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jjrje iMaftforS) gFmtfmtt SPORTS SECTION SUNDAY OCTOBER 7, 1990 tewsirt quiet led $x9 9-1 Ik Fans wonder if they hold winning ticket Score 7 in 9th to take Game 1 By SEAN HORGAN Courant Staff Writer BOSTON They had been quiet, too quiet, for six innings and there was an unmistakable sense Saturday night at Fenway Park that the Athletics would not go silently into that good night Sure enough, once Roger Clemens had left the game after the sixth, the spark seemed to leave the Red Sox. The A's then overtook the bullpen with single runs in the seventh and eighth and seven in the ninth for a 9-1 victory in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. Alan Greenberg OSTON The line for tickets didn't even stretch halfway around the block. There were ALCS Clemens has not beaten Dave Stewart since the Oakland ace donned the gold and green in 1986. But on this night, it wasn't Clemens' fault.

He was superb for six innings, shutting out the defending World Champions on four hits and leaving with a 1-0 lead after six courtesy of Red Sox lead, 1-0 Gum li A's 9, Red Sox 1. Dave Stewart allows one run on four hits in eight Innings. Today; Came 2 Whom 8:27 p.m. Where! Fenway Park. Pitchers Oakland's Bob Welch (27-6, 2.95 ERA) vs.

Boston's Dana Kiecker (8-9, 3.97 ERA). TViCh.3. A lA' no scalpers. This was the late afternoon scene at Symphony Hall. Culture vultures.

A few miles away, in the shadow of the Citgo sign atop Kenmore Square, where the Red Sox were hoping to perform a symphony of their own, all you had to do was walk up the subway steps into the daylight to hear the stage whispers coming from the shadows. "Hey, you got any tickets?" "Hey, you need tickets?" Grungy guys, leaning on railings. Clean-cut guys in Red Sox T-shirts, leaning on railings. Existential question: How come you never see women leaning on railings, scalping tickets? At 5 p.m., 3Vi hours before game-time, Yawkey Way is beginning to fill Next to a sign that says "Beware of Attack Dogs," next to the entrance to The 600 Club, is a bronze plaque commemorating this hallowed old ballpark: New Fenway Park Built 1912 Reconstructed 1934 Boston American League Baseball Company Thomas A. Yawkey, President Next to the plaque is a bearded homeless man wearing a black tur-tleneck and tan pants.

He is asleep on the sidewalk. The magic of the American League Championship Series has not trickled down to him. Wade Boggs' homer in the fourth. But Stewart was his usual immense self, allowing only one run on four hits through eight innings. After the Boggs homer, he battened down the hatches and the A's to mount their comeback.

Dennis Eckersley pitched the ninth. After tying it 1-1 in the seventh on Rickey Henderson's sacrifice fly off reliever Larry Andersen, the A's took a 2-1 lead in the eighth on Carney Lansford's RBI-single that scored Jose Canseco. Canseco opened the inning against Andersen by singling to Harold Baines sacrificed him to second off Tom Bolton. The slow-working Jeff Gray came on and Canseco stole third 'before Lansford dumped one into right for his second hit of the night. Oakland added seven runs in the ninth off Gray, Dennis Lamp and Rob Murphy.

The Red Sox land A's not to mention Clemens and Stewart renewed their postseason duel with a bright Associated Press Please see A's, Page E15 The Red Sox Luis Rivera force the A'i Mark McGwire at second base in the seventh inning after a single by Walt Weiss. Please see Greenberg, Page E16 1 Stanford ends luck of Irish Celtics sign top pick nl The Celtics signed their No. 1 draft choice, Dee Brown, to a multiyear the team announced Saturday. Terms were not disclosed. Brown Is a 6-foot-1 point guard from Jacksonville.

He was selected 19th overall in the NBA draft In June. I Please see story, BROWN PageE2. College football State school Inside Colgate beats; Yale 30-7 behind Dave Goodwin's three TD passes. Williams rallies to spoil Trinity's opener, 24-21. Bloomsburg (Pa.) defeats Central, 12-10.

Top 25 Inside No. 9 Miami knocks off No. 2 Florida State, 31-22. No. 1 2 Colorado beats Missouri, 33-31.

Please see pages C8-11. want to see you try to stop him." The final Cardinal drive was kept' alive by Palumbis' 2-yard gain on a fourth-down play. He completed 26 of 34 passes for 256 yards. "It didn't work too well until we started throwing downfield," Palumbis said. "Their two-deep zone coverage opened up things in the middle, and when you have someone like Ed McCaffrey, you can't help but get the ball to him." Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind." Rick Mirer reached deep for one more Notre Dame miracle, only to find the Irish luck had run out.

