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THE PALM BEACH POST TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1988 5C UF takes on Arnold's alma mater -r AL Boxes NL Boxes Red Sox 3, Yankees 2 BOSTON NEW YORK ab bl ab bt Boggs 3b 4 0 2 0 RHndsn If 3 10 0 Barrett 2b 5 12 0 Rndlph 2b 4 110 Burks cf 4 110 Buhner ct 4 0 11 DwEvnsrf 4 0 0 0 JCIark dh 2 0 11 Grenwldh 4 12 3 Winfield rf 4 0 2 0 Rice If 4 0 0 0 GWard lb 3 0 0 0 Rominelf 0 0 0 0 Wshgtn ph 10 0 0 Gedman 3 0 0 0 Pglrulo 3b 4 0 0 0 Dodson lb 4 0 10 Santanass 3 0 10 SOwen ss 3 0 10 Cruz ph 10 0 0 Skinner 3 0 0 0 Total! 35 3 9 3 Totals 32 2 6 2 Boston 002 010 0003 New York 200 000 OOP 2 By TOM D'ANGELO Palm Beach Post Staff Writer OMAHA, Neb. When Joe Arnold accepted the position as head baseball coach at the University of Florida, he looked at programs he'd most like to emulate. TV: ESPN, 5:10 p.m. Those that came to mind were Miami, Oklahoma State and USC. Phillies 5, Expos 4 PHILADELPHIA MONTREAL ab bl ab bl Samuel 2b 5 110 Raines If 5 110 Hayes lb 4 2 2 0 Winghm cf 4 0 11 Parrish 5 12 2 Parrett 0 0 0 0 Schmdt 3b 5 0 2 2 WJhnsn ph 10 0 0 CJames rf 4 12 1 Galarrg lb 3 10 1 Bradley If 2 0 0 0 Brooks rf 4 12 0 MThmp cf 4 0 10 Wallach 3b 4 0 2 2 Aguayo ss 4 0 0 0 Foley ss 4 0 0 0 Jeltzss 0 0 0 0 Reedc 4 0 10 KGross 4 0 10 Candael 2b 2 110 Bedrosn 0 0 0 0 Youmns 10 10 McGffgn 0 0 0 0 Nettles ph 10 0 0 Burke 0 0 0 0 Webster cf 2 0 10 Totals 37 5 11 Totals 35 4 10 4 Philadelphia 010 020 2005 Montreal 010 OOP 0304 Game Winning RBI Parrish (7).

DP Philadelphia 1 Montreal 1 LOB Philadelphia 9, Montreal 7. 2B Wallach. Reed, Parrish, Schmidt, Hayes. 3B Hayes. HR CJames (9).

SB CJames (3), Samuel (16). IP ER BB SO that Joe had a real talent," Brock said. "He's really one of the bright young coaches." The Sun Devils possess an impressive honor roll, including Reggie Jackson, Hubie Brooks, Rick Monday, Gura, Sal Bando, Bob Horner and Floyd Bannister. Arnold, though, will never be a household name in the desert. "I was the little guy," he said.

"You look at me and you'd say, 'What can this guy I didn't become the No. 1 guy until the middle of the season." Tonight Arnold is counting on his No. 1 pitcher, right-hander Jeff Gidcumb. Gidcumb (16-6) pitched eight innings and threw about 150 pitches while losing to Wichita State in the Gators' series opener Friday. In the East Regional, Gidcumb beat Florida State after two days rest.

"I'm not putting any pressure on him at all," Arnold said. "It's up to him." Left-hander Rusty Kilgo (10-2, 3.20) is the probable starter for 5:10 at Rosenblatt Stadium. Arnold and his Gators will face the Sun Devils in the College World Series. The loser will be eliminated. "My reaction will be the same as any game to win the ballgame," Arnold said.

"When you look across the field it's just another team. Arizona State is another step toward our goal." Arnold played at Lake Worth High School and two years at Miami Dade Junior College, where he compiled a 29-1 pitching record. He was a junior when he pitched for Arizona State in 1968. He was 11-1 with a 0.68 ERA. Arizona State won the national title the year before and the year after Arnold played there.

