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Sports- "Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. Saturday, May 31, 1986 3B Peopl( Snyder, who faces two counts of third degree assault.The bat-throwing incident prompted further violence as the Guides and the Red Wings cleared the bench twice for brawls. The Red Wings won the game 3-2. Slaney has daughter Track star Mary Decker Slaney gave bjrth Friday to a 7-pound, 5-ounce girl, of "He can still play," Clarson said. "He's innocent until proven guilty." Dooley not surprised at vote Vince Dooley, head football coach and athletic director at the University of Georgia, wasn't surprised when the Southeastern Conference failed to adopt a proposal to deny athletically related aid to incoming freshmen who fail to qualify academically.

"We realized, as was expressed by most all the coaches down there, they didn't want to do anything that would put them at a disadvantage nationally," Dooley said Thursday in a telephone interview from his office in Athens. "Most said that in concept, they agree with it." The presidents of the 10 SEC schools rejected the Georgia proposal Thursday on the final day of the league's five-day annual meeting at Destin, Fla. Also rejected was a proposal by Alabama to limit to three the number of football prospects who could be admitted to a school without meeting the National Collegiate Athletic Association's new academic requirements a 700 score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and a 2.0 high school grade point average. Any incoming freshman who doesn't meet the academic requirements can't participate in varsity athletics anywhere, although they still could attend the school and attempt to qualify for their second year. This and that New Golden State Warriors' owner Jim Fitzgerald has denied a report the team is considering trading Chris Mullin, last year's No.

1 draft pick. Trivia answer The Chicago Bears, the Super Bowl champions, had three. Compiled from wire services by Joel Brown Bat throwing now in court A minor league baseball player has pleaded innocent to assault after he threw his bat into the stands during a Thursday night in Rochester, N.Y., game and injured two women. Cory Snyder, 23, shortstop for the Maine Guides, was released on his own recognizance Friday morning by Rochester City Court Judge John R. Schwartz, who set a pre-trial conference for June 12.

Snyder, a former member of the U.S. Olympic baseball team and the Cleveland Indians No. I selection in the 1984 baseball draft, is charged with throwing his bat into the stands after flying out to center field in an International League game with the Rochester Red Wings. His bat hit two women, Dorothy Matte-son, 61, and her granddaughter Deborah Schirtz, 26. Schirtz sustained a broken nose and cuts on the face, and Matteson received a cut lip.

They each filed a complaint against i nuiais ai aacrea Heart General hospital said. Ashley Lynn Slaney was born at 4:50 a.m., hospital officials said. KThe mother, the 1983 world champion in the 1,500 meters and 3,000 meters, and the premier women's middle distance runner in the United States, is married to Richard Slaney a British discus thrower. Trivia question 0 'Grady can still play PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman has rejected golfer Mac O'Grady's appeal of a $5,000 fine, suspension and one-year probation, but a PGA official said Friday that Beman can stay on tour until he ex hausts his appeals to a separate PGA board. Ric Clarson, director of public relations for the golf tour, said Beman denied O'Grady's first appeal earlier this month.

But the golfer's six-week suspension, which was to have taken effect Monday, will be delayed for 30 days, giving O'Grady time to file a second, and final appeal to the three-member PGA Tours appeals panel. Mary Decker Slaney What team led the National Football League in safeties last season? fBi EseicEx fqc3j foe today's Indy INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A green flag is what everyone is waiting for. A green track is what the drivers are going to get today in the twice-delayed Indianapolis 500. Even the drivers may be a little green after a six-day layoff. Everyone from the 33 starters to ABC, which will again try to send to millions of homes the first live telecast of the world's richest race, to the expected crowd of up to 250,000 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will breath a collective sigh when the engines roar to life at 10 a.m.

A green flag will also put the rocket-like cars, which qualified at an average speed of 210.279 miles per hour, on a 22-mile oval that has not seen any serious action since May 22 the final full-scale practice session. The $3 million race was washed away last Sunday and again on Monday before track officials, faced with prospects of continuing bad weather, made the unprecedented choice of postponing the race until today. The forecast is for partly sunny skies with a 20 percent chance of widely scattered thundershowers, which would have no more than a temporary impact on the race. Temperatures are expected in the low 80s. The week's inactivity has left the asphalt track without much rubber in the racing groove.

