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ports Today's TV tip Jockey Bill Shoemaker and the colt, Ferdinand, hope to win the second jewel in their quest for horse racing's triple crown in the Preakness Stakes. Channels 8-10, 2 p.m. Saturday MAY 17, 1986 RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Section 2B BASEBALL 3B BOXING 4B FOOTBALL 5B AT A GLANCE 6-8B BUSINESS boxers win 5 of 6 bouts Latest scores National League Atlanta 6, St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 2 Houston 9, Chicago 6 Montreal 3, San Diego 2 Philadelphia 3, San Francisco 0 Los Angeles 4, New York 3 (1 1) American League Seattle 7, New York 3 California 1 1 Detroit 1 Texas 4, Boston 1 Toronto 7, Cleveland 6 Chicago 4, Kansas City 2 Oakland 8, Baltimore 4 Milwaukee 7, Minnesota 6 r-J 1 1- iZ- I 'wnwaLi Mark Crosse Gazette-Journal decision in Friday afternoon's World Boxing Championships semifinals at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. GOTCHA: Kenneth Gould of Rockford, (right) hits Hungary's Tibor Molnar with a right jab on his way to a 5-0 Illinois fighter tap dances past Hungarian opponent Today's finals 132: Engels Pedroza, Venezuela, vs.

Adolfo Horta, Cuba. right jab, some good inside body shots and his overall quickness to his 267th victory in 285 fights. "I was trying to use my jab and combinations to get a lot of punches. My coach told me he would be flat-footed," Gould said. "I was trying to jab and move in and out." Gould, 19, opened the fight with about a dozen right jabs before Molnar threw his first punch.

Gould dominated the round, with Molnar unable to track down his much quicker adversary. Molnar became more aggressive in the second round, exchanging several flurries with Gould near the center of the ring. But Gould's quick hands enabled him to land several good body punches in those exchanges. A solid right hand in the first 10 sec-See GOULD, page 38 USA's Garcia meets Cuban for gold medal By Steve SneddonGazetteoumai The Reno-Sparks Convention Center will be Reno's biggest gold mine today as a long-time collector of amateur boxing gold and some neophytes from the U.S. try to strike it rich.

In the final of six bouts, three-time Olympic gold medal winner Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba will try for his third World Boxing Championships gold medal when he faces U.S. super heavyweight boxer Alex Garcia of San Fernando, Calif. Garcia, who hadn't had an international bout before this tournament, has stopped all three of his opponents in the second round. Although he has only boxed 18 months, the 24-year-old Garcia, 17-1, doesn't hold the 35-year-old Stevenson in awe. "It's time for somebody to take his place," Garcia said.

Stevenson started 21 years ago and earned the 300th victory of his brilliant career Friday. Other U.S. boxers who won Friday afternoon 125-pounder Kelcie Banks of Chicago, 111., 147-pounder Kenneth Gould of Rockford, 111., and 165-pounder Darin Allen of Columbus, Ohio will also go for gold medals today. The first bout begins at noon. The bouts will be televised by ABC with the Reno-Tahoe area blacked out.

Loren Ross of the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, who decisioned Dejan Kirilov of Bulgaria Friday night, will box 1982 World Championships gold medalist Pablo Romero of Cuba in one of Sunday's six title bouts. Ross was cut over the right eye in winning the 3-2 decision, but is expected to compete Sunday. He couldn't be reached for comment. The only U.S.

boxer to lose in the semifinals was Michael Bent of Cambria Heights of N.Y., who was upset by light-hitting 1984 Olympics bronze medalist Arnold Van der Lijde of the Netherlands. Bent upset 1985 World Cup champion Alexander Yagubkin of the Soviet Union on Wednesday, but turned in a lackluster performance in losing on a 4-1 decision to Van der Lijde. "I scored a lot of points," Van der Lijde said. "In the second round, I thought he would try to come and hurt me. I was a little surprised that he didn't.

But the loss was only the second in the last 19 bouts for U.S. boxers. See BOXING, page 3B sets and other electronic equipment. They also are accused of a May 3 burglary in which musical equipment was taken from the Fine Arts Center. Grant, 20, a 6-foot, 9-inch sophomore from Sparta, was a first team All-America selection by Basketball Times after averaging 22.4 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.

Grant signed grants-in-aid with each school because under NCAA rules a player can only sign one letter of intent. Grant had signed a letter out of high school with Clemson. Grants-in-aid bind a school to the player but not the player to the school. Allen, who indicated Grant needed to take some summer courses to have enough credits to remain eligible, isn't worried about the grant-in-aid being binding. "Any criminal violations is one way out of it.

