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El Paso Times uesnes Nov. 22, 1989 if j-. A Section G.f 2C Printout 3C Soccer 4C Digest 4C Horses Sports editor: Ray Hagar, 546-6170 Scores UTEP plays Marathon Oil in final exhibition Tonight's game Time, place: 7:30 p.m.. Special Events Center Tickets: $8 and $9 Radio: KHEY-AM 690 who played just 12 minutes last week, should get more playing time tonight. "He's been working extremely hard in practice this week and he even scoring a little more," Haskins said.

Another player Haskins will watch closely is Henry Hall, a freshman guard from Washington, D.C. Last week Hall had nine points and six assists, but his five turnovers worried Haskins. "For us to become a good team by the end of the year, Henry has to make progress," Haskins said. "We expect him National Basketball Association Washington 97, Milwaukee 91 Miami 98, Charlotte 87 Atlanta 103, Detroit 96 Indiana 119, Boston 111 N.York 114, Houston 106 OT Utah 103, Minnesota 101 OT San Antonio 107, Phoenix 98 Denver 111, Dallas 95 Seattle 114, New Jersey 84 Orlando 115, Sacramento 113 Portland 121, Chicago 110 National Hockey League Boston 2, Detroit 1 OT Calgary 4, Quebec 4 tie Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 St.

Louis 7, Minnesota 4 Edmonton 4, Vancouver 3 "Hopefully we'll get back on defense better," he said "I'm sure this Marathon bunch will get down the floor quick. If they take 15-footers, they'll hit 'em. We really didn't play that badly against Australia when we got back on defense and found five guys to guard." It is not unusual for Haskins to boast about an opponent, but he has reason to speak highly of Marathon. Sponsored by an oil company, Marathon boast some outstanding former collegiate players, including 6-2 guard Eric Turner (Michigan), 6-2 guard Byron Larkin (Xavier) and 6-6 forward Rodney Mack (South Carolina State). By Rick Cantu El Paso Times It shouldn't take Don Has-kins long to convince his players that Marathon Oil is a good basketball team.

Marathon Oil, a group of former college standouts, whipped Auburn 96-83 in an exhibition game Monday night. UTEP and Marathon will play at 7:30 p.m. today at the Special Events Center. Haskins, entering his 29th season as UTEP's coach, hopes the Miners show improvement from last week's 84-83 loss to the Australian nationals. Miners on TV: Channel 7 KVIA will telecast up to six UTEP home games this season 3C This marks UTEP's last exhibition.

The Miners open the regular season Friday night against Delta State. Haskins is concerned about Marathon's talent, but he's more concerned about the progress of his own team. Center Greg Foster and forward Antonio Davis, who combined for 36 points against Australia, will get plenty of playing time tonight. UTEP junior Francis Ezenwa, UTEP lineup Marlon Maxey 6-8 Antonio Davis 6-10 Greg Foster 7-0 Mark McCall 6-2 Prince 5-10 Marathon Oil lineup T. Thornton 6-8 D.

Fowikes 6-6 Cliff Webber 6-8 Eric Turner 6-2 B. Larkin 6-2 Please see UTEP 3C NMSU will interview today Nicklaus to join Seniors Tour PALM BEACH, Fla. PGA Seniors Tour officials bestowed a lavish welcome on Jack Nicklaus Tuesday. "Having people like Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino coming to the tour is a huge boost," Paul Bremer, general chairman of the 1990 PGA Seniors Championship, said. Nicklaus, who will be 50 in January, announced plans to compete in at least a dozen tournaments next year on both the Seniors and PGA Tour.

