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asm- Americans hold Cup lead A struggling American team retained the lead in SPORTS A.M. Compiled from staff, wire reports by Nick Sullivan the World Cup of Golf but gave up three shots and a profuse apology to Nick Price and Mark McNulty of Zimbabwe in second-round play yesterday in Orlando, Fla. Fred Couples played a blind tee shot over a stand of pines and bushes on the 309-yard 14th hole, driving the green on the par-4. Price, playing in front of the Americans, was lining up a short putt on the ereen when Connies' hall Schmittou sells Stars The Huntsville Stars, a Southern League Double-A franchise affiliated with the Oakland A's, has been sold by Larry Schmittou, president of the Nashville Sounds, to a group of Huntsville men. Stars General Manager Don Mincher, a former major league player, will be president of the club.

Schmittou announced two months ago his inten- tions to sell the team for a reported asking price of between $3.5 million and $4 million. Schmittou said he decided to sell the Stars and his Winston-Salem Single-A club to spend more time with his family and concentrate on the Sounds. YOUNG FUND SET UP The Cleveland Indians established a memorial fund for the children of pitcher Cliff Young. Young, 29, died in a traffic accident Nov. 4 in his hometown of Willis, Texas.

Young left a wife, Tamara, and two sons, 6 and 3. honors i 'ft' 4- i tit missed him by only a few feet COUPLES "Fred almost took us both out," McNulty said. Couples' drive on the 14th ended up only three feet from the cup and he made the putt for an eagle-2, the highlight of a round of 71 that dropped him out of the lead in the individual competition. Love also scored an eagle, on a 60-foot putt, in a 69 that gave the defending champion Americans a 277 total. Jean Val de Velde of France took over the individual lead with a 70 and a 136 total, 8-under.

DALY EIGHT BACK John Daly, playing in his first tournament since his suspension from the PGA Tour, shot a 68 and was eight strokes behind leader Donnie Hammond, at 132 after two rounds of the Mexican Open near Mexico City. TAW --A Purvis wins Jiffy Lube Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, outran and outlasted the field yesterday to win the Jiffy Lube 500K ARCA Hooters Cup stock car race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It was a four-way battle for the lead with less than 30 laps to go in the 204-lap event. Dick Trickle, a Winston Cup regular and the winner of this race in 1991, regained the lead lap after a lap penalty for overshooting his pit, but didn't have enough time to catch Purvis, who also won ARCA events at Daytona and Michigan. Purvis won by 17.7 seconds and averaged 119.177 mph.

LJiEffliaO Long sues over steroids Steroid use is endorsed by NFL teams and rampant among players, former Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long charged yesterday in a lawsuit filed against the league and the Steelers. Long's positive steroid test in 1991 led him to eat rat poison in a suicide attempt. He charged that the NFL's steroid test is arbitrary and shortened his career, which ended months after the positive test led to an NFL-imposed four-game suspension. TAYLOR, HAMPTON BACK LB Lawrence Taylor and RB Rodney Hampton will both start this weekend for the New York Giants against Washington after missing games with injuries. ill W' 1 I USA honors for Garrett Hal Garrett of Mount Juliet has been named Gold- en Diamond amateur junior baseball player of the year for Tennessee by USA Baseball.

Garrett, drafted in the fifth round by the San Diego Padres, played in the Arizona League over the summer. He is a graduate of Brentwood Academy and currently is attending Vanderbilt BOYCE AWARD Herbert T. Nance, a 1928 Lipscomb Unversity graduate and a retired Lipscomb teacher and coach, will receive the 'Fessor Boyce Award during haltime of today's men's homecoming at McQuiddy Gym. Q9SP Blue-White game at TSU The Tennessee State men's basketball team will -hold its annual Blue-White Game at Gentry Center today at about 5 p.m., or 30 minutes following the TSU-Murray State football game. It's the first public glimpse of the Tigers, who are the defending OVC champions and favored to repeat this year.