Then-ASU coach Bobby Winkles, now a coach for the Montreal Expos, said the Sun Devils couldn't make it to the 1968 CWS with one arm. He was speaking of Arnold's. In the last conference series of the season, Arnold beat Arizona 2-0 on Friday, pitched seven innings of relief in a 15-inning game Saturday afternoon, and warmed up but did not pitch Saturday night. Arnold left after one semester in Tempe, signing a contract with the Houston Astros. He was drafted and played as an infielder.

"If I had to do it all over again, I would have stayed for my senior year," said Arnold, who at 5-feet-9 wasn't considered a pitching prospect. "I would have pitched on a staff with Larry Gura and Lerrin LaGrow and pitched in the World Series. I would have been in the thick of that. I would have had a better chance of pitching professionally." Arnold was married and had a child at the time. Three years later he returned to ASU as a graduate assistant under Winkles.

He credits that one season for allowing him to make a career of coaching. "With the credentials you had as an assistant at Arizona State, it was certainly a feather in your cap," he said. The year after Arnold left, Arizona State hired current coach Jim Brock. Arnold had returned to Miami Dade as an assistant. "Bobby Winkles knew right away Game Winnine RBI Greenwell m.

DP Boston 1. New York 1. LOB Boston 8, New York 6. 2B Burks, Greenwell, Barrett. HR Greenwell ER BB SO Boston Hurst W.7-3 8 5 2 2 2 6 LSmith S.7 1 10 0 11 New York Allen L.2-1 5 8 3 3 1 1 Pena 1ft 10 0 1 1 Guante 1 0 0 0 0 1 Righetti I 0 0 0 10 Umpires Home, Shulock; First, Johnson; Second, Third, Reilly.

2:48. Orioles 5, Tigers 2 DETROIT Pettis cf Whitakr 2b Salazar If TrammJ ss Lemon rf Herndrj dh Knight lb DEvns ph Brokns. 3b Heath Totals. BALTIMORE abrhbl 3 0 10 Orsulakrf 4 0 0 1 Lynncf 4 0 0 0 CRipkn ss 4 0 2 0 Murray dh 4 0 10 Sheets If 4 0 2 0 Gerhart If 3 0 0 0 Traber lb 10 0 0 Kennedy 3 12 0 Gonzals 3b 3 111 BRipkn2b 33 2 9 2 Totals abrhbl 5 10 0 4 0 0 0 5 3 4 3 2 0 10 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 4 110 34 10 Detroit Baltimore 001 003 010 0002 010 lOx Game-Winning RBI CRipken (2). knight.

DP Baltimore 2. LOB Detroit 5, Baltimore 10. 2B Lemon, Brookens, Sheets. HR CRipken (0), Heath (1). SB Pettis (25), BRipken (4).

sneets uwpken z). uonzaies. IP ER BB SO Detroit 6Vi 10 5 2 Hemand 1 0 0 0 Baltimore Ballard W.2-2 8 9 2 2 0 0 0 Umpires Home, Young; First, Evans; Tschtdar Third, Hendry. T-2fl3. A 22.317.

1 3 0 1 Second, Philadelphia KGross W.6-2 7 8 4 4 1 3 Bedrosn S.5 1ft 2 0 0 1 2 Montreal 4 3 3 3 4 1 McGffgan ft 10 0 0 0 Burke 3 6 2 2 0 2 Parrett 1 10 0 0 0 HBP Galanaga by KGross. WP Youmans. Umpires Home, Runge; First. West; Second, Williams; Third, Engel. 2:55.

A 12.127. Mets 6, Cardinals 2 NEW YORK ST. LOUIS ab bl ab bl Wilson cf 4 111 Coleman If 4 0 10 KAMIIr 2b 3 0 0 0 OSmith ss 4 110 KHrndz lb 3 10 0 McGeecf 4 0 10 Myers 0 0 0 0 Bmnsky rf 4 0 0 0 Strwbry rf 4 12 4 Homer lb 4 0 3 1 McRyldsIf 4 0 0 0 TPena 4 0 0 0 Carter 4 0 2 0 Oquend 3b 4 12 1 HJohsn3b 4 110 Alicea 2b 4 0 10 Elsterss 4 12 0 McWIms 2 0 0 0 Fmdezp 10 0 0 Lawlssph 10 0 0 Dykstrph 1110 Peters 0 0 0 0 Magadn lb 10 11 Terry 0 0 0 0 Lake ph 10 0 0 Totals 33 8 10 8 Totals 38 2 9 2 New York 001 002 0218 St. Louis 001 100 0002 lis Game Winning RBI Strawberry (5). McWilliams, Horner.

