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Times -Advocate Sports Thursday, August 24, 1989 There is no winner in Rose affair By Steve Bisheff Orange County Register So baseball and Pete Rose finally have come to the end of their long, traumatic slugfest, huh? So, tell me, how come it seems as if nobody won? Commentary The climax to this ugly, back-alley scrape came down early this morning when a news conference in New York confirmed what most of baseball already seemed to know late Wednesday evening. Cincinnati Manager Rose drew a lifetime suspension for gambling, with the opportunity to apply for reinstatement after one year, in an Son rises to the occasion A. Sir Dancer wins in Balboa Stakes By Steve Schuelein Special to The Times Advocate DEL MAR Jockey Eddie Delahoussaye missed the boat on Sir Dancer but he atoned for the judgment error aboard his son Wednesday at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. "(Trainer) Chuck Marikian said in the winner's circle 'you wouldn't ride his father but you rode this said Delahoussaye after guiding A. Sir Dancer to a frontrunning victory in the $81,300 Balboa Stakes for 2-yearolds.

In 1980, Sir Dancer won the Graduation Stakes for 2-year-olds at Del Mar for Marikian. The trainer wanted to use Delahoussaye on the colt in the prestigious Norfolk Stakes at Santa Anita that fall but Delahoussaye took another call. Sir Dancer won a Norfolk division under Frank Olivares. Olivares, ironically, finished second in the Balboa on Drag Race and had a good view of the i winner most of the way. "He looks just like his daddy," said Olivares.

In the world of jockey musical chairs, Delahoussaye replaced Laffit Pincay, on A. Sir Dancer because Pincay had a call on Forty Niner Days, the 11-10 favorite in the Balboa who ran a dismal sixth. Delahoussaye rode Forty Niner Days to victory in his first start in June but gave him up to Pincay for the Hollywood Juvenile Championship July 22, when he guided Magical Mile to victory. When Magical Mile came down with a fractured knee after his victory, Delahoussaye and agent Terry Lipham went hunting for another promising 2-year-old. "Chuck told me earlier in the month he had a good horse, and if I rode him, we'd win the Balboa," said Delahoussaye.

A. Sir Dancer was bred and is owned by Arakelian Farms Inc. of Blythe, run by Dan Arakelian. The colt covered seven furlongs in 1:23 and paid $17.40 to win in recording his second triumph in three starts. Delahoussaye scored his fifth stakes victory, high at the meet.

Pincay could find no apparent excuse for Forty Niner Days. "On the turn, he moved up like he was going to do something, and that was it," said Pincay. Trainer Neil Drysdale, one of the leaders in the nation, slumped to 0-for-14 at the Del Mar meet. Patches, seeking to become the first filly to win 1 the Balboa in its 19- year history, finished third, a half-length behind Drag Race. With Forty Niner Days failing, A.

Sir Dancer further muddled the picture for the Grade I Del Mar Futurity at one mile Sept. 13. "He's tough," said Marikian, 50. "We broke his maiden here July 30, then pointed him for this race. This was the one we wanted.

"It will set him up perfectly for the Futurity. He'll have to be supplemented to it, and Danny and I will talk it over in the morning, but I'm sure he'll be there." The supplementary fee is $10,000. The Balboa winner's share was $47,500. Marikian finished seventh in the Futurity last year with longshot Hajin Boy. "If he can go around two turns, he might win the next one," said Please see Racing, page C2 apparent compromise agreement with Commissioner A.

Bartlett Giamatti. The only thing left to wonder is, what in the name of Bowie Kuhn took so long? Why did both the game and Rose's reputation have to absorb such a terrible beating? Why was it necessary to wait six seemingly interminable months before some kind of action finally was taken? This is a case that has been under investigation since way back on Feb. 20. That's 1989. It only seems like 1979.

Giamatti's office will argue that most of that time was needed to compile the evidence. And while the now-infamous Dowd Report certainly was impressive in its scope, much of i it now seems to be almost superfluous. Was there ever any real doubt? Anyone who knew Rose, who had been around him for any length of time, was aware of his penchant for betting on sports. It was no big secret among those in baseball. And if players, coaches and members of the media knew, surely somebody in the game's front office must have suspected.

