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03 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1994 3 mmm DON'T TRADE YOUR VEHICLE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION giroquois oust American Staff 3 448-7000 For Info Always Hiring YES, DOZEN GORGEOUS LONG RED ROSES FREE GREATER LOUISVILLE DELIVERY GOLF WEEKDAY GOLF tin MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 36 holes with Cart Donald Ross Hill Course Valley Golf Links Must present this ad French Lick Springs French Lick. Indiana lis Juergen Kohler fell hard as South Korea's Hwang Sun-hong, Germany holds off S. ASSOCIATED PRESS right, and Cho Jim-so closed In. Korea 3-2 Z's Sparks stops Birds on only two infield hits By CHUCK STEWART Special Writer NEW ORLEANS Knuckleballer Steve Sparks missed a no-hitter by two steps last night as the New Orleans Zephyrs blanked the Louisville Redbirds 4-0. The loss ended the Redbirds' six-game winning streak all on the road.

They managed only two infield hits both on close plays. Skeets Thomas beat shortstop Tim Barker's throw to first on a ground ball behind third in the fifth, and Allen Battle legged out a hit in the ninth, beating third baseman John Byington's peg after a diving stop. Sparks (4-7) walked two and struck out eight. "A knuckleballer is hard to hit, especially the way Sparks throws it," said Redbirds manager Joe Pet-tini, whose team had 19 hits off Zephyrs pitching in the first two games of the series and had averaged eight runs a game on the road trip. "He throws his hard, and it has good movement.

The key is to get ahead in the count, make him throw a fastball and maybe get a few hits. That wasn't the case tonight. He stayed ahead. He pitched a pretty impressive game." Redbirds starter John Frascatore (1-1) struggled early, allowing four runs and all six Zephyrs hits off him in the first three innings. Leon Glenn, in his first two at-bats since being called up from El Paso of the Class AA Texas League, doubled in runs in the first and the third.

The Zephyrs' other two runs scored on Byington's sacrifice fly in the first and Ozzie Canseco's RBI single in the third. Frascatore settled down after the third, allowing just one more runner on a walk. He finished his six innings with three walks and four strikeouts. Frascatore, making only his second appearance for the Red-birds after being called up from Arkansas, and relievers Rich Batchelor and Steve Dixon retired the last 14 batters. "Frascatore just couldn't find any kind of rhythm early," Pettini said.

"He's still kind of feeling his way up here. Once he gets a little confidence and gets some innings in up here, I look for him to be a pretty good pitcher for us." The Redbirds return home tonight to open a five-game home-stand when they take on the Nashville Sounds at 7:15 p.m. EDT. Louisville will start left-hander Tom Urbani (2-0) against righthander Scott Ruff corn (9-2), who leads the American Association in victories and strikeouts (92). The Redbirds' Thomas was named the Association's Hitter of the Week after batting .444 (8 for 18) with three homers, a triple and nine RBIs.

Yesterday's results Group Germany 3, South Korea 2 Spain 3, Bolivia 1 Final Group standings W-L-T GF-GA Pts x-Germany 2-0-1 5-3 7 x-Spain 10-2 '6-4 5 South Korea 0-1-2 '4-52 Bolivia 0-2-1 '1-4 1 x-Clinched second-round berth Today's games Group Brazil (2-0-0) vs. Sweden (1-0-1) at Pontiac, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Russia (0-2-0) vs. Cameroon (0-1-1) at Stanford, 4 p.m. (delayed on ESPN, 2:55 a.m.) Group E.

Italy (1-1) vs. Mexico (1-1) at Washington, 12:35 p.m. (ESPN, UNI) Ireland (1-1) vs. Norway (1-1) at East Rutherford, N.J., 12:35 p.m. (delayed on ESPN.

12.25 a.m.) Press For one half, it was the world champion. For another, it was a team fighting for its life against a desperate underdog. Which Germany will show up in the second round? The Germans escaped with a 3-2 victory over South Korea yesterday in sweltering heat before a crowd of 63,998 in Dallas and achieved their immediate aim of winning Group C. Germany (2-0-1) led 3-0 at half-time after an impressive display and its best half in the tournament, with two goals from Juergen Klinsmann one from Karlheinz Riedle in the first 37 minutes. But the Germans collapsed in the 'second half and had to hold off a South Korean team that got goals from Hwang Sun-hong and Hong If not for the spectacular work of goalkeeper Bodo Illgner, the Germans might well have blown With his teammates visibly tired and rarely chasing down loose balls, Illgner dived to save shots from Ko Jeong-woon and Choi Young-il.

He raced off the goal line to foil Seo Jung-won as the Koreans repeatedly tore the experienced German defense apart. the second half, our team was "RECYCLE, RECYCLE INSTALL A FULLER EXCHANGE ENGINE operated CALL 583-5577 SPECIAL GOLF GETAWAY per person per night (Double Occupancy) 18 holes on each course with cart Club storage Dinner Breakfast Daily OFFER KXPIRFS OCT. 31, 19Q4 Resort CALL 1-800-457-4042 or (812) 936-9300 FREE Tickets! with one (1) proof af purchase Choose from these games! 628 Nashville 629 Nashville 630 Buffalo Bring any NABISCO cookie or cracker brand Proof of-Purchase to Cardinal Stadium and receive one I KLE General Admission ticket. For more info call 367-9121 'ratw a THIS! I 51 IN 207 East Hwy. 131 Near K-Marr, Clarksville 945-8067 TIRED OF LUGGING YOUR BAG AROUND? GO FROM Rules mix-up, suspension anger U.S.

