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2F THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Saturday June 9 1990 Immo A GAME TO REMEMBER 2F THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Saturday June 9 1990 1 I A GAME TO REMEMBER IN BRIEF Dunleavy On Lakers' List IN BRIEF WEIGHT LIFTING National Power On Stage WEIGHT LIFTING line setting a finals record for most free throws made without a miss The old standard of 14 was set by Magic Johnson of the Lakers in 1980 The Pistons missed a chance to set two playoff records for most consecutive wins at home Detroit had tied the records by winning 10 straight home games in this season's playoffs and taking 14 straight over two years The Pistons 12-5 overall in the playoffs this season are 12-0 when holding opponents under 100 points but 0-5 when allowing foes 100 or more The team that wins Game 2 has won 28 previous finals and lost 15 Facts aid figures from Port lands 105-104 Thursday ovedim victory over Detroit which tied the best-of-seven NBA Finals at 1-1: Detroll's Bill Laimbeer tied the recold for three-point field goals in a finals game with six He shares the record with Michael Cooper of the Los Angeles Lakers who set the mark in 1987 a The overtime game was the first In the finals since 1984 when Boston defeated the Lakers 129-125 In Game 4 and went on to win the series In seven ones Portiod's Terry Porter was 15 for 15 from the free-throw four-day event Clemson paced by a pair of three-under 69s by Chris Patton and Danny Ellis finished three rounds at I I-over 875 and in third place Oregon will be forced to decide whether to leave the Pac-I 0 unless the state helps cover its athletic department deficit the school's president says II Liberty's Chancellor Jerry Falwell said Friday that athletic director Bobby Richardson will step down effective immediately Associate athletic director Chuck Burch will replace Richardson II The Ohio Valley Conference presidents voted to accept Tennessee-Martin and Southeast Missouri State into the league Los Angeles Lakers general manager Jerry West says he is ready with a "very short" list of candidates should coach Pat Riley step down West said one of the candidates is Mike Dun leavy a Milwaukee Bucks' assistant coach and former Nt South Carolina player 1 "We would want to talk to him yes and we would talk to Akto ''''''''t other people" said West whose A comments were reported in Fri: e' day's editions of the Los Angeles :0" Daily News "But we would not Ats talk to a lot of people We would move very quickly to try to do something" Riley selected NBA Coach Of Durileavy The Year is reportedly talking with NBC about a television analyst job The Lakers posted the league's best regular-season record 63-19 but were eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals by the Phoenix Suns Golden State Warrior chairman Jim Fitzgerald 64 is scheduled Monday to undergo heart bypass surgery his second by-pass operation in five months SOCCER: Seders Win MI Title Brian Quinn and Wes Wade each had a goal and an assist as the San Diego Sockers defeated the Baltimore Blast 6-4 Friday night in Baltimore to win the Major Indoor Soccer League championship series 4-2 The victory in the best-of-seven series gave the Sockers their sixth MISL title and marked the fourth time and the second consecutive year they have beaten Baltimore in the championship series Pistons Not Hitting On All Cylinders inkmmil om 10 SECONDS FOOTBALL: Easley Has Kidney Transplant Former Seattle Seahawks defensive back Kenny Easley whose kidney disease ended his football career received a kidney transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle Sacramento became the sixth city chosen for the new World League of American Football The spring league scheduled to begin play in March 1991 will have I 2 teams Charlotte has been mentioned as a possible franchise MOTORSPORTS: 3 Hold Springnationals Lead Frank Hawley John Force and Larry Morgan led after Friday's second day of qualifying for the 26th annual Springnationals at National Trail Raceway in Kirkersville Ohio The trio posted their times on Thursday and they held up on Friday in the NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series event Hawley the Top Fuel leader covered the quarter-mile distance in 5043 seconds at 27027 mph Force is the Funny Car leader with a 5302 at 25802 and Morgan leads in Pro Stock with a 7342 at 18648 Brazilian Ayrton Senna set a track record of 122143 mph in provisional qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal Four years ago