Maybe none of us understood the magnitude of it. Maybe nobody ever dreamed he was foolish enough to bet on baseball. But there were certainly enough clues out there. There were certainly enough reasons for baseball to take some action long before this season. One thing we all now know.

There will be no heroes to come out of this mess. Rose, practically a baseball icon before these accusations came down, has been irreparably harmed by the weeks and months of daily rumors that seeped through the cracks of our newspaper and radio-television reports. Sadly, there are kids out there who will remember him more for his gambling than his hitting. More for ducking issues than sliding headfirst into bases. More for associating with hoodlums than playing with winners.

As for Giamatti, well, as a baseball commissioner, he continues to come off more like a good college president. Or maybe a bad college president. Sorry, Bart, old man, but you've really bungled this one up. When it was time to take off that tweed coat, roll up your sleeves and take a stand, you disappeared. You waited.

You hoped. You wished. Instead of weighing the consequences, instead of looking ahead and seeing the damage that would be done to the integrity of the game, you tried to come up with answers that simply weren't there. You had the power. You should have suspended Rose immediately, Please see Rose, page C5 The Associated Press Chargers quarterback Jim McMahon (9) evades the grasp of San Francisco defensive end Mace Gouldsby.

Tolliver stays in the fight Rookie QB stars, but Chargers still tumble to 49ers By Kevin Scattareggia Times-Advocate Sportswriter SAN FRANCISCO There's not supposed to be a quarterback controversy in San Diego this season, but Billy Joe Tolliver refuses to go down without a fight. Although Wednesday night's game against the Super Bowl-champion San Francisco 49ers marked the starting debut of quarterback Jim McMahon the Chargers' annointed savior Tolliver stole the spotlight from his more vaunted teammate for the second straight week. It was Tolliver not McMahon who led the Chargers to two touchdowns before a second-half rally fell short in a 17-14 loss at Candlestick Park in front of 54,471. McMahon's first start as a Charger was TV of Year Games 1960 Winter Summer 1964 Winter Summer 1968 Winter Summer 1972 Winter Summer 1976 Winter Summer 1980 Winter Summer 1984 Winter Summer 1988 Winter Summer 1992 Winter Summer 1994 Winter marked by erratic play not unexpected considering he has only been with the team five days since the trade with the Chicago Bears. But after a slow start, Tolliver once again provided the offensive spark, leading the Chargers back from a 17-0 second-half deficit.

Tolliver, who also tossed two touchdown passes last week at Chicago, has had a hand in four of the Chargers' five touchdowns this preseason. The fifth came on an intercepted pass last week. "I went in there and for the first time I got a little bit big-eyed," Tolliver said. "I wanted to do well against the world champions, but I more or less stunk it up in the beginning." But the red-haired rookie rebounded well from a 1-for-7 start by completing his final eight passes. "(Chargers) Coach (Dan) Henning reminded me that this wasn't Boyd (Texas) High School and settled me down a little.

It's a completely different league," said Tolliver, who threw for 138 yards, completing 9-for-15 Coverage Past Olympics Location Network Rights Fees Squaw Valley, U.S. CBS $50,000 Rome, Italy CBS $394,000 Innsbruck, Austria ABC $597,000 Tokyo, Japan NBC $1.5 million Grenoble, France ABC $2.5 million Mexico City, Mexico ABC $4.5 million Sapporo, Japan NBC $6.4 million Munich, W. Germany ABC $7.5 million Innsbruck, Austria ABC $10 million Montreal, Canada ABC $25 million Lake Placid, U.S. ABC $15.5 million Moscow, U.S.S.R. NBC $87 million Sarajevo, Yugoslavia ABC $91.5 million Los Angeles, U.S.

ABC $225 million Calgary, Canada ABC $309 million Seoul, S. Korea NBC $300 million Albertville, France CBS $243 million Barcelona, Spain NBC $401 million Lillehammer, Norway CBS $300 million CBS Giaever Pete Rose is suspended for life for gambling on baseball. Benes gets his first victory Padres rookie defeats Phillies PHILADELPHIA (AP) In only his third major league start, 22-year-old Andy Benes threw what he called his "worst stuff." But it was good enough. Benes, 1-2, allowed only three hits in seven innings Wednesday night for his first victory, a 7-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. He struck out four and walked five.

