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C-2 Sunday, March 10, 1991THE COURIER-NEWS SPORTS SCAN SCOREBOARD Gardella hopes TRANSACTIONS TRACK BASEBALL VEGAS LINE BASEBALL National Lmsu CINCINNATI REDS Extended the contract of Bob Qulnn, general manager, he's nofl left out with Yanks mrousn m. HOUSTON ASTROS Agreed to termi with Craig Blgglo, catcher, on Butika is short of 20 feet By The Associated Press one-year contract. NCAA championships MEN-55 Final 1, Augustine Olobla, Washington 6.17 seconds. 2, Raghlb Ismail, Noire Dame, 6.19. 3, Frank Fredericks, Brigham Young, 6.19.

4, John Drum-mond, Texas Christian, 6.20. 5, James Trapp, Clemson, 6.21. 6, Oblnna Eregbu, Iowa 6.25. 7, Olapade Adenlken, Texas-El Paso, 6.27. 8, Kevin Braunsklll, N.

COLLEGE HOUSTON BAPTIST Announced NBA ATLANTA 2 Chicago Phoenix 6 MINNESOTA MIAMI Plck'em New Jersey Dallas 1 DENVER GOLDEN STATE 12 12 Sacramento L.A. Lakers 7 ORLANDO L.A. CLIPPERS 4 Cleveland PORTLAND 4 12 Boston COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana ILLINOIS Ohio Slate 4 12 IOWA UCLA 22 12 Washington NHL WINNIPEG 12 1 New Jersey Pittsburgh Even 12 N.Y. ISLANDERS ST LOUIS 1-112 Detroit BUFFALO 1-112 Vancouver HARTFORD 112-2 Quebec MONTREAL 12 1 Los Angeles Calgary 12 Flat MINNESOTA EDMONTON 12 1 Washington CHICAGO 12 1 N.Y. Rangers that the men's and women's gymnastics programs and rifle teams and men's goH and soccer programs also will be discontinued.

The men's baseball and basketball teams and women's Softball and volleyball teams will loin the NAIA after this year. By TOM PEDULLA Gannett News Service COLLEGE FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. larottne t.a. 400 Final 1, Gabriel Luke, Rice, 46.52. 2, Jason Rouser, Oklahoma.

46.56. 3, Charles Wilson, E. Michigan, 46.75. 4, Howard Davis, Texas AIM, 46.98. 5, Selberl Slraughn, Murray 47.07.

6, Tony Miller, Baylor, 47.14. 7, Maurice Horton, LSU. 47.20. 8, Michael Jouberl, Washington 47.42. 800 BASKETBALL Mike Gardella vividly remembers the days and nights he spent at Yan Men kee Stadium as a boy.

He liked it best when Ron Guidry was pitching. Guidry was left-handed, was left-handed. Guidry had achieved stardom. He wondered what that was like. SEVILLE, Spain Sergei Bubka went up, up and up, but he couldn't quite become the first pole vaulter to clear 20 feet.

Making the first serious attempt at that incredible height, Bubka did not come close in three tries yesterday at the World Indoor Track and Field Championships. But the fact that he went for such an unprecedented height added much drama to the meet, which had lacked excitement despite popular victories by hurdler Greg Foster and runner Noureddine Morceli, world records in the women's walk and triple jump, and the first three gold medals for unified Germany in a major international track and field meet. "I just wanted to make the big leagues, like millions of other kids," Gardella sid. Spring training schedule Today Detroit vs. Boston Red Sox at Winter Haven, p.m.

Kansas City vs. Houston at Klsslmee, 115 P.m. Atlanta vs. Montreal al West Palm Beach, 115 p.m. Chicago While Sox vs.

Cincinnati at Plant City, 115 p.m. Baltimore vs. New York Yankees at Fort Lauderdale, 115 p.m. St. Louis vs.

Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Flaw 115 p.m. Toronto vs. Philadelphia al Clearwater, 115 P.m. Minnesota vs, Texas at Port Charlotte, 130 p.m. New York Mets vs.

Los Angeles at Vera Beach, 135 p.m. San Francisco vs. Cleveland at Tucson, 315 p.m. California vs. San Diego al Yuma, 315 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee al Chandler, 315 p.m. Seattle vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 315 p.m. Tomorrow Detroit vs.