Trevino is eligible to join the Tour next month when he becomes 50. '1''' Stolz' record At Alma College 1965 3 5 0 1966 4 5 0 1967 8 0 0 1968 8 0 0 1969 6 3 0 1970 5 3 0 Totals 34 16 0 At Michigan State 1973 5 6 0 1974 7 3 1 1975 7 4 0 Totals 19 13 1 At Bowling Green 1977 5 7 0 1978 4 7 0 1979 4 7 0 1980 4 7 0 1981 5 5 1 1982 7 5 0 1983 8 3 0 1984 8 3 0 1985 11 1 0 Totals 56 45 1 At San Diego State 1986 8 4 0 1987 5 7 0 1988 3 8 0 Totals 16 19 0 Overall 125 93 2 Bowls: Stolz took Bowling Green to the California Bowl in 1985, losing to Fresno State. He took San Diego State to the Holiday Bowl in 1986, losing to Iowa. Hearns' brother guilty of murder PONTIAC, Mich. -Henry Hearns, the youngest brother of boxer Thomas Hearns, was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday for shooting his fiancee two nights before his brother fought a draw against Sugar Ray Leonard.

Hearns, 23, was charged with first-degree murder in the June 10 slaying of Nancy Barile, 19, who was was shot in the boxer's Southfield home. Hearns faces up to life in prison on the murder charge. Dallas Cowboys cut Darryl Clack IRVING, Texas Running back Darryl Clack, a second-round draft choice from Arizona State in 1986, San Diego Union Special to the LI Paso I imes Denny Stolz took San Diego State to the Holiday Bowl in 1986 but was fired by after the 1988 season. His last defeat as the San Diego State coach was a 58-7 loss to UTEP in El Paso. Ex-San Diego State coach unsure he wants Aggies' job tournament.

Stolz said it was "I very much want to get back into coaching. But whether this is the job, I won't know until I have a chance to look around down there." Denny Stolz, on a vacant job as New Mexico State football coach was cut by the Dallas Cowboys Tuesday. Clack had 14 carries for four yards and two touchdowns this By Steve Ramirez El Paso Times LAS CRUCES Former San Diego State coach Denny Stolz will interview today for the vacant football coach's job at New Mexico State, according to published reports. "I want to see the school and hear what they have to say," Stolz told the Los Angeles Times. "Until I do that, I cannot say how interested I am." Stolz said he and his wife, Cena, will spend the day meeting with officials at NMSU.

He said it will be his second trip to Las Cruces. Earlier this fall, he was on campus for a golf University. Corso is now an analyst at ESPN. Tuesday, Corso said in a telephone interview that he learned "from a very, very reliable source" that Stolz was NMSU's first choice. "They told me the job was his," Corso said.

"I reported (Saturday) that Mike (Knoll) has had a lot of tough breaks at New Mexico State and that he was coaching his last game there." Stolz: A good choice Corso said Stolz would be a good choice for the Aggies. Please see Stolz 3C too early to say whether he would accept an offer from the school. But Stolz is the first candidate to interview for the job. The football coach's job at NMSU opened Sunday when Mike Knoll's contract was not renewed. Knoll compiled a 440 record in four years as the Aggies' coach.

The Aggies have lost 17 consecutive games, the longest losing streak in NCAA Division 1-A football. Gonzales stays mum Tuesday, NMSU Athletic Director Al Gonzales would neither confirm nor deny that Stolz would be interviewed. "1 can't disclose any of the 12 (names) on my list," Gonzales said. "First of all, I promised them I wouldn't. Several of them still have jobs, and that might jeopardize them back there.

I won't confirm anyone until they tell me it's all right to do so. Then, and only then, I discuss it openly." According to the Los Angeles Times, no other candidate will be interviewed if Stolz indicates he would accept the position: "It's his if he wants it," a source told the newspaper. That opinion was enhanced by Lee Corso, former coach with the U.S. Football League's Orlando Renegades and at Indiana CBS pays $1 billion for entire NCAA tournament Clack Clack be came expendable with the acquisition of Paul Palmer from the Detroit Lions. "Darryl had a history of injury problems and wasn't reductive as we had oped," Dallas Coach Jimmy Johnson said.

