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1 SPORTS The Times, Tuesday, March 14, 1989 B-4 Bulls' getaway is. runaway GENE SEYMOUR mil if Nothing is different for Sox, Cubs CHICAGO How enticing it is to sit here and say that fans of Chicago baseball teams will be provided with something other than misery. By JOHN O'MALLEY Times Sports Writer CHICAGO Craig Hodges called it a but Chicago's victory over the Indiana Pacers Monday night at Chicago Stadium was more like a runaway. The Bulls placed six players in double, figures and all 12 players scored, as Chicago frolicked to its easiest victory this season by whipping the road-weary Pacers. 122-90.

The loss was the 29th in 33 road outings for the Pacers, who continued to prove that their road show is tantamount to no show. But while the Pacers' performance was at best subpar, the show put on by Chicago's Michael Jordan was par for the course. Jordan, who manned the point guard position for the Bulls for the second straight game, recorded his fourth triple double of the season and the ninth of his career (21 points, 14 assists, 14 rebounds) in just 30 minutes of action. For good measure, the Bulls went three-point crazy as Hodges (19 points) set a Stadium record for most three-point field goals made in a quarter with five in the second and tied the record for most made in a half and in a game (World B. Free hit five for Cleveland, Dec.

27, 1984). The Bulls, who travel to Cleveland for a big Central Division clash with the Cavaliers Wednesday night, also set Stadium marks for most treys in a game with nine and most in a half with six (the old records were eight in a game and five in a quarter set against the Lakers last Dec. 20). "Hodges really broke the game open in the second quarter with his shooting he was magnificent to say the least." Bulls coach Doug Collins said. "Michael (Jordan) was penetrating and finding him in the corners; we had good ball movement." Hodges, canned seven of nine shots from the floor, including five of six from three-point range.

"It was just one of those things where I was getting good passes from my teammates," Hodges said. "Their (Pacers) defense was a little bit slow in shifting. We were able to move the ball around real well and Michael (Jordan) was finding me all night. "The thing about Jordan is you have to respect his offense so much. People can't double-team him because if they double-team him then somebody is open and it just so happens I was open tonight.

"Michael creates so many open shots for everybody," Hodges added. I wasn't the only one getting open shots, everybody was getting them. Said Jordan, who had three treys himself, "Craig's threes are like layups. He'll sit over there and hit them all day. He really illustrated that every time they (Pacers) were double-teamming on me.

"I knew exactly where he was all the time. I know his favorite positions and I can just close my eyes and throw it to him and he's knocking the shots in. That's a big help to us." Horace Grant (13), Sam Vincent (12), Scottie Pippen and Bill Cartwright (10) joined Jordan and Hodges in double figures. Chicago raced to a 10-0 lead and led 23-18 after one period before a 26-14 second-quarter run produced a 54-40 lead at the break. See BULLS, Page B-4 However, after watching the Sox and Cubs through the early portion of their respective spring training camps, there appears to be little reason to elevate hope.

The teams that just a month ago looked dismal on paper haven looked much bet ter on the field. Areas that general manager Jim Frey had hoped to establish by now catcher. the outfield, shortstop, run production and the pitching staff are not shored up. There remain questions about shortstop Shawon Dunston's consistency. Ditto for catcher Damon Berryhill's hitting, rookie center fielder Jerome Walton's overall game (though it appears to be most promising) and the ability of Mark Grace to discourage pitchers from throwing around Andre Dawson any more than did Rafael Palmeiro.

This doesn't even take into account the left field posi tion, which, no mat ter what Mitch Webster's past sug APLoserpholo Pacers' Vern Fleming slips inside against Bulls' Bill Cartwright Monday Keady to announce decision -I rk gests, is still a question mark because of Webster's under whelming 1988 sea son. Or whether Vance Law can repeat his FREY career-type season. Are the Cubs any better off than their division opponents? Definitely not better than the Mets. Nor the Pirates. Montreal, too, looks stronger.

