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C6 Saturday, August 15, 1995? THE PHILADELPHIA I NQUIRER Horse Racing On SoCCer By Mike Jensen Ex-Penn Charter star now a scorer, after all Boyertown plays well, but loses Phi adelphia Park Race Craig Donnelly Gene Courtney 1 Mary 's Socialite Mary's Socialite Crimson Claim Crimson Claim Houston Style Mr. Muck 2 Bro's Ahead AlexH Schumate Salty Ryder Salty Ryder Bro Ahead 3 Tic Me Off Battling Blanche Battling Blanche Torches Moon Shananies Quest'i Little Lucky Charm 4 Al Overagain Slightly Polite Slightly Polite Case Sir Kiss Case Sir Kiss Seelie Court 5 Silver Idol Roe Is Me Shes a Hoot Koras Point Koras Point Shes a Hoot 6Topsy Rarapsy Metallic Red Bold Cadillac Bold Cadillac I Wild Play Oh My Danny Boy 7 Pizzazz Juniper Tree Juniper Tree Salute Me I Two Tight VannaGo 8 Heavens Com'anc LordyLordy LordyLordy Heavens Com'and Belle deSoleil Overcharger 9' Inajam Nimble Tricky Mister Tricky Mister True Valay Kingtester Royal Romp Shahrahere 1Q Shahrahere Crusader Sun Crusader Sun Excess Celebratior Msv26 Totaltodate: Totallodate: 134-429 31 109-427 26 to Date Best bets: Best bets: 22-84 26 14-41 34 7 7 Two Tight (Molina) 114 4-1 9 9 Wicks Island (A Prado) 117 5-1 1 1 Super Attraction (R Alvar') 114 6-1 2 2 Salute Me (Rice) 112 8-1 6 6 Key to the Morning (Madrid) 112 8-1 8 8 Vanna Go (Madrigal) 112 10-1 4 4 Soaring Success (Black) 112 12-1 PIZZAZZ all over track when runner-up on turf; aired over main track previous start. JUNIPER TREE very unlucky in turf route; suited by distance. TWO TIGHT had eventful trip at short odds; first time Lasix. WICKS ISLAND fits this spot nicely.

8th $50,000. Three year olds and up (fillies and mares). The Doylestown Handicap. One mile and one sixteenth (turf). PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 2 8 Heaven's Command (Santa') 118 4-1 4 3 Lordy Lordy (Elliott) 120 3-1 3 2 Belle de Soleil (Molina) 114 8-1 2b 13 Basse Besogne (Santagata) 114 4-1 1 1 Overcharger (Martin) 115 5-1 7 7 Absolutely Queenie (H Cas') 116 6-1 8 9 Proud Run (No rider) 115 8-1 9 10 Tirol Hope (Castanon) 11110-1 5 4 Short Time (No rider) 114 12-1 1011 Noble Cause (No rider) 113 12-1 1a 6 Pariente Barbara (Labo 109 5-1 6 5 Mingo Magic (Calucag) 104 20-1 11 12 Hokey Cokey (A Prado) 112 20-1 a-Arturo Rodriguez entry b-Chris Clement entry HEAVEN'S COMMAND blocked repeatedly as Rockingham favorite; lively pace works in her favor.

LORDY LORDY won seven of 13 on turf and nearly won $100k Penn stake. BELLE DE SOLEIL handles any surface and comes from turf barn. BASSE BESOGNE completes strong entry. 9th $21,000. Three year olds and up.

Allowance. Six and one half furlongs. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 6 4 Inajam (R Alvarado) 117 4-1 1 6 Tricky Mister (Umana) 119 3-1 9 8 True Valay (Elliott) 117 5-1 1a 11 Lazy Luke (Petersen) 117 3-1 2b 1 2 Von Groovey (Madrigal) 117 6-1 7 5 Kingtester (Capanas) 117 8-1 8 7 Le Grande Pos (Cruz) 117 8-1 3 1 Nimble (Molina) 117 8-1 5 3 Paragram (Black) 117 10-1 2 10 The Bourse (Madrigal) 117 6-1 4 2 Carnally (Rice) 117 15-1 1 0 9 Ridgeof Demolition (Warner) 117 15-1 a-Bob Camac entry b-Ned Allard entry SCRATCHED-Your Chances Are, Bluejumpar-abbit. Bushys Reward, First Watch INAJAM gave typically game effort in rich local stake; Impressive finishing kick. TRICKY MISTER gained on track record setter in Delaware route; edged top choice locally.

TRUE VALAY bit overmatched in last but won Hialeah stake. 10th $16,000. Three year olds and up. Maidens. One mile and one eighth (turf).

