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Wednesday, February 19, 1992 SPORTS NAMES IN THE NEWS 53 Lesesne named Erskine soccer coach Daniel skipping Hawaii Compiled by Scott Keepfer BETH DANIEL (Furman) is skipping the Hawaiian Ladies Open golf tournament, which begins Thursday. Daniel was runner-up to Patty Sheehan in last year's event after winning the tournament by three shots over Sheehan and Amy Benzinl990. Among the favorites competing in the tournament will be former winner SHERRI TURNER (Furman), DOTTIE MOCHRIE (Furman), BETSY KING (Furman) and JANE GEDDES (Sum- merville). The Pittsburgh Pirates still have two players remaining in arbitration: right-handed reliever BILL LANDRUM (USC) and second baseman Jose Lind. Landrum asked for $2.1 million and the Pirates offered $1.3 million.

1 i .9 "It's tough right now," says Los Angeles Lakers coach MIKE DUNLE AVY (USC) whose team has lost four straight games and is 2-6 in February. "You can only get on players so much, can only challenge them so much. Basically, that's where we are." TERRY DILL (Camden) ranks 50th on the latest listing of the Senior Golf Tour's leading money winners with $6,836. On the Ben Hogan tour list, FRED WADSWORTH (USC) is tied for 16th at $1,469. opener will be Sunday against Mars Hill.

Furman rained out Furman's baseball and Softball games scheduled for Tuesday were rained out. The FurmanWinthrop baseball game has been rescheduled for April 7 at 3 p.m. at Furman; the women's Softball game against South Carolina has not yet been rescheduled. Weather permitting, Furman's baseball team will host Belmont Abbey Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Furman Field.

Gymnastics Following are the first-place finishers in the South Carolina USGF Sectional Meet hosted by Piedmont Gymnastics this past weekend: CtassS Aoe7- Scott Ktttel (Golden Strip Gym): First All Around, first on parallel bars. Vault, rings and horizontal bar. Age 11-12 Courtney Sistare Sportastiks) First All Around, 1 st on parallel bars, rings and horizontal bar. Landrum Randolph (Golden StripGym): First Vouit. Jason Garrett (Upstate Gym Center) First Floor.

Class Age7- Tray Carter (Greenville Gym): First All Around, first parollel bars, first pommel horse, first horizontal bars. Neil Hoepfi (Upstate Gym Center): First Floor. Age 10-11 Paul Steele (Greenville Gym) First All Around, first pommel horse, vault, floor exercise andhorizontalbar. Trevor Hollingsworth (Upstate Gym Center): first parallel bars. Age 13-15 Jason Groff (Piedmont Gym): First Alt-'' ArounaVandfirstinallevents.

Class 1 Compulsory Age 10-12 Michael Ashe (Greenville Gym): First All-Around, fir? pommel horse, rings, vault, floor exercises and horizontal bar. Jacob Phillips (Upstate Gym Center): first poralielbors. Class JCompulsory Optional Ave 10-12 Kevin Roulston (Piedmont Gym): First All Around, first in all events. Jordan Eison (Piedmont Gym): First All Around, firstinollevents. Level Age7- Kristin Page (Sportastiks) First All Around, first vault.

Age 9-11 Christy Bratton (Piedmont Gym): First All Around, first bars ond floor exercises. Lindsay Beth Ellison (Piedmont Gym) First Heather Adams (Clinton YMCA) First All Around, first vault and floor exercises. Amy Gore (Piedmont Gym): First bars and beam. Levels AgeMI Tinslev Ann Ellison Piedmont Gym) First All Around, first Beam. Kara Myers (Piedmont Gym): First floor exercises.

JessicaCornelius (Clinton YMCA): First bars; April Powell (Piedmont Gym) Tied for first in vouit. Christin Brooker (Piedmont Gym) Tied for. firstlnvoult. Amber Gibbs (Piedmont Gyt.i): First All Around, firstbeam. Erica Rail (Piedmont Gym): First bars, voujt and floor exercises.

Level Age 12-14 Beth Stoudenmire (Piedmont Gym) First Air Around, first bars, beam and floorexercises. AllysonWatts(PiedmontGym): FirstVoult. Susan Knight Piedmont Gym) First Alt- Around, firstinollevents. nJi; Level 7 Age 12-14 Karen Guth Piedmont Gym) Tied for first Ail Around, firstvoult.beomandfloor exercises. Jacquie Banet (Piedmont Gym) Tied for first All Around, first Bars.

Age 154 up Lorl Groff (Piedmont Gym) First All Around, firstinollevents. NOTEBOOK Cone gets $4.25 million 1J1 Johnson vs. Mutombo Staff, wire reports WILLIAM "BILLY" LESESNE has been named the men's and women's soccer coach at Erskine, college President JAMES W. STROBEL said Tuesday. Lesesne, who begins work Feb.

24, was recommended by a search committee from a field of about 40 applicants. Lesesne, a former all-South soccer player at Erskine, returns to his alma mater from the College of Charleston, where he was an assistant. A 1987 Erskine graduate, Lesesne, 26, helped lead the team to the 1986 NAIA district and area titles and into the national tournament. "I look forward to the opportunity to coach at a college I believe in and for a soccer tradition I believe in," Lesesne said. "Living in Due West, I grew up in the Er-.

skine soccer tradition." Lesesne replaces RICKY WRIGHT, who resigned after five seasons with the Flying Fleet to assume head coaching duties at Anderson College. Last season's Erskine men's team finished 11-7-3, won the Palmetto State Conference and finished second in NAIA District 6. The women's team finished 8-10-1 and made the semifi-nals of the NAIA regional playoffs. Short-lived Cougars The Carolina Cougars pro football team of Columbia will sus- Kennedy not surprised by FSU's debut By Dan Foster News sports editor While the 10-4 record in ACC play that Florida State had before its Tuesday night loss to Clemson was a surprise to some, it wasn't to FSU coach Pat Kennedy. Speaking to the Greater Greenville Basketball Club Tuesday, Kennedy said, "Florida State has come into this conference not to play in the bottom half of the conference, but to certainly challenge the Dukes and the North Carolinas, and I think we're going to have to give that the best possible shot that we can." And while everyone knows that football was the reason the ACC and FSU decided on their marriage, Kennedy says it's great for his basketball program.

He said that when it became evident that Florida State was going to be in the league that some of his friends coaching in the conference "tried to prepare me for two things," recruiting and game intensity. "They said No. 1, the effect it will have on recruiting, and I think the reason we see is the difference in the media. I had a team in the Metro that (at one stage in 1989) was 19-2, the best record in Division I basketball, and we were ranked seventh in the nation. "Now all of a sudden at 18 and 6, we're being ranked 16th in the nation.

The recognition factor is much higher." Kennedy added that when FSU was in the Metro Conference, "we could get our foot in the door," trying to recruit the top high school players, "but we couldn't finalize it." As an ACC team he said he had signed four players this year, none from Florida. One, Scott Sheppard, was the runnerup for the state of Indiana's Mr. Basketball title. Another was Derrick Carroll, the 1991 Mr. Basketball from South Carolina, who has attended prep school and will join the Seminoles next season.

The others were Rich Robinson, runnerup as Arkansas player of the and the fourth a 6-11 center rom Atlanta, Jonathan Kemer. Winston Cup Standings Point leader 1 Davey Allison PolnU-185 2-3-4 5-6 Morgan Shepherd Geoff Bodine Alan Kulwlckl Dick Trickle Kyle Petty 175 165 160 155 150 146 142 138 134 7 -Terry Labonte 8 -Ted Musgrave 9 Dale Earnhardt 10 -Phil Parsons Next race: March 1, Goodwrench 500, Rockingham, N.C. mm mwmi mm mmmm Wire reports New York Mets pitcher DAVID CONE set a salary arbitration record at $4.25 million on Tuesday, just as Texas outfielder RUBEN SIERRA made his attempt for $5 million. Cone, a right-hander who made $2.35 million in 1991, was given the record amount by arbitrator NICHOLAS ZUMAS, who chose his figure over the Mets' $3 million offer. Sierra appeared before arbitrator WILLIAM RENTFRO with the guarantee of the second-highest arbitration salary ever.

