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2C THE TEWNESSEAN Tu-dwSEPTEMBER 15. 1992 SPORTS A.M. Compiled from staff, wire reports by Nick Sullivan Orthmann wins Kick-off Classic West-Johnson bout tops card Brash Buddy West, the lightweight contender from Nashville, returns to action on Sept 26, headlining a small card in Lavergne, Tenn. West (13-2) faces Pat Johnson (10-2) of Carters-ville, who recently lost a WBF title bout in Nashville to Johar Lashin of Israel. "Johar stopped him in six, so I'll stop him in three," West predicted of the 8 p.m, eight-round non-title bout The undercard pits Karl Willis (4-0) against fellow Nashvillian Lopez McGee (15-11) in another scheduled eight-rounder while Keith McKnight (4-0) meets veteran Kenneth Bentley (20-16) of Chattanooga in a six-rounder.

By KIM SW1NT Sports Writer James Orthmann edged out Danny Warren at the finish Saturday to win the first annual Kick-off Classic 5K at Vanderbilt University. Many of Nashville's top runners were in the field of 480, but Orthmann and Warren were in a continu iM it iMIT ous close battle for the overall title to the end. So close in fact that they both ended with the same finishing time of 14:49. Orthmann, a few strides up on Warren, prevailed. "This course had a lot of turns Im 14 anlA Hhwnnn uroc Ohio Oemson removes dean B.J.

Skelton, an admissions dean at Clemson and the secretary-treasurer of the NCAA, has been removed from the school's athletic academic certification process following rule violations in the basketball program. A 150-page report sent to the NCAA by the school on Aug. 7 was released yesterday. School officials will meet with the NCAA Committee on Infractions Sept 25-27 in Kansas City. The report deals with two issues: the academic certification of Wayne Buckingham and rule violations by former assistant coach Len Gordy.

The school has previously announced several self-imposed penalties. But in its report the school also acknowledges it may have to give back a portion of its earnings from the NCAA tournament because it used Buckingham, a one-time Cascade (Tenn.) High player who transferred to Atlanta Southside. 1 4nTI' 1 U.S. top medal winner The United States finished as the top medal-winner with 176 in the Paralympic Games, which ended yesterday with closing ceremonies in Barcelona, Spain. The U.S.

took 76 golds. Germany won 171 medals, followed by Great Britain with 128. i AP MAGIC TOUCH Magic Johnson helps Zachary Ferre, 5, a heart transplant patient, at the fourth annual Magic's Golf Gassic at Riviera Country Club near Los Angeles to benefit the American Heart Association. Heart disease blamed The first Alabama high school football player to die in a game since 1986 was killed by a congenital heart disease that is difficult to detect without expensive tests. Bobby Scruggs, a 17-year-old linebacker at Linden High School in Montgomery, collapsed Friday night during a game against Marengo County High.

An autopsy showed the cause of death was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the heart muscle. Louisville linebacker charged Karlos Bean, a Louisville football, player pleaded innocent yesterday to allegations he raped a student in her campus apartment. Bean, a reserve linebacker from Jacksonville, was being held on $10,000 cash bond after being arrested and charged with first-degree rape Sunday. He was suspended from the football team. Tuesday: Running to use it to my advantage." Warren, a former Belmont Thundsy: Outdoon track member, and Orthmann Wdy: Frtnesi pushed each other throughout.

"At the last quarter of a mile, I almost missed a turn which made me lose a few yards," said Warren. "I was gaining ground on him at the end, but he was running too strong for me to pass him." Tony Martinez, who frequently trains with Warren and local runner Zaf Ahmed, was the third runner to shoot through the tunnel and reach the finish line in Vanderbilt's Dudley Field with a time of 15:22. "It was a great race with a lot of good runners, which made for a faster pace and increased competition," said Martinez, a former member of the Rice University track team and now a chemical engineer. Amy Wimmer, currently completing a graduate nursing program at Vanderbilt, was the dominate female finisher, finishing first with a time of 18:31. Wimmer, originally from Colorado, ran on the cross-country team for the Air Force Academy.

This was her first race in Tennessee. "The course was fast and flat by Colorado standards," she said. Terri Frost, the overall female winner in last week's Rivergate Ramble 5K, was the runnerup, clocking in with a finishing time of 19:16. Frost qualified for the Boston Marathon when she completed the Music City Marathon in April in 3 hours and 19 minutes. Belmont wins Sewanee meet: Belmont's cross country track team won the Sewanee Invitational 8K Friday with 29 points.

