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SECTION 2E NFL 6E 3E AHL, NHL 7E 4E COMMENT 8E 5E SCOREBOARD COLLEGES COLLEGES COLLEGES Democrat antr (fljnratde SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1990 ROCHESTER, N.Y. AHL ROCHESTER 5, HALIFAX 3 ADIRONDACK AT HERSHEY NEW HAVEN AT MAINE CAPE BRETON AT MONCTON COLLEGE FOOTBALL ALABAMA 16, AUBURN 7 ALLEGHENY 24, CENT. IOWA 7 GEORGIA TECH 40. GEORGIA 23 LYCOMING 20. HOFSTRA 10 TEXAS 28, TEXAS 27 TENNESSEE 49, VANDERBILT 20 COLLEGE BASKETBALL ARIZ.

95, LONG BEACH ST. 68 BOWL. GREEN 98, MICH. ST. 85 GENESEO 83, NAZARETH 74 GEORGETOWN 65.

S. INDIANA 45 INDIANA 72. LOUISVILLE 52 SPORTS QUIZ Who was the first junio' to win the Heisman Trophy? ANSWER 2E KENTUCKY 98. NOTRE DAME 90 KEUKA 81, FREDONIA ST. 65 LEMOYNE 92, QUEENS COLL.

61 OKLAHOMA ST. 75, TULSA 73 MICHIGAN 81. UTAH 65 MISSOURI 65, OREGON 58 RIT 90, GALLAUDET 78 CAP. DISTRICT AT NEWMARKET FREDERICTON AT SPRINGFIELD BINGHAMTON AT UTICA INDIANA WINS For the first time in 10 games, Indiana outrebounded its opponent, and it paid off in a victory over Louisville. Story on 5E.

GARY FALLESEH HETSMATS No passer can match Simms' guts Forty-Niners radio voice Wayne Walker watched Joe Montana do what he does week in and week out, the things that have earned the San Francisco quarterback billing as the "best of all time," and told listeners, "He's cooler than the other side of the pillow." Three time zones away, Phil Simms of the New York football Giants plays as if someone set his pillow on a heat register. His blood boils like the tar on the streets of the Apple in August. He is Fiery Phil to Montana's Joe Cool; a taxi cab driver to Montana's limo chauffeur; an obscene gesture to Montana's oh-well stoicism. Both are all guts and precision. But Simms wears his emotions on his sleeve like that little Champion insignia or his uniform number.

He argued with Coach Bill Parcells in front of God and Defmer first quarterback at BYU to win The Associated Press NEW YORK Ty Detmer, the latest in a long line of great Brigham Young quarterbacks, outdid them all yesterday by winning the Heisman Trophy. Detmer, who has set or tied 25 NCAA passing and total offense records, became the first BYU player and third consecutive junior to win college football's most important award. Raghib "Rocket" Ismail, Notre Dame's all-purpose star, finished second. Colorado running back Eric Bieniemy was third, followed by Virginia quarterback Shawn Moore and Houston quarterback David Klinglcr. Ismail, Bieniemy and Moore were present at the Downtown Athletic Club, where the ceremony was televised live by CBS.

Detmer was in Honolulu, where he was preparing for BYU's regular-season finale against Hawaii. Wearing a lei around his neck and surrounded by his teammates, Detmer broke into a wide grin when the word came. "We've had great quarterbacks in the past and none of them won it. It's about time we won one," he said via satellite hook-up. BYU's rich quarterback tradition began with Virgil Carter in the mid-1960s and continued with stars such as Gifford Nielsen, Marc Wilson, Jim McMahon, Steve Young and Robbie Bosco.

Young was runner-up to Nebraska's Mike Rozier for the 1983 Heisman, while Wilson, McMahon and Bosco each finished third. "You try to picture yourself in this position, but you really can't imagine it," Detmer said. He received 316 first-place votes and 1,482 )oints in nationwide voting by 917 sports journalists and former Heisman winners. Ismail got 237 first-place votes and 1,177 points. Next were Bieniemy (114 and 798), Moore (46 and 465) and Klingler (7 and 125).