Also, the Cowboys activated receiver Scott Ankrom and running back Curtis Stewart. Wide receiver Kelvin Martin was put on the injured reserve list for the rest of the year because of a knee injury. Yankees sign Pascual Perez NEW YORK The New York Yankees, who had the second-worst pitching staff in baseball last season, began their restructuring Tuesday by agreeing to a $5.7 million, three-year contract with free agent Pascual Perez. The 32-year-old Perez, who started spring training in drug rehabilitation, was 9-13 with a 3.31 earned-run average in 33 games for the Montreal Expos. In 198 innings, he walked 45 while striking out 152.

New Mexico man wins NFL Jackpot Chuck Foster of Lake Arthur, N.M., is this week's winner of the NFL Jackpot, sponsored by the El Paso Times. Foster correctly picked 12 of 14 NFL games, and won a tie-breaker against four other contestants. His prize is $250. There were 4,608 entries submitted last week. Time wire and staff report San Francisco star named National MVP Los Angeles Times Kevin Mitchell, the San Francisco Giants' left fielder, became the first player in 48 years to win the National League's most valuable player award after being traded twice.

Mitchell, dealt first by the New York Mets and then by the San Diego Padres, found his niche in San Francisco and produced a season that evoked memories of a Giant immortal named Willie Mays. He led the major leagues with 47 homers, the most by a Giant since Mays hit 52 in 1965, and 125 runs batted in. He also was tops in total bases, extra-base hits and slugging percentage. Mitchell, who batted .291 and scored 100 runs as the Giants won the National League West Division and the pennant, received 20 of the 24 first-place votes from a committee of the Baseball Writers Association of America. The award brought Mit- recent deals that featured cable package tie-ins.

ABC made a strong pitch for the exclusive rights to the tournament and NBC made a strong bid for a split-network package, Schultz said at a news conference in Kansas City, Mo. The NCAA deal show how television sports rights fees continue to skyrocket. In the last year: CBS agreed to pay $1.07 billion over four years for the rights to major-league baseball beginning next year. NBC and ABC had paid almost that figure ($1.1 Dillion) but for six years in the deal that expired this year. CBS agreed to pay $300 million for the 1994 Winter Olympics, $57 million more than its paying for the 1992 Games.

NBC agreed to pay $600 million over four years for the rights to the NBA beginning in the 1990-91 season. CBS is paying almost 350 percent less ($176 million) under the current four-year agreement that expires next year. "We know we're taking a gamble but we believe the gamble will pay off," Pilson said. Early-round games return to newtork TV Gannett News Service NEW YORK CBS Sports will televise every game of the NCAA basketball tournament as part of its new, exclusive seven-year, $1 billion contract reached Tuesday. The new contract means ESPN will no longer televise any NCAA tournament games.

CBS will now regionalize all the early round games, including Thursday and Friday afternoon of the tournament's first week. CBS, which has televised the tournament since 1981, is paying $166 million under the current three-year deal that expires next year. We felt the tournament has grown to the point where the first round could work on network television," CBS Sports president Neal Pilson said. "We proposed that to the NCAA and they liked the idea." NCAA executive director Dick Schultz especially liked the idea because for the first time the entire tournament will now be on over-the-air. free TV.

This i3 a dramatic shift from Associated Press Kevin Mitchell, who hit 47 home runs, nipped teammate Will Clark for the National League MVP award. chell a bonus of $100,000 on top of his $535,0000 salary. "I'm very happy about it," he said of being named MVP. "It means a lot. I can walk around with my head up, especially in my hometown (of San Diego).

place and nine through one for second through 10th. San Francisco first baseman Will Clark, who batted .338 and drove in 111 runs, was second in the voting with three first-place votes and 225 points. The other first-place vote went to Pedro Guerrero of the St. Louis Cardinals, who batted .311 and drove in 117 runs. He was third with 190 points.

"I can walk around, and people will say, 'There's Kevin Mitchell. He's the It's a great honor." Mitchell, 27, compiled 314 points, based on 14 for first I..