Kansas City at Haines City, 115 p.m. Philadelphia vs. SI. Louis at St. Petersburg, 115 p.m.

Atlanta vs. New York Yankees al Fort Lauderdale, 115 p.m. Los Angeles vs. Montreal at West Palm Beach, 115 p.m. Houston vs.

New York Mets al Port St. Lucie, 1:10 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Texas at Port Charlotte, 1:30 p.m. Boston vs.

Baltimore at Bradenton, 135 p.m. Minnesota vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Flay 135 p.m. Cleveland vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, 315 p.m.

Milwaukee (ss) vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 315 p.m. San Francisco (ss) vs. Milwaukee (ss) at Chandler, 315 p.m. San Francisco (ss) vs.

Seattle at Tern-PC, 315 p.m. California vs. San Diego at Tempo, 315 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Chicago White Sox al Sarasota, 715 p.m.

Tuesday Chicago While Sox vs. Boston Red Sox at Winter Haven, 115 p.m. Minnesota (ss) vs. St. Louis at St.

Petersburg, 115 p.m. New York Yankees vs. Minnesota (ss) at Fort Myers, 115 p.m. New York Mets vs. Atlanta at West Palm Beach, 115 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia al Clearwater, 115 p.m. Houston vs. Detroit at Lakeland, 1:30 p.m. Pittsburgh vs.

Texas (ss) at Port Charlotte, 1:30 p.m. Kansas City vs. Toronto al Dunedin, 135 p.m. His odds for success are no longer so overwhelming. In fact, they get a little better every day.

Gardella is making that strong an impression at his frst major league camp the New York Yankees' camp. "This kid is not far awy from the major leagues," said pitching coach Mark Connor. "He's left-handed wth After clinching the gold medal by GOLF Baleares Open SANTA PONSA, Balearic Islands Leading scores after the third round of the Baleares Open on the par-72, Sanla Ponsa GoH Club In Malorca: Stephen Bennett 73-67-71 211 Miguel Angel Martin 69-71-71 211 Jose Maria Olazabal 68-72-71 211 Steven Richardson 71-69-72 212 Gavin Levenson 72-74-67 213 Vicente Fernandez 73-70-71 214 Glen Day, U.S 74-70-71 215 Jay Townsend, U.S 74-72-69 215 Johan Rystrom 73-70-72 215 Constantino Rocco 70-72-73 215 Jose Maria Canizares 75-73-68 216 Glenn Ralph 72-74-70 216 Miguel Fernandez 70-76-70 216 Gordon Brand Jr. 72-73-71 216 Philip Walton 73-72-71 216 Ken Trimble 71-74-71 216 Malcolm Mackenzie 70-70-76 216 Other North Americans Peter Teravalnen, U.S. 75-73-71 219 Steve Bowman, U.S.

72-75-78 225 Fudosan Cup SADOWARACHO. Japan Scores af-ter the third round of the $769,000 Dailchl Fudosan Cup lournamenl, played on the par-72 Hibiscus Country Club course: Brian Jones 68-68-68 204 Saburo Fuliki 68-71-67 206 Klyoshl Murota 69-68-70 207 Toru Nakamura 70-68-70 208 Yoshinorl Mizumakl 68-72-69 209 Yoshikazu Yokoshima 71-68-70 209 Seilchl Kanal 70-68-71 209 Roger Mackay 71-66-72 209 clearing a meet record 19 feet, 8Vi inches, Bubka asked for the bar to be raised to 6.10 meters, exactly 20 feet. hitting Balboni. Nope. Three fasballs.

"I got two quick strikes with fast-balls," Gardella said. Gardella guessed that Balboni would be looking curve. He outguessed the veteran and blew the third fastball past him. "(Balboni) can hit the ball a mile," Gardella said, "but I wasn't nervous out there facing him. I'm not scared of hitters, but I have respect for them." Gardella learned much about the game from his father, Pete.

His father pitched for Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. The father was blessed with a strong arm, but not a durable one. "Every time he pitched," Gardella said, "his neck would swell and his shoulder muscles would swell. He just didn't have the makeup in his arm." Pete Gardella is a police officer at he Bronx County Courthouse, a couple of blocks from Yankee Stadium. The son is blessed in a way the father was not.

