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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1989 EDITOR: KENT HEITHOLT. 459-3298 Ruston begins title defense Friday: 7C A look at NFL's Week 9: 9C-10C A Rattlin' up bucks at Cherokee Ridge: 13C i ki.iiw.m BY THE NUMBERS II- Jin in iii i nmi)i j.i i in i in ii I i mi i )' HI in. i mil hi' I gf'-ft-. 'r vs- 4 LA I COLLEGE FOOTBALL i No. 1 Notre Dame 41, Navy 0 i No.

2 Colo. 27, No. 3 Neb. 21 i 'No. 4 Michigan 42, Purdue 27 i No.

5 Alabama 23, Miss. St. 10 i No.6Fla. St. 35, S.Carolina 10 I No.

7 Miami 40, E.Carolina 10 i 8 Illinois 31, Iowa 7 i No. 9 USC 48, Oregon State 6 i No. 11 Arkansas 38, Rice 17 i No. 12 Auburn 10, No. i No.

16PnnSt 19, No. 13WVa9 I Cal 29, No. IS Arizona 28 i No. 17 Houston 55, TCU 10 I No. 24 Va.

20, No. 18 NC St. 9 I No. 20 Tex. A8.AA63, SMU 14 I No.

21 Clemson 35, UNC 3 i Texas Tech 24, No. 22 Texas 17 i No. 23 BYU 45, Oregon 41 i No. 25 Fresno 31, San Jose 30 1 (Scores, Pages roundups, 2C-5C) AP LoserPhoto Sunday Silence (8), with Chris McCarron up, holds off Easy Goer, with Pat Day at the finish to win the Breeders' Cup Classic Saturday at Gulfstream Park. yimdlaiy SaDeimc sdnipeir oon CDassoc Slow-starting Easy Goer finishes 2nd in Breeders' Cup showdown McGaughey's two victories were with Rhythm, generally considered the weaker half of an entry with Adjudicating, who won the $1 million Juvenile, and Dancing Spree, overlooked to the point that he paid $35.20, when he won the $1 million Sprint.

Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who went into the day with nine Cup victories in 21 races and earnings of $6,847,000, sent out 11 horses in six races. He picked up his 10th victory with Steinlen in the Mile on the grass and earned another $1,041,000. The other winners were Go for Wand in the $1 million Juvenile Fillies and Bayakoa, an See 'SILENCE'S, Page 6C year. Easy Goer will race next year.

"They'll run the Breeders' Cup again next year," Whittingham said. "So maybe we'll come back and try for another $3 million." Sunday Silence's victory in the richest event on the seven-race, $10 million card was worth $1.35 million and made him the richest 3-year-old in history with earnings of $4,578,454. The sixth Breeders' Cup day turned out to be just like the previous five wild and wacky. Prized, a 3-year-old making his debut on grass, won the $2 million Turf. Jeff Siegel, one of his four owners who is a syndicated newspaper handicapper, admitted he picked another horse.

By EO SCHUYLER JR. The Associated Press HALLANDALE, Fla. Sunday Silence barely beat Easy Goer and nightfall, winning the $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic and clinching Horse of the Year honors Saturday. It was" a sweet victory for 76-year-old optimist Charlie Whittingham, who trains and co-owns Sunday Silence. On the other hand, it cast a pall over victories in two previous Cup races on the program for Shug McGaughey, who trains Easy Goer.

"Three out of four hat more can I say?" Whittingham said after Sunday Silence added LaDowns presence strongly felt at Breeders' Cup: 6C the Classic to his victories over Easy Goer in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. Then the trainer who has won more than 500 stakes paid Sunday Silence the ultimate compliment. "Sunday Silence is the best horse I've trained so far, and he's just getting going," Whittingham said of the 1989 Super Derby winner. Whittingham said the colt, who couldn't be unloaded at sales as a yearling and as a 2-year-old, would probably race again next BASKETBALL NBA New York 119, Miami 99 Milwaukee 102, Phila. 96 Detroit 95, Washington 93 New Jersey 111, Orlando 106 Indiana 106, Cleveland 98 Boston 102, Chicago 100 San Antonio 106, LA Lakers 98 Denver 135, Phoenix 132 Houston 132, Golden St.