DP St. Louis 1. LOB New York 4, St. Louis 7. 2B Horner.

HR Oquendo (2), Strawberry (12). SB OSmith (18), Coleman (26). Fernandez, KAMiller. SF Wilson. IP ER BB SO New York 7 6 2 2 0 7 Myers S.9 2 3 0 0 0 0 St.

Louis 7 5 3 1 0 2 Peters 3 2 2 1 0 Terry 1ft 2 1 1 0 0 BK Terry. Umpires Home, Quick; First, Pallone; Second, Kibler; Third, Gregg. 2:27. A 44,199. Astros 10, Dodgers 4 A v.

Indians 6, Blue Jays 3 TORONTO CLEVELAND ab bl ab bl Femndz ss 4 0 0 1 Franco 2b 2 0 0 0 Mosebycf 3 0 0 0 Ramos 2b 2 0 0 0 Mllnksdh 3 0 2 0 Upshaw lb 3 0 0 0 McGriff lb 4 0 10 Carter cf 4 10 0 Gruber3b 3 111 Jacoby3b 3 2 3 2 Whlttc 4 12 0 Kittle dh 2 10 0 Leach If- 4 0 10 Snyder rf 4 0 11 Barfield rf 4 0 10 CCastitl If 2 0 0 0 Liriano 2b 4 12 1 Hall If 110 0 RWsgtnss 3 111 Allansonc 2 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 10 3 Totals 28 8 4 "f-Jjr-VIBut the one that Arnold knew more about, and considered the model program, was his alma mater, Arizona State. "I have tremendous respect Arnold for that pro gram," Arnold said. "Looking back on the years, the people they have in professional baseball, their success, there's an aura there." Arnold, 40, admits he always has followed the Sun Devils program. The one game he will be most interested in will be played tonight at Area trio experienced in big games By TOM D'ANGELO Palm Beach Post Staff Writer OMAHA, Neb. Playing in a world series is nothing new for Florida's Brian Reimsnyder or Miami's Joe Grahe and Chris Hirsch.

When Jensen Beach Post 12 won the 1986 American Legion World Series, Reimsnyder, Grahe and Hirsch played major roles. Two years later, they are back at a national championship tournament on a much larger scale. "I haven't let any of the pressure get to me," said Reimsnyder, who hit a key two-run homer in Florida's 6-5 victory over California Sunday. "Maybe that's because I've been in this type of situation before." Reimsnyder, who is from Stuart and played at South Fork High School and Indian River Community College, lead the Gators with 15 home runs. Grahe, of Lake Park, played at Palm Beach Gardens and Palm Beach Junior College.

He leads the Hurricanes with 13 victories, but lost his fifth game of the season to Cal State-Fullerton in Miami's series opener. Hirsch is from Palm Beach Gardens. He hit .208 in limited play during the season. The Stanford Cardinal have proven athletics and academics can successfully co-exist. Ten members of the defending national champions will be taking finals today at the Marriott Hotel.

Paul Carey, the MVP of last year's CWS, I It i HOUSTON LOS ANGELES ab bl ab bl GYoung cf 2 3 2 0 Sax 2b 4 0 11 BHatchrlf 5 2 2 2 MHtchr rf 4 110 Walling 3b 5 2 3 3 Holton 0 0 0 0 GOavis lb 5 12 3 MiDavsph 10 0 0 Doran 2b 4 0 10 Gibson If 4 12 2 Pnkovts 2b 0 0 0 0 Marshl lb 4 0 0 0 Ashbyc 3 0 0 0 Shelby cf 4 110 Andersn I 0 1 0 Hamltn 3b 3 0 0 1 Bassrf 5 111 Dempsyc 2 0 0 0 Ramlrz ss 5 110 APena 0 0 0 0 Knepper 2 0 0 0 Crews 0 0 0 0 Puhl ph 10 10 Heep rf 10 0 0 Trevino 2 0 0 0 Andesn ss 3 0 2 0 Stubbsph 1110 Sutton 2 0 0 0 Scioscia 2 0 0 0 Totals 40 10 14 9 Totals 35 4 8 4 Houston 000 100 25210 Los Angeles 010 010 Oil 4 Miami's Jose Trujillo steals second base as the ball gets away from CWS ResultsSchedules Toronto Cleveland 020 000 0013 100 104 OOx 6 Game Winning RBI Snyder (6). DP Cleveland 3. LOB Toronto 8. Cleveland 5. 2B Mullinrks, Jacoby, Snyder.

