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C2 TiMES-AIMXATE, Esconcklo, Ci, Monday. Decemoef 4, 1S89 Sportsgram Sportspeople From A tehees Greg Adams. SportsQuiz Excluding Chartctte and who was the only team that failed to make the playeffs in the 1 SSOs? SportsQuote bats over logos Baseball told the bat men that logos can still appear, but cannot be longer than four inches. In the past, the labels had been allowed to be 4V4 inches. I guess its good to have standards, but why couldnt they just enforce the old one, rather than cutting back," said Jess Heald, president of Worth Sports Co.

I think its being handled poorly." The new regulations also permit just a single ring around the neck of the bat. Worth has used double rings since 1970, hile Adirondack has displayed one ring. Thats something we still have to talk about," Heald said. Baseball going NASHVILLE, Tenn. The great bat debate is over, at least for now.

Last month, major league baseball told teams they must order bats without any manufacturers identification. Baseball said the logos had gotten too big, in particular the gigantic Louisville Slugger" label on Rickey Hendersons bat in the postseason. The batmakers complained, saying trademarks were important to their business. Besides, they said, ithout labels the players might hold the bats upside down and break more of them. On Sunday, at the baseball winter meetings, the two sides compromised sort of.

Rickey Henderson will have to go back to bats like this. Sweeping up snow is a hot subject oped in 1982 when a snow plow operator cleared an area where John Smith of the New England PITTSBURGH Houston Oilers Coach Jerry Glanville registered his protests about Three Rivers Stadium groundskeeping policies during his teams 23-16 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Snow fell steadily through most of the Sunday's game but much of the field as cleared during halftime. In the second half, a tractor equipped with a sweeper cleaned the sidelines and goal line and also took a run across the Steelers 35-vard line, here Pittsburgh was lined up to kick off. Thats when Glanville confronted referee Ben Dreith.

Its against League rules to clean off the field," Glanville said. Ben said, what do you want me to do, put the snow back out? I said let's just wait until its all covered up." A similar controversy devel- Chargers Notes The Texas Rangers have been named Organization of the Year by Baseball Amenta magazine, officials announced Sunday. The publication will present its annual award Monday in Nashville. during baseball's winter meetings. The Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday added former Houston manager Hal Lanier to their coaching staff for the 1990 season.

Lanier will be Manager Nkk Leyvas dugout assistant. Kevin Butler of the Chicago Bears both set an NFL record and had a streak end. hen he made his 24th straight field goal but had a try for No. 25 blocked by Minnesotas Brad Edwards. Butler's 33-yarder capped the Bears firs: drive against the Vikings, enabling him to break the record of 23 straight established by Washington's Mark Moseley 19-5 1 and 1952.

Fullback Kevin Mack played briefly for the Cleveland Browns, taking part in three plays in his first appearance of the season after he spent a month in jail on a cocaine conviction. He carried once for a loss of three yards. The Dallas Mavericks today named Richie Adabato head coach until the end of the season, replacing John MacLeod, who was fired last Wednesday. Bill Glasson and Pat Bradley carded an eagle at the fourth playoff hole to beat Duffy Waldorf and Patty Sheehan and win the $1 million J.C. Penney Golf Classic.

Glasson and Bradley, playing as a team for the first time, shot the days best round (31-35 Chargers Continued from page Cl Bahrs 49-yard field goal with four seconds left against Philadelphia on Nov. 5. I figured it was a gimme. We got a good break for a change," Jet quarterback Pat Ryan said. This has to end sometime, doesnt it?" asked Charger guard David Richards.

Im getting so tired of being close. That doesnt mean anything in this league. This was a game the Chargers were favored to win. With rookie Billy Joe Tolliver making his second NFL start, and his first at Jack Murphy Stadium, the Chargers were hopeful they could take advantage of the leagues worst defensive unit. But for the ninth consecutive game, the Chargers failed to score more than 20 points.

For most of the afternoon Tolliver and the Chargers struggled to move the ball. The Chargers had just 258 net yards to 249 for the Jets. The only points the Chargers managed through three quarters came on a brilliant 40-yard run by rookie running back Marion Butts, in which he broke seven tackles, and Bahrs field goal. I cant see any good points in my performance, said Tolliver, who finished 24 of 51 for 230 yards, one touchdown, two interceptions and was sacked Five times. I was mediocre at best.

