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Today's TV tip Their record isn't going to scare the Athletics, but Toronto's Blue Jays still lead the AL East entering tonight's game with Texas. No, Nolan Ryan isn't pitching. ESPN cable, 4:30 p.m. Friday Section 2D GOODWILL GAMES 3D BASEBALL 4D FOOTBALL 5D AT A GLANCE JULY 27, 1990 RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL SCORELINE: 323-4422 SPORTS EDITOR: JAMIS TURNER. 7886345 ports Thompson keeps rolling at U.S.

championships Carson claims Little League title The Carson National Little League team defeated Reno National 8-1 Thursday night at Hilltop Field to claim the Northern Nevada District One Little League championship. With the victory, Carson National earned the right to represent thrteth in the state Colorado Springs, and Nathan Shea-for of Boulder, Colo. The team of Nate Reiss of Boulder, Jim Copeland of Albuquerque, Lance Armstrong of Dallas and John Stenner of Boulder was second in 2:06:38. Bostick rode at the front of his team for about the final five miles, an usually long time. Cyclists usually rotate at the front of the team, each taking turns cutting into the wind.

"Our team is so big, the guys who are sitting in the draft get going so good, it's like a freight train," Bostick said. Following a registration day Friday, men's and women criterium qualifying will be held Saturday at Colonic N.Y. The nine-day championships conclude Sunday with the criterium finals. Joining Clignet were Katrin Tobin, Ruthie Mathes and Eve Stephenson. Last year, Clignet was part of the national time trial championship squad and took a bronze in the individual time trial.

She missed third place in this year's time trial by less than one second. Kent Bostick of Corrales, N.M., at 37 the oldest rider in the competition, anchored the winning four-rider men's team that completed the five-lap, 100-kilometer course in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 9 seconds. "I could have gone faster, but I had to wait for the others," said Bostick, who since 1985 has won five national team time trials, an individual time trial and a road race national title. Bostick's teammates included John Frey of Albuquerque, N.M., Mark Waite of dividual time trial. She has finished third twice in the women's division of the Tour de France and earlier this season claimed the Ore-Ida, the nation's longest and most grueling women's race.

"Our strategy was not to go out too fast," Manley said of the winning women's effort. "You can burn out real fast if you push too hard at the start. We rode very consistently." Clignet said her team did remarkably well considering they were first off the starting blocks. "We had no one to chase, nothing to measure our improvement by," she said. "We had them by 12 seconds on the first leg, but they beat us pretty handily the second leg." sim tfie BuHer did ft fps" 1 From staff and wire reports GLENVILLE, Y.

Inga Thompson of Reno became the first double winner in the U.S. Senior National Cycling Championships on Thursday. Reno resident Marion Clignet earned her second medal of the championships by anchoring the women's national team to a second place finish. The national A team of Phyliss Mines of Tullahoma, Maureen Manley of Thousand Oaks, Jeanne Golay of Hollywood, and Thompson won the 50-kilometer women's race by 47 seconds in 1:04:27. Thompson, who anchored the winning women's team, also claimed Tuesday's in Sox snap skid with late rally in 7-6 triumph By Martin RosalesGazette-Joumai Many times a manager has to be a slave driver.

Sometimes, though, he has to be a father figure especially when it comes to dealing with the egos of young ballplayers. Thursday night, Reno Silver Sox manager Mike Brown stored the whip. He held a team meeting to calm the storm caused by Reno's 10-game losing streak. The Silver Sox responded by scoring four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the San Jose Giants, 7-6, in a California League game at Moana Municipal Stadium. The victory halted the 10-game slide and put the second-place Silver Sox 4 Vi games behind the first-place Giants in the Cal League's Northern Division.

The closed-door meeting lasted about 20 minutes. "I just wanted the guys to know that I still believed and cared about them," Brown said. "I just thought it was a good time to let them know. I wanted to let them know that I appreciated their effort. They never give up." The Silver Sox could have in the ninth against San Jose, which has won eight of 10 games against Reno in the second half and 13 of 20 this season.

"They was just no way we were going to lose this one," said Kaha Wong, who had one of five Reno hits in the ninth. "We just needed to get our stuff together. It was due time." And in crunch time it was a group of struggling players who responded. Mike Sarbaugh, whose batting average has dropped about 20 points in the last month, started the rally with a single. Tim Donahue, playing with an injured hand, then lined a run-scoring triple to the left-field gap.

