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i-ii iinr IL- i-l' J1 III" I I I I I The Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, La. Romano hurls TU by S. Alabama Sports on TV Greenies win 4-2 in 12 innings; Cal-State Fullerton wins, 3-2 HmihiP fnr Ca State-Fullerton. Pachner threw a NBA Playoffs 7 p.m. TNT Baseball 6:30 p.m.

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Boston Montreal vs. Atlanta San Diego vs. Chicago New York vs. San Francisco Coming Up when Andrew Kontorinis homered to right scoring Pat Murphy ahead of him in the first inning. Tulane (39-22) advances to play Friday against Cal State-Fullerton.

South Alabama meets the loser of Providence, loser to host LSU. Ohio State will take on the Tigers. Tulane's Romano (17-4) gave up eight hits over 12 innings and struck out 12. Jon Lieber (12-5) was charged with the loss, although he had given way to Collin Kerley when Livingstone and Chanove batted in the winning runs. Dennis Pachner went seven innings for Ohio State and gave way to a relief pitcher with the game tied at 2.

With one out and Phil Nevin on second after a wild pitch to move Nevin to third. Mark Mesewicz relieved him and intentionally walked the next two batters. Ohio State drew in its outfield and infield, but Sisco with only a sacrifice hit in four prior trips to the plate, hit a shot through short to score the winning run. Chad Dembisky got credit for the Titans victory after pitching to five batters. Starter James Popoff gave up seven hits and two runs, struck out eight and allowed one walk in seven and two-thirds innings, but he was in a bit of trouble when Dembisky relieved him.

A single and a walk had put two Ohio State batters on with two away, but Dembisky got Jeff Anderson to strike out, ending the inning. BATON ROUGE (AP) Mike Romano, win-ningest pitcher in college baseball, gave up a pair of runs in the first inning Thursday, then shut down South Alabama for 11 innings to give Tulane a 4-2 victory in the NCAA South Regional I. David Stewart and Chris Evans scored Tu-lane's two winning runs in the 12th inning on hits by John Livingstone and Rick Chanove. That broke a tie that had lasted from the fourth inning, when Chanove and Mike Triessl tied it at 2-all. Earlier, Cal State-Fullerton (39-15) beat Ohio State (38-19) 3-2 on a bases-loaded single by Steve Sisko in the bottom of the ninth.

South Alabama (44-15) got off to a 2-0 lead In The Town Talk Get those pens and paper ready: The All-Cenla soft-ball and baseball teams will be in this Sunday's paper. Staffer Michael A. Lough has a profile this weekend on Richard Hunter's final and frustrating year on Louisiana Tech's baseball team. Items lot news briefs con be phoned in until 9 pm. each night lollow-ig completion ol that day's event unless previous arrangements have been made Items should be reported as soon as possible following the conclusion of the event, preferably withm one day upon the conclusion Items lor Comps, Tournaments, Coming Up, and other advance events should be delivered to not phoned into The Town Talk office (located ol 1201 Third St in downtown Aleandna.

faxed in to 3I8 487-6315 or moiled to The Town Talk, PO Box 7558. Alexandria, LA 71306. Advance items will be published the fust day after reception and each Sunday lor up to three weeks prior to the event The Sports Deportment can be reached at 318 487-6351 or 487-6349 5-run sixth inning helps Clemson beat Yale, 8-4 NCAA Regionals Briefs 1 College Football 1 illl 7- ft. -V tb SUP kM j. rl 4 Lacewell leaves UT for Dallas KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) Tennessee defensive coordinator Larry Lacewell resigned Thursday to become director of player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys. Lacewell had been the Vols' defensive coordinator for two seasons. His connection to Tennessee coach Johnny Majors and Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson dates back to their days on Majors Iowa State staff in 1968. Lacewell was Oklahoma's defensive coordinator from 1969 to 1977 and coach at Arkansas State for 12 years before rejoining Majors. "It was a very difficult decision for me to leave the University of Tennessee and get out of coaching," Lacewell said.