Jonathon Stiles and Seth Sheridan took first and second place respectively in 25:45 and 25:58. "We basically trained through this first race, to see where everyone was," said Belmont's track coach Jeff Langdon. "We did much better than I expected, but it's still early in the season." Coming Up: Saturday, Rainbow Run 5K, starts at 8:00 a.m. in Clarksville, contact Julie Rogers at 647-4291; Saturday, Sept. 26, Saturn Run 8K race and 1 mile fun run, 8 a.m., contact Jennifer Schettler, 486-50777 or Mary Lee Johnson 380-2527; Sunday, Sept.

27: Nashville Scene Music City Biathlon, 5K, 30K, 5K, contact Susan Gates or Denise Siroky at 383-0490. Humphreys, Bowling win Bryan Humphreys won both the men's open singles and doubles titles at the Nashboro Village Club Nike Invitational tennis tournament. Humphreys beat Steve Riley 6-3, 6-2 to win the singles crown. Cindy Bowling won both the women's open title, beating Regina Nutter 6-0, 6-1, as well as the open mixed doubles title with Riley. Benny Jones also won two titles, the men's 40s and men's 45s doubles.

Knicks acquire Campbell The New York Knicks yesterday surrendered a second-round draft choice in either 1994, 1995 or 1996 to get Tony Campbell, a 20.6-point scorer in three years at Minnesota. Campbell, 30, replaces forward Xavier McDaniel on the Knicks roster. Garden to honor great events Wilt Chamberlain and Muhammad All will be among the sports celebrities on hand Sept. 25 in New York when Madison Square Garden pays tribute to 25 of the most remarkable and memorable events in arena history. The ceremony, to be held on Sept 15, will include the induction of All, Chamberlain and the likes of hockey Hall of Famers Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard and basketball Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson, Bob Cousy and Red Holtzman into the Garden's "Walk of Fame." Vilas falls to Lopez Guillermo Vilas was beaten 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 by German Lopez of Spain in the first round of the $330,000 Bordeaux Passing Shot tennis tournament yesterday in Bordeaux, France.

Seventh-seeded Andrei Cherkasov of Russia, the only seeded player in action, advanced 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) against Laurent Prades of France. ASHE STABLE The condition of former tennis great Arthur Ashe, hospitalized in New York after a heart attack, remained stable and unchanged and there was no word on when he might be released. Yearling prices up The average price paid for a horse during the first two days of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale is up more than 6 from a year At the end of yesterday's session in Lexington, the average was $69,588 on a gross of $37,369,000 for 537 horses. A total of 601 horses had been sold for $39,226,500. Vandy, Western clash Vanderbilt's soccer team will be seeking its first victory of the season when the Commodores play Western Kentucky at 7 p.m tonight in Bowling Green.

Vandy is 0-2-1 for the season. WKU, which opens its home season with the match, is 2-2. inijiijmgiiuiuuiiiJll I ju I jjMlpifluuii i iiuvw" Sounds try to make a deal with White Sox Sounds affiliations DOUBLE-A Yre Parent League 78-79 Cincinnati Southern 80-84 NYYankees Southern TRIPLE-A 85-86 Detroit Amer. Assoc. 87-92 Cincinnati Amer.

Assoc. featured a quartet of right-handers Ramon Garcia, Greg Perschke, Mike Dunne and Chattanoogan Rodney Bolton who combined for 42 wins. Right-handed reliever Brian Drahman led the PCL with 30 saves, and Chicago's Double-A team, the Birmingham Barons, sported the Southern League's top earned run average hurler, lefthander Larry Thomas (1.94). Managing Vancouver this season has been 48-year-old Rick Renick, a former major-league coach for Montreal and Minnesota. No decision has been made on his return, but it is expected that he will return next season.

cated in Vancouver for the past five seasons. This year Vancouver won the Pacific Coast League's Northern Division first-half championship, finished third in the second half and went on to defeat Portland, 3-2, in the best-of-five Northern Division playoffs. Last night Vancouver opened the PCL championship playoffs at Colorado Springs. If Chicago and Nashville do hook up, the Sounds will be alligned with an organization deep in pitching. Vancouver, which finished the regular season at 81-61 this year, led the PCL in earned run average (3.55).

The starting rotation staff Each side to make its pitch By LARRY TAFT Sports Writer The Nashville Sounds and Chicago White Sox are to begin negotiations today that may well bring Chicago's Triple-A farm team to Nashville next season. Following the recommendation of the office of the commissioner, Nashville will limit its discussion on a new affiliate to the White Sox for a three-day period. If no agreement is signed by Friday, Nashville will be free to begin negotiations on Monday with any major-league club that does not have a Triple-A affiliate for next season. "There is no obligation on our part, but if we like what they say, we can sign with them," Sounds President Larry Schmittou said. "No matter who you sign with, the financial arrangement is the same.