HR Gruber (7), Ja-coby (5), Liriano (2). Allanson. IP ER BB SO Toronto Flanagan L.5-4 5V4 4 5 5 4 1 Eichhom 2'A 1 1 1 1 0 Cleveland 6Vi 9 2 2 4 1 DJonesS.I3 2Vi 1110 4 HBP Gruber by Farrell, Washington by Eichhom. BK Eichhom 3. Umpires Home, Reed; First, Hlrschbeck; Second, Garcia; Third, Scott.

2:37. A 9,550. Royals 2, Athletics 0 OAKLAND KANSAS CITY abrhbl Lansfrd 3b 5 0 2 0 Stllwll ss Javier rf 5 0 10 WWilsn cf Cansec dh 4 0 2 0 Brett lb Parker If. 3 0 10 Trtabll rf McGwir lb 2 0 0 0 Seltzer 3b DHedsncf 4 0 0 0 Bucknrdh Hubbrd 2b 3 0 0 0 FWhite 2b Hassey ph 0 0 0 0 Eisnrch If Baylor ph 1 0 0 0 Macfarin Gailego2b 0 0 0 0 abrhbl 3 0 0 0 4 0 10 3 0 10 3 10 0 4 110 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 10 3 0 0 0 Weiss ss 4 i Mercadoc 4 0 10 Totals 35 0 I 0 Totals 27 2 6 2 Oakland 000 000 000 0 020 000 OOx 2 Kansas City r.amp Winning RBI FWhite (41. Hubbard, Tartabull.

DP Oakland 2. LOB Oakland 1 1 Kansas City 6. 2B Canseco 2. SB Wilson (1 1). Buckner, tisenreicn.

ER BB SO Oakland Ontiveros L.3-3 Plunk Kansas City Farr W.2-0 Montemrv 7 1 6 1 Gleaton IVi Umpires Home, Momson; first, minips; aecono. Voltaggio; Third, Joyce. 2:30. A 36,724. Rangers 6, Angels 4 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fresno State's Steve Pearse.

secutive games at Rosenblatt Stadium, including Sunday's 7-4 victory over No. 1 Arizona State. The Shockers now have beaten two teams Oklahoma State and the Sun Devils who were ranked No. 1 in the country at the time With the addition of 2,200 seats at Rosenblatt Stadium, the College World Series continues to break attendance records. The record crowd of 16,060 Saturday was broken by Sunday's attendance of 16,499.

After three sessions, attendance is up by 25.8 percent (46,776 to 37,184) over the overall record set in 1987 There are 75 major leaguers who have participated in the CWS. Every team has at least one CWS alumni. inning slumber. Knowles struck out five and allowed six hits. "We expect a lot of fastballs," said Shebelut, who ends his career as the PCAA's player of the year.

Miami 8, Fresno State 4 MIAMI Robles ss Trujitlo 2b Fiore If Dominguez Vespe dh DeKock lb Hernandez lb Nohega rf Word 3b Viera cf Totals FRESNO STATE a bl 2 0 2 2 0 Goodwin cl 2 2 0 Zosky ss 1 1 0 Shebelut lb 0 1 2 Mitchell 0 3 3 Burton 3b 0 0 0 Hosey rf 0 1 0 Pearse 2b 2 2 0 Vondran dh 1 1 1 Mott If 0 0 0 813 6 Totals 6 0 2 0 6 13 2 6 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 Miami Fresno State 210 000 000 014 8 200 010 000 010 4 GWRBI None. Burton, Mott. LOB FS: 9. 2B Burton, Flore. 3B Nonega.

HR Shelebut (32), Voldran (16). SB Trujillo 2 (33), Goodwin (62), Nonega 2(19). SF Word, pearse. IP ER BB SO Miami Majer Knowles W. 9-2 Fresno State Crane Salles 15-2 Buckholz Baker WP Crane 2, Salles.

