The Springfield News-Leader from Springfield, Missouri • Page 17

INSIDE SECTION Saturday, February 4, 1995 News-Leader 2C TVRadio 3C Basketball 4C Prep basketball '5C NBA 5C Classified BASKETBALL- Drury has rematch with Southwestern Oklahoma. 3C BASKETBALL: Memphis beats No. 23 Cincinnati in' overtime. 3C BASKETBALL Previews of today's area college games. 2C COMING TOMORROW: A look at Kickapoo's dynamic duo.

Baseball 0 An unfair labor practice charge by the NLRB made the baseball owners change it. do Rockies chairman Jerry McMor-ris said. Earlier this week, owners made a proposal that didn't contain a salary cap. But legally, the system in place still was the one they implemented Dec' 23, a plan that would have forced teams to lower payrolls. "What was imposed is rescinded; it is as if it had never been," union head Donald Fehr said.

Spring training is to start Feb. 16, and owners have been signing replacement players to be strike breakers. Management lawyer Chuck O'Connor said Friday's developments wouldn't change those plans. But most everything else in baseball was sent into Umbo. Some players don't know if they'll be free agents or wind up with their old clubs in salary arbitration.

Small-market teams don't know if they'll get revenue-sharing money from their large-city rivals. Players and owners will be back at the table today, with the union for an agreement by Monday, the National Labor Relations Board unexpectedly sped up its process and told owners it would file an unfair labor practice charge against them. Owners immediately backed down and said they would restore baseball's old business rules. "It's putting pressure to clear the decks and get a deal done," Colora The Associated Press WASHINGTON Baseball own ers, found to have illegally imposed a salary cap in December, scrapped the whole system Friday and removed the major obstacle blocking talks toward settling the six-month-old strike. With President Clinton pressing College Basketball linor league tickets go en sale today Ticket sales officially begin today for the proposed Class Double-A Southern League minor league baseball team planning to move to Springfield in 1997.

Starting at 9 a.m. today, fans who want to place a season ticket order for the former Nashville Xpress franchise attempting to relocate here can do so in one of three ways: 1 In person at the Springfield Professional Baseball Association's office, Suite B202, in the Chesterfield Village center at Kansas Expressway and James River Freeway. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, 1 to 6 p.m.

Sundays and 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. weekdays. By phone, with a credit card (Visa or Mastercard). The ticket office number is 891-5000.

1 By mail. Applications are available at many Springfield businesses, or can be obtained by calling the ticket office number. In other news Friday, the Southern League officially announced that the Bastien's Xpress franchise will play the 1995 and '96 seasons in Wilmington, N.C on an interim basis. The club, which has a player development contract with the Seattle Mariners for the 1995 and '96 seasons, will be operated by Carolina Mudcats owner Steve Bryant. Tigers have twin killim Tlw 7-foot Hakys Jwve received mixed reviews since arriving at Missouri.

i' Patrick Strawbridge For the News-Leader COLUMBIA The students are gathered in a dormitory lounge, watching the Iowa State-Missouri game Monday night. Sammie Haley has just picked up his third foul, 18 minutes into the game. "Sit the Haleys down," one of them yells at the image of Tiger coach Norm Stewart on the screen. The rest of the room chuckles in agreement. Later, one of the students volunteers a joke.

"They're not Slim and Slam," he says, referring to the twins' self-generated nicknames. "They're Dumb and Dumber." What happened here? The Haleys were everybody's sweethearts when they committed to Missouri last year, after leading Connors State Junior College to a 59-10 record over two years. They were the Double-mint twins from hell a novelty act with a game. But as they head into today's game against Kansas State (11-8 overall, 2-5 Big Eight), they receive more jeers than cheers from Tiger fans. Simeon is averaging 13.9 minutes per game, Sammie 16.2.

The two have combined for 77 turn- expected to make a counterproposal to the luxury-tax plan owners presented on Wednesday. Before the big events, the union had been stalling. Then the NLRB summoned owners to its office Friday afternoon and general counsel Fred Feinstein told them the agency was prepared to rule against them for declaring an impasse in talks when none existed. Feinstein also said the NLRB was contemplating seeking a court order to stop the cap. SMS aims to keep it close The Bears want to put themselves in position to win at the end of the game.

Lyndal Scranton News-Leader PEORIA, 111. Stay close until crunch time. That's the motto Southwest Missouri State is taking into its road game today against Bradley, a team in the thick of the Missouri Valley Conference title chase. "We're just going in there with the idea of keeping it close until the end," Bears guard Anthony "Cap" Edwards said. "That's how you win on the road." The Bears will try to do what few teams have done in recent years win at Carver Arena.

Bradley, which had its 26-game home-court winning streak snapped by Tulsa two weeks ago, is 27-1 at home the last three seasons. The Braves are 14-5 overall and 8-3 in the conference, one game behind first-place Tulsa. "They're just a very, very good team on both ends of the floor," SMS coach Mark Bernsen said. "We know it's going to be a tough game," Edwards said. "We just have to do what it takes to give ourselves a chance." The Bears, 11-6 and 4-6, are clearly more upbeat about things than they were a few days ago.

Credit the mood change to a 74-66 victory See SMS, Page 3C SMS men at Bradley WHEN: 2:05 p.m. today WHERE: Peoria. III. RECORDS: SMS 11-6 overall, 4-6 in MVC: Bradley 14-5, 8-3 TVRADIO: KYTV channel KTXR, 101.3 FM off Hiilcrest 57-49. Sarah Whitmore had 19 points to lead the Lady Hornets (15-7, 2-4).