He made 61 appearances and pitched 71 innngs last year for Prince William. Whenever he was called on, he was able to answer. "I guess I've got a rubber arm," he said. Gardella is getting much of his advice these days from the pitcher he used to admire from afar. Guidry is a spring training coach here and was asked by Connor to pay special attention to Gardell.

Guidry talks to Gardella about concentration and about learning hitters' weaknesses and pitching to them. "He told me he would pitch to Jim Rice and throw him a slider six straight times," Gardella said. Guidry could not have a more willing student. "Whenever he says something," Gardella said, "I'll listen to every word." The world record-holder indoors at 19-11 Vi and the outdoor record-hold EAST Assumption 89, Benfley 72 Franklin Pierce IS, Sacred Heart 63 SI. Anselm 19, Qulnnlplac 71 SOUTH Bellarmlne 84, Kv.

Wesleyan 70 S. Indiana 14, Kentucky SI. 70 MIDWEST Ashland 90, Lewis 85 Bethel, Ind. 100, Grand Rapids Baptist i OePaul 80, Notre Dame 56 Michigan St. Michigan 59 Minnesota 80, Wisconsin 70 Purdue 77, Northwestern 41 FAR WEST Arizona 107, Oregon 65 Arizona SI.

84, Oregon St. 69 Southern Cal 74, Washington St. 57 TOURNAMENTS Atlantic Coast Conference Semifinals Duke 93, N. Carolina St. 72 North Carolina 76, Virginia 71 Big East Conference Semifinals Georgetown 71, Providence 55 Selon Hall 74, Vlllanova 72 Big Eight Conference Semifinals Missouri 94, Oklahoma SI.

92, 20T Nebraska 87, Kansas 83 ECAC Dlv. Ill Metre Championship Medgar Evers 100. Stockton SI. 94 ECAC Div. Ill New England Championship Colby 97, Babson 63 MIAA Tournament Championship SW Baptist 68, Cent.

Missouri 67 Metre Athletic Conference Championship Florida St. 76, Louisville 69 Mid-American Conference Semifinals E. Michigan 72, Bowling Green 66, OT Toledo 62, Ball St. 61 Midwestern Coteoiale Conference Championship Xavier, Ohio 81, St. Louis 68 North Atlantic Conference Championship Northeastern 57, Maine 46 North Central Conference Championship S.

Dakota St. 61, South Dakota 47 Southeastern Conference Semifinals Alabama 77, Auburn 59 Tennessee 85, Georgia 65 Southwest Conference Semifinals Arkansas 109, Rice 80 Western Athletic Conference Championship Brigham Young 51, Utah 49, OT er at 19-10 didn't appear fazed at 20-0. Although he failed hitting it with his left leg going up on his first try, with his right leg coming over the bar on his second attempt, and on the way up on No. 3 the 27-year-old Final 1, George Kersh, Mississippi, 1 minutes, 46.19 seconds (meel record, old record, 1:47.26, Earl Jones, E. Michigan, March 9, 1985).

2, Mark Dalley, E. Michigan, 1:46.84. 3, Ben Kurgat, Virginia, 1:47.31. 4, Graham Hood, Arkansas, 1:48.16. 5, Thomas Johnson, Mississippi, 1:48.55.

6, Mike Raemisch, Wisconsin, 1:48.75. 7, Neal Newman, Michigan, 1:48.95. 8, Mlek Guegan, Wake Forest, 1:49.62. MM Final 1, Robert Kennedy, Indiana, 3:58.11. 2, Peter Rono, Mount St.

Mary's, 3:58.19. 3, Samuel Klbiri, Washington 3:51.41. 4, John Traulmann, Georgetown, 3:58.52. 5, William Burke, Princeton, 3:59.70. 6, Sieve Holman, Georgetown.

411.13. 7, Eric Henry, Arkansas, 4:03.75. Len Sllko, Illinois, 414.82. 9, Johan Boakes, Arkansas, 4:06.49. 10, Andrew Keith, Providence, 4:08.71.

