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Thursday, January 28, 1993 This section is recyclable Orange Bowl director to he named SWC commissioner He was unanimously recommend By Kirk Bohls American-Statesman Staff Steve Hatchell, executive director of the Federal Express Orange Bowl, will be named Southwest Conference commissioner today in a press conference at Dallas, three league sources said Wednesday. Hatchell, 45, will be given a five-year guaranteed contract for an annual salary of about $150,000. Hatchell declined to confirm the speculation that he will replace Fred Jacoby, who is stepping down as commissioner at the end of June. But Hatchell did say he will not be in the office today. A press conference has been scheduled for 11:30 this morning in a Dallas hotel.

Hatchell, who is married and has two children, has served as executive director of the Orange Bowl for almost six years. During that time, the game was a sellout for five of the six years. Three times the Orange Bowl had the national championship game. "If he were the one, I would be very pleased," Baylor Athletic Director Grant Teaff said. "I think he'd bring to the position all the qualities we need at this time in our history.

I think obviously if we are making a commitment to a man of his caliber, I think that bodes well for the conference. Maybe that'll stop some of the rumors going around (about the death of the SWC)." Hatchell has been the front-runner for the job from the very start, ahead of Dave Cawood, assistant executive director for the NCAA. Sun Belt Commissioner Craig Thompson was also a finalist. The choice of Hatchell could further the SWCs cause in trying to align itself with the Big Eight. He is a graduate of Colorado, served as sports information director there jd spent six years with the Big Eight office as service bureau director and associate commissioner.

He also was commissioner of the Metro Conference for four years before moving to Miami ed by the eight-man search committee headed by Texas Christian Chancellor William Tucker. "We're sorry it's happening," said Harper Davidson, past president of the Orange BowL "He's done a tremendous job. You're getting the right guy. He's very talented. He's got all the gifts to make a great commissioner.

Personally I know hell do great job." C2 Austin American-Statesman 1 IIIFff i ml Texas' Rink, Walker lose academic appeals Seles sets Sabatini straight with rout Graf to meet Monica for Aussie title marily in pass rushing situations. His best game was against Texas when he made 10 tackles. Walker, a 5-10, 195-pound sophomore from Irving Nimitz, was used primarily as a reserve in 1992. He played in 11 games, rushing for yards on 13 carries. He caught passes for 67 yards.

There were no other academic casualties on the football team. Rink and Walker knew they had been dismissed at the beginning of last week, but the appeals process get back into school did not end until Wednesday. By Suzanne Halliburton a E5I IB fc I 33 "1 a El mm ed defensive tackle Brandon Ashley (6-4, 255) and wide receiver Courtney Epps (6-1, 180). Both have committed to Tennessee but plan to visit Austin this weekend for an unofficial visit Ashley did not make the American-Statesman's Fabulous 55, but In some recruiting circles he is thought to be a better prospect than his teammate, defensive tackle William Carr, who is No. 1 on the Fab 55.

Epps is No. 17 on the Fab 55 and the second-best receiver prospect In the state. He could be the best considering Jersey Village's John Pollard, who also has committed to Tennessee, has not met academic requirements and could opt for professional baseball. "We're probably coming down," Ashley said. "We're kind of interested in Texas." Texas defensive line coach Rex Norris is recruiting Ashley.

Wide receivers coach Cleve Bryant is talking to Epps, and running backs coach Michael Godbolt recruited Wilson. Texas has tried in the past to entice Carter players to sign with the school. But Wilson became the first since Kelvin Epps played for the Longhorns a decade ago. Donovan dilemma II Alief Elsik cornerback Donovan Greer decided not to decide. Greer, No.

8 on the Fab 55, still is considering Texas, Ohio State, Texas and Alabama. By Suzanne Halliburton and Kirk Bohls takes. You have to constantly pres- sure her. You can't let up on your game, that's for sure." IT. Graf dismissed her own play in the semis as, "sort of OK, not extraordinary, nothing speciaL" And that seemed accurate, even if she came up with a couple of very spe- rial back-to-back aces while facing A double break point at 4-2, 15-40 in the second set Graf went on to hold and run out the match.

