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2C FLORIDA TODAY, Monday, February 16, 19S7 3 Lobster Classic run offers clinic Knee injury breaks Connors; Ed berg wins 2nd Indoor title Teacher's net PRO TENNIS T-' rT7 TTi 6 rt-f-MR-rri NTTTTT1 FLORIDA TODAY Wires MEMPHIS, Tenn. Top-seeded Stefan Edberg won his second U.S. Indoor tennis championship in the past three years Sunday when a knee injury forced No. 2-seed Jimmy Connors to retire in the second set. Connors, who had lost the first set 3-6, fell to the hard-court surface at the Racquet Club of Memphis after hitting a weak backhand overhead to Edberg in the third game of the second set While Connors lay on the court holding bis right knee, Edberg easily returned the ball into the open court to break Connors' serve and take a 2-1 lead.

Connors, who has now lost seven straight finals and has not won since 1984, was assisted off the court and attended to during the change over. After being assessed one penalty point for delay, Connors retired from the match, making Edberg, the 1987 Australian Open champion Todd Snyder, a trainer with the Association of Tennis Professionals, said Connors would undergo precautionary X-rays to ensure there was no fracture. Snyder said the injury could keep Connors sidelined for 10 to 21 days. "He sprained one of the main ligaments that keeps the knee from collapsing. There is no need for immediate surgery," Snyder said.

Garrison takes Slims SAN FRANCISCO Zina Garrison, rebounding strongly from a 1986 season she calls a "total nightmare," gained her second tournament triumph of the year Sunday with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory against Sylvia Hanika in the $150,000 Virginia Slims of California finals. The third-seeded Garrison's combination of deft lobs, dropshots, and deep backhands enabled her to overcome Hanika's strong serve and volley game. -r rt vt i i i i II 1 1 1 and the world's No. 2 player, a 6-3, 2-1 winner. "I was on a little bit of a roll this week and I would have liked to have continued," Connors said as he lay on a trainer's table in the locker room.

"I really don't remember what happened," Connors said. "After I hit the shot, I came down and I was leaning back and I tried to go forward and then I can't remember." Connors, who is ranked eighth in the world and had won seven U.S. Indoor titles, said he quickly knew he would be unable to continue the match. "I couldn't put my weight on it, and I couldn't go out there and chase balls on one foot. That's not fair to me or him (Edberg) or the people," Connors said.

fcttt T7 1 i R5; r. T.1 V-Y I Hi J- FLORIDA TODAY UPJ LESSONS LEARNED: Chris Evert Lloyd gives a few lessons to'H Kara Brogan, age 3, recently at the Polo Club in Boca Raton." Boca Raton the site of this year's Virginia Slims of Florida tenn'i tournament. Some of the nation's top runners and running fitness experts will be featured at a free clinic being held in conjunction with the 5th annual Red Lobster 10K Classic. Leading the clinic at the Omni Hotel in downtown Orlando on Friday, Feb. 20, will be three-time Olympian Craig Virgin, who is also defending champion from last year's Red Lobster Classic.

Other participants in the forum include Jeff Galloway, 1972 Olympian and noted masters (over 40) runner and running author; Nancy Clark, noted sports nutritionist and registered dietician; running columnist Ton! Reavis and David Martin, Ph.D., an internationally acclaimed sports physiologist and expert in sports medicine. The run will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, starting at 8 a.m. at the intersection at Hughey and Washington. Allen, Barber receive top basketball honors Virginia Commonwealth basketball's Bruce Allen, who sparked his team to victories against Jacksonville and Old Dominion last week, was named the Sun Belt Conference player of the week Sunday.

Meanwhile, Florida State's Pee Wee Barber was named Sunday as Metro Conference Player of the week for the period ending Feb. 14. Barber, a senior guard, had 56 points and 17 assists in two Florida State victories last week. Allen, a 5-11 senior guard, scored a season-high 20 points and had six assists against Jacksonville. The Newark, Ohio, native came back with 17 points against Old Dominion.