Chad McDonald's grounder to the hole at shortstop was turned into a circus out by San Jose's Royce Clayton, who fielded the ball on the grass and fired in mid-air to get McDonald at first. Donahue scored on the play. Brad DeJardin singled off Giants stopper Jim Myers to keep the inning going. Wong singled. Both runners advanced on TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW: Roseanne sial version of the national anthem Ms Due time for a victory I tournament tinning July 30 in Las Vppas Las Vegas.

Jake ave up two hits while out seven to get the wii John homer had a three-run bn in the third inning. had a single and the night, al defeated was 1 early in the i send them into racket. Carson Ight games in the tournament. Carson National beat Reno National 3-0 Wednesday night to force Thursday's showdown. Mark Skudlark had a home run and three RBI in that game.

Scoreboard American League Seattle 6, Minnesota 4 California 4, Oakland 2 Detroit 10, Boston 4 Toronto 7, Kansas City 5 National League New York 6, St. Louis 1, 1st St. Louis 3, New York 1, 2nd Montreal 3, Chicago 2 Philadelphia 12, Pittsburgh 4 San Diego 8, Houston 2 San Francisco 4, Cincinnati 3 Los Angeles 8, Atlanta 1 NFL: 2 new teams by 1993 NEW YORK The NFL offered a peek into football's future: realignment as early as 1992 and two more teams by 1993. On Thursday, Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and the league's realignment and expansion committee recommended to team owners that expansion should take place by 1993 and realignment could begin in two years. Tagliabue said the final expansion decision will be made by late 1991 or early '92 to permit play in '93.

Quick in the saddle Several Nevada athletes are in the top 20 after two rounds in the National High School Finals Rodeo this week in Shawnee, Okla. Julene Faught of Fallon is seventh overall in the pole bending competition after two rounds. In saddle bronc, Martin Burdick of Ely is 14th overall and Jon Echave of McDermitt scored a 66 to place fourth in the second round. In bareback, Beau Gillespie scored a 70 in the first round, good for second place in the round and 14th overall. Frank Baptiste of Yerington is 17th overall in calf roping and Rich Albisu of McDermitt took eighth place in the second round with an 18.571 time.

Larry Jacobs of Winnemucca is 11th after two rounds of bull riding and in the barrel races, Dondi Green of McGill is third after two rounds. U.S. names local skiers Reno's Lane Spina leads a handful of local skiers named to the Pan American Winter Games team. Spina competes in freestyle ballet and won a silver medal in the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Other Reno-Tahoe athletes named include Reno High standout Eva Twardokens and Kristin Krone of Truckee on the women's alpine team.

For the men's alpine squad, Bob Ormsby of Tahoe City and Bill Hudson of Squaw Valley will compete in the first Pan American Winter Games to be held Aug. 23-31 in Argentina. Shaw bows to Celtic fines BOSTON Under pressure of $5,000 daily fines, Brian Shaw agreed Thursday to break his contract with an Italian basketball team but remained opposed to rejoining the Boston Celtics, his attorney said. Quotebook "I think every year you people are going to see a better Jose Canseco. There's no doubt.

Every year I will dwarf my previous year's stats. If you look at the '88 stats, I'm going to dwarf those." Oakland outfielder Jose Canseco. Wire and staff reports vam Glover fU3 21 RenVMaJh CarjTi Jtmal tout amef 1 playede David Parker Gazelle-Journal ON THE WAY: Reno's James Hurst follows through on a first-inning pitch. Giant's 4 hits key 4-3 win By Jack BrennanGannett News Service SAN FRANCISCO Brett Butler gave the Cincinnati Reds a break in the first inning Thursday night. Then he broke them up as San Francisco won 4-3 in the opener of a key four-game series in the National League West.

Butler, San Francisco's center fielder, spiked a first-inning rally by getting picked off first base after a single. The inning ended with two Giants left on base and Cincinnati leading 3-0. But the Giants came back to win by scoring twice in the third, once in the fourth and once in the seventh, and Butler had a hit in all three of the uprisings. He went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and one batted in. In the seventh, with the score tied 3-3, Butler led off with a single against losing pitcher Jose Rijo (6-4).

