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1 Gleason De SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1989 SPORTS a Notre Dame is ready to get season underway GAME ONE Virginia's Moore flattered NOTRE Giants DAME Stadium, E. VI. Rutherford, VIRGINIA N.J. (78.801) NOTRE STARTING DAME LINEUPS when compared to Rice KICKOFF EST. TELEVISION: 28, WON-CA.

8 By BILL BILINSKI RADIO: WHOU-AM, 1400. SERIES: Brooks will enroll EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ. A AND NOTES I year ago at his time, it very at Holy Cross J.C. A victory and flattering to compared to Tony Tony Brocks given be ACC a Rice. up on his goal to graduate an ACC Now, as Shawn Moore, said, tree Notre Dame.

Gangia in 80 The former Irish tailback to in the ACC with a Moore will be the quart- who was not readmitted to LOU HOLTZ VS. VIRGINIA: 3-2. erback Notre Dame meets GEORGE WELSH VI. NOTRE DAME: 0-0. the school after discipline Virginia in the Kickoff Classic to problems last spring, has reg HOLTZ CAREER RECORD: 141-75-6.

night at 7 WELSH CAREER RECORD: p.m, but the 64, 215 istered at Holy Cross Junior NOTRE DAME OPENERS: 84-11-6 Va, pound figures junior from Martinsville, College and plans to reapply LAST TIME: The last time Notre Dare was coming off a that's the way it should al Notre Dame I in the fall of loet to Missouri 1990. "There's a more pressure According to his mother, A.P, RANKINGS No. 2: Virginia is on me," Moore acknowledged Algerita Brooks, Tony will ranked ing Wednesday's press conference. foot the bill to stay close to RECORD LAST YEAR: Notre Dame 12-0. Virginia 7-4 I'm a little nervous right Notre Dame and him on put NEXT WEEK: Notre Dame is oft, Virginia travels to Penn We've never really had this much an academic pace to gradu State exposure before and bopefully we 17, ate in three years PREDICTION: Notre Dame 30, Virginia can overcome all of that and get sure will (work) and so down to football when game time will we," Algerita said.

if SCOUTING CAVALIERS rolls around (tonight). I'm looking it belps get his bead SCOUTING IRISH on TOP PLATERS Quarterback Tony TOP PLAYERS: Quarterback forward to just playing IL." straight and headed in the (Heisman Trophy candidate Shawn Moore (Totaled 2.526 Moore put together some Rice rushing for 775 yards, yarde in total offense as a sopho- pressive statistics right direction then that's a year ago, fine." ing nine touchdowns and throw more, a record. Completed throwing for 1,158 yards and runfor 1,380 in 1068) Tailback Brooks rushed for more 50 percent of his ing passes ning for M68 for a school record to- than over 700 yards last seaRicky (returna to tailback Shrew 15 at passes tal even better than Rice's 1,164 son, but was suspended for touchdown Irish in with 16): againat 14 in 282 m- yard total. But outside of Char the Southern Cal 1. Also rushed for 580 game by back Anthony Johnson (has varda).

Marcus Wilson lottesville, Moore's name bead coach Lou Holts for his scored 21 touchdowns in career): (Rushed for 420 yarde and 4.8 usually doesn't come to mind when late arrival to a number of Flanker Raghib lamail (top kick re- yard average in '88.) Oftenaive line talking about the country's top team functions, then was sus in country as a are back from a MOORE quarterbacks. and averaged just under 28 yarde for each of his 13 re pended from spring practice captions last year); Tackle Dean Brown and guard Tim team that averaged 362 yards a game). Wide receive Of course, Virginia's football pro- by the university for discipliGrunhard (both senior starters who in Herman Moore and Tim Finkeiston combined for 43 gram isn't on too many Top 20 lista, nary reasons. Finally, after between 200 and 300 returning Nose Chris weigh Zorich catches for 812 yarde last year). Nose tackle Ron Carey either.

Even Tony Rice, pounds): tackle during a his involvement in a hit and (Third in tackles last year with 74 led with three fumble regulars): short speech at Wednesday's press run accident, Brooks with(Had 48 tackles and is one of three recoveries, also had Ned Bolcar (Second- 38 TEAM conference, referred to tonight's drew from school. Keith (14 interceptions two years) AVERAGES: Offense 362.4 total yards, 156.2 All-American as a sophomore her leading Irish in 196.2 22.8 22 turnovers. De opponent as He was admitted to the rushing, passing. points, tackles with 106. Was fourth in tackles last year) tense 365.9 total yards, 136.9 229.0 team Notre Dame knocked out at mer school and apparently TEAM AVERAGES: Offense 303.6 total yards, 256,7 222.2 points, 30 turnovers.

the Fiesta Bowl to win the 1988 na- had met academic requirerushing. 136.9 passing, 32.8 1 points, 23 turnovers. De- TO WIN: Defense which allowed more than 200 tional championship. but not readmitpassing ments, was tense 280.4 total yards, 112 rushing 168.4 passing. 13 yards a game last year, has to have some success in "Yeah, I'll forgive him this ted for the fall term for undispoints, 35 turnovers.

controlling Tony Rice. Virginia figure to have a time," Moore said TO WIN: Must Shawn Moore, with a smile. closed reasons. control quarterback a great day running the ball so Shawn Moore will need to Though completely unintentionthreat as runner and passer after establishing Virginia record for total come out Virginia also could use a few lucky al, and embarrassed about it later, "I think they (Irish) respect us in hot. yardage in a season.