Shot put Final 1, Eric Bergreen, UCLA, 62 feet, Pk Inches. 2, Phil Caraher, Penn 62-6. 3, Malt Simson, Florida, 62-3M. 4. Jordv Reynolds, Texas Christian, 5, Roar Hoff, Southern 61-7.

6, Simon Williams, Louisiana 60-11H. 7, Lance Wilson, Texas, 8, Robert Sehnerl, Navy, 58-10. 9, Dwight Johnson, Florida, 58-W. 10, Rick Lyle, Missouri. 57-11.

11, Collier, Texas A8.M, 12, Kevin Tolh, McNeese 57-3. 13, Paul Belke, Wisconsin, 54-1. 14, Joel Sward, Drake, 53-7. 15, Mark Lacy, Minnesota, 16, Chris Vohgenau, Colorado, 53-0 14. WOMEN 55 Final 1, Carlette Guidry, Texas, 6.74.

2, Dahlia Duhaney, Louisiana 6.76. 3, Esther Jones, Louisiana 6.79. 4, Chryste Gaines, Stanford, 6.80. 5, Michelle Freeman, Florida, 6.81. 6, Anita Howard, Florida, 6.91.

7, Kendra Mackey, N. Carolina, 6.94. 400 Final 1, Malcel Malone, Arizona 51.05 (American, NCAA and meet record; ok) American record, 51.77, Diane Dixon, March 4, 1989; ok) NCAA record, 51.90, Malone, Feb. 16, 1991; old meet record, 51.92. Natasha Kaiser, Missouri, March 11, 1989) 2, Ximena Restrepo, Nebraska, 52.12.

3, Sandle Richards, Texas, 52.83. 4, Tionetle Holmes, Arizona 52.95. 5, Diane Francis, Alabama, 53.18. 6, Heather Van Norman, Louisiana Slate, 53.46. 7, Keisha Demas, Pittsburgh.

53.75. 8, Jackie Hinds, E. Michigan, 54.10. 800 Final 1, Edith Naklylngi, Iowa 2:04.84. 2, Mlreille Sankalsing, E.

Michigan, 216.85. 3, Michelle Bennett, Vlllanova, 2:07.20. 4, Jasmin Jones, Tennessee, 217.59. 5, Samara Benson, Florida, 2H.34. 6, Ane Skak, Clemson, 218.84.

7, Nekita Beasley, Florida, 218.96. 8, Lisa Graham, Nebraska, 2:10.39. 3,000 Final 1. Pattv Wleoand. Tennessee.

919.83. Soviet said he was confident of smashing the barrier. Meanwhile, the balding Foster, "claiming he is getting better with age, won the 60-meter hurdles in 7.45 seconds. Montreal vs. Los Angeles at Vero Beach, 135 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Seattle al Tempe, Morceli, the 21-year-old wonder from Algeria who set the world 1,500 record at the Seville Sports Palace Feb. 28, his birthday, earned his first international title. But his time of 3:41.57 was not close to his record run p.m. Chicago Cubs vs.

Milwaukee at Chan' dler, 315 p.m. San Diego vs. San Francisco al Scotts-dale. 315 p.m. great stuff.

If his command is major league command, he can pitch here. Mentally he can do it. He's a tough kid." Connor isn't blowing smoke. Look at Gardela's accomplishments in his first two pro seasons. A 13th-round pick out of Oklahoma State in the 1989 June draft, Gardella began his pro career at Oneonta and topped the New York-Penn League with 19 saves to go with a 2-0 record and a 1.67 ERA Last year, he pitched at Prince William and tied the Carolina League recod with 30 saves.

His record was 4-3 and his ERA a sterling 2.01. In two pro seasons.he has converted 49 of 54 save opportunities. "My confidence level is very igh right now," said Gardella, 24. "I watch big leaguers pitch and it's not a matter of stuff. I think my stuff is as good.

But they've already done it and I haven't. That's the difference." Some of Gardella's inexperience showed during his first real action of spring training, an intra-squad game a few days ago. So did is toughness. Gardella's excitement caused him to rush his delivery and took some movement away from his curveball, which is better than his fastball. He nonetheless breezed through two innings six up, six down.

He finished with a florish, fanning Steve Balboni on three pitches. You'd figure Gardella used three of his best curveballs to dispose of the fastball- California vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 315 P.m. Texas (ss) vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, of 3:34.16.