The interceptions were both crucial, especially the second one. The Jets had gone ahead 14-10 on Roger Vicks one-yard touchdown with more than nine minutes left in the fourth quarter. An illegal use of hands call against Roy Bennett pushed the Chargers back to their 9-yard line on the kickoff. After two incompletions, Tolliver made a grave mistake. The rookie threw a long, hanging pass into double coverage, trying to hit speedy wide receiver Anthony Miller.

Jet safety Erik McMillan easily made the interception at the New York 44 and returned it 40 yards to the Chargers 16. Two plays later, Vick scored on a 14-yard run for a 20-10 lead. I made probably the stupidest play of the year when they had the pick that led to six points, said Tolliver, who was booed heavily when he ran onto the field for the next possession. Thats a play any high school kid knows not to make. Yes, he did (tip off his passes), said McMillan.

He was staring at his receivers. He just needs experience. Showdown Continued from page Cl hard with his big men in practice and its paying off. Witness Bob Gugliotta, a sophomore who until this weekend was looked upon as a player of promise. In wins over Ohio State and Pittsburgh here, he was a star, pouring in a total of 31 points.

Virginia and Santa Clara play ed to a 1 -1 tie after one hour of overtime, causing the first shared NCAA soccer championship in 21 years. Drew Fallon scored for Virginia at off Lyle Yorks corner kick but Jeff Beicher tied it for Santa Clara with 6:23 left, beating Tony Meola, the goalkeeper for Virginia and the U.S. national team. Cheval olant beat Annual Reunion by lengths to cap a stretch battle between long-shots in the $500,000 Hollywood Starlet for 2-vear-old fillies at Hollywood Olympian Janet Evans ran her unbeaten streak to 27 consecutive races before seeing it end at the U.S. Open swimming meet.

Evans cruised to a first -place finish in the 400-meter freestyle in 4 minutes, 12.13 seconds, but then had to settle for second place in the 200-meter backstroke to Janie Wagstaff of Mission Hills. who won that race in 2:15.33. Doug Weaver, athletic director at Michigan State University since 1950, savs he will retire July 1, 1990. Austrian Thomas Stangas-singer, a five-year veteran of World Cup competition finally scored his First victory, when he won the slalom at Mont-Ste-Anne, Quebec. Stangassinger, 24, completed his runs in a combined time of one minute, 43.51 seconds to beat fellow Austrian Bernhard Gstrein by nearly half a second.

Austria's Anita Wachter reclaimed the women's World Cup overall standings lead, winning a giant slalom in Vail, Colo. The Assoda'eo Pess missing tying field goal. The defense helped out twice in the fourth quarter. First, defensive back Lester Lyles stripped Vick of the football, which was recovered by linebacker Leslie ONeal at the Jets 49. After completions of 13 yards to Miller and 21 yards to Jamie Holland, Tolliver hit Miller with the scoring pass two plays later.

The defense then held New York on three plays and the Chargers offense took over with two minutes left at their 44-yard line. Tolliver played like a seasoned veteran as he completed five straight passes in the hurry-up offense. With the ball at the Jets 19, however, the drive stalled, setting up Bahrs potential game-tying Field goal. When the kick went awry, the Chargers had another loss that was tough to explain. Wed better turn this thing around and do it quick, said Charger safety Vencie Glenn.

If not, there are going to be some guys around here who are going to be out on the street looking for work at the end of the season. game, and Chris Corchiani make it dangerous team. The big men can make it powerful. N.C. States next stop is another Big East team as the leagues meet in the street and see whos quickest on the draw.

The guess here is that the ACC will widen its lead by two in the shootout, like this: Tonight at Hartford, Pittsburgh edges Georgia Tech Los Angees Raiders running hack Bo Jackson on comments made by Denver Coach Dan Reeves about the rivalry between the Raiders and Broncos: 1 not saying (the comments) were way out of Une, but if you're going to ta'k at least have some toilet paper to clean it up at the end. 6c), featuring birdies on five of the first seven holes in the event matching players from the PGA and LPGA tours. Stan Thirsk of Overland Park, sank a en-foot putt to save par on the second playoff hole and won the $125,000 Senior PGA Club Professional Championship in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Peter Senior, who won the Australian PGA last month, f.red a 2-under-par 70 Sunday and won the Australian Open golf championship by seven strokes. Daniel Zaragoza of Mexico retained his World Boxing Council super bantamweight title with a decision over South Korean Park Chan-yong.