And he's got to graduate," Allen said. "I don't know if he could have a case. I'm not worried about that part. "I hope things work out for him." son, threw better in the Northern AAA Zone tournament. "I've seen Michelle throw the ball much stronger than she did today." Stronger and, perhaps, a much different game against northern teams.

Copenhaver threw only five offspeed pitches, Dick said, because the Chaparral batters were swinging late. Added Lytle: "They were just awed by the pitch. They were just behind. We told them just to slap at the ball and we still couldn't get around." Copenhaver would have pitched differently against a Northern AAA team. "She would mix it up much, much more," Dick said.

But she did not need to. "If the pitching is slower, then we hit the ball. We never put any pressure on their defense, Lytle said. The Lancers led 6-0 and 4-1 after four innings of each game before 100 sun-and-wind beaten fans. See McQUEEN, page 2B Kentucky, UNR back off from star recruit 125: Kelcie Banks, USA, vs.

Jesus Sollet, Cuba. 147: Kenneth Gould, USA, vs. Candelario Duvergel, Cuba. 201: Felix Savon, Cuba, vs. A.

Van der Lijde, Netherlands. 165: Darin Allen, USA, vs. Henry Maske, East Germany. 201: Alex Garcia, USA, vs. Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba.

Friday's top bouts 1 1 9 South Korea's Moon Sung-Kil, a 1985 World Cup champion, won a 3-2 decision in a classic puncher-boxer duel with Cuban Amaldo Mesa. Super heavy Alex Garcia of the U.S. stopped Italy's Biagio Chianese in the second round of a brawl. Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba finished strongly to take a 4-1 decision over Vyacheslav Yakolev of the USSR. Sometimes kids end up with problems after you get them, but my philosophy is to never recruit a kid that you know has problems.

5 UNR coach Sonny Allen on JC star Harvey Grant phy is to never recruit a kid that you know has problems. "The fact that he signed with three different schools indicates there's a problem. We definitely are no longer interested." Georgia State basketball coach Bob Reinhart, who also signed Grant, could not be reached for comment. Grant and the other Independence ath- yoga, accused in a late March bur- Hlje college's media center that resOtilCD the then of VCKs, television California League San Jose 5, Reno 0 Richie, Baker named first team All-WCAC The University of Nevada-Reno's Rob Richie and Mike Baker were named to the first team of the All-West Coast Athletic Conference baseball team Fr to the second team were UNR catcher Jose Serrato, outfielder Lance Bradford and pitcher Jeff Barry. Bradford, a sophomore from Las Vegas, hit .378 overall.

Before attending UNR, he was an all-Southern AAA pick at Valley High. Serrato, a junior from Modesto, led the Pack in home runs with 11. Barry, a freshman from Santee, set a UNR record with 97 strikeouts in 88 innings. Chris Donnels, Loyola Marymount's sophomore third baseman who batted .342 and hit 18 homers in regular season play, was named the league's Most Valuable Player. Dave Snow of Loyola was named Coach of the Year, and the Pitcher of the Year award was shared by Loyola's Tim Layana and Pepperdine's Mike Fetters.

Calgary wins round 1 CALGARY, Alberta The Calgary Flames got two quick game-breaking goals from Dan Quinn and Lanny McDonald early in the third period and rode a superb overall effort from their specialty teams to a 5-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens Friday night in the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals. In taking the opener of the best-of-7 NHL championship series, which resumes here Sunday night, the Flames stopped five straight power-play opportunities by the Canadiens after the Wales Conference champions had scored first on a goal by Mats Naslund in the opening period. Ferdinand goes for 2 BALTIMORE Jockey Bill Shoemaker and trainer Charlie Whittingham, the old men of racing, try to keep alive their hopes for a Triple Crown Saturday with a colt named Ferdinand in the Preakness Stakes. Ferdinand, who emerged from a 16-horse calvary charge as the the 17-1 Kentucky Derby winner May 3, has to beat only six rivals at Pimlico to advance on the Triple Crown trail, which ends with the June 7 Belmont Stakes. Although made the early 9-5 favorite and a sentimental choice of many fans because of the 54-year-old Shoemaker and 73-year-old Whittingham, Ferdinand might not go off as the No.

1 choice. That role could go to the strong D. Wayne Lukas-trained entry of Badger Land and Clear Choice, 2-1 in the early line. Judge rules against NCAA AUSTIN, Texas A federal judge ruled Friday that the records of the Southwest Conference and the NCAA are subject to public disclosure under the Texas Open Records Act. The ruling by U.S.