The Rangers, who tried to negotiate a one-year deal Tuesday morning, submitted at $3.8 million, a $1.15 million raise. Owners have won 10 of 16 cases decided thus far. Four players settled Tuesday, leaving seven remaining in arbitration with three days to go. Just hours before his hearing was to begin, right-hander JOHN SMILEY and Pittsburgh agreed to $3.44 million, more than double his 1991 salary of $1,425,000. JIM COURIER and STEFAN EDBERG, the world's top two players, breezed to opening-round victories Tuesday at the $1.04 million Eurocard Classics ATP tournament in Stuttgart, Germany.

Courier needed only 66 minutes beat Italian qualifier DIEGO NAR-GISO 6-3, 6-3, while Edberg overwhelmed fellow Swede MAGNUS LARSSON 6-2, 6-2. Fourth-seeded IVAN LENDL had to fight off four set points in the opening set of a 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 victory over ANDREI CHERKASOV of Russia. Also, GORAN IVANISEVIC of Croatia, seeded seventh, beat Yugoslavia's SLOBODAN ZIVOJI-NOVIC 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) and OMAR CAMPORESE of Italy defeated FABRICE SANTORO of France W), 7-5 in a match of two unseeded players. RODOLPHE GILBERT, a 23-year-old from Paris, upset eighth-seeded RICHEY RENEBERG 64, 6-2 in the second round of the U.S. Pro Indoor tennis tournament Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Reneberg, 26, was the first seeded player to play in the $1 million tournament at the Spectrum. The 16 seeds had first-round byes. Denver Nuggets rookie DIKEMBE MUTOMBO is the latest winner in the shoe wars. He signed a contract with Adidas worth at least $1 million for his own signature shoe and a line of athletic clothing that will bear his logo. The agreement, signed last week, is similar to a contract MICHAEL JORDAN of the Chicago Bulls has with Nike Inc.

and one LARRY JOHNSON of Charlotte has with Converse. New Zealand took sole possession of first place in Round 2 of the America's Cup Challenger Selection Series, beating Japan's Nippon by 2 minutes, 21 seconds Tuesday. Nippon dropped to third. Italy's II Moro di Venezia, with an easy 6:57 victory over winless Challenge Australia, moved into second place. In the Defender Selection Series, Round 2 ended with BILL KOCH's America3 Foundation stablemates splitting a doubleheader raced on shortened four-lap courses of eight and 13.2 miles, respectively.

America3 leads the series with 16 points, followed by DENNIS CONNER'S Stars Stripes at seven points and Defiant with two points. MILLIE SCHEMBECHLER, wife of Detroit Tigers president BO SCHEMBECHLER, is undergoing cancer treatment at the University of Michigan Medical Center, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Mrs. Schembechler was in good condition this morning, although no other details were released. The Dallas Cowboys, stung by the departure of unprotected kicker KEN WILLIS, on Tuesday signed Plan free agent BRAD DALUISO, who handled kickof chores last season for the AFC champion Buffalo Bills.

Daluiso's signing is the latest in a web of Plan deals that began when kicker STEVE CHRISTIE accepted Buffalo's four-year, $2.3 million offer to move from Tampa Bay despite his handshake deal to stay with the Bucs. STATE REPORT pend operations Wednesday coincidental with a similar decision by the Professional Spring Football League. The PSFL has been unable to meet its payroll for a month, forcing the first-year league to reconsider its position. "We have set a drop-dead date of March 3," said league president VINCENT SETTE. The PSFL is seeking investors, but, he said, "the economy has hurt our league." Cougars general manager ROMAN GABRIEL said the team will close its doors Wednesday, although he has not decided whether he'll remain with the league.

