The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 25

Tuesday, March 18, 1986 24 THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN Parker Isn't Sorry, Says Probe Cost Him '85 MVP Baseball Notes Johnson Finishes LPGA Tourney On Top by Two GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) Chris Johnson, completing the final six holes of the round she had begun two days earlier, finished with a five-under-par 67 Monday and won the rain-abbreviated GNA-Glendale Federal Classic. Johnson wound up the LPGA tournament, which was shortened from 72 to 54 holes, with a three- round total of 212, four- I Of A under par at Oakmont VKliA Country Club and two shots ahead of Jane Geddes. The 27-year-old Johnson, who had won twice previously since joining the tour in 1980, was tied with Geddes at one-under par through 48 holes when play was suspended by rain Saturday. Sunday's play was postponed by rain, and the golfers continued the third round Monday, from where they had marked their ball two days earlier.

Skies were sunny and the course was dry. Johnson, who began the final day on the 13th fairway, clinched the victory with three birdies on the 14th, 15th and 18th holes and three pars over the closing six holes. Geddes dropped behind quickly, bogeying No. 15, giving Johnson a three-shot lead, but she birdied the final two holes for a third-round 71 that gave her a 214 total. Juli Inkster carded a 71 and finished third, four shots behind the winner.

Amy Alcott and Laurie Rinker tied for fourth at 217. Although it took three days to complete the third round, Johnson's 67 was the lowest 18-hole score in the two years of the tournament at Oakmont. PITTSBURGH (AP) Cincinnati Reds outfielder Dave Parker says he has no reason to apologize for using cocaine while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, although his offensive production dropped sharply in the seasons he used drugs. Parker said the publicity he received for testifying in a federal cocaine trial in Pittsburgh last summer, when he admitted using cocaine on a regular basis from 1980 to 1982, cost bim last year's National League Most Valuable Player award. Parker said he used cocaine "for recreation.

I never had a problem." "Why should I be sorry?" Parker said when asked about his drug use by The Pittsburgh Press. "It's something I did. I'm not sorry about anything I do. It was a fad. I used it recreationally.

I never went to rehabilitation. I never missed a game. "There were people who had problems. I never considered myself a person who had a problem. I did it for recreation.

There's very few people in my age group or younger who can say they haven't done it. It was just something that happened and the strong ones pull away from it and the weak ones get caught up in it. I was very fortunate to have the mental toughness that I do," he said. Parker said he accepted baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth's recent punishment of players involved with cocaine because he wanted to put the drug incident behind him. "I'm tired of my family going through the fact that it's been written about," he said.

"I think it cost me the MVP and possibly $150,000 last year because there was some ridiculous stuff that took place four or five years ago in my life." Claudell Accepts Penalties ATLANTA (AP) Atlanta Braves outfielder Claudell Washington agreed Monday to accept penalties imposed by baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth for past involvement with drugs. Washington was one of 11 players ordered by Ueberroth to donate a portion of their salaries and do community service work or face suspensions. Under the agreement, Washington will pay five percent of his $750,000 salary to a drug rehabilitation center, perform 50 hours of community service in each of the next two years and undergo random drug testing for the rest of his career. Bond Sale to Help Pirates PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh City Council voted Monday to sell $20 million in municipal bonds and loan the proceeds to the public-private partnership that will buy and operate the Pittsburgh Pirates for at least the next five seasons. The financing plan to save the financially ailing team is the first of its kind in major league sports and has been called by baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth "a blueprint for other municipalities with struggling franchises." The 9-0 vote came after council members spent 2y2 hours quizzing city officials about the bond sale.

The unanimous vote came despite some council members' concerns that taxpayers' dollars will be used to subsidize a sports team at a time of severe financial crisis in a city whose once prosperous steel industry is experiencing a dramatic decline. AP Laserphoio Chris Jphnson waves to the crowd after sinking birdie putt on 15th hole on her way to winning the GNA-Glendale Federal Classic Monday. K-State Selects Kruger To Replace Hart man SEMI-ANNUAL INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE "Recruiting kids on a national level is what we'd like to do," he said. "We want to recruit kids to shoot the basketball. Also, kids who can play a variety of defen-sive and offensive Save On All Season Radial! 2f3 ik 111 Tiempo Radial flexible sidewalls deliver a smooth, comfortable ride Sieel belled radial construction delivers strength, tread wear, and fuel efficiency Tread designed to dissipate heal (or tire durability uuhit.n SALE PRICE Whilewall No Slze needed P18575R14 $45.90 P20575R14 S54.95 P21575R15 $58.70 P22575R15 I $60.60 what we need," athletic director Larry Travis said.

"We have great confidence in Lon Kruger." After a five-year stint as Hartman's No. 1 assistant, Kruger became head coach at the sagging program at Pan American University in Edinburg, Texas. His first Pan American team won seven games, five more than it had won the year before. But his teams the next two years won a total of 25 games, then the Broncs this past season had their best record in almost a decade at 20-8. "He's taken a program and built that pro-gram," Travis said.

"That is somebody who we want. He built them up when they were down." Kruger finds the K-State program in almost as much trouble as Pan American was in 1980. Once! a model program, the Wildcats won only four Big Eight games this season and may eventually forfeit those because Norris Coleman, a high-scoring 24-year-old freshman, has been declared ineligible. Kruger said his first task will be to replenish the talent. MANHATTAN, Kan.

(AP) Lon Kruger is coming home to Kansas State. Will championship basketball come back with him? The Wildcats certainly hope so. Searching for a man to replace coach Jack Hartman, K-State decided on a Hart-man protege, a classic overachiever and two-time player of the year in a time when K-State basketball ranked among the Big Eight's elite. "I'm very excited about returning to Kansas State University. It brings back many, many memories," Kruger, 33, said Monday when he was introduced as K-State's new head coach.

As Hartman's play-making guard, Kruger led the Wildcats to Big Eight Conference titles his sophomore and junior seasons in 1971-72 and '72-73. He was the Big Eight's player of the year as a junior and senior and then spent five years learning the coaching business at the side of the man he is replacing. "I felt all along this young man could come to K-State and give us Kruger, a native of Silver Lake, noted that he has only three weeks before national signing day to cut together a staff and hit the recruiting trail. "We don't have time to wait," he said. "We're considerably behind.

We have a good list of prospects. The athletes are there. There are enough. We just have to go out and find them." Hartman, 60, announced in January he would retire at the end of his 16th season at Kansas State. "Jack Hartman felt he had accomplished what he wanted and that it was time to retire," said Kruger.

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