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D-6SpOrtS THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Saturday. November 10. 1990 3 The Only Problem With Test Driving An ES 250 Is That Empty Feeling You Get Driving Your Own Car Home. Players shy from Missouri's woes $299 each scored twice as the Buffalo Sabres got back to the .500 mark with a 7-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo. The Sabres are 5-1-1 after a 1-5-3 start Defensive ace Jan Erixon scored a goal and set up two more in the first period and John Vanbiesbrouck made 37 saves as the Rangers held off the Devils, 3-2, at East Rutherford, N.J.

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15,000 milei per year. $5800 cap reduction plus ux and Ikrnx -ktL .10 per mile penalty over limit Tool equali 24X the payment. Subject to credit approval by TMPC came bouts of wildness to defeat Peter Lundgren in three sets and advance to the semifinals of the Wembley indoor tennis tournament. Chang, defending champion of the $297,000 tournament, beat Lundgren, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, after a sloppy first set in which he dropped his serve three times and missed shots he usuallv makes with The Relentless Pursuit Of Perfection. Michael Chang ease Tne third-seeded Chang 513) 677-0177 Just North of Downtown Cincinnati Conveniently Located at the Fields-Ertel Exit off 1-71 in the Kings Automall ENQUIRER NEWS SERVICES COLUMBIA, Missouri has lost one of the state's top basketball players, and two other prospects being courted by the Tigers have been left up in the air because of penalties levied by the NCAA.

Marcus Timmons, rated as the state's top prospect, had an oral agreement to attend Missouri, but he wants to stay closer to home. Timmons, who plays for Scott County Central in Sikeston, told Rich Herrin, the coach at Southern Illinois Univer-sity-Carbondale, he would sign with the Salukis. The scholarship limits place in doubt the futures of Steve Horton and Derrick Johnson. Jefferson City coach Jim Byland said Missouri had promised scholarships to both players. Meet the Musketeers Xavier University will hold a gathering to meet the Musketeers basketball team from p.m.

today at Schmidt Fieldhouse. The event is open to the public. Grady, Olazabal share lead GOTEMBA, Japan: Wayne Grady of Australia eagled the final hole for a 6-under-par 66 and a share of the second-round lead with Jose Maria Olazabal in the Taiheiyo Club Masters. Grady's 15-foot putt on the par-5 18th gave him a two-round total of 134. Olazabal, the first-round leader, shot a 68.

Nick Faldo, trie champion of the Masters and British Open, missed the cut after taking a triple-bogey 8 on the final hole. KAPALUA, Hawaii: David Peoples, the leader since the opening round, maintained a three-stroke advantage by shooting a 5-under-par 66 in the third round of the Kapalua International. Peoples' three-day total of 15 under 198 is three shots better than Davis Love III, whose 63 was the day's low round and left him at 201. Reifsnyder is ready to run COLUMBUS, Ohio: Bill Reifsnyder says he is ready to defend his U.S. national championships title in the Columbus Marathon Sunday, even though this will be his first marathon of the year.

Reifsnyder will be among more than 5,000 runners for the 26.2-mile road race. He is seeded fourth. -9 p.m. Friday Saturday 9 a.m. 6 p.m.

LEXUS WALT'S PICKS SEASON 76-40 LAST WEEK 7-7 20 13 14 24 13 20 RAMS CARDINALS SEAHAWKS SAINTS COWBOYS REDSKINS 27 21 17 28 28 21 GIANTS BILLS CHIEFS BUCCANEERS 49ers EAGLES 21 21 17 10 13 17 FALCONS CHARGERS PACKERS PATRIOTS JETS VIKINGS 27 24 31 24 27 35 BEARS BRONCOS RAIDERS COLTS DOLPHINS LIONS YOU PICK: $8893 or s15597 mo. will face Christian Bergstrom in one of today's semifinals. Bergstrom defeated Patrick McEnroe, 6-2, 6-4, in the quarterfinals. Chang and seventh seed Jakob Hlasek, who will play Diego Nargiso in the other semifinal, are the only seeded players remaining in the tournament. NEW YORK: Martina Navratilova withdrew from next week's Virginia Slims Championships because of a knee injury.

MOSCOW: Tim Mayotte beat fifth-seeded Alexander Volkov, 6-3, 6-2, to advance to the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup, while Andrei Cher-kasov beat Emilio Sanchez of Spain, 6-3, 6-3. INDIANAPOLIS: Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria and two Soviets, Leila Meskhi and Natalia Medved-eva, gained the semifinals of the $150,000 Jell-0 Classic women's tennis tournament. An all-foreign final at the Indianapolis Indoor Tennis Center was assured. Maleeva is matched in today's semifinals against Meskhi, and Medvedeva will play second-seeded Conchita Martinez of Spain. Maleeva defeated Susan Sloane, 6-3, 7-5; Meskhi outlasted Raffaella Reggi, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Medvedeva defeated Meredith McGrath, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4; and Martinez ousted Nicole Provis, 6-2, 6-2.

Elsewhere MUNICH, Germany: Stephanie Ortwig set a world best in the 200-meter freestyle at the German swimming championships. Ortwig was timed in 2:23, beating the previous world mark of 2:00.27 set by Janet Evans of the United States. PORTLAND, Jerome Kersey finalized an extension of his contract with the Portland Trail Blazers for $11 million over four years. RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Pete Weber of Florissant, remained the leader after five rounds in the Professional Bowlers Association Toyota Classic. Weber had a pinfall of 8,073.