Villanova soccer coach Larry Sullivan remembers taking his nephew to an Olympic Development Program state tryout camp four or five years ago and trying to convince the coaches that his sister's kid was a real goal-scorer, even- though Chris Albright was playing a mid-field role for Sullivan's FC Bayern club team. "They wouldn't even take him the first year," Sullivan said. "They said: 'We don't think he's got No one identified him as an attacking player." By now, anyone can see that Albright is an attacker. He scored four goals for the United States under-20 national team last week in three games during CONCACAF qualifying in Trinidad and Tobago for the World Youth Championships. The Penn Charter graduate, who spent the first 11 years of his life in Philadelphia before moving to Mer-chantville, scored 11 goals as a freshman last season for Virginia, the NCAA runner-up.

He is likely to improve. on that total this fall, because he probably will move from wide midfielder to a forward spot now that Cavaliers stars Ben Olson and Chris West have left school early for Major League Soccer. There was pressure to perform in the under-20 qualifying, Albright said, after the way the United States played in the World Cup. "Oh, yeah, we actually talked about that," he said. Before the tournament, he remembers, the under-20 team's coach, Sigi Schmid of UCLA, told his players: "The pressure is on you to pick up the slack where the World Cup team failed." Albright has the bloodlines for success.

His father, John, and Sullivan played together at Temple. He has uncles on both sides of his family who played and coached the game. Sullivan figures that the Albrights provided Chris' exceptional quickness and that the Sullivans gave him his smoothness and agility, "He can jump out of the building," Sullivan said. Albright said he would like to in MLS eventually, but first, "if I could go play with a European club. That's kind of everyone's dream." The right The Washington Post reported yesterday that D.C.

United coach Bruce Arena next week was likely to be offered the job of coaching the U.S. national team. Today, though, the Post reports that Alan Rothenberg, the U.S. Soccer Federation president, has backed off plans to hire Arena. However, Arena still would seem to be the right choice, the obvious choice.

Earlier talk that the United States would go back to Bora Milutinovic or look to Carlos Alberto Parreira didn't make much sense. Bora is a quick-fix artist, not the man to chart the future course- of the national team. (Who can understand Bora-speak, anyway?) In addition to churning out NCAA champions at Virginia and molding D.C. United into an instant MLS dynasty, Arena had the '96 U.S. Olympic team playing solid, international-level soccer.

And if he speaks his mind, that's something U.S. Soccer, the governing body of the sport in this country, needs, too. Before the World Cup, U.S. players and U.S. Soccer bureaucrats had an inflated opinion of where the country stood in the soccer world.

Arena likely wouldn't have one. Around the world. After the World Cup, Ronaldo, the Brazilian superstar, went underground but stopped off in Las Vegas on vacation. Thirty-two top European clubs are talking about forming a Super League starting in 2000. Vander-ley Luxemburgo, who twice has coached teams to the Brazilian-league titles, was hired Wednesday as Brazil's national-team coach.

He said one of his first tasks would be to end the "vanity" that plagued the team in France. In Germany, Jens Jeremies, who landed that kidney shot to Claudio Reyna in the opening minute of the World Cup game, moves to Bayern Munich from crosstown rival 1860. Jeremies will be joined at Bayern by Iranian striker Ali Daei. Bayern Leverkusen signed midfielder Fran-kie Hejduk, the one U.S. player who really improved his stock at the World Cup.

The U.S. Women's Cup will be played on the East Coast next month, but there will be no games within a couple of hours of Philadelphia. The U.S. national team will play Mexico on Sept. 12 in Foxboro, Russia on Sept.

18 in Rochester, N.Y.; and Brazil on Sept. 20 in Richmond, Va. Best bets in bold 3 2 Roe Is Me (Santiago) 117 3-1 8 7 Ashton Victoria (Black) 114 5-1 1 9 Nova (Beltran) xx107 10-1 1a 10 Coach (H Rodriguez) 114 10-1 4 3 Wicked Weather (L Flores) xxx104 12-1 5 4 Spring Lover (Bastida) 1119 15-1 6 5 Bomer's Revenge (Dema') xx107 20-1 a-Uriah St Lewis entry SILVER IDOL about as erratic as they come but often very difficult to beat when makes front early. SHES A HOOT victim of loose pacesetter last out; game when In the mood. KORAS POINT crushed weak group at Delaware for high percentage barn.

ROE IS ME raced only once in takes plunge. 6th $9,500. Three year olds and up. Claiming One mile and seventy yards. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 7 8 Topsy Rarapsy (Soodeen) 110 4-1 2 1 Bold Cadillac (A Prado) 114 9 10 Wild Play (Lopez Sr.) 115 5 6 Diplomatic Jeb (R Alvarado) 112 3-1 6-1 8-1 5-1 5-1 8-1 6 4 7 Oh My Danny Boy (Freeman)xxx107 3 Metallic Red (Molina) 110 1 4 Bostic Hill (M Sanchez) 107 3 8 1a 2 Coyote Courage (Harvey) 115 12-1 9 Pro Zackory (Black) 115 10-1 5 Sterlin Green (M Sanchez) 110 8-1 a-Randy Allen entry TOPSY RARAPSY took wide trip behind pair who ran big again; ready for extra yardage.

