North County Times from Oceanside, California • 19

Blade-Citizen Tuesday, September 26, 1989 Yogi retires C-3 Bengals triumph C-4 Isiahs book C-5 th Padres tie for title as SD loses Pet. GB i San Francisco 91 66 560 1 San Diego 86 71 546 5 REMAINING GAMES SAN FRANCISCO (5( AWAY (5) Sept 26 27 Los Angeles 29 30 Oct 1 San Dego SAN DIEGO (5) HOME (5i Sept 26 27 Cincinnati 29 30 Oct 1 San Francisco Only a miracle will save Giants clinch By Gary Hyvonen Assistant Sports Editor SAN DIEGO The Padres clubhouse was so quiet you could hear a pennant drop. Heads were hung, expressions were blank. The biggest bat this night belonged to reality, which hit hard. The Padres are having an amazing stretch drive, but after Mondays 5-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds it hardly seemed to matter.

The setback had handed San Francisco at least a share of the National League West title. The Giants clinching was delayed by their 5-2 loss to the Dodgers, which sent the Padres off into the night with only the slighest of pulses. The Padres are left clinging to one of their favorite words of late: Miracle. Still, their spirits have to be shattered. Second baseman Roberto Alomar left the stadium wondering how that routine ground ball rolled up his arm in the eighth inning, allowing the Reds to push across the go-ahead run.

Tony Gwynn sits alone In the dugout after loss against Reds reduces Giants' magic number to one. I missed the ball, that's it, he sense. The Padres are five games behind with five games left. I If they are to win the West now, itll have to be in a special 1 one-game playoff come Monday. Where would that be? National League president Bill White has been so certain a playoff won be necessary that he has refused to conduct a coin flip to determine the host team.

Baseballs other three divisions have done so Were at the stage where we couldnt lose too many, said Padres manager Jack McKeon Ones too many. Its a long uphill battle, but we still got a chance. Its getting slimmer and slimmer, but it's still a chance. As inevitable as the end has been for the Padres bidding to make baseball's most improbable comeback their lost opportunity Monday before a crowd of 34,076 left them emotionally flattened As Tony Gwynn put it, the Padres got to the point where we had to be pretty much perfect See Padres, Page C-3 said. Theres nothing I can do about it now.

I can make any excuses. I should have had it." Greg Harris almost didn't leave the stadium at all. The losing pitcher sat in front of his cubicle for the longest time, half-dressed, fiddling with a bat he probably felt like applying to the walls. Everything seemed to be falling in place with the Giants losing and all, said Harris (7-9), the victim of Alomars error and his own erratic performance. "But now it just hurts.

After all weve done, it doesn't seem like an accomplishment when you finish second First place is still a possibility, but mostly in a mathematical Memorial service held for Aunese By B.G. Brooks Scripps Howard News Service BOULDER, Colo. Quarterback Sal Aunese, the University of Colorado's inspirational leader in life as well as death, was eulogized Monday in an emotional memorial service on the campus. Macky Auditorium was filled to its capacity. On the steps outside in the warm September sunlight, at least 1(H) more persons listened to the 60-minute ceremony via loudspeakers.

An emotional Bill McCartney. CU's head coach, paid tribute to his quarterback's leadership and courage. But McCartney was equally emotional in a tribute to the courage of his dawgh-ter Kristyn. For the first time publicly. McCartney acknowledged that Aunese had fathered a son by Kristyn.

Timothy Chase McCartney was born in April Other speakers Monday included Gov. Roy Romer, university President Gordon Gee, Chancellor James Corbridge, Athletic Director Bill Marolt and senior players Jeff Campbell and See Aunese, Page C-2 I i Ross: From skateboard to football By John Sehlegel Staff Writer VISTA When Craig Bell first saw the kind of moves Markeith Ross was capable of making, it wasn't on the football field but on an asphalt slab It was the summer of '87, and as Bell prepared his Rancho Buena Vista High football team for its first season on a practice field at Casita Elementary School, he noticed a kid whizzing around on a skateboard in a nearby parking lot. After practice, the Longhorns head coach decided to chat with the young man, clearly a gifted athlete considering the acrobatics he performed on four wheels. He was wearing all kinds of psychedelic colors and sunglasses." Bell said We got to talking and he said he was thinking about coming out for football but he didn't know where he was going yet. I asked him where he lived and he said he lived up the street, and I said, You're in Rancho's 1 guess you could say we recruited him from skateboarding onto the football field Rancho Vistas Markeith Ross Is considered one of the top running backs In the county.

