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1st 2nd eds. Sun. In the news Yankees win NBA playoffs Portland dumps San Antonio, advances to Western finals PageEa Prop 48 Colleges High schools Index Mam events Pag E2 Onthealr PagE2 Baseball column Pag E4 Major League statistics PagE4 Baseball Report Pag E6 Minor leagues columns PagE7 NHL notes Paget Jerry Tracker Paga E9 NFL column PagE12 Racing and jalalai PageElS-16 Scoreboard Paga E16 Fittipaldi retains pole Steve Sax slides safely into home with a 5-4 victory in 11 innings Recruiters sending mixed signals to college prospects Pag E8 New Haven errors give Sacred Heart another chance Page Ell St. Paul beats Middletown in 10th inning of NWC game PageE13 or next week's ndianapolis 500 PagE3 SPORTS SECTION SUNDAY MAY 20, 1990 E7 CLASSIFIED BOATING 17-22 CLASSIFIED 1 AUTOMOTIVE Summer Squall scores powerful victory blood had trickled from his nose after a routine gallop around the track Friday, and plenty of observers, including veterinarians, thought that this could be a negative sign about his condition. But trainer Neil Howard said he was confident of the horse's fitness and the efficacy of Lasix to control the bleeding.

He has dealt with Summer Squall's bleeding problems since the winter. The Preakness developed almost exactly according to script, when the Maryland-based speedster Fighting Notion took the early lead and the decision. "It is etched in stone that we will not go to the Belmont," Campbell said. "This horse has a great deal of time ahead of him. He's a great horse and has the heart of a lion.

Now we'll give him a rest and bring him back in the fall. We're looking toward the Breeders' Cup." Because of this decision, Unbridled only has to show up at Belmont in order to collect the $1 million bonus. Summer Squall's bleeding also had cast a shadow over his participation in the Preakness. A few drops of mile in 18 seconds flat the equivalent of a quarter mile in 24 seconds, which has long been considered a benchmark of greatness. His final time of 1 minute, 53 seconds was just three-fifths of a second slower than the track record.

As impressive as the victory was, it drained this Triple Crown series of further drama. Because Summer Squall is a bleeder and cannot use the drug Lasix in New York, he will skip the Belmont Stakes. Even though the colt could win a $1 million bonus if he defeated Unbridled there, owner Cot Campbell was adamant about Jockey Pat Day wasn't out for revenge. He was out to win a horse race. Please see story, Page E9.

flawless ride by Pat Day to that point, drew away to score a 2V4-length victory over Unbridled before a crowd of 86,531 at Pimlico Race Course. Unbridled won at Churchill Downs in Louisville, two weeks ago with the fastest final quarter mile since Secretariat's in 1973. But not even Secretariat did what Summer Squall did Saturday af ternoon, covering the final three-sixteenths of a Mister Frisky came out quickly to stalk him. Jockey Albert Delgado succeeded in restraining the fron-trunner and slowed the pace, covering the first half-mile in a moderate 47 seconds over this fast track. Day had Summer Squall sitting in good striking position, a few lengths off the leaders.

Jockey Craig Perret let. Unbridled trail the nine-horse field, but he knew he couldn't wait too long and rushed up on the outside to get into contention. Day sneaked through, inside Ken-Please see Summer Squall, Page E9 Is it shoes? Sad to say, status kills jj ffl'J1 Tlt i By ANDREW BEYER Washington Post i BALTIMORE When Unbridled moved outside of Summer Squall on he inal turn in the Preakness Saturday, he looked ready to deliver the same kind of winning kick that carried him to victory in the Kentucky perby. i And, indeed, he did finish powerfully. But Saturday, his rival was ready to counter him by unleashing the fastest stretch run in the 115-year history of this race.