The rubber, laid down by the wide, slick race tires, can help the cars adhere to the track. It can also slow them down. "It's real clean, it's what we call a green racetrack," Al Unser Jr. said following Friday's 30-minute warmup practice, limited to 120 mph. That condition could cause problems, particularly at the start when the cars are close together, the turbulance from their ground effects aerodynamics giving the drivers more to think about than just staying out of each other's way.

Rick Mears, the record-setting pole-winner, said, "It would have been green on Sunday. If you remember right, it rained between (the practice on) Thursday and Sunday. It was green then. It doesn't make a darn bit of difference between then and (today)." Danny Sullivan, who will start next to Mears in the middle of the front row, said: "You just have to take it a little easy. The track will be green, everybody will be a little green.

It will make everybody be a little more calm at the beginning. It will make them settle down and get into the groove." Kevin Cogan, who precipitated a crash at the start in 1982 when his car suddenly veered sideways as the field approached the flagman, said, "You really don't know anything about the track or the handling, that's for sure. I think the smart thing to do is to be very safe and cautious and take it easy as much as possible. The first lap isn't that important, but it's important to be safe." Mario Andretti, the 1969 winner who is expected to make an early charge after starting 30th, inside the 10th row, said: "It's green, it's definitely green and it's going to be very fast at the beginning. Everybody has to be especially alert because the car balance will be different than it was last Thursday and I think everybody is pretty much in the know and expecting that.

Because of that I think the leaders are going to be in pretty good shape. Argus Leader photo by LLOYD B. CUNNINGHAM state track meet for Class AA, Class A and Class ends today in Spearfish. Shannon Wagner of Colome misses this attempt in the Class high jump Friday in Sturgis, but wins the event with a 5-foot-1 jump. The Class Schuurmans sets record in shot put Continued from 1B "The last couple weeks, my legs have felt fresher.

In the beginning of the season, I was doing more running and they didn't feel as strong." Madison's Sam Kirstein, Jeff Vene-Kamp, Ryker Lammers and Scott Heckenliable clocked 8:05.78 to eclipse the standard. In an earlier heat, Beresford finished in 8:06.79, putting pressure on the Bulldogs. Heckenliable, whose anchor split was 1:56, said: "Beresford scared me because we'd never run that fast 9:36.9. Other victors were Steve Lho-tak of Wagner in the long jump, Belle Fourche's Lester Penning in the pole vault and Dale Bad Wound of Little Wound in the discus. After his victory, Bromm was anxious to pass along credit to his coach, Leo Her Many Horses.

"He's been with me all through high school," the Todd County senior said. "I won as much for him as for me. State track meets: A time for success and for sharing. "The last 50 yards, I had my eyes glued to the (scoreboard) clock. I was hoping I could make it." Jim Bromm was another who made it.

He carried Todd County's colors to a 1 56.08 record in the 800, easing past Mike Sebern of Beresford. "When I saw the finish line, I knew I had a chance. I caught him with 100 meters to go," Bromm said. "Sebern was the guy I was keying on. He's strong.

I was hoping for a 1:57, but I never dreamed of 1:56." Chamberlain's Brent Gruenig bettered the 3,200 record by running lives on a farm 2Vt miles south of Tyndall, said. Carla Allard paced Bennett County by winning the 800. Other gold medalists were Ipswich's Shelly Gisi with a record 11:39.06 in the 3,200,. Tammy Sterzinger of Madison in the long jump and Lead's Mary Laurenti in the discus. Groton earned its boys-division edge as 6-foot senior Rich Strom leaped 8'j inches higher than his heighth for a high-jump record.

"I thought I had a chance at 6-10 today. I felt really good," he said. at Amundson's 1969 record toss awes modern-day weightmen SPEARFISH From a Black Hills discus platform, George Amundson surveyed uncharted territory. Greg Hansen SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 7986 Salute to the Future of Agriculture Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals 1:15 p.m.

On Sunday, we salute today's youth as the future of agriculture, and commend the civic, community and agricultural organizations that are preparing them for careers in the industry. AGRI-PRIDE '86-IT'S FOR YOU To recognize the many skills and accomplishments of Mid-westerners committed to a revitalized agricultural economy, you're invited to attend Agri-Pride '86 The Minnesota Twins Salute To Midwest Agriculture-June 27-29, 1986, in Minneapolis. Agri-Pride '86 will feature a three-game series, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, between the Minnesota Twins and the World Series Champion Kansas City Royals. In an era when no American schoolboy had thrown 200 feet, Aberdeen Central's finest would reach 211-4 in the state Class AA track meet. The date was May 17, 1969.