District Judge James R. Nowlin was described as "highly significant" by attorneys who said its implications could reach beyond Texas to other states with similar laws. The Dallas Morning News, the Dallas Times Herald and Belo Broadcasting filed suit against the NCAA and SWC after officials for those organizations declined to release information obtained in investigations of SWC football programs. San Jose shuts out Reno SAN JOSE Hisanori "George" Yokota, an 18-year-old right-hander sent to San Jose from the Seibu Lions of Japan, pitched a four-hit complete game to beat the Reno Padres, 5-0, Friday night in a California League game. Yokota, who struck out eight and walked just one in nine innings, raised his record to 4-2.

Ken Clawson, 1-3, was charged with the loss. He gave up 10 hits and five earned runs in eight innings. Tony Venneri hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning for the Bees, 16-16. Reno drops to 14-18. Wire service and staff reports By John SchumacherGazette-joumai The feet, fast enough to run circles around his opponent, made him an elusive target.

The hands, quick enough to consistently find openings, enabled him to score almost at will. That combination was all Kenneth Gould of Rockford, 111., needed Friday to advance to the finals of the World Amateur Boxing Championships at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Gould's stick-and-move style overwhelmed Hungary's Tibor Molnar, with the high school senior scoring a 5-0 decision to advance to today's 147-pound title bout against Cuba's Candelario Duvergel. The judges' cards read 60-55, 59-59 (advantage Gould), 60-56, 60-57 and 60-56 for Gould, who rode an effective NBA'playoffgj mm jf i Houston' takes 2-1 lead over LA HOUSTON Houston's Akeem Ola-juwon scored 40 points to check a Los Angeles rally and 33 points by Kareem Adbul-Jabbar to lead the Rockets to a 117-109 victory over the Lakers Friday night and a 2-1 lead in the NBA Western Conference title series. The best-of-seven series resumes Sunday in The Summit and the fifth game is scheduled Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Houston's Lewis Lloyd hit two quick baskets to start the frantic fourth quarter and give the Rockets a 94-91 lead and the Lakers never led again. Ralph Sampson, who scored 18 points for the Rockets, hit a basket with 4:15 to go, breaking the last of four fourth quarter ties for a 107-105 Houston lead. James Worthy, who had averaged only 13.6 points in the two previous games, scored 27 points for Los Angeles, but was scoreless in the fourth quarter. Lloyd finished with 26 points for the Rockets. Ink By John SchumacherGazette-Joumai The long-running battle for the services of Independence, Junior College basketball star Harvey Grant might end up without a winner.

Grant, who signed grant-in-aids with the University of Nevada-Reno, Georgia State and Kentucky, is no longer a hot commodity after being charged with burglarizing campus buildings at Independence. Kentucky basketball coach Eddie Sutton announced Friday that Grant, one of five Independence athletes charged in two burglaries, is no longer welcome in the Wildcat program. "It was a mutual decision, which we feel is in the best interest of Harvey and the University of Kentucky," Sutton said in a statement released through the uni-versitity's athletic office. UNR coach Sonny Allen echoed similar sentiments. "We are no longer interested," Allen said.

"Sometimes kids end up with problems after you get them, but jpy piltto- Lane Iveraeftf McQueen sweeps Chaparral for AAA state Softball title By Mitch HuertaGazette-Journal LAS VEGAS McQueen High School's superior pitching proved the difference Friday in the AAA State Softball Tournament. Pitcher Michelle Copenhaver allowed seven hits, struck out 14 and walked one as the Lancers swept Chaparral, 7-1 and 6-2, in the best-of-three series at Cheyenne Sports Complex. Copenhaver, a junior righthander, relied on her fastball and defense to guide the Lancers to their school's first state championship. "In 21 games, we've never seen anyone throw that hard and we never will," Chaparral coach Tona Lytle said. "It's like walking into a new game." Surprisingly, Copenhaver said she was not psyched for the game and was not pleased with her performance.

"I didn't have the get-up-and-go," Copenhaver said. "I have to psyche myself up. I tried to." McQueen coach Kelly Dick said Copenhaver, who pitched every inning in the Lancers' 22-10 sea m-4 Gazette-Jtxmal BATH: McQueen High softball players pour spar- Lancers captured the State AAA Softball champion-kling apple juice on coach Kelly Dick after the ship Friday afternoon in Las Vegas. COtOK.