Summer Squall, who had benefited from a Red Sox hammer Twins Brunansky gets 5 hits, 7 RBI in 13-1 rout By TOM YANTZ Courant Staff Writer BOSTON "Bruno" was Numero Uno for the Red Sox Saturday at Fenway Park. Tom Brunansky homered twice, went 5-for-5 and had seven RBI in powering the Red Sox to a 13-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins. wasn't trying to hit that last three-run homer to right in the seventh," Brunansky said. "I was relaxed and the ball just took off." The five hits and seven RBI were career game-highs for Brunansky. He tied Kirby Puckett of the Twins and Brian Giles of the Seattle Mariners for American League highs this year in both categories.

jThe Red Sox also established season-highs for runs and hits (20). (The Twins staff was so depleted, manager Tom Kelly used outfielder John Moses to pitch the eighth. He fared well, compared with the three pitchers before him, giving up one run. Roger Clemens (6-2), battling the flti, went seven innings (five hits and one run) to raise his career record against the Twins to 11-1. The Red Sox (19-15) atoned for their stagnant offense in Friday night's 6-0 loss with five runs and six hits in the first Saturday.

After Wade Boggs and Mike Greenwell singled, Brunansky doubled into the left-field corner for his first RBI. He turned a single into the double with an excellent fade-away slide to elude Fred Manrique's tag. Greenwell scored on Tony Pena's single. Brunansky scored on a bajk i Please see Brunansky, Page E3 Michael McAndrews The Hartford Courant Dave Mongrain, who came in as a pinch runner, gives UConn a 3-2 lead over Seton Hall on a ninth-inning bunt by Todd Rosenthal. UConn picks off Seton Hall, wins title Alan Greenberg Michael Jordan grew up miu die-class, in a small town in North Carolina.

He grew up with parents who loved him, nurtured him. Parents who stayed married. Even when he became an NBA superstar and began reaping millions of dollars annually after signing with Nike, it never dawned on him that inner-city youths would rob and murder each other over the shoes he endorsed. But that's what's happening today in America's inner cities. And it happens not just to wearers of Air Jor-dans, it happens to wearers of many types of sneakers, jackets and Major League Baseball caps worn and en-.

dorsed by pro stars and their teams. It happens because sneakers are macho status symbols, and the shoe companies spend more than $200 million a year on seductive advertising aimed at impressionable kids. It happens because the top-of-the-line shoes are so expensive Reebok's "Pump" retails for $170, Nike Air Jordans for $1 15 that for some poor, desperate, directionless inner-city kids, the only way to get them seems to be through drug money or mugging. It happens because gangs, on whatever whim, often identify themselves by a certain brand of sneaker, jacket, cap. Rival gangs will kill you on sight for wearing those clothes, even if you're a non-gang member totally unaware of their significance.

It happens because we live in a warped society that pays lip service to our concern for our fellow man, yet has done little to prevent the establishment of a permanent underclass in inner cities and isolated Please see Greenberg, Page E12 Ranf ord his own rout. Suddenly, a series that many hockey observers foresaw developing into a six- or seven-game beauty could become a four-game Oiler sweep. No longer is Moog being mentioned as the prime Conn Smythe goalie candidate as the playoffs' most valuable player. Ranford, 14-5 with a 2.72 average, along with Oilers center Mark Messier, are the front-runners this morning. "Billy was the best player on the ice in Game 1 and he kept us in Game 2 until we were able to get some offense going," Oilers coach John Muckler said.

"His performance in Game 1 was one of the best I've ever seen in the playoffs." Grant Fuhr, who led the Oilers to four Stanley Cups in the 1980s, has never won the Smythe. And Fuhr, who has not played this spring because of a severe shoulder injury, is considered the best goalie on the planet. The bizarre part about the Ranford saga is after Fuhr heals and if there is no summer deal, Ranford Please Ranf ord's. Page E8 By GEORGE SMITH Courant Staff Writer BRISTOL Just as the University of Connecticut's basketball season will be remembered as the year of "the shot," the baseball season may go down in history as the year of "the move." The Huskies, longshots to even qualify for the four-team Big East baseball tournament, won the league championship and an automatic NCAA bid Saturday afternoon with a 4-3 decision over top-seeded Seton Hall in a game that ended when left-handed reliever Craig Gaudio picked off the potential tying runner at first. The unlikely ending caught everybody but Gaudio and UConn first baseman Todd Rosenthal by surprise.