Profile. Page C-4 i i 1 Chargers happy llesic has green card Teele spends a day at the INS to make sure Canadian import can play Associated Press Photo J.J. Flanagan leans on the coffin carrying Sal Aunese after a memorial service as teammate Okland Salavea watches. Washingtons Marc Jones remembers a good friend "Can you believe that? Teele said The man is 30 years old, has been playing professional football for 13 years, but he didnt have a social security number. "We were told he couldnt play without one.

We were told the INS would be within its rights to come and yank him off the field in the middle of the game. Teele had visions of five armed officers in a green INS truck, riding down the ramp at Jack Murphy Stadium in hot pursuit of the man in punt formation? Neither could Teele, but he wasnt about to take any chances of spoiling Ilesics NFL debut. "Its not like Im a rookie," said llesic, Ive been around the block a few times. But yes, I was looking forward to this game." llesic has been dreaming of the NFL for the last 10 years. Canada was great and produced some thrills.

He was a six-time CFL All-Star, played on six Grey Cup championship teams with Edmonton, never averaged less than 42.5 yards a punt over a season and once booted a ball 90 yards. But almost from the time By John Maffei Staff Writer SAN DIEGO Jack Teele spent most of Friday afternoon at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, working out details so Hank llesic could punt for the Chargers on Sunday. Judging from Ilesics debut against the Chiefs, Teeles time was well spent. llesic, a 13-year veteran of the Canadian Football League where he was the CFLs version of Ray Guy right down to wearing jersey No. 8 punted five times for the Chargers, averaging 44.8 yards.

Sandwiched between 35 and 33 yard efforts were boots of 60, 51 and 45. I think he did a good job," said Chargers head coach Dan Henning, who gave the boot to Lewis Colbert after Colbert averaged 33.3 yards on eight punts in two games. Hank hit a couple of big ones, and he had one punt go into the end zone real close to the 1 yard line. He gets the ball away quicker than anyone Ive seen in 15 years. He gets it away in 1.9 seconds (a good (time is 2.1) and thats he joined the Eskimos out of St.

Joseph's High School, his heart belonged to the NFL. He thought he was going to the Dallas Cowboys in '83 when he secured his release from Edmonton, but the Toronto Argonauts claimed him on waivers. "This marks a new chapter in my life," llesic said. I accomplished all I could in the CFL. I got a little complacent, lost my drive.

I thank the Chargers for this opportunity. Its restored my drive. llesic said he wasn't aware of the controversial trade that sent All-Pro Ralf Mojsiejenko to the Redskins or the problems encountered by Colbert in his two-week tenure as San Diego's punter. But linebacker Gary Plummer, who calls signals on the Chargers punt team, was very aware of the team's problems. "We were having some problems and took some heat, said Plummer, "but we were excited for this game.

And it was all See Chargers, Pae C-2 HANK ILESIC Strong debut By Don Borst MeClatchy News Service The University of Colorado football team has dedicated the season to its quarterback, Sal Aunese, who died of cancer Saturday, and Washington wide receiver Marc Jones is grieving with the Buffaloes. Jones who said he wears jersey No. 8 because it was (Auneses) number said Monday he understood the magnitude of Auneses illness, but that he still was stunned by the death of his lifelong friend. Colorado plays Washington on Saturday at Husky Stadium. We kind of grew up together, Jones said of his former Vista High School teammate.

We went to the same elementary, junior high and high school. Im about 18 months younger hes my brothers age and I hung See Jones, Page C-2 outstanding. That allows us to do some things with protection and coverage that should help us. But without Teeles efforts, II-esic would have been a spectator. A native of Mississauga, Canada, he wasn't eligible to perform in the United States until obtaining a work permit and a social security number.

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