Then, breaking for second on a hit-and-run play, he drew shortstop Luis Quinones toward second base. Rick Leach slapped Rijo's pitch through the area Quinones vacated and Butler went to third. Butler scored the winning run when Will Clark grounded into a double play. The Reds threatened in the ninth as Quinones led off with a sharp single to right. He was replaced by pinch-runner Herm Winningham, but the move backfired when Jeff Brantley picked off Winningham, who strayed too far from first.

"I had the go-ahead to steal," Winningham said. "I was going on that pitch, but he made a great move. That's the loneliest feeling you can have on a baseball field to get picked off in a situation like that." The blunder was particularly costly because the next two batters Paul O'Neill, pinch-hitting for Joe Oliver, and Ron Oes-ter reached base on walks. But the threat ended when Todd Ben-zinger, pinch-hitting for Rijo, flied out to left. And Chris Sabo did the same a pitch later.

Butler's big night, with the help of strong relief by winning pitcher Mark Thurmond (2-2), gave the Giants a leg up in this four-game series. The Reds lead is 8 Vi games. They realize the series is critical. "I guess you could say that," Winningham said. "We've given them the chance to think they can come back on us.

We've got to play better the rest of the way than we did tonight." Said Reds manager Lou Piniella: "It's 8. (Actually 8V2.) That's it. That's all there is to say about it." you screech? timent, which included denouncements of her behavior by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, individual threats to boycott her show and roughly 1,200 calls to the Padres organization. The controversy began when Barr delivered a shrill, off-key performance of the song, made worse by an echo in the stadium sound system, during a Padres-Cincinnati Reds doubleheader. Booed by many of the 30,000 fans, the loudmouthed comedian followed her rendition by grabbing her crotch and spitting.

Thursday, her spokesman, Chris Hamblin, tried to make amends for the incident. "Roseanne certainly meant no offense to any of the fans or viewers of the San Diego Padres game Wednesday night," he said. "She would like to apologize to anyone who took such offense." She sang "as well as she could," he continued. "Are only those people with See BARR, page 3D GALENA PARK PLANS The public is invited to a planning workshop for this park on the Mount Rose Highway. Meet af the park at 6:30 p.m.

today, at the Manzanita Group Area. a groundout. Carlos Mota, whose once robust .300 average is down to .236, then lined an 0-2 curveball into the gap in left field, scoring DeJardin and Wong with the game-winner. "I had no luck earlier in the game," said Mota, who was denied hits twice by good defense. "I could have gone (4-for-5), but I picked the right time." Wong was confident the team would rebound from its longest losing streak of the season.

"We're going to start a new streak," Associated (t Wong said, "We have to get back in this (playoff) race." Added Brown: "Any win feels good, but I feel good for the guys in the clubhouse. Those are the guys that do all the work." Reno reliever Dave Anderson (2-1) earned the victory despite allowing two runs (one earned). San Jose's Myers fell to 5-5. SILVER SOX NOTES The first 500 fans at tonight's game will receive a free Silver Sox cap. Saturday is baseball card night, with the first 500 fans receiving a free set of Silver Sox baseball cards.

2V say, can Barr's off-key anthem has fans screaming From wire service reports Television star Roseanne Barr apologized Thursday for offending Americans with her lewd gestures and screechy rendition of the national anthem between games of a doubleheader in San Diego Wednesday night. San Diego Padres President Dick Freeman also issued an apology to those who thought the comedian and star of "Roseanne" was making a mockery of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Officials of ABC-TV, which carries the "Roseanne" show, declined to comment on the incident or whether it would affect the television career of the 37-year-old star, flThese reaction came during a day Uled with expressions of anti-Barr sen- Press Barr plugs her ears as she sings a controvfl Wednesday at San Diego. ROW, ROW annual Regatta from the of Kings Saturday. launch to 10 a.m. scull, TICKETS FOR TOYS Pick up a ticket at Straw Hat Pizza or Videorama and bring an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots to Moana Stadium Sunday and see the Silver Sox for free.

SPORTS AND STEROIDS St. Mary's Regional Medical Center hosts a seminar on steroid use among adolescent athletes Tuesday. Free public session begins at 9 a.m. in Auditorium C. GOLF FOR ANGELS Reno's Angel Planes will benefit from an Aua.

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