The Cubs could be ex pected to compete with St. Louis, except this is an odd-numbered year, and Whitey Herzog seems to pull something out of his hat in such times. WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) Purdue basketball coach Gene Keady said Monday he was impressed during a visit to Arizona State. He promised to announce by Wednesday whether he would take the head coaching job there. Keady and his wife, Pat, flew to Tempe, on Sunday for short visit to the Arizona State campus and more discussions with ASU athletic director Charles Harris.

Arizona State is offering Keady a reported $300,000 annually to take over its beleagured basketball program, which has had three coaches and no winning seasons since 1982. "It was just a quick-hitter I went out yesterday and I listened some more." Keady said Monday. "They've got some impressive facilities, that's for sure, and I was impressed with their support systems, academics, weightlifting, those types of things, people that would sell season tickets in blocks, getting students back out to the games. I think they're starting to understand what it takes. "And we liked the weather.

Who wouldn't? But that's not going to win games for you." Upon his return Monday, Keady met with Purdue athletic director George King and Purdue players. "He told us it's up in the air," junior guard Tony Jones said. "He said it was a hard decision but that if it was strictly a money thing, he would have been gone two days ago. "The guys on the team don't want him to leave, especially the older guys. It would be a big adjustment to a new coach.

But we'll just have to wait and Only the Phillies are a certifiably poorer collection of saps than the Cubs; so, it is not bad logic to say the Cubs won't im prove much on last year. Given a proper astrological alignment. the Cubs' pitching staff could get continued ace-style production from Greg Maddux and Rick Sutcliffe. And Mike Harkey could begin to dominate the ma jors the way he has every other level. And Paul Kilgus would go a step above what Jamie Moyer offered and win close games.

This would help. So would a season of 40-plus homers by Andre Dawson and a 25-homer season by Ryne Sandberg. And Hoosier fans unhappy with team going west any other fantasy you can concoct. Except it just doesn look like it will happen. The White Sox hope to follow the 1987 Minnesota Twins Example.

Except what is discouraging about the White Sox was revealed during a recent home run hitting contest as part of ceremonies to open their new Sarasota facility. It took 35 pitches before any Sox "slugger" could knock one out of the park, and the wind was blowing out. At least one question seems to have been answered satisfactorily. Greg Walker is performing much better than believed BLOOM I NGTON, Ind. (AP) Indiana coach Bob Knight apparently feels he's said enough.

However, his boss and fans Monday echoed their disappointment about the team being shipped west in the NCAA Tournament. "I thought that the Big Ten championship meant a heckuva lot," Indiana athletic director Ralph Floyd said. Indiana, the Big Ten champion, was seeded second in the West and will play George Mason in the first round at Tucson, Ariz. Illinois, which beat Indiana twice during the season but finished second in the conference, was given the No. 1 seed in the Midwest and will play McNeese State in the Hoosier Dome.

Although Knight reportedly was calm after the NCAA announced the pairings Sunday night, he said earlier "If the Big Ten champion doesn't get the first seed the best league in the country according to every power rating I've seen then why the hell play it? "What we ought to do is schedule 18 Hoosier Conference teams." Fans, of course, were the quickest to rally to Knight's support. "In view of what Bob Knight's done with his team, they deserved to be in Indianapolis, "fan Jim Stoner said. "We did win the Big Ten outright." said another fan, Michael Henry. "I don't care if Illinois beat us twice or not. We are the Big Ten champions.

Period." That cut no cloth with the NCAA, however. possible. He might even be back to his old form, or, gads, even better. Though the quality of the Sox' outfield isn't quite top drawer, the number of people are impressive, and given enough op portunities, perhaps some decent produc AP LoserDholo STUFFED: Houston's Akeem Olajuwon blocks shot attempt by Lakers' Kareem tion could be had from the likes of Harold Baines, Dave Gallagher, Dan Pasqua, Ivan Abdul Jabbar as Otis Thorpe watches. The Lakers won.

