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8 Paily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska, Friday, February 16,1996 No More Tie Games For NCAA Football By DICK LIPSEY Associated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Nevada football coach Chris Ault is happy. There will be no more tie games in college football. ''Tie games are a Ault said in December when his team lost the Las Vegas Bowl in overtime. "The old guard needs to have tiebreakers in all games." They did just that on Thursday.

The NCAA football rules committee voted to require a tiebreaker in all NCAA football games. After the Las Vegas Bowl, Ault said he was happy with the tiebreaker even though his team lost. The I3-member c.ommittee included six Division-I representatives, including committee chairman and Georgia athletic director Vince Dooley, Missouri coach Larry Smith and North Carolina coach Mack Brown. The rules committee decision came during its annual meeting in Kansas City and followed a vote of support for the tiebreaker at a meeting of Division I-A football coaches on Feb. "The committee was particularly sensitive to the overwhelming mandate of the Division I-A coaches because the tiebreaker was already being used in other divisions," Dooley said.

The decision, which requires no further approval, will take effect this fall. The system was used in Division I-A bowl games this past year and is the same procedure used in lower-division NCAA football championships and regular-season league games in the Big Sky, Ohio Valley, Yankee and Mid-Eastern Athletic conferences. It gives each team a chance to score after regulation. The tiebreaker was used for the first time in Division I-A in December's Las Vegas Bowl, with Toledo Nevada 40-37 in the first overtime. game, matching the champions 01 the Mid-American and Big West conferences, was.tied 34-34 at the end of regulation.

Nevada had the first possession of overtime, but could manage only a field goal after failing to make a first down from the 25. Toledo then needed only four plays to score the winning touchdown from the 25. The tiebreaker has been used once in an NCAA championship game. Allegheny beat Lycoming 21-14 in the first overtime period in the 1990 Division II contest. "People who have been involved in the tiebreaker report it is very exciting, and it will help resolve problems determining conference championships," Dooley said.

Because ties do not count toward the six-victory requirement for post. season bowl qualification, the change may allow a few more teams to be eligible for bowls, Dooley said. West Virginia coach Don Nehlen, vice president of the American College Football Coaches Association said Big East coaches were less supportive of the change. "I prefer a sudden-death football game," Nehlen said. "If you put (the ball) on the 25-yard line, the game could go on forever." The overtime system is not sudden death as used in the NFL, and the clock is not a factor.

Each team gets one possession, starting 25 yards away from the end zone. The team winning the coin toss can choose to start on offense or defense, or it can choose which 25-yard line the possessions will start on. Each team begins each possession on the same end of the field. A possession ends when a team scores, commits a turnover or fails to convert on fourth down. The game ends when the score is no longer tied at the end of an overtime period.

Any score by the defense wins the game, except the return of an extra- point attempt following a touchdown. A game also ends when team trailing in the overtime commits a turnover. Sandberg is Back As Cubs Open Camp Scoreboard Jordan Off But Takes Control of Overtime By The Associated Press Dennis Rodman made the play that got the Chicago Bulls into overtime, allowing Michael Jordan to do what he does best take over the game. Jordan missed 20 of his 30 shots, but he managed to score eight of his 32 points in overtime, giving the Bulls a 112-109 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. "I figured if I kept going to the well, sometime I'd find some water," said Jordan, who hit all 12 of his free throws while struggling from the field.

"It was one of those nights where I couldn't find a way to get the bull in the hole." The Bulls are 44-5 this season, with ail of their losses on the road. It nearly happened again at the Palace in Auburn Hills as the Pistons led by five points with 37 seconds left in regulation. "We know that you are in jeopardy every time you go out on the road," Bulls coach Phil Jackson said. "We had a donnybrook of a ballgame." A 3-pointer by Toni Kukoc pulled the Bulls within two. and when Grant Hill missed and Rodman rebounded with eight seconds left.

Chlcaso had a chance to force overtime or" win in regulation. Scottie Pippen, who finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds, missed a short shot that Rodman rebounded and put in for a 101-101 tie with 0.9 seconds left. Rodman finished with 19 points before fouling out in overtime. Elsewhere in the NBA, it was Cleveland 95. Toronto 76; Miami 97 Denver 91: Milwaukee 109, Washington 98: Houston 112.