Tennis na inn p.m. Wednesday Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, 115 o.m. i BOCA RATON, Fla. Gabriela Sabatini rallied from a break down in Toronto vs.

Philadelphia at Clearwater, 115 P.m. Los Angeles vs. New York Yankees al each set to beat Jennifer Capriati 7-5, Fori Lauderdale, 115 p.m. New York Mets vs. Houston at Klsslmee, 115 o.m.

6-2 and earn a berth against Steffi Graf in the final of the Virginia Slims Women Baltimore vs. Boston Red Sox at Win- Inr uu CI 1-AC of Florida. Graf beat Nathalie Tau- ziat of France 6-1, 6-2 in the other semifinal match. Neither the top- ST. JOSEPH'S (63): Doughtery 0-6 0-0 0, Balaban 9-15 1-2 19, Brink 3-9 4-4 10, Anderson 4-8 0-0 II, Curry 6-16 2-2 17, Codner 0-1 0-0 0, Boslick 3-5 0-0 6.

Totals 25-60 7-8 63. PENN STATE (71): Robinson 4-8 7-8 15, Capllnger 2-5 0-0 4. Phillips 4-8 6-6 14, AUTO RACING U.S. Grand Prix PHOENIX The lineup for today's Iceberg U.S. Grand Prix Formula One race, with country, type of car, qualifying time and leader's speed in mph: 1.

Ayrton Senna, Brazil, McLaren Honda, 1 minute, 21.434 seconds, 102.208 mph. 2. Alain Prost, France, Ferrari, 1:22.555. 3. Rlccardo Palrese, Italy, Williams Renault, 1:22.833.

4. Nigel Mansell, Britain, Williams Renault, 1:23.218. 5. Nelson Piquet, Brazil, Benetton Ford, 1:23.384. 6.

Jean Alesl, France, Ferrari, 1:23.519. 7. Gerhard Berger, Austria, McLaren Honda, 123.742. 8. Roberto Moreno, Brazil, Benetton Ford, 1:23.881.

9. Emanuele Plrro, Italy, Dallara-Judd, 134.792. 10. J.J. Lehlo, Finland, Dallara-Judd, 1:24.891.

11. Stefano Modena, Italy, Tyrrell Honda, 1:25.065. 12. Martin Brundle, Britain, Brabham-Yamaha, 1:25.385. 13.

Mlka Hakkinen, Finland, Lotus-Judd, 1:25.448. 14. Bertrand Gachol, Belgium, Jordan Ford, 1:25.701. 15. Pierluigl Martini, Italy, Minardi-Ferrari, 1:25.715.

16. Saloru Nakallma, Japan, Tyrrell Honda, 1:25.752. 17. Nicola Larlnl, France, Lamborghini, 1:25.791. 18.

Ivan Capelll, Italy, Levton House llmor, 1:26.121. 19. Eric Bernard, France, Lola Ford, 1:26.425. 20. Thierry Boulsen, Belgium, Llgler Lamborghini, 1:26.500.

21. Agurl Suzuki, Japan, Lola Ford, 1:26.548. 22. Gabrlele Tarqulnl, Italy, AGS Ford, 1:26.851. 23.

Maurlclo Guselmin, Brazil, Levton House llmor, U6.865. 24. Mark Blundell, Britain, Brabham-Yamaha, 1:26.915. seeded Graf nor No. 2 Sabatini has lost a set this week.

Don Mattingly's three-run home run lifted the Yankees to an 8-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in Fort Lauderdale. Mattingly, who was limited to 102 games by back problems last year and did not hit any homers after May 20, connected off startloser Jeff Robinson in a four-run third inning. The Yankee finished with 16 hits. id iiotcii, i.vj p. in.

Atlanta vs. Montreal at West Palm Beach, 115 p.m. Kansas City vs. Cincinnati at Plant City, 115 p.m. St.

Louis vs. Texas at Port Charlotte, 1:30 p.m. Detroit vs. Chicago White Sox at Sarasota, 135 p.m. San Diego vs.

Cleveland at Tucson, 315 p.m. California vs. Milwaukee al Chandler, 315 p.m. Oakland vs. Seattle at Tempe, 315 p.m.