BOLD CADILLAC keeps getting close but refuses to win. WILD PLAY changed hands when distant third; second finisher won next. DIPLOMATIC JEB in from Puerto Rico; first time Velazquez. 7th $17,000. Three year olds and up (fillies and mares).

Allowance. Seven furlongs. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 5 5 Pizzazz (Bermudez) 117 3-1 3 3 Juniper Tree (Unsihuay) 112 5-1 Delaware Park. Craig Donnelly's Gradings First Post 12:35 P. M.

1st $6,000. Three year olds and up. Claiming $4,000. Seven furlongs. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 1 1 Mary's Socialite (Cruz) 122 2-1 2 2 Crimson Claim (Ortega) xx115 3-1 6 6 Houston Style (Bastida) 122 5-1 5 5 Point Key (Freeman) xxx112 5-2 3 3 Final Verse (Estrada) X117 6-1 4 4 Mr.

Muck (A Prado) 122 8-1 SCRATCHED-Renfro Valley, Interest MARY'S SOCIALITE swung very wide and rallied in last and suffered rough trip in previous start. CRIMSON CLAIM drops far behind early but usually makes late run; track suits style recent weeks. HOUSTON STYLE has chance to shake loose from outside. POINT KEY idle year; triple "bug" tor return. 2d $6,000.

Three year olds and up. Claiming $4,000. One mile and seventy yards. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 2 2 Bro's Ahead (Farachio) 122 4-1 6 6 Schumate (R Alvarado) 122 3-1 1 1 Salty Ryder (Capanas) 114 5-1 7 7 Lil Miller (Demajistre) xx112 5-1 3 3 Alex (Black) 114 5-1 4 4 Ford's Express (Unsihuay) 114 6-1 5 5 Sound System (Donado) 114 8-1 8 8 Willy the Gerb (Soodeen) 114 10-1 BRO'S AHEAD improved recent outings; crushed slightly weaker last out. SCHUMATE led throughout under strong ride by Alvarado.

SALTY RYDER idle many weeks but ability tits. 3d $6,000. Three year olds and up (fillies and mares). Claiming $4,000. Six furlongs.

PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 1010Tic Me Off (Espindola) 119 4-1 6 6 Battling Blanche (R Alvar') 122 3-1 8 8 Shananies Question (Unsi 117 6-1 9 9 Little Lucky Charm (Madrid) 119 8-1 1111 Torches Moon (L Flores) 112 5-1 5 5 Embers (Labocetta) 117 10-1 1 1 Brown Sugar Babe (Lop'Sr.) 117 12-1 2 2 Imported Champagne (Joe 117 12-1 3 3 Anthony's Pleasure (Madr') 117 10-1 7 7 Fighting Phillie (Freeman) xxx107 12-1 4 4 Demon Diva (Bastida) 117 20-1 TIC ME OFF rated kindly and pulled away when ready; likely repeater. BATTLING BLANCHE walloped bad group after layoff; remains at same claim tag. SHANANIES QUESTION often gets close at various distances. 4th $6,000. Three year olds and up.

Claiming $5,000. One mile and one sixteenth. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 3 3 Al Overagain (Soodeen) 107 2-1 7 7 Slightly Polite (Harvey) 114 3-1 6 6 Case Sir Kiss (Madrigal) 114 6-1 1 1 Seelie Court (Unsihuay) 112 4-1 2 2 Private Castle (M Sanchez) xx107 5-1 5 5 Flo's Wish (Molina) 115 8-1 4 4 Matthew's Prize (Madrid) 107 10-1 AL OVERAGAIN consistently met better since local arrival: gains confidence with these. SLIGHTLY POLITE runner-up this spot last month to Delaware invader. CASE SIR KISS goes turf to dirt and has speed to threaten.

5th $7,500. Three year olds and up (fillies and mares). Claiming $5,000. One mile and seventy yards. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 2 1 Silver Idol (Cruz) 119 6-1 7 6 Shes a Hoot (Unsihuay) 114 4-1 9 8 Koras Point (A Prado) 119 5-2 FIRST POST 12:45 P.M.

1st $8,000. Three year olds and Maidens. Claiming furlongs. up. Six PN PP Hone (Jockey) 7 7 Britt's Toy (Rocco) 1212 Steppo (Hershbell) 3 3 Mr.

