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1:30 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Game 12 ol the College World Series, Omaha, ESPN, p.m. Friday, June 5. 1987 Sports CLASSIFIED BEGINS ON PAGE 6B Poughkeepsie Journal IB vSSr Michael Zuccarello The Mets don't need Seaver back Go to Europe, Tom. You don't need the New York Mets.

1, and the New York Mets don't need you. Tom Seaver, twice mistreated by the Mets. Is considering hooking up with the team he made famous nearly it two decades ago. He's backing out of a European vacation with his family for 1 the chance to get abused for a third time. "Sorry we ran you out of town in 1977.

Tom," the Mets are telling Seaver. "Sorry we left you unprotected in 1984 and let the White Sox swoop in like vultures and carry you away. But please, Tom. Please come back and help us win a pennant." When M. Donald Grant sent Seaver to the Reds a few hours before the trading deadline in 1977, it was called the "Midnight Massacre." Tom was still terrific then, and he promptly went 14 3 in four months.

When the Mets brought Seaver home in 1983, it was as grand a publicity coup as anything P.T.Barnura could have produced. The original Amazin' Met was coming home to help the worst team in baseball escape from the cellar. Then they left him unprotected, and the White Sox jumped at the blunder. They grabbed him as compensation in the free agent draft, and aU of New York booed. Seevor ghobfd fust say no $tow, the Mets are knocking' on leaver's door again.

This" Is what 2 Seaver should do: he should answer the door and quietly respond, "Kindly take your Job and shove it" You might argue that these Mets I aren't the ones who wronged Seaver. M. Donald Grant Isn't running the Mets any longer, and the fans are the ones who will suffer. You might argue Seaver Is as desperate for a Job as the Mets are desperate for a fresh arm. LiBut if I'm Seaver, I'm not going home again.

If I'm Tom Terrific, I tell the fans the only time they'll catch me in a Mets uniform Is on Diamond VI sion. Seaver doesn't need the New York Mets. apd the New York Met don't need Seaver. I' Why do the Mets want a 42 ear old pitcher who went 7 13 last season with a 4.03 ERA? Why do they want to re charge their battery with an engine that takes a month to heat up? r. Seaver probably isn't washed up.

If I Davey Johnson believes Seaver can f. help the Mets, he probably can. But Seaver won't Win more than he loses, and he won't be Tort Terrific. Is that worth a month of waiting? Dwight Gooden, age 22, went to spring training, and he needed a month of'minor league work to get back in shape. Seaver, age 42, didn't go to spring training.

Ihero's no need for panic Pursuing Seaver seems like a panic move. As of tonight, the rotation will beN anchored by Ron Darling. Dwight Gooden and Sid Fernandez. The Mets are only five games out of first place, and that's much too soon to panic. I doubt the Mets would bring back Seaver merely to put fans in the seats.

The 1983 Seaver was a feature attraction, and it was a clutch move toward bringing back "the magic" the Mets were so desperately seeking. Times have changed. First of all. these 1987 Mets are loaded with glittering stars, and Seaver's star has lost Its glitz. I don't know about you, but I don't get excited about the prospect of watching a falling star complete its burnout.

Second of all. the 1987 Mets are a contender, and that alone Is enough to keep Shea Stadium rocking. The Mets of Bob Bailor and Ron Hodges needed Seaver. These Mets, with names like Carter and Strawberry and Hernandez, don't need Tom Seaver to draw crowds. Seaver is better off going to Europe with the wile and kids.

Let us remem ber the Tom' Terrific that gave us a miracle in 1969. Let us think of Tom Seaver as the pitcher who inspired Reggie Jackson to say, "Blind people come to the ballpark Just to hear him pop the catcher's mitt." You're better off without the Mets, jrQm. And the Mets are better of fwitk out you. Lakers roll to 2 0 series lead By Mike Lopresti Gannett New Service INGLEWOOD. Calif.

Another day, another blowout, and by now this much is clear the NBA Finals are going' only as far as Boston Garden will take them. Home turf is about all that's left for' the Boston Celtics, who limp back in more ways than one after being blasted again by the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday, 141 122, in Game 2. The next three games starting Sunday are in Boston Garden. It is said the home court is worth 10 points. That may not be enough.

The Celtics have been shattered by a team superior in nearly every facet of therfMirar Tigers' streak hits 15 By Greg Goth For the Journal EASTCHESTER To say the Le vittown Division Dragons were loose before their Class A state quarterfinal match would be a supreme understatement, They laughed, they Joked, they played on the seesaw next to the field at Ann Hutchinson School. They had every right to be confident, every right to smile. They hadn't been beaten yet this season, they hadn't even been behind much. They took Section Eight, on Long Island, with ease, and they were ranked first in the latest large school polL They lost their light hearted demeanor quickly, though. The Dragons ran straight into the eye tih, make that the the arms, and the gloves of the Tigers, who have now won 15 in a row.

Behind the five hit pitching of Kathy Smith and outstanding fielding, the Kingston Lady Tigers gave the 20 0 Dragons a lesson, downing them 6 1 in Just 75 minutes. The win gave Kingston a berth in the state semifinals in Binghamton this weekend. The Dragons relied heavily on the smoke from the right arm of pitcher Jill DlMonda. She struck out 12, but nearly every time a Kingston bat touched the ball, an adventure would ensue out in the field. The very first Tiger batter, Tamara Wamsley, ripped a grounder too hot for Division first baseman Margaret Gino to handle, and after the ball also eluded second baseman Buffy Heffernan, Wamsley wassafe at first.

