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I UPDATE PORTO Lakers lick wounds, Pistons D-2 In memory of a brother temieux stars in all-star game D-2 Mi, is-' "'V Broncos49ers arrive in New Orleans' D-5 Monday, January 22, 1990 a Star-Bulletin Section Former 48et Francis picks who else? Charges brought against Francis These were the charges against Russ Francis, and the action taken at last week's trial by. Justice Court Judge James Mancuso of Incline Village, Ne- vada, according to his office: Driving while ability im- paired: Fined $210 plus $65 ministrative fee. Carrying concealed weapon: plus $85 administrative fee. Wearing no protective headgear: Fined $25 plus $10 administrative fee. Driving with suspended license: Fined $40, plus $10 administrative fee.

Driving unregistered vehicle: Charge dismissed. Carrying no proof of insurance: Charge dismissed. "Besides, this team plays best in big games. They're Just getting wound up. And George Seif ert is a fine coach.

Hell have them well-prepared. "The Niners have a number of veterans who are champions. They'll do just fine against the And Francis, a former Kailua High standout, says Denver owner Pat Bow-, len, a Kahala homeowner who spends considerable time In Hawaii, is making the 49ers' job easier with his outrageous comments. Among other things, one week ago today Bowlen characterized 49ers receiver Jerry Rice as a "Chinaman whose feet don't touch the ground." Bowlen later apologized for the racial insensitivity of his remark. "If I were a Denver player, I'd be asking what the heck is this guy doing? You know that stuff Is plastered all over the 49ers' locker room." Francis played six seasons for the Niners, competing in Super Bowl XIX, the 1984 game in which San Francisco crushed the Miami Dolphins 38-16 at Stanford Stadium.

That day, Francis caught five passes for 60 yards. "You don't soon forget winning a Super Bowl," says Francis, who also Rlayed parts of nine seasons with the lew England Patriots. "My family was there, and so were friends from Ha- See FRANCIS, Page D-5 He says San Francisco should win jhe Super Bowl easily By Harry Blouvelt StwBuiWin The Denver Broncos, with their orange uniforms, will be red-faced with embarrassment by the conclusion of Sunday's Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers. Take this tip from a man who shed blood for the 49ers: Don't bet any hard-earned green on the Broncos. "I'm not prone to predictions," says Russ Francis, a former 49ers' tight end, "but I'll be surprised if the Niners don't soundly defeat Denver.

"In fact, I'll be surprised If they don't win by at least three touchdowns. They're certainly capable of that. "There will be a major recession and depression coming for Denver fans betting on the Broncos. They should reinvest their money in something else." Francis thinks the fact that the game Is in the New Orleans Superdome, where the 49ers play the Saints once each season, Is an added advantage for the defending Super Bowl champions. "They're comfortable there," he says.

"And they're In a tremendous frame of mind. '80 'Bows: Oh, so close to CWS title Associotsd Press Peter Jacobsen dedicated his victory yesterday In the Bob Hope. Classic to the memory of his younger, brother, died two years ago from a drug overdose. Story on Poge D-4. Will Clark becomes highest-paid player SAN FRANCISCO All Star first baseman Will Clark became the richest player in baseball today with the signing of a four-year, $13 million contract with the San Francisco Giants.

Under terms of the contract, Clark will average $3.75 million per season, boosting him past the week-old record of $3.5 million belonging to Oakland Athletics' pitcher Dave Stewart. "It definitely overwhelms you to know that baseball has this much money," said Clark during a news conference at Candlestick Park. Clark's attorney, Jeffrey Moorad, noted that Clark also got the largest signing bonus In baseball history $2 million. Moorad said Clark will make $4.25 million in the fourth year of the contract, "So Will becomes the first $4 million dollar player." "He plays like a Hall of Famer and he should be -paid like one," said Giants General Manager Al Rosen. Clark, 25, had probably his best season last year, when he finished with a .333 average, 23 home runs, 111 RBls, 104 runs scored and 196 hits.

Vikings' Millard arrested for DUI BLOOM INGTON, Minn. Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Keith Millard, the NFL's defensive player of the year, was arrested early today and charged with drunken driving and speeding, police said. Millard, 27, was booked at police headquarters In the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington and released after his arrest at 12:51 a.m., said Sgt. Frank Hcino. It was the second time in the past year Millard has been arrested for drunken driving.

Today's arrest marked the 11th drunken driving incident involving Vikings players in the past three years. Sumo yokozuna enters hospital TOKYO Yokozuna (grand champion) Onokunl, who broke his left ankle on the final day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, was admitted to a hospital today, his stable master said. The stable master, Hanarekoma, quoted the 27-year-old Onokunl as saying, "I will heal my injured ankle and come back to the ring as soon as j. Onokunl suffered the Injury when fellow yokozuna Chiypnofujl forced him out of the ring in Sunday's final bout Chiyonofuii clinched his 30th championship Sun-, with a 14-1 record. His only loss was to Hawaii's Salevaa, Atlsanoe, knpwn 88 Konishiki.