San AntonTo 108; Utah 106. Dallas 103- and Phoenix 96, Portland 84. Chicago took a 106-101 lead with 2:30 left in overtime. The Pistons came back-to tie it on a 3-pointer by Allan Houston and Theo Ratliffs layup with 1:34 left. Then Jordan took over, scoring on a layup and a turnaround a 110-106 lead with 11.8 seconds remaining.

His two free throws sealed the outcome after Houston, who finished with 27 points, sank another 3- pointer with 9.7 seconds left. "Jordan likes the ball in his hands at the end of a game, and he is capable of taking the game into his hands said Otis Thorpe, who had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Detroit. "He had a great game. I give him credit." Detroit, which got 20 points from Hill, lost for the ninth time in 25 home games. "We played a great game.

It is so heartbreaking for me, for our uys lose a game like this," coacrf Doug Collins said. "They really deserved to win." Suns 96, Trail Blazers 84 Phoenix handed Portland its fourth straight home loss and pulled into a virtual tie with the Blazers for seventh place in the Western Conference. Charles Barkley had 24 points 10 rebounds and five steals for the Suns, back in the playoff race after going 9-4 since he returned from a toe jury. Phoenix held Portland to 37 second-half points. The Blazers were led by Clifford Robinson's 24 points and 11 rebounds.

Rockets 112, Spurs 108 Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler scored 24 points each and Robert Horry hit his only basket of the game with 42 seconds left in Houston's victory over San Antonio. The Rockets led by 15 points in the third quarter, but the visiting Spurs used the 3-point shooting of Chuck Person to get as close as one point in the fourth period. San Antonio trailed 107-105 with 1:01 to go, but the jumper by Horry, who was l-for-7 from the field, kept Houston in front. Vinny Del Negro scored 31 points, David Robinson 24 and Person 21 on 7-for-ll shooting for the Spurs. Eldridge Recasner scored a career-high 21 for the Rockets.

Bucks 109, Bullets 98 Vin Baker scored 25 points and Glenn Robinson had 11 of his 23 in the third quarter, lifting Milwaukee over Washington. Gheorge Muresan's bank shot gave the Bullets a 67-61 lead with 6:23 left in the third quarter, but Robinson scored nine points in a 21-7 outburst that put the Bucks ahead 82-74 goins into the fourth period. Muresan scored 29 points and Juwan Howard 27 for the Bullets, who finished their four-game road trip without a win and suffered a season- high fifth straight loss. Jazz 106, Mavericks 103 Karl Mai one scored 30 points and John Stockton had 21 points and two steals, inching within two of breaking the NBA career steals mark, as Utah rallied to defeat Dallas. Jason Kidd scored 34 points and Jimmy Jackson and George McCIoud 20 each for the Mavericks, who led 86-77 with 7:51 left but dropped their fourth straight road game and fell to 6-19 on the road.

The Jazz followed with a 12-0 run after McCloud's 3-pointer save Dallas the nine-point lead. Malone scored five during that spurt, and Stockton finished the burst with his steal and a basket, si vine Utah an 89-86 lead with 5:02 left. Kidd tied it with a 3-pointer, the first of five ties in the next three minutes until Antoine Carr's hook shot put Utah ahead for good. 99-97, with 1:15 remaining. By The Associated Press Ever since Ryne Sandberg announced his comeback, he'd 'been waiting for this day.

Sandberg returned to the field Thursday, joining pitchers and catchers as the Chicago Cubs opened camp in Mesa, Ariz. Hundreds of fans who'd come to see Sandberg cheered when the 10-time All-Star second baseman began his workout. "It's been different than all the other off-seasons because it's fun working out again," Sandberg said. "It doesn't feel like a job. I'm excited going to the park every day and I've been anxious for spring training to begin." Sandberg, 36, abruptly retired in the middle of the 1994 season, but decided last Halloween that he wanted to make a comeback.

