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Tuesday Morning, May 7,1985 tDtjK (Sulueston Satin NHUB 3-B Bucs All-District Team catcher 6 hael Klel pitcher; Duke and Drew Walker O'Connell spring banquet ennis annual Spnng Sports Ban- Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafe- frh01 voll eyball, basketball, baseball, track, mS ll1 be hon0red The The TC registration Bell slti Field Ea rly for the Texas City Rebel of and the Southern 8 12 -y ears a ge. will be held on 18 fr 9 a tm noon at Rebel Nebraska opener moved OTn Nebraska's football opener against Florida State has been moved from Sept. 14 to Sept. 7 so it can na by 1 be CDT time rather than 1-30 ABC officials requested the change.

The switch was made possible when Tulane agreed to move its scheduled Sent 7 game against Florida State to Aug. 31 Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne has said he favors playing Florida State on Sept. 7 because it would give the Cornhuskers more time to prepare for their Sept. 21 game against Illinois Osborne said the switch means Nebraska will probably move the start of fall camp up a few days and will have more two- a-day practices. Teams are allowed 29 practices before the season's first game.

A ay Nebraska and Florida State about $500,000 aS Nebraska wil1 Plit its share with the rest of the Big Eight Conference. Beane sets course record BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) Marty Beane, a 32- year-old medical student from Northern Ireland, won the Belfast marathon Monday in a course record time of 2 hours 15 minutes, 52 seconds and won the first prize of $1 230 The first woman to cross the finish line was Belfast's Maura Boyle, who set a women's course record time of 2-45-40 The race was run without incident despite threats by the outlawed Irish National Liberation Army to attack overseas sports competitors visiting British-ruled Northern Ireland About 2,600 runners, including 600 from the Irish Republic and many others from Britain, took part and were cheered on by thousands of spectators who lined the 26-mile, 385-yard route that covered Protestant and Catholic districts. U.S. nabs five titles Bh! Viet Union ca Ptured eight championships, the United States five and Japan three in the 1985 World amateur wrestling "Super Champion Cup" tournament in Monday. The U.S.

winners were brothers David and Mark Schultz of Palo Alto Jim Martinez of Brooklyn Park, Minn Bill Scherr of Bloomington, and Bruce Baumgartner of Edinboro, Pa. Finland, Hungary, Greece and Italy won one title each Bulgaria, West Germany, South Korea, Mexico and Yugoslavia, the other competing countries in the 12-nation tournament, failed to win championships. David Schultz, Olympic gold medalist and 1983 world champion, captured the 74-kilogram (163-pound) freestyle title bv beating Olympic silver medalist Martin Knosp of West Ger- Bowa asks for trade CHICAGO Shortstop Larry Bowa has asked the Chicago Cubs to trade him back to the Philadelphia Phillies the team where he began his major league career 15 vears ago. Bowa, 39, benched this season in favor of rookie Shawon Dunston, said Cubs President and General Manager Dallas Green, who also came to Chicago from the Phillies, asked the shortstop a week ago if he wanted him to try to traded to the Philhes. Green gave him a week to think it over, Bowa said The week was up Sunday, and Bowa said he told Green he would prefer to be in Phillies' uniform.

"He said if I was unhappy I could mull over the situation for a week," Bowa told WBBM-AM Radio reporter Tom Shaer I thinking for his ballclub, for Larry Bowa, (Manager) Jim Frey, and all concerned, it would best for me to go with another club." Bowa said Green told him a deal was far from definite, and that he has no intention of giving the veteran shortstop away for nothing in return especially to the Phillies, who are in the same National League East Division as the Cubs Griffey's request honored NEW YORK AP) The New York Yankees have agreed to try and honor outfielder Ken Griffey's request to be traded General Manager Clyde King said Monday "I talked with his agent today," King said, "and I told him we'd do the best we could to get Ken traded." Griffey's agent is Tom Reich. 6 King said Yankees owner George Steinbrenner "has given me permission to go ahead." GriKey asked to be traded after Sunday's 6-2 victory over Kansas City in which he homered as a pinch hitter. Griffey has been platooned in left field with Billy Sample since Billy Martin took over as Yankees manager from Yogi Berra April 29 Griffey had sat out the previous three games against left- handed pitchers. Old Timers Classic WASHINGTON (AP) Twenty Hall of Famers, including Hoyt Wilhelm, Enos Slaughter and Lou Brock, the most recent inductees at Cooperstown, will be among 60 former Major League baseball players on the field July in the fourth annual Cracker Jack Old Timers Baseball Classic. Other Hall of Famers scheduled to appear are former American Leaguers Bob Feller, Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Ford Early Wynn, George Kell, Brooks Robinson, Luke Appline Kaline, Frank Robinson and Harmon Killebrew.

