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20 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVFR SiinclAy April 22 1990 INSIDE GOLF Stars To Come Out For Freedom Classic enefit IP cl Players of the Future The US Golf Tour a two-year-old satellite tour will make a stop in Cramerton for the Cramer Mountain Classic May 10-13 The USGT plays a 18-event schedule this year primarily in the Southeast Matt Peterson of Morganton is fourth on the money list with 11626 including a tournament victory Uly Grissette a former golfer at NC State is llth going into this week's Lakeland Open in Florida Tuesday for its new clubhouse Two more in a long line of Myrtle Beach-area golf courses are open for business Buck Creek built by John McWhite winds around the Waccamaw River near Calabash It has been nominated by Golf Digest for Best New Course for 1990 Larry Young is opening another course one of three set for The Legends Golf Club at Myrtle Beach The Heathland Course which opened in March is a Scottish links-style course designed by Tom Doak The Moorland Course and Parkland Course are under construction Harvie Ward and Dutch Hood two of the game's most colorful and respected teachers are conducting a series of two-day golf schools at Pinehurst For more information call (919) 692-7111 from 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday 'Fish Fry' Open It's the one golf tournament that might be better known for its post-round cuisine than the golf itself The DL Phillips Westport Pro-Am known affectionately in some circles as the "Fish Fry Open" will conduct its I 8th tournament May 7 at Westport Golf Club in Denver While the tournament attracts one of the year's best fields among Carolinas PGA club pros the fish fry afterward always draws raves For more information about sponsorships and participation call the Westport pro shop at 483-5604 from 8 am to 6 pm daily who played in the pro-am at the mart Greater Greensboro Open caddied at the GGO for PGA Tour player Greg Twiggs Comedian Rich Hall a Charlotte native is committed along with Dennis Franz Kiel Martin and Bruce Weitz all former stars of "Hill Street Blues" Kim Zimmer of "The Guiding Light" is the honorary chairperson for the event The 36-hole tournament will feature the Bi-Lo Million Dollar Shootout in which selected contestants and spectators will have a chance for 1 million for a hole-in-one Tickets are $5 for the entire tournament and are available at area Bi-Lo stores By MIKE PURKEY staff Writer In less than two weeks Crystal Springs Golf Club could be look like a Hollywood party Rightly so because celebrities from all walks of sports and entertainment will gather in Charlotte for the second Freedom Classic Golf Tournament May 4-6 The event benefits the Charlie Justice Youth and Young Adult unit of the Amethyst Foundation a nonprofit drug and alcohol treatment center in Charlotte Leslie Nielsen whose star billing includes "The Naked Gun" and "Airport" headlines the list of celebrities committed to attend Craig Nelson star of the television series "Coach" is on the list Nelson Etc River Run Golf and Country Club near Davidson held a ground breaking DILWORTH CRITERIUM IN BRIEF Ford Settlement May Be Factor Nice Birthday For Wagoner since he began competitive bike riding in 1986 His best previous finish had been sixth "And that was a couple of years ago" he said Saturday "I just turned 30 yesterday so this is a great birthday present" That race was just one of several events Saturday at the Criterium In the morning runners ran tennis players swung rackets softball players hit balls and fielded horseshoes were thrown There was even a soccer exhibition As Winston Marshall an avid Charlotte cyclist who did not compete Saturday said "This thing had a little something for everyone" Early in the afternoon though dark clouds threatened to at least postpone the aftemoon's seven US Bicycling Federation-sanctioned races and send the colorful indoors But after a brief drizzle the threat passed and the Criterium continued Observer News SWAM Clemson's million-dollar settlement with Danny Ford could be a factor in what if any penalities the NCAA hands down against the former Tiger coach said Alan Williams chairman of the NCAA committee that heard the school answer charges on Friday in Kansas City Mo Williams disqualified himself from the Clemson case because of a potential conflict of interest Wilhams is a professor at Virginia which like Clemson is a member of the ACC Williams said the NCAA Committee on Infractions sometimes takes into account how large a financial settlement a coach receives when it considers sanctions against the coach Clemson officials met with the infractions committee for nearly four