Irish must get solid bounces off the artificial surface. production from its running game and limit the must-pass Rice's faux paux underscores Vir. that they're not taking us lightly," situations, particularly with young receiving corps. ginia's role of being far in the back- Moore said. "They're probably like ground in this Kickoff Classic.

See MOORE D7 Perschke bails out White Sox SECTION Baseball Scoreboard De Will Cavs serve as gauge? By BILL BILINSKI EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ. After eight months of more bad news (has good, Notre Dame's football program welcomes a die version Bite ita season opener. The defending national ons will be trying to extend their is game winning streak and put some disheartening personnel hind them tonight when they meet Virginia in the Kickoff Classic at 1 p.m. TV, Ca. 2 and WON.

WNDU) in Giants Stadium. For the first time in seven Clas dice, the seats have been sold. would buy a ticket," remarked bead coach Lou Holts, "because have no idea what's going to hap pen with our team." Losing three defensive starters and another on offense for various reasons prior to the start of the year gives the Irish a different look than expected, but one obviously no less respected. The Irish are threetouchdown favorites and the Associated Press has them ranked No. 1 in the country, Holtz, of course, wonders if they even belong in the Top 20.

don't think there is a favorite in an opening football game ever," Holts said at Wednesday's press conference in Giants Stadium. 1 don't think we're as good as you all think. But we're probably not as bad as I often think. I wish 1 could tell you what kind of team we have, but we really don't know." No one can even tell if Virginia will serve as any kind of gauge. Some consider the Cavaliers to be no more than scrimmage fodder See IRISH D7 Riley senior stands tall without legs By CURT RALLO Tribune Sports Writer SOUTH BEND Most people do a dou-' bie take when they see Riley High football player Tony Brown.

They look once in disbelief because they see a football player without any legs. They look a second time, and they see a football player who can do some amazing things on the field. "He's one of the guys," said Riley lineman Keyon Vinegar of BROWN Brown. "Tony is tougher than anybody on 1 the team. He works his butt off," Vinegar added.

"He makes everybody else on the team work harder. He's a tiger on the field. He carries his own weight and then some." Brown, a senior defensive lineman, started last week against Chesterton and in the Jamboree. He was born with feet and ankles but not leg bones, a condition that he refuses to let stop him. "I love the sport," st said 1 Brown.

"I play because I love football and because I like to encourage other people that if they have a hardship, they can still do what other people do. They don't have to sit around the house and feel sorry for Brown, who uses artificial limbs off the field, started playing football with his brother and friends as a youngster. His biggest moment was intercepting a deflected pass as a freshman at Riley. Tribune PAUL RAKESTRAW Riley's Tony Brown won't let his handicap slow him down as he works on his agility during practice. But that first year of football was a learning process for Brown and his teammates.

"At first, they were kind of distant," said Brown. "They didn't know who I was. It took time. Now, I look up to them and I think they look up to me. They say, 'If Tony can do it, I should be able Brown never thought about shying away from a contact sport like football.

"Football is very important to me," Brown said. "It's another goal for me to Mike Scott wins 18th as Astros edge Cubs CHICAGO (AP) Art Howe feels like his team is jumping out of the frying pan into the skillet. Following a 3-game series with the first -place Cubs, his Houston Astros begin a weekend set Friday at St. Louis. "This was a win we needed.

We're going to St. Louis and they're hot," said Howe after Mike Scott notched his 18th win, tying the majordleague high, as the Astros beat Chicago, 84 Wednesday night. The win, only Houston's second in nine games, ended the the firstplace Cubs' 3-game winning streak. Despite leads of 5-1 and 8-2, Scott said he couldn't help but fear a repeat of the game Tuesday when the Astros blew a 9-0 lead and lost 10-9 to the Cubs in 10 innings. "I didn't feel safe until the last out.

It was hard to forget yester- for playoff win By CURT RALLO Tribune Sports Writer ROCKFORD, Ill. Threatening to derail themselves with errors and missed opportunities, the South Bend White Sox got back on track here Wednesday night after some outstanding relief help from Greg Perschke. Perschke bailed out the Sox out with a brilliant performance to help South Bend claim a 4-3 triumph against host Rockford Wednesday night in the first game of the Midwest League Northern TONIGHT'S GAME WHAT: Northern Division Championship Series. WHO: Rockford Expos vs. South Bend White Sox.