Jan Lentz of Concord was victim of an assault But her recovery has included much more than four shoulder operations and nine months out of work "I started working out so I could defend myself" said Lentz 37 Three years later she is 5-2 165 pounds and ranked No 1 in the nation in bench press by the American Drug-Free Powerlifters Association Last weekend in High Point she broke eight ADFPA state records in full power and bench press four each in the women's division and women's masters (35 and over) She also became the first NC woman on record to bench 250 pounds Her other figures were a 315-pound squat-lift a 360 dead-lift and a 925 full-power total "I'm really hot on no steroids and no drugs" she said "And I'm proud to say my daughter Shelby (13) is competing now and the rest of the family goes to all the meets with us" Jim Fiacco of Charlotte also supports drug-free lifting He does it with state records In High Point 35 won the full-power and bench-press titles in the 242- pound class benching a state-record 455 pounds Two other Charlotteans set state ADFPA bench-press records: Shawn Norton 148-pound class 340 pounds and Huey Speight 123- pound class 220 pounds Most of them and several hundred more will be competing today and Sunday at another state drug-free meet the USPF championships at Charlotte's Holiday Inn-Woodlawn Lifting begins at 9 am both days Tickets are $5 for one day $8 for two no charge for age 12 and under Glenn Rollins Control of Game 2 of the NBA Finals changed hands three times in the final 10 seconds of Thursday's 106-105 Portland overtime victory Here's how it unfolded: 96 seconds left Buck Williams fouled by Joe Dumars hits two free throws Portland 104-102 II 41 Bill Laimbeer hits three-point jumper Detroit 105-104 21 Clyde Drexler fouled by Dennis Rodman makes two free throws Portland 106-105 HOCKEY: North Stars Name Clarke GM Bob Clarke 40 signed a five-year contract to become the fifth general manager in the Minnesota North Stars' 23-year history He succeeds Jack Ferreira who is joining previous team owners Gordon and George Gund and their 1991 San Francisco-area expansion club Scotty Bowman winningest coach in NHL history is being considered for a job with the Pittsburgh Penguins Bowman 56 who has coached the St Louis Blues Montreal Canadiens and Sabres has a career record of 739-327-210 BOXING: Patterson Defends Title Tracey Patterson adopted son of former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson knocked out Carlos Vergara with a right uppercut at one minute 25 seconds of the fourth round in Canastota NY to successfully defend his National Association of Boxers Federation junior lightweight title COLLEGES: Florida Extends Golf Advantage Lightning forced officials to suspend play at the NCAA Division 1 golf championships in Tarpon Springs Fla before all the Florida players completed their third rounds Friday but not before the Gators increased their margin to eight strokes over Arizona with one day to play With Chris Toulson (two-over-par 74) and Chris DiMarco (71) finished Dudley Hart and Jeff Barlow through 16 holes and Pat Bates through 17 the Gators were four-over for the third round and two-under for the tournament Arizona was nine-over for the round and six over for the and were tied after another The home-court advantage in the series now belongs to Portland The Blazers are 9-0 at home in this season's playoffs and have three straight games there at Memorial Coliseum The Pistons haven't won there since Oct 19 1974 when they beat the Trail Blazers 122-99 "We've got to try and win at least one to get it back (in Auburn Hills)" Daly said "otherwise they can end it in their building "We'll just have to wait and see what happens" Late Thursday HORSE RACING: Mistake Costly To Track A mistake turned a mediocre horse race into a historic event Friday at Philadelphia Park in Bensalem Pa and cost the track at least $30000 Track officials posted the wrong winner after a photo finish in the sixth race and by the time they corrected the error some customers had cashed winning tickets on a horse that actually didn't win Other customers had thrown away losing tickets that turned out to be winners Edited by Thomas Torrence By LEONARD LAYE Sports Editor PORTLAND Ore The names are the same and the uniform jerseys are still labeled Detroit Pistons But through the opening two games of the NBA Finals the Pistons have puzzled themselves their coaches and their fans with a noticeable lack of passion and a sluggish brand of basketball And Friday as the Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers made their way West to prepare for Sunday's Game 3 Detroit coach Chuck Daly was worried Apparently with good reason The Pistons' quest for a repeat title is hardly done with the bestof-seven series tied at 1-1 And it was after all only two days ago that the Blazers experienced the roller-coaster playoff mood swings after losing Game 1 But in winning the Tuesday opener 105-99 and barely losing a dramatic 106-105 overtime game Thursday the Pistons looked tired error-prone disorganized and unemotional A list of Pistons problems was long enough to keep Daly reading for the duration of his cross-country flight if he had the stomach: The home-court advantage wasn't really much of one Despite opening the finals with two games at The Palace in Auburn Hills Mich the Pistons struggled They didn't lead in Game 1 until Isiah Thomas came to life for seven minutes of sive brilliance at the finish In Game 2 they showed flashes of their old selves in the first period then dropped back into more than two quarters of relative futility before taking the Blazers to overtime Star defender Dennis Rodman is still hobbling with a sprained left ankle reducing his quickness and limiting his leaping ability thereby rendering him much less effective on defense and on the boards And he aggravated the injury again Thursday night Guard Joe Dumars has not demonstrated the aggressive creative offensive game that made him the most valuable player in last season's Detroit championship sweep of the Los Angeles Portland which immediately and somewhat surprisingly dumped any emotional baggage it might have been carrying after the late collapse in Game 1 is the consistent team Through nine periods the Blazers have led at the end of six WORLD CUP SOCCER GROUP A GROUP Notebook GROUP MP Fa FT Tab-ORD A FPI 38 3-11 0-0 3-0 0 6 6 48 3-9 6-8 124 1 2 12 28 6-10 2-3 8-1 6 6 14 43 13-20 6-6 3-0 3 333 42 3-11 15-15 4-1 10 0 21 21 14 1-2 5-2 0 5 3 11 1-3 0-0 1-0 1 2 2 21 2-8 3-5 1-0 2 0 7 13 4-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 8 2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 36-81 33-41 38-9 17 106 PORTLAND Kersey Williams Duckworth Drexler Porter Cooper Young Robinson Petrov lc Bryant Totals AND Is Drth on GF GA Pis Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cameroon Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romania GF GA Pts GF GA Pts 100102 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scotland 000000 010010 Sweden 000000 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soviet Union United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 Argentina tAP FG FT Illb-Olitt A Pt 25 0-1 1-2 8-2 1 4 1 38 12-23 2-3 4-2 0 5 26 44 10-18 0-0 11-4 4 4 26 46 6-11 4-5 8-1 8 316 44 9-21 3-6 7-3 11 6 23 32 1-3 3-5 8-2 0 1 5 16 14 0-0 1-1 0 3 2 20 2-9 2-2 1-0 1 2 8 41-90 15-23 44-15 25 28 105 DETROIT Rodman Edwards Laimbeer Dumars Thomas Salley Johnson Aguirre Totals HI In Js 3e Today At Rome Italy vs Austria (TNT) 3 pm Sunday At Florence Italy United States vs Czechoslovakia 11 am Thursday At Rome Italy vs United States 3 pm June 15 At Florence Italy Austria vs Czechoslovakia 11 am June 19 At Rome Italy vs Czechoslovakia 3 pm At Florence Italy Austria vs United States 3 pm Friday's Result from Milan Italy Cameroon 1 Argentina 0 Today At Bad Italy Soviet Union vs Romania (TNT) 11 am Wednesday At Naples Italy Argentina vs Soviet Union 3 pm Thursday Al Bad Italy Cameroon vs Romania 11 am June 18 At Naples Italy Argentina vs Romania 3 pm At Bari Italy Cameroon vs Soviet Union 3 pm Sunday At Turin Italy Brazil vs Sweden 3 pm Monday At Genoa Italy Costa Rica vs Scotland 11 am Juno 10 At Turin Italy Brazil vs Costa Rica 11 am At Genoa Italy Sweden vs Scotland 3 pm Juno 20 At Turin Italy Brazil vs Scotland 3 pm At Genoa Italy Sweden vs Costa Rica 3 pm A Presidential Ceremony A dazzling show of Italian fashions song and dance preceded Friday's kickoff of the World Cup before a sellout crowd at Meazza Stadium in Milan Italy Included in the crowd were four heads of state Carlos Saul Menem of Argentina Paul Biya of Cameroon Fernando Collor de Mello of Brazil and Italy's Francesco Cossiga Tickets Anyone? Scalpers are demanding high prices for tickets to Italy's World Cup opener against Austria today in Rome The best reserved seats are selling for $200 The tickets face value are $80 Tough Day for Maradona Not only was Diego Maradona star of defending champion Argentina tightly marked in their 1-0 loss to Cameroon Friday But he was also voted by Italian women in a weekly magazine as the tournaments