Seventeen years later, the throw still inspires awe. How To Get Tickets: Ticket packages are available to ensure that groups, whether 5 or 500, will be able to sit together. We've set aside several thousand excellent seats for those people who will be attending Agri-Pride '86. Ticket prices are $9, $7 and $6. Visa and Mastercard are accepted.

You can order your tickets now by calling toll-free 1-800-328-3890, or by returning this form with a check to: AGRI-PRIDE '86 Minnesota Agri-Growth Council P.O. Box 20332 Minneapolis, MN 55420 Large groups will be recognized on the Metrodome George Amundson career, Amundson sells steel and plastics. "That day in Rapid City, things built to a crescendo," he said. "I could do anything I wanted with the discus. It was a once in a lifetime feeling." Ohio prep Leon Miller had the national record of 199-10V2- Amundson, according to meet official Bill Robinson, hit 230 feet warming up.

"I was about 6-2 and 205 pounds," Amundson said. "Until that day, my best throw had been in the 180s. After the record, they found the courses loped slightly downward about 200 feet out. But that didn't matter to me." Iowa State beat out Tennessee in a spirited battle to sign Amundson. As a Cyclone, his greatest impact was in football playing for Johnny Majors.

"I had it in writing that I 'could compete in track, too, but I always gave in to football," Amundson said. "If I was going to command my teammates' respect in tough situations during football season, I had to be there working with them in the hot days of spring practice. "I threw the discus, but to be outstanding I needed to bulk up. I didn't. I kept my weight down for football." Playing running back, Amundson led Iowa State to the 1971 Sun Bowl.

A year later he was an All-America quarterback and played in the Liberty Bowl. Amundson was the Houston Oilers' No. 1 draft choice in 1973. "They wanted me as a blocking back," he said. "Dan Pastorini and Lynn Dick-eywere the quarterbacks." Eventually converted to tight end, Amundson became a victim of his own versatility in an age of specialization.

As a high school senior, Amundson's career had only begun its trajectory. But he says he never again felt the athletic magic that surged through him the day he made discus history. "I look back often to that day," Amundson said. "South Dakota still has my heart." And fond memories of one of its greatest athletes. Greg Hansen is the Argus Leader assistant sports editor.

To preps like Dale Bad Wound, the Little Wound senior who won the 1986 Class A discus title here Friday, Amundson's record is an oldie. But it's solid gold. "His record would be hard for anybody to beat. That's really getting it out there," Bad Wound, whose winning throw was 150-7, 9 feet short of his personal best, said. "To beat it, somebody would have to start young and work hard on strength and technique." Amundson, 35, now lives in Bel-laire, Texas, with wife Terry and daughters Amy, Katy, and Kel-sey, 5 months.

After a National Football League FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1986 Salute to Employees of Agribusiness Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals 7:35 p.m. At the first baseball game of Agri-Pride '86, we will salute the employees of agribusiness with special ceremonies and game-day drawings for prizes and gifts. SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1986 A Salute to Families Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals 7:35 p.m.

Game-day drawings for prizes, gifts and ceremonies will focus on the many positive contributions growers, producers and their families make toward improving agriculture. American Dairy Association 01 Minnesota Relief Pitcher Saturday night is also Dairy Night at the Dome. The American Dairy Association of Minnesota will distribute "Relief Pitchers" with a coupon for a free Vi-gallon of milk to the first 25,000 fans entering the Metrodome. Today in sports YES, please send the following tickets to: Name Area events Charity golf, Stan Marshall Celebrity Classic, 1 p.m., Brookings Country Club. High school track, State meet concludes, Spearfish.

jennis, Equitable Family Tennis Challenge, Sioux Falls. Address CityStateZip. Visa Mastercard Number of tickets Clrcl pric tfMirod Cooney-Gregg fight today SAN FRANCISCO Eddie Gregg, who used to wonder why he chose to be a professional fighter, is the opponent chosen for Gerry Cooney's comeback today. "For about two years after I started boxing I said, 'What I am I doing BOXing this for," Gregg, MBMBMIUBH who was 32 Friday, said. "I have an education and a good job.

"It was for the thrill of victory," Gregg said of what has kept him going in a tough business. "The thrill of victory is the greatest drug in the world. Sometimes I can't sleep for two or three days." Today's fight at the Cow Palace is scheduled for 10 rounds and will be televised live by ABC at about 4. KMSP, Wrestling, 11 a.m. ESPN, Wrestling, 11:30 p.m.

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