105 Sacramento 107, Seattle 100 (Standings, Page 8C) HOCKEY NHL St. Louis 5, Quebec 2 Buffalo 3, Boston 3 (tie) Hartford 6, Los Angeles 3 NY Islanders 3, Detroit 2 Montreal 3, NY Rangers 2 Calgarv 7, New Jersey 3 Philadelphia 7, Toronto 4 -Pittsburgh 3, Edmonton 1 Minnesota 3, Chicago 0 (Standings, Page8C) XSU's Hammink will miss season I Geert Hammink, a towering -sophomore from the Netherlands, will sit out the 1989-90 basketball season at Louisiana Stjate University to allow for his continued growth and development, Coach Dale Brown Saturday. "He's grown about an inch to ieven feet," Coach Dale rown said. "We don't want to waste a year for him, so he'll the a redshirt this year. He has htwn tremendous It means Hammink, who averaged 2 points and 2.2 a game as a freshman, -will still have three seasons of eligibility remaining when he jeturns for the 1990-91 season.

Brown made the announcement after LSU, as this year in talent as the ylayers are tall, held their -final intrasquad scrimmage of season at a local high -school. Shaquille O'Neal, a 7-1 Ireshman center, had 26 points 9 rebounds to lead the LSU jQold team to a 104-84 victory the Purple in the scrim-jnage. Sophomore All-America Chris Jackson had 20 points 3or the Gold and 7-foot Jophomore Stanley Roberts added 19 for the Gold. Phoenix school wins 'title by 191 strokes Phoenix (Ariz.) Xavier High School cruised to a 191-stroke victory to win its 10th consecutive state girls golf championship, setting a national record. The previous national prep Record was nine titles by Fargo (N.D.) South.

Xavier finished the two-day tournament Friday at Pueblo Mirage Country Club with a score of 674. Tempe Corona 'del Sol was second at 865 strokes. The Gators led by 99 shots Rafter Thursday's first round and now will aim for the national boys' record of 13 consecutive state championships. v. Tech clubs NLU 24-6 in long-time rivalry S3o flop for LSU this time I-AA Indians, who had won seven of the last nine games between the two teams.

"Our main goal this season was to have a winning record," Tech Coach Joe Raymond Peace said after the game. "We did it, even though we had to play seven games on the road and only three at home. Buddy, if that's not character, then I can't describe it." In improving to 5-3-1, with only a road game at Auburn next week left, See TECH, Page 2C By JACK MITCHELL The Times RUSTON Locally speaking, the difference in the NCAA's Division I-A and Division I-AA has been established. It's 18 points. The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs clubbed undermanned Northeast Louisiana 24-6 Saturday to assure themselves a winning season in their first year as a Division I-A team.

At the same time, they broke a four-game home losing streak to the i ft- jT- Odom's sudden-death goal gives Gents title By KENT HEITHOLT The Times OXFORD, Miss. LSU cor-nerback Jimmy Young cradled the ball into his midsection and rolled onto the ground. He looked up for yellow flags. He looked for teammates stomping their feet in digust. He looked for any signal that something had gone wrong.

Again. But there was no bolt of lightning, no thunder, no cloudburst this time. Nothing would rain on this parade. For the first time in the 1989 season, the team regarded as fourth-quarter flops didn't flop. Young's interception in the end zone with 18 seconds left ended LSU's four-game losing streak by saving a 35-30 win over Ole Miss Saturday.

"It was a great feeling," said Young. "They were supposed to be the fourth-quarter team and we made them feel bad. I'm just glad I could be the one to do it." LSU, 2-6 and 1-4 in the See NO RAIN, Page 2C 138:32 of this marathon final, ended a game that saw the Gents blow a 3-0 lead in the final 10 minutes of regulation and saw the Crimson Panthers blow a big opportunity in the first sudden death period. The teams, meeting in the conference final for the third straight year, played through two 15-minute regular overtime sessions and through one one 15-minute sudden death period before Odom booted home the winner. See GENTS, Page 12C ATLANTA Senior Scott Odom, a midfielder pressed into season-long emergency service at sweeper, picked a great time to score his first goal of the season Saturday.