hours Friday to respond to NCAA enforcement staff charges that included cash payments to players of $50 to I 50 gifts of clothing aad meals and improper recruiting techniques The five-member committee is expected to announce its decision on whether to levy any sanctions within 30 days --7--- 't48 1et" 4: i I A r- i-': i-: By LANGSTON WERTZ JR Staff Writer Heading toward the finish line Saturday at the I 7th annual Dilworth Criterium bicyclist William Wagoner looked over his shoulder and let out a little smile When he crossed the line first in the Bicycles East-Bicycles South 20-mile race Wagoner raised his left arm in the air a closed fist waving through the air "Yeah!" he screamed And J4 several clapping supporters at Latta Park screamed congratula tions back Wagoner an engineer for -yt General Electric in Henderson- I ville had won his first race of ON" the season on the day after his birthday He won in a time of 45 min- I utes 10 seconds just ahead of IN second-place finisher Mike Roach and Kirk Roberts Wagoner "This was a pretty hard race" said Wagoner who took the lead for the first time on the final lap "I was holding in for all I was worth That was some race" The win assured Wagoner who says he rides in 35 or 40 races per year of at least one victory in competition for a fourth consecutive year It was also Wagoner's best finish ever at the Criterium He's participated in the Criterium several times Here are results from the sanctioned bike rates Times available for race winner only Courtyard Shopping Center Race women 15 Karen Bliss (35:37) Jeanne Go lay Maureen Chambers Vacherie Bank and Trust Co Race Juniors 13-15 10 Robert Montgomery (27:11) Balk Nicholas Sterling Swain Dahnert Race 35 and over 18 Dwight Stephens (42:47) David Leduc Robert Thomas CC Dickson Memorial Rate Juniors 18-18 13 Pete Beffemann (29:28) Jeremy Leipzig: Shawn Willard First Union National Bank Race Senior I and II 30 Bobby Livingstone (1)3335) Paul Swadling Gervais Riouk Bicycle Sport Race Senior IV 18 miles Steven Elmore (4106) Gregg Ruff Paul Sadosky Associated Press IN THE LEAD: Mike Reid of Provo Utah tips his cap to the gallery after hitting a birdie putt on No 14 at the Greater Greensboro Open tournament Reid Is seven-under par and leads the field ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS HORSE RACING: Champagne Loses Fin Thirty Six Red raced his way into the Kentucky Derby handing Champagneforashley his first defeat in the Wood Memorial at New York's Aqueduct track Thirty Six Red winner of the one-mile Gotham at Aqueduct April 7 took the lead from Burnt Hills straightening for home and outdueled his rival through the stretch to win by a head in one minute 50V3 seconds on a fast track Champagneforashley finished third Silver Ending survived a foul claim to win the Arkansas Derby at Oaldawn Park in Hot Springs Ark and earn a trip to the May 5 Kentucky Derby Silver Ending was eighth in the early going but made his move along the rail and passed several horses in the far turn Jockey Gary Stevens then squeezed the colt inside of Real Cash and went on to win by 314 lengths Favored Stalwart Charger ran away from nine Kentucky Derby nominees and won the California Derby by 214 lengths at Golden Gate Fields in Albany Calif Clemson UNC Win Track Titles Play resumes today in the World Hockey Championships in Bern Switzerland with the United States facing West Germany and games matching Soviet Union-Sweden Canada-Czechoslovakia and Norway-Finland The championship round each with four teams starts Friday State with 22 Duke with 14 Maryland with 10 and Wake Forest with 7 North Carolina got championships from seven different women Sharon Couch last year's most valuable player captured the 100-meter hurdles in 1340 the best ever by an ACC women's track performer tured all three doubles matches to post a 5-4 win over North Carolina in the semifinals of the women's championship in College Park Md Clemson's No I doubles team of Mimi Burgos and Diane Van Gulick split sets with Gina Gob lirsch and Cinda Gurney of North Carolina then took six games posting a 6-3 victory in the deciding set The Tigers advance to the finals where they will take on Duke which defeated Wake Forest 5-1 earlier Saturday NFL: Monts Could Miss Season Alabama linebacker Keith Mc Cants expected to be a high first-round selection in today's NFL draft could miss his rookie season because of an injury to his right knee The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in today's editions that two NFL team physicians who have examined McCants' knee said he likely has a small cartilage tear and would likely require surgery IIIIThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed running back Gary Anderson to a four-year $36 million contract finalizing a trade with the San Diego Chargers Center Tom Rafferty a 14-year veteran who played in 221 NFL games for the Dallas Cowboys said he has failed to reach an agreement for the 1990 season and plans to retire Observer News Services CLEMSON SC Clemson's men won the ACC track and field championships for the second straight year while the women of North Carolina took home their third straight title Saturday Clemson's men won the two-day tournament at the Rock Norman Track and Field Complex with 161 points NC State was second with 135 followed by North Carolina with 100 Georgia Tech 80 Virginia 79 Maryland 32 Wake Forest 27 and Duke 8 James Trapp won the 100 meters and the 200 meters and was a member of two winning relay teams to lead Clemson Trapp a defensive back for the football team won the meet's male outstanding performer award contributing 40 of the Tigers' points Clemson also got victories from Dave Wittman in the 1500 and Jeff Fields in the pole vault NC State which has finished either first or second in the conference for the last 10 years was led by David Fields' victory in the 400 meters and Bob Henes' win in the 5000 meters North Carolina's women ran away with the title with 217 points Virginia was second with 142 followed by Clemson with 135 Georgia Tech with 42 NC Men's Tennis In Durham top-seed Clemson had to weather five match points in the deciding doubles match to advance to its second-straight meeting with North Carolina for the title Both semifinal matches were tied at 3-3 after singles play but strong doubles play helped North Carolina beat Duke 5-3 while Clemson edged Virginia 5-4 Virginia's No I doubles team of Chris Sappington and Bill Grant gave the Cavaliers a 4-3 lead with an upset of Owen Casey and JL Guillou Clemson will put a streak of seven straight ACC titles on the line in today's finals MOTORSPORTS: Rahal Overcomes Handicap Bobby Rebel taking a break from the Indy-car competition ran away with the Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race at Long Beach Calif Rahal who started at the back of the 17-car handicapped field moved to the front in the seventh of 10 laps on the 167-mile 11-tum downtown street circuit He beat top celebrity finisher Stephen Baldwin Buffalo Bill Cody on television's "Young Guns" by 6289 seconds Willy Ribbs 34 who walked away from an Indy car after driving 48 practice laps on rookie testing day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1985 will compete in his first Indy-car race when he drives in today's Grand Prix race at Long Beach Calif He's starting the race from the 15th position Toyota driver Drake Olson shattered the course record and claimed the pole for today's International Motor Sports Association Camel GT Grand Prix of Palm Beach at West Palm Beach Ha with a speed of 103050 mph Joe Amato Jim White and Bruce Allen emerged as the top qualifiers for today's finals of the 10th Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce Ga Amato covered the quarter-mile in 4960 seconds at 28011 mph for the No 1 spot in Top Fuel White was the Funny Car leader and Allen took the top spot in Pro Stock Golf In Rocky Mount North Carolina got a pair of two-under-par 70s from senior Tee Burton and sophomore Pat Moore to take a one-stroke lead heading into the final round The Heels shot a two-over-par 290 for the day on the 7I52-yard Northgreen Country Club course for a two-day total of 584 NC State ballooned to a nine-over 297 after a first round even par 288 but retained second place at 585 Clemson Duke Wake Forest and Georgia Tech are tied for third with 586 ALSO US Boxer Gains Title Challenger John Quiroga took the International Boxing Federation super-flyweight title from Colombia's Juan Polo Perez by winning a unanimous decision at Sunderland England Quiroga 21 also holds the US Boxing Association crown Krista Wilson used a strong finish to capture the women's 3-meter title at the US Indoor Diving Championships at Beaverton Ore Wilson the 1990 NCAA 3-meter champion trailed Wendy Wyland the leader after the semifinals then pulled away on the last three of her 10 dives III Joe Paterno said he expects Penn State to join the Big Ten as scheduled despite grumblings from some athletic directors and coaches in the conference Several Big Ten athletic officials have cited travel problems between the Midwest and Penn State as a reason to oppose the Nittany Lions' addition after presidents of the conference schools extended the invitation in December Edited by Jim Maxwell Women's Tennis Clemson rallied from a 4-2 deficit after singles play and cap MAILBOX Shinn Wasn't Loyal To A Loyal Scheer HOCKEY: Miami Gets Franchise Miami has been awarded a franchise in the Global Hockey League which plans to open its first season Nov I league chairman Michael Gobuty said in Bern Switzerland Gobuty also said East Berlin will have a franchise in the European division with him Let's hope however his new PR firm can get him to retreat to damage control center and stay there Fred Dula Charlotte CALENDAR It is obvious Carl Scheer either did not know George Shinn as well as he thought or he did not know him at all Loyalty is apparently not a word in Shinn's vocabulary: Look at the bodies strewn by the wayside His latest statement that Scheer "begged" him for his Hornets job is a knife in the back to Carl I could actually feel the knife going in myself Incredible Of all the people to try to degrade He gave the Hornets his heart and soul and clearly was the force that made the Hornets such an early success He was Shinn's most loyal supporter He became his greatest defender as some of Shinn's actions began to be questioned Scheer is one of the most genuinely nice persons anyone could want to know He gave the Hornets class they probably did not deserve As much as I hated to see him leave I know he is probably in a better situation in Denver As for George well I guess we'll have to live Too Much Umpiring I'm glad CBS did not get but 17 games for the baseball game of the week After listening to Tim McCarver and Jack Buck umpire the game between the Cubs and Pittsburgh last Saturday the league could very well save the umpires' salaries and let Tim and Jack do it for them JM Whitworth Hickory II WRITE US: Send letters to: Mailbox Charlotte Observer Sports PO Box 32188 Charlotte NC 28232 Please include your telephone number TELEVISION TODAY Major League Baseball San Francisco at San Diego NBA Hornets Magazine () 8:30 am (ESPN) 8 pm Motorsports On Pit Road 18) 11:30 am RADIO HIGHLIGHTS NFL NFL Draft (ESPN) Noon Motorsports First Union 400 WSOC-FM (103 Charlotte) NBA Boston at Philadelphia CC 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(Mullen Petrick) 10:29 Montreal which had the NHL's worst power play during the regular season failed to connect for the fourth time in as many chances Montreal got the overtime man-advantage when John Carter was called for high-sticking Stephane Richer Elsewhere John Druce had his first career hat trick as Washington beat the New York Rangers 6-3 at New York and even the Patrick Division series at Today's Games The Los Angeles Kings trail the observor News Services BOSTON Garry Galley's goal at three minutes 42 seconds of overtime Saturday night gave the Boston Bruins a come-frombehind 5-4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens and a 2-0 lead in the Adams Division final Boston's Cam Neely had sent the game into overtime with his second goal of the game and sixth of the playoffs on a power play with 1:49 left in regulation time erasing Montreal's fourth one-goal lead of the game Galley scored 25 seconds after DIVISION FINALS Saturday's Rosy Its Boston 5 Montreal 4 CT (Bruins lead series 2-0) Washington 6 NY Rangers 3 (Series tied 1-1) Friday Results Chicago 5 St Louis 3 (Series tied 1-)) Edmonton 8 Los Angeles 1 (Oilers lead series 2-0) Today's Games Chicago at St Louis 705 pm Edmonton at Los Angeles 10:35 pm Both series en en ve en ven Edmonton Oilers 2-0 in the Smythe Division finals after lopsided losses at Edmonton Alberta But now the scene changes to the Kings home ice at the Forum in Inglewood Calif for Game 3 in the best-of-seven series tonight The Kings lost 7-0 Wednesday and 6-I Friday Meanwhile Chicago coach Mike Keenan said he watched "great playoff hockey by both teams" as his Blackhawks drew even with St Louis in the Norris Division finals in Chicago's 5-3 victory Friday over St Louis Friday night The -45 First Period-1 Montreal McPhee 1 (Courtnall) 1:48 2 Boston ProoD 2 'Janney Bourque) 6:24 Second Period-3 Montreal Richer 6 (Corson Skrudiand) 154 4 Boston Neely 5 (Janney Propp) 3:43 5 Montreal Corson 2 (Richer Skrucliand) 5:30 6 Boston Carter 1 (Bourque Carpenter) 12:28 Third Period-7 Montreal Richer 7 (Skrudland) 12:50 8 Boston Neely 6 (Bourque Janney) 18:11 (PO) Overtirm-9 Boston Galley 2 (Janney Propp) 3:42 Shots on 9-14-8-3-34 Boston 9-8-5-2-24 Roy 4-4 (24 shots-19 saves) Boston Moog 6-2 (34-30) 14448 (at Boston) Second Period-4 Washington Joyce 2 (Ridley) :45 5 Washington Druce 6 (Hunter Courtnall) 1:10 6 New York Patrick 3 (Nicholls Gartner) 2:27 7 Washington Hunter 3 (Stevens Courtnall) 4:53 (OP) 8 New York Gartner 5 (Nicholls Turcotte) 19:35 (pp) Third Period-9 Washington Druce 7 19:07 (sh-on) Shots on 8-8-9-25 New York 12-8-8-28 Beaupre 4-1 (28 shots-25 saves) New York Vanbiesbrouck 2-2 (12-7) Richter (9:34 second 12-12) Ati-16651 (et New York) I I.