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JVnntston int Page 8C Thursday, July 7, 1994 Miami diver succeeds in return to platform Bears 9 AndersoE decides id retire HEl Briefly Olympic Festival NFL Associated Press ST. LOUIS Veronica Ribot-Canales completed a long road back with a diving gold medal Wednesday at the U.S. Olympic Festival. Ribot-Canales, 32, of Miami broke the 500-point mark for the first time in her career, finishing with 516.60 to win the 3-meter springboard competition. "It was really my faith that got me through," she said.

Ribot-Canales lost her home to Hurricane Andrew in August 1992. Later that year she had shoulder surgery. Then a neck problem diagnosed in early 1993 prompted her retirement from platform div-ing. In October of that year she tore ligaments in an ankle. She also has been bothered by back problems.

"I ddn't really know how to think about the success here," she said. "I haven't had time to think about it." The silver medal went to Tracy Bonner of the University of Tennessee, the leader after the preliminaries, who scored 495.40. Janette Stephenson of Ohio State finished third with 476.30. Ribot-Canales, a native of Argentina, represented that country in the 1984, '88 and 92 Olympics. She decided in August 1992 to switch her sport nationality to the United States, but had to wait a year as per international diving federation rules.

She hopes to compete in the 1996 Games representing the United States. "As long as I have a green light, I'm going to dive," she said. The men's platform diving late Wednesday figured to be a contest of some of the country's bright From Wire Reports CHICAGO Saying his heart is no longer in the game, Neal Anderson, the Chicago Bears' second career leading rusher, is calling it quits, the Chicago Tribune reported today. Anderson, an unrestricted free agent the Bears decided not to resign, announced yhis retirement Wednesday after eight seasons, according to the Tribune. He'll be 30 next month, "Football was never No.

1 in my life," he said. "When I came into the league, it was not No. 1. 1 tried to keep God first, my family second and then wanting to do well at whatever I did." i Anderson could have signed with other clubs for considerably less than the $1.6 million he was paid by the Bears last season. "I could have definitely played," he said.

"But it just wasn't in my heart. I was lucky. I was able to make some money and have some- good advisers. Financially, I'm not hurting. With the unenviable task of succeeding Walter Pay ton, the NFL's career rushing leader, Anderson still earned four Pro Bowl appearances.

But his production declined in recent seasons because of injuries. Last season, Anderson rushed for 646 yards on 202 carries for a 3.2-yard average and four touchdowns. He also caught 31 passes for 160 He lost his starting job to im Worley in the second half of the "season. young divers. The leader after Monday's preliminary round was Chris Man- tilla, 18, of Fort Lauderdale, who scored a career-high 607.25 points to outdistance the rest of the field by nearly 50 points.

Mantilla was first after the prelims at last year's Festival but wound up fourth. 4 "I'll change my approach a little bit and hopefully get better he said. Among his challengers were Mark Ruiz, 15, of Orlando, and two-time NCAA platform champion Brian Earley of Aliso Viejo, Calif. Gold medals were determined in fast-pitch Softball Wednesday. In the women's game, Michelle Granger threw a two-hitter and Jenny Condon hit a grand slam as the East beat the North 5-1.

Condon, of Edina, hit her home run in the fifth inning. Granger, of Anchorage, Alaska, struck out 11. The men's Rold medal went to the West, which beat the East 2-0 behind a two-hitter by Michael White of Sioux City, Iowa. White retired the first 10 batters and wound up allowing just two singles. The South won the bronze with a 5-2 victory over the North.

The women's bronze went to the South, a 1-0 winner over the West. A Festival-record tennis crowd of 2,216 watched the final day. The previous single-session mark for tennis was 1,890 in 1987 at North Carolina. The Bears will open training camp next week with free-agent acquisition Lewis Tillman and Worley battling for the starting tailback job. Veteran backup Robert Green and fourth-round draft pick Raymont Harris of Ohio State also will be competing for playing time.

"Toward the end of last season and afterwards, I felt pretty sure I was going to retire," Anderson said. Anderson, a first-round draft pick out of Florida in 1986, winds up his career with 6,116 rushing yards, 302 receptions and 426 points. "When I came into the league, I said I wanted to be out there for eight years, and I got what I asked for. I have no regrets," he said. Jacoby to retire WASHINGTON Offensive tackle Joe Jacoby, the last of the fabled Hogs of the Washington Redskins, says he intends to announce his retirement in the next couple of weeks after 13 years with the team.

