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MAJOR LEAGUES FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1992 THE NEWS JOURNAL C3 Morrow eligibility questioned Pt3 PITCHING NEXT Curt Schilling (3-3) vs. Pete Harnisch (2-5) WED. THU. THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHT Phils acquire right-hander Ben Rivera from the Braves for righthander Don Elliott. MON.

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For tickets: (2 1 5) 463-1 OOO Phillies trade for Rivera, cut Cox PHILLIES STATISTICS Through Wednesday'! game tioned Morrow's enrollment in the camp. Morrow detailed some' of his experiences. The DSSAA board seemed particularly inter-; ested in Morrow's comments that campers had played in tournaments against professional players. Peter and Patsy Morrow, Brint's parents, both said Thursday that it's a common practice in tennis for amateurs and professionals to play one another in tournaments. They also knew of no problems the NCAA had with the camp or the many like it catering to young tennis players.

Morrow plans to attend the University of North Carolina this fall on a tennis scholarship. The board went into a closed session to discuss the matter. After the door to the Townsend Building's Cabinet Room was reopened, the board voted to table the issue until September. But first, DSSAA attorney James Lig-uori issued a warning, saying the board was "somewhat troubled by some of the things presented here." Friends was April 21. However, Friends administrators contended that the rule did not apply to Morrow because he never actually transferred to the Florida high school.

Rather, an arrangement was worked out between Friends and Haines City in which Morrow's academic curriculum at Haines City was designed and monitored by Friends, said Bill Bickley, assistant head of school at Friends. "He was enrolled at Friends in absentia," said Friends Athletic Director Bob Tattersall, "specifically for the purpose of continuing his programs as defined by Friends School. He was not treated as a transfer." Should Morrow be ruled ineligible, he would have to forfeit the title, which was his fourth. He's the first four-time champion of the state high school tournament since DSSAA took over its operation from the Delaware Tennis Association in the early 1970s. The situation was brought to DSSAA's attention after a May 15 article in The News Journal men By KEVIN TRESOLINI Staff reporter DOVER Brint Morrow's attendance at a Florida high school late last year may put the state No.

1 singles tennis title he won last week in jeopardy. The Delaware Secondary School Athletic Association's board of directors, at its final meeting of the 1991-92 school year Thursday, discussed whether or not any DSSAA rules were broken in relation to Morrow's enrollment at Haines City High from September to December, 1991. Morrow attended the public school mornings while he was enrolled in and lived at Rick Maori's Tennis Academy in Winter Haven, Fla. Specifically, DSSAA regulations say that a student must sit out 90 school days after transferring. That means Morrow, upon his return in January to Friends School, where he is a senior, would not have been eligible to compete athletically until late May.

His first tennis match for I BATTERS AVG AB HR RBI Lake .440 25 2 11 1 1 Kruk .378 156 31 59 4 30 Daulton .323 127 23 41 4 30 Morandini .309 110 17 34 2 10 Grotewold .300 10 1 3 0 1 Backman .278 18 2 5 0 4 Duncan .277 188 25 52 2 19 Hollins .264 159 32 42 5 26 Dykstra .243 115 16 28 3 15 Batiste .232 95 8 22 1 6 Peguero .222 9 3 2 0 0 Jordan .200 35 3 7 1 7 Sveum .175 57 7 10 0 10 Amaro .171 105 16 18 3 11 Murphy .164 61 5 10 2 7 Lindeman .150 20 2 3 1 4 Scarsone .100 10 0 1 0 0 Totalt .256 1484 205 380 32 195 PITCHERS W-L ERA IP ER SO Robinson 1-0 0.00 6.0 1 0 5 Ritchie 0-1 2.45 18.1 20 5 10 Williams 2-1 2.86 22.0 16 7 18 Schilling 3-3 3.10 40 2 27 14 39 Mulholland 5-3 3.79 73.2 73 31 42 Brantley 2-3 3.89 39.1 39 17 18 Ashby 1-0 4.02 15.2 14 7 12 Brink 0-1 5.40 11.2 15 7 4 Cox 2-2 5.40 38.1 46 23 30 Hartley 1-0 5.40 3.1 3 2 2 Jones 1-2 5.40 26.2 34 16 10 Abbott 0-7 5.44 49.2 48 30 38 Greene 2-1 6.32 31.1 34 22 23 Searcy 0-0 6.75 9.1 11 7 5 Chapin 0-0 900 2.0 2 2 1 Totals 20-24 4.38 388.0 383 189 257 By RAY FINOCCHIARO Staff reporter PHILADELPHIA Even though he didn't pitch an inning, the Phillies liked what they saw of Atlanta righthander Ben Rivera when the Braves were in town, so they made a deal for Rivera on Thursday before leaving for Houston. The Phils sent right-hander Don Elliott to Atlanta, then created a roster spot for Rivera by designating right-hander Danny Cox for assignment, meaning they have 10 days to trade or release him. Cox, disenchanted with his role as mop-up man after flunking a stint in the starting rotation, had requested a move. Rivera, who was 0-1 with a 4.70 ERA in 15 'A innings for Atlanta, didn't have to pitch in the three-game series to impress the Phils. "We've had people who saw him two or three times who are very high on his arm," said Phils General Manager Lee Thomas.