Eickenberg 6-9 4-4 11, Garner 4-7 2-2 11, Doughtery 1-7 2-2 5, Henry 5-5 0-0 10, Vratfkmar ft.A 1.4 1 A.I Aft A INDIAN WELLS, Calif. Guy Forget of France eliminated top seed ri cilirinci I i I tTV V. Totals 26-50 22-24 78. Halftlme Penn Stale 37-27. A and defending champion Stefan Ed- berg of Sweden 6-4, 6-4 in a semifinal match of the $1 million Champions Cup tournament.

Forget, the No. 3 Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco at BOWLING scottsdate, 315 p.m. seed, will face No. 16 Jim Courier in today's final.

Courier defeated 11th- Petraglia Open NORTH BRUNSWICK TWP. Final 2, Cherl Goddard, Vlllanova, 9:11.63. 3, Katrine Price, N. Carolina 9:14.89. 4, Claire Lavers, Arkansas, 9:16.20.

5, Selu Levela, Texas-El Paso, 9:16.74. 6, Liz Wilson, Oregon, 9:17.84. 7, Natalie Nalepa, Baylor, 9:18.60. 8, Slnead Delahunty, Providence, 9:20.27. 9, Genie McDonnell, Georgetown, 9:23.90.

10, Coralena Velsen, Florida, 9:25.43. Mle Final 1, Jennifer Lanclot, Boston 4:35.65. 2, Stephanie Best, Cornell, 4:35.66. 3, Bridget Smyth. Arizona, 4:38.11.

4, Nnenna Lynch, Vlllanova, 4:38.73. 5, Jennifer Cobb, Cornell, 4:38.75. 6, Sonia O'Sulllvan, Vlllanova, 4:38.80. 7, Fran tei Bensel, Nebraska, 4:41.06. 8, Kelly Ra-bush.

Auburn, 4:41.16. 9, Natalie Davey, Providence, 4:42.44. 10, Laura Simmering, Illinois, 4:46.61. High lump Final 1, Tanya Hughes, Arizona, 6-2. 2, Tlsha Walker, N.

Carolina, 6-2. 3, KarM Damon, Colorado, 6-2. 4, Holly Kelly, Florida 6-0. 5. Maria Gallonl.

Flori COLLEGE TENNIS seeded Michael Stich of Germany 6-3, round results of the $150,000 PBA Johnny 6-2, in the other semifinal. Report: Len Dykstra lost heavily on bets Petraglia Open with pintail totals and money won: RUTGERS (5-4) 8 ARMY 1 l. Pete weoer, Florissant, 244 COPENHAGEN, Denmark Singles Cindy Greenberg (R) d. Amy Droiion o-i, o-ij jjmie ureenoerg irj o. ChftnnnA Hrru i.l 1-1- lill ta a game) 2.

Bob Benoit, Topeka, 914 (4 games) 3. Charlie Tapo, Kalamazoo, 215 (1 game) hiiumiwi wuii, 0 Jill r09MI u. Debra Smith 4-1, 6-0; Bernadette Adams Top-seed Jonas Svensson of Sweden reached his second ATP Tour title match in two weeks, beating No. 3 seed Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland 6-2, 4. Norm Duke, Albuquerque, N.M., 244 (1 game) 5.

David Traber, Woodstock, 165 (1 game) $5,000. By JERRY MITCHELL Gannett News Service 1-6, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Copen ikj a. Katie Kumeiv 6-3, 6-3; Hana Ohkawa (A) d. Elaine Ostrozsky 3-6, 7-6, (7-4), 6-7 (2-7); Krishna Johnson (R) d. Lorraine Mliulin 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles C. and J. Greenberg (R) d. Barry-Bratton 6-2, 6-0; Johnson-Snarl Ammerman (R) d. Ohkawa-Smith 6-2, 7-6 (13-11); Adams-Chandani Rao (R) d.

Suzetle McGree and Rumely 6-2, 6-1. puyon Kesum Benoit del. Traber, 182-165; Benoit del. 25. Michele Alborelo, Italy, Foolwork- da, 6-0.

6, Crls Hall, Nebraska, S-U'i. hagen Open. 1 I it.s. iail. a l- Dftrcrh 1.97 fllC Duke.