Flashy Perfect (Zamora) 1111 Sengin (Bartram) 4 4 Duke's Slewmeister (EJo') 5 5 Okanogan (Tejeira) 2 2 Toejamjohn (Nguyen) 1 1 Jim's Just Fine (Petersen) 8 8 Somanypossiblities (Martin) 6 6 Reprieval (Rice) Wgt Odds 117 5-2 117 4-1 117 8-1 117 12-1 117 6-1 115 8-1 x110 10-1 115 12-1 120 12-1 120 15-1 10 10 Morningstar Report (Petty) xxx110 20-1 9 9 Shady Pal of Mine (Valles) 115 30-1 SCRATCHED-Don'tgettoohigh BRITT'S TOY raced well In much tougher field; bore out costing score in previous try. STEPPO chased runaway winner who ran big again. MR. FLASHY PERFECT used chasing quicker return; second start for this stable. SENGIN suffered severe early trouble in debut.

2d $8,000. Three year olds and up. Claiming Six furlongs. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 1 1 I Dreamofjeanie D. (McCar') 116 4-1 7 7 Triple Seven (Rocco) 116 5-2 3 3 Pearl Alarm (Umana) 122 4-1 4 4 Spumante (H Castillo) 122 4-1 2 2 Swing With the Flo (Petty) xxx112 6-1 6 6 I'm Down (Zamora) 122 6-1 5 5 Royal Gift (Bartram) 116 8-1 I DREAMOFJEANIE 0.

faced better in every local start; freshener might help. TRIPLE SEVEN showed good speed in routes but Is only one-for-16 this distance. PEARL ALARM failed as favorite this spot after six week absence. 3d $12,500. Three year old fillies.

Claiming $10,000 $9,000. Six furlongs. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 2 2 Rhode's Revenge (McCar') 116 4-1 1 1 Two Faced Robyn (Rocco) 116 5-2 3 3 T.B. Bridget (Valles) 117 10-1 6 6 Blue Fire (Hershbell) 122 2-1 5 5 Sandi's Appeal (Cotton) 122 3-1 4 4 Show My Gal (Umana) 119 6-1 SCRATCHED-Honey Sauce RHODA'S REVENGE severely bothered at start at Spa; sharp earlier at Belmont. TWO FACED ROBYN plunges after stopping In New York; excellent local form.

T.B. BRIDGET taken up sharply at far turn; improving for hot barn. BLUE FIRE romped when Passero took. 4th $32,000. Three year olds and up (fillies and mares).

Allowance-Optional Claiming One mile. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 3 3 Vivacious Suzi (O Castillo) 116 9-5 Scoreboard driver's car and Commentary ByBUiLyon Tyson may not want back in ring By Brian Miller INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT BOYERTOWN, Pa. A young, underrated Boyertown team almost shocked powerful Brooklawn last night in the second round of the American Legion Mid-Atlantic Regional at Bear Stadium. But the New Jersey state champions, favored to win this event by virtue of their 48-1 record coming in, played like champions in crunch time, taking advantage of a Boyer- town mistake to score five un, -earned runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game before win- ning it, 9-8, on Matt Furman's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th. Boyertown (38-16) shocked Brook-lawn by jumping out to a 7-1 lead after three innings.

Brooklawn starter Jeff Flegler had suffered a bee sting on his right pitching elbow in Thursday's 23-2 win over Rome (N.Y.) and never seemed comfortable on the hill against -the Bears. Flegler allowed eight' hits and seven earned runs in 2 ini nings of work, and he was chased when Boyertown broke the game open with a five-run third inning. John Oehler had three hits for Brooklawn, including a double and homer. Cain was scheduled to play Frederick (Md.) in last night's other game. In the day's first game, delayed one hour and 32 minutes by New Castle evened its record at 1-1 in the national event with an 8-5 win over Petersburg, the West Vrr ginia champion.

Aaron Lewis paced the Delaware champion with two hits, including a double. Lewis also scored three runs. Brooklawn opens today's schedule with a 10 a.m. game against Danville, the Virginia champion. Cain plays New Castle at 5 p.m.

The semifinals will be played at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. tomorrow, with the championship game set for 7 p.m.. on Monday. New Castle (Del.) 000021 320 8 12 4 Petersburg (W.Va.) 010 001120 5 10 4 WP: Dan McGinnes.

LP: Jeremy Harper. 2B: NC-Aaron Lewis. Brendan Mcleroy. P-Lucas Taylor, Jeremy Harper. 'HR: P-Jason Rhea 2.

Boyertown 205 000 100 0 8 9 1 Brooklawn (N.J.) 010 010 1051 9 11 2 WP: Joe Castle. LP: Jared Trout. 2B: Br-John Oehler, Jeff Flegler, Anthony Yula, Anthony Aquilino. 3B: Br-Ryan Smulktis. HR: Br-John Oehler.