Amateur Boxing Duel set for Sea World Four 1986 world amateur boxing champions could be boxing at the the 1987 USA-USRR Amateur Boxing Duel at the Theater at Sea World in Orlando on March 5. The Russians could be represented by Vastly Shyshov and the USA by Kelcie Banks of Chicago, Kenneth Gould of Rockford, 111. and Darin Allen of Columbus, Ohio, all 1986 World Champions. The exchange program between the- USA and USSR is one of the longest running and most highly contested in amateur sports. Both Elliott conquers the Daytona 500 ELLIOTT, From 1C FROM SPORTS FRONT PAGE a basketball court with the Milwaukee Bucks he knows there, are cynics questioning his right to be there.

I The answer it's a voluntary undertaking he hopes will highlight his daily flight from drug addiction. "All the help people want to give me won't work if I don't want to do it," said Lucas, who has twice volunteered for treatment for. Cocaine abuse. i Compiled by Bob Chaille and John Kelly. Earnhardt in fifth.

Bobby Allison was sixth, while Ken Schrader was seventh and Darrell Waltrip was eighth. There were 11 cars on the lead lap at the finish. Bodine wound up 14th overall, one lap down. had an advantage because I was out front," Elliott said of his race strategy. "Running out front was an advantage.

When you get behind another car, it really upsets the car." Despite the turbulent behavior of the cars in traffic, there were no accidents only the third time a 500 was accident-free. Twenty-six cars of the 42-car field were still running when Elliott crossed the finish line. The victory gave Elliott one leg of the Winston Million, a $1 million bonus paid to any driver who wins any three of stock car racing's Big Four events the Daytona 500, Winston 500, World 600 and Southern 500. Elliotr won -the -Winston Million in 1985, the same year he opened the season with an impressive Daytona 500 victory. countries are expected to field top-notch teams.

Davis says Oakland could lure NFL team Al Davis says Oakland could lure a National Football League team within 60 days by adopting a five-point plan that includes expanding the Oakland Coliseum and setting up a franchise fund of $15 million to $20 million. Davis, the managing general partner of the Raiders of Los Angeles, outlined his formula in an interview with The Tribune of Oakland. It resembles demands he presented when renegotiating a lease with the Coliseum when the Raiders were based in Oakland. 'They could get an existing team within 60 days if they had this program," Davis said. Lucas knows Bucks may be last stop Every time John Lucas steps on they could win the race." Elliott led 105 of 200 laps.

His Ford Thunderbird seemed flawless while leading the pack. When he got stuck in traffic, the Dawson- ville, driver simply waited for his pit crew to cut corners on pit stops to send him in front again. "We got in and we got out and that won the race," Elliott said of a final stop for 11 gallons of gas that took only 6.3 seconds. Elliott was leading when he came in for gas on his last stop. He ibeat Dale Earnhardt and Buddy Baker two drivers who were I riding on Elliott's bumper back to the track and ran away in second place, waiting for leader Bodine to 1 "I knew what he (Bodine) was going to do," Elliott said.

"That's typical of that car. I didn't have anything to do about Bodine be-; cause if he makes it, he wins. "I was worried about beating Dale and Buddy in the pits. I knew if I could beat them, I had a chance to win." Earnhardt and Baker also got beat to the track by Benny Parsons on the last gas stop. Parsons, who is driving for Tim Richmond while Richmond recovers from pnuemo-nia, never threatened Elliott in the final three laps and finished second 60 yards behind.

"Am I happy with second? Yeah," said Parsons, who won $122,420 for his biggest payday in his 20-year NASCAR career. "If I hadn't slid down pit road making that one stop, I might have been a little better off." Richard Petty made a strong move in the final five laps to finish third and pocket $76,040. Petty was followed by Baker in fourth and Sunday' question: Who woh he first NASCAR-sanctioned race" where and when? Sunday' answer: Red Byron of Atlanta on Feb. 15, 1948, on Dayto-na's beach course. Today's question: What Baltimore Orioles player was the 1977 American League Rookie of the year as a designated hitter? See answer tomorrbw.

LOCAL GOLF New law a sobering prospect for boaters Sm CAPT. RANDY WARD BOATING boat sales and boating schools. A dreadful mishap apparently occured recently in the BOC Around the World singlehanded sailing race. Skipper Jacques de Roux's boat, the Skoiern IV, was found drifting unattended five miles off the southern coast of Austrailia. De Roux had failed to respond to three scheduled radio contacts with another boat in the preceding 12 hours.

