoyas this season and fourth straight at Georgetown. "My'ankle feels a lot better," Berry said.

1 was very surprised at how well I played with it and how much I could move." St. John's led 58-56 with 1:21 left when Georgetown blundered. Mark Jackson of the Redmen stole the ball from Wingate and Shelton Jones sank l-of-2 free throws for a 3-point lead with eight seconds left. Michael Jackson of Georgetown made a layup with three seconds to go before Jones hit another free throw with two seconds left for the final margin. Rowan had 17 points and Jackson 7 assists for St.

John's. 23-3. The Hoyas were paced by Reggie Williams with 18 points and Wingate with 16. Elsewhere, No 4 Nevada-Las Vegas stopped Santa Barbara 79-71; No. 6 Memphis State dropped Florida State 99-73; No.

12 Bradley beat Illinois State 74-67; No. 18 North Carolina State mugged Brooklyn College 10352; and No. 19 Louisville defeated Virginia Tech 93-83. At Las Vegas. Anthony Jones had 25 points and Armon Giliiam added 23 to pace UNLV in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

The Rebels. 24-2, have won 15 straight Scott Fisher of Santa Barbara scored 24 points. At Memphis. Dwight Boyd and Baskerville Holmes hit for 20 points each to carry Memphis State. 22-2.

in a Metro Conference game. Florida State, losers of 19 straight road games, was led by Randy Allen's 21 points. "This was the shooting I wanted last Saturday against UNLV," said Memphis State coach Dana Kirk, whose squad fell 67-66 to the Rebels. "It was one game too late." At Normal. 111..

Hersey Hawkins scored 19 points and Jim Les con- Elliott wins pole spot By IRA KAUFMAN UPI Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (UPI) The rest of the stock car racing world is catching up to Bill Eiliott. Elliott took a. giant sprint toward defending his Daytona 500 title by winning the pole position Monday. However, he failed to outdistance the field with the dominance he displayed last year.

He qualified in a Ford with an average speed of 205.039 mph. After finishing second to Dale Earnhardt last Sunday in the Busch Clash. Elliott paced the 56-car pole qualifying for Sunday's Daytona 500 with a first lap slightly slower than his 205.114 mph clocking a year ago. The Dawsonville. native, who won 11 poles in 1985.

did not attempt a second lap and his time held up. A year ago. only Cale Yarborough's Ford came within 2.5 seconds of Elliot. "1 thought about a second lap. but I felt it just wasn't worth it." Elliott said.

"1 want to come back and be better than 1 was a year ago. but I know otter guys will catch up that's the way the cycle of races goes. The track's another year older and probably slicker. had it together yesterday and this is turning into a handling racetrack. I don't care how fast you go in the straightaways, you must handle the corners." Geoff Bodine, who finished seventh in last year's Daytona.

joined Elliott on the front row for Sunday's race as he registered an average speed of 204.545 mph in his Chevrolet. Bodine, Chemung, N.Y.. also declined a second lap. "We were hoping to run a tittle quicker." said Bodine, who spun out Sunday but still managed a fourth- place finish in the Busch Clash. "It was a good run.

though, and we're happy with it considering we've got a new team. This is what we were after the front row for Daytona. We knew Elliott was gonna be the guy to beat; we said that all along." Before Monday's competition, only 11 qualifying laps exceeding 200 mph were recorded at Daytona since the superspeedway opened in 1959. Despite brisk winds, 24 cars were timed at better than 200 mph Monday. The car used in qualifying must be used in Thursday's twin 125-mile races and the Daytona 500.

Elliott and Bodine will begin from the pole positions in Thursday's 125-mile qualifiers. Sterling Marlin, Columbia, who qualified No. 26 a year ago in a speed of 196.455 mph, was third Monday when his Chevrolet went 204.355 mph. Yarborough. who placed second to Elliott in last year's pole qualifying, finished fourth Monday with a time of 204.151 in a Ford.

Yarborough won both the pole and the 500 in 1984 and Elliott accomplished the double a year ago igniting a record 11 superspeedway victories last year for the 30-year-old racing king. Pole qualifying was originally scheduled for Saturday, but steady rain postponed the event for two days. Winds gusting to 21 mph buffeted the 2.5-mile tri-oval Monday at Daytona international Speedway. tributed 18 for Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference meetjng. The Braves.

24-1. have won 15 in a row. Tony Holifield had 19 for Illinois State. At Raleigh. N.C..

Chris Washburn struck for 33 points on 16-of-22 shooting to power X.C. State in a laugher. The Wnlfpack. 17-6. controlled the boards 57-25 and blocked 12 shots.

Brooklyn, in its second season in Division I. was paced by Marvin Richardson's 18 points. At Blacksburg. Billy Thompson scored 25 points and Jeff Hall tossed in 21 as Louisville. 16-7.

won the Metro Conference game. Virginia Tech. a difficult team to play at home, was led by Keith Colbert with 25 points and Dell Curry with 22.Also. Canisius 58. Maine 52; Duquesne 87.