Jen Rosenthal, up next, hit an infield single. Back to back singles to left by Cheryl Whalen and Cory Schreyer drove Wamsley and Rosenthal, in. and the Dragons found themselves in the unaccustomed position of being down, 2 0. Smith and her cohorts never gave the Dragons a chance. Smith fanned See KINGSTON, page 4B The Lakers are not going to get slower on the flight East.

The Celtics will need more than the Garden. They'll need magic. And remember, Los Angeles won there during the regular season, back when the Celtics were healthy and the Lakers were mortals. All that has changed, of course. Los Angeles is in the process of putting on one of the best playoff shows.in history, and the only thing presently stopping the Lakers are off days.

The Lakers attacked from everywhere Thursday night. Put it this way: Larry Bird led Boston with 23 points. There were five Lakers who either matched or were within two points of that. Kareem Abdul Jabbar had 23 inside points, James Worthy drove and slashed for 23, Mi "ehael Coapar at an NBA record with six three point baskets among Byron Scott had 24. his 21 points.

Magic Johnson had 23 with 20 assists, but of course him passing the baa to the Lakers on the break is like somebody feeding sharks. to go in the third period, the Lakers had already broken 100. Midway through the final period, LA had 57 fast break points, Boston seven. Boston even won the rebounds in this one, 43 33. That was like spitting in the ocean.

Once again, it was a trouble free evening for the LA crowd. The only Californian to have much difficulty was singer Natalie Cole, who forgot a verse in the National Anthem, somewhere before the rockets red glare and bambg biirrtinp in air That's OK. The 'Lakers provided their own. It was close for awhile, at least. The Celtics with gpod'inside work from Robert famh were'even publicly seen to be having The lead.

But that was early. The last time was 27 26 in the first quarter. But the first of Cooper's 3 pointers set nature, right again at 29 27. Then, as before, speed would kill. The key stretch was probably after the Lakers eased out into a S9 50 lead.

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The left handed pitcher plays the trumpet in the school band and was voted the senior class blusher. The center fielder wants to be a FBI agent. The first baseman takes ribbing from his teammates for owning an E.R.A. of roughly .31.00. The ace of the pitching staff didn't shave from day one of the sectionals until the title came home.

The lefty pitcher outfielder dreams or getting drafted This is a baseball team that is two wins away from a New York State. Class A title? Indeed it is and the Arlington High School Admirals, a wonderful combination of personality and balance, have set their sites on that New York State title. 18 9 1 Arlington will meet Levittown Division in the state semifinals Saturday at 1 p.m. at Little Falls Municipal Stadium in Little Falls, New York. "In the beginning of the year, we had our little cliques." explained senior center fielder Scott McCredy, who hopes to he a agent.

"We weren't really a team. It didn't really click until 10 games ago." Click isn't exactly the word for what happened to Arlington. Explode is more precise a term. The Admirals, picked as one of the favorites in the Northern Hudson along with a 7 7 1 overall record. Arlington proceeded to blow a 6 1 lead to Lourdes and when it was over, tempers were short.

McCredy, who made the last out, was frustrated with himself and voicedhis disappointment. Arlington Coach Joe DeRosa vented his frustration on McCredy and the two had words. The argument spilled over into the locker room where DeRosa and Todd Tortorici and Chris Kotes got into it. What had been simmering for weeks finally came to a full boil and blew over. It was just what the doctor ordered for Arlington.

The suddenly relaxed Admirals reeled off nine straight wins and 11 victories in 12 games en route to capturing the Section One, Class A title. "I think it definitely helped the team," said McCredy. "It got things out in the )UmamaaammsammB Moses' 400 hurdles winning streak ends Danny Harris, at 122. The Usoclatad Pratt right, nip's Edwin Moses at the wire Thursday', ending his 400 hurdles win streak MADRID, Spain (AP) Edwin Moses' 122 race winning streak, the longest in the history of track, ended Thursday when fellow American Danny Harris beat him in the 400 meter hurdles. Moses, the world record holder with a time of 47.02 seconds, last lost on Aug.

26. 1977 in West Berlin, when he was beaten by West Germany's Harald Schmid. Harris, 21, won Thursday in 47.56 at an international meet. Moses finished second in 47.69, followed by another American, Nate Page, in 50.12. Moses was first during the two first hurdles but Harris took the lead at the fifth hurdle and stayed in front the rest of the way.

The 31 year old Moses had won 107 consecutive finals and 15 preliminaries since losing to Schmid. He bad won all three of his previous races this year, in Columbus, Ohio; Princeton, N.J. and Turin, Italy. Harris, born in, Torrance. was a three time NCAA champion at Iowa State and finished second to Moses at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

He won the 400 meter titles at the NCAA outdoor championships in 1984. 1985 and 1986 and was rated third in the world behind fellow Americans Moses and Andre Phillips in the most recent world rankings. Harris, who went to high school in Perris, set the national high school record in the 300 meter low hurdles in 1983, then broke the world junior record in the 400 meter hur dies five times, including a best of 48.02. During three years at Iowa State, training under assistant coach Steve Lynn, Harris competed in 17 finals and won them all. Though he still attends Iowa State, Harris is not competing for the Cyclones this season.

Lynn, discussing the decision earlier this year, said "it was a move that it was time to make. Danny is going great now. He is much stronger than he has ever been." Harris said in April at the Sun Angel meet in Tempe. Ariz, that "I feel much stronger than last year, and not having to run a collegiate schedule is going to help in the long run. Harris' time was the best of his career.

Only Moses, Schmid and Phillips have run faster. In all, Moses owns 14 of the top 16 times, 17 of the top 20 and 23 of the top 30 in the event..