ARGOS (a transmitter used on race boats) satellite positions showed the boat drifting in circles. A search plane was launched and the vessel was located off the coast of New South Wales. It was boarded, but no one was found aboard. It was assumed de Roux had fallen overboard. De Roux, who had won Class 2 in the first leg of the race from Newport, R.I., to Cape Town, South Africa, was also leading on this leg, despite having sustained serious damage to his steering systems.

He had been hand steering for 12 days. Obviously, this could have caused extreme fatigue and a mistake could have been made in judgement. The air-sea search for de Roux covered 13-by-35 miles for 48 hours without success. The search was canceled. The first boating case in Florida involving alcohol soon will be tried in Jacksonville.

A 37-year old boater was arrested on charges of manslaughter for operating a boat while under the influence. The man slammed a speedboat into a bridge killing a woman. He was charged under a new statute of influence-manslaughter and manslaughter by culpable negligence. Under this new law, prosecutors only have to prove an offender was impaired by alcohol and they do not have to prove he was drunk. "It has been difficult until recently to prove DUI by said a Florida Marine Patrol official.

"On the highway, some of the signs you can look for are stereo-typically characteristics of drunken drivers crossing lanes, the center lane, driving off the roadway and not dimming lights. "In a boat, there are no lines you can see them crossing. There are no high-beam headlights. Drunkenness is more difficult to detect at a glance," he said. This trial should send a message to drinking boaters everywhere.

In the meantime, the State's Alcohol additives, such as ethanol, methanol and oxinol are replacing lead as an octane booster. These compounds have a detrimental effect on the plastic and rubber materials in the fuel system. These additives cause drying, cracking and swelling. The Outboard Marine Corpe-ration, makers of Evinrude and Johnson, has developed a material it will be using in the fuel systems of its 1987 product line. This alcohol-resistant material will withstand up to 10 percent ethanol or methanol without experiencing substantial deterioration through the life of the engine.

Try to avoid using fuel containing alcohol. The pumps are usually labeled if alcohol is present in the fuel. Owners of older engines should periodically inspect their fuel systems for deterioration or leakage and replace as necessary. The Board of Directors of the Marine Industries of South Florida (MIASF) has established a toll-free number for boaters. It's 1-800-BOAT-001.

It will give you information on boating, marine products, services, repairs, marine events, SISA offers clinic for deep jigging Ron Rincones, a veteran East Coast sportfi-. Sherman, will hold a clinic on deep jigging and bait fishing for snapper and grouper at Sebas-' tian on Wednesday. He will speak at the meeting of the Sebastian Sportsfishing Association at 7:30 p.m. at the Sebastian Yacht Club, 810 Indian River Drive. Rincones' presentation will include tech-Ttiques used over offshore reefs and wrecks, jigs 4, and how they should be rigged, and the tackle to handle large grouper to 40 and 50 -pounds.

Randel Richmond, president of SISA, said anglers can bring their fishing reels to the meeting and a local dealer will fill them with 18-pound test Hi-Seas Regal line at no charge. Central Florida boat show set The 20th Annual Central Florida Marine Dealers Association Boat Show will be held March 5-8 at the Orange County Convention Center. Marine dealers from around Central Florida will display their 1987 boats, motors and equipment Hours are from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, Sunday from 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m. Attorney and the FMP are cooperating in an enforcement effort directed at operation of boats by impaired drivers. An alcohol enforcement program in California has already had much success. Started in 1982, this model program has saved many lives. Boating deaths in that state dropped from 150 in 1982 to 77 in 1984.

This downward trend is expected to continue. Hopefully, Florida's new campaign will have similar results. It used to be that when a boater filled his fuel tank, he had little doubt he was filling it with anything other than pure gasoline. This is no longer true. Suntree Invitational a JUCO The Suntree Invitational Junior College golf tournament being played at Suntree Country Club today and Tuesday should be a preview of the National JUCO tournament to be held at Odessa, Texas, in June.