Stanford quarterback Jason Palumbis, disappointed by three close losses, found luck on his side. With 36 seconds left, Tommy Vardell plunged for his fourth 1-yard touchdown to give Stanford' a comeback 36-31 victory over No. 1 Notre Dame Saturday. "I don't know if I've ever been in a loss this difficult," Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz Stanford (2-3) trailed 24-7 with 6 minutes, 30 seconds left in the first half before stringing together Vardell's series of touchdowns, two coming after Notre Dame (3-1) fumbles on punts. "We ran the same play over and over again," Vardell said.

"We figured they would shift over and tighten up." "We call No. 44 Vardell Touchdown Tommy'," Stanford coach Dennis Green said. "We know he's going to get the ball, you know he's going to get the ball, and we Please see Stanford, Page E10 Whalers rally, beat Rangers Dineen, Verbeek score in third period for first win of season UConi wins on lateFG VIV BERNSTEIN nt Staff Writer Whalers divided on women in locker room. Please see NHL col-umn, Page E7. with plenty of Rangers fans of 12,590 at the Civic Center.

Dineen and Ron Francis had a goal and an assist; Todd Krygier had two assists. Cheshire's Brian Leetch led the Rangers with a goal and two assists. inating. They first took the lead, then lost it when' the Rangers tied the game, regained it and fell behind before finally winning it "It was an uphill battle, a character win," coach Rick Ley said. Actually, it wasn't uphill until the third period, when the Rangers scored twice to take their first and only lead at 4-3 on goals 53 seconds apart by Darren Turcotte and Mark Hardy, the second coming 7 minutes, The Whalers aren't a fancy team, never have been.

They are bees in a hive, mostly workers who like to swarm. So it was no surprise the two players who best exemplify that Pat Verbeek and Kevin Dineen were catalysts in the Whalers' first victory of the season. Dineen scored the tying goal and Verbeek the winner as the Whalers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Rangers in front of a mixed crowd The Whalers are 1-0-1, which isn't remarkable unless vou look at theV 55 second into the third. up. recent past It's their best start since "We picked ourselves back 1O0I! By GEORGE SMITH Courant Staff Writer STORRS "Football is a weird game," concluded Connecticut defensive tackle Rob Belcuore.

He was clearly referring to Saturday's 24-22 victory over Villanova. UConn threw three interceptions, lost a fumble, had a wild center snap result in a safety, had a touchdown called back because of an illegal shift and its kicker missed field goals of 22 and 20 yards. No matter. The Huskies erased it all when freshman walk-on Nick So-sik made a 32-yard field goal with 22 seconds left before 13,248 at Memo But the Whalers were hardly dom- -Plei ease see Whalers, Page E5 i Brooks in developmental stage 1 I ft' By JEFF JACOBS Courant Staff Writer Herb Brooks, author of the most 0 A mmmk have not totally provided them with an environment for development. "It's time for Americans to stop reading books and start writing them.

Our athletes are not genetically inferior. In fact, we probably have better athletes in North America. Therefore, something has gone wrong in our development. We can't suffocate our kids." Before being inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Saturday in Eveleth, Brooks, who coached the United States to a gold-medal victory in the 1980 miracle at Lake Placid, told The Courant that perceptions that he had directly applied for the 1992 Olympic job are wrong.

Dave Peterson, who coached a talented Team USA to a disappointing seventh-place finish in 1988, was rehired by a selection committee. "There was no blow to my ego, because I was never a candidate for the job as it was presented," Brooks said. "I was asked by Larry Johnston Olympic team general manager if I was interested. I said I would only be interested in '92 and '94 together. And I had mixed feelings about that, because I like to see the job passed around.

I see a lot of worthy people. What I did see was a chance to change the system of development." Please see Brooks, Page E6 I CS lis. miraculous chapter in hockey history, thinks the book on American-hockey development ought to be rewritten. "I believe, in the 1980s, we did not do justice to our rial Stadium. "My mind flashed back to last year's game when we lost in six overtimes to Villanova," Belcuore said.

"Last year we played phenomenal and lost But winning or losing is all that counts. We won. Now we've got to put it behind us. Next week we've got UMass." The victory moved UConn to 2-3 on the season and 1-1 in the Yankee Conference. Huskies coach Tom Jackson said the victory "brings us into the mix" for a run at a confer- Please see UConn, Page E8 Jo Tabacca The Hartford Courant UCoreTs Kevin Long takes the high road against VMIanova's Peter Scavone in the first half Saturday at Storre.

American brooks hockey players," Brooks said. "We II i I .....................12 NFL Bruins win NBA Rockville romps fl Mike Leary scores two touchdowns to help Rockville. overpower Enfield 42-6. Page E13. On the the Horse racing CoW t3 Racing, jal alal El 6 Three a charm Xavier's Greg Swift leads his team to its third consecutive Wickham Invitational victory.

PageE12. Former Hflfliouse-New Haven player Tharon Mayes gets a 'shot wWitheKnicks. PagE3. The Buccaneers victory over the Vikings may mean a shift of power in the NFC Central. -Page E4.

The Bruins score two short-handed goals in the first period of a 7-1 victory over the Nordiques. Page E5..