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1 4 i .0 SUNDAY, OCT. 2, 1988 THE SPOKESKAN-REVIEW Spokane thfonittt 777A ra7N 177," PAGE D1 i I 0, I U0Se wiIns, but bo heftete Jazz's reluctant big shot reloads to face changes dice against Korea." NBC, however, reported that the Korean TV station KBS was flooded with calls from Koreans complaining that they were embarrassed by the decision. And the Korean news agency Yonhap reported that Koreans booed the decision along with Americans at the boxing arena. Jones, 19, the youngest of the U.S. boxers, controlled everything but the decision.

He scored at will and totally dominated Korean opponent Park Si-(See Games on page 2) By John Nelson Associated Press 1111 SEOUL, South Ko- 1 rea The Seoul If Olympics ended for America on Sunday with a boxing decision that didn't ring true and the men's volley- ball team won, but the Games were a big EOU '88 gold heist for Roy Jones. The head of the International Ama teur Boxing Association said it looked like Jones had beaten his South Korean opponent, but three of five judges saw it otherwise, and that cost the United States a gold-medal tie with East Germany. "I thought I had beaten him to a point where I couldn't be robbed," Jones said. "Unfortunately, I was." Boxing coach Ken Adams said he saw a Korean trying to bribe some of the judges for the fight. A Korean venue spokesman said what Adams saw were gold key chains being offered as gifts to all the officials.

Thus, the Olympic boxing tournament ended the way it began in controversy. The head of the Korean Amateur Boxing Federation, Kim Seung-youn, resigned Sunday, accepting responsibility for a brawl that Korean coaches started in the Games' first week when they attacked a referee over a close decision against one of their own. "Today's decision is very, very fair," Kim said Sunday. "There is no scandal today. It cannot happen.

I cannot understand why foreigners have such preju osenbac Cougars rip Vo ls, 5224 1 4 I I 4,,, 1 I -1, A Al 4 ii, il 4, .) V.5 .0, 14,, e- i I I It 1 sy .1 It i 4 4 fifil 'f t- T' 13 (1- ,,,,1 14.2T1' 11 A i i i A' 40- 1 1 1,..44 I i 7 4 1 I 1 I i r' 1, 'i 4 1 1- i ,0 ,14, 4, 't- 1,,, Itsg; 1.:. i 4k r''''' 14,, 77' IC 11 II, '''Nv li. i i I i i Aim lz i''', 4 I 2' "4 3 i 3 4 3 ,,44,, 4, Rt By Steve Bergum Staff wmer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Give 27 points and take Washington State over Tennessee? You probably could have reeled in every one of the 92,276 fans at Neyland Stadium here Saturday maybe even the entire state of Tennessee with that kind of a flier. But at sound PACO ed like a terrible bet turned out to League Overall be a lock.

I PF PA Washington Oregon 2 0 50 31 4 0 State, behind USC 2 0 62 35 4 0 Timm Rosen- Arizona 1 1 39 51 3 2 bach's finest hour UCLA 1 0 24 17 4 0 UW 01 17 24 30 as a Cougar quart- ASU 0 0 00 00 3 1 erback, hammered 0Su i 1 30 40 3 2 the hapless Volum. WSU 0 1 28 43 3 1 teers 52-24 and Cal 0 1 16 17 3 i raised its record to Stritrd 0 2 as vvsastuur5d2a.y; 23 31 1 3 must rank what with es rigneemsseees: st 24 WSU's biggest UCLA 24, Washington 17 non-conference Notre Dame 42, Stanford 14 road win since it California 21, San Jose State 14 stunned Nebraska ousre2038n.sAtaritzeon2a1,1F5resno State 10 19-10 at Lincoln in Arizona State 24, Lamar 13 1977. Oregon 34, San Diego State 13 "We came out and probably played the best we have all year," Cougar coach Dennis Erickson said. "This is a tough place to play, and anytime you come here to the South where football is a religion and beat a traditional football power like Tennessee, it's a great win. "Maybe now they'll put 'State' at the end of Wash- The Cougars feel they've earned that kind of respect by dominating Tennessee from the opening kickoff and rolling up 618 total yards against a team that returned 38 lettermen from last year when the Vols went 10-2-1 and were ranked 13th in the country.