T- 4 7Ki 10 vi Vi A 9.000. CALIFORNIA Noriega scores winning run for Hurricanes 1 Today's games Game 9 Arizona St. (57-12) vs. Florida (48-18-1), 5:10 p.m. Game 10 Stanford Fullerton St.

loser vs. Miami (52131), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday's game Gams 11 Wichita 56-14-1, vs. Game 9 winner, 8:10 p.m. Thursday's game Game 12 Stanford-Fullerton St.

winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8: 10 p.m. Friday's games Games TBA Saturday'a games Championship, 1 p.m. "Maybe concentrating on finals has taken some pressure off the players," Marquess said. "They weren't thinking about baseball as much." Wichita State has won six con the 11th courtesy of Steve Pearse's sacrifice fly.

Majer, though not overpowering, kept the dangerous Fresno bats relatively quiet. Except for a first-inning home run by All-America first baseman Lance Shebelut and a fifth-inning homer by Steve Von-dran, the Bulldogs hardest hit balls were loud fouls. Shebelut's homer, his 32nd of the year, scored Tom Goodwin and tied the score 2-2. Shebelut is second in the nation to BYU's Mike Willes, who hit 35 home runs. Fresno hit 23 home runs in eight postseason games, and 120 on the season.

Vespe's first hit and a wild pitch that allowed Jorge Robles to score, gave Miami it's brief 2-0 lead in the first. The Hurricanes took the lead in the second on a sacrifice fly by Rob Word. Word's bunt single in the 12th inning was his second postseason hit in 22 at bats. The it was up to Knowles to keep Miami in the game during its mid- liams became vice president of Firebird International Raceway. He resigned three months ago.

He said Palm Beach County has all the ingredients to stage and support "a successful event." "Obviously, this race needs to get going in the proper direction," he said. "It seems the community is behind this event and that's exciting. If you go to Albuquerque or somewhere, you have a three- to five-year education period. Here, people are familiar with racing." Williams said he was impressed with the course at the fairgrounds. "I expected to see something much smaller," he said.

"I was happy to see it had two straightaways and it was bigger than I had pictured. The entrance to the pit area needs some changes but other than that "I think the move to the fairgrounds was a positive move." Williams, currently trying to sell corporate sponsorship, said his immediate goal is to acquire a title sponsor for the event. He also said the Grand Prix will have a full- TEXAS bl 1 0 McDwelcf 2 1 Fletchrss 1 0 Sierra rf 1 0 Incvglia If 2 1 Petrallidh 0 0 Steels lb 0 0 MStanlyc 0 0 Buechle 3b 1 0 Wilkrsn 2b 0 0 Browne 2b 8 2 Totals abr 5 1 4 1 4 0 4 0 2 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 4 0 34 4 ab bl 5 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 4 111 4 0 10 2 0 0 0 4 110 2 10 0 3 2 11 1111 2 0 0 0 31 6 7 Dwnng dh Eppard If Joyner lb CDavis rf Ray 2b Howell 3b Armas cf CWalkr of Miller Schoflld ss Totals California Texas 001 210 0004 130 101 OOx 6 Game Winning RBI Sierra (4). EArmas, Steels, Wllkerson 2, Eppard. DP Texas 1.

LOB California 6, Texas 8. 2B CDavis. HR Sierra McDowell 2 (13), Incaviglia (3), Scho-fleld (6). SF Ray. IP ER BB SO California FraserL.4-5 5 7 6 5 5 5 Corbett.

1 0 0 0 2 0 Minton 1ft 0 0 0 0 0 Texas Guzman W.6-4 9 8 4 4 2 8 WP Guzman. BK Guzman. Umpires Home, Bremigan; First, Kosc; Second, Barnett; Third. Ford. A 24,469.

Twins 9, White Sox 4 HURRICANESfrom 1C Third-seeded Miami (52-13-1), which lost its series opener 9-3 to Cal State-Fullerton, will play tonight at 8:10 against the loser of Monday's late game between Stanford and Cal State-Fullerton. Junior right-hander Will Vespe will start for the Hurricanes. Miami scored four runs in the 12th inning, including three off losing pitcher John Salles. Salles entered the tournament with a 15-0 record, and exited with his only two losses of the season, to Stanford and Miami. Miami loaded the bases before a wild pitch allowed Rey Noriega to score the winning run.