275-244; Benoit del. Tapp, 223-215; and, In the title match, Weber def. Benoit, 244-234. Svensson, ranked 12th in the world, Teaberry, Kansas S-lO'i. 9, Meredy 26.

Gianni Morbidelll Italy, Minardl-Porter, Nebraska, 5-IOft. Ferrari, 1:27.042. COURIER-NEWS SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE will play fellow Swede Anders Jarryd today. Jarryd, one of the world's top doubles players but only ranked 46th in singles, stopped No. 6 Todd Wood-bridge of Australia 6-0, 6-4 in the other semifinal.

Golf SANTA PONSA, Balearic Islands Jose Maria Olazabal and Miguel Angel Martin of Spain shared a one-shot lead with Stephen Bennett of England after the third round of the ACROSS Baleares Open. JAKARTA, Indonesia Chen Liang-hsi of Taiwan won the $150,000 3 14 n5 15 17 la I Mo 1.2 T3 TO T5 16 T7 iTl TS 20 2T 1 12T23 124 27 prpSV-io 5T 5Tl 3r sr I 35 risB'biarp' 144 47' jg 50 5T52 55 I 55- sr rnpr OTnsr 52 63 64 67 SB 65 70 71 Indonesia Open Tournament, the fifth leg of the Asian Circuit, with an even- par 72 for a 11-under-par 277. POWAY, Calif. Tina Barrett, who missed 16 of 27 cuts last season, DOWN 1 Coach Cozza 2 Popular cookie 3 Tackle Tuiasosopo 4 End early 5 Cardinal named NCAA Tourney MVP as a freshman in 1986 6 Center's domain 7 pong 8 Big boat 9 Now this lONetterFraser 11 Gazelle 12 Coach's calls 18 Throw it up 21 Back nine score 23At-bats 25 Coached Cards to NCAA hoop title 27 Distance 28 "Black Pearl" 29 Comedian Johnson 31 Backstop Barry 1973-86 32Ms.Mandlikova 34 Blowout 37 Wayne of PGA 38 Platform 39 ran 33 Arnie was the first freshman named NCAA Tourney MVP 35 On the DL 36 Actor Alan 40 Center Lister 41 Chambers 42 Set SEC record for rejections as LSU freshman 43 Trotters' trick 44 Parking area 45 King Mays 46 Navy freshman 48 Identification 49 One-on-one 50 Medical org. 53 Sheep 54 Play it lies 56 Nugget from Stanford 58 Set record for assist average by a freshman (8.

14) in 1990 62 Famous Roman 63 Sleigh driver 65 Craig the Cav 66Stagg 67 Sports hero 68 Shortage 69 Ainge's digit 70 Court paint 71PaulTagliabue shot a 2-under-par 70 for a one-shot lead over Laura Davis of England and Robin Walton after three rounds of the $400,000 Inamori Classic. Auto racing 1 Unconsciousness 5 Hurler Rixey 9 Pile 13 Fast horse 14 Lion's den 15 "The Pearl" 16 Home of U. of Nevada 17 Golf course 19 Opera song 20 Freshman who led NCAA in blocked shots (169) in 1989 22 Blue Devil who set NCAA mark for assists by a freshman (288) in 1990 24 Exam 25 Hockey enforcer 26 Elevated trains 27Paddleballorg. 30 Assist word 31 Freshman team PHOENIX Ayrton Senna, the master of Formula One qualifying, earned another pole position, taking the top qualifying spot for today's As for Dykstra, "I look forward to seeing him Tuesday," Wall said. The only forms of legal gambling in Mississippi are aboard cruise ships and riverboats.

Other gambling is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $500 fine. Federal law does not allow prosecution of bettors unless they're involved in the operation of the game. District Attorney Frank Carlton of Greenville, whose district includes Indianola, said his office doesn't concentrate on prosecuting misdemeanors. "We've got too many rapes and murders to fool with speeding and gambling," Carlton said yesterday. He said the investigation into the Indianola casino was handled strictly by federal authorities, who are prosecuting the case.