Forget that UT is now 0-5 for the first time in history. This just isn't supposed to happen in Knoxville. "We were whipped across the board," said Tennessee coach Johnny Majors, who can expect the cries of "Go Johnny, Go," to amplify this week. "Washington State has a darn good football team. We were manhandled up front.

It was a mismatch. They're a better team all-around." On this day there were no arguments. With Rosenbach flawlessly directing Erickson's spread offense, WSU rolled up the second-highest point total of the century against UT. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound junior completed 22 of 31 passes for 352 yards and five touchdowns, and also ran for 32 yards and another score all in just slightly more than three quarters of playing time. "I did some things right today," Rosenbach said.

"It was a great win for us and I just happened to have a good day. I was fired up to play in front of 90,000 people. It was fun. (See Cougars on page 7) So maybe getting asked for your autograph in the middle of dinner isn't so bad. John Stockton, combining business with pleasure on a trip through Northern Ireland, had just given a basketball clinic to amEmpeponommo some boys and girls.

As he ell! walked to his car, he felt It someone watching him. Through a rifle sight. i- it- 4 A "A young kid in battle i''' fatigues," Stockton recalled. 744, i "He had the rifle on me, all the il way down the street never came out of the sight one time. I'm in gym shorts and a T-shirt.

What, did he think I had an Uzi JOHN in my socks?" BLANCHETTE Maybe. Staff writer Maybe he drinks Pepsi. For the most part, Stockton gave up his last little bit of anonymity this summer in ways considerably less harrowing though no less grudgingly. "This summer was different," acknowledged Stockton, who leaves Tuesday for his fifth National Basketball Association season with the Utah Jazz. "There've been more people who want to put a demand on your time, and it came to a point where I had to say, 'No, I can't do And then he can't win.

Sometimes "no" doesn't go over too well when they see you on TV saying "yes" for Coca-Cola. So come August, Stockton retreated to his favorite refuge: the gym. People understand a man at work. If life has changed for John Stockton, it's because he changed it. For his first three NBA seasons, he was merely the best back-up point guard in the game.

Then he won the Jazz job for good and broke the NBA season record for assists. He passed, defended and shot it in combinations approached only by the legends of his position, and in front of the critical eye of CBS helped the Jazz push the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of elimination in the playoffs. He could have spent the whole summer in a tuxedo. Come get your assist trophy. Please accept the Allstate Good Hands Award.

He was second-team All-NBA and this is the one that really counts second-team "All-Interview" in the voting of the people who question him while he gets dressed. Stockton has not mellowed any toward stats in the months since he compiled them. Certain acclaim, however, he can't ignore. Lakers coach Pat Riley, for instance, will brook no comparison between Stockton and Magic Johnson, noting that "Earvin is about winning." But Riley has said that, "Based on what I saw last year, John Stockton is the best little man who has ever played the game. Isiah Thomas has more talent, but Stockton's understanding of the game is incredible." Well.

"That means way more than an award," Stockton admitted. "I mean, he doesn't have to say that. A lot of times with an award, like the assist thing, well, they'd much rather give it to Magic, if they had a choice. He'd draw more people just by coming to receive it." It might mean even more in a few weeks. Though Stockton still has three years remaining on his contract, he and the Jazz are trying to work out an "extension." In real life, it's called renegotiation another example of how Stockton's status has changed.

He left Jim White his agent of four years and signed on with ProServ's David Falk, the busiest of NBA player agents and an old adversary of the Jazz from the club's dealings with the often disgruntled Adrian Dantley. The move wasn't meant to antagonize the Jazz. "When I did my pros and cons list, that was definitely a con," said Stockton. "But I like A.D., and though his situation (with the Jazz) was bad, you've got to remember we're two different people. And I know the guy (Falk) is good because Adrian Dantley doesn't trust but maybe two or three people in the world, and he's one of them.

