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TV" Kingsport Times-News Sunday October 30 1988 defense grounds Bird Washington shackles Boston playmaker to capture 120-113 preseason win Digest By RON BLISS Executive Sports Editor Harvey was just playing outstanding defense on him and for whatever reason Larry got a little upset and swung at Harvey not going to try to get into his head and wonder why he did Bird refused comment on the melee but Grant said it was one of the game King shown through jt all making 7 of 8 field goal attempts on his end of the floor to finish with 19 points one less than Grant had for the winners Jeff Malone added 19 Robert Parish had 30 to carry the Celtics in Bird's stead But defense was the thing that turned it for the Bullets upset the defending Atlantic Division champions 120-113 before 23811 in Thompson-Boling Arena Frustration from l-for-10 shooting apparently got to Bird in the waning seconds He elbowed Grant Grant elbowed him Bird swung at Grant Grant retaliated and both benchesemptiedwith 20 seconds left Both Bird and Grant were ejected before it was over It was a bad ending to a bad outing for Bird who lost his shooting touch in the second half and finished with just 4 of 16 from the field for BOSOX CUT PARRISH OFFERS TO HURST BOSTON The Boston Red Sox hav6 released first baseman Larry Parrish whp helped the team in its American League East Division title drive with some timely slugging while offering aee left-hander Bruce Hurst a sweetened contract Red Sox general manager Gormamaid move would make room on the roster for Carlos Quintana a promising power hitter in the farm system Parrish joined the Red Sox in mid-July and hit 259 with seven home runs and 26 runs batted in The Red Sox reportedly made Hurst a three-year offer worth $45 million plus incentives agent Nick Lampros told tied Sox officials that Hurst is studying the offer KNOXVILLE The largest crowd ever- to watch an NBA preseason game turned out here Saturday night Many came to watch the Boston great Larry Bird But on thIFITighf the Bird fly Former Vol great Bernard King and rookie Harvey Grant slapped a tight defense on the former NBA Most Valuable Player to limit him to just 13 points and help the Bullets things that is come and gone was a close game They wanted to win and we wanted to said Grant just happened Maybe it was a little frustration on Grant did an outstand-ing job on Bird in the second said King shunning credit for the defensive job on Bird know what happened there at the end Please see BULLETS page 10D 7 Inderlied boots Cavs over Hokies By DIRK BEVERIDGE Associated Press Writer MOWRY CHARLES TIED IN SENIORS LAS VEGAS Nev Larry Mowry heeding a tip from his caddy birdied seven holes in a round of 7-under-par 65 Saturday to earn a share of the lead after two rounds of the $250-000 Senior PGA Las Vegas Classic Mowry a former Las Vegas resident caught first-round leader Bob Charles at U-under 133 heading into final round of the 54-hole tournament at Desert Inn Country Club Mowry who turned 52 last week managed three short-to medium-range birdies on the fiont side despite erratic driving then straightened his swing to card four more birdies on the back nine Mowry and Charles the Senior leading money winner lead Dave Hill and Orville Moody by three strokes I od Inderlied answered with a 35-yarder in the first period and a 36-yarder in the second period i1 Furrer put Virginia Tech ahead at 10-6 on a 2-yard touchdown pass to Brian McCall at 1055 in the second period The Hokies then forced Virginia to punt twice but Furrer gave up his interceptions to David Griggs and Jason Wallace After interception-Virginia used 14 plays to move the ball 87 yards on a drive capped by Shawn touchdown pass to Moore to make the halftime score 13-10 34-yard field goal with 154 left in the third period closed the scoring Shawn Moore finished the day with 281 passinfejyards hitting 14 of 28 and throwing one interception Moore caught seven of the passes lor 175 yards Furrer hit 17 of 40 passes for 292 yards but was intercepted three times The third pass he had picked off fame with 36 seconds left in the game when Tyrone Lewis picked off a ball intended for Ken Barefoot on fourth down and 10 Furrer had thrown mcomple-tions on the first three downs of the last series that began with just over a minute to play Virginia ran the clock out after interception ITALIAN BEATS BIGGS MILAN Italy European boxing champion Francesco Damiani of Italy won an unofficial semifinal for the world heavyweight title when the doctor stopped American Tyrell Biggs in the fifth roupd at Palatrussardi Arena