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MARCH 16, 1994 TIMES ADVOCATE Chiefs free agent Albert Lewis signs with the Raiders ULindsay Davenport upsets Gabriela Sabatini in Upton tourney ItA' UJohnKruk to begin radiation treatments and will miss more than a month ItS 111 NCAA WOMENS BASKETBALL Fro agoirfe omSimg, titers gDims million, three-year contract while Griggs will receive a $1.8 million, two-year pact. Now the Chargers have to make room for the new contracts under the NFLs $33.8 million salary cap. Beathard Baid one Charger could be released as early as today. Beathard, coach Bobby Ross, along with the rest of the coaching and player personnel staffs met Tuesday to discuss alternatives. Weve faced reality on a few players that we just arent going to be able to hang on to, said Beathard.

He wouldnt say who will be released. But defensive tackle Blaise Winter, whose contract is worth $675,000 for the coming season, could be a candidate according to several sources. It wont be the first time the Chargers have lost a player in order to add one. Please see CHARGERS: Agreements with David Griggs and Reuben Davis translate into exits for incumbents so that club meets salary cap QEOFFREY OOlFf Times Advocate SAN DIEGO With two more free agent signings expected before the end of the week, it means one thing for some Chargers they are about to become former Chargers. The club has reached contract agreements with two unrestricted free agents, Miami linebacker David Griggs and Phoenix defensive end Reuben Davis.

Chargers general manager Bobby Beathard said on Tuesday that he expects the two to be signed soon. We hope to have it done in a couple of days, Beathard said. While Beathard would not discuss contract terms, Davis has reportedly agreed to a $4.5 Aztecs host Hawaii in NCAA play ERIC WINTER For the Times Advocate SAN DIEGO Twenty-nine games and four-and-a-half months later, it has come down to this. A win tonight against the University of Hawaii in the first round of the 1994 womens NCAA Basketball Tournament moves San Diego State a step further than the Aztecs went last year, when they dropped an opening round game at Georgia. A loss? Well, its back to the drawing board for coach Beth Burns and her 25-4 squad.

(Going) Iasi year will help us so much because we got experience and saw what it was all about," Bums said. This years team has veterans, theyve been here before. We gei the opportunity to host the game here in San Diego and we expect good things. Hawaii and San Diego State will meet at 7:07 p.m. for the right to play the winner of the Taxas game.

The Rainbow Wahine (25-4) bring to Peterson Gym a penchant for the full-court press, three-point shooting and team speed. The Aztecs often employ the same press and have beaten teams all year with their benchmark speed. Theres no doubt about it, itll be a rough game, Aztec guard Tammy Blackburn said. Our matchups are almost identical. The Aztecs are ranked No.

4 in the nation in points allowed per game (55.5). Hawaii counters with the 15th-best offense (81.3 ppg). Should we go out full court and pressure everything, or are we going (to go) into a half-court game? Blackburn said. Itll be trial and error. Although the Wahine fell Saturday to UNLV in the finals of the Big West Tournament, the NCAA selection committee still opted to give Hawaii an at-large bid.

In 1993, the Wahine was bypassed despite its 28-4 mark, a school-record. Were glad to be back in the tournament, head coach Vince Goo said. In his five years at Hawaii, Goo has taken teams to the Mires want zip from Gutierrez Sorli Epps, left, and San Diego State will meet Hawaii tonight at home. A. COMMENTARY Maybe its twt so great being Mickey anymore PAVE ANDERSON New York Times Like so many others, you probably once thought that it must be great being Mickey Mantle.

All those home runs. All those World Series rings. All those $100,000 contracts when 100,000 was big money. All those laughs with Billy Martin and Whitey Ford. All those parties.

All those drinks. All those muscles. All those women handing him their telephone numbers. All those cheers. All that adoring applause when he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown.

Even as he got older, he suddenly had all those autograph shows for big money. All those celebrity golf tournaments. All those customers at Mickey Mantles restaurant on Central Park South near the St. Moritz Hotel where he stayed when he was the Yankee center fielder. All those years when Mickey Mantle was so many peoples favorite baseball player.

And still is. But more and more lately its time to realize that maybe its not so great being Mickey Mantle. Two months ago he finally entered the Betty Ford Center in Palm Springs, to rehab his drinking problem. One reason he went there is that one of his sons, Danny, had been there late last year for the same problem. Mickey has been out and about for the last few weeks, returning to his condo on a Georgia golf course and then to his Dallas home, still hobbling on those throbbing knees but telling friends that he feels better than he has in years.

Until now. Saturday night the youngest of his four sons, 36-year-old Billy Mantle, who had a history of heart disease, collapsed and died, apparently of a heart attack, after leaving the I cafeteria at the Intervention Judicial Treatment Center, a drug and alcohol rehab facility in Wilmer, Texas, near Dallas. Billy Mantle was named for Bil-: ly Martin. According to a family confidant, Billy Mantle got hooked on prescription drugs while being treated for Hodgkins disease, a form of cancer that he con-tractedwhenhewasl9. His father knew Hodgkins I disease.