Players receive three points for a first-place vote, two for second and one for third. Rounding out the Top 10 finishers were wide receiver Herman Moore of Virginia, running back Greg Lewis of Washington, quarterback Craig Erickson of Miami, running backs Darren Lewis of Texas TURN TO PAGE 4E everybody watching Monday Night Football a few weeks ago. The two swore at each other, cursed each other up one side and down the other, then took it out on the guys on the other sideline. SAID Terry Brad- itlln 1 rvv JSw A I 'I n--rrrrr -t-r fi1 1 1 The Associated Press Quarterback Ty Detmer of Brigham Young University won the Heisman Trophy over Notre Dame's Raghib Ismail. Mis' primary concern will be Cunningham's scrambiing By Sal Maiorana HT A GLMiCE touchdowns and just eight interceptions.

But where Cunningham differs from a Montana or Moon, is that he is big, strong, fast and armed with those tools. He leads the Eagles in rushing with 607 yards with an average of 7.0 yards per attempt. That's more than enough to scare Bills Coach Marv Levy. "He's the most multi-faceted, running, passing and scrambling," Levy said. "And he's not just a helter-skelter runner.

He runs with great selection. He's not just a TURN TO PAGE 6E tana a run for his millions. The multi-talented Philadelphia quarterback will be the prime focus for Buffalo's defense this afternoon when the Eagles (7-4) put their five-game winning streak on the line against the Bills (9-2) in a pivotal interconference matchup at Rich Stadium. "He puts his pants on one leg at a time, but maybe he puts his on a little faster," Bills linebacker Carlton Bailey said. Cunningham is not the prototypical NFL quarterback.

He's got the arm, as evidenced by his 58.2 completion percentage, 2,480 yards, 23 Democrat and Chronicle Randall Cunningham says that statistically, the best quarterback in the National Football League is Houston's Warren Moon. Overall, though, "You've got to give it to (Joe) Montana, right?" Cunningham said. You won't get much of an argument from anyone in the NFL regarding his selection of the San Francisco quarterback. But if there was a category for scariest quarterback, Cunningham could give Mon Game Time: 1 p.m. TVRadio: WHAM-AM (1180) will carry the broadcast on the Bills network with announcer Van Miller and analyst Ed Rutkowski.

There will be no local television broadcast. Weather: Partly sunny, high near 40 or 45 degrees. Overview: Bulfalo Is tied with Miami (9-2) lor the AFC East lead; Houston is tied with Cincinnati and Pittsburgh (6-5) for the AFC Central lead. Phil Simms ing Hall of Fame quarterback on CBS's NFL Today. "Ill take Phil Simms in a fistfight over Joe Montana any day." Simms is tough, no question about that He is the third most sacked quarterback in NFL history, trailing only Fran Tarkenton and Craig Morton.

He takes a licking and keeps on ticking off the passing yards, last week moving ahead of Bradshaw to No. 17 on the all-time list. But nobody would take Simms over Montana on the field. Not tomorrow night in Super Bowl XXIV Vi. Or in Super Bowl XXV, the NFC Championship game the two are sure to play in next month.

In fact, many other quarterbacks probably would go ahead of Simms if we were to draw up teams right now. SIMMS IS as underrated as Montana is ballyhooed. The all-time Super Bowl team, being picked to celebrate the big game's XXVth anniversary, does not even carry his name on the ballot. It lists as choices Bradshaw, Montana, Joe Namath, Jim Plunkett, Bart Starr and Roger Stau-bach. Never mind that Simms was as close to perfect as anyone has ever been in a Super Bowl when he beat Denver.

"When he retires," Washington defensive coordinator Richie Petitbon said, "I'll be the first to send him a present." Jerry Izenberg wrote in No Medals For Trying: "Few, if any, professional quarterbacks have ever had to endure what he went through after a brilliant debut in midseason of his rookie year in 1979, when he quarterbacked a highly marginal football team to six wins in his eight starts. (Then) it was nightmare time." Simms was injured in 1980, '81, '82 and '83. He lost his starting job to Scott Brunner. Scott "The impression grew," Izenberg said, "that Phil Simms wasn't a quarterback at all. What he was was Job in shoulder pads." HE HAD THE patience of Job, and the faith that he would succeed.

"He's not a (Dan) Marino or a Montana," ESPN analyst Allie Sherman said. "But if you look at the 28 quarterbacks, he's the third best in the league. No disrespect to (John) Elway or (Jim) Kelly or (Bernie) Kosar." He is a blue-collar QB who works out harder in the offseason than your average signal-caller. "I'm always scared that if I don't," he has said, "then I won't be good enough to play. It comes from the fear that I have to do more than he does whoever he is because I want to make sure I'm better than him." He is better than most, one of the best of this or any other time.

