Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 64

2S Sunday, Jan. 9, 1994 SPORTS QUAD-CITY TIMES; SPORTS IN BRIEF Harding skates to second straight U.S. championship player in his league. Gordie Gillespie, whose son Mike Gillespie coached basketball at United Township, was announced as the NAIA Baseball Coach of the Year. It's LL I Kings for center Jimmy Carson.

The trade could not have come at a better time as the Canucks lost center Oiff Ronning with a separated shoulder Saturday night. TENNIS Haarhuis, Edberg meet in finals DOHA, Qatar Unseeded Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands upset Goran Ivanisevic 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open and will play Stefan Edberg for the title. Edberg, the No. 3 seed, struggled for two hours and 22 minutes before beating little-known Gilbert Schaller of Austria 6-4, 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 in the other semifinal. American teen-ager Lindsay Davenport advanced to the title match of the Australian Women's ASSOCIATED PRESS Hardcourt championship with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Shi-ting Wang of Taiwan.

the fourth time he has won the award. COLLEGE BASKETBALL I. I- Rutgers-Camden ties loss streak CAMDEN, N.J. Rutgers-Camden dropped its 47th straight game Saturday with a 90-85 loss to York, tying the all-time men's college basketball record for consecutive losses. The only other team to lose 47 successive games was Rutgers-Newark, which lost all of its games for two full seasons until it broke the streak on Nov.

23, 1985 with a 62-42 victory over Bard College of New York. Rutgers-Camden won its last game 77-73 against i Ramapoon Jan. 18, 1992. i PRO BASKETBALL Barkley may miss tonight's game PHOENIX All-Star forward Charles Barkley of the Phoenix Suns was listed as questionable for tonight's home game against Golden State because of an injured right leg. Houston Rockets guard Vernon Maxwell, hospitalized for an irregular heart beat, is out of the hospital but will have to miss at least two games.

Maxwell was given medication Friday morning and his heart rate returned to normal by the afternoon. However, his playing status was listed as day-to-day. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Ivy League wins Japan Bowl TOKYO The Ivy League all-stars, using two Injured Kerrigan watches, but both make Olympic team DETROIT (AP) Tonya Harding skated to her second national championship as the injured Nancy Kerrigan watched from a luxury box Saturday night. Both were named to the U.S. team for next month's Lillehammer Olympics.

Kerrigan was forced to withdraw from the event, which she won last year, after being attacked by an unidentified man on Thursday. She suffered a severe knee bruise and doctors told her not to compete. After Harding, skating last in the free program, hit four triple jumps and skated intelligently to win the title, the U.S. Figure Skating Association's international committee said both of them would go to the Olympics. Michelle Kwan, a 13-year-old rising star from Torrance, finished second, but was bumped from the Olympic team.

Meanwhile, Jenni Meno and Todd Sand skated conservatively but stood up. And on an afternoon when few couples did, that was enough to give them the national pairs title. Just when figure skating showed signs of shedding its tendency to prejudge its athletes and predetermine the results, generous and occasionally inexplicable judging reappeared. Kyoko Ina and Jason Dungjen went for and made more difficult jumps and throws than Meno-Sand, but finished second. Worse yet, the judges overlooked three hard falls and a major mistake by Karen Courtland and Todd Reynolds, giving them generous marks to put them third.

Natasha Kuchiki and Rocky Marval, who skated much more cleanly, were shut out of the Olympic team, finishing fourth. FIGURE SKATING Torvill, Dean win British title SHEFFIELD, England Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, trying an Olympic comeback after 10 years on the pro circuit, displayed their new big-sounding, ballroom-style free dance to near-perfection in winning the British Ice Dance Championships. The routine earned 10 perfect 6.0s. SPEED SKATING Blair, Jansen make Olympic field MILWAUKEE U.S. speedskating's Golden Girl and Heartbreak Kid each will go to the Winter Olympics with medal chances in three events.

For Bonnie Blair and Dan Jansen, one medal any medal will be memorable. Jansen, of West Allis, tied his Pettit National Ice Center record in the 500 Saturday with a time of 36.30 seconds, the mark he set last weekend. It was the closest he came during the trials to his astonishing world record of 35.92, which he set last month. He will be a favorite in the 500 and 1,000. Blair also is an Olympic favorite in the 500 and 1,000.