Commission reckons that it could hold a hearing to accommodate Tyson's request within two to three weeks. Elias Ghanem, a physician who is chairman of the Nevada commission, said: "Maybe he Tyson came back to his senses and decided the best way to go about this was to; come back to the state that revoked his license." Keep a good thought, Doctor, but the inescapable conclusion is that Tyson's team is coming back to Nevada, hat in hand, because it thought it would get the boot from New Jersey. "We can always go back to New Jersey if it's bad in Nevada," said Shelly Finkel, who is Tyson's adviser; and who, you think, might be the only one who doesn't have one arm around the fighter's shoulder while rummaging through Tyson's pockets for loose change with the other.j Withdrawing from New Jersey and going to Nevada was the right move and the smart move, but it was also, really, the only move. And if Nevada does deny restoration of his license, I cannot shake the feeling that, inside, Tyson wilj not be all that devastated. 38-3573 35-3873 36-3773 35-3873 38-3573 37-3774 37-3774 37-3774 35-3974 37-3774 39-3574 38-3674 37-3774 38-3674 39-3574 39-3574 39-3675 40-3575 39-3675 39-36 75 38-3775 38-3876 39-3776 39-3776 37-4077 38-3977 38-3977 37-4077 39-3877 39-3877 39-3877 36-4177 41-3778 36-4278 41-3778 41-3778 41-3778 39-3978 41-3879 41-3879 41-3879 42-3779 40-4080 John Brodie 40-40i-80," Lee Elder 42-3880 Bob Lunn 39-4180 Bunky Henry 41-4081 Lou Graham 40-4181 Charlie Owens 41-40 81 MLS EAST LSO Pts CFCA 20 5 6 48 58 35 N.Y.N.J.

13 10 2 35 45 42 Columbus 1012 0 30 42 34 Tampa Bay 7 18 0 21 33 47 Miami 10 12 5 20 27 46 New England 8 17 2 20 42 55 WEST LSO Pts CFR x-Los Angeles 19 6 1 55 71 37" Chicago 13 10 1 37 44 33" Colorado 11 12 2 29 45 52 Kansas City 10 13 2 26 30 35 Dallas 11 12 4 25 32 46 San Jose 9 14 2 23 39 47 x-Clinched playoff berth. Note: Three points for a victory, one point lor a shoot-out win, and no points for a loss. LAST NIGHT'S RESULT New England .2, Tampa Bay 1, SO THURSDAY'S RESULT Los Angeles 3, Kansas City 0 TODAY'S GAMES 1 1 New York-New Jersey at Miami, 4 San Jose at Chicago, 8 Dallas at Colorado, 9 Race Craig Donnelly Racing Form 1 Britt's Toy Don'tgettoohigh Steppo Britt's Toy Mr. Flashy Perfect Reprieval 21 I Dreamofjeanie D. Swing With the Flo Triple Seven Spumante Pearl Alarm I Dreamofjeanie D.

3 Rhoda's Revenge Blue Fire Two Faced Robyn T.B.Bridget T.B.Bridget Sandy's Appeal 4 Vivacious Suzi Vivacious Suzi Unlimited Go Go Something Preci's Something Preci's Heavenly Eclipse 5Huxleen Wiklewaywabbit Magic Minnie Miss I Wish Wiklewaywabbit Huxleen 6' Super Trax Super Trax Clever Doctor TiaTio TiaTio Live Audience 7' Slendid Sprinter Splendid Sprinter Von Groovey Von Groovey Lenny's Wild Agai i Lenny's Wild Agair 8' Redhead' Playboy Redhead' Playboy Connecticut Yank All Mirth I All Mirth Defrocker ftorins Totaltodate: Totaltodate: 232-721 32 227-718 32 to Date Best bets: Best bets: 59-146 40 34-66 52 PNPP Horse (Jockey) 12 12 Royal Romp (Rice) Wgt Odds 115 3-1 115 2-1 115 5-1 122 8-1 115 10-1 115 12-1 122 15-1 122 15-1 122 20-1 122 20-1 115 20-1 122 20-1 4 4 Shahrahere (Molina) 3 3 Crusader Sun (A Prado) 7 7 Excess Celebration (Free') 6 6 Anythingtodeclare (Madrid) 4 4 Bunkman (Cole) 1 1 Quality Affirmed (Madrigal) 11 11 My Pal Roger (Warner) 2 2 Lilys Cousin (Santagata) 10 10 Patrick Dunne (R Alvarado) 8 8 Bumper's Boy (Unsihuay) 9 9 Trouble From Snar (Bou1) SCRATCHED-lntrepid Trey, Takesome Believing, L'Homme De Fleuve, Klassic Pride, Big' Chief, Jungle Hunter ROYAL ROMP, kin to nice turf runners, was bet and raced strongly In Delaware debut; Shep-pard barn on a roll. SHAHRAHERE close twice in Laurel marathons since adding Lasix. CRUSADER SUN improved since switched to turf; fired from tricky post. EXCESS CELEBRATION sharp with cheaper at Penn. 7 7 Worm's Delight (Nguyen) x1 11 15-1 HUXLEEN improved since adding Lasix; soft spot for second victory.