The Detroit Red Wings traded left wing Tony McKegney to the Quebec Nordiques for defenseman Robert Picard and left wing Chris Bahr shows his disgust over Tollivers first interception thwarted a potential score. The rookie misFired on a slant route to Miller, who had beaten the defender. Instead, Tolliver threw the ball more to the outside, where corner-back James Hasty made the interception at the Jets 3. But overall, Tollivers performance the second time out was better than his debut in Seattle when he was 6-for-17 for 41 yards and one interception. However, he still had many problems.

In the First half, Tolliver was only 10 of 22. Roller-coaster like, said Chargers Coach Dan Henning in describing Tollivers play. Played poorly in the first half. Got better in the second half when he seemed to make progress in the end. By games end, Tolliver seemed to be gaining confidence.

On the Chargerslast two drives, Tolliver threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Miller and positioned Bahr for his 37-yard field goal attempt. It was a little late to start playing well, Tolliver said. grabbing 21 rebounds, stealing the ball. Valvano also got good performances from hulking Brian DAmico, whos having to start at center during the absence of Avie Lester because of grades. This was a win that suggested that the Wolfpack, none too impressive in earlier games, can play up to its ranking.

The backcourt team of Rodney Monroe, who had 30 points in the championship a for Houston coach The Oilers may have gotten a break from the Steelers-emploved support staff, though. Houston was apparently given four timeouts in the First half and ent on to score a go-ahead touchdown with 10 seconds left in the second quarter. The Oilers called their First time out with 3:26 left in the First half. They took the second with 1:28 left. The clock stopped again with 1:11 left after Steelers qjar-terback Bubby Brister completed a pass to Merril Hoge.

Hogewas tackled in bounds. The Oilers got the ball back with 1:04 left and assembled a 6 s-yard touchdown drive in hich they spent the last time out. Why did the clock stop on the Hoge completion? I dont know what happened there," Glanville said. Maybe an injury Butts, a 248-pound, seventh-round draft choice from Florida State, missed last weeks game at Indianapolis with a knee injury The rookie now has the two longest runs from scrimmage this season for the Chargers. In the season opener against the Raiders, Butts had a 50-yard touchdown run.

Williams reaches top: Chargers defensive end Lee Williams took over the AFC lead in sacks from teammate Leslie O'Neal. Williams had two sacks Sunday to run his season total to 12. O'Neal, who did not record a sack, has lO'i. As a team, the Chargers reached New Yorks quarterbacks five times. The numbers game: In the Chargers last eight games two wins, six losses the outcomes have been decided by a total of 32 points.

In the Chargers losses excluding the opening-day 40-14 loss to the Raiders they hae lost by a combined total of 34 points. Dot to dot: The crowd of 38,95 4 was the smallest at home this season. The previous low was 40.128 against Kansas City New York kicker Pat Leahys missed extra point in the fourth quarter broke a string of 106 consecutive PATs The last time Leahy missed was Dec. 8, 1985 The Chargers, frequently penalized in recent games, had just four penalties for 34 yards Charger wide receiver Anthom Miller gained 70 yards on seven catches to run his season total to 954 yards Byrds interception moved him into a third-place tie on the Chargers all-time list with Mike Williams (24) Charger punter Hank Ilesic punted a season-tying high nine times for a 42.3 average The five sacks allow ed by the Chargers ties a season high set last week at Indianapolis. Simms hands.

The Eagles recovered, and three plays later Keith Byars bulled in from the 2 with the winning touchdown. I grabbed both of his arms, Golic said. I didnt know the ball was out. I heard him yelling. I thought he was just mad because he got sacked.

Simms turned out to be the Eagles best offensive weapon. Besides the fourth-quarter fumble, the Eagles stripped Simms of the ball on the games first series, and safety Andre Waters ended up scoring on a lateral from Eric Frizzell. Later in the quarter, defensive end Clyde Simmons intercepted a Simms pass and ran 60 yards for a touchdown to give Philadelphia a 14-0 lead. The Eagles forced five turnovers, boosting their league-leading turnover ratio to plus-24. i ii tffett tyfivW' Patriots was about to attempt a field goal.

Smith made the kick and New England won the game 3-0. Since then, Glanville said, NFL teams have agreed not to clear parts of the playing surface. We discussed that after the New England thing," Glanville said. Its illegal, its unethical and everybody stood up and said they ouldnt do it. Glanville said Dreith told him the officials were powerless to stop the tractor operator, a member of the Three Rivers Stadium grounds crew.