She again skated the fastest 500 at the year-old Pettit Center Saturday, clocking 39.77. Other qualifiers were Michelle Kline, Peggy Clasen, quarterbacks as temporary receivers and another as a parttime running back, ripped a team of Japanese college stars 31-14 in the Japan Bowl. Dartmouth's Jay Fiedler had a hand in all four Ivy League touchdowns as he passed for 159 yards and Jenni Menno and Todd Sand skate to victory In the pairs free skating competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Saturday In Detroit. Kristen Talbot, Chantal Bailey, Angela Zuckerman, Nathaniel Mills, Brian Wanek, Dave Tamburino, Dave Cruikshank and Dave Besteman.

Rintje Ritsma of the Netherlands broke the world record with a time of 1 minute, 51.60 seconds at the European all-around Speedskating Championships. Ritsma bettered the previous mark of 1:52.06 set by Andreas Hoffman of Germany at the 1988 Olympics. BOXING Jones, Patterson keep titles CATSKILL, N.Y. Junior Jones, the World Boxing Association bantamweight champion, retained his crown by scoring a 12-round unanimous decision over Elvis Alvarez of Colombia. Co-headliner Tracy Patterson, the World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion, also kept his title, scoring a fifth round knockout over Steve Young.

ICE HOCKEY Blackhawks fall to Capitals LANDOVER, Md. Sylvain Cote and Alan May scored a minute apart early in the second period Saturday as the the Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1. Craig Berube and Calle Johansson added goals as Washington remained unbeaten in its last five home games (3-0-2). Jeremy Roenick scored his 18th goal of the season for the Blackhawks, who have lost four of six overall and are 1-4-1 in their last six road games. Bill Houldcr and Peter Douris each scored two goals, and Guy Hebert stopped 40 shots by his former teammates to lead the Anaheim Mighty Ducks to a 5-3 win over the St.

Louis Blues. Houlder's two second-period goals helped the Ducks build a 4-1 lead after two periods. It was the Ducks' third win in their last four games. The Blues had won two straight. The Vancouver Canucks traded left wing Dixon Ward and future considerations to the Los Angeles She will play Florencia Labat of Argentina, a walkover when- top-seeded Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria was forced to concede their semifinal because of dehydration.

Top seeds Wayne Ferreira and Richey Rencberg moved into today's championship of the Hawaii Open with victories. Ferreira, seeded first, overcame fifth-seeded Jonathan Stark 4-6, 6-4, 64. Defending champion Rcneberg, seeded second, beat unseeded Robbie Weiss 6-3, 6-2. BASEBALL Veterans may say goodbye NEW YORK Bo Jackson, Fernando Valenzuela, Bob Ojeda and Dave Henderson were set to make their final goodbyes to their old clubs as Saturday's midnight deadline to re-sign approached. The four were offered salary arbitration by their old teams on Dec.

7, but rejected the offers on Dec. 19, Players who go past the Jan. 8 deadline can't re-sign with their former clubs until May 1. Jackson became a free agent after the Chicago White Sox declined to exercise a $2.41 million for 1994. Ojeda, who missed most of the season because of injuries from the spring training boating accident that killed Steve Olin and Tim Crews, became a free agent after the Cleveland Indians decided not to exericse a $1.2 million option.

Oakland showed no interest in re-signing Henderson, and Baltimore didn't intend to re-sign Valenzuela. The Los Angeles Dodgers reached agreement with second baseman Dclino DcShields on a one-year contract. Terms were not announced. MVPs Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago White Sox' Frank Thomas received the Major League Baseball Players Association Players' Choice Awards. The awards were first given in 1992.

This is the second time Bonds, of the National League, has been so honored. "I feel great," said, Thomas, of the American League. "It's a big honor because the players chose it and I feel a little more respected than I thought." Each player on a roster or disabled list as of last Aug. 30 was asked to vote by secret ballot for the best caught a pass for another 77 yards and a score. ELSEWHERE Swedish skier breaks dry spell KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia Fredrik Nyberg of Sweden raced to his first World Cup victory in four, years with a powerful second run in a giant slalom.

He was sixth after the first run, .30 seconds behind leader Kjetil-Andre Aamodt of Norway, who finished ninth. World Cup officials bent their rules and Heidi Zurbriggen earned her first victory in a super giant slalom that was abandoned after a series of crashes. Zurbriggen was leading when the jury stopped the; race for safety reasons after a series of spills on the rapidly freezing, difficult course. World Cup officials first said the race would not count, then reversed the decision. Defending Olympic champion Donna Weinbrecht, who seemingly didn't miss a beat despite sitting out last season with a knee injury, won her third straight World Cup freestyle moguls event.