Dykstra, a National League all-star center fielder in 1990, played for the New York Mets from 1985 to 1989 before being traded to the Phillies. Kelso is charged with one count of conspiracy to run and one count of running an illegal gambling operation between Nov. 1, 1989, and May 25, 1990. He also faces one count of money laundering and three counts of perjury. If convicted on all counts, Kelso faces up to 45 years in prison and a $1.75 million fine.

He remains free on bond. Kelso told a federal grand jury on July 31, 1990, in Oxford that Dykstra paid checks of $21,000 and $29,000 to South Central Turf, a company Kelso owned, according to Kelso's Oct. 28, 1990, indictment. U.S. Attorney Robert Whitwell asked Kelso, "Once again those are.

gambling debts from Dykstra, or loans he made to you in a poker game?" The indictment said Kelso replied, "One was for an IOU in a poker game, I picked it up, and one is for money that he told me he couldn't pay until late in the baseball season because he was on strike, because he didn't have any money, and he asked me if I would pick up the marker. And I said: I will, if you loan my company some; money for six months, I. mean, he's a rich man, I'm helping him out, I'm broke and South Turf is broke." (A marker is gambling slang for an IOU). Whitwell: "So you're telling me Mr. Dykstra was not told by you to maket those checks out to South Central Turf?" Kelso: "Mr.

Dykstra made out himself." Whitwell: "Once again, answer thei question." Kelso: "I did not telj anyone at any; time to make any checks out tor anyone." U.S. Grand Prix with a record-shat tering lap. 47 Tennis term 50 Alaskan highway 51 Heat 52 NHL center Keith 54 Stastny brother 55 Kelvin Tucker 57 Sox 58 Three yards cloud of dust 59 NL stadium 60 Harness driver Cassini 61 Indicates assent 64 Be hurt 41 A player named later 42 Do 44 Kareem as a freshman 45 Only concensus Ail-American as a freshman, soph and junior Baseball all-star Lenny Dykstra lost at least $50,000 gambling in Mississippi an act that could affect his future in baseball, according to a copyright story in today's editions of the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger. Federal court records in Oxford show Dykstra paid checks of $21,000 and $29,000 to Herbert Kelso of Rid-geland, who is accused of running poker games on Thursday nights in late 1989 and early 1990 in Indianola, Miss. Dykstra acknowledged the activity when contacted yesterday at the Philadelphia Phillies Training Center in Clearwater, where he is preparing for the 1991 baseball season.

The season begins April 8. "All I did was play in some poker games, that's all," Dykstra said. "It's no big deal. I've got nothing to hide." Dykstra, 28, is expected to testify for prosecutors when Kelso goes on trial this week in U.S. District Court in Oxford.

Jury selection begins tomorrow. Dykstra is not charged with criminal wrongdoing. According to Major League Baseball rule 21(f), any player, coach or manager may be penalized for "conduct not in the best interest of baseball." Baseball penalties can range from fines to temporary suspensions to expulsion. Rich Levin of the Major League Baseball commissioner's office in New York said, "I do not want to comment on this case specifically, but I will say that baseball frowns on all aspects of gambling." Major League Commissioner Fay Vincent decides what penalties, if any, result from rules violations. Levin said he was unaware of Dyk-stra's poker betting until contacted by The Clarion-Ledger.

The Phillies organization would not comment yesterday. Pete Rose, baseball's all-time lead-. er in hits, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball Aug. 23, 1989, following an investigation that he gambled on games involving the Cincinnati Reds while he managed the team. He can appeal for reinstatement at any i time.

There is no indication in court records that Dykstra bet on baseball games or other sporting events. "As far as Herbert Kelso goes, I have no idea what goes on in his personal life," Dykstra said. "The only way I know him is that the poker games were at his house." Mike Wall of Oxford, one of two lawyers representing Kelso, said he had no comment yesterday, but "will have one after the trial is over with." The Brazilian speedster outdueled chief antagonist Alain Prost of France to earn his 53rd pole, 20 more than the late Jim Clark, the previous record-holder. 0 1991 Steve OlloveCreators Syndicate ESTORIL, Portugal World champion Carlos Sainz of Spain drove his Toyota to victory in the Portu ON TV TODAY LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS guese Port Wine Rally, ending four years of domination by the Italian Lancia team. Bowling JFlOlRlEi ICTRRTElDl UCLA SAAB A A NORTH BRUNSWICK TWP.

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