"But I told him that it has to be understood I am who I am and it stays that way. I have a good reputation with the Jazz and the people in Salt Lake. If simply by hiring him I ruin that, it's not worth it. He said he'd work on that premise." Translation: no dirty laundry, no holdout. The parting with White whose only NBA client was Stockton was difficult, "But at this point in my career, I had to have someone who maybe knows the market better." The market is bullish.

The Jazz is $1.8 million under the NBA's minimum payroll for the upcoming season. Rickey Green, who broke him in for three years, was allowed to get away in the expansion draft. And Stockton, uncomfortable with the business of basketball, is ready to sign a long-term contract even though he may be worth even more in three years. From insiders in Utah, the best guess is a deal for six or seven years that will total more than $7 million. Stockton would like to approach this season as he did the last with no particular self-imposed pressures.

"But expectations for myself and the team have changed," he conceded. It's called being under the gun. AP photo Timm Rosenbach was a pass-happy Cougar Saturday, throwing five TD passes against Tennessee. 55 lifts ikman ruins St awgs E. r) pie and gold end zone." UCLA, 4-0, tied the score at 17 on an 11-yard touchdown run by freshman Shawn Wills with 2:16 gone in the fourth quarter.

"I don't think anyone on this football team throught we were going to lose the game, even when we were behind by seven," said Aikman. Washington, 3-1, went ahead 17-10 on a 2-yard touchdown run by James Compton with 1:56 left in the third quarter. "We just needed to punch another (touchdown) in there in the third or fourth quarter," said disappointed Washington quarterback Cary Conklin. "We didn't and they came out on top." The score was tied at 10 at halftime before a sun-splashed crowd of 71,224 at Husky Stadium. The Bruins went 69 yards in five plays for their final score, including a 10-yard scramble by Aikman on a third-and-nine play from the UCLA 42.

Aikman said he saw the opening when he came up to the line of scrimmage on the first-and-10 play on the Washington 48. "There were no defensive backs in the middle to cover the post where Reggie was going," he said. "They were worried about our other receivers and over-compensated, leaving Reggie open." Moore said he had suggested the game-winning touchdown play to Aikman all day. Moore said the Bruins just wanted a big gainer to get up a field goal because they were out of timeouts and time was running out. "I didn't know where anybody else was," said Moore.

"All I saw was a pur Nebraska. "It's a route we hit in previous games and one that Troy throws well," Donahue said of Aikman's game-winning touchdown pass. "Normally, it's a 20-yard play and then you get tackled. This time, Reggie just broke it. At the time, we were on the threshold of going either way.

It was a time to flash our colors and show what we could do." Washington had a blitz on when Aikman came through with his 48-yard touchdown pass, James said. "When you're one on one, you're going to get hurt," he said. On UCLA's game-winning touchdown, Aikman passed to Moore, a fleet sophomore split end, who caught the ball ahead of cornerback Art Malone at the Washington 30 and sped into the end zone. Associated Press SEATTLE When the game was on the line, UCLA's Troy Aikman delivered a 48-yard touchdown pass with 1:28 left Saturday. "They just stuck it in there," Washington coach Don James said.

Aikman teamed with Reggie Moore for a score to give the second-ranked Bruins a 24-17 win over 16th-rated Washington in a Pacific-10 Conference football opener. The Bruins, 13-point favorites, needed to score two touchdowns in the final quarter to beat the Huskies for the first time in Seattle since 1978. "Good teams have to be able to win on the road," said UCLA coach Terry Donahue, whose team opened the season with three impressive victories at home, including a 41-28 win over ninth-rated NSlDE andls return home Happy Goaltending helps Chiefs BIG Notre Dame romps: The 5th-ranked Fighting Irish crush Stanford and Ohio State loses Big Ten battle with Illinois. page 4 Volleyball stunner: Ferris High School upsets Shad le Park to end the Highlanders' 33-match win streak in girls volleyball. page 8 Overall League PF PA Mont.

St. 2 0 80 50 2 3 0 1 0 27 3 3 1 0 Montana 2 1 63 51 4 1 0 Boise St. 2 1 83 82 4 1 0 Idaho 1 1 48 46 3 1 0 N. Arizona 1 2 75 48 2 2 0 EWU 1 2 71 97 1 3 1 Weber St. 0 1 27 31 1 3 0 Idaho St.