"Coach Majors has treated me wonderfully." Lacewell said he considered a lot of factors, "but what it boils down to is that this seems like a good time to make a career move." An important consideration is that this gives me the opportunity to get into something I could still be involved in 10 years or so down the line." Lacewell, 55, had open-heart surgery before the 1991 season. Lacewell replaced Doug Mathews as Tennessee's defensive coordinator after the 1989 season. Mathews, now at Vanderbilt, took over the job when Ken Donahue was forced out midway through the 1988 season. V'Ti 1 A i i Town Talk wire reports Shawn Satterfield, Chad Phillips and Fred Daniels singled in runs during a 5-run sixth inning as Clemson beat Yale 8-4 in the first round of the NCAA Mideast Regional baseball tournament on Thursday in Starkville. Clemson plays Friday against UCLA, which was beaten 4-3 in 13 innings by Oklahoma.

Oklahoma faces the winner and Yale the loser of the Nicholls State-Mississippi State game. The Tigers (50-12) sent 10 batters to the plate and got six hits in the inning. The other runs scored on Joe Taylor's sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch. Yale starter Dave Verduzco (10-1) gave up seven runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings. Clemson had a 2-1 lead in the fourth after a two-run homer by Keith Williams, his 13th of the season.

Yale (25-9) scored three times in the ninth on Dave Feuerstein's two-run single and Manny Patel's RBI single before Clemson's Aaron Jersild came on to get the last two outs. Jason Angel (9-3) went 8 Vi innings, striking out three and walking seven. Byron Mathews got his third RBI of the game when he drew a bases-loaded walk in the 13th inning as Oklahoma (39-21) slipped past the Bruins (34-25). Zak Krilock (3-3) pitched three innings of relief, allowing one run and three hits while striRing out five. Gabe Sollecito (1-5) pitched the final inning for the Bruins, walking three batters.

Mike McGuire scored on a grounder for UCLA's first run in the sixth and Dan Ravitz's home run in the seventh made it 2-0. Mathews singled in Oklahoma's first run in the seventh and Greg Norton tied it with an RBI single in the eighth. Tim Kubinsky hit into a fielder's choice in the 11th to give UCLA a 3-2 lead, but the Sooners got even when Mathews tripled in a run in the bottom of the inning. EAST Travis Williams drove in four runs Thursday for Texas which set season highs for hits and runs in a 15-6 victory over California in the first round. Texas (39-18) advanced to a second-day matchup against Georgia Tech, which beat George Mason 5-4.

California (31-26) meets top-seeded Florida, which beat Rider 6-1 Thursday night. The third-seeded Aggies bombed Cal starter Mike Cather (5-6) for nine runs in 2 2-3 innings. Texas final two batters in the lineup, Williams and Tim Holt, combined for five hits in eight at-bats with seven RBIs. Williams was 3 of 4 with a two-run homer and Holt drove in three runs with a bases-loaded triple. Jeff Granger (7-3) struck out five in eight innings to increase his season total to 122, one more than his school record set last season.

Matt Luke drove in three runs for Cal. In the second game, a fielding error by George Mason shortstop Ken Munoz in the bottom of the eighth inning allowed two runners to score for Georgia Tech (44-17). With runners on first and second, Georgia Tech's Michael Smith hit a potential double-play grounder to Munoz. But Munoz threw wildly to second, allowing Scott Mclntyre and Jason Vari-tek to score. Marc Valdes (10-3) allowed two hits in six innings in leading Florida (44-18) into the second round.

Valdes struck out five and walked five in extending his NCAA postseason scoreless streak to 24 innings. James Ramos scored twice and driving in a run as Florida jumped to a 6-0 lead off Rider starter Rob Gontkosky (5-5). Bernard Hunt drove in the only run for Rider (18-34) in the eighth inning off reliever Nick McClellan. SOUTH II Bill Underwood limited Georgia to six hits and fourth-seeded Kent beat the No. 3 Bulldogs 5-2 in the South II Regional in Tallhassee.

In the earlier game, the tournament's top seed, Stanford, beat sixth-seeded Stetson 2-1 in 12 innings when Jeffrey Hammonds doubled and scored on Steve Solomon's single with one out. Kent (45-11) scored a run in the seventh and two more in the eighth to break away from a 2-2 tie and send Georgia (35-24), the 1990 NCAA champion, into the losers bracket. Russ Aquino was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and scored a run in support of Underwood, who improved to 9-2. Georgia starter John Hill (9-5) took the loss. In the other game, Hammonds, hitless in five previous at-bats, doubled to left center with one out and came around to score Solomon, who had earlier singled in a run, singled over the head of Stetson second baseman David Ferreira.