TSU is without sophomore forward Monty Wilson, who suffered a broken wrist earlier in the week. APSU TO SCRIMMAGE Austin Peay's basketball teams will hold open scrimmages tonight in Clarksville. Festivities tip off with a chili supper at 6 p.m., followed by a women's scrimmage at 7 and the men's scrimmage at 7:30. Gustafsson upsets Stich Swede Magnus Gustafsson, playing on a sore knee, upset second-seeded Michael Stich 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 yesterday to set up a semifinal match against Boris Becker in the European Community Championships at Antwerp, Belgium. Top-seeded Pete Sampras escaped with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Nicklas Kulti.

Becker, seeded third, played his best tennis of the week to beat Sweden's Magnus Larsson 6-1, 7-6 (7-0). SABATINI FALLS Amy Frazier rallied from 0-2 in the second set to upset fourth-seeded Gabriela Sabatini 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia. Top-seed Steffi Graf defeated Amanda Coetzer 6-4, 6-1. NHL refs favor strike NHL referees voted unanimously in favor of a strike yesterday, setting the stage for a full-scale walkout Monday. However, negotiations have resumed between the organization representing the 58 officials and the league.

A strike would be the first midseason work stoppage by referees and linesmen in league history. The main issue is salaries. The referees said they wanted an immediate 60 percent wage hike while the league's final offer included a 29 percent raise. Referees get a first-season wage of $50,000 while linesmen are paid $33,000. AP ON THE MOOOVE Fred Lebow, president of the New York Runners Club, meets Elsie the Borden Cow, who is introducing her 'On the Mooove' fitness routine as part of the New York Marathon, which will be run tomorrow.

Drechsler receives threat German track star Heike Drechsler has received a death threat from the hometown area of the man who stabbed tennis superstar Monica Seles, her coach said yesterday. Erich Drechsler, Heike's coach and father-in-law, said the threat came after the long jumper made a comment about Steffi Graf. A Graf fan stabbed Seles April 30 in Hamburg. The threat came in a letter that was mailed in Nordhausen. Guenther Parche, the man who stabbed Seles in the back during a tennis tournament, hails from the village of Goersbach, just outside Nordhausen.

Parche, a 39-year-old jobless lathe operator, was freed last month when a court in Hamburg gave him a suspended sentence for the stabbing. Heike Drechsler, Olympic and world long jump champion, in a recent interview mentioned Graf among athletes who earn a lot of money while track and field stars have to settle for much less. Yankee great Dickey dies Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey, who spent three decades with the New York Yankees as a player, manager and coach, died yesterday in Little Rock, Ark. He was 86. Dickey batted .313 with 202 home runs in 1,712 games from 1928 to 1946, all with the Yankees and all at catcher.

The Yankees reached eight World Series with Dickey and won seven times. Dickey began playing during the glory days of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and his career overlapped the start of Joe DiMaggio's rise to fame. He was a top player in his own right, making the All-Star team 11 times. Bomb dogs for Lillehammer A dozen dogs trained to find bombs have been imported to Lillehammer, Norway, from Northern Ire-, land to beef up security at the Winter Olympics. Peaceful Norway, which is unaccustomed to terrorism and violence, is stepping up security for the Games in Lillehammer, a town of 23,000.

Mavericks sign Brown The Dallas Mavericks signed Chucky Brown to a one-year contract yesterday and placed forward Randy White on the injured list with sore knees. White missed the entire exhibition season and the first three regular season games. checks Time for reality Special team success more than luck of Irish i asEsn By MIKE LOPRESTI Gannett News Service SOUTH BEND, Ind. Want one reason for Lou Holtz' success at Notre Dame? The return game. In his eight years here, the Irish have returned 11 kickoffs for touchdowns.

The opposition has returned none. Punts? Irish 9, opposition 1. Interceptions? Notre Dame 11-2. Fumbles? Note Dame, 1-0. Add it up, and the Irish have scored 32 touchdowns on returns under Holtz, and allowed three.