0 2 44 79 0 4 0 Saturday's games: L.T. vs. Rypien: Mark Rypien will celebrate his 26 birthday today. Or will he? He faces the New York Giants and the return of Lawrence Taylor. page 6 Sandberg answers: Former North Central High standout Ryne Sandberg still likes to let his actions do the talking.

page 12 But Friesz was on target Saturday, hitting 23 of 41 attempts for three touchdowns while leading the Vandals to 481 yards of total offense against the top defensive team in the league. Perhaps more importantly, Friesz struck when it was needed the most. Idaho's 16-play scoring drive just before halftime provided the best showcase for Friesz. With the game tied at 10-10, Friesz led the Vandals 74 yards as Idaho converted on a fourth-and-1, two third-and-8s, and a third-and15. And on the biggest play of the drive, after a holding call pushed the Vandals into a third-and-20 situation, Friesz broke from the pocket and fired a 24-yard score to Lee Allen at the back of the end zone.

"This was the whole crux of it for us, we let them out of third-andlong something like seven times," said NAU coach Larry Kentera. "You can't do that and win football (See Vandals on page 4) By Dave Boling Staff writer MOSCOW The Idaho football team sent a message to its followers Saturday: Don't worry, be happy. Before a Homecoming crowd estimated at 16,100 the fourth largest in the history of the Kibbie Dome Idaho rejoined the race for the Big Sky Conference title with a 31-20 victory over Northern Arizona. "We're in the hunt; we got ourselves back in the race and I feel really good about that," said Idaho coach Keith Gilbertson, who saw his Vandal offense played with greater efficiency than it had all season. Bouncing back from last week's loss at Montana, in which they gave the ball away seven times, the Vandals improved to 3-1 and 1-1 in the Big Sky.

NAU, the preseason choice to challenge the Vandals for the league ti'le, slipped to 2-2 and 1-2. The game marked a homecoming 0 1 EGE.FOOTBALL:7 i11111110111101 By Howie Sta Staff writer Jamie McLennan is no Troy Gamble, but he did a pretty good impression Saturday night. McLennan, Spokane's rookie goaltender, bounced back from a shaky debut the night before and played a key role in a 4-2 triumph over the Tr-City Americans. McLennan turned aside 33 shots to win a great goaltending duel with Frank Fur lan at the Coliseum. The Chiefs and 3,804 spectators could not relax until Darcy Loewen stole the puck from Tr-City star Stu Barnes at the far blue line and cruised in to slide the final goal into an empty net with 28 seconds to go.

"Their goaltender played pretty well; I'd heard he was pretty brutal," said Tr-City left wing Sean Le Brun. (See Chleg on page 8) Nevada-Reno 27, Montana 3 Idaho 31, Northern Arizona 20 Montana State 45, Idaho State 37 N. Texas 51, Eastern Washington 0 Boise State 31, Weber State 27 Top Twenty (9) Nebraska 48, UNLV 6 (10) Oklahoma 35, Iowa St. 7 (11) Clemson was idle (12) Alabama 31, Kentucky 27 (13) Oklahoma St. 56, Tulsa 35 (15) Georgia 36, Mississippi 12 (17) Florida 18, (14) LSU 6 (18) Wyoming 35, Fullerton St.

16 (19) Michigan 62, Wisconsin 14 (20) Oregon 34 San Diego St. 13 (1) Miami 55, Missouri 0 (2) UCLA 24, (16) Washington 17 (3) USC 38, Arizona 15 (4) Auburn 47, N. Carolina 21 (5) Notre Dame 42, Stanford 14 (6) Florida St. 48, Tulane 28 (7) W. Virginia 22, Virginia Tech 10 (8) S.

Carolina 35, Appalachian St. 9 of another sort, the return to form of Vandal quarterback John Friesz. Friesz, a second-team all-American as a sophomore, had struggled this year, hitting slightly more than 50 percent of his passes and throwing more interceptions than touchdowns. 1 1..