"It's kind of difficult for me to set numbers goals because I've never done it in the past before a season," he said. "I have to accept the fact that I'm just a little bit older and my body is a little bit older and I obviously haven't played a season at age 36 before. "I don't look at that as a negative, -but I think it'll be important for me to be in trie lineup every day and be able to play ever' day." iVIariners AL Cy Young winner Randy Johnson was among those in attendance as 27 pitchers and catchers began camp Peoria, Ariz. The Mariners held a two-hour workout in 80-degree weather. Edwin Hurtado, a candidate to be the fifth starter, was missing because of visa problems.

Hurtado, 5-2 with a 5.45 ERA for Toronto last season, is expected to be two to three days late because of paperwork complications in Venezuela. "He pitched winter ball and he will be ready to go when he gets here," general manager Woody Woodward said. Indians Jack McDowell, signed by Cleveland in the offseason, was involved in a minor traffic accident Thursday but was not hurt. was- returning from Saias6t'a, where gone fo visit some former Chicago White Sox teammates, when his car slid off a rain-drenched road into a ditch in Bartow. McDowell had put on the brakes to avoid running into an accident in front of him, Indians spokesman Bart Swain said.

McDowell's car did not collide with any other vehicles, Swain said. The former Cy Young winner was taken to a nearby hospital but required no treatment and was released. In another move aimed at strengthening their staff, the Indians sot pitcher Brian Anderson from California in a trade for pitchers Jason Grimsley and Pep Harris. Anderson, 23, will compete with Chad Ogea, Mark Clark and Albie Lopez for the fifth spot in the rotation Anderson was 13-13 with a 5.46 ERA in 40 games for the Angels, 36 of them starts. "We are most definitely going to allow him a chance to compete for a spot on our major league club," general manager John Hart said.

"However, this is a deal we have made for the long term. He has a high ceiling. His best years are ahead of him." Grimsley, 28, spent parts of the last three seasons with the Indians. He was 0-0 in 15 appearances last year and was sent to Triple-A Buffalo in July. Cardinals Mike Moore, who slumped to 5-15 last season with Detroit, was invited to camp by St.

Louis. He will join several other former Oakland players who have been reunited with manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan, both having moved from the A's to the Cardinals in the offseason. Moore, 36, had a 7.53 ERA in 25 starts last season for Detroit. He is 161-176 lifetime with a 4.39 ERA in 14 seasons. Pitchers Dennis Eckersley, Todd Stottlemyre and Rick Honeycutt are among the former Athletics now with the Cardinals in St.

Petersburg, Fla. Pirates Zane Smith, a key pitcher for Pittsburgh in the past but ineffective last year for Boston, signed with the Pirates. Smith, 35, got a minor-league contract and is expected to join the Pirates this weekend in Bradenton, Fla He is 96-109 lifetime. Smith was 8-8 with a 5.61 ERA in 21 starts for Boston last year. He gave up an extra-inning, game-winning home run to Cleveland's Tony Pena in the AL playoffs.

His best season with the Pirates was 1991, when he was 16-10 with a 3 ERA. Mets Camp- Green "York Mets manager Dallas Green put 45 players through his infamous 20- minute run and asked them to run three 410-yard laps with just short breaks in between. The players then shook off the rust with more than four hours of fielding drills and calisthenics. Green was pleased with what he saw in Port St Lucie, Fla. "These guys came in in areat shape," said Green, entering" his fourth year with the Mets.

"They handled the tough stuff pretty aood." Indianapolis Colts Hire Lindy Infante As Coach INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Lindy Inrante is ready for the inevitable comparisons. Hired as coach in Indianapolis on Thursday the same day his predecessor Ted Marchibroda joined the relocated NFL franchise in Baltimore Infante said he knows he will be judged by whether the Colts can match last season's success. "We're going to be analyzed, scrutinized and compared from" this point forward," he said. 'I have a lot of respect for Ted as a person and a football coach, and I'm just tickled to death it worked out for him. But we can't sit around and worry about how we're going to be compared to somebody.

