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STHEDES MOINES REGISTER Wednesday, November 30, 1988 SPORTS FOCUS Associated Press LEMIEUX: GRETZKIAN PACT. Mario Lemieux, the NHL's Most Valuable Player and leading scorer, will get close to Wayne Gretzky's $2 million annual salary under a new, substantially sweetened Pittsburgh Penguins contract. Lemieux agreed to the reworked contract during a five-hour meeting Monday with Edward J. DeBartolo son of the Penguins owner. FLYERS, BLUES DEAL.

Philadelphia and St. Louis traded centers Tuesday, the Flyers sending Peter Zezel to the Blues for Mike Bullard. TUESDAY'S GAMES. Calgary extended its unbeaten streak at the Saddledome to 13 games with a 3-3 tie against Vancouver. John Druce scored his first NHL goal with 1 V4 minutes left, sending Washington past St.

Louis, 4-3. Rick Tochhet scored two goals and Mike Bullard scored his first as a Flyer as Philadelphia snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over Boston. Steve Yzerman and Adam Graves scored 10 seconds apart as Detroit beat the New York Islanders, 5-3, extending the Islanders' losing streak to five games. Minnesota won its third consecutive game, something it has not done since last year, with a 5-2 victory against Chicago. Guy La-fleur scored twice as the New York Rangers defeated Winnipeg, 4-3.

BEATING THE HEAT. It was the winless Miami Heat's best shot at breaking into the victory column for the first time the Heat was playing its expansion sister, Charlotte, for the first time. But the Hornets cooled the visiting Heat, 99-84. TUESDAY'S OTHER GAMES. Chris Mullin scored 29 points as Golden State ended a four-game losing streak by beating Chicago, 109-99.

Boston shot almost 68 per 1 .1 ,1 ism 3 Associated Press at. Steve Sax, who was signed by the New as a free agent last week. Oester also agent at the end of last season. cent in the first half in its 100-93 victory at New Jersey Indiana won for the second time this season, beating visiting Detroit, 107-98. John Long's 11 points at the end of the third quarter put the Pacers ahead by five points.

Chuck Person's 8-foot bank shot gave the Pacers the lead for good, 77-76. Atlanta's 15-2 run in the second quarter buried San Antonio, 120-104. John Battle's dunk put Atlanta ahead to stay at 25-23 with 2:42 left in the first period Seattle used a 13-0 scoring surge at the end of the third quarter to defeat Utah, 109-102. Alex English scored 41 points to power Denver past New York, 139-119 Milwaukee outscored Portland, 41-23, en route to a 119-114 victory. Armon Gilliam scored 35 points to lead Phoenix past Houston, 124-107.

LaSalle Thompson scored 18 points to lead Sacramento past the Los Angeles Clippers, 123-95. Bill Laimbeer and John Salley of Detroit battle Indiana's Stuart Gray for a rebound during Tuesday night's game. Indiana triumphed, 107-98. place veteran York Yankees became a free Gold medal YOUNT HAS SURGERY. Milwaukee outfielder Robin Yount underwent minor surgery Tuesday to remove a blood clot from his right thigh.

Team physician Dr. Paul Jacobs performed the operation in Milwaukee. Yount was to remain in the hospital overnight before returning to his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. DEALING. Cincinnati is trying to reach a contract agreement with second baseman Ron Oester, who reportedly has received inquiries from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Dodgers need a second baseman to re GEDMAN AGREES. Boston resolved one of its free agent problems Tuesday by agreeing with catcher Rich Gedman on a one-year contract. Gedman, who earned $955,000 last season, accepted a contract that reportedly will pay him slightly more than $1.1 U.S. Olympic boxer Roy Jones Jr. receives a gold medal Tuesday from employees at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, where bis father works.

Jones lost a gold-medal match at the Summer Games, 3-2, to Park Si Hun of South Korea. Many said Jones was the superior fighter. coach Lion quarterbacks Wilander named player of the year Mats Wilander, who won the 1988 Australian, French and U.S. opens, Tuesday was named play er of the year by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Andre Agassi, who won six tournaments and climbed from No.

25 to No. 3 in the rankings, was named most improved play er. Michael Chang was named the top newcomer, and Sweden's Kent Carlsson was honored as comeback player of the year. Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez of Spain were chosen doubles team of the year. They won eight titles in 1988, including the U.S.

Open. Agassi also was honored by Tennis Magazine, which named him most improved professional along with Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union. QUOTE MARKS. "If I slip to five or six, that's the writing on the wall. If I'm ranked below Pam Shriver or Gabby Gabrie-la Sabatini.