This report does not include the following late gomes: Mideast Nicholls State-Mississippi State; South II Florida State-Western Carolina. Associated Press Cleveland's Mark Price dribbles upcourt after grabbing a rebound as the Cavaliers ripped Chicago 107-81 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. Horse Racing Lil E. Tee won't be in Belmont LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Kentucky Derby winner Lil E.

Tee won't be running in the Belmont Stakes because of a lung infection his trainer says was present during the colt's fifth-place finish in the Preakness. Lil E. Tee, who bled after the Preakness last Saturday, was diagnosed with the infection during an endoscopic examination Tuesday, according to trainer Lynn Whiting. He said the amount of puss in the colt's lungs indicated that the infection was present during the Preakness. "I feel it was probably something laying in there that caused him to bleed, with the stress of the race and taxing his lungs," Whiting said.

Whiting said Lil E. Tee would be treated with antibiotics for 10 days, with the colt only jogging during that time. That alone would keep the horse out of the Belmont on June 6. Exbourne's career over ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Exbourne tore ligaments below his right ankle during a workout Thursday, an injury which ended the racing career of the 6-year-old four days before he was scheduled to compete in the $500,000 Hollywood Turf Handicap that he won last year.

With jockey David Flores aboard, Exbourne was working over the main track at Santa Anita in company with Incessant when the injury occurred. The horse was vanned from the track. Exbourne, a son of Explodent, had eight wins, five seconds and one third in 14 starts and earnings of $993,039. Jury awards crushed jockey TAMPA, Fla. (AP) A jury has awarded $4.4 million to a jockey crushed by a horse during a race at Tampa Bay Downs, finding the track negligent and solely responsible for the spill that left him paralyzed.

Benito Narvaez, a 29-year-old father of four, clutched hands triumphantly with his wife Iveli-sa when Wednesday's verdict was read. Central to the case against the track's owner, Tampa Bay Downs was whether an examination of Dance Appeal before the February 1990 race was adequate ''to determine the entry's fitness," as called for in state guidelines. Golf Quiet, efficient Rahal lurks back on row four that we will regroup." Cleveland led 20-4 before Chicago made its first field goal, a jumper by Pippen with 3:46 left in the first quarter. A 3-pointer by John Paxson made it 22-9 before a jumper by Larry Nance and a jumper and dunk by John Williams gave the Cavaliers a 28-9 advantage with 1:36 left. The period ended with Cleveland ahead 30-14 after the Bulls missed 18 of 21 shots.

"It was a combination of lackluster effort on our part and stellar effort on their part," Jackson said. Chicago's fortunes didn't improve at the start of the second quarter as it missed two more shots and turned the ball over three times during a 10-0 Cleveland run featuring two 3-point-ers and two free throws by Price. At that stage, the Cavaliers led 40-14 and Price, who hit four 3-pointers in the first half, had as many points as the Bulls. "They took good shots, but they missed them," Nance said of the Bulls. A three-point play by Jordan, his first field goal after eight misses, closed the Bulls to 40-19, but Cleveland scored the next six points for its largest lead of the half.

Chicago then played its only good basketball of the half, out-scoring the Cavaliers 10-2. It didn't last, however, as Cleveland finished the period with an 11-4 spurt to lead 59-33 at halftime. "We thought we could play through it, but it never happened," Pippen said. Despite the score, Chicago outrebounded Cleveland 25-17 in the first half, including 13-0 at the offensive end. Bulls center Bill Cartwright did not play in the second half because of a back strain.

Cavaliers Continued from B-l Wilkens compared Cleveland's state of mind before the game to Jordan's probable state of mind for the rest of the series. "When Michael has a bad game, he feels he's going to come back and have a good game," Wilkens said. "When you're in the conference finals, you have that kind of confidence." The Bulls were unable to put together any kind of threat in the second half, getting no closer than 22 points. Brad Daugherty scored 28 points for the Cavaliers, who won for just the fifth time in 26 road playoff games in franchise history. "We just took control at our end of the court," Daugherty said.

"We weren't concerned about what they would do." Scottie Pippen, a hero in Game 1 with 29 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists, scored 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting for the Bulls, who must travel to Richfield Coliseum for the next two games on Saturday and Monday. "It was embarrassing," Pippen said. "We dumped all over ourselves. We put ourselves in that position and now we have to go there to get it back." Jordan was unavailable to the media after the game because of a sore throat, but the Bulls issued a statement in which he said, "Cleveland played some outstanding basketball. They came to play and we're going to be ready to play at the Coliseum.