This season, heading into today's 12:30 p.m. showdown with Florida State (Channel 30), the count is 5-0. "I don't think it's a coincidence," said Clint Johnson, who returned a kickoff for a score against Stanford. "We put a lot of focus on it. He emphasizes the kicking game as much as the offense or defense." But Holtz pinpointed his fourth game at Notre Dame in 1986 when the Irish gave up a punt return for a touchdown to Alabama and had return man Tim Brown drilled on a kickoff.

"On the plane ride home," he said, "I made up my mind I was going to have people who wanted to play in the kicking game." So he turned to walk-ons and reserve players who were willing to go the extra mile for special teams. Two games later, Brown re- Top 25 today 1. Florida State (9-0) at Notre Dame (9-0), 12:30 p.m., on 1C. 2. Notre Dame (9-0) vs.

Florida State (9-0), 12:30 p.m., on 1C. 3. Miami (7-1) vs. Rutgers, 3 p.m.: Hurricanes will watch for score from South Bend. 4.

Nebraska (9-0) vs. Iowa State, I p.m.: Orange Bowl ahead. 5. Ohio State (8-0-1) vs. Indiana, 2:30 p.m., See TV capsules.

6. Tennessee (7-1-1) is idle. 7. Auburn (9-0) at Georgia, noon, See SEC capsules. 8.

Florida (7-1) at South Carolina, 11:30 a.m., See SEC capsules. 9. West Virginia (8-0) at Temple, I I a.m. Next up: Miami. 10.

UCLA (7-2) vs. Arizona State, 5:30 p.m.: Bruins can't afford slip. 11. Texas (7-1) vs. Louisville, 6:30 p.m., See TV capsules.

12. Alabama (7-1-1) vs. Mississippi State, 2:30 p.m., See TV capsules. 13. Arizona (8-1) at California, 2:30 p.m.: Wildcats must keep close to UCLA.

14. Wisconsin (7-1-1) is idle. 15. North Carolina (8-2) at Tu-lane, 7 p.m.: Tar Heels should roll. 16.

Penn State (6-2) vs. Illinois, 2:30 p.m.: Lions aim for Citrus. 17. Oklahoma (7-2) vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m.: Sooners still have Jan.

1 hopes. 18. Virginia (7-2) at Clemson, 11:10 a.m.: Cavs can claim second place in ACC. 19. Indiana (7-2) at Ohio State, 2:30 p.m., See TV capsules.

20. Louisville (7-2) at Texas 6:30 p.m., See TV capsules. 21. Colorado (5-3-1) vs. Kansas, 1:10 p.m.: Buffaloes need win to go bowling.

22. Boston College (6-2) at Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.: Majors should finish winless at home. 23. Wyoming (7-1) at New Mexico, 2:05 p.m.: Lots of points. 24.

Kansas State (6-2-1) vs. Missouri, 1:10 p.m.: Kansas State could take secondin Big Eight. 25. Washington (6-3) vs. Southern Cal, 2:30 p.m.

Huskies can ruin Southern Cal plans. over in the final minute to open the door for a tying field goal by struggling State. "Sometimes things happen. There are different ways to win and lose games. We'll play a couple more and see what happens," snapped Ford.

There are a couple of reasons to believe that Tulsa will be tougher than Mississippi State: quarterback Frerotte and split end Chris Penn. They are among college football's most productive battery, with Frerotte hitting 57 of his passes and Penn catching most of them 72 receptions for 1,131 yards, 10 TDs. "We have seen good quarterbacks all year, starting with Memphis State and going through the SEC and this young man Frerotte ranks with any of them," said Ford. Auburn (9-0, 6-0) at Georgia (4-5, 2-5) Site and time: Sanford Stadium Athens, noon. Who's hot: Auburn QB Stan White, 248 yards pass, 3 TDs, school record 16 straight completions vs.