See Page B-5. Calderone, Ken Williams, Lance Johnson, Daryl Boston (I know, I know) or Ron The fielding can only get better, and it LSU's Jackson cracks All-America lineup will be due in part to Eddie Williams' solidifying of third base. Ozzie Guillen is going to have another All-Star season, and By The Associated Press Chris Jackson, who stirred memories Fred Mannque and Steve Lyons will of Pistol Pete Maravich at Ixniisiana State, became only the second freshman parlay enough glove-bat options at second that some production should follow by ever named to The Associated Press college basketball All-America team Mon This is the year that Jack McDowell day. Arizona senior Sean Elliott was the lone repeater. must establish himself as the stopper.

If he's hot enough about the White Sox', um. unique method of negotiating contracts, maybe he will see to it that he's so good that he can sign for a pot of gold Indiana Jay Edwards was named to the second team. Joining Jackson and Elliott on the elsewhere. Most experts agree that Oakland is a first team were seniors Danny Ferry of Duke, Stacey King of Oklahoma and DOUGLAS ELLIOTT FERRY JACKSON KING runaway train, but Minnesota and much-improved Texas should not be discounted. of Oklahoma and Charles Smith Sherman Douglas of Syracuse.

ot State; Danny Jones of Wisconsin: and Rumeal Robinson and Loy Vaught of The voting was done by the same na Kansas City always seems to be good tional panel of sports writers and broad enough to surpass the White Sox. so. if that form follows, we're looking at a second-division finish, and who cares about a team that finishes fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh? casters that selects the weekly Top Twenty. Each voter selected three players with points distributed on a 5-3-1 basis. Wayman Tisdale of Oklahoma in 1983 Luckily, it's only the middle of March.

In a few months, we might be thinking of Sean then, but nothing like the load he's had this year," Wildcats coach Lute Olson said. "It's great to see this kind of recognition." Ferry, a 6-10 forward, averaged a team-leading 22.7 points and 7.4 rebounds while handing out 5.0 assists per game. He is the only Atlantic Coast Conference player to ever amass 2.000 points, 900 rebounds and 480 assists. King, a powerful inside player at 6-10, averages of 26.3 points and 10 rebounds per game while blocking 70 shots. Douglas is the NCAA's all-time assist leader with 928 and he is 12 shy of becoming the Orangemen's first 2.000-point scorer.

He averaged 18.3 points and 8.7 assists this season. Georgetown. The third team was seniors Todd Lichti of Stanford and George McCloud of Florida State, juniors Hank Gathers of Loyola Marymount. the nation's leading scorer and rebounder. and Lionel Simmons of La Salle, and freshman center Alonzo Mourning of Georgetown.

The only Indiana college players receiving honorable mention were Joe Hillman of Indiana and Scott Haffner of Evansville. Big Ten performers receiving honorable mention included Nick Anderson. Kenny Battle and Kendall Gill of Illinois; B.J. Armstrong. Ed Horton and Roy Marble of Iowa; Jay Burson of Ohio is the only other freshman selected an Ail-American.

He went on to be a three-time selection before leaving the Sooners Michigan. Jackson is the nation's second-leading scorer at 30.1 per game, a mark that will break the freshman standard of 29.4 set by Fly Williams of Austin Peay in 1973. "I'm quite surprised about being named to the All-America team as a freshman," Jackson said. "It is a great honor." The 6-foot-8 Elliott, the Pac-10's all-time leading scorer, leads the top-ranked Wildcats in scoring at 22.0. "This is a tribute to our team and its position," Elliott said.

"A year ago when he was playing with a veteran club, a great deal was required along the lines of former Cleveland in-fielder Toby Harrah. who dismissed hard times thusly: after his junior season and joining the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. "Tomorrows a new day. If we work The second team was comprised of hard, we can get back to mediocrity." Edwards, a sophomore who averaeed 20 Columnist Gene Seymour writes for points and nearly four assists per game, plus seniors Pervis Ellison of Louisville. Glen Rice of Michigan.

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