In an area showdown with league-leading implications, senior guard Chris Paulsell scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half to lead Ozark past Republic 72-61 in a key Central Ozark Conference matchup. Ozark (184, 4-0) assumed a half-game lead over Buffalo (3-0) in the COC title chase. InSltie: Prep basketball. 3-5C mi 4 See MISSOURI, Page 3C -V 4 'WW-'- L'i 4 7 It: if 1 Ai f. jti ning streak that grew to nine games Thursday at Indiana State.

Vossel, a 5-foot-ll freshman, had made nine straight shots and scored 23 points before her final miss in the game at Hammons. "I think that was probably her best game," SMS coach Cheryl Burnett said. The Redbirds would say their 69-64 upset of Wichita State at home Thursday was one of their best. It made them 7-11 overall and 3-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference. League-leading SMS is 9-1 and 13-7.

"The kids were pretty excited when they heard that Wichita State ft )' it 'J an'. 'Sir SMS women at Illinois State WHEN: 2 p.m. today WHERE: Normal, III. RECORDS: SMS 13-7 overall, 9-1 Missouri Valley Conference; Illinois State 7-11, 3-7 RADIO: KWTO, 560 AM had lost. Now we need somebody to beat Drake," Burnett said.

SMS has a one-game lead in the MVC over Drake, which plays at Bradley tonight. The Bulldogs are 8-2, Wichita State and Creighton 7-3. Redbirds forward Melanie Ward See LADY BEARS, Page 3C The Associated Press Missouri's Sammie Haley (above) and twin brother Simeon (right) have fans growling about their play. The 7-foot twins have combined for 77 turnovers and 102 fouls. WRESIUNG District meets scheduled today District wrestling starts today and southwest Missouri will be represented in four districts across three classifications.

In Springfield, Glendale, Hill-crest, Kickapoo and Parkview will compete against wrestlers from Columbia Hickman, Jefferson City, Joplin and Sedalia Smith-Cotton at Hiilcrest with the first round at 10 a.m. The championship round should start at 5:30 p.m. The Class 3A district meets are at St. Clair and Neosho. The Class 1A-2A district meet is at Butler.

District assignments, 2C Football Painters' daughter drowns after funeral SAN FRANCISCO The daughter of San Diego Chargers quarterback, coach Dwain Painter was swept to her death by a wave as she scattered her mother's ashes along the rocky Mendocino coast, officials said Friday. The body of Debbie Menta, 32, was found Friday morning by Coast Guard rescuers. Painter's son, Painter, 23, was also injured in the freak accident trying to rescue his sister, but pulled himself to safety and was in stable condition Friday, hospital officials said. The two were scattering the ashes of their mother, Diane Painter, who committed suicide hours after San Diego won the American Football Conference championship Jan. 15.

Friends said Mrs. Painter, who was divorced, started her car in the garage of their home in Bellevue, died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Doug Painter told authorities he and his sister stood on a high rock above the ocean at sunset Thursday to scatter the ashes of their mother. Golf Faxon grabs lead at Pro-Am PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. Brad Faxon shot a 64 Friday and took a one-stroke lead over Guy Boros, Fuzzy Zoeller and Tom Watson after Friday's second round of the $1.4 million National Pro-Am.

Faxon completed two rounds at 10- under-par 134. In the pro-am, the team of pro Steve Gotsche and amateur Ian Diery shot 63 Friday and was at 19 under 125 after 36 holes. Royal Caribben Classic: Bob Murphy moved to the top of the SMS hopes to repeat history Kickapoo teams double their fun The Lady Bears survived a scare from Illinois State in their last meeting. From Our Staff It's Kickapoo. Times two.

The Ozark Conference race began its second half Friday night, with Kickapoo's boys claiming the outright league lead with a 5045 victory over visiting Hiilcrest. Kevin Chism had 22 points to lead the Chiefs (14-8, 5-1), who are seeking their first OC title since 1985. The Lady Chiefs (17-1, 6-0), led by senior forward Jenny Anderson's 23 points, held their top spot in the conference by holding Larry S. Hazelrigg News-Leader NORMAL, IU. Southwest Missouri State's Lady Bears have a vivid memory of their last game with Illinois State.

It almost was a loss. "If (Corinne Vossel) had made that last shot, anything could have happened in overtime," Lady Bears center Charitee Longstreth said. The two teams meet again at 2 p.m. today in Redbird Arena. SMS held off the Redbirds 64-62 last month in Hammons Student Center.

It was the second game of a win FOR YOUR IflFOBfilAnOfl Our sports editor is James Walker. 837-1 373. or fax. 837-1 381 Basketball: The Central High School basketball tournament FOGtSzall: The Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers Sailing: Dennis Conner sailed Stars Stripes to its for girls in fourth, fifth and sixth grades will be held Feb. 18- hired Pete Carroll as the club's defensive coordinator.

Carroll, fifth straight victory in the America's Cup defender trials 19. Each team will play its grade level. Fee: $60 per team. fired last month as New York Jets head coach, succeeds Ray on Friday, beating America3's all-women team by 4 Call Byron Looney at 864-3822 for more information. Rhodes, who left to be head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

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