New Mexico Georgia QB Eric Zeier, 2,771 season passing yards, 20 TDs. A close look: At one point this week, Georgia was a 1 -point favorite. Said Bulldog Coach Ray Goff, "I don't know how 4-5 team, which has struggled all year, is favored over a 9-0, seventh-ranked team in country. Someone has lost their mind." It could be that there has been a magic about this season for Auburn that someone is expecting to run out. It also may indicate that the Tigers, who have moved ahead of Alabama in one poll, are believed looking ahead to the Nov.

20 meeting with the Auburn, UK, various QBs on the spot By JIMMY DAVY Senior Writer Auburn's undefeated and Georgia's the favorite? Mississippi State has a walk-on QB, Florida is shuffling QBs again and Alabama will start Jay Barker? Stay tuned. Miss. St. at Ala. Site, time, TV: Bryant-Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, 2:30 p.m., Channel 2.

Who's hot: Miss. State RB Kevin Bouie, career high 120 yards rushing vs. Arkansas; Alabama WR David Palmer, averaging 16.2 yards as receiver, still on QB rescue mission. A close look: It's an untimely offering for a telecast. Five turnovers and the first defeat in 32 games for the Tide last week against rebounding LSU has Bama scrambling.

And Mississippi State Coach Jackie Sherrill is down to a freshman walk-on quarterback for the cameras. Unless quarterback Todd Jordan recovers from an ankle injury, Sherrill will have to go with walkon Mike Pizinski, who will be able only to put the ball in play and hand off. The other backups, Derrick Taite and Greg Plump, were among four players indefinitely suspended after an off-campus incident that led to assualt charges. "Hopefully by Saturday, Pizinski will have taken enough snaps to Sherrill said. "He's not very nifty.

Jordan has a chance to play Saturday, but he couldn't move Tuesday. I'm concerned he won't be able to move enough to protect himself in the game." turned a kickoff for a touchdown. "We have tried to build a tradition on that it all starts with enthusiasm and feeling; it's not talent," Holtz said. Michigan (3-3, 5-4) at Minnesota (3-3, 4-5), 11:30 a.m., ESPN: The Wolverines are 6-1 in domed stadiums and 5-0 here. Gary Moeller's men have beaten Minnesota 115-20 in the last two matchups.

And they'll score TDs this week, whether Tyrone Wheatley or Tshimonga Biakabutuka, is at tailback. Indiana (4-2, 7-2) at Ohio State (5-0-1, 8-0-1), 2:30 p.m, pay-per-view: The huge gap against Ohio State should grow if sore-shouldered Indiana quarterback John Paci can't lift his right arm. Louisville (7-2) at Texas (7-1), 6:30 p.m, ESPN: Coach R.C. Slocum doubts Louisville's 45-10 loss to Tennessee will affect the Cardinals. "They've won seven games and they have too much character for that," he said.

Louisville QB Jeff Brohm, however, must regain the passing touch which has helped him most of the season. Florida at South Carolina, 11 a.m., Channel 4 Miss. State at Alabama, 2:30 p.m., Channel 2 Syracuse at Virginia Tech, 11 a.m. Sport South Albany State vs. Fort Valley State, 1 p.m, BET Middle Tennessee at Eastern Kentucky, 6 p.m., SportSouth Arizona State at UCLA, 10:30 p.m., SportSouth arch-rival Tide.

Key, says Goff and Auburn Coach; Terry Bowden, is whether Georgia; quarterback Eric Zeier has time to -pass. Florida at S.Carolina (4-5, 2-5) Site, time, TV: Williams-Brice StadK urn Columbia, S.C., 11:30 a.m., Channel 4. I Who's hot: Florida QB Terry SEC player of week with record 6 TD passes, 448 yards vs. SW Louisiana. A close look: The Gators are not as mean outside Gainesville, but South Carolina's defense is no match for the firepower that Steve Spurrier packs.