MAGIC MINNIE very dull as Laurel favorite; capable of better. WIKLEWAYWABBIT has slow fuse but should make up ground. 6th $18,000. Three year olds and up. Claiming Six furlongs.

PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 5 5 Super Trax (Rocco) 116 3-1 6 6 Clever Doctor (Toribio) 116 5-2 1 1 Tia Tie (Zamora) 116 5-1 3 3 Tuxedo Landing (Hershbell) 116 6-1 7 7 Grand Chief (Nguyen) x111 8-1 2 2 Live Audience (E Jones) 116 6-1 4 4 Masterful Melody (McCar') 116 10-1 8 8 Chocolate Bar (Bartram) 116 8-1 SUPER TRAX led throughout and won with speed to spare; handles raise for top barn. CLEVER DOCTOR stumbled again when beaten favorite: plunges to this level. TIA TI0 sharp in allowances since claim; dangerous this spot. 7th $36,000. Three year olds and up.

Allowance. Six furlongs. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 2 2 Splendid Sprinter (Rocco) 116 6-5 3 3 Von Groovey (Colton) 116 5-2 1 1 Lennys Wild Again (Nguyen) x111 4-1 7 7 Surpass (Toribio) 116 6-1 8 8 Fire Spark (Petersen) 116 8-1 5 5 Me de Blake (Taylor) 116 20-1 4 4 Luckytown (O Castillo) 11120-1 6 6 Nuna Yo Binis (Rodriguez) 116 30-1 SPLENDED SPRINTER, edged In '96 Fall High-weight, has loads of talent but raced sparingly; soft spot for return. VON GROOVEY dueled and held on gamely over track; key threat. LENNYS WILD AGAIN sidelined over year; worked bullet for this.

SURPASS much sharper few months ago. 8th $9,000. Three year olds and up. Claiming One mile and seventy yards. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 5 5 Redheaded Playboy (Bar') 119 3-1 3 2 Connecticut Yankee (Zam') 116 2-1 7 7 All Mirth (Hershbell) 115 5-1 1a 9 Solo Be Bright (Martin) 116 6-1 8 8 Defrocker (McCarthy) 116 6-1 4 3 Rock Hall (Rocco) 119 8-1 1 4 Dancing Jon (Tejeira) 119 6-1 6 6 Talk Tough (Umana) 116 10-1 2 1 Veedot (O Castillo) 116 12-1 a-Tim Tullock Jr.

entry REDHEADED PLAYBOY crushed mud opponents with triple likely repeater with journeyman aboard. CONNECTICUT YANKEE set brisk pace and came up empty; won eight this season. ALL MIRTH romped for new connections. SOLO BE BRIGHT failed at odds-on this level. tional League.

NORTHEAST LEAGUE New Jersey Jackals: Activated 1B-C D.C. Olsen. Placed RHP Ed Collins on the 16-day inactive list. Signed Bill Horton. Football NFL Pittsburgh Steelers: Signed Brenden Stai to a three-year contract.

Colleges Mars Hill: Named Laura Timmons women's basketball coach. Michigan: Signed Brian Ellerbe, men's basketball coach, to contract extension through the 2003 season. St. Francis, Named Tim Adams assistant football coach, and Mario Wilson assistant football coach and assistant track and field coach. St.

Joseph's, Named Dave Balza men's basketball coach. Golf Women's British Open LEADERS AFTER TWO ROUNDS Brandie Burton 71-74145 Leslie Spalding 76-70146 Wendy Ward 76-71147 Suzanne Strudwick 75-72147 Janice Moodie 75-72 147 Annika Sorenstam 75-73148 Betsy King 71-77 148- Marie-Laure dejLorenzi 79-70 149 Sophie Gustatson 78-71149 Mhairi McKay 75-74149 Trish Johnson 72-77149 Jackie Gallagher-Smith 76-74150 seeing as how it was the state that suspended him after his disqualifi-. cation for gnawing on Holyfield's ears not once but twice on June 28, 1997. Tyson's team withdrew its application for a boxing license in New Jersey on Thursday. There was one compelling reason for them to do this: They were reasonably certain they weren't going to get approval, and they were going to alienate Nevada and most of the boxing business in the process.

New Jersey has casinos, too, as you may have heard. It also has politicians, some of whom took oratorical stands against the notion of removing Tyson's boxing ban. So it was going to be interesting to see which faction prevailed. But it never came to that Tyson's request for a hearing was taken back less than 24 hours before the hearing was to start. It was a transparent attempt at an end run by Tyson's team to bypass Nevada, pathetically transparent even by boxing's standards, and so transparent that, for once, even those in charge couldn't miss seeing it.

So now Tyson's team has turned to Nevada, and that state's Athletic Best bets in bold 4 4 Something Precious (Col') 116 3-1 2 2 Unlimited Go Go (Petersen) 116 5-2 1 1 Lily George (Lydon) 116 6-1 5 5 Memory Call (Toribio) 116 6-1 6 6 Heavenly Ecplise (McMa') xx109 8-1 VIVACIOUS SUZI chased streaking winner in stake; chance to wire these. SOMETHING PRECIOUS gained on slow fractions; much success this barn in past. UNLIMITED GO GO has ability but only one victory over two seasons. LILY GEORGE back against fillies. 5th $9,000.

Three year olds and up (fillies and mares). Claiming Six furlongs. PN PP Horse (Jockey) Wgt Odds 3 3 Huxleen (Hollick) 112 5-2 6 6 Magic Minnie (McCarthy) 112 3-1 5 5 Wiklewaywabbit (Umana) 109 4-1 1 1 Miss I Wish (Petty) xxx105 4-1 4 4 Sugar Stones (Hershbell) 105 6-1 2 2 Miss Americana ((Lydon) 112 8-1 TYSON from C1 come back anyway by an old, familiar motivation money. Between what he owes in back taxes, what Don King siphoned from him, and what he himself spent with astonishing recklessness, he is said to be in considerable fiscal anguish. In little more than a decade, he won hundreds of millions, yet when he reaches into his pockets now, he finds mostly lint.

In addition, you wonder what sort of pressure Las Vegas casinos might exert. Tyson is a cash cow; Fight nights with Tyson as the headliner create enormous table drops. Tens of millions of dollars make the journey across the green felt tables to the house from the satin-lined pockets of high rollers who have been flown in and comped lavishly by casinos. Tyson is a cottage industry all by himself, worth so much to the gambling trade in the neon desert that he was repeatedly invited back despite unprecedented levels of crowd violence, including a drive-by murder, on the evenings when he made a fist. Nevada gets first crack at him again, which is as it should be Juli Inkster 75-75150 Smriti Mehra 73-77150 Helen Dobson 80-71151 Alison Nicholas 79-72151 Tina Fischer 78-73151 Hiromi Kobayashi 77-74151 Alison Munt 81-71152 Se Ri Pak 78-74152 Estefania Knuth 77-75152 Karrie Webb 76-76152 Dale Reid 73-79152 Sherri Steinhauer 81-72153 Donna Andrews 81-72153 Laura Philo 80-73153 Chris Johnson 79-74153 Helen Wadsworth 79-74153 Joanne Morley 79-74153 Kathryn Marshall 79-74153 Carin Koch 79-74153 Pat Hurst 76-77153 Mutfin Spencer-Devlin 82-72154 Federica Dassu 82-72154 Iben Tinning 80-74154 Kris Tschetter 79-75154 Cathy Johnston-Forbes 78-76154 Calrin Nilsmark 77-77154 Lora Fairclough 77-77154 Caroline McMillan 76-78154 Riikka Hakkarainen 75-79154 Wendy DoolanJ 83-72155 Vickie Odegard 82-73155 Maria Hjorth A 82-73165 Barb Whitehead 80-75155 Diane Barnard 79-76155 Mayumi Hirase 78-77155 Mollis Stacy 82-74156 Laurette Maritz 80-76156 Stephanie Dallongeville 80-76156 Kim Saiki 80-76156 Karen Pearce 79-77156 Cindy Figg-Currier Stephanie Lowe 77-79156 Tina' Barrett 77-79156 Caroline Emilee Lone Kane Myra Murray Julie Forbes Charlotta Cindy Raquel Liselotte Laura Corinne Anna Berg First LEADERS Dave Jose Maria Dana Bruce George Tom Shaw Mike Jim Dent Jim Colbert John Babe Hiskey Billy King Ed Dougherty Tommy Hugh John Jacobs Tom Wargo Tom Jenkins Randy Bruce Gil Morgan Bob Dickson Gary Player KermitZarley Walter Hall Will Sowles Larry Laoretti WNBA EAST Pet.

CB Cleveland 18 10 .643 New York 17 10 .630 ft Charlotte 17 12 .586 ivi Detroit 15 12 556 Vk Washington 3 24 .111 14'; WEST I- Pc- CB "y-Houston 25 2 .926 -Phoenix 15 11 .577 9V, Los Angeles 11 16 .407 14 utah 8 19 .296 17 Sacramento 7 20 .259 18 y-Cllnched conference title. LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Cleveland 85, Charlotte 72 Detroit at Phoenix Utah at Los Angeles THURSDAY'S RESULT New York 88, Washington 45 TODAY'S GAMES Chevrolet, 181.200. 22. (9) Jerry Nadeau, Danbury, Ford, 181.132. 23.