The things you discuss in negotiations are exhibition games, what your relationship will be, what kind of team they can provide for you. From their standpoint, the dis- cussion centers on facilities, the town and attendance, where players will live and those types of details." While Nashville has been the Triple-A farm team of the Cincinnati Reds since the 1987 season, Chicago's Triple-A club has been lo Ace Jack McDowell came through the pitching-strong White Sox farm system. Unsigned players file lawsuit in bid to gain total free agency 0 9 Ki VMP-Z i 1 Tennessean News Services MINNEAPOLIS Ten unsigned NFL players yesterday asked a court to declare them total free agents in the wake of a jury verdict last week striking down the leape's Plan system. The players, led by Philadelphia tight end Keith Jackson, claim the league is using the Plan rules to restrict them from negotiating or signing with any other NFL clubs. Their request be heard by Judge David Doty tomorrow.

A federal court jury last Thursday found that Plan violated antitrust laws. The Plan system allows a team the right of first refusal over any protected player who signs with another team and two first-round draft picks if he moves. "This action was not unexpected, since there are a handful of players without contracts," NFL spokesman Joe Browne said. "Our hope is that the players association at some point soon will move from litigation to negotiation." The other players in the suit: O.J. Dozier, rt, Detroit; Thomas Everett, Pittsburgh; Louis Lipoy wr, Pittsburgh; Stephont Paige, wr, Kansas City; Joe Phillips, nt, San Diego; Webster Slaughter, wr, Cleveland; Natu Tuatagakx, de, Cincinnati; Garin Veris, de, New England; Leon White, lb, Cincinnati Redskins: All-Pro cornerback DarreH Green is out for at least a month with a broken arm sustained in the Redskins' 24-17 win vs.Atlan-ta.

Team doctors tried unsuccers-fully to set the arm without surgery yesterday, and were -scheduled to Sack leader Jeff Lageman (knee) is out for the season. 49ers: San Francisco is considering replacing Mike Cofer, who missed two field-goal tries in a 34-31' loss to Buffalo and is 2-for-5 on the season. Tight end Brent Jones (hamstring) will miss 1-3 games. Saints: Kicker Cary Blanchard was activated in case Morten Andersen's tendinitis in his left knee gets too bad. Wide receiver Floyd Turner (broken leg) was put on injured reserve.

Cardinals: Quarterback Timm Rosenbach, who missed last season with a knee injury, is out four more weeks with a separated shoulder. Chris Chandler will replace him. Packers: Rookie cornerback Terrell Buckley, who missed training camp, could play Sunday vs. Cincinnati if he learns the playbook well enough, Coach Mike Holmgren said. Cowboys: Dallas released defensive lineman Danny Noonan, a first-round draft pick in 1987.

Raiders: Starting right guard Max Montoya (knee) will be out at least a month. Bengals: Linebacker Ray Bentley (knee) is out for the season. HEISMAN MAGIC Redskins rookie Desmond Howard scores Sunday's punt return TD. Always special show for 'Prime Time' Keith Jackson B. Nagle Restricted? Jets QB doubtful try again today.

If Green is operated on, he will miss the rest of the year. Asked the chances of Green's return, Coach Joe Gibbs said, "very slight" Giants: Coach Ray Handley sad Phil Simms (25-42, 273 yards, 3 TDs vs. Dallas) will start at quarterback Monday at Chicago. Nose tackle Erik Howard and defensive end Leonard Marshall are likely to miss the game with knee injuries. Colts: Quarterback Jack Trudeau left the game against Houston with back spasms, setting up the possibility of re-signing Mark Herrmann if Jeff George is not ready to go Sunday vs.

Buffalo. Rookie defensive back Ashley Ambrose (broken ankle will be out at least two months. Jets: Quarterback Browning Nagle (right index finger) Is doubtful for Sunday's game against San Francisco. Ken O'Brien (l-for-4, three INTs vs. Pittsburgh) would replace him.

SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) Few should have been surprised when Deion Sanders raced 99 yards for a touchdown the first time he touched the ball in the NFL this year. Sanders has a knack for making things happen in both professional sports in which he toils. After finally settling a contract dispute with the Atlanta Falcons last Thursday, he stepped on the practice field for the first time, gftng through a 2 V-ffour workout play for. He's the greatest athlete I've ever seen." Sanders 99-yard kickoff return came Sunday just after Howard, last year's Heisman Trophy winner from Michigan, had scored on a 58-yard punt return When Sanders first broke into the NFL, he returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown in his first game against the Los Angeles Rams.

Five days earlier, he hit a home run in his final baseball game of the 1989 season with theYankees.l He then drove 35 miles south from the Suwanee training complex to join the Atlanta Braves, and capped his day by racing from first to third on an errant pickoff attempt, then scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly to give the Braves a 3-2 victory over Cincinnati. "He's amazing," Desmond Howard of the Washington Redskins said. "He seems like he is having so much fun out there. "Just watching him play picks you up, regardless of what team you.