ugliest player Italy's Roberto Baggio was named most handsome Glued To The Tube Brazil's Manchete television network is showing 20 hours of soccer daily throughout the tournament Quote of the Day "I think we still can win the Cup I don't think this team is to be thrown away" Mardona after Argentina's opening round loss to Cameroon Career Move? Diplomat I-henry Kissinger is covering the World Cup for the Los Angeles Times GROUP 0 GROUP GROUP Portiond 23 30 22 19 12 Del 30 15 24 25 11 Team Rebounds Post 15 Del 13 Percentages FG: Port 444 Det 458 FT: Port 805 Det 652 Three-point goals Port 1-6 (Drexler 1-2 Porter 04): Del 814 (Laimbeer 6-9 Thomas 24 Aguirre 0-1) Turnovers Port 11 (Williams 3 Duckworth 3 Drexler 4 Porter) Del 18 (Thomas 7 Dumars 3 Rodman 2 Johnson 2 Aguirre 2 Salley Edwards) Blocked shot Port 3 (Robinson 2 Kersey) Det 7 (Salley 3 Thomas 2 Edwards Johnson) Steels Port 9 (Porter 3 Drexler 2 Williams Cooper Robin son Petrovic) Del 2 (Laimbeer Thomas) Technical fouls Port Illegal Defense 2 Del Assistant Coach Suhr Officials Garrelson Madden Hollins Time 3:14 21454 (at Auburn Hills Mich) I GF GA Pt GF GA Pt I GF GA Pt Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unitd Arb Em 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 For 29 Years West Has Lived For Softball Today At Bologna Italy United Arab Emirates vs Colombia 11 am Sunday At Milan Italy West Germany vs Yugoslavia 3 pm Thursday At Bologna Italy Yugoslavia vs Colombia 11 am Friday At Milan Italy West Germany vs tinged Arab Emirates 3 pm June 19 At Bologna Italy Yugoslavia vs United Arab Emirates 11 am At Milan Italy West Germany vs Colombia 11 am Tuesday At Verona Italy Belgium vs South Korea 11 am Wednesday At Udine Italy Uruguay vs Spain 11 am June 17 At Verona Italy Belgium vs Uruguay 3 pm At Udine Italy South Korea vs Spain 3 pm June 21 At Verona Italy Belgium vs Spain 11 am Al Udine Italy South Korea vs Uruguay 11 am Monday At Cagliari Sardinia England vs Ireland 3 pm Tuesday At Palermo Sicily Netherlands vs Egypt 3 pm June 16 At Cagliari Sardinia England vs Netherlands 3 pm June 17 At Palermo Sicily Ireland vs Egypt 11 am June 21 At Cagliari Sardinia England vs Egypt 3 pm At Palermo Sicily Ireland vs Netherlands 3 pm CALENDAR TELEVISION TODAY Soccer Soviet Union vs Romania (TNT) 11 am College Baseball College World Series a) (73 (CBS) 1 pm Major League Baseball Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs (WGN) 220 pm Bowling PBA Senior Invitational ct (ABC) 3 pm Tennis French Open (Pi (NBC) 3 pm Soccer Italy vs Austria (TNT) 3 pm Horse Racing Racing Across America (ESPN) 3:30 pm Golf Western Open (1) (1) (CBS) 4 pm Horse Racing Belmont Stakes 11 (ABC) 4:30 pm Motorsports NASCAR Grand National Series (ESPN) 4:30 pm Major League Baseball San Francisco at Atlanta (TBS) 7:05 pm Major League Baseball Chicago White Sox at Minnesota (WON) 8 pm Motorsports Saturday Night Thunder (ESPN) 9 pm Miscellaneous US Olympic Gold (TBS) 9:50 pm Soccer MISL championship game (ESPN taped) Midnight Motorsports On Pit Road It 11:30 am Miscellaneous CBS Sports Sunday fjj (CBS) Noon Golf Western Open CE 11) (CBS) I pm Motorsports Grand Prix of Canada (ESPN) 1 pm Minor League Baseball Chattanooga at Charlotte (CV15) 2 pm Major League Baseball San Francisco at Atlanta (TBS) 2:05 pm Major League Baseball Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs (WGN) 2:20 pm Boxing NBC SportsRingside a (NBC) 3 pm Motorsports Banquet Frozen Foods 300K (ESPN) 3 pm Soccer Brazil vs Sweden (TNT) 3 pm NBA Detroit at Portland CL CD (CBS) 3:30 pm Golf Seniors TPC (1) (ABC) 3:30 pm Miscellaneous NBC SportsWorld a (NBC) 4 pm Golf US Open Previewil (ABC) 530 pm Major League Baseball Toronto at Milwaukee (ESPN) 8 pm CV15-Cablevislon of Charlotte TODAY'S RADIO HIGHLIGHTS Major League Baseball San Francisco at Atlanta WSAT-AM (1280 Salisbury) 7:05 pm Minor League Baseball Chattanooga at Charlotte WSOC-AM (930 Charlotte) 7:30 pm TELEVISION SUNDAY Tennis French Open 04 (NBC) Soccer United States vs Czechoslovakia (TNT) 9 am Continued From Preceding Page Atlantic Ocean "Everybody looked at us like we were idiots quite insane" West said The Reds repeated as national championships in 1971 and '72 West was named second-team All-World both times He has a 10-carat gold ring for each championship one red one blue and one green He has never worn one because he fears his job duties as a Clover SC Pharr Yarns plant engineer would flaw a ring "They look a lot like university rings" West said "I'll probably pass them down to my grandchildren" West played for the Reds