(7) Geoff Bodine, Chemung, N.Y., Ford, 180.995. 24. (4) Bobby Hamilton, Nashville, Chevrolet, 180.945. 25. (99) Jeff Burton, South Boston, Ford, 180.923.

Tennis Acura Classic In Manhattan Beach, Calif. Seedings in parentheses. SINGLES Quarterfinals: Martina Hingis (1), Switzerland, def. Serena Williams, Palm Beach Gardens, 6-4, 6-1. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (3), Spain, def.

Elena Tartarkova, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-3. San Marino Int'l In San Marino, Seedings in parentheses. SINGLES Quarterfinals: Mariano Puerta, Argentina, def. Mariano Zabaleta, Argentina, 4-6, 6-3, 4-0, retired. Dominik Hrbaty (3), Slovakia, def.

Juan Antonio Viloca, Spain, 2-6, 6-4. 6-0. Richard Fromberg (2). Australia, def. Vmcenzo Santopadre, Italy, 6-4, 7-5.

Transactiohs Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland Indians: Optioned IN'F Enrique Wilson to Buffalo of the Interna name, hometown, make of average speed in m.p.h. 1. (36) Ernie Irvan, Salinas, Pontiac, 183.416 m.p.h. 2. (18) Bobby Labonte, Corpus Christi, Texas, Pontiac, 183.374, 3.

(24) Jelf Gordon, Pittsboro, Chevrolet, 183.341. 4. (88) Dale Jarrett, Conover, N.C., Ford, 183.132. 5. (6) Mark Martin, Batesville, Ford, 182.792.

6. (42) Joe Nemechek, Lakeland, Chevrolet, 182.704. 7. (50) Wally Dallenbach, Greensboro, N.C., Ford, 182.588. 8.

(12) Jeremy Mayfield, Owens-boro, Ford, 182.556. 9. (22) Ward Burton, South Boston, PontiS 10. (33) Ken Schrader, Fenton, Mo Chevrolet, 182.380. 11.

(2) Rusty Wallace. St. Ford. 182.283. 12.

(98) Rich Sickle, Edgerton, Ford. 181.791. 13. (5) Terry Labonte, Corpus Christi, Texas. 39 631.

181.676. 14. (30) Derrike Cope, Spanaway, Pontiac. 181.671. 15.

(43) John Andretti, Indianapolis, Pontiac. 181.589. 16. (91) Morgan Shepherd, Conover, N.C., Chevrolet. 181.580.

17. (94) Bill Elliott, Dawsonville, Ford. 181.442. 18. (28) Kenny Irwin, Indianapolis, Ford.

181.424. 19. (10) Ricky Rudd, Chesapeake, Va Ford. 181.365. 20 (40) Sterling Marlin, Columbia, Chevrolet, 181.337.

21. (1) Steve Park, Northport, N.Y., Hall 75-81156 Klein 82-75157 82-75157 81-76157 81-76157 Sorenstam 81-76157 McCurdy 80-77157 Carriedo 80-77157 Neumann 79-78157 Baugh 77-80157 Dibnah 77-80157 76-81157 of America Classic AFTER ONE ROUND Stockton 34-3367 Canizares 32-35 67 Ouigley 35-3368 Summerhays 33-35 68 Archer 34-3468 36-3369 McCullough 34-3569 33-3770 36-3470 Mahaffey 35-3570 36-3470 35-3671 37-3471 Aaron 37-3471 Baiocchi 37-3471 35-3671 36-3571 38-3371 Erskine 35-3772 Lehnhard 37-3572 38-3472 36-3672 38-3472 37-3572 35-3772 34-3973 37-3673 Walter Zembriski Calvin Peete Dave Hill Bob Duval Kurt Cox Fred Gibson Bobby Stroble Butch Baird Steve Veriato Bud Allin Bruce Crampton Dave Eichelberger Orville Moody Allen Miller Hank Cooper Buzz Thomas Jesse Patino Ray Arinno Mike Hill Leonard Thompson Rocky Thompson Dan Wood Joe Inman Jim Ferree Lynn Janson Bobby Cole Bruce Devlin Homero Blancas Deane Beman Bob Wynn AlKelley Chuck Thorpe Michael Evans Jimmy Powell Tommy Jacobs Rod Curl Frank Conner Buddy Whitten John Paul Cain Mike Joyce Jetf Van Wagenen Jerry Heard Paul Haase at KJauU Vnrk 4 Washington at Cleveland. 7 Utah at Sacramento, 10 Auto Racing Pepsi 400 TOP QUALIFIERS FOR TOMORROW'S RACE In Brooklyn, Mich. With car number in parentheses, 1.