Few recognize that. Even in Giants Stadium, where he is booed as lustily as he is cheered. "I used to think this game would always make me happy," he said. "I don't know anymore. You win the Super Bowl and, God, it's the greatest thing in the world.

And then all of a sudden it's like you never did it and it doesn't mean (spit) if you don't win it again because then you've failed." Simms hates failure. Probably no more so than Montana, but you can't tell it by looking at them. Simms is as cool as the other side of the pillow, too. If the bed is burning. Gary Fallenen is the Democrat and Chronicle sports columnist.

0 urn WW mm Deal to limit interleague play saves Triple-A Alliance Ludzik leads Amerks, 5-3, over Halifax Democrat and Chronicle The team most upset about the suspension to Steve Ludzik may not be the Rochester Americans or Binghamton Rangers, but rather the Halifax Citadels. When the American Hockey League suspended the Amerks center for six games for his part in a Nov. 24 pre-game brawl at Binghamton, it said he had to miss one game immediately (last Sunday) and then the final five rematches with the Rangers. That made Ludzik eligible to play on Rochester's trip to the Canadian Mari-times. and he was a hi? reason tho AmerUa Steve Ludzik Jody Gage Democrat and Chronicle The International League and American Association yesterday voted to continue the Triple-A Alliance, but on a limited basis to reduce travel costs as uncertainty continued over a new Professional Baseball Agreement.

The International League East will not play the American Association West in 1991, Triple-A Alliance Commissioner Randy Mobley said. In the previous three seasons of the Alliance, all 16 teams participated in interleague play. "The two leagues caucused separately and both determined if this was a successful alternative to keeping the Alliance in play, they would both le interested," Mobley said. "I'm very satisfied," Rochester Red Wings General Manager Dan Lunetta said. "The body of the Triple-A Alliance remains intact.

It gives us a forum to exchange ideas and information. It's a body that gets along quite well." The decision was made at the winter meetings of National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues in Los Angeles. The minor leagues still don't know the fate of the Professional Baseball Agreement proposal they submitted to the major leagues. Mobley said the proposal, which concedes revenue to the majors, was void last night at midnight. "We have informally been given indications our offer will not be accepted," Mobley said.

The current PBA, which is contract between the major and minor leagues, expires Jan. 12. The lack of an agreement threatens the existence of many minor league teams, including the Rochester Red Wings. Red Wings President Fred Strauss has said the club would not be able to operate without an agreement, which allows for players and financial support from a major-league team. "I remain guardedly optimistic that we'll reach a settlement, not necessarily within 24 hours," Lunetta said.

"Because we've reached the 11th hour it's difficult to speculate on any developments until they occur." The Alliance had been threatened by the lack of a PBA, a contract bet ween the major and minor leagues. Minor league teams could be faced with increased costs, whether or not a new agreement is reached, and eliminating some travel in the 16-team Alliance was seen as a way to save money. Mobley saw the limited interleague scheduled as a compromise. defeated the Halifax Citadels, 5-3, last night at the Metro Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ludzik's seventh goal of the season at 5:34 of the third period put the Amerks ahead, 4-3.

He and Scott Metcalfe broke in two-on-one, with Metcalfe receiving a pass from Ludzik, then returning it to the goalmouth for a tap-in goal. It came about two minutes after Ludzik and Don McSween set up Gage's power-play goal that tied the score. Ludzik has seven goals and eight assists in 15 games, including five goals in a four-game goal-scoring streak. He did make a mistake last night by taking a retaliatory penalty in the second period when he knocked down Marc For-tier. It led to Claude Lapointe's power-play goal at 11:56 for a 3-2 Halifax lead.

NOTE: Amerk right winger Dan Frawley flew home yesterday to have his knee examined. "It's l)een bugging him for a long time and he ran into the goalie (in Cape Breton Friday) and it was the first time he's complained about it to me. Ludzik scored two goals including the tie-breaker in the third period and assisted on the second of Jody Gage's three goals as the Amerks ran their unbeaten streak to five games (4-0-1) and winning streak to three. Rochester (10-11-2) plays a 4 p.m. game today at Moncton, New Brunswick, and ends the four-game, eight-day road trip in Halifax on Thursday..