"The biggest thing is, I'm just trying to focus in and relax," said Benes, who was the No. 1 pick in the 1988 draft. "It was probably the worst stuff I've had. But I'm learning each time out." "The organization has been great with me," Benes said. "I feel comfortable and relaxed.

They haven't put any pressure on me at all." San Diego Manager Jack McKeon lifted Benes after the seventh, and Mark Davis pitched two scoreless innings in relief. "He looked like he was tiring," said McKeon. "And I wanted him to get the victory. He didn't have as much stuff as in his other two starts, but tonight, he was a pitcher." The Padres scored a run in the second on a fielder's choice by Luis Salazar, and made it 2-0 in the third on Chris James' RBI double. They added a run in the fourth on Shawn Abner's RBI single, and scored two more in the fifth, knocking out Phillies starter Bruce Ruffin, 3-8.

One run scored while Salazar was grounding into a force play, and when Phillies second baseman Tom Herr threw wildly to first, the fifth run scored. In the bottom of the fifth, Philadelphia's Ricky Jordan hit a tworun homer, his 10th of the season. "It was a slider that I got up in the strike zone and he hit it about 500 feet," said Benes. "I guess you learn from your mistakes." San Diego made it 6-2 in the sixth on Roberto Alomar's RBI single and added their final run in the seventh when Carmelo Martinez hit his sixth home run of the year. Please see Padres, page C5 with one interception.

That interception was cashed in by the 49ers with Mike Cofer's 23-yard field goal in the third quarter that game them a 17-0 lead. "I'm still a long ways from being a quality NFL quarterback," Tolliver said. "Jim McMahon is a quality quarterback, he's got a Super Bowl ring. I just hope I can learn something from On this night, however, Tolliver did OK on his own. After throwing touchdown passes of 38 yards to rookie running back Marion Butts and 16 yards to wide receiver Darren Flutie, Tolliver had the Chargers on the march for the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

But the drive came to an abrupt halt after Butts had seemingly gained a first down on fourth-and-one from the 49ers' 28 with three minutes left. However, reserve guard Dan Rosado was called for holding, negating the first down. Please see Chargers, page C4 CBS gets '94 Winter Games Company will pay $300 million for Olympic rights By Steve Nidetz Chicago Tribune CHICAGO For $300 million, CBS on Wednesday paid for two weeks of prime-time February programming for 1994. Less than a year after shelling out $1.1 billion for the broadcast rights to Major League Baseball and $243 million for the 1992 Winter Olympics, CBS Sports was awarded the TV and radio rights to the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, by the International Olympic Committee. "I'm tremendously pleased with our acquisition," said CBS Sports President Neal Pilson upon returning to his New York office from negotiating sessions in Toronto.

"It represents, for CBS, another step in our major events strategy which enhances both the sports division and the prime-time schedule. The Winter Olympics take place during the very important (rating) sweeps period when our affiliates are being measured. And the averages that you get in the Olympics figure in your overall season average." CBS currently lags in third place among the three networks in prime-time ratings. Thus, its latest thrust into sports programming. It's easier to sell the Olympics than, for instance, "Jake and the Fatman." The price paid by CBS was an increase of $57 million over what the network paid for the '92 Winter Games in Albertville, France, and only $9 million short of what ABC paid for the '84 Winter Games in Calgary.

Pilson denied the price was excessive if all factors are considered. "For us, the combination of the Albertville Games and the Lillehammer Games are very significant," Pilson added. "We expect to realize substantial production cost savings in hardware and engineering and staffing." The rights announcement came as a surprise to many, who assumed the bidding for the '94 Winter Games wouldn't take place until Sept. 7, a time Pilson said was arbitrary. "They (IOC and Lillehammer officials) asked us late last week if we were prepared to negotiate a deal in Toronto (this) week," Pilson said.

"We said we would be prepared." CBS was the only network invited to Toronto. ABC reportedly told the IOC it wasn't interested in bidding, while NBC officials, after visiting Lillehammer two weeks ago, told IOC adviser Barry Frank the $290 million minimum price was too high. "NBC Sports spent considerable time examining the economics and preparing a bid," said Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports president, in a statement. "But when the IOC in- Please see Olympics, page C2.