The 16-team field includes eight of the top 10-ranked junior college golf teams in the nation. "This is the best field of teams we have ever had here," Brevard Community College coach Floyd Horgen said. "It probably is a better field than the one that will be in a i 1 championship." Number one-ranked Alexander City, which was the only team to finish ahead of Brevard at last fall's Gator Invitational, leads the field. Brevard, ranked No. won both of its spring-schedule tournaments the Brevard Invitational by 32 strokes and the Tampa Intercollegiate by two strokes.

Others in the top 10 include New Mexico Junior College (3), 1986 National Champion Florida Community College (4), Mexico Military (5), Odessa, Texas, (6), Palm Beach Community College (7) and Wallace State, (10). Brevard will be playing two teams in the tournament BCC captured five of the top. six places at the Brevard Invitational, and all five of those golfers will be playing on the Titan A squad. The A squad will be led by Craig Morissette, who has been the medalist in two tournaments for the 1986-1987 season. He won the Embry Riddle Invitational in Daytona and the Brevard Invitational.

Others on the team 'include Dennis Postlewait, Nicky Martin, Fred Simons and Kevin Altenhof. There will be 36 holes of play today in the 54-hole tournament, with the final 18 being played on Tuesday. Both of today's rounds will be played over the Suntree Classic course. The first tee-off is slated at 7:30 a.m.' Bob Coalite tripletail around the buoy line, but they're here one day, gone the next. i 111 SEBASTIAN INLET: Live shrimp Brian Sargent onered on a siiding-sinker rig around the tip of the north jetty should account for redfish in the 8- to 12-pound class.

Drum and sheepshead may be reliable at times. Runs of bluefish are sporadic. GO FRESHWATER: Bass fishermen at West Lake Toho this week should look for some schooling bass around the mouth of the East Lake Canal, where water is flowing from nearby East Lake. Waders with crankbaits and plastic worms should do well. Access to the area is available by boat at Triangle Park onSR525.

This should be another good week for speckled perch throughout Central Florida, unless cold weather interfere. For the best catches try lakes Kissimmee, Toho, Harney, Jessup, Monroe, Harris and Little Lake Harris. Canals off the St. Johns River also are yielding thepanfish. i i LJ FORT PIERCE INLET: Some snook are being released at night.

Bluefish and mangrove snapper are possible on nearby bridges. Glen Hunter, a professional bass guide out of Lakeport on the west shore of Lake bee, reports good catches of largemouth bass to 8 and 9 pounds by those using live wild shiners. "We've been doing best around the outside 'i bulrush lines and around pepper grass and We're fishing the shiners about 22 "leetdeep. i i LD SALTWATER RIVERS: Boaters i i 2 OFFSHORE: If the winds allow will have to search out their sea trout by moving from spot to spot until a school is located. Most will be small, with many under the 12-inch minimum size limit.

Few trout over 5 pounds are being reported, but the few being taken are mostly in canals around cover such as mangroves and boat docks. boaters outside, they should find their two-fish per-person limits of kingfish In 80-90 feet of water from offshore Port Canaveral to Fort Pierce. The best bet for sailfish and a few dolphin will be Fort Pierce. i Brevard CountVv. Indian River CounfV Lii LAKE OKEECHOBEE: Live wild i i SI SURF: When the surf is fishable.

shiners offered around bulrush, pepper grass and hydrilla are accounting for bass between The Selaaar Tables list times each day is ring which Inert Is aa Increased actWIty ameng flsh and game. Date Minor Majer Minor Majer AM. PJri. Tsday 7: IS bet 7:40 IM expect scattered bluefish and 4 ana pounds. pompano.

Look for the better numbers of pompano in the rocks south of Sebastian Inlet. Fab. 22 Special gun and archary Mason closes In Northwest -florida. March 1 Two-month closure on possession of red fish begins statewide. March Two-day lar-" gemouth base symposium begins at Cypress Gardens.

March Quail and squirrel seasons close statewide. i i LU KEY WEST: Good numbers of tar 117 8D0 MS Ell :15 EN 11 Il pon continue inside Key West Harbor. Those going to the offshore wrecks are getting 41 PORT CANAVERAL A few North ern weakfish and pompano can be found by t3 J3S IMS EN 10:30 11:00 113) fcil -4- Kit 1230 M0 13:99 71 1:19 70 cobia. Bill Sargent Xl iu boaters anchoring in the mjddle basin. Bluefish are scattered.

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