St. Bonaventure 76: LaSalle 81. Holy Cross 68; Massachusetts 56. Penn State 52; Temple 71. Rutgers 53: Furman 72.

Virginia Military 70: Jacksonville 70. Western Kentucky 65: Marshall 85. The Citadel 78; Southern Mississippi 89. South Carolina 82; South Florida 72. N.C.- Charlotte 64; Bay-ton 105.

Niagara 84; Detroit 72. Butler 48: Xavier (Ohio) 91, Loyola (111.) 88 in overtime: and Pan American 68. SW Louisiana 57 (OT). NEW YORK i UPI i As governor of Kentucky. A.B.

"Happy" Chandler issued 36 death warrants. Two of the men he sent into tiie great beyond were found guilty of. rape. They were hung in the courthouse yard. During his lime in the governor's mansion.

Chandler granted very few pardons. None for any serious crime. As baseball's second commissioner following the death of Kent-saw Mountain Landis. Chandler showed his other side, un entirely different one. He was called "the ballplayers' friend." He gave them the benefit of every doubt and was crazy about them all.

He still is. One hundred percent. But that isn't keeping him from speaking up. from talking about the kind of action Peter Ueberroth should take after he finishes meeting this week with all those players who testified under immunity in Pittsburgh's drug trial last summer. "What's past is past." Chandler said Monday from Versalles.

where he had just come in his house from jogging. "He (Ueberroth) ought to clear the slate. But he also has to let these fellows know they can't continue to use drugs because if they do. they face certain banishment from baseball. For life.

That should go for all the players in the game. The commissioner shoulfl make that plain to them immediately. I hope he'll do it. I know 1 would." Chandler wasn't one to shy away from controversial decisions. He made two big ones in 1947 when he approved Jackie Robinson's joining the Dodgers as the first black player in the big leagues and suspended Dodger manager Leo Durocher one year for being in the company of known gamblers.

Chandler is 87 now. His heart and legs are in fine shape. So are his lungs. He proved that for the enjoyment of all present a few nights ago with his spirited rendition of My Old Kentucky Home at a baseball gathering in Dallas. "I don't want to second guess the commissioner." Chandler said, knowing the feeling well.

"I'm not trying to take away his responsibility. However, he's got a tremendous opportunity to do a great service and he has the power to do it." The Players Association would argue that. Ueberroth has shown he's a hip- shooter. He has also demonstrated he isn't timid about taking independent action, but I don't think he's about to suspend any of those players who have admitted taking drugs. My best authority for this belief is the commissioner himself.

He said he wasn't looking to get rid of the drug users in baseball, only the drugs. Who knows, maybe he can eliminate one without the other. If he does, he should get it all. the MVP. the Gold Glove award and the Nobel Peace Prize The Players Association doesn't deny there is a drug problem.

Hooray for them and (heir big discovery. Ueberroth feels the best solution to the problem is through testing. The players' union isn't very happy about that idea for a number of reasons. One of them is because it feels the players' privacy is being invaded and another is because it also argues the testing process is Jar from foolpgoof. If Ueberroth decides against suspending anyone, which is the course 1 think he'll take, that'll give him an automatic bargaining chip.

He may try to use it as a means of persuading those players he has been meeting with the past few weeks to agree to testing. It wouldn't surprise me if that's what he has in mind and it wouldn't surprise rne either if the union raises an objection. Ueberroth is in more than just a ticklish spot, he's in a no-win situation. If he tries to temper justice with loo much mercy, the owners are sure to regard that as evidence he's too soft and that he's on the side of the players. On the other hand, if he comes down on the players too hard, or what they consider unduly, they'll undoubtedly fight him and write him off as the owners' man.

Ueberroth has to come up with something constructive, anything positive to show he isn't simply standing idly by and ignoring one of the most pernicious problems ever to threaten the playing personnel, the integrity, even the very foundation of the game itself. He has lo make a move. He can do it. You may have trouble believing this, but he actually has some belter moves than the players. 1 know that for a fact because I've seen a few of them mvself.

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457: vs. Mead. 2263; HSG B. Parlslt. 195; HJGrN.Ciccarclli.

500. Winner: 4-0. Young Store. 2151; HSG: K. Young.

186: H3G: K. vsFlberglas.2412. HSG: A.Kelly 199; Bailey.536; Winner: Fibtrglas 4-0 Hiinl. Motor Inn. 2198; HSG: B.

Dodson. 173; HSG: J.M lines. 482: vs. Feagley's. 2135; HSG: D.

Morningstar, 213: H3G: D. Morningslar, 543; Winner: B4B. 2197; HSG: SlreighliH. 192; H1G: J. StreighliH.

504: vs Forfeit: Winner: B4B by forfeit. 4-fl. Griffith Oil. 2073: HSG: S. Surrena.

MlH3G: S. Surrena. 511; vs Millers Diner. 19S3: HSG: G. Swanger.