No. 1 seed Jim Courier carved j-up No. 7 Petr Korda 6-1, 6-0, 6-4 so convincingly that the Czech seemed in shock. No one in the past two years, Korda said, had played so perfectly against him. "I tried everything," Korda said.

"There was no answer. He didn't make any mistakes in the first two sets." Courier goes into the semifinals against No. 14 Michael Stich, who 2 has been dour and petulant in all of his matches while working himself back into the form that brought him the 1991 Wimbledon title. Agassi tops Texas ex in Abilene tournament ABILENE, Texas Andre Agassi defeated former University of Texas standout Steve Bryan, 6-2, 6-4, in their opening match of the Humana Hospital-Abilene pro tennis tournament Wednesday. Agassi won the final five games of the first set after trailing 2-1.

He battled through three deuces to break Bryan and take a 3-2 lead 2 He then easily held service twice and broke Bryan again in closing out the set. In other matches, 1992 NCAA 1 champion defeated Karim Aland 6-2, 6-4; Mikael Pernfors downed Ken Flach, 6-3, 6-3; and Andres Gomez turned back big-serving Brian Dunn 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-1. The Texas football team suffered two academic casualties Wednesday when defensive tackle Shane Rink and running back Ro-drick Walker lost appeals to stay in school for the spring semester. Rink and Walker can return for the summer or fall semesters if they bring their grades back up to UT's academic standards. Rink, who will be a third-year sophomore, started the final four games of 1992 when Dominic Bus-tamante suffered a season-ending neck injury.

Rink, a 6-foot-4, 259-pounder from Houston Cypress Creek, had 36 tackles and one sack. Earlier in the year he was used pri Former Texas King dies Associated Press LUBBOCK Former Texas Tech athletic director King, who coached Red Raiders football during its infancy in the Southwest Conference, died Wednesday of cancer. He was 80. "He was one of the finest coaches in Texas," Baylor Athletic Director Grant Teaff said. "He had impeccable integrity.

He was a person who cared about people." King, born in Wilmot, graduated from Houston Reagan High School and played guard at the University of Texas, where he lettered and graduated in 1938. King was an assistant coach at Texas from 1950 to 1956 under Blair Cherry and Ed Price. King was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 1981. Texas Tech went 44-45-3 during King's nine seasons as coach. He worked his way from Tech assistant coach in 1959 to head coach So hoy soy Lost cause, good cause 45 11 to is Ml KstJV r'Sk El SiS UT grabs pledges Texas picked up three commitments Wednesday, landing a punter, a defensive lineman and an offensive lineman.

The Long-horns have 17 pledges. Tim Warfield, a 6-foot-4-inch, 273-pound defensive tackle from Grapeland chose Texas over Baylor and Texas Tech. Grapeland is a Class 2A school and because of its size, War-field probably did not have the same publicity as recruits from bigger schools. Still, he is considered a top-100 prospect In Texas. Warfield, who has deceptive speed, Is still growing and possibly could be moved to defensive end.

"Hopefully, I'll be 6-7," War-field said. "Six-seven and fast." Warfield said he runs a 40-yard dash in 4.9 seconds. Sherman punter Mark Schul-tis (6-1, 170) has changed his commitment to Kansas State In favor of Texas. Schultis was a last-minute visitor to Austin over the weekend. He averages 40 yards a punt and can place-kick and kick off.

Blake Powers (6-5, 280) of DeSoto committed late Wednesday. The Longhorns will entertain up to 10 recruits this weekend. National signing day, when all commitments are binding, is Feb. 3'. Carter connection The commitment of Dallas Carter tunning back Darrell Wilson to Texas on Tuesday had somewhat of a chain reaction involving two of his prominent teammates.

Wilson, It seems, is good friends with highly regard Robert Horry 1 1 Ilk. 2Lt Lady Horns advance at Lakeway Circuit By Steve Wilstein Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia Surprise, surprise. Monica Seles and Steffi Graf will play each other for another Grand Slam title. Seles, No. 1, and Graf, No.

2, winners of the last five Australian Opens, set up their predictable clash in the final with overpowering performances Thursday in the semis. Seles, the two-time defending champion, doesn't astonish anyone by winning, yet she amazed even herself with some shots in thrashing an enervated Gabriela Sabatini 6-1, 6-2. Seles, 20-0 in this Grand Slam event over three years, assured herself of retaining the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis. Three-time champion Graf, who beat Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 7-5, 6-4, reigned as No.