I said, do you want me to pull him out of the tractor?" Glanville said. Ill pull that guy out of the tractor. What he was doing is not legal in the National Football League." protect a 10-7 lead in the fourth quarter as New York scored on a pair of touchdown runs by Roger Vick. The first came on a 1-yard run that capped a 53-yard drive early in the fourth quarter. Vicks next score follow ed Erik McMillan's interception of Billy Joe Tolliver and subsequent return.

The Jets had to travel just 16 yards, with Vick scoring on a 14 -yard run. We expected them to run the quick pitch outside a lot. said Charger linebacker Leslie ONeal. But we didnt expect them to trap the way they did. They trapped up the middle quite a bit today, and they found the creases and got some big plays.

The Jets, who managed just 249 yards, ran the ball at will as they gained 181 yards. Johnny Hector led with 106 yards on 20 carries, the first 100-yard day by a Jets back this season. Hector also had a 9-yard touchdowm pass from Ken OBrien in the first quarter. Vick added 76 yards on 16 carries. Butts makes his mark: Rookie running back Marion Butts turned in the run of the season for the Chargers Sunday against the Jets.

Butts scored on a spectacular 40-yard run in the second quarter, in which he broke seven tackles, shook off defenders and carried a tackier with him into the end zone. That was a heck of a run, said Chargers Coach Dan Henning. It was as good of a run as I have seen all year, anywhere, anyplace. A good block broke him into the secondary', and after that, it was all him. Said Butts: Lately, defensive backs have been hitting me in the knees.

I wanted them to challenge me, and they did. It was redemption. can kick them long. I expected him to kick it 91 yards. Standing on the end line, Cunningham sent a boomer up toward the clouds.

The punt caught a jet stream, and it landed on the Giants 38. Return man Dave Meg-gett then made a fatal error by letting the ball bounce another 30 yards, before picking it up for a 9-yard return. Thats the longest punt I ever had, even without the bounce, Cunningham said. I practiced punting this week. I thought I might get a chance.

It changed the whole game around, Golic said. Golic made the punt pay off when he knocked the ball out of games under its belt and a calmer approach to the job, beats Georgetown. The coaches say these games wont tell us which league is stronger this year because its so early in the season. There is no doubt about it, though, no matter what the coaches say. This is for bragging rights and youre going to hear some from the winning side.

Just like Saturday night. Defense still falling short late in games By Kevin Scattareggia Times Advocaie Soortswntef SAN DIEGO The Chargers would be nothing without their defense. Ranked eighth in the NFL coming into the game, defense is the reason the Chargers have remained competitive in eight of the teams nine losses. But still, there is the problem of letdowns late in games that continues to haunt the defense. It happened again Sunday when the Chargers allowed the New York Jets to score two fourth-quarter touchdowns for a 20-17 win.

Of the 24 touchdowns the defense has allowed, nine (37.5 percent) have come in the final quarter. You can say what you want about the offense, but when it counts, the defense isnt getting the job done, said comerback Gill Byrd, who picked off his sixth pass of the season. We dont have that killer instinct, Byrd added. The offense puts enough points on the board to give us the lead, and thats the time for us to close the door. But we dont put them away.

We can win a ballgame, but once our offense gets the lead, we let the other team move the ball right down the field. The defense registered five sacks of Jets quarterbacks Ken OBrien and Pat Ryan, as well as picking off three passes. Sunday also marked the 11th game in a row the Chargers havent allowed an opponent more than 20 points. However, the Chargers failed to Eagles Continued from page Cl offs out of the end zone. Theres not much he cant do.

Cunningham actually put the Eagles in their precarious fix, taking a sack to set up a fourth down and 23. I took the sack on purpose, Cunningham winked. Cunningham, who punted in college, then looked to the sidelines and asked coach Buddy Ryan if he could try it in the pros. Ryan, who still doesnt have much use for kickers, let punter Max Runager stay on the sidelines. The other kid cant kick them over 40 yards, Ryan said.

Randall and Connecticut wins a close one over Maryland. Tuesday at Greensboro, N.C. State beats St. Johns and Wake Forest tops Se-ton Hall. Wednesday at Greensboro, Clemson drops Providence but Syracuse, the No.

1 team in the country, wins a fierce battle with Duke. And Thursday, Virginia beats Villanova, and North Carolina, on the strength of four tough.