The National League contingent boasts Hall of Famers Warren Spahn, Robin Roberts, Juan Marichal, Eddie Mathews, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron and Ralph Kiner. The American League squad will be managed by Harvey Kuenn with Birdie Tebbetts in charge of the senior circuit Proceeds from the five-inning night game at R.F.K. Stadium are earmarked for the Association of Professional Ball Players of America. Goring named as Bruins' coach BOSTON (AP) The Boston Bruins, stung by dwindling National Hockey League fortunes, dug into their player ranks for new leadership Monday, naming veteran center Butch Goring head coach and defenseman MiKe Mllbury assistant coach. General Manager Harry Slnden, who served as interim coach after firing Gerry Cheevers on Feb.

13, told a news conference that the Bruins were "fortunate to have two people so knowledgable in the game and so well respected by all people in hockey." "Losing players the caliber of Goring and Milbury is tough, but I'm extremely confident that they will continue to make major contributions to the team, only this time from behind the bench," Sinden said. Goring, who will be 36 on Oct. 22, has been an outstanding center in the NHL for 16 years. He was acquired by the Bruins on waivers from the New York Islanders last Feb. 8 after becoming disenchanted with a role as a part-time player and assistant coach.

Mllbury, who will be 33 in June, has been a Boston regular for nine years. A Boston native, he starred at Colgate University before sign- Ing with the Bruins as a free agent on Nov. 4,1974. Slnden said that both Goring and Milbury retire as players to concentrate on their coaching duties. Sinden added that Jean Ratelle, an assistant coach under Cheevers for four years, will become a special assignment scout, handling advance scouting and traveling to look at specific college and junior players.

The appointment of Goring as Boston's 16th coach since 1924 had been rumored throughout hockey for about a week. However Milbury's decision to retire to enter coaching came as a surprise. He had talked with writers the past few days without giving away his decision. "This is a tremendous thrill and a great opportunity for me," Goring said. "I have made no secret of the fact that hockey is my profession and coaching is what I've wanted to do.

Given the opportunity is like a lifetime dream." Goring said that he has not had time to break down the Bruins' strengths and weaknesses, but promised to continue the Bruins' "very aggressive style of hockey." He said there really was no other way to play in Boston Garden, which has one of the smallest rinks In pro hockey. "Having Mike will be a big asset," Goring said. "I've know him for a long time, mostly in opposing uniforms. I've always admired him and his great enthusiasm for the game." Goring noted that he does not have coaching experience "except when I was about 14 playing in Winnipeg" and that "I'll have to feel my way around." "However," he said, "I've been in professional hockey for 16 years and I've always paid attention. I feel I've learned my lessons.

I learned a lot playing for two coaches, Bob Pulford in Los Angeles and Al Arbour with the Islanders." Sinden said that after he took over as interim coach in February he got to know Goring well and that "by the end of the season there was no doubt in my mind that he was the person that we shouldhave." "I talked directly with other coaching applicants than 30) and considered some other people, but after two extended conversations with Butch I felt he was our man," Sinden said. "I had no reservations about naming a player as our next coach. Cheevers made the transition very well (from goalie coach in 1980)." Milbury, who surprised many by coming back from a broken kneecap suffered just before the playoffs in 1983, said he began thinking of "future possibilities" last fall. He said he decided along the way It probably "would be my last year," but I wanted to wait and "w.eigh my options." "I have confidence I could continue playing," he said. "I'm physically able to play gain.