WHERE: Coveleski Stadium. WHEN: 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS: Chris Nabholz (13-5) vs. Freddy Dabney (11-7). GAME NOTES: South Bend leads the best twoof-three series, one game to none.

Nabholz, a left-hander, has a 2.18 average. Nabholz is 0-1 in two games started against South Bend in the regular season, giving up five runs in innings. Freddy Dabney, also a left-hander, has a 1-0 record against Rockford in two starts. Dabney has given up three runs in innings pitched. Kinnis Pledger is hitting .422 against Rockford (16-of-38).

BROWN day," said Scott, 18-7. "Balls were flying out of here," said Scott, who gave up a 2-run homer to Mark Grace in the ninth and solo shots to Dwight Smith and Ryne Sandberg earlier. "This was a strange series, I'm glad its over." Jerome Walton's bunt single in the ninth was the only other hit off Scott. Gerald Young with 4 hits, 3 RBIs and 1 run and Rafael Ramirez with 3 hits and 2 runs paced a 13-hit offensive attack for the Astros, who remained in second place, four games behind San Francisco in the NL West. Ramirez had a club record seven RBIs on Tuesday.

"Yesterday was a living nightmare," Young, who couldn't explain his .372 batting average. against Chicago. "Some guys conquer. "I never feel sorry for myself," he added. "What motivates me is that some kids would die for the opportunity to do this.

I might as well do it for them. Riley coach Phil Teegarden said Brown has contributed greatly to the Wildcats this season. "All the kids recognize Tony has a big heart," said Teegarden. "In certain ways, he's really helped us become team oriented." A MIKE SCOTT hit better against certain clubs and I just hit better against the Cubs." "I see the ball well at Wrigley Field, especially at night," he said. Loser Rick Sutcliffe, 13-11, said See ASTROS D3 Brown wouldn't trade all the pain and sacrifices football demands for anything.

"It's been very rewarding for me," Brown said. "I've made a lot of friends. Plus, playing football for four years tells me not to give up on anything. "I want to go the Manchester College after high school and play football there. I want to get into athletics there." Tony Brown isn't the type of personi to let anything stand in his way.

Cubs get Wynne, Salazar for stretch CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Cubs traded pitcher Calvin Schiraidi, outfielder Darrin Jackson and a minor league player to be named later to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night for outfielder Marvell Wynne and infielder Luis Salazar. The Cubs lead the National League East and are games ahead of St. Louis and New York. San Diego is third in the NL West, seven games behind first-place San Francisco. Wynne, 29, batted .252 with six home runs and 35 RBIs in 105 games this season.

He began his major league career in 1983 with Pittsburgh and was traded to San Diego in 1986. "I enjoyed my time while I was here but they had to make a trade and I was involved," said Wynne, a native of Chicago. "In a way I'm surprised. But I guess they needed another pitcher here for rest of the way. They (the Cubs) needed me and Louie in return I guess.

It had to be done. I'm excited to go there. I'm not depressed. I'm ready to go." Salazar, $3, is a 10-year major league veteran who began with the Padres in 1980 and was reacquired by San Diego from Detroit prior to the start of this season. He was See TRADE D3 Division championship series.

A total of 5,268 fans attended the series opener at Merinelli Park. South Bend can wrap up the best 2-of-3 series with a victory tonight at Coveleski Stadium. A Rockford victory would force a third game, slated for Friday at Coveleski Stadium, to determine which team would face the Southern Division titlist. Springfield beat Cedar Rapids, 3-2, in that division's first game. Perschke, a former LaPorte High star, threw the Expos a curve just as they were poised to give an encore performance of their recent domination of South Bend.

The Expos swept four games from South Bend last week, including three straight come-from-behind 1-run triumphs. South Bend committed five errors and stranded 11 base runners seven in scoring position. But Perschke earned a save by retiring seven of the eight Rockford batters he faced. Sox starter Roberto Hernandez gave up three runs, only one earned. He struck out eight and only walked one.

After one run had scored to make it 4-3 in the sixth, Hernandez worked out of a jam by striking out Kelvin Shepard and getting Joel Smith to ground out with runners on second and third. But Hernandez ran into trouble in the seventh, walking Kelly Zane and giving up a single to Matt Stairs with two outs. Perschke replaced Hernandez with a 2-0 count on Rockford's home-run threat, Terrel Hansen. Perschke ended the inning by firing three strikes in a row to retire Hansen. He then mowed down the Expos in the eighth and ninth to preserve the 4-3 edge.

"I threw Hansen three curves in a row," Perschke said. "They told me don't throw Hansen a fastball outside, so I kept away from him. "I threw curves and change-ups and a few fastballs," Perschke said. "I had control of my three pitches. I lost a couple of games earlier this seaSee 8.8.

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