The day Mickey twisted a knee in a drain in right field at Yankee Stadium duringthe 1951 World Se- ries, his father, Mutt Man- tie, who worked the lead I and zinc mines in Oklaho- ma, took him to Lenox Hill hospital in a cab. When they arrived there, Mickey eased out of the cab onto his fathers shoulder. Sud- denly his father collapsed on the sidewalk. Taken inside, Mutt Man- tie was diagnosed as hav- I ing Hodgkins disease. He died the following May.

He was 39. --Mickey learned later that his grandfather and Please 'c What: First round of 1994 women's NCAA Basketball Tournament When: Peterson Gym, San Diego State. Who: San Diego State (254) vs. Unlversoty of Hawaii (254). When: Today, 7:07 p.m.

61 games for the Wahine, is Hawaiis career leader in 11 different statistical categories, including scoring, rebounding, assists and blocks. The Aztecs rely on the play of All-America guard Falisha Wright, who proved her worth in the final game of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. Against Colorado State, Wright recorded seven points, nine rebounds and nine assists. She was named to the All-Tournament team. The Aztecs are also planning on a boost from their home fans.

School officials said Peterson Gym, which holds 3,668, has been sold out. Were going to play harder because well have the fans cheering for us, Aztec forward Rachelle Johnson said. They always give us the spark and when we hear them cheering it makes us go harder. In San Diego States regular Please see AZtECS, C4 Riggleman compared Gutierrez to another Padres shortstop Garry Templeton. When the pitch is made, Ricky is as good as anybody, Riggleman said.

But lets say when the ball is being thrown around the infield, Ricky will get the ball and throw it easily to the next guy and walk back to his spot, kind of like Garry Templeton. Its not like Jeff Gardner, who would get the ball and zip it to the next guy, all (spit) and vinegar. But when the ball is hit, who do you want going after it, Garry Templeton or Jeff Gardner? Its a demeanor that briefly landed Gutierreg on the bench during his rookie season last year. Riggleman said he wanted his young shortstop to maintain his intensity at all times. I have no doubts I know the guy is playing hard, Riggleman said Tuesday.

But why let the fans have doubts or the scouts? He doesnt have to change for me, but for his own Please see NOTES, C3 NOTES: While the shortstops overall play draws good reviews, club officials believe he can increase his intensity CHRIS DE LUCA Times Advocate PEORIA, Ariz. There is a small flaw in the way shortstop Ricky Gutierrez goes about his business on the field that has friends, coaches and scouts concerned. It has nothing to do with the way he fields grounders, throws to first base or swings a bat. Gutierrez Its the way he acts between pitches. Low key would be an overstatement.

Everyone keeps telling him to turn it up a notch, Padres manager Jim Riggleman said. Its his body language. tournament in 1989 and 1990. Weve told our girls (that) were playing this year for this year, were not playing it for last year. We dont need to prove anything from last year, Goo said.

Four of Hawaiis six seniors start, led by first team All-Big West selection Kaui Wakita. The 5 foot 11 senior forward, who has started the last I asfls titoe pasEs BASKETBALL: Purdue junior Glenn Robinson is first unanimous selection since Dukes Christian Laettnerinl992 Rozier Marshall 30.3 points and 10.1 rebounds and shot 49 percent from the field, including 36 percent from 3-point range. This is a very deserving honor for Glenn because of all the players I ever coached, hes the best, Purdue coach Gene Keady said. This guy can do it all and hes a great person besides. Robinson, who led the Boilermakers to the Big Ten title, is Purdues first first-team, All-America since Joe Barry Carroll in 1980.

Hes a great team player and he plays for his teammates and he proved that by staying here this season, Keady said, referring to the opportunity Robinson had to jump to the NBA after earning second-team All-America honors last season. Hes been fun to coach and we did a pretty good ob handling all that pressure he had. JIM OCONNELL Associated Pne.89 Purdues Glenn Robinson, the nations leading scorer, was a unanimous selection Tuesday to The Associated Press All-America basketball team, while Californias ason Kidd was named on all but one ballot. They were joined on the first team by Donyell Marshall of Connecticut and Grant Hill of Duke, both three votes shy of unanimous, and Clifford Rozier ofLouisville. Robinson, nicknamed Big Dog, was the first unanimous selection since Dukes Christian Laettner in 1992.

The 6-foot-8 junior forward averaged We didnt have a problem with that. Kidds selection gave California a first-team All-America for the first time since Darrell Im-hoff in 1960, which also was the last time the Bears reached the Final Four. Kidd was selected to the first team by 64 of the 65 voters on a national media panel and finished with 323 points, two behind Robinson. The 6-4 sophomore guard, considered an outstanding defender, led the nation in assists at 9. 1 per game but the other numbers showed his all-around game: 16.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.

1 steals. He and third-team selection Lamond Murray combined to lead an injuxy-de-pleted Cal squad to a second-place tie in the Pac-10'. Please see TEAM C2- The Associated Prest The nations leading scorer, Glenn Robinson, was a unanimous seieo-tlon to the AlMmerica team. wstaad i 4.