South Carolina had a week off to re- -cover from a 55-3 loss at Tennessee and the Gators are offensive twins of the Vols, even with the record-setting Dean suffering with a shoulder injury. Danny Wuerffel, who has 1,571 yards total offense, starts for Dean, who has 1,040 yards. Spurrier cautions that South Carolii na, highly-touted at the beginning ot the season, might have recovered from its trip to Knoxville two weeks ago. "South Carolina has had an interesting year. Going into the Tennessee game they were giving up just 13 points a game, playing hard and well." E.Carolina (2-7) at Kentucky (5-4, 4-3) Site and time: Commonwealth Sta-" dium Lexington, noon Who's hot: E.

Carolina FB Junior -Smith, 1,137 yards rushing, 9 TDs; Kentucky TB Moe Williams, 3 yards away from freshman rushing record (has 768 yards). A close look: Despite losing to Van-; derbilt for the third consecutive years -Kentucky can qualify for bowl consider; ation with a win, and they best do jj now because their last chance is next week vs. Tennessee. N.lllinois (4-6) at Ole Miss (4-5, 3-4) Site and time: Vaught-Hemingviay Stadium Oxford, 1:30 Who's hot: N. Illinois TB LeShon Johnson, 1,611 yards rushing (avg.

16! per game), 10 TDs; Ole Miss DB Aiurv: dis Brice, fourth nationally with 6 pass interceptions. A close look: While this is a most; improbable game for a Southern foot i ball team in the middle of Novemberli does produce an interesting matchup" involving the Ole Miss defense and; Heisman Trophy candidate JohnsorCof; Northern Illinois. Johnson is a vastly talented player who has abused opppsj ing defenders all season. "He is a bona fide Heisman Troprty-i candidate who has made shambles' out of everybody," said Ole Miss Coach Bit ly Brewer. "Everyone knows he's going1 to get the ball and no one can ddany-' thing about it." KELO OVER BY POPULAR DEMAND GEORGIA WELLS "Keep Georgia on your mind" 1993 Penthouse fAll The Udies IV SEC standings EAST DIVISION SEC All WLT Florida 5 10 7 10 Tennessee 4 11 7 11 Kentucky 4 3 0 5 4 0 Georgia 2 5 0 4 5 0 S.Carolina 2 5 0 4 5 0 Vanderbilt 1 5 0 3 5 0 WEST DIVISION SEC All WLT WLT Alabama 4 11 7 11 Mississippi 3 4 0 4 5 0 Arkansas 2 4 1 3 5 1 LSU 3 4 0 4 5 0 Miss.

State 14 1 2 5 1 Auburn 6 0 0 9 0 0 Ineligible for SEC title TODAY'S GAMES Navy at Vanderbilt, 1 p.m. Florida at S.Carolina, 11:30 a.m. (TV: Channel 4) Auburn at Georgia, noon East Carolina at Kentucky, noon N. Illinois at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m. Tulsa at Arkansas, 2 p.m.

Miss. State at Alabama, 2:30 p.m. (TV: Channel 2) Appearing ti Nov. 11, 12. 13 The Ft.

Lauderdale Call Girl Stallings says injured Jay Barker has been able to practice and will play. "Jay hasn't been throwing the ball the way he was," said Stallings, pointing out Barker had not practiced in over two weeks. The Tide coach isn't committing himself to a starter, although all-purpose Palmer is a good bet if Barker can't go. Tulsa (4-4) at Arkansas Site and time: Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, 2 p.m. Who's hot: Tulsa QB Gus Frerotte, 2,072 yards passing, 18 TDs; Arkansas LB Darwin Ireland, 85 season tackles.

A close look: Arkansas Coach Danny Ford is known for his defense and the Razorbacks had better get on their running shoes. The team may be emotionally down, coming off a disappointing tie with Mississippi State. The Razorbacks missed an extra point ft the last five minutes and turned the Ball Videos and MISS BUNS Miami Beach (Under new management) k. A KATHY WlLLETTS You've watched her on Geraldo Oprah! You ve read about her In the National Inquirer You ve seen her on national television! Now see her live at Bob Gold Showtimes: 7 pm, 9 pm, 11 pm, 1 am J3- Showtimes 5:30, 6:30, 10:30, 12:30 320-7444 1711 Hayfts Street.