It won't happen. I'd quit first." Chris Evert, currently ranked No. 3 among women professionals. Cook receives all-America honors again From Register Wire Services University of Iowa tight end Marv Cook has been selected to his third and fourth all-America teams the Chicago Tribune's and Gannett News Service's. The Football News and college coaches, voting for a team sponsored by Eastman Kodak, had named Cook first-team ail-American.

The first tight end since Purdue's Dave Young in 1980 to lead the Big Ten in receiving, Cook caught 55 passes for 645 yards this season, despite missing three games with an ankle in jury. He is the top receiver among tight ends in the country, and ninth nationally among all receivers. Joel Buchsbaum, writing for GNS, called Cook "a very efficient receiver and blocker with soft, sure hands. He always seems to find the soft spots in the zone." Ed Sherman, a Tribune writer, said of Cook: "If we want to play possession football, we'll simply torment you with Iowa tight end Marv Cook. Cook was injured early in the season, but he's come back strong.

You don't want to leave the middle open with Cook around." GNS ALL-AMERICA TEAM FIRST TEAM OFFENSE QB Troy Aikman, UCLA QB Rodney Peete. Southern California QB Major Harris, West Virginia QB Steve Walsh, Miami RB Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State RB Tim Worley. Georgia RB Darren Lewis, Texas WR Naz Worthen, North Carolina State WR Andre Rison. Michigan State Bern Brostek, Washington TE Marv Cook, Iowa OL Mark Stepnoski. Pittsburgh OL Steve Wisniewski, Penn State OL Tony Mandarich, Michigan State OL Tom Ricketts, Pittsburgh PK Chris Jacke.

Texas-El Paso FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL Trace Armstrong, Florida DL Tracy Rocker. Auburn DL Mark Messner. Michigan LB Derrick Thomas. Alabama LB Broderick Thomas, Nebraska LB Keith DeLong, Tennessee LB Mike Stonebreaker. Notre Dame DB Deion Sanders, Florida State DB Donnell Woolford, Clemson DB Greg Jackson, Louisiana State DB Bubba McDowell.

Miami (Fla.) PU Keith English. Colorado fl I Marv Cook Big Ten's top receiver sive head by 7 llawkeyes are designated all-Big Ten Continued from Page One Purdue missed being a unanimous choice by one point. A first-place vote was worth two points and a second-place vote was worth one point. There were 36 possible points. Michigan landed five players on the team and Michigan State and fifth-place Indiana each picked up four spots.

Illinois landed three players, all on the defensive unit, and the final spot went to Purdue. Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State and i Wisconsin were shut out on the first I team. AP ALL-BIG TEN TEAM FIRST TEAM OFFENSE QB Chuck Hartlieb, Iowa, Sr. 1 RB Anthony Thompson, Indiana. Jr.

RB Tony Boles, Michigan, Jr. WR Andre Rison, Michigan State, Sr. WR Oeven Harberts, Iowa, Sr. John Vitale. Michigan, Sr.

TE Marv Cook, Iowa, Sr. OL Tony Mandarich. Michigan State, Sr. 1 OL Bob Kratch, Iowa, Sr. jDL Don Shrader.

Indiana, Sr. OL Mike Husar. Michigan. Sr. Pete Stoyanovich, Indiana, Sr.

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE -DL Mark Messner, Michigan, Sr. DL Dave Halght, Iowa, Sr. DL Jo Mott, Iowa, Sr. "OL Joe Huff, Indiana, Sr. Mo Gardner, Illinois.

Soph. -LB Percy Snow. Michigan State, Jr. Darrick Brownlow, Illinois, So. IB Brad Qut, Iowa, Jr.

OB Marc Foster, Purdue, Sr. 'DB Glenn Cobb. Illinois. Sr. DB John Miller, Michigan State, Sr.

PU Mike Gillette, Michigan. Sr. SECOND TEAM Of FENSE NFL NOTES "The biggest thing is to teach the quarterbacks the proper footwork and the proper reads," Fontes said. The Lions remember Dickey as a quarterback who had some big passing seasons in Green Bay. He threw 32 touchdown passes in 1983 and 25 the next season.

RAIDER SWITCH. The Los Angeles Raiders will change quarterbacks once again this week when they play Denver, with Jay Schroeder returning as the starter in place of Steve Beuerlein. Coach Mike Shana-han made that decision in the wake of the team's 35-27 loss to Seattle on Monday night. Beuerlein, a second-year player from Notre Dame, has started the last five Raider games. The team won the first three, then lost to Atlanta and Seattle as Beuerlein struggled.