It's my decision to take the opportunity to start in coaching. My goal now is to help this club go back to being a true Stanley Cup contender. We have to ruin this habit of taking early vacations." After finishing fourth in the Adams Division this season, the Bruins were sent on an early vacation by losing to Montreal in the first round of the playoffs. Boston has not won the Stanley Cup since 1972. Michael Andretti tries to measure up INDIANAPOLIS (API T.aot INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Last year, Michael Andretti had to battle the inevitable comparisons with his famous father.

This year, the 22-year-old race driver is trying to measure up to his own success in the Indianapolis 500. "It's sort of scary. Last year, we couldn't do anything wrong," said the younger Andretti, trying for a second start in the 500. Last year, he was the fourth- fastest qualifier, finished fifth in the race and shared the Rookie of the Year Award with runner-up Roberto Guerrero. "We're going to approach it the same way this year and be a bit conservative.

That's what it takes here," said Andretti, whose father, Mario, was the Indy Rookie of the Year in 1965, won the 500 four years later, was world driving champion in 1978 and national champion last year. Michael, who will drive either a Lola or a March race car in Saturday's qualifications for the May 26 race, admitted that he was nervous and felt a lot of pressure last year, when he started the race in the same row as his father. But he lasted 45 laps longer than Mario, and his top-10 finishes in seven other races in 1984 have chased a lot of clouds away. "It's not so much what I learned, but what I experienced," the younger Andretti said. "I know before qualifications what to expect.

Before, I didn't know what to expect with the other cars around me. My mind is at ease." Michael, who still lives with his parents in Nazareth, started racing go-karts in 1972 and won 50 of 75 races he entered over the next seven years. He began racing Formula Fords in 1980 and was the Sports Car Club of America Northeast Division champion in 1981. In 1982, he was Super Vee champion and qualified with his father at LeMans. Two years ago, he and Mario finished third at LeMans, and he made his Indy car debut at Las Vegas, where he finished 19th.

What about the comparisons with Mario now? "I don't know. I guess every time in the car you want to go as quick as you're capable. It's the same for most drivers, for most good drivers. I want to get every ounce of speed out of it," Michael said. He said the pole position for the race this year probably will go at a four-lap average of 215 mph, and it will take at least 203-204 mph just to get into the 33-car starting field.

"I think we have more potential than last year," he said. "We've got a lot of things I feel were missing last year. One was an engineer. We didn't have any engineers last year. Another was the engines.

We're building our own engines now. "I feel a lot less pressure," Michael said. "I'm not as nervous now. I know what to expect now. There were so many unknowns last year." Simple mathematics could encourage Diaz to run Spend a Buck in Preakness BALTIMORE (AP) Simple mathematics, if not the Triple Crown tradition, could help owner Dennis Diaz decide where Kentucky Derby winner Spend A Buck makes his next start.

That was the obviously biased opinion of general manager Chick Lang as Pimlico Race Course officials awaited word on whether Spend A Buck would start in the Preakness Stakes May 18. Just before Spend A Buck was shipped from Kentucky to Garden State Park Monday, trainer Cam Gambolati said no would be made on the 3-year-old colt's next appearance until after a workout Thursday. A victory by Spend A Buck in the Jersey Derby May 27 would earn Diaz a $600,000 purse plus a $2 million bonus for a sweep of the Kentucky Derby and three Garden State Park stakes. Lang contended that would be a shortsighted approach, pointing out the greater riches that would accrue should Spend A Buck go on to win the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes June 8 at Belmont Park, and become the 12th Triple Crown champion. "By the time he takes out 10 percent for the jockey and trainer, and gives the stable people and the Internal Revenue Service their shares," Lang said, "Diaz is going to wind up with million, or less.

A Triple Crown winner might be syndicated for $40 million. "I was never good at mathematics in school," Lang said, "but I know the difference between million and $40 million." While noting that the Preakness is a Grade I race, the highest classification that can be given a stakes race, and the Jersey Derby is rated Grade HI, Lang added: "In the breeders' game, everyone knows the Triple Crown is the ultimate prize and there's only one horse who can become the Triple Crown winner this year." Lang said he wasn't going to get into a bidding war with Robert Brennan, the millionaire who rebuilt Garden State. "If he gives Diaz Boulder Dam or the White House," Lang cracked, "I can't match that." Diaz reportedly was meeting Monday in Kentucky with William S. Farish III, who wants to buy into the 3-year-old colt as the first step toward syndication. Syndication with Farish, owner of 1972 Preakness winner Bee Bee Bee and a racing traditionalist who is a steward of The Jockey Club, probably would mean that Spend A Buck would follow the Triple Crown route.