on Saturday night Biggs a 27-year-old from Philadelphia was bleeding heavily from a deep right eyebrow cut when doctor Mario Sturla stepped into the ring and endedj the fight 1:06 minutes into the round The bout was scheduled to last 10 rounds It was sweet revenge for Damiani who had been outpointed by the American in their three previous amateur fights including the Olympic final in Los Angelas in 1986 BLACKSBURG Va Mark Inderlied kicked three field goals and Shawn Moore hit Herman Moore with a 9-yard touchdown pass as Virginia winning its second straight game on the road beat Virginia Tech 16-10 on Saturday field goals of 36 35 and 34 yards led the Cavaliers who evened their record at 4-4 Virginia Tech 2-6 racked up 424 yards of total offense compared with 351 for Virginia before a crowd of 50239 in sold-out Lane Stadium The Hokies squandered several scoring opportunities with Will Furrer throwing interceptions from the Virginia 20-yard line and the Virginia 9 in the second period Virginia Tech threatened to get back into the game in the last play of the third period On a fourth and nine from their own 48-yprd line the Hokies set up a fak punt and Randy Cockrell ran 37 yards to the Virginia 15 But Chris Kinzer missed a 26-yard field goal attempt leaving the scijire 16-10 Virginia Tech had gotten on the board first with 25-yard field goal the first peri Times-News Ptoto Ned Jilton I Virginia Tech punter Chris Baucia is crushed by the rush of defense Saturday as the Cavaliers successfully block the kick Bulldogs overwhelm Bucs 48-21 ACC CROSS-COUNTRY TITLES AWARDED CLEMMONS NC Dov Krem-er won the title Saturday and led the Tigers to the team championship in the Atlantic Coast Conference cross country championships at Tanglewood Park North Carolina Janet Smith Suzie Tuffey and Katrina Price finished second third and fourth to lead the Wolfpack to the championship Kremer covered the 8000-meter course in 24031 to nip teammate Yehezkel Halifa by two-tenths of a second Paul McCaffrey of Clemson finished third followed by Mike McGowan of North Carolina and Jon Hume of Wake Forest Clemson had a total of 27- and easily outdistanced second-place Wake Forest who had 50 North Carolina was third with 84 followed by Virginia with 98 Maryland with 122 Georgia Tech with 157 and Duke with 184 Rosalind Taylor of Maryland won the race covering the 5000-meter course in 16:367 The Wolfpack had a total of 28 followed by Clemson with 77 Maryland with 86 Wake Forest with 110 Georgia Tech with 116 North Carolina with 117 Virginia with 162 and Duke with 179 From staff reports this season has dropped seven games in a row The Bucs in these seven losses have been outscored 287-88 by Western Carolina Central Florida UT-Chattajnooga North Carolina State Marshall Appalachian State and The Citadel The Citadel dominated play in the first half on superb performances by three Bulldog individuals quaf-terback Tommy Burris running back Adrian Johnson and wide receiver Phillip Florence Burris accounted for 198 tan- Wearing down ETSU with its vaunted time-consuming wishbone offense The Citadel controlledVhe ball to settle the issue early Long scoring drives of 74 63 85 knd 60 yards put four touchdowns on the Johnson Hagood Stadium scoreboard in the first half The cashed in on a pass interception near the goal line during the early explosion with an ensuing TD pass and then got a 22-yard field goal by Hank Burris after a fumble recovery with four seconds to go in the second quarter ETSU which enjoyed a 2-0 start 1 CHARLESTON The Citadel tied a school record for wins with its sixth consecutive victory Saturday night a 48-2 thrashing of East Tennessee State University before 10110 fans The cannon fired after each touchdoWn got a workout The Bulldogs off to their best start in eight years ran up a 38-7 halftime lead by exploding for 31 straight points in the second quarter of this Southern Conference game i 4- Please see BUCS page 10D DON MATTINGLY on the block? East South exit early in tourney KMS RACING CONTINUES TODAY Sam Hurd will be looking for his second Late Model Sportsman victory at Kingsport Motor Speedway today as the fall series continues at the local dirt track Hurd out-gunned polesit-ter Jason Chambliss to take the checkered flag a week ago wfiile Six cylinder action was dominated by Charlie Harris Donnie Baker finished second amond six-cylinder drivers Kim Fleming of Coeburn Va scored his first win over Mike Clevenger in the Super Stock Division Action continues Sun-dayat 2 pm Gates open at noon with tickets prices reduced to $6 for adults and $1 for By LEATHA BARGES Times-News Sports Writer