Atisanoe finished with a IW record, Hatfield jumps to troubled Clemson CLEMSON, C. Ken Hatfield is an Arkansas native who played for the Razorbacks and helped Professional athletes often become targets, says Francis By Harry Blouvelt Star-Bulletin To hear Russ Francis tell it, there are times when a professional athlete might as well paint a bull's-eye on his back. "Many players in the NFL, when they're most exposed, have had death threats made against them Montana (49ers quarterback Joe), and guys like him," said Francis, the former tight end with the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers told the Star-Bulletin yesterday from his home in Montana. "You get anonymous phone calls the day of a game, telling you if you step on the field, you'll be shot. If it was a jealous husband, I could understand it, but these are crazies.

"I've even been told that gamblers will do that to upset you and affect the outcome of games." For years, Francis, a prep standout at Kailua High, has held permits from Massachusetts and California to carry a gun. "The first few times you've had your life threatened, you consider carrying one," he says. "After the next couple of times, and ,1. Ml I III, mH Croif T. Kojmw.

Stor-Buiietm 1980 Rainbows. thing. I really felt we were the better club. I regret giving up that grand slam. I'll always remember that It was a good year, a good time." Crim was shooting for his 16th victory in the first championship game against Arizona, when Scott Stanley's grand slam knocked him out in the top of the eighth inning.

The Rainbows tied the score in the bottom of the inning but lost in the 11th, 64. "What I remember is the chemistry See '80 RAINBOWS, Page D-4 Gaines passes The UH guard says the team's xbig men' beat New Mexico By Randy Codlente Star Bulletin If Chris Gaines was in charge of handing out game balls after Saturday's 74-71 Western Athletic Conference basketball win over New Mexico, the University of Hawaii captain would give them to his big men. I think people underestimate our big men," said Gaines. "Half of the games we had this year we've been overmatched with guys 6-10 and 7-feet and it's nothing new to us. We saw it before.

But our guys have all the heart in the world and even though there's a size differential they go out and play their guts out" Cliff Beaubrun is one such play- when it's happened to your friends, too, you carry a gun, although I don't carry one around with me all the time." It was a recent court case that trig-. See TARGET, Page D-5 McEnroe's future in doubt He is thrown out of the Australian Open after a tantrum By Steve Wilstein Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia John McEnroe's cursing, racket-smashing tantrum in the Australian Open wasn't his worst, but it cost him a shot at $200,000 and put into question his future in tennis. McEnroe, the irst player thrown out of this Grand Slam event in its 85-year history, plans to continue his comeback but still has to prove he can play tough matches without losing his temper. He flew home to Malibu, Calif brushing silently past reporters with A his wife, actress latum O'Neal, and two sons, their trip to Australia cut short by McEnroe's costly outburst McEnroe's default cost him a real chance at his first Grand Slam title since he won Wimbledon and the Open in 1984. McEnroe would have met Yannick Noah in the quarters, and probably; defending champion Ivan Lend! in the semis, but might have beaten anyone' the way he was playing.

The winner gets $200,000, the runner-up $100,000. McEnroe is the first player ejected for misconduct in any Grand Slam since pros and amateurs began playing together at the start of the open era in ..1968. Two other players, one in the 1950s at the U.S. Nationals, and another in the early 1960s at the French, were defaulted for bad behavior. McEnroe let himself get rattled by missed shots, close calls and a baby's cries, and after his default he admitted, "I don't really have anyone to blame but myself." It was a sad and bizarre chapter in a tempestuous career that has included five suspensions for misconduct i He was cheerful and polite all week, smiling and telling jokes off the court and courteous to officials on court He'd been in Australia for three weeks with his family and seemed relaxed and fit.

Yet all it took for McEnroe to revert to his old ways was a tough match against Pernfors, the Swedish-born two-time NCAA champion at Georgia. He won the first set easily, but as Pernfors picked up his game in the second set, McEnroe became increasingly agitated. After netting a short drop shot, he smashed the ball on the ground as if it were an annoying bug. See McENROE, Page 0-3 credit inside By Al Chase Stor-BoWm CTJHE 1980 University of Hawaii 1 1 baseball season developed into I a magical express that did not end until the carpet was grounded in the championship game of the College World Series. The further the Rainbows advanced in the NCAA playoffs correlated with the number of people from Hawaii who found reason to drop everything and Join the entourage in Omaha, Neb.

It was a season that definitely did not begin with dreams of finishing in Rosenblatt Stadium. "I remember going into the season and thinking how can we repeat doing what we did in 1979," Ricki Basssaid. i The 1979 team was 60-3 one point; ranked No.l in the country and went to the NCAA West Regional in Tucson, where Derek Tat-suno won his 20th game of the season, the first Division I pitcher to accomplish that feat. Besides Tatsuno, Vera Ramie, Jon Hansen, Jerry Stovail, Curt Wata-nabe and Gene Smith all went on to professional ball after the '79 season and two-time captain Ron Nomura joined coach Les Murakami's staff as a graduate assistant coach at UH. "I felt there was no way we could repeat 1979.

We were a dominant team," Bass said. "In '80, we needed a few things to happen to be a good team and they did. We got some surprises, especially from the freshman players. "I remember coach Les thinking about it as being a rebuilding year," Collin Tanabe said. "We're talking a very young pitching staff.

