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unywir gr i Kingsport Times-News Saturday June 24 1989 Houston clears final NCAA hurdle Associated Press Holland named athletic director at Davidson Associated Press circumstances Fred Jacoby commissioner of the Southwest Conference and chairman of the National Letter of Intent Steering Committee told Tennessee officials Allan would be released from all obligations to Louisville and retain full eligibility at Tennessee Jacoby cited family unity of the Houston as the basis for the decision! Allan is a 6-5 guard who averaged 228 points 78 rebounds and 47 assists a game as a senior He finished as the No' 2 scorer in Louisville high school history with 2238 points The Ballard High teams he played on were 91-13 in his four Please see HOUSTON page 3B KNOXVILLErTenn Fulfilling the long-standing dream of a basketball wife and mother Tennessee coach Wade Houston and son Allan will finally get to be on the same team Tennessee athletic director Doug Dickey announced Friday he has gotten a ruling from the NCAA that Allan Houston can enroll at Tennessee play as a freshman and have four years of eligibility Allan signed a national letter of intent -last fall to play at Louisville where his father was then an assistant coach But when Wade Houston was hired by Tennessee in April Allan appealed to the NCAA for special consideration of the news conference here He said he would coach at Virginia during the 1989-90 season fortunate to be back at the school from which I graduated That hap- pen very Holland said the same time I have nothing but the highest regard for the University of DAVIDSON NC Terry Holland the winningest basketball poach in Virginia history was named Friday to become athletic director at Davidson College his alma mater on May i 1990 Is a decision been both a blessing and a Holland 47 said at a early leader KSA third ICKEY DENIES DRUG ALLEGATIONS FRESNO Calif Cincinnati Bengals running back Ickey Woods denied reports that he was involved in teammate Stanley cocaine relapse while delivering a streetwise talk on drugs at a juvenile home in his hometown was not with him I was with three other guys watching the Super Bowl Woods said on Thursday trying to insinuate that we were selling put a lot of endorsements on hold People know if I was with him" Woods said he spent the night before the Super Bowl with Eric Thomas Solomon Wilcots and Rickey Dixon KING HOLDS SLIM LEAD WILMINGTON Del Betsy King seeking her fourth victory of 1989 bogeyed the first two holes but went on to score eight birdies to take a one-stroke lead Friday after 36 holes of the LPGA Championship King 33 shot a second-round 6-under-par 65 over the 6366 yard Du Pont Country Club course for a two-round total of 8-under She birdied eight of 10 holes starting at No 5 including the fifth through ninth Shirley rurlong and Pat Bradley are one stroke back in the 72-hole tournament HENDRICKSON LEADS SENIOR CLASSIC SYRACUSE NY Dick Hendrickson winless in his first four years on the PGA Seniors golf tour shot a 6-under-par 66 to take the lead Friday after the first round of MONY Syracuse Senior Classic Hendrickson 54 of West Chester Pa held a two-stroke lead over Harold Henning Mike Hill and Roland Stafford after 18 holes at the Lafayette Country Club NAVRATILOVA BREEZES IN TOURNEY EASTBOURNE England Martina Navratilova won her ninth match in nine days to reach the final of the grasscourt tennis championships with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Ros Fairbank Friday Her opponent in the final will be 14th-seeded Raffaella Reggi who defeated Gigi Fernandez 6-4 6-2 Fairbank who last year at Wimbledon led Navratilova 5-2 in the final set of their quarterfinal match this time failed to trouble the top seed BECKER REACHES WIRRAL FINALS WIRRAL England Boris Becker of West Germany reached the final of the Wirral Inter- national grass-court tennis tournament Friday by beating American Dan Goldie 6-4 7-6 Beck- er a two-time Wimbledon champion will play for the title Saturday against Peter Lundgren of Sweden who defeated Carl-Uwe Steeb of West Germany 7-67 By CARMEN ARCHER Times-News Sports Writer Blessed with great weather the Holston Valley Hospital swim meet got off to aj great start Friday evening A good crowd came out to see the first day of action Which included 16 events were held and very few surprises As expected four teams are battling for top three spots Going into the second day of action the Pilot Aquatic Club of Knoxville leads! the Atomic City Aquatic Club by 14 points Roa-7 noke Valley Aquatic Association is in third and the Kingsport Swim Association is i in fourth place Pilot Aquatic Club of Knoxville leads the team standings with 142 points They were led by Marguerite Atchley and Ned Delozier Atchley won Times-News photo Ned Jilton II Meter Intermediate event explode out of the Competitors in the 1112-year-oId Girls 200 blocks during qualifying heat Please see KSA page 4B Mar marks still tops City skills paved way for state's all-time leading scorer (This is another in a series of stories on likely nominees for the Virginia School League Hall of Fame) By RAY GLIER Times-News Sports Writer Steve Marsee is white but while he was growing into a superb basketball player in the inner city of he was a minority He played in the city parks with black kids It was spirited competitive action It was first stop on a long basketball journey and it was where he developed his ball-handling skill shooting and savvy for the game remember I was the only white guy on my eighth grade he says helped the Bobcat junior varsity to varsity 2) became a starter 31 became a star From there his star rose Marsee scored 2459 points in 92 career games at Pennington High School Between 1972-76 there a more prolific scorer in the state of Virginia There still Marsee now 32 remains the all-time scoring leader for the Virginia -High-School Sure the competition as stiff as what two greatest players Moses Malone or Ralph Sampson went up against But Marsee have to provide alibis He was good what mattered How good? Please see MARSEE page 3B me because those guys were good I attribute my success to playing playground ball with the Marsee went from urban sprawl to southern drawl After spending eight years in Indianapolis he moved back to Pennington Gap his birthplace before his freshman year of high school By January of his ninth grade season the 6-2 185-pound freshman had 1) moved up from Times-News photo Earl Carter From 1972 through 1974 Steve Marsee was instant offense for Pennington High School KINGDOM BEATEN IN 110-METER EVENT BIRMINGHAM England Colin Jackson handed two-time Olympic gold medalist Roger Kingdom of the United States a rare defeat in the 110-meter high hurdles Friday night irf a four-nation track 6nd field meet The United States won six and Britain took five of the 15 events on the first day of the two-day meet with West Germans winning two and the Soviet Union winning two events AMATO LEADS NHRA QUALIFYING ST PIE Quebec Joe Amato Kenny Bernstein and Larry Morgan led first day of qualifying for the 19th annual NHRA Le Grandnational at Sanair International Drags-trip Amato 45 the defending Top Fuel champion qualified first in the 16-car field with a 5178-second elapsed time at 27231 mph on the Sanair quarter-mile Bernstein drove his Buick Reatta to a 5502-second time at 26572 mph to lead the Funny Car category BLANKENSHIP ATHLETE OF YEAR GREENVILLE SC Furman linebacker Jeff Blankenship whose defensive wizardry spearheaded the successful march to the 1-AA football championship last fall was named Friday as 1988-89 Southern Conference Athlete of the Year A senior from Irmo SC he was voted No 1 by the Sports Media Association receiving 24 of the 65 votes cast the sixth Furman athlete to win the award East Tennessee State University basketball player Greg Dennis got three votes ROGERSVILLE SWIM TEAM WINS The Rogersville Flying Fish Swim Team defeated the Church Hill Stingrays 336-289 in a meet held at the Church Hill pool Tuesday The Flying Fish will host the Legion Dolphins Tuesday June 27 at the Rogersville Municipal pool Judge delays ruling in Rose investigation Associated Press from lawyers and those for the commissioner then said he needed more time before deciding whether to grant a 14-day restraining order blocking hearing going to try to be fair and legally correct if I the judge said Nadel said he had hoped to rule Friday but the volumes of evidence and testimony made it impossible Baseball lawyer Louis Hoynes Jr said he was disappointed at the delay but understood the decision think the judge" is correct in taking some time to collect his Hoynes said The hearing concluded after Dowd was cross-examined by Stachler about his 225-page report on investigation of the gambling allegations Dowd insisted he had not decided guilt or innocence a determination he said can only be made by Giamatti However Dowd read his assessment of the evidence against Rose from his report stated that the accumulated testimony of witnesses together with documentary evidence and telephone records reveal extensive betting activity by Pete Rose with professional baseball and in particular Cincinnati Reds games during the 1985 1986 and 1987 Dowd said reading from his report order Baseball investigator John Dowd testified Friday that evidence indicates Rose bet on baseball including games during a three-year period One of the years was 1985 when Rose became all-time hits leader Dowd later told reporters that he found no evidence to suggest that Rose ever tried to throw a game Rose has sued Giamatti in state court contending the commissioner is biased and has already decided the manager is guilty of betting on his own team an offense that could bring a lifetime ban from the sport Nadel heard arguments Friday CINCINNATI Pete Rose will have to wait until Sunday to learn whether he can avoid a hearing before Commissioner A Bartlett Gia-matti on allegations that he bet on his own team A state judge Friday delayed his decision on whether to temporarily block appearance Monday in New York a meeting which could lead a lifetirpe ban from baseball for the Cincinnati Reds manager Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Norbert A Nadel said he will rule at noon Sunday on request for a temporary restraining (This is another in a series of stories on Kingsport Mets players and coaches) By CARMEN ARCHER Times-News Sports Writer TKefo The shoes he is expected to fill are not small ones but he is up to the challenge He wants to make a name for himself in pro baseball not ride on the coattails of his brother but he want the fans to expect him to be just like his brother are two totally different ball players not a power hitter like Lou more of a slap hitter I rely on my speed my most valuable said Thornton Thornton a Montgomery Ala native is not intimidated by following the path that his brother has blazed He expects to be able to adjust to pro ball a little easier than some of his younger teammates He has three years of college experience behind him and the advice of his big brother With two such outstanding players in the same family one would think there would i be a lot of rivalry and maybe even some jealousy But there is none' The two brothers are very supportive of one another When Lou heard that Eric had been assigned to Kingsport he had just a few words of wisdom to pass on to his younger sibling told me not to try to live up to the expectations He- told me to do what was best for me as a Thornton 21 was signed by the New York Mets after his third season at Faulkner University in Montgomery He led the team in hitting (431 average) this spring He also led the team in steals succeeding on 31-of-35 attempts which led the conference and set a Faulkner school record For his efforts Thornton was named Most Valuable Offensive Player Please see THORNTON page 3B 5P Eric Thornton knew before he even arrived in Kingsport that a' lot would be expected of him After all he is brother Assigned to the same town where his older brother started his professional baseball career in 1981 Kingsport outfielder Eric Thornton feels a little added pressure here really liked my brother I feel like I have to do good I feel like the crowd expects a lot of said the younger Thornton ERIC THORNTON 1 -1 J-t.