Yankee traded? CHATTANOOGA Germantown High School took the TSSAA State volleyball title Saturday at McClellan Gymnasium knocking off East Ridge 15-10 15-3 I A nIt TN aimId aI tU ai pa Devils ended their seven kills Melanie Hammock led the Lady Wildcats with five kills while Lesley Smith led the team in serves with 12 second game was Such a letdown1 said East head coach Kathi Shaffer just came out determined Our serve reception really cost us If you get that initial pass run an offense in no way am I disappointed really proud of these kids These girls have been great kill year in Sullivan East the Region I and Big 10 conference champions fell to Livingston Academy after taking the first game by a 15-8 score The Lady Wildcats rebounded to win Game 2 15-2 and held off an East rally in the third to advance Kelly Cantley served four straight points to put the Lady Patriots back in the final game Carla Cantrell added three more points on serve before April King put the game on ice Cantrell led he Lady Patriots with 11 kills Regina Gammon had another By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer The Lady season with a 37-5 record But two Big 10 teams Sullivan East and Sullivan South felt the sting of early losses falling in the first round of the eight-team field NEW YORK Don Mattingly is going to be WATKINS MAKES FIRST HOLE-IN-ONE Wilbur Watkins made his fitat hole-in-one om 46 years of golfing Thursday atMea-dowview Golf Course Watkins 75 made the par 3 168-yard No 8hole with a 6-iron Witnesses were Carl Cardwpll Bob Archer and George Egan Please see YANKS 12D Please see AREA page 8D I 1 uiiWfairift Controversy over football Geld has Bulldog fans barking By RAY GLIER Times-News Sports Writer games and it wants those games played on the best fields available The criteria for determining which fields are suitable' for state playoff games has been on the books for several years giving it a little bit more attention this said Ken Tilley Programs Supervisor for the VHSL being enforced this coach allayed fears get 'that worn off by the first Turner was heard to say Why would a town defend a patch of ground as fiercely as Custer defended the ground he stood on at Little Big Horn? easy Football in Appalachia is rated behind Mom and just ahead of apple pie in Appalachia even those who like each other come together for four months out of the says Dawg fan Mike Ireson rally around the football 1 Which is why the Region council will come under fire Tuesday night in Civic Center The games In an Oct 3 meeting the council said that if a Region team from the Lonesome Pine Cumberland or Black Diamond Districts) advanced to the state semifinals and on to the finals only stadiums in Clintwood Wise Big Stone Gap and Coeburn would be used to host that game Geez you might as well have gone up and spit on the US flag are pretty mad about says CF Wright II a former mayor of Appalachia consider legal action if we have The field between the hash marks is a dust bowl in dry weather and a quagmire in the rain A patch of grass dared to grow on a dirt portion of the field last summer but -Turner now the football cipals in Region to allow Appalachia to host the state playoffs That sounds like brash thinking Appalachia remember has to win two games to get into the state semi's But nobody doubts the Dawgs will advance In the four-team regional (Division 1 smaller schools) 9-0 Appalachia is an overwhelming favorite bracketed with Rye Cove (7-2) Twin Springs (7-3) and Jonesville (5-4) The first round of the regionals is Nov 12 at 1:30 with Appalachia hosting Jonesville "If our field is good enough to host a regional playoff game why it good enough to host a state playoff asks Wright The reason is that the VHSL regards the state playofj? as showcase Ed Clark The Stallion galloped across it for a few thousand yards Tom Turner the player not the coach knocked opposing players down on it Jim Riggs the storied coach who won 107 games in 12 seasons sent his players to battle on it It is the football field at Appalachia High School And now Bulldog football fans feel their hallowed sacred ground is being trampled on The Appalachia fandom is organizing a fight against a Region Council and Virginia High School League decree that the football field is suitable hosting state playoff What prompted this sudden enforcement of field regulations were pitiful conditions last year at two state semifinal games Jonesville vs Parry McCluer and Hampton vs Fauquier (Group AAA) Jonesville was drubbed 41-0 in the i people will petition the council which 81) pai is comprised of the 19 high school prin Please see DAWG a i.