The Raiders are 4-4 in games started by Beuerlein this season. Schroeder, acquired in trade from Washington on Sept. 5, started five games before he was benched in favor of Beuerlein. CHIEF BEEF. The Kansas City Chiefs said a decision on whether to reinstate suspended running back Paul Palmer could come today.

Palmer, the Chiefs' leading rusher, was put on indefinite suspension before the game Sunday at Pittsburgh for what team officials termed "conduct detrimental to the team." Witnesses have said Palmer, miffed at playing as a backup to Herman Heard, complained about his treatment and said he might intentionally fumble in order to secure a trade. Palmer has not been available for comment, but other players who were protesting the suspension maintain he meant the remark in jest. He also re- portedly said something about the present coaching staff's uncertain future with the team. Chiefs' Coach Frank Gansz, who has been criticized by players for his handling of the incident, said Tuesday he had no idea when a final decision on whether to reinstate the second-year running back would be made. "It's an ongoing process, and I'm going to leave it at that," Gansz said.

"Obviously, I would like to have all my players." WELCOME TO THE NFL. The Chicago Bears Tuesday signed quarterback Ben Bennett as a backup to Jim Harbaugh, who will make his first start Monday night against the Los Angeles Rams. With Jim McMahon still recovering from a knee injury and Mike Tom czak sidelined with a separated shoulder, the Bears were forced to call Bennett, who had been working for a radio station in North Carolina. Bennett, a former Duke quarterback, played for the Chicago Bruisers of the Arena Football League last summer. HINKLE HURT.

Pittsburgh linebacker Bryan Hinkle will miss the rest of the season with a dislocated big toe, but Coach Chuck Noll said the injury isn't like the one that ended Jack Lambert's career. "It's in a different location," Noll said. "Lambert's dislocation was underneath, in a weight-bearing area. Hinkle's is on top so it's not quite as severe." Hinkle, 29, a six-year veteran, is the Steelers' fourth-leading tackier with 43 tackles and 13 assists. He has one interception and one recovered fumble.

and have not talked with the Cowboys," said Hennings, who was named an all-American in 1987. "I'm going through a very intense training course. Right now, the way I'm trying to handle this is to direct all requests to the Sheppard Air Force Base public affairs office." BRAD OUAST JOE MOTT CHUCK HARTLIEB BOB KRATCH Alabaman wins Bufkus Award ORLANDO, FLA. (AP) Ala bama's Derrick Thomas edged his friend, Nebraska's Broderick Thom as, Tuesday to win the Butkus Award as the nation's best college football linebacker. Derrick, all-Southeast Conference with 22 sacks, is not related to Broderick, except in ability.

But Ala bama Thomas received two more points than Nebraska's Thomas in voting by a 12-member selection pan el. Derrick Thomas received four first-place ballots and a total of 22 points. Broderick Thomas got three first-place votes and 20 points. Mike Stonebreaker of Notre Dame was third, followed by Keith DeLong of Tennessee and Percy Snow of Michigan State. Stonebreaker re ceived three first-place votes and 17 points.

DeLong had seven points and Snow six. Derrick Thomas, who has received several citizenship awards and was Alabama's captain this season, had 93 tackles and two blocked kicks. He said he realized he was following in the footsteps of former Chicago Bears star Dick Butkus. "He intimidated offenses, and I feel I can do that too," Thomas said. PACE ARROW LeSHARO HONEY 3, HAIGHT msimmz wm DEVEN HARBERTS Dickey will From Register Wire Services Lynn Dickey, an old adversary from the Green Bay Packers, has been hired by the Detroit Lions to tutor quarterbacks for the last three games of the season, Dickey, who last played in the NFL in 1985, will work with quarterbacks 1 during the week.

He will not accom-: pany the team for games. Dickey, 39, arrived Tuesday at the Silverdome and began studying film. He was hired just one day after Lions interim coach Wayne Fontes spoke of the importance of a coach to work with quarterbacks Chuck Long and Rusty Hilger. "To get better, the quarterbacks needed a quarterback coach," Fontes said. "Our quarterbacks will get better.

If he can improve these guys, then we're looking at a better product for next year." Dickey said he didn't expect to make a drastic change in Long and Hilger in the next three weeks. "You can try to eliminate the little errors in footwork," Dickey said. "But with three games to go, you can't change anybody drastically." Fontes is trying to change the emphasis on the passing game to have the quarterbacks look at deep receivers first before dumping the ball to shorter zones. Former coach Darryl Rogers had them looking short first. Rogers was fired earlier this month.

