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STAR THE WINDSOR TOP OF THE NEWS 3 ipin mm Quote Corner There is so much body happening that It is tough to keep your eye on the yellow fuzzy Andre Agassi, on the serve of opponent Karsten Braasch, D2 Jll Even up Indiana Pacers' Reggie Miller goes up for a shot against Orlando Magic's Horace Grant Monday in Indianapolis. Miller scored 23 in Indiana's 94-93 win that evened the Eastern finals at two games apiece. Smashing start Germany's Steffi Graf serves to win against Argentina's Ines Gorrochategui in their first-round match of the French Open in Paris Monday. Other early winners include Andre Agassi and Jim Courier. Sports Desk: 255-5784 Terejjsults Fax 255-5515 git.

see page D2 see page D3 SECTION TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1995 TORONTO T1 INDiANAPOLIS Yilleneuve cashes in on victory Star News Services paytadk a Ex-Tiger hits home for Jays fete rMr illtiiii Jacques Villeneuve was handed a cheque for $1,312,019 US at the victory dinner Monday night celebrating his Indianapolis 500 win of the previous day. The total purse was a record $8,063,550, breaking the former record of $7,864,800 set last year. The payday for Villeneuve of Iberville, the first Canadian to win the Indy 500, was slightly less than the winner's record of $1,373,813 earned by Al Unser Jr. a year ago. Christian Fittipaldi, the runner-up to Villeneuve, was named rookie of the year and earned $594,668, also short the rookie record of $622,713 by Villeneuve last year.

Third-place Bobby Rahal received $373,267 and moved past AJ. Foyt and Mario Andretti into sixth place in career winnings at Indy with $2,976,397. Arte Luyendyk, who finished seventh, received $247,417 and remained fifth in career winnings with $3,180,666. Million dollar mistake Toronto native Scott Goodyear, who appeared headed for victory before passing the pace car during a caution period late in the race and was placed 14th after being handed a two-lap penalty, received $246,403. Goodyear's share included $18,900 for leading 42 laps.

Pole-starter Scott Brayton finished 17th and earned $306,503. Paul Tracy of Toronto, who lasted 136 laps before mechanical problems ended his race, finished 24th and received $149,703. The smallest cheque goes to Stan Fox, who earns $143,603 for his 30th-place finish. Fox was critically injured in first-lap crash and remains in hospital following surgery to relieve pressure caused by bleeding in the brain. rn Star News Services Lance Parrish wants to end his career where it began with the Detroit Tigers.

As he sees it, until they come to their senses and sign him, the Toronto Blue Jays backup catcher is just as happy hitting home runs that beat the Tigers. Parrish hit two homers a two-run shot in the third and a much-needed solo homer in the eighth to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-4 win Monday night over the Tigers. "It's very satisfying," Parrish said. "Whenever I've been available (as a free agent) I've told the Tigers I want to come back. "For some reason, they haven't cared enough to give me an opportunity to come back.

It doesn't matter now. I'm happy here." The 38-year-old left Detroit as a free agent after the 1986 season, spending time with Philadelphia, California, Seattle, Cleveland and Pittsburgh before Toronto picked him up at the end of spring training to back up Randy Knorr. Proven talents "Teams tend to look at my age and ignore that I take care of myself physically," said Parrish. "I just want to show the Blue Jays they made the right decision by signing me." It certainly looks good so far. Parrish homered Saturday to lead the Jays to a 3-0 win over Cleveland.

His second homer Monday gave Toronto a three-run cushion it would need. Baseball roundup, D2 Tigers catcher John Flaherty hit a two-run homer in the ninth off reliever Darren Hall to close the Toronto lead to 5-4. "That shows you how big Par-rish's homer was," said Toronto starter David Cone (4-3), who pitched eight strong innings. "As you know, the Tigers can hit a two-run homer in a hurry. "You can't have enough runs." Hall almost squandered Toronto's third decent pitching performance in a row.

He walked Chad Curtis and Lou Whitaker and went 2-1 on pinch-hitter Juan Samuel before manager Cito Gaston called in Mike Timlin, who got his first save by getting Samuel to ground out. "1 went sinker-slider on him," said Timlin. "He hit a ground ball which I'll take gladly." Detroit starter Mike Moore (4-3) pitched six-plus innings, allowing 10 hits including two-run homers to Parrish and Alex Gonzalez. Toronto won for the second time in six games before a Sky Dome crowd announced at 39,294. Cone silenced the roaring Tiger bats, giving up two runs on seven hits.