"They really like him. We have to keep him on the roster because he's out of options, but I think we can afford to keep him around. We just thought he was further along than Elliott." Elliott's been on a merry-go-round for the past year. After i I The News JournalSUSAN GREGQ Jim n't Schilling eager to face Astros again 1 WU that foil tVirnncrVl inh When that fell through. Brian Canaty of the Blue team takes a swipe at the Gold's Jamie Grist during Thursday night's Blue-Gold Senior All-Star boys lacrosse game at Alexis I.

du Pont High. Matt Sheton of St. Mark's was named most valuable player after scoring three goals and adding an assist to lead the Gold to a 9-4 victory. The series Is tied at 3-3. By RAY FINOCCHIARO Staff reporter PHILADELPHIA Righthander Curt Schilling admits he had some extra incentive when he made his first National League start against his former Houston Astros' employers.

It seems that Schilling was a bit annoyed that the Astro management bad-mouthed his work habits in the papers the day after they traded him to the Phillies for Jason Grimsley. Schilling exacted his revenge with six scoreless innings in a 4-3 victory. Well, Schilling should get a second rush when he gets to face Houston again tonight in the Astrodome as the Phillies open a three-game weekend set with the Astros before heading to Atlanta. Schilling's opponent in the 8:35 p.m. game (Ch.

29) will be Pete Harnisch who, like Schilling, was part of the deal that sent Glenn Davis to the Orioles in January, 1991. There's no gypsy in Schilling's soul; he just wonders what's going on. "A year ago, I was going from Baltimore to Houston and I was ATLANTA 12:40 P.M. CHANNEL 29 OFF DAY Shading indicates home games Phils when he couldn't make their major-league roster. He started the season at Clearwater, then was promoted to Reading, where he was 3-3 with a 2.25 ERA in six starts.

He struck out 23 in 36 innings. As for Cox, who was 2-2 with a 5.40 ERA in nine games, seven of them starts, Thomas admitted he "was disappointed with the way he thought about things. He wasn't happy and wasn't willing to see what would happy and if he's not happy, we'll move him." Cox was in his second season with the Phils after coming back from elbow-reconstruction surgery with the Cardinals. Cox never regained the form the Phillies wanted, and Cox expressed his disenchantment when Manager Jim Fregosi took him out of the rotation. "There comes a point in your career where you have to make a decision," Cox said earlier this week.

"I still feel I'm a quality pitcher. I think they gave up on me too soon." "He pitched 35 innings in seven starts; that's not good enough," Fregosi said of his decision. Thomas agreed. "We just felt he'd had enough opportunities. Now we'll see if any club wants to pick him up.

If not, he'll become a free agent in 10 days." mo he hoped he to play a couple of times a week. But Sveum's last start was on May 16 in Cincinnati and he's 0-for-8-as a pinch hitter since then. "Obviously, I'd like to be playing, but I'm not going to complain," said Sveum, hitting .179 with 10 RBIs in 56 at-bats. "However, they've got some kids Dave Hollins and Kim Batiste they want to play. They're the team's future.

It's not like they're playing 35-year-old guys in front of me. The young guys need to learn and they need to play." EXTRA INNINGS: Terry Mulholland, already 5-0 in May, makes his bid for pitcher of the month honors when he faces the Astros' Jimmy Jones on Saturday night at 8:05 (Ch. 29). A 6-0 slate might be hard to beat Don Robinson, who pitched five perfect innings before allowing a hit in his Phillies' debut Tuesday vs. Atlanta, will pitch Sunday vs.

Butch Henry (2:35 p.m., Ch. 29). The Phils won two of three from the Astros at the Vet. MORE ANDRETTI SURGERY Jeff Andretti, seriously injured in a crashed in Sunday's Indianapolis 500, was back in the operating room Thursday. Andretti sustained multiple injuries to both feet, legs and ankles.