181; H3G: G. Swanger. 483Winner: GriltithOil. Tops. 1969; HSG: J.

Krisr. H3G: J. 448: vs. Com. Jewelers.

1981; HSG: B. Nizotek. 1S3: H3G: J. Janidlo.442; Winner: O-nl Jewelers 3-1. North Carolina leading Pick up a Six-Pack Change your oil with a Motorcraft six-pack.

Five quarts of Motorcraft Oil and Motorcraft's FL-1A Oil Filter in one handy six-pack for convenience and economy. Priced right. Just Sale ends 9.95 Motorcraft NEW YORK (UPI) Duke, a longtime nemesis of North Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference, surged into the role of top pursuer of the top- ranked Tar Heels in the United Press International college basketball ratings. Duke, which shared both second place in the ACC and the national No. 2 ranking with Georgia Tech.

took over sole possession of both positions with a decisive victory over the Yellow Jackets. The Blue Devils defeated Georgia Tech 75-59 on national television, impressing the UPI Board of Coaches to give them one first-place vote and Mount Union hurdles Valley Mount Union overcame a 20-18 halttime deficit and hurdled visiting Juniata Valley 48-39 in junior high basketball Monday afternoon. The 13-3 Trojans have now won four in a row and the loss dropped the Hornets to 6-7. Monty Walker tossed in 24 points and Ronnie Collins added nine for the Trojans. Bryan Fisher led the Hornets with 14 points followed by Brian Hutchison nine and Dave Hensor eight.

The Trojans pay a return call on Hollidaysburg today for a 3:30 p.m. tipoff. The Hornets next play at Huntingdon Thursday afternoon at four o'clock. NOTICE The Orbisonia Rockhill Little League and Pee parents will meet Tuesday. Feb.

11, 7 p.m.. in the Orbif onia Fire Hall. 561 points. That still left Duke a runnerup to North Carolina. The Tar Heels received 40 first-place votes and 612 points from the 41 coaches who voted.

North Carolina, which won two games during the week, including a 78-77 overtime victory over Georgia Tech. garnered the No. position for the llth straight week. Nevada-Las Vegas squeaked by then fourth-ranked Memphis State 6766 on national television Saturday and used that triumph to make the biggest climb among the top-10 ranked teams. The Runnin' Rebels, winners of 14 straight games, zoomed five place to No.

4. Kansas took advantage of the losses by Georgia Tech and Memphis State to move up two places to No. 3. The Jayhawks won both of their contests last week against Big Eight rivals Colorado and Oklahoma State. Georgia Tech slumped three places to No.

5 after losing two of three and Memphis State. 20-2. tumbled two places loNo.6. St. John's won its only game last week and climbed three places to N'o.

7 and Kentucky continued its rise by advancing four places to No. 8. Michigan, which split two Big Ten games during the week, dropped one place to No. 9 and Oklahoma fell four places to No. 10 after being upset by Iowa State last Saturday.

Georgetown remained No. 11 and Bradley, which also has won 14 games in a row. moved up one place to No. 12. Syracuse suffered the biggest drop in the ratings, falling six spots to No.

13 after losing at home to Notre Dame last Sunday. Notre Dame used that victory to move up three positions to No. 14 in a tie with Texas-El Paso. Indiana won two Big Ten games and advanced two places to No. 16 followed by Alabama, which cracked the top 20 for the first time.North Carolina State, a winner over Louisville last Sunday, moved up one place to No.

18 with Louisville. 14-7, dropping three places to No. 19 in a tie with Pepperdine, 19-4. Cage Ratings NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 college basketball ratings. First-place votes, records and total point? are followed by last week's ranking.

Records include games played through Sunday. (Total points based on 15 points for first place. 14 for second, 1 North 612 1 2. Duke (1) (22-2) 561 2 3. Kansas (22-3) 451 5 4.

Nevada-Las Vegas) 21-2 404 9 5. Georgia Tech(18-4) 389 2 6. Memphis State( 20-2) 327 4 7. St. John's (21-3) 299 10 8.

Kentucky (20-3) 280 12 9. Michigan (20-3) 251 8 10. Oklahoma (21-2) 244 6 11. Georgetown (19-3) 233 11 12. Bradley (23-1) 18813 13.

Syracuse (18-3) 169 7 14. Uie)N'otreDame(16-4) 11617 14. 116 16. Indiana (16-5) 80 18 17. Alabama (17-4) 41 18.

North Carolina Stated6-6) 34 19 19. (tie)Louisville(14-7 1316 19. 13 z-unranked Note: By agreement with the National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States, teams on probation by the NCAA and ineligible for the NCAA Tournament are ineligible for Top 20 and national championship consideration by UPT Board of Coaches. The only such teams this season are Idaho Stale and Baylor. (((III! Motorcraft FUVA vONGUffc NHfflOl i mil HUSTON FORD Route 22 East Huntingdon, Pa.

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