BETTENDORF-FORT MADISON hounds bite Blood Dogs IVL II W'ii JiWiltflM'IMRttL. i ii I 'AQUATRED MICTA GT4 eooocMiLE VJ LIMITED 1M PftlCE WA MICE GUARANTEE' 009 GUARANTEE' uu P17S70R13 P20560R15 We Have Thousands of Clearance Tires Nationally, that are Tagged "CiEARflNCF. Some AT or BELOW COST! stop by or Call for a Terrific ison coach Mark Bigler said. "I think both teams played a little tired since both of us had big conference games Friday night." Bettendorf trailed midway through the fourth quarter by as many nine points (44-35). But the Bulldogs kept battling, cutting the difference to four (46-42) on Sha-mus Budde's 3-point goal with 2 minutes, 21 seconds left.

It wasn't out of reach even after the Bulldogs' Tim Reier hit a basket to make it 51-46 with 1:07 left. But free throws by Bowen and Nick Jeffries sewed up the decision. Fort Madison 54, Bettendorf 48 FORT MADISON Brod Bigler 1-5 9, Harold Thorpt J.J 0-0 4, Paul Schultt 3- 2-4 Brian Wright 1-3 0-0 4, Ryan Bowen 3-4 9-11 19, Nick Jeffrie! 1-11-6 5, Jaime Decker 4-5 0-1 Clint Boedlng 0-0 0-0 0, David He Iter 0-0 0. Total! 17-31 17-26 54. BETTENDORF Mike Dorr 0-1 0-0 0, David Martin 4-1 1-3 10, Tim Reler 24 2-2 Mike Andrlno 1-5 4-4 4, Scott Longvol 0-1 0-0 0, Sriomut Budde 24 2-1 1, Snovne Kelly 4-7 04 11, Ran McOuav 34 04 Jefl Schwlster 0-1 1-1 1, Totals le-a 10-13 4i.

Fort Madlten 11 13 II 11-94 Beltenderl 11 1 11 1 41 3-polnt goal Fort Madlton 1-11 (Schulte 14, Bigler 2-5), Bettendorf o-l (Kelly 3-3, Martin 1-4, Budde 24, McQuay 0-3, Longvol 0-1). Total foull Fort Madison 12, Bettendorf 11. Fouled out Reler. Technical fouls McQuay, Bettendorf bench. Sophomores Bettendorf 72, Fort Modlion 55.

Leading scorers Bettendorf, Jason Smith II, Pat Kelly It; Fort Madison, Oovld Hester 14. around the basket." The big-time player Brooks was referring to is University of Iowa-bound, 6-foot-9 Ryan Bowen. Bowen, listed perhaps generously at 200 pounds, took but four shots from the field against Bettendorf zone defense. He made three baskets, but canned 9-of-ll free throws to finish with 1 5 points. Just as important were Bowen's contributions of eight blocked shots, 1 1 rebounds and probably a half-dozen assists.

"I realize teams are going to double and triple-team me, so I am determined not to force shots," said Bowen, who is averaging around 20 points in a 6-0 start. "Tonight, I thought I could help our team by playing inside more and help congest the middle." Fort Madison wound up clinching the victory by hitting its free throws down the stretch, including eight by Bowen in the final quarter. "We were able to keep our poise down the stretch," Fort Mad It is second straight loss to ranked foe By Dearrel Bates QUAD-CITY TIMES The past two nights, Bettendorf has played the best. Now the Bulldogs have to play the rest and coach Mark Brooks is hopeful his basketball team is up to the test. Friday, Bettendorf lost 78-61 to unbeaten Davenport West, Iowa's No.

1 state-ranked Class 4A team. Saturday, the Bulldogs fell 54-48 to unbeaten Fort Madison, Iowa's No. 2 state-ranked Class 4 A team. So, coach, compare the two teams. "They are two different types of teams," Brooks said diplomatically.

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Shavers was too wobbly to continue and the fight was stopped after 48 seconds. Jesus Correa (6-0) knocked down Ed Strickland (1-7) twice in the first round, both times with uppercuts, to notch a TKO at 1:49 of the opening round. Levi put Steve Brumfield (2-2) on the canvas three times In the opening round to score a TKO at 1 :55. Tharp began his pro career by twice decking fellow rookie Anthony Jeffries and registering a TKO at 1:42 of the first round. fights in the Quad-Cities in recent years promoted by someone other than Chicago's Steven Brownstein.

As mentioned, not everything went smoothly. The contingent of Cincinnati fighters did not arrive until about 8:30 and the action didn't get started until about 9:20, 80 minutes later than scheduled. Alvino Pena, the trainer for Echols and Levi, said someone mysteriously called the Cincinnati fighters Friday and told them the card was canceled. There was supposed to be eight bouts but only seven Cincinnati fighters showed and one of them didn't make weight. Davenport's Mike Pena and Fernando Gonzales had their bouts canceled.

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