He struck out Travis Fryman four times. Cone followed Al Leiter, who shared Saturday's shutout, and Danny Darwin (four runs on six hits over six innings Sunday) in decent outings by Toronto starters. iMiillllSilifel 1 I Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Mike Moore covers his face after giving up his second home run in as many innings to Toronto Blue Jay Lance Parrish during American League action Monday in Toronto. Parrish, a former all-star for the Tigers, also hit a solo homer in the eighth for the winning run as the Jays won 5-4. Moe DoirowToronto Star a nflEEKIDKIG FOES 1T.G.D.I7.

rz rzi Bitter ingredients spoil Soupy's champion broth Almost half the team inherited by Campbell was hurt or hobbling in September. By January, when the games finally began, the roster was intact again. Missing players such as Esa Tikkanen and Craig MacTavish, however, the mix was subtly different. The mood wasn't as intense. The Rangers spent much of the shortened regular season battling just to fend off They were in danger of becoming the first team in NHL history to miss the playoffs one year, win the Cup the next, then fall by the wayside again.

The defending champs finally cruelly exposed. Now, of course, he's an even handier target in defeat. Mean-spirited New York critics who target him as the scapegoat for failure are forgetting something. As many darts as they can possibly plant in Soupy's hide, nobody's going to be as hard on Soupy as Soupy. In defeat, the easy question always is, Why didn't you do this? Or this? Or possibly this? No easy answers Why did Campbell, formerly a Wings' defenceman and assistant coach, delay in turning to backup goalie Glenn Healy after the Rangers lost the first two games of the Philly series in overtime? Mike Richter was the starter in the first three games.

Unaccountably, he was shaky. He was also an undisputed tower of strength a year ago when the hockey curse of a half-century was laid to rest. Why not hang a yoke on Richter by abandoning him earlier? The question ignores the likelihood that defeat was inevitable against a bigger, stronger, and fresher opponent. The real answer may be an important part of winning that difficult game of self-analysis. Win or lose, any coach is only as solid as the faith he retains in his best players.

Colin (Soupy) Campbell might tell you it's no easier winning the game of self-analysis. Until the end of last week, the game was playoff hockey. As coach of the New York Rangers, Soupy had a mountain to climb in that endeavor too. Critical self-analysis ain't no cup of tea, but perhaps it's somewhat less strenuous than trying to upstage Mike Keenan. Most of those who try to fill the shoes of championship coaches become victims of harsh comparison.

Phil Bengsten proved to be no Vince Lombardi. Ron Rothstein and Don Chaney were no Chuck Dalys. All Keenan did as coach of the Rangers was win the franchise's first Stanley Cup in 54 years. Upstage? Definitely the wrong word. The best Soupy could hope for, all along, was finding a way to recook the miracle souffle.

The recipe was hard to come by this season for the Rangers. Keenan departed under bizarre circumstances during the summer. Campbell, one of his assistants, was chosen to replace him. The first major news of training camp was a contract holdout by the team leader Mark Messier. The next was word that Adam Graves, Mess's heir apparent, was scheduled for serious back surgery.

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They eliminated the Nordiques. The magic disappeared just as quickly against Philadelphia during the conference semi-final. New York was swept. Campbell felt the heat of coaching in the media capital of the league long before his team's flaws were so Vote to block NHL coverage Star News Services that Toronto has been eliminated WJBK-Channel 2 (Fox). WKBD-Channel 50 will carry any Detroit games missed by Fox TV Fans in other provinces will also get to watch hockey.

"As a public broadcaster we're obliged to cover all provincial elections as well as federal. That's part of our mandate, said Tom Curzon, CBC's senior director of media and public relations. The good news for the CBC is from the playoffs, meaning the network won't have to face the wrath of Maple Leaf fans. So far the CBC has no plans to repeat the Detroit-Chicago game or even scroll updates along the bottom of the screen. That decision is costing CBC "well into the six figures" because of lost ad revenue, according to Curzon.

Hockey fans in Ontario aren't going to like it one bit. CBC-TV has elected to show Ontario viewers coverage of the provincial election June 8 instead of Game 4 of the NHL's Western Conference final between Detroit and Chicago. Luckily, Windsor-area viewers can catch Red Wings games on 1526 Ottawa Street Phone 258-6532 Shop Daily 9-6, Thursday Friday 9-9, Sunday 12-4 OPEN A FREEDS ACCOUNT AND DON'T PAY TILL SEPT. 195. FREEDS 1 1 1 1 7 hm wm i-ju ii.

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