With two outs, Frank Dominguez singled in two runs and Vespe's single scored one. "The past two games we haven't been hitting the way we should," Dominguez said. "This is a big lift going into the next game." Game Winning RBI GDavis (4). Ramirez, Anderson. DP Houston 1.

LOB Houston 1 2. Los Angeles 7. 2B Gibson, BHatcher, Walling, Stubbs. 3B Shelby. HR GOavis (12), Gibson (10).

SB GYoung 3 (34), Puhl (3), Bass (12), UHatcner (lb). 5 rJHatcner. ER BB SO Houston Knepper Andersen Los Angeles Sutton APena L.2-3 Crews 6 3 113 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 6 5 5 2 0 1ft 1 2 0 1 0 Holton HBP GDavis by Sutton. WP Crews. BK Sutton.

Umpires Home, Froemmlng; First, Hirschbeck; Second, Tata; Third, Davis. 3:32. A 19,327. High Schools Westwood's Doss signs with Cubs By SCOTT ROSENBERG Palm Beach Post Staff Writer FORT PIERCE Jason Doss graduates from high school Wednesday night. Thursday afternoon, he begins his career as a professional baseball player.

Doss, who set every major season and career pitching record at Fort Pierce Westwood, was drafted by the Chicago Cubs last Thursday in the 23rd round. Doss, 17, signed a minor league contract Friday, and will leave Thursday for Mesa, site of the Cubs' extended spring training camp for rookies. His parents said he will be transferred June 17 to Withelville, home of one of the Cubs' Class A teams. Doss passed on a number of scholarship offers, including those from two local community colleges and the University of Miami. "When they called me and told me they drafted me, I almost hit the ceiling," said Doss, who was 16-2 with a 1.35 ERA for the Panthers, runners-up for the Class AAA state championship this year.

"I was so excited. This is what I've always wanted to do." When he was 9, Doss asked his parents what he'd have to do to someday play professional baseball. They told him to work hard. This season, he did. He pitched 129 innings, striking out 217 batters, and was the winning pitcher in all four of Westwood's postseason victories.

In the last two seasons, Doss struck out 317 batters. "He's definitely the most dominant player at his position in school history," said Westwood coach Charles Johnson Sr. "I feel he has a very good chance to make the majors. It's a long road about five or six years in the minors but he just needs to have a positive approach. "You'd still like the game to be fun for him, but it's a job now.

Now, he has his life cut out for him." Doss said he had no preference as to which team drafted him, but he's glad it was a National League team. "Now," he said, "I'll still be able to get up to bat." "I'm a little nervous, but very excited," said Doss, a 5-foot-ll, 165-pound right-hander. Friday's results Arizona State 4. California 2 Wichita St. Florida 4 Saturday's results Stanford 10, Fresno State 3 Fullerton St.

9, Miami 3 Sunday's results Florida 6, California (California eliminated) Wichita St. 7, Arizona St. 4 Monday's results Miami 8, Fresno St. 4, 12 Innings, (Fresno St. eliminated) Stanford (42-22) vs.

Fullerton St. (42-16), late took a final on the flight to Omaha. Entering Monday night's game against Cal State-Fullerton, Stanford had won nine of its last 10 games. Coach Mark Marquess said finals week may have been beneficial to his team. Miami was held hitless from the third through 11th innings by Fresno starter Rich Crane, who retired 26-of-27 batters after Jose Truji-llo's single to lead off the third.

All-America Mike Fiore broke the streak with a two-out double in the 11th. By then, Crane had thrown 152 pitches and Bennett opted for Salles, who had started 23 of his 24 games. Crane allowed seven hits and had seven strikeouts. "That's about average for what I throw in a nine-inning game," Crane said. "I was getting a little tired." "He was really pitching," Dominguez said.

"Some guys try to throw the fastball by you. He was very selective." An error by Fresno State third baseman Mike Burton allowed Do-minquez to reach, then Vespe, who had three hits and three RBI, singled in Fiore. Fresno extended its season by an inning with a run in the bottom of da Fairgrounds. "Lloyd has finished his consulting contract and we are grateful and we wish him well," O'Connell said. Reached at his home Monday, Frink refused comment on the matter.