Spend A Buck won the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, scoring a wire-to-wire, 5y 4 -length triumph over Stephen's Odyssey. In addition to a purchase bid by Farish, owner of Lane's End Farm outside Versailles, Diaz said he was considering a syndication offer by Brennan. Brennan said it was speculative to assume anything about the syndication offer. Diaz also said the decision on the colt's next race would not be made until later in the week. "I hope to decide by Thursday," said Diaz, "or Friday at the latest.

We want to do what's best for the horse. If we go one way it's the Triple Crown series. If we go to Garden State, we'll skip the Belmont, too. There's just not enough time." Asked if he intended to make Diaz' decision any tougher by increasing the size of the bonus, Brennan said, "We don't intend to TUESDAY TIOES HI it am (1.8 low TUESDAY MI at TUESDAY MOON RIM at pm. Ml am.

WEDNESDAY TIDES Hfflh at 10:11 am (U WEDNESDAY SUM at 1.31 am. at 1:00 pm. WEDNESDAY MOON No rlu Ififed. at am. The good fishing that prevailed over the weekend continued Monday, although the turnout of fishermen was far less.

Excellent redfish catches were made at the jetties Monday as were catches over the weekend. "A lot of redfish limits were taken and the fish were right up close to the maximim length limit," Joe Martin reported from the Galveston Yacht Basin Bait Camp. "The best redfish catches were made from the hole at the end of the South Jetty and the best time was on the tide change." Martin also reported some speckled trout and small drum were brought In from jetty waters. Martin said offshore anglers brought In red snapper and a few scattered ling. Speckled trout fishing continued to improve in area bays.

Good speck catches, along with some flounder, were made on the flats on the Bolivar side of East Bay and up around Hannah's Reef. The report from Shirley's Fishing Camp at Bolivar noted speckled trout to seven and eight pounds in size were caught at Hannah's Reef. The lower reaches of West Bay paid off with speckled trout, red- fish and some flounder. Victor and Barbara Yovanovic fishing with West Bay Guide Cookie Pepper caught 12 speckled trout drift-fishing near San Luis Pass. Waders Eric Stephenson and Ken Coufal did well on specks.

Coufal caught seven specks and two reds, and Stephenson landed five specks and one red. The fish were caught on silver spoons with chartruese and yellow bucktails. Margie Mobley at Rhem's Fishing Camp reported speckled trout, redfish and croakers were caught around the railroad causeway. She said some speckled trout were caught from Jones Lake and around Carancahua Reef in West Bay. Good speckled trout and flounder catches were made from the Lighted Pier on the Texas City Dike.

David Garza reported Larry Gonzales and James Holstein caught fived speckled trout and 21 flounder. George Ayala and Don Knapp also made good trout catches. Chuck Fullmer at Seawolf Park reported speckled trout and flounder were caught from the flats on the back side of the park. Beachfront anglers caught mixtures of sand trout, croakers, small drum and a few speckled trout. Libe bait shrimp are available at most fishing camps, but the shrimp are quitre small in size.

do anything like that. We set up the Garden State challenge to give all horsemen an equal opportunity to pursue it as they choose to. We feel it would be inappropriate to maintain it that way." Lang said that anywhere from three to five other Kentucky Derby starters apparently were headed for the Preakness. Tomczak signs with Chicago CHICAGO (AP) Free agent Mike Tomczak, who starred at quarterback for Ohio State University, says he will sign a three- year contract with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Tomczak and his agent, Peter Johnson, agreed to terms Saturday in a meeting in Cleveland, he said.

"My family is excited," said Tomczak, who lives in south suburban Calumet City. "They've traveled to Columbus, Ohio, for four years to watch me. It's a long drive, but they've made every game. N'ow for my pro career, they only have a half-hour or 45- minute drive," Tomczak was not selected in last week's NFL draft of college talent. Join RACQUET 744-3651 DICKERSON TIRE APPLIANCE UNIRDYAL Tires Television Sets whirlpool Appliances Soles Service 2420 Winnie 765-7428.