He had surgery Sunday night and additional surgery to repair his right quadriceps oi Tuesday. Dr. Terry Trammell said Thursday's operation was necessary because skin grafts wouldn't adequately cover some exposed areas where Andretti was injured. ELSEWHERE: Stacey King of the Chicago Bulls was fined $5,000 by the NBA for his flagrant foul against Danny Ferry of the Cleveland Cavaliers during Thursday night's fifth game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals Former Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski has been elected president of the Maxwell Football Club Dave D'Entremont averaged 246 over his last six games on in building a two-pin lead over Parker Bohn III after three rounds of the Professional Bowlers Association $125,000 Seattle Open International Boxing Federation 108-pound champion Michael Carbajal of Phoenix has withdrawn from the undercard of the Larry Holmes-Evander Ho-lyfield heavyweight bout because of an injured right hand Mario Cipollini of Italy used a powerful sprint on the final straightaway to win the fifth stage of the Tour of Italy, but Miguel Indu-rain of Spain retained the overall lead Lynn Stiles, an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers, was named vice president of player personnel for the Kansas City Chiefs. 1 Two double-headers set The Delaware High School Softball Tournament resumes Saturday with double-headers at two sites.

At Alapocas, top-seeded Padua (17-2) faces eighth-seeded Glasgow (15-4) and third-seeded Caravel (16-2) meets sixth-seeded Wilmington Christian (13-6). Both games are at 11 a.m. At the Smyrna Recreation Park, second-seeded Smyrna (12-3) takes on seventh-seeded St. Elizabeth (12-4) and fifth-seeded William Penn (17-1) faces 13th-seeded Delmar (12-6). Both games are at 11 a.m.

Admission is $2 at each site. New Castle Baptist wins RICHARDSON PARK Margo Harris and Krista Atkins combined for a two-hitter with 11 'strikeouts as New Castle Baptist Academy dropped Haddonfield Baptist High 12-0 in a Tri-State Christian Athletic Conference softball game Thursday. Cindy Toms had a three-run triple and four RBIs, and Atkins had three hits and three RBIs for New Castle Baptist, which begins the conference playoffs next Thursday. Baptist (8-4) 000 00 0 2 5 NCB (10-3) 6M 1012 7 2 Drum and Downes. Harris, AtKlns (4) and Bon-vettl.

Harris. Drum. 2B NCB: Atkins. 3B NCB: Atkins. Penguins game plan for Game 3 in Chicago." Thanks to a quick Pittsburgh defense, Barrasso only had to face 19 shots Thursday night and was steady throughout, allowing only a second-period goal to Brian Marchment.

The defense "did a great job, especially clearing rebounds," Barrasso said. "I did my job in the first period and in the second and third periods we played so well offensively that I didn't have much work." Chicago 0 1 I Pittsburgh 1 03 First Period 1, Pittsburgh, Errey 3 (Paek), 9:52 (sh). Penalties Peluso, Chi (roughing), Stanton, Pit, double minor (tripping, delay of game), 7- 38; Smith, Chi (Interference), 1105; Noonan, Chi (cross-checking), 18:36. Second Period 2, Chicago, Marchment 1 (Noonan, Gilbert), 10:24. 3, Pittsburgh, M.Lemleux 14 (Tocchet), 12:55 (PP).

4, Pittsburgh, M.Lemleux 15 (Tocchet, K.Samuelsson), 15:23. Penalties Marchment, Chi (elbowing), 12:11 Chicago bench, served by Graham (too many men), 19:43. Third Period None. Penalty Roberts, Pit (holding), 5:09. Shots on goal Chicago 11-4-419.

Pittsburgh 8- 11-625. Power-play Opportunities Chicago 0 of Pittsburgh 1 of 5. Goalies Chicago, Belfour, 12-3 (25 shots-22 saves). Pittsburgh, Barrasso, 14-5 (19-18). A 16,164.

Referee Terry Gregson. Linesmen Swede Knox, Ray Scapinelk). Conference finals Eastern Conference Chicago vs. Cleveland (Bet-of-Mven) (Bulla lead aeries 3-2) Chicago 103. Cleveland 89 Cleveland 107, Chicago 81 Chicago 105.

Cleveland 96 Cleveland 99. Chicago 89 Chicago 112. Cleveland 89 Today at Cleveland. 9 m. Sunday at Chicago.