We have 10 go out and do our own thine now," Infante said. Infante, the Green Bay coach from 1988-91, was out of the NFL until Colts director of football operations Bill Tobin hired him as offensive coordinator last year. Much of the Colts' improvement was credited to Infante, who designed a new system using multiple formations that helped Jim Harbaugh become the NFL's top-rated quarterback. The Colts went 9-7, reached the playoffs for just the second time since the franchise moved from Baltimore in 1984, and advanced to the AFC championship game against Pittsburgh. An incomplete pass in the end zone on the final play of the game kept Indianapolis from the Super Bowl.

"There's some enormous challenges out there that will be staring us in the face, I'm sure," Infante said. Gross-Alaska MICHAEL ANNETTE BENING THEAMERICAN PRESIDENT ISU Show Times: Sun, Matinee 4:30 SUDDEN DEATH VAN DAMME TERROR GOES OVERTIME OS Show Times: 7:35 Sun. Matinees 4:35 NHL at a Glance All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pts GF GA N.Y.Rangers 33 13 11 77 207 157 Florida 33 16 7 73 191 153 Philadelphia 28 16 11 67 193 145 Washington 27 22 7 61 161 149 NewJersey 24 23 7 55 139 131 TampaBay 23 24 8 54 165 183 N.Y.IsIariders 15 32 8 38 160 215 Northeast Division Pittsburgh 33 18 4 70 252 184 Montreal 28 22 7 63 180 171 Boston 23 24 7 53 186 194 Hartford 23 26 .6 52 157 174 Ottawa 0 22 28 5 49 158 175 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Pts GF GA Detroit 40 10 4 84 205 120 Chicago 31 16 11 73 201 152 Toronto 25 22 10 60 171 168 SLLouis 23 23 10 56 152 161 Winnipeg 23 27 4 50 191 198 Dallas 15 2 9 11 41 153 194 Pacific Division Colorado 30 17 10 70 221 160 Vancouver 22 21 14 58 209 193 Calgary 21 26 11 53 169 177 LosAngeles 18 27, 13 49 191 212 Edmonton 20 28 6 46 145 199 Anaheim 19 33 5 43 158 191 SanJose 13 38 6 32 177 247 Thursday's Games San Jose 2, Ottawa 2, tie Calgary 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Montreal 2, N.Y. Rangers 2, tie Tampa Bay 4, Colorado 2 Detroit 4, Washington 3 Chicago 3, Boston 0 Vancouver 5, Anaheim 3 Friday's Games New Jersey at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Washington, 8 p.m Detroit at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games San Jose at N.Y. Islanders, 1 Buffalo at Hartford, 7 p.m. Calgary at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 8 p.m.

Boston at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday's Games Washington at New Jersey, 1 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 1:30 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago, 2:30 p.m Dallas at Florida, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at St. Louis, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. NBA at a Glance All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pet 35 14.

"IT Miami 23 Washington 22 26 8 NewJersey 20 29 Boston is "ii ru-i jl Philadelphia 10 37 .213 Central Division Chicago 44 5 898 Indiana 633 Cleveland 28 20 583 Atlanta. 26 542 Detroit 24 23 Charlotte 23 25 479 Milwaukee 19 28 404 Toronto 14 35 '935 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division GB 12 fc 12 'A 15 24 3 15 17 'A 20 V. 24 30 Utah San Antonio Houston Denver Dallas Minnesota Vancouver PCt GB 34 16 .680 -31 16 .660 1 'A 33 18 .647 i 20 29 .408 13 16 16 32 .333 17 14 33 .298 18 'A. 37 229 Pacific Division Seat 36 12 .750 L.A.Lakers 29 19 .604 7 Sacramento 24 22 522 11 Portland 24 26 13 Phoenix 23 25 479 13 GoldenState 73 26 469 13 'k L.A.Chppers 16 33 .327 20 Thursday's Games Cleveland 95, Toronto 76 Miami 97. Denver 91 Chicago 1 12.

Detroit 109. OT Milwaukee 109, Washington 98 Houston 1 12, San Antonio 108 Utah 106, Dallas 103 Phoenix 96, Portland 84 Friday's Games Philadelphia at New York, 7:30 p.m Indiana vs. Washington at Baltimore. 7-30 p.m. Milwaukee at Orlando.