"We had him. We had him by a step and a half," Rosenthal said. "When I made the sweep, he wasn't near the bag. For an umpire to call a pickoff in the ninth inning of a one-run game, you know we had him by a lot." No one contested the call, not even the victim, second baseman Mike Lamitola. "The first time I threw over there, I gave him (Lamitola my sucker move," Gaudio said.

"Then I saw him leaning, and I figured I'd try him on a good move and I got him." As soon as Rosenthal made the tag, Gaudio tossed his glove high in the air and the entire team rushed onto the field. For the first time since 1979, the year before Andy 3) U.S. soccer team boasts depth at vital position Baylock took over as head coach after 15 years as an assistant, UConn will be going to the NCAA tournament Thursday. "Hopefully, it will be Waterbury," Baylock said of the site, which will be announced Monday along with the pairings. "But I'm not going to worry about things I have no control over." Other than suffering a slight spike wound to his leg in the postgame pile-on and being doused by a bucket Please see Huskies, Page E13 The night came into By JEFF JACOBS Courant Staff Writer Perhaps it was during the first overtime.

Or the second. Or maybe it was after that bank of Boston Garden lights blew out in the third overtime. It wasn't easy to pinpoint the exact moment. But there could no denying the overwhelming sensation, either. Somewhere in the steamy, latter stages of the longest game in Stanley Cup championship series history Wednesday morning, a rite of passage appeared almost mystically.

Boston's Goalie Of The Future became Edmonton's Goalie Of The Present. And what a sight to behold. During 115 minutes and 13 seconds of what will be remembered as the first Boston Marathon on Skates, Bill Ran-ford was peppered with 52 Bruins shots. He stopped 50. More important, Andy Moog, the man Ranford was traded for, surrendered the last goal to Petr Klima.

Ranford, 23, was nearly as sharp Friday night, but this time the Boston goaltenftng fell apart in a 7-2 I By JERRY TRECKER Courant Staff Writer The United States doesn't have an overabundance of talented soccer players playing the game at the highest level, but at least the Americans shouldn't have to worry about one of the most important positions when the World Cup kicks off next month in Italy. Thanks to Tony Meola, 21, of Kearney, N.J., and Kasey Keller, 20, of Lacey, I the United States has depth in goal. "They are both very, very good athletes," says Joe Machnik, the goalkeeper coach. you have to consider their age and i experience when it comes to playing in the 'World Cup. Together, our two kids are a combined 41-years old; Peter Shilton of England is 41, himself." Meola, strong at 6-foot-l and 205 pounds, 'has a bulldoglike tenacity as he scampers around the 18-yard goal area.

Keller, 6-2 and 180 pounds with long, flowing hair that often I stretches out behind him as he dives, some-; times looks the more spectacular and agile, but is not as strong or certain in the air. Meola stepped from obsurity to the No. 1 role on the national team in the space of eight weeks last summer. Called in as a reserve for the June 1989 Marlboro Cup in Giants Stadium, Meola found himself on the field when, starter Jeff Duback was injured. Meola never looked back, ousting David Vanole as the American goalie by mid-July while Duback, sidelined for the summer, lost his place entirely.

Vanole is now the third goalie on the 22-man team for Italy. Keller, projected as the No. 2 World Cup goalie and the likely 1992 Olympic starter, rose to prominence as a member of the United States 19-under team that finished fourth in the 1989 Youth World Cup in Saudi Arabia. He was named the best player in the 16-team tournament, often making spectacular saves as the Americans made their best international showing. With Vanole out of the starting picture, coach Bob Gansler and Machnik watched as Meola and Keller battled through the lengthy preparations for Italy, which began In February.

Meola finally emerged as the clear World Cup starter after a trio of excellent performances a week ago against Malta, Mexico and Ajax Amsterdam. He is expected to start against Partizan Belgrade when the Please see Meola, Page E9 IJ Ctoo Polsson The Hartford Courant Tony Meola, 21, is expected to start in goal today when the U.S. team plays at Yale Bowl..