Odom, Centenary College's captain, drilled a 30-yard shot that nicked the left post and bounced into the net into the second sudden death period to give Centenary a stunning 4-3 victory over Georgia State and its second straight Trans America Athletic Conference soccer championship at Panthersville Field. The goal, which officially came at AP LoserPhoto Mississippi's Tyrone Ashley (33) runs for short yardage before being stopped by LSU's Corey Raymond (19) and Oliver Lawrence (99). IWin over Rebels puts smile back on Hodson's face i KENT HEITHOLT 7 OXFORD, Miss. O.K. guys control yourself.

It's only a win, the second win in 'eight games, we know. But LSU celebrating a win to make it 2-6 'is like Donald Trump celebrating winning a iBig Mac in a contest at McDonald's. I Of course, after this nightmare of a football season maybe the LSU Tigers can be -excused. They had become national whipping boys, the butt of jokes and the target of from people who once said they were their friends. I "It's not fun walking around campus and having the people look at you," said receiver Tony Moss.

"They don't really say Tanything to your face, but you know what 'they're thinking." 4 In case you've forgotten, the Tigers started the season as No.7 team in the nation. They were preseason co-favorites in Uhe Southeastern Conference. Now, they 'afen't even going bowling this winter. Hence, the excitement for breaking a four-game losing streak with their first SEC win this season. In moving back into the win column, the Tigers not only rekindled their spirits, they also knocked Ole Miss down a notch.

The Rebels still had visions of a Sugar Bowl berth. No more. Next week, LSU faces Alabama, giving Hodson and his teammates another chance to redeem themselves. The Tide is undefeated in SEC play. "I don't know about playing the spoiler role," Hodson said.

"We're still out there playing for ourselves. We have a lot of pride and nobody wants to go out the way we were going." Most of all, Tommy Hodson didnt want to go out on a downer. "Maybe this will turn things around. We need wins," he said. "Of course, there will probably be some person in Baton Rouge who comes up and asks why we're 2-." Kent Heitholt is The Times sports editor than marionettes, moving with every pump fake he made.

"He's showing that he's one of the top quarterbacks in the nation," said Archer. Already Hodson owns most of the SEC career passing records and with three more games he's liable to push the numbers so far ahead, no one will come close. Saturday, he ran for the second touchdown of his career. It was his second in two weeks and ironically made him the team leader in rushing touchdowns. But that wasn't the reason for Hodson's giddy demeanor after the 35-30 win over Ole Miss.

For Hodson, it provided some relief for his family. "My mother and sisters have heard a lot of things this year," Hodson said. "There's nothing in particular that people have been saying. But little jokes about our season haven't made them feel too good. "Every time one of the players hears something, they always come back and tell me.

Maybe, now, people, won't ask why we're 1-6." made by Ole Miss fans. "Hey Hodson, Yank My Heisman. Ole Miss versus LSU Nov. 4, 1989" is what the T-shirt said. The shirts had been sent to Archer by LSU fans in the Memphis area.

"I know it's only 2-6, but it's a lot better than 1-7. A win is a win," Hodson said. "There's a lot of happy faces in the locker room. It gives the guys something to smile about. They got a lot of pride.

"I know I couldn't wait to put this T-shirt on. If we had lost the game, I don't know if I would wear it." For Hodson, the last three weeks have been a vision of what things were supposed to be this season. He has thrown for 1,102 yards and nine touchdowns in the last 12 quarters. Now, there can be little argument that he is the premier quarterback in the conference. In two periods Saturday, Hodson was incredible.

Throwing off the run or stepping up in the pocket, he was in total control. The Ole Miss defensive backs were little more "It's just nice to be able to talk after a win," said Coach Mike Archer. "It's been a rough four weeks." Maybe quarterback Tommy Hodson can be excused more than anyone else. It was Hodson who came out of the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium locker room Saturday a changed man. The weight of an 0-for-October performance had beat him down, taken the smile out of his personality.

This time, he was all grins. He proudly wore a derogatory T-shirt that had been.