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28 1-11E ClIARLOTTE OBSERVER Friday June 8 1990 IN BRIEF NCAA To Investigate Terps Again FISHING Full Moon Brings Out Best In Bream BELMONT ODDS Odds for Saturday's 122nd Belmont Stakes: 111P Horse Jockey Odds TENNIS: Edberg Lendl Cruise In Warm-Up Stefan Edberg played his first grasscourt match of 1990 beating Australian John Fitz gerald 6-2 6-2 in Thursday's third round at the Wimbledon warm-up event in Beckenham England Meanwhile top-seed Ivan Lendi continued to cruise through the draw beating South African Royce Deppe 6-2 6-3 1 Thirty Six Red Smith 8-1 2 Go And Go Kinane 12-1 3 Baron de Vaux Cruguet 30-1 4 Country Day Ant ley 6-1 5 Unbridled Perrett 4-5 6 Video Ranger Santos 8-1 7 Hawaiian Pass Madrid 30-1 8 Yonder Bailey 9-2 9 Land Rush Cordero 12-1 Observer News Serv Ices The NCAA will send investigators to Mary- land and check into possible "illegal practices" by coach Gary Williams published reports said Thursday The investigation is expected to begin in late June and will focus on alleged team practices held ') before the preseason began '-'4e4'k Oct 15 The Washington Times -1z- reports Williams admitted to watching the workouts 'f r'' -7 on a very limited basis 7: The NCAA reportedly -4 1 learned of the violations i ii which it termed minor before officials met with the association's committee Williams on infractions in January to discuss violations committed by predecessor Bob Wade Williams took over for Wade in June 1989 Michael Daniel started a six-run sixth inning with a home run and Brad Beanblos: som capped it with a run-scoring single to send Oklahoma State into the championship game of the NCAA College World Series in Omaha Neb with an 11-3 victory over Louisiana State The big inning wiped out a 3-2 LSU lead and eliminated the second-seeded Tigers from the series Third-seed Oklahoma State (56-16) which is unbeaten in three game in the CWS will play for the title Saturday against the winner of tonight's game between top-seed Stanford and fourth-seed Georgia Weights: 125 pounds each Distance: 112 miles Purse: 6686000 if nine start 1st: 6411600 Post Time: 5:30 pm HORSE RACING: No Belmont Surprises There were no surprises as the expected nine 3-year-olds were entered Thursday morning for the 122nd Belmont Stakes Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont NY Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled was installed as the 4-5 morning-line favorite The others in a spotty field competing for a purse of $686000 are Yonder the Jersey Derby winner Country Day the Peter Pan runner-up Video Ranger the Jersey Derby runner-up Thirty Six Red who won the Wood Memorial before finishing ninth in the Derby Land Rush badly beaten in both the Derby and the Preakness Go and Go an Irish-based colt who won the Laurel Futurity last fall Baron de Vauxa distant eighth in the Preakness last time and Hawaiian Pass a moderate runner from California By TOM HIGGINS And BOB GLENDY Staff Writers Because of full-moon conditions the best fresh-water fishing in the Carolinas this weekend promises to be for bream in Piedmont lakes and private farm ponds They are bedding in shallow water and hitting mainly crickets and red worms Another promising possibility is fishing for largemouth bass with the top catches reported Thursday at lakes Rhodhiss Marion Moultrie and Tillery and the Santee-Cooper Reservoir Complex They're hitