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ShriHorfcmrTufrtisfr THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988 PAGE 4B BASEBALL DIGEST Defending Champion JD Opens Season In Classic past. I think I can handle it." Several Jeff Davis players went directly from the state tournament into the Montgomery Gray summer league. That was almost too much baseball. "We got beat in district," Mackin said. "We had been playing all year.

Then we had to go out and play some more. I think we were tired of playing." Mackin said the Vols will enter today's tournament in good shape. Jeff Davis plays Lanier at 3 p.m., and the Vols play Lee at 6. Friday's games include Eufaula vs. Lee at noon, Eufaula vs.

Lanier at 3 p.m., and Jeff Davis vs. Tate at 6. Saturday's games include Eufaula vs. Tate at noon, Lee vs. Tate at 3 p.m., and Eufaula vs.

Jeff Davis at 6. Mackin said Coach Bubba Lewis told the Vols he expects them to begin the season with victories. "It's like the regular season to us," Mackin said. "Coach told us if we lose to Lanier and Lee, we'll already be off to a bad season." Mackin said the Vols performed well in last year's season-opening tournament. "The tournament helped us," Mackin said.

"We got a taste of what our competition would be like. "It showed us sophomores what we had to play like." This year's crop of juniors and seniors will quickly find out what playing for Jeff Davis is all about. "We have some new people coming up that are playing good," Mackin said. "We should still have a strong team. We lost a lot from last year, but the people we have coming up have showed they can play." Mackin has inherited a new position this season.

Last year's shortstops, John Payne and Willie Wilker-son, graduated, leaving a vacancy at the key position in the infield. "When Coach told me I was going to play short, I ran out there," Mackin said. "I was ready to go. "I played two or three games there last year. I've played short in the TRAILER LOAD SALE 4 DAYS ONLY Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday March 16 -17 -18 -19 Truck Covers 2g-'Jr if iSkParsi um each unit (in stock) Over 80 units on display during this TRAILER LOAD SALE Split Pair for Alabama.

He gave up six runs on five hits before he was knocked out after three innings of work. Virginia 15, Auburn 8 AUBURN David Guy had four hits to lead a 15-hit Virginia attack Wednesday as the Cavaliers defeated Auburn 15-8. The victory improved Virginia's record to 7-3, while Auburn fell to 13-5. David Sammons, 2-1, got the win for Virginia. He went 7 innings, allowing five earned runs on 13 hits.

The loss went to Auburn starter Stacy Jones, 3-3. He left after giving up four hits and three earned runs in two innings of work. Kevin Henry and Jeff Leatherman each had three hits for Auburn. South Alabama 15, Alabama St. 7 MOBILE Luis Gonzales drove in four runs Wednesday with a triple and two sacrifice flies to lead South Alabama to a record-setting 15-7 rout of Alabama State.

South Alabama had 11 hits, received nine walks and took advantage of four Alabama State errors in the game. The 25th-ranked Jaguars also set school records with four triples and five sacrifice flies. Mike Zimmerman, 1-0, took the win for South Alabama, pitching five innings, and giving up four runs, all of them earned, on nine hits while walking three and striking out five. Darnell Ross, 2-1, took the loss for the Hornets, pitching four innings and gave up nine runs, five of them earned, on six hits while walking five and striking out two. Alabama State, which outhit the Jaguars 13-11, drops to 7-8 while South Alabama improves to 16-4.

Woosnam In Bay Hill Classic Field Staff and Wire Reports ORLANDO, Fla. Ian Woosnam is taking another step on the road to his li fe-long golfing ambition. "My long-range goal, my ambition, the thing I've always wanted, is to be number one in the world," the tough little man from Wales said before a practice round for the $750,000 Bay Hill Classic. "To be recognized as number one, you have to come to America," Woosnam said Wednesday. And the 5-foot-4 Woosnam is well on the way.

He won eight international titles last year, was a central figure on Europe's winning Ryder Cup team, and collected about $1.8 million in worldwide earnings. "Woosie is just now finding out how good he can be," said Australian Greg Norman. "He's taken his game to the highest point it's been so far. "I just hope he won't be satisfied with that, that he'll keep on going, keep on taking it higher." Norman is among the international field of 114 that will be opposing Woosnam. First place is worth $135,000 in the tournament that begins today on Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club course.

Norman, who missed a playoff at Pebble Beach by one stroke, is coming off a three-tournament Australian swing that produced two victories and served notice that the "Great White Shark" has recovered from his off-season of 1987. Among the other leading contenders are defending champion Payne Stewart, Masters champion Larry Mize, veteran Ray Floyd, 1988 leading money-winner Jay Haas, Mark McCumber, Ben Crenshaw, Curtis Strange, Fuzzy Zoeller, Sandy Lyle and Joey Sindelar, a winner last week. Ball Has Hole-In-One Andrew Ball scored a hole-in-one on the par-3, 175-yard eighth hole at Lagoon Park Golf Course Wednesday. Ball, who used a 5-wood, was playing with W.K. Livingston, Hank Greenfield and Johnny Norsworthy.

Baseball Rules OK'd Baseball's Playing Rules Commit- tee agreed Wednesday to implement the new rules on the strike zone and balks on a one-year trial basis, a week after having rejected the same proposal. The new rules, adopted at the win-' ter meetings last December, needed the approval of the Major League Baseball Players Association to go into affect. The union refused to give its ap-; proval and had asked for the trial implementation, which was accepted Wednesday when National League President A. Bartlett Giammati, I American League President Bobby Brown, Administrator Bill Murray and Player Relations Committee Executive Director Barry Rona met in a conference call. The Playing Rules Committee had rejected the union plan last week.

"It is clear to me that the union 't isn't capable at this time of making a decision for or against it," Rona said from St. Petersburg, Fla. "Rather than have more procrasti- nation and confusion, we have decid- ed to accept their proposal to go ahead and implement it on a trial basis this year with them reserving their right to protest the change af-; ter the season and our reserving the right to implement it in 1990." The rules clarify that a pitcher must come to a complete stop in the stretch position and also allow umpires to call higher strikes. They also redefine when an umpire can eject a pitcher for throwing at a bat- ter. Dodd Has Cancer By JOHN REIMER Advertiser Sports Writer It's a lonely feeling for Jeff Mackin when he races onto the Jeff Davis baseball practice field.

As he waits to take grounders, he can glance to his left and see Jeff Crane. Ah, a familiar face. If Robby Robertson is on the pitcher's mound, that makes two. Those three and designated hitter Tim Miller are the only returning Vols who saw substantial playing time on last season's 6A state championship team. This year's squad makes it debut today at Paterson Field in the Capitol City Classic baseball tournament.

Robert E. Lee plays Sidney Lanier in the tournament opener at noon. Faulkner, Staff and Wire Report DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. John Goodman pitched a three-hitter as Faulkner University blanked David Lipscomb 5-0 in the second game to gain a split in their college baseball double-header at City Island Park Wednesday afternoon. David Lipscomb won the first game 4-2.

Goodman went the full seven innings, striking out five while walking none as Faulkner improved its record to 8-4. Rodney Niles hit a two-run homer and Ron Dixon had two hits and two RBI to back Goodman. Eric Thornton added two hits and three stolen bases. In the first game, Raymond Harvey and Brian True had three hits each and David Costello tripled in a run for David Lipscomb, 4-4. Richie Pickens was the winning pitcher.

Glenn Nutt was the loser. Calvin Williams had two hits and two RBI and Niles had two hits in a losing cause for the Eagles. Faulkner opens District 27 play Tuesday at Montevallo. Tennessee Tech 7, Troy State 4 Troy State 8, Valparaiso 6 PANAMA CITY, Fla. Troy State split two games in the Gulf Coast Classic.

The Trojans lost 7-4 to Tennessee Tech, but rallied to beat Valparaiso 8-6 in the second game. In the first game.Lamar Small-wood had an RBI double for Troy Yankees Shut Associated Press Report Pitching was supposed to be the weak point of the New York Yankees, but any pitching failings have not been evident during the exhibition season. Three New York pitchers limited Texas to four singles Wednesday as the Yankees routed the Rangers 11-0 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Starter Rick Rhoden allowed four hits in six innings. Lee Guetterman followed with two innings and Tim Stoddard one as the Yankees extended their shutout string to 21 innings.