Williams, a former NHRA world champion drag racer who retired in 1964, has 24 years of experience in auto sports promotions. Among his accomplishments: the construction of New York National Speedway on Long Island and construction of the Bakersfield (Calif.) Drag Strip. In 1977, he joined the Sears Point Raceway staff and purchased the facility four years later. From 1981-86, the track became one of the finest on the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) circuit. George Silbermann, IMSA's vice president of operations, said of Williams: "He's certainly a capable individual.

Jack will do a very good job there." Upon leaving Sears Point, Wil MINNESOTA CHICAGO ab ft ab bl Gladden If 5 12 0 Gallghr cf 3 12 0 Herr 2b 5 12 0 Pasqua If 2 0 10 Puckettcf 5 2 3 3 Lyons 3b 3 0 2 1 Hrbek lb 4 12 0 Redus If 5 0 10 Gaettl 3b 5 0 0 0 Caldem rf 5 0 0 0 Bushrf 2 110 Bainesdh 4 110 Davldsn rf 0 0 0 0 GWalkr lb 3 10 0 Moses rf 2 12 3 Manhq 2b 4 12 0 Larkin dh 5 0 10 Guillen ss 4 0 2 2 Laudnerc 4 2 2 2 Karkovicc 2 0 0 0 Gagne ss 4 0 11 Hill ph 10 0 0 Salasc 10 0 0 Totals 41 18 9 Totals 37 4 11 3 Minnesota 012 100 2129 Chicago 000 013 0004 Williams thrilled with Grand Prix opportunity Game Winning RBI Puckett (6). Herr. DP Chicago 1. LOB Minnesota 7, Chicago 10. 2B Herr, Bush, Lyons, Gladden, Puckett, Pasqua.

3B Gallagher. HR Laudner 2 (7), Puckett (9). SB Redus (1 1), Lyons (1). Lyons. IP ER BB SO Minnesota Viola 5ft 9 4 4 1 4 Berenguer W.6-3 2 0 0 0 2 4 Reardon 1 2 0 0 0 1 Chicago JDavis 4ft 9 4 4 0 2 Rosenberg 1 1 0 0 1 0 LongL.1-2 2 4 3 3 1 0 Bittiger- 1 2 2 2 0 1 WP Viola.

Umpires Home. Clark; First, Denkinger; Second, McCoy; Third, Kaiser. 3:20. A 12,827. J's Prowler heads Dixie Course semi WILLIAMSfrom 1C a breath of fresh air." Williams said the position "is exactly what I was looking for" since resigning as vice president of Firebird International Raceway at Chandler, three months ago.

"I am excited to be here," Williams said. "I was just about to accept a position at another facility when I heard from Phil. I came down here last week and met with him and the investors and knew this is the kind of project I had been looking for." The hiring of Williams prevents Lloyd Frink from returning to the position should he be acquitted of drug smuggling conspiracy charges in September. Frink founded the event in 1985 and acted as promoter from the first race in June of 1986 until his arrest in November of 1987. Frink acted as a "paid consultant" for the 3rd Annual Grand Prix in April.

Frink was responsible for the layout and construction of the new 1.62-mile course at the South Flori time staff of "six or seven people." The Grand Prix's office has been relocated from Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard to Clematis Avenue. There also is the possibility that George Ridenour, the former general manager of the event who resigned in May, may return in some capacity. "Jack is just what they need," Ridenour said. "He knows how to operate and I'd work for him any day." Investors of the Grand Prix were happy with the hiring. "I think it was long overdue," investor Bill Jacobson said.

"I know (Williams) has a good reputation in IMSA circles. I asked around last week at (the) Mid-Ohio (race) and he got a positive reaction from everyone." One investor who requested anonymity said acquiring corporate sponsorship "was next to impossible because of Frink's troubles." O'Connell said, "I don't want to get into that, but I know now that we can have a squeaky-clean reputation." WEST PALM BEACH First-round winners J's Prowler, Skimar Shark and RB's Justice will go to the post in tonight's sixth race, the second of three in the semifinal round of the Dixie Course Championship at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. Skimar Shark will break from the two-box, J's Prowler, the three and Justice the four. ML Denver Gold, a beaten favorites, when he finished third in Round 1, has drawn the five box in the fourth, the first Dixie race of the evening. He will be challenged by first-round runner-ups Wylde Biz's Boy (four box) and TL Scott (two).

PATLANGFORD.