6:30 Western Conference Portland va. Utah (Blazer win series 4-2) Portland 113, Utah 88 Portland 119. Utah 102 Utah 97, Portland 89 Utah 121. Portland 112 Portland 127, Utah 121 (OT) Portland 105, Utah 97 if necessary. Blazers 105, Jazz 97 Portland 30 25 22 28105 Utah 33 2H8 20- PORTLAND (105) Kersey 5-11 8-10 18, Williams 3-6 9-9 15, Duckworth 6-8 0-0 2, Drexler 9-18 0-3 18, Porter 6-17 5-6 8, Robinson 5-10 0-0 10, Ainoe 4-7 2-3 12, Bryant 1-3 0-0 2.

Totals 39-80 24-31 105 UTAH (97) Edwards 6-11 2-2 15, Malone 7-14 9-10 23, Eaton 0-4 2-2 2, Stockton 5-19 7-8 18, Makme 7-17 0-0 14, Corbin 7-13 8-8 22, Brown 0-5 3-4 3, Rudd 0-0 0-0 0, Thornton 0-1 0-0 O.Totals 32-84 31-34 97. 3-Point goals Portland 3-11 (Alnge 2-2, Porter 1-6, Robinson 0-1, Drexler 0-2), Utah 2-10 (Edwards 1-2, Stockton 1-8). Fouled out None. Rebounds Portland 43 (Williams 8), Utah 60 (K Malone 19). Assists Portland 24 (Porter 10), Utah 18 (Stockton 12) Total fouls Portland 25, Utah 26.

TechnicalsUtah coach Sloan, Malone, Portland illegal defense. A 19,911. Lemieux By KEN RAPPOPORT Associated Press PITTSBURGH The big man scored the big goals again for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Mario Lemieux, who has made the 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs his personal showcase, scored his 14th and 15th goals of the postseason tournament Thursday night to lead Pittsburgh to a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Black-hawks. The victory gave the Penguins a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.

Lemieux, who has scored five game-winning goals despite missing six of Pittsburgh's 19 playoff games with a hand injury, broke a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal at 12:55 of the second period. For good measure, the 6-foot-3 center clinched it with another goal at 15:23. On both scoring occasions, the Blackhawks made the mistake of leaving him open and Lemieux beat Chicago goaltender Ed Bel-four twice after some nice setups by linemate Rick Tocchet. "I had a lot of respect for Mario when I was with Philadel- leading the Phils' minor-leaguers in strikeouts last season, Elliott was taken in the Rule 5 draft by the Seattle Mariners, but was offered back to the et about eettine traded," Schilling recalled. "I felt I'd been in a really great clubhouse in Baltimore and thought I was going to be a part of their rebuilding.

Then I go to another club. "And so I feel I'm going to be a centerpiece there and then I go to another club. It almost makes you think about taking a look at yourself: 'Am I a bad guy? Am I a negative But I'm not. I get along with everybody. I guess I was in a perfect situation to get dealt a couple of times.

They could afford to trade me." Now he'd like to show the Astros what they let get away. Again. Sveum's playing time fading Utility infielder Dale Sveum won't be in Atlanta when the Phillies travel there Monday to open a three-game series with the Braves. Sveum will be home in California where his father is seriously ill. Sveum has tried not to let it affect his play when he has played, that is.

Sveum came to the Phils hoping to win a start- straight-set victories in the French Open, Ivan Lendl risked joining fellow old-timers Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe on the sidelines. Lendl, a three-time French Open champion, was deadlocked with Brazil's Jaime Oncins 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 5-5, when rain interrupted play in the early evening. The contest is due to resume this morning. Stefan Edberg, the No. 2 seed, also struggled in a late match but had taken command by the time the match was halted.

He was leading Argentina's Gabriel Mar-kus 4-6, 7-6 (7-1), 7-5, 3-1. Other big names had it much easier none more so than Agassi, who routed Italy's Gian-luca Pozzi 6-0, 6-2, 6-1 in 84 minutes. Courier, the defending champion and top seed, cruised to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Austria's Thomas Muster. Sampras, seeded No. 3, also got through in straight sets.

But he had a tighter match, winning 7-6, (8-6), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) over Laurent Prades of France. DICKINSON LEADS TOURNEY: Four straight birdies on the back nine led Judy Dickinson to a 6-un-der-par 66 and a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA's $500,000 Oldsmobile Classic in East Lansing, Mich. Dickinson, who is president of the LPGA, birdied the 12th through 15th holes, then paired in to stay ahead of Michelle McGann and Dottie Mochrie. Lauri Merten of Wilmington and Carolyn Hill were two back in the 72-hole event over the layout at Walnut Hills Couitfry Club. Optimistic Daly named coach of Nets goals lift Cup final Chicago vs.