Joel Skinner had two hits and drove in three runs. Bobby Meacham also had two hits and scored three times, and Don Mattingly hit his first spring homer. TIGERS 10, PIRATES 4 Detroit snapped an eight-game losing streak by beating a Pittsburgh split squad as Darrell Evans drove in three runs and Eric King allowed one hit in five innings. Evans had an RBI grounder during a three-run third and singled in two runs during a three-run fourth. BLUE JAYS 9, PIRATES 8 Cecil Fielder had three hits and drove in five runs, including three with a homer, leading Toronto to its victory over a Pittsburgh split squad.

RED SOX 5, TWINS 4 Pat Dodson's run-scoring single with two out in the ninth lifted Boston to its victory over Minnesota. mmmmmmm i I Lipscomb COLLEGE State, while Brian Dunn and Bill Wolf each had RBI singles. Mike Ma-hady took the loss and fell to 0-1. In the second game, Keith Baker's sixth-inning grand slam lifted the Trojans to a victory. Troy State trailed 6-3 going into its half of the sixth.

Glen Willis hit a solo homer in the seventh inning for Troy State's final run. Louie Araiza got the win to improve to 1-2. Rodney Brooks picked up his first save of the season. Troy State, 12-6, will play Valparaiso today at 9 and Missouri-Rolla at noon. UNLV 12, Alabama 6 LAS VEGAS, Nev.

Dave Sturdi-vant hit a three-run homer in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 18 games as Nevada-Las Vegas defeated Alabama 12-6. Shortstop Gary Forrester also had a three-run homer for the Hustlin' Rebels, who improved to 16-8. Alabama dropped to 12-4. The Crimson Tide was led at the plate by designated hitter David Pinkston, who hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning. Jason Bridges also homered for Alabama, a two-run shot in the third.

Scott Lewis, 5-2, pitched his fourth complete game of the season to earn the win. He allowed nine hits, struck out eight and walked two. David Oropeza, 3-2, took the loss Out Rangers MAJORS REDS 2, CARDINALS 1 Rookie Chris Sabo's tie-breaking homer leading off the seventh gave Cincinnati a victory over St. Louis. ASTROS 7, BRAVES 5 Pat Keedy's two-run double in the sixth capped a six-run rally as a Houston split squad handed Atlanta its seventh loss in a row.

ASTROS 4, ROYALS 3 Gerald Young and Billy Hatcher each tripled and scored in the first inning, sparking Houston to its triumph over Kansas City in a battle of split squads. PHILLIES 8, METS 7 Rick Schu's ninth-inning sacrifice fly scored Bob Dernier to give the Phillies the win after they blew an early 6-0 lead. ROYALS 10, DODGERS 2 Frank White drove in three runs as a Royals split squad routed the Dodgers. PADRES 11, CUBS 0 'jimmy Jones, Greg Booker and Lance McCullers combined for a four-hitter and catcher Benito Santiago hit his first home run of the spring for San Diego. GIANTS 11, INDIANS 3 Harry Spilman had four hits and three RBI to lead San Francisco's 22-hit attack.

"We went over to Huntingdon College earlier this year," he said. "We hit with the Huntingdon players and took infield with them. "When it got cold, we went to the weight room and lifted. We came out here when the weather got right." Mackin said he is eager to take the field as a state champion. "You feel good every time you play," he said.

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Teen-agers Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi were among the seeded players advancing Wednesday in the $2.1 million Lipton International Players Championships. The highest-seeded player elimi-'nated in afternoon play was No. 18 Kevin Curren, who suffered a thigh I injury and retired in the fifth set of match against Thomas Muster of -Austria. Graf, top-seeded despite losing in 'the final of a tournament Sunday at Boca Raton, beat Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia 6-2, 6-2 in a first-round match. Agassi, the No.

9 men's seed, advanced to the third round of the two-week hardcourt event by beating Tom Nijssen of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Other seeded women advancing to the third round were No. 8 Zina Garrison of Houston; No. 9 Barbara Potter of Woodbury, No. 13 Nathalie Tauzliat of France and No.

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