"You can say I'm walking away for medical reasons," Jacoby told The Washington Post in an interview published in today's editions. "I'm not ready to announce my retirement yet, but the handwriting is on the wall, isn't it? I guess people have figured that out by now." Amoclated Pram Chicago's second all-time leading rusher, Neal Anderson, is calling it quits since the Bears failed to resign him. Jacoby, 35, is still bothered by the back problems that sidelined him for the final 11 games of last season. "You get tired of hurting," he said. "And I'm not even talking about the major injuries.

It's the little nagging things that keep you from being 100 percent. My body can't do it anymore." Jacoby has played for 13 seasons and 170 games with the Redskins, including four Super Bowls, and was a mainstay of the offensive line know as the Hogs. He was selected for four Pro Bowls and established himself as one of the top offensive linemen of the 1980s and 1990s. In that time he became known for playing despite painful But he can't overcome two ruptured disks in his back. Local baseball PThe Bama Baseball's 15-16 year old team finished third in the Homewood Invitational Tour- -nament in the Birmingham area this past weekend in the holiday tournament.

Bama finished with a 4-1 record after losing its first game of the tournament. Bama defeated Thompson 9-8, Trussville 12-2, Graysville 23-0 and Moody 5-0 enroute to the third place finish. Four teams had identical 4-1 records after the compeition and tie-breaking rules were used to determine the order ottimsn. Bama will be in action at Paris, Tennessee July 15-17 in the AAU-USA Southeastern Regional tournament. London Tearce was the winning pitcher in relief of Rusty Hofly in the win over Thompson, Chad Kf esser went the distance in the Trussville win with game winning hit coming from Josh Green as Bama scored eight runs in the final inning.

In the win over Graysville, Green took the pitchng victory and Eric Whaley and Trey Bishop both had a double. Duan-ne Tippets was the winning pitcher and had two singles in the victory. Green had a home run and Whaley a triple in the win: Tippets gave up four hits and struck out six in the win. In the Bronco District Tournament at Norwood Park in An-niston Wednesday night, it was Saks 13, Lincoln 3LinJiyeJjifiings in the first game andJacksonville defeating Lineville 14-7 in the second game of the night. In tonight's action, it will be Saks playing Ashland at 6 p.m.

and Jacksonville taking on host Anniston in the 8 p.m. game. Pro baseball CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. CJ. Nitkowski allowed four hits, one earned run and struck out five to lead the Chattanooga Lookouts past the Carolina Mudcats 2-1 Wednesday in the Southern League.

Chattanooga's runs came off Tim Belk's RBI singles in the first and sixth innings. Mike Brown hit an RBI single in the seventh for Carolina's only run. ORLANDO, Fla. Ricky Tim Moore and Andres Duncan all homered Wednesday to lead the Nashville Xpress to an 8-4 win over the Orlando Cubs. Xpress Brad Radke (8-6) picked up the win, while Amaury Telemaco took the loss.

Sean Gavaghan got the save. Basketball RICHMOND, Texas The pregnant wife of Houston Rockets' guard Vernon Maxwell has been granted a temporary restraining order that forbids him or his financial manager from threatening her or tampering with the couple's assets. In a divorce petition filed Wednesday in Fort Bend County, Resharita Rochelle "Shell" Maxwell, 28, accuses her husband of adultery and cruel treatment PORTLAND, Ore. Former Seattle SuperSonics president Bob Whitsitt has been offered the feneral manager's job with the ortland Trail Blazers, The Or-egonian reported today. Whitsitt is deciding whether to accept the Blazers' oner or to take a job with the new NBA expansion franchise in Vancouver, the newspaper quoted an unidentified source as saying.

NEW YORK New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday at the Beth Israel Medical Center-North Division in New York City. The procedure, performed by Dr. Norman Scott, the Knicks' team physician, was intended to clean out loose cartilage. The team said the procedure went well. There were no surprises," said Scott.

Tennis NEWPORT, R.I. In a battle of hard-serving youngsters, unseeded David Witt upset defending champion and top seed Greg Rosedskl of Canada on Wednesday in the second round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at the Newport Casino, site of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. GSTAAD, Switzerland, Unseeded Chilean Marcelo Rios ousted No. 4 Alberto Berasategul of Spain on Wednesday in the second round of the $485,000 Swiss Open. The Spaniard, ranked 14th in the world, took the first set 6-4.

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