1 for 3V4 years until March 11, 1991 when Seles became the youngest player to take over the top spot. Graf can narrow the point gap in the rankings by beating Seles, putting the German in position to reclaim No. 1 later this year. Their match Saturday will be their fourth for a Grand Slam title. Graf won the last meeting on the grass at Wimbledon last summer, Seles won the first two, in the French Open in 1990 and 1992.

But in the Australian Open, which Graf won on a rubberized hard surface in 1988, '89 and "90, the courts should even out their strengths and weaknesses. Neither player has ever lost an Australian final. "It is special to play against her," Graf said. "I think it's a great opportunity to play against the best woman in the world. But she's human, too.

Everyone makes mis pretty good groove," Paynter said. Paynter and Gilchrist have won four doubles titles in USTA circuit events. In their first tournament together, a year and half ago, they won a doubles title at a Challenger tournament, which is a step higher than a circuit event. Both see the event as a chance to tune up for the college season. Last year, they finished second in the national rankings.

Texas players won four of the five matches Wednesday. Gilchrist advanced in singles with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Birch. She will face No. 7 seed Anne Stephenson, the only seed to surrender a set, in the round of 16 today. Top-seeded Helen Kelesi of Canada awaits Paynter in the second round.

Kelesi is ranked No. 118 by the Women's Tennis Association. Paynter said she played with more patience than usual in taking Dennis Cook, have accepted an invitation to play in the exhibition. The game, which is scheduled for 2 p.m., will be broadcast on KLBJ-AM (590). Tickets are available at the Bell-mont Hall ticket office from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. The price is $6 for reserved seats in the grandstand and $3 for seats in the right-field bleacher. The ticket office at Disch-Falk Green Fee Combo (0)95 1 iJ PerPerson Gar Heard, interim coach of the Dallas Mavericks who are seriously challenging the Philadelphia 76ers' NBA-worst record of 9-73 has vowed that the Mavericks will not break it. "If we do, I will perform 100 hours of community service," Heard said. Pasteurized advice Tech coach of cancer King, a former Longhorns player and Texas Tech athletic director and coach, died Wednesday.

from 1961 to 1970. He served as Tech athletic director from 1970 to 1978, when he retired. King hired Teaff as an assistant in 1966. "He recognized I had some qualities and talents, and he turned me loose to use them," Teaff said. King began his college coaching career in 1946 at Tulane.

He was assistant coach at Texas in 1949 and 1950 under Harry Sti-teler and Paul "Bear" Bryant. He is survived by his wife, Beth, three sons and a daughter. Walt Williams with the Phila The sites for 24 of the 27 Super Bowls have been In California, Florida and Louisiana. Can you name the other three states that have played host to a Super Bowl? Answer on Scoreboard, C10 11 pjn. ESPN GD Tennis semifinal REPLAYS Men's 630 am HSE CD Women's collage basketball Southern Methodist at Texas 11 am.

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"Of course, patience for me is waiting for more than two balls to attack," Paynter said. Texas freshmen Jill Craybas was a 6-4, 6-4 victor over Lean da Hitge. Craybas, from Rhode Island, played in three circuit events this summer, making the singles final in one of them. "I had a little trouble closing out, but that's not unusual for me," Craybas said. "I'm playing pretty well but I need to work on my consistency and hit deeper." Former Austin High standout and Texas freshmen Anne Covert dropped her first-round match to unseeded Elly Hakami 6-4, 6-4.

The No. 1 doubles seeds, Kylie Johnson and Jolene Watanabe, will play their first match this afternoon. They are the only seeds not to have played. Play starts at 10 a.m. By Philip Billnitzer American-Statesman Correspondent To say the seeds and University of Texas tennis players performed well in the first round of the United States Tennis Association $10,000 Circuit tournament at Lakeway would be like saying Bjorn Borg used to hit a pretty decent topspin.

All seeded players who have played, in both doubles and singles, made it to the second round. Nine of the 11 seeds won in straight sets. Only No. 8 singles seed Amy Van Buren fell. She trailed Nency Van Erp 6-1, 4-2 before retiring.

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