Wofford opener The Wofford College baseball team opens its 1992 season Wednesday when it travels to Central Wesleyan for a 2 p.m. game. The Terriers, winners of their last 12 games a year ago, will look to equal the school record of 13 consecutive victories set by the 1983 team. Junior righthander LARRY SANDERS will start for Wofford. The Wade Hampton High graduate was 3-0 with a 5.50 ERA last season.

Wof ford's home NHL WALES CONFERENCE Patrick Division Pit GF GA NYRongers 37 4 78 234 193 Washington 33 20 5 71 26 197 NewJersey 32 10 7 71 220 174 Pittsburgh 27 24 7 61 250 223 NYlslonders 24 24 7 55 215 229 Philadelphia 21 26 11 53 177 194 Adams Division Montreal 35 21 5 75 205 149 Boston 27 23 8 62 198 200 Buffalo 23 24 10 54 213 220 Hartford 14 29 10 42 171 197 Quebec 13 38 7 33 172 233 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norris Division Pts GF GA Detroit 32 18 9 73 254 194 Chicago 25 21 12 42 187 174 St. Louis 26 24 61 204 197 Minnesota 25 28 5 55 187 203 Toronto 21 33 5 47 167 219 Smythe Division Vancouver 30 19 69 202 178 Los Angeles 24 22 13 61 212 218 Winnipeg 24 24 11 59 181 178 Edmonton 25 28 7 57 220 229 Calgary 22 27 53 212 213 SanJose 13 41 4 30 150 265 Monday's Games Vancouver 3, N. Y. Rangers 3, tie N.Y.islanders5,Winnipeg4,OT LosAngeles6, Boston 3 Detroit 5, St. Louis 3 MontrealS, MinnesotaO Tuesday's Games New Jersey 4, Phi Pittsburgh 7, Toronto 1 Quebec 4, MinnesotaO Washingtonat San Jose, (n) Wednesday's Games St.

Louisat Winnipeg, Boston at Calgary, 9 35p.m. LosAngelesat Edmonton, Buttaloat Vancouver, CHANGES BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Agreed to terms with Mike Devereauxand Randy Milligan, outfielders, on one-vear contracts. National League ATLANTA BRAVES Agreed to terms with Tom Glavine, pitcher, on a one-year contract. PHILADELPHIA PHI LLI ES Agreed to terms with Steve Searcy and Toby Borland, pitchers, and Bruce Dostal and Tony Longmire, outfielders, on one-year contracts. PITTSBURGH PI RATES Agreed to terms with John Smiley, pitcher, on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS Fired DonChaney, heod coach. Named Rudy Tomianovich interim head coach. Continental Basketball Association OMAHA RACERS Signed Willie Brand, guard. United States Basketball League USBL Announced that the New Jersey Jam mers have been awarded a franchise for the 1992 season. NEW JERSEY JAMMERS Named Bob Grossman general manager; Bob Nastase head coach; Ralph Adinolte public relations director, and JimCiibanoff director of player personnel.

FOOTBALL Notional Football League PHILADELPHIA EAGLES Signed Melvin Patterson, wide receiver, toaone-year contract, HOCKEY National Hockey League LOS ANGELES KINGS Acquired Steve Weeks, goaltender, from the New York Islanders tor a 1992 seventh-round entry draft choice. COLLEGE CORNELL Named Rod Sharpless defensive Hnecoach. TRENTON STATE Nomed Ann Breody sports informationdirector. UNLV Named Keith Tribble senior associate othleticdirector. WISCONSIN Named Jim Hueber running backs coach; Tom McMohon defensive backs coach, and Brad Childressoffensive coordinator.

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