The Lions play Sunday against Green Bay. Dickey played the last 10 seasons of his 14-year professional career with the Packers. He retired after the 1985 season. The Lions have not had a coach who was a pro quarterback since 1984, when Bill Nelsen served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Monte Clark. The lack of a position coach is regarded by many as one of the major deficiencies in Rogers' regime.

Henderson and Millikan feted Special Dispatch to The Register PALO ALTO, CALIF. Iowa State running back Joe Henderson and Iowa native Todd Millikan of the Uni versity of Nebraska have been select ed to play for the West in the 64th an nual East-West Shrine football game, Jan. 15 at Stanford Stadium. Henderson, who repeated as Iowa State's leading rusher, was named second-team all-Big Eight by the As sociated Press. Millikan, from Shen andoah, who claimed the Corn- huskers' starting tight end spot, was named to the AP all-conference first team.

Teammates joining Millikan were linebacker Leroy Etienne and quar terback Steve Taylor. Other Big Eight players on the team were: Oklahoma State wide receiver Hart Lee Dykes and Missouri defen lineman Steve Vandegrift. The coaches are Ken Hatfield, Ar kansas; and Pat Jones, Oklahoma State. Seven first-time ail-Americans, in cluding Heisman Trophy candidate Rodney Peete of Southern California, the West Team roster. The 34-man squad was announced Tuesday Tom Tomberlin, the game's managing director.

the Air year as Upon next ceive Cowboys sign Hennings, may wait years for him OB Jeff George, Illinois. RB Blake Eior, Michigan State. RB Keith Jones. Illinois. WR Greg McWurtry, Michigan.

WR S'even Williams, Illinois. Jeff Unienhake. Ohio Slate. TE Tim Jordan, Indiana. OL Mark McGowan, Illinois.

OL Kevin Robbins, Michigan Slate. OL Tim Radtke, Indiana. OL Bob Kuia. Michigan State. PK Mike Gillette, Michigan.

tECOHO TEAM DEFENSE OL Kurt Larson, Michigan Slate. DL Travis Davis, Michigan State. DL Mel Agee, Illinois. DL Jeff Kernel, Iowa. DL Jerrol Williams, Purdue.

LB Willie Bates, Indiana. LB J.J. Grant, Michigan. LB Darrin Trieb, Purdue. DB David Arnold, Michigan.

DB Ronnie Beeks, Purdue. DB Zack Dumas, Onio Slate. PU Punter Ed Sutter, Northwestern. HOMORAILE MENTION BIN Anderson, Jim RelHv, Tony Stewart, Iowa. pun By CATHY HARASTA 1MI Daaas Menrino News DALLAS, TEXAS In the tradition of Roger Staubach, the Dallas Cowboys announced the signing Tues day of Chad Hennings, an Air Force all-American from Elberon, la.

The 6-foot 5-inch, 255-pound defensive end signed a series of one-year contracts with the Cowboys, with the contract to take 1 chad effect when he hennings beeins Dlavinc for the club. That date is literally ud in the air depending on Hennings' pilot training. Larry Warner, a spokesman for public affairs office at SheDnard Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, said Hennings mieht not be available until 1997. Hennings. 23, is serving the first of his basic five-year obligation a student in the undergraduate pilot-training program at SheDDard.

graduation from that program October, Hennings would re an assignment toward fulfillment of an eight-year obligation. I just got in from flying Tuesday WINNEBAGO ELANDAN TIOGA 1 Hennings, the Cowboys' llth-round draft choice last spring, won the Out-land Trophy as the nation's outstanding lineman. He set a Western Athletic Conference record in 1987 with 24 sacks. "If everything works out well, I hope to be able to play professional football and contribute to the Cowboys' organization after I fulfill my commitment to the Air Force," said Hennings, who was switched to defensive end in 1985 after playing his freshman season as a 220-pound tight end. "Right now.

my main concern is pilot training in the Air Force." Gil Brandt, the Cowboys' vice president of personnel development, said the club will not seek to interfere with Hennings' service commitment. "We are going to do whatever the military says we can do," Brandt said. "Hennings was a great player in college. I think he has the tools to be a very fine pro player. He has the size and the speed." GREAT SERVICE FAIR PRICES 52 WEEKS A YEAR! PLEASE CALL COLLECT 515-386-2121 OR i TOLL FREE 1 -800-397-8206 Harrison Ford Inc.

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