We have confidence in ourselves and we'll be ready for them. We've had confidence all year long, and there's no doubt in our minds you wanted to be competitive in this race. I think we're just prepared and ready to go. "We did not run the race car after qualifying. All our work last week was done with the spare car.

We went through four engines, just wore them out didn't have any engine failures." But those in the know believe Rahal, with the older, race-proven Chevrolet Indy V8-A engine in a 1992 Lola chassis, may wind up in Victory Lane. "I think if it's hot, maybe we can run with them; maybe not all of them, but some of them," Rahal said Thursday. "Who knows? "The Buicks have to prove they can race 500 miles. If it's cool, I think the Fords are definitely going to have an advantage and maybe we'll end up being forced to bide our time. It's hard to say who has what capability." NASCAR qualifiers CONCORD, N.C.

(AP) Dave Mader led second-day qualifiers for the Coca-Cola 600 Winston Cup race with a top lap of 172.961 mph Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. With 16 drivers standing on their first-day times, Mader moved up to 21st position for the longest event of the circuit's 29-race season. Driving the No. 9 Ford, Mader improvea his time by more than three miles per hour from a lap of 169.747 mph on Wednesday to move ahead of Bobby Hamilton for Sunday's race.The next 10 positions in the 42-car field were taken by drivers who stood on first-day times. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Four rows deep in the field for Sunday's Indianapolis 500 lurks Bobby Rahal.

The 1986 Indy winner has been nearly invisible this month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, going through his chores quietly and efficiently while the spotlight has been on drivers such as Roberto Guerrero, Rick Mears and the Andrettis. It was the same for Rahal on Thursday during the two-hour "Car-buretion Day" practice, the only time between the end of qualifications and the start of the race that the cars allowed on the track. With more than 100,000 spectators on hand, all 33 starters and one alternate got in some laps and Rahal was seventh on the speed list at a discreet but effective 223.336 mph. Mario Andretti, who will start on the outside of the front row. next to pole-winner Guerrero and Eddie Cheever, led the final session at 226.409, followed by Arie Luyendyk at 225.423, Michael Andretti 225.220.

Cheever 224.921, Guerrero 224.899 and Gary Bettenhausen 223.842. Mears, the four-time winner and defending Indy champion, was 10th at 221.708. Rahal, 10th on the race grid, was not among the six drivers with laps over 230 this month. Instead, he worked constantly on his race day setup, driving more than enough laps on the 2-mile oval to complete four Indy races. 1 that miles of practice is unusually high for a veteran of 10 Indy starts.

i "In my estimation, there wasn't much choice," Rahal said. "You had to go out and get the car running if Broncos, Miami close to trade Walker birdies way to lead CORNING, N.Y. (AP) Colleen Walker had eight birdies in a round marred by only one bo-eey and took a two-shot lead after Thursday's first round of the LPGA Corning Classic. Walker's 7-under-par 65 tied a first-round course record set by Kathy Young in 1987. Kim Williams, who qualified for the tour again this year after losing her card in 1989, was at 67 along with Kay Cockerill.

Alice Miller and Michelle Estill were at 68. Lee, Chi Chi ones to watch MALVERN, Pa. (AP) Lee Trevino and Chi Chi Rodriguez jprobably will get most of the attention at the Bell Atlant Classic, while Dave Stockton, the youngest player on the Senior Tour, waits his turn. "I'm eetting ready to put it all together." fiirjckton said Thursday on the eve of the 54-hole thP K.fi08-vard. par-70 Chester But Broncos Coach Dan Reeves told The Miami Herald for Friday's editions that the trade wasn't a done deal, requiring only Albano's contact with Humphrey.

Albano talked to Humphrey on Thursday, as did the Dolphins, but the deal wasn't consummated, the newspaper said. "Nothing has been done yet," Albano said. DENVER (AP) The Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins apparently are close to trading running backs Bobby Humphrey and Sammie Smith. Humphrey's agent, Jerry Albano of Birmingham, said Wednesday night he hasn't been able to locate his client. And locating Humphrey apparently is all that stands in the way of a trade, the Denver Post reported.

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