Cup players go. In another game: Spain 3, Bolivia 1: With Jose Caminero scoring two goals during a six-minute span of the second half, Spain (1-0-2) beat Bolivia (0-2-1) to advance to the second round before 63,089 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Caminero also was involved in Spain's first-half goal when he was knocked down by Bolivia's Carlos Borja while chasing a cross, giving Spain a penalty kick three minutes into the game. Josep Guardiola waited until Bolivian goalie Carlos Trucco broke right and then pushed the penalty kick to his left into the goal for a 1-0 lead. Spain made it 2-0 in the 66th minute when Caminero took a lead pass from Sergi who had maneuvered around two defenders with a dribble from the sideline and angled the ball past Trucco.

Bolivia responded a minute later with its first goal in World Cup competition when Erwin Sanchez's driving shot deflected off Spain's Salvatore Voro and went sailing past Andoni Zubizarreta. Then in the 72nd minute, Caminero jumped high and chested down a long pass in front of Trucco and slipped in his second goal. 1 i -i 3 The following teams reach the round of 16: The top two finishers in each group; -The four third-place teams with the most points. If the records are even, the' tie-breakers are goal differential, then goals scored The U.S. team will advance UNLESS ALL of the following happen: Cameroon beats Russia by three or more goals Brazil beats Sweden by two or fewer Saudi Arabia ties or beats Belgium AND the Netherlands beats Morocco or ties Morocco, by scoring at least two "goals! "i'c Bulgaria ties or beats Argentina AND Nigeria ties or beats Greece.

Either Ireland-Norway or Italy-Mexico ends in a tie, and both teams score at least two goals. The Americans' 1-0 loss, televised by ABC, appears likely to eclipse the 6.6 rating for the 1982 World Cup final between Italy and West Germany, also televised by ABC. Sunday's game drew a 20 percent share of the audience in the 29 major markets, about triple the ratings of Wimbledon on NBC and double the Greater Hartford Open on CBS. Wimbledon earned a 2.3 rating on Saturday and a 2.2 on Sunday, while the golf got a 3.3 on Saturday and 3.9 on Sunday. "The audience for World Cup soccer continues to build in the United States," said Alan Rothen-berg, chairman of the U.S.

organizers. "This trend proves that soccer in America is not only a participant sport but also a spectator activity." ABC said it would televise the Americans' second-round game. 57 Mm st? few Your Transportable for A SUPER SMALL PORTABLE! See Store Nearest You For Details Reauires new one vear service nlan with carrier credit amrmnl disorganized and the Koreans put on incredible power," German coach Berti Vogts said. "We had luck in the end, but the team fought all the way. We were in a huge mess, and that will need critical analysis." With its victory, Germany guaranteed it will play Saturday at Chica stood the rule, and players said the rules hadn't been explained to them.

Nuttall took the blame. The USSF's appeal of the yellow card, given to Harkes by referee Mario Van der Ende of the Netherlands for not being 10 yards back on a free kick, was made after the deadline of one hour following the game and was denied by FIFA. "The film clearly shows that Harkes and (Mike) Sorber hadn't moved from the spot the referee designated," Nuttall said. Harkes said no one on the U.S. staff had warned him that a second yellow card would result in a suspension.

"It should have been explained to the players, and nothing was made clear to the players," he said. Eric Wynalda was the only American player who said the yellow-card rules had been made clear. "He's the only one on the team I think who knows the rules," Harkes said sarcastically. Wynalda questioned the referee's impartiality, saying the referee was shaking hands with Romania's players and patting them on the back. "I don't know if they had any plans after the game, but it sure looked like it," Wynalda said.

Sunday's game between the United States and Romania received a 7.8 overnight rating in 29 major markets, putting it on track to be the most-watched soccer game ever in the United States. No Money Down. Zephyrs 4, Redbirds Loulivlin ab New Orleam ab bi Young 4 0 0 0 Baiket ss 3 110 Battle If 4 0 10 Basse It 3 10 0 Mabry if 4 0 0 0 Onto 2b 4 110 Coolbaugh 3b 3 0 0 0 Byington 3b 3 0 0 1 Stephenson lb 3 0 0 0 Glenn 1b 4 12 2 Oeak 2b 2 0 0 0 Canseco dh 3 0 11 Thomas dh 3 0 10 Matheny 3 0 0 0 Ronan 3 0 0 0 Wachter (f 3 0 0 0 Cromer ss 2 0 0 0 Finn cl 2 0 10 Totals 28 0 2 0 Totals 28 4 4 Associated Press li1 DANA POINT, Calif. U.S. soc--cer players were angry yesterday: each other, with their coach with their officials.

Most of the criticism was directed rat. the U.S. Soccer Federation, which failed to tell players that two yellow cards in separate first-round 'games would result in a one-game suspension. John Harkes will miss i the Americans' second-round game because he received his second yel-? low card in Sunday's 1-0 loss to Ro-! mania at the Rose Bowl. "It's embarrassing, actually, to tell you the truth," defender Alexi Lalas said.

"It's the rules of the game. It doesn't matter what your experience is or how many World Cups you played in, at the very least you should know the rules of the tournament you're in and we didn't." The United States likely won't clinch a spot in the second round until today at the earliest. Only a bi-; zarre series of results would prevent the Americans from advancing for the first time since 1930. Germany's 3-2 victory over South Korea yesterday ensured that if the Americans do advance, they'll play 1 Monday at Stanford Stadium against Brazil or Sweden. Most of the team's discussion yes-! terday centered on the yellow-card controversy.

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How they scored New Orleans first (2) Barker doubled and advanced to third on a passed ball. Basse walked and stole second. Barker scored on Byington's sacrifice fly. Glenn doubled, Basse scored. Zephyrs 2, Redbirds 0.

New Orleans third (2) Cinllo doubled and went to third on Byington's groundout. Glenn doubled, Cinllo scored. Canseco singled and Glenn scored. New Orleani 4, Redbirds 0. joke.

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