7:30 p.m. Denver at Charlotte, 8 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 Phoenix at Seattle, 10 p.m. Atlanta at Vancouver.

10 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Boston at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. Saturday's Games New York at New Jersey.

7:30 p.m. Orlando at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Detroit. 8 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Clippers at Anaheim. Calif 1 0:30 p.m. Sunday's Games Chicago at Indiana, i p.m. Seattle at Vancouver.

3:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Charlotte. 3:30 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. Houston at San Antonio.

3:30 p.m. Boston at Denver. 9 p.m. Atlanta at Portland, 10p.m. College Scores EAST Duquesne 92, 72 lona 83.

American U. 73 Manhattan 66. Siena 64 Massachusetts 70. La Salle 53 Rutgers 82, St. John's 70 SOUTH Alabama AM 89, Alabama St.

83 Austin Peay 102, Tennessee St. 75 Campbell 68, Florida Atlantic 66 Coll. of Charleston 80, Fla. International 56 Coppin St. 90, Delaware St.

77 Furman 89, E. Tennessee St. 88, OT Jacksonville St. 92, SE Louisiana 84 Liberty 67, N.C.-Greensboro 47 Louisville 67, N.C. Charlotte 64 New Orleans 97, Jacksonville 88 S.

Carolina St. 92, Morgan St. 78 SW Louisiana 79, Rock 78 Samford 74, Centenary 63 South Florida 80, Bethune-Cookman 62 Tennessee Tech 77, Middle Tenn. 71, OT W. Kentucky 63, Texas-Pan American 51 Wake Forest 85, Maryland 78 MIDWEST Butler 85, 82 N.

Illinois 100, Purdue 63, Ohio St. 55 Wichita St. 76, Bradley 60 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 62, South Alabama 54 Lamar 67, Louisiana Tech 55 NW Louisiana 57, SW Texas St. 41 North Texas 67, McNeese St.

65 Stephen F.Austin 74, Sam Houston St. 65 Texas-Arlington 83, Nicholls St. 82 Texas-El Paso 77, Wyoming 71 Texas-San Antonio 73, NE Louisiana 71 FAR WEST Arizona St. 69, Southern Cal 66 Boise St. 68, N.

Arizona 45 Brigham Young 81, San Diego St. 68 Cal 68, New Mexico St. 63 Gonzaga 73, San Francisco 59 Nevada 76, Long Beach St. 73 Oregon 60, California 58 Pacific 80, UNLV 55 San Diego 76, Portland 68 Stanford 65, Oregon St. 50 UCLA 76.

Arizona 75 Utah 69, Hawaii 59 Utah St. 78, UC Santa Barbara 63 Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Signed Sherman Obando, outfielder, to a one-year contract. Released Rob Robertson, infielder. Youth BB Schedule Change This week's Sitka Community School youth basketball schedule has been changed because of school activities. Those games remaining the same are: kindergarten through first grade, 8-9 a.m.

at Blatchley Middle School; second and third grades, 9-10 a.m. at Blatchley; fourth grade, 10-11 a.m. at Sitka High; and fifth grade, 11 a.m.-noon, Sitka High. -The schedules for sixth-, seventh- ande eighth-grade: gamete (have changed. Youth-basketball members in all three grades will now meet from 2 to 3 p.m.

on Monday at Blatchley. Bowling News Commercial. Team standings: Moose Lodge 199, Marina Restaurant 17-11, Bacon Vending. 13-15, Alaska Auto 13-15 Alpera 12-16 and Trophy House 1018. High games: Ray Arce 237, Duke DeLaHunt 211, Tony Wrenn 210 and Ken Dinsmore 206.

High series: Arce 643, Wrenn 605, Dinsmore 598 and Vemazia Stewart 575. Community Sports Calendar Sponsored by of Sitka (formerly Welcome Home Realty) Buyer's Broker or Seller's Agent Rental Manager. Michael LaGuire 747-4880 -514 Lake Street HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS: WRESTLING Friday 6:30 p.m. MEHS vs. Juneau at Sitka High Gym Friday 8:00 p.m.

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