It was our first year in the Western Athletic Conference. There were a bunch of good players nobody outstanding and we just jelled and played together. When we put the uniform on, it became like family. "We lost some heavy brass from the 79 team. Everybody knew they had to play 100 percent and they went out and did it." i We weren't supposed to be a really good team, it was supposed to be a rebuilding year," Wes Kimura said.

"When we got to the College World Series I didn't know if we we're supposed to be there. In the hotel I saw all these guys (from other teams) in three-piece suits and matching sweaters and we were in jeans. As the series went on. the guys in the three-piece suits were checking out and we them claim the i4 national championship. Six years ago, he became head coach at his alma mater.

Hatfield ended that seeminRly perfect match yesterday when he was named the head coach at Clemson a program 89 troubled as Arkansas' is clean in a scandal-ridden Southwest Conference. He comes to a program under the cloud of an NCAA probe and a revolt Ken by Clemson players and Hatfield sme fans, who were up- i set over Ford's resignation last week, less than two weeks after the NCAA told Clemson it had uncovered 14 alleged rule violations. One day after Ford resigned, his players called on the university to bring him back or hire one of his assistants to replace him or they would boycott the 1990 season. 1 i Jack Crowe, offensive coordinator at Arkansas, was named the Razorbacks' new football coach today. I I 1 jht .11 The exuberance of Ricki Bass typified the were still there." "Who could dream of coming in the first year and almost going all the way," said Chuck Crim, a freshman that season.

"Baseball takes a lot of skill and a lot of luck. To not lose a game (Crim was 15-0 that year), things have to go perfectly for you. Your teammates have to hit for you and play for you. I don't take all the credit, 1 11 tell you that. "I really enjoyed being able to play in the College World Series.

I take a lot of pride in that. We came so close and should have won the stupid honor the late Waimea Bay lifeguard Eddie Aikau, and 33 of surfing's most elite group gathered to challenge the Bay. "It's a three-year monkey off my back," said Quicksilver President Bob McKnight 1 On a day when the other North Shore surf spots were hidden under tons of raging Whitewater, Waimea Bay revealed its true nature: the ultimate big wave arena. The safety and distance of the cliff gave a perspective that made it all look so easy, but at water level the waves more closely resembled the true watery nightmare that exists out at the point when the surf hits 20 to 30 feet. The same offshore wind that made the waves so pretty made it hell for the surfers to catch them.

Contestants had to frantically stroke for the looming peak with the ind clutching at them, lulling them back and fighting them or every inch of momentum. With the ocean dropping out from underneath them as they started to catch the wave, the wind continued See AIKAU, Page 0-3 I. HI From Star-Bulletin newt services HAWA11BEAT Ishii finishes tied for 27th MELBOURNE, Australia-Hawaii David Ishii carded a final round 76-287 to finish in a five-way tie for 27th place yesterday at the Coca-Cola Classic. Ishii finised nine strokes off the pace set by winner Ronan Rafferty. who earned the $97,000 first-place prize, with a 10-under 278 on the Royal Melbourne Course, Reported by Star-Bulletin staff ON THE AIR Today's TV highlights Surf erupts for Ailcau For the first time in three years, the waves are big enough By Gregg Ambrose Star Bulletin The waves on the North Shore put on a show for the Quicksilver Contest in Memory of Eddie Aikau that stopped traffic from Waimea Bay to Haleiwa.

Keone Downing won the contest yesterday, and the prize of $55,000. Brock Little took second and Richard Schmidt third The other 30 contestants went home with $350 each. And they lived to tell about It. For the first time in years the surf met the strict criteria that George Downing has set for this surf event to er.The 'Bows 6-foot-8 senior center had the assignment of trying to stop the Lobos' Luc Longley. all 7-2 of him, before a crowd of 5235 at the Blaisdell Arena on Saturday night And even though Longley popped in a game-high 26 points, Beaubrun did his job well.

"Longley was going to get his points anyway because there is now way you could stop him from getting his in 40 minutes," said Beaubrun. "What I tried to do as work him off the block," he added, 'in the first half he really got me down in the blocks and he was able to do anything he wanted to. But I came out in the second half and pushed him out a little more and I think that helped us." Longley scored 10 points in the first half, most from inside six feet. But Beaubrun and Andrew McGuire, the Rainbows backup center, forced Longley further out after halftime and See GAINES, Poge D-2 i 2:30 p.m. ESPN Basketball: O'towivVnova 4:30 p.m.

ESPN Basketball: 7:00 p.m. ESPN Basketball: UNLV-Long Beach 10:05 p.m. KHNL Sumo: New Year Tournament Tomorrow's TV highlights 9:00 a.m. ESPN Tennis: Australian Open 2:30 p.m. ESPN Basketball: Rutgers-Missouri 4:30 p.m.

ESPN Basketball: Alabama-Term. 8:00 p.m. KMQT Basketball: Lakers-Knicks 7:00 p.m. ESPN Basketball: L.B. 8:00 p.m.

TNT Basketball: Lakers-Knicks i Complete weekend TV listings on Page B-2.