Pittsburgh (Penguins lead series 2-0) Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 1 Saturday at Chicago, 8:35 p.m. Monday at Chicago, 8:35 p.m. Wednesday at Pittsburgh, 7:35 June 5 at Chicago, 8:35 p.m. June 7 at Pittsburgh, 7:35 p.m. if necessary phia," said Tocchet.

"I have a lot more respect for him here." The way goaltender Tom Bar-rasso and the Pittsburgh defense played, that's all the goals the Penguins needed to take a two-game edge in the best-of-seven series. The teams will meet in Games 3 and 4 at Chicago on Saturday and Monday. "We have to Come up with some tactic to stop Lemieux," Chicago Coach Mike Keenan said. "He cashed in again tonight. "He's a great offensive player and we never expected to completely keep him off the board.

We'll have to design a better 1 ufaiiaa 7. Guv Johnson 3 I John Justison had two RBIs as Wallace Insurance beat Guy Johnson at 18th Van Buren Streets. Marc Baffone had three hits and two runs scored while Louis Sierra and Mike Brainard each had two hits and two runs scored for C.Wallace (4-0). Alan Minker had two RBIs for Guy Johnson. CWALLACE MBranrd If Crkvenc rf Sierra rf MBaffne ss JBattne 2b Woodrff DiGcmo 3b Justisn lb Coder dh Peden cf Maleski pr Schaal pr BlaWv Pr Sonchen Totals ab bi ab bi 4 2 2 0 Freeman 3b 4 110 0101 Miller cf 2 110 2 2 2 0 Llovd 3 010 4 2 3 1 Minker lb 2 0 12 4 0 0 0 Simmns rf 2 110 3 011 Singlev 2 0 0 0 2 011 Schaen If 0 0 0 0 2 012 Orenskv If 3 0 0 0 3 010 McCaley 2b 2 0 0 0 3 000 Dezziss 2 00 1 0000 0000 0000 0000 27 7 11 Totals 22 3S1 Wheeler paces Brandywine victory Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.

Chuck Daly, coach of the U.S. Olympic dream team, took on the New Jersey Nets' coaching job Thursday, a position that gave his predecessor nightmares. "There's a blend of youth and a certain amount of maturity," Daly said of the Nets. "I think they have a chance to be a championship contender." Daly resigned from the Detroit Pistons on May 5 after nine seasons, nine playoff appearances and two NBA championships. His title team featured a bruising and talented group of players including Dennis Rodman, Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer and Isiah Thomas.

The Nets, while making the playoffs this season under coach Bill Fitch for the first time since 1986, were more noteworthy for the clashes between Fitch and starters Derrick Coleman and Chris Morris. After compiling a 40-42 record, New Jersey was eliminated by in the first round by Cleveland. Fitch also had other problems. In December, there were reports that Jim Valvano would replace Fitch, but Nets management decided not to make the change. There were other problems with rookie Kenny Anderson's lack of playing time.

Daly, though, said he won't let the past bother him. Not with a nucleus of talented young players. "I come in here fresh with a new team," Daly said. "I really don't want to deal with anything that has transpired in the past." LENDL IN FRENCH JEOPARDY: While Jim Courier, Andre Agassi and Pete swept to WILMINGTON John Wheeler had two hits and two RBIs as Brandywine edged Home Budget Center 2-1 in a Delaware Semi-Pro League baseball game Thursday. Joe Morales had two hits, while Chip McHugh and Wheeler combined for a three-hitter for Brandywine (2-2).

Dave Olson had two hits for Budget (1-2-1). BUDGET Gilman cf Allen If Beech lb Cole dh ONealc Olson nt Timmons ss Crowlv 3b Behelr 2b Totals BRANDYWINE abrhbi abrhbi 3000 401 1 4000 2000 2000 3020 2 100 2000 3000 25 131 Padovanl 3b Philips rf Morales 2b JLimna lb Ruggro If Wheelr dh RLImna ss Anson cf Rumford Totals 2100 3000 21 20 301 0 2000 20 2 2 201 0 2000 201 0 20 2 7 2 Home Budget Brandywine 000 000 1 1 200 000 02 No extra base hits. Home Budget Welch, 0-2 Abslam Brandywine McHugh, 2-0 Wheeler IP ER BB SO C.Wallace Guy Johnson 310 021 7 200 001 3 2B Justison, Sierra, Freeman. 3B Brainard, Minker, Simmons. IP ER BB SO CWallace Sonchen, 6 5 3 3 5 1 Guy Johnson Lloyd, 4 11 7 7 1 6.