ATLANTA: Williams Andrews, a former member of the Atlanta Falcons and the second leading rusher in the club's history, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. LX 201 '90 TEMPO GL 4DR '91 ESCORT OR DflTU UlUt Air condition, automotic, AMFM stereocassette, rear window defroster, power steering, dual electric mirrors, light ISU 111 HAlt! group morel All rebates deducted. Pymts based on 66 mos. 12.5 APR 1 500 down. Ta title extra.

Kings trade away Krushelnyski INGLEWOOD, The Los Angeles Kings acquired center John Mclntyre from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for center Mike Krushelnyski. Mclntyre, 21, is in his second season in the National Hockey League after being selected by the Maple Leafs with the third choice, and the 49th overall, in the 1987 Entry Draft. BLOOMINGTON, Goalie Brian Hay-ward has been assigned to the Minnesota North Stars' affiliate with the International Hockey League in Kalamazoo, for conditioning purposes. Hayward, whom the North Stars acquired from Montreal in exchange for Jay son More, had not practiced with the Canadiens since Oct. 7.

Rookie Donald Audette and Dave Andreychuk Bearcats CONTINUED FROM PAGE D-l Bryant, at 5-foot-8 and 154 pounds, wasn't heavily recruited by major schools. Florida State was in to see his high school team, Miami Norland, but Bryant went virtually unnoticed when his coach went to a run-oriented attack during his senior year of high school. "I remember Coach Bowden coming out to our school, but I didn't get to talk to him," Bryant said. Borgella and Bryant aren't bitter toward Florida State, but rather want to show that being a Beircat is a good thing. "We know all the pro scouts will "be there watching them," said Bryant, "so it's a chance for us to get some recognition too." UC'S CHANCES SLIM: The point-spread for today's game, 50, is one of the highest on the board this season.

UC will start seven freshmen and seven sophomores, "and its ranks are thin because of injuries to 17 players. Injured starters who probably won't play are quarterback Paul Anderson, guard Jim Carmon, fullback Chuck Fitzgerald, defensive end John Thornton, and linebackers Jason Coppess and Nate Din- Dingle, a freshman emerging as one of UC top defenders, broke a hand in practice this week. Fitzgerald, injured in the second game of the season, likely will keep an extra year of eligibility as a medical redshirt. The Enquirer joins Swallen's in celebrating the Big-EE Sale! If you are one of the first 100 to shop on Nov. 1 1 and Nov.

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Florence, Ky. Mall Road Middletown 475 City Centre Tri-County 11741 Princeton "Rd. Western Hills 5495 Glenway Ave. iMin in i i miff I i The Cincinnati EnquirerErnesi Coieman Soviet boxer Andrei Kurnyavka, the Goodwill Games champion, above, has a rematch with Jeremy Williams of the USA tonight in the 178-pound class. Kurnyavka is a lieutenant in the Red Army.

event at the Coliseum was the 1976 Olympic Boxing Trials. Fu ture champions Sugar Ray Leon ard, Aaron Pryor, Michael Dokes, Michael Spinks and Leon Spinks fought on that card. "We're really limping into this one, said Tim Murphy, UC coach In a U.S.-Soviet match in 1975, the Soviets won seven of the nine bouts in Cincinnati. They hold a Jeff Stofa will replace Anderson (sprained ankle) at quarterback for 107-55 edge in the series. -the second straight week.

The United States won the first Florida State, Murphy said, will all day. Louisville did that bouts of the series, 6-4, in New York in 1975 and tied, 6-6, last effectively last week against UC in year in Atlanta. a 41-16 victory. "Florida State has no real weak' Tonight's main attraction pits Boxing CONTINUED FROM PAGE D-l became a better boxer, I got another coach. But my mother plays a big role in my boxing." Akopkokhian, 30, started boxing in 1974 and joined the Soviet national team in 1977.

This is his eighth trip to the United States. "As long as I'm good, I will continue," he said. His teammate, Andrei Kurnyavka, 21, looks forward to turning pro. "I'm not talking about making millions, but to have good money and have a good living," said Kurnyavka, through Karant. Kurnyavka will box Jeremy Williams of Fort Dodge, Iowa, in the 178-pound class.

Kurnyavka beat Williams to win the gold medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games. He was the world champion at 165 pounds in 1989. The Soviets have a distinct style. "Their basic style is straight ahead," said Jackie Shropshire, a local coach. "There is not a lot of lateral movement in their boxing.

They basically try to counter-punch." the last major amateur boxing I Larry Donald of Cincinnati against hesses," Murphy said. "They have Yevgeni Belousov in the heavy and quickness at every posy The Sunday Enquirer is now available for sale at Swallen's Red Bank, Glenway, Tri-County and Florence locations. weight bout. Donald is ranked No. 2 in the world and Belousov is tion.

Their only weakness would be inexperience, but they can make up for that." ranked No. 1. Donald lost to Belousov in FSU starts only five seniors. UC controversial decision in the final starts three, but FSU has better THE (INUNXffl of the Goodwill Games. depth.

Murphy would reshuffle the "This time around, there will be no doubt about who's No. 1 in the world," said Shropshire, who trains Donald out of the Emanuel cJ.990 schedule now, had he his "druthers. The Bearcats finish with Center. "Larry Donald will pre Florida State today and then Ala-' -bama next week, two mighty tasks. vail." Also, Ravea Springs of Cincin UC opened with four of its first games against Mid-American schools, and won only nati will fight Alexandre Lebzyak in the 156-pound class..