until 1986 when the team disbanded He has played 29 seasons in the Pharr Yarns plant leagues and for the past 11 years he has also played on over-40 teams In 1979 West played on the Howard's Furniture over-40 team that reached the national finals in Columbia West does not jog nor does he lift weights to stay in shape He smokes two packs of cigarettes per day and he has gained 30 pounds since he weighed 185 in 1961 But it is West's speed that sets him apart He is faster than most if not all players on his plant league team "He can run with a 20-yearold" said Flip Dow who coaches West's Gaston County 40-andover team "When he hits the ball everyone in front of him goes And if they're slow they're in trouble" Over the years West's first teammates have stopped playing softball Reds pitcher Jody Brock man is now a shipping clerk at Pharr Yarn's Space Dye Plant Shortstop Mike Hoover works for an investment firm in Rock Hill Outfielder Gene West Dean's younger brother is a Pharr Yarns supply manager Dean West believes he is the only team member from those championship years still playing He admits he doesn't get excited about every game "A lot of times now" he says "I'll be working in my garden and it will get overcast I'll say 'I wouldn't mind a bit if it rained'" Ile says his love for the game remains though as do the same rituals he has performed for almost three decades On game days his wife Kay lays his uniform on the bed and he puts it on after work He eats nothing before going to the park Ile stretches before every game Then he runs the sidelines until he pants In 1988 West tied for first place in an open home-run hitting contest at Pharr Park In 1989 Roger Ward an opposing center fielder laughed at West when he came to bat for the first time West stepped out of the batter's box fuming He crushed the next pitch over Pharr Park's center-field fence He rounded second base and laughed back at Ward Three weeks ago in a plant league game he charged from first to third base on a single to shallow right field as a stunned shortstop bobbled a relay throw Seconds later he sprinted home ahead of an outfielder's toss "I'm 51 now" West says "and I really think I'm better than when I was 25" Ills wife Kay says when she married Dean in 1963 she thought he would outgrow softball "But" she says "I'm finding out that men don't outgrow their hobbies sometimes" 1 1 am Rudd Edges Irvan To Win Pole On Road Course Continued From Preceding Page Instead of getting a warm-up lap like we do on oval tracks you come right out of the pits here and go on the clock It's mentally tough to do after sitting around for a couple hours "In the Winter Olympics when you watch those guys ski through those gates if they miss one it throws them off for the next three or four Same with us and the turns here To attack it like you have to do in qualifying you take a chance at missing one of those gates "I clipped every one of them like I wanted to and I'm happy to be excited about" Irvan narrowly nipped Dale Earnhardt who whipped to third place in a Chevy at 90496 mph one of his best road-course runs ever "1 don't know where that lap came from" Earnhardt said Ford drivers Bill Elliott and Mark Martin took the next two spots at 90138 and 90134 respectively Qualifying sixth through 10th were California road racer Tom Kendall Chevy Ken Schrader Chevy Winston Cup point standings leader Morgan Shepherd Ford Terry Labonte Olds and Dale Jarrett Ford say I didn't miss any" Native Californian Ernie Irvan who now races out of Concord delighted home-state followers by taking the other spot on the front row with a clocking of 90644 Irvan raced regularly and won at short tracks within 100 miles of San Francisco before coming to North Carolina to seek his NASCAR fortune eight years ago "Fans are showing up from all over Stockton Modesto" said Irvan "We've got four motor homes filled with kinfolks parked over here and they're excited If I can run the race as smooth as we've practiced we have a chance of really giving them something to Pontiac-driving Winston Cup champion Wallace who finished right on Rudd's bumper in a 300 thriller last June was Ilth fastest at 89440 mph The top 25 spots in the 40-car field were determined Friday Among those failing to make it were Richard Petty Harry Gant Dick Trickle and Geoff Bodine Bodine had a problem leaving the pits in a Ford many expected to threaten for a top-live starting position and managed a lap of 82959 mph The final 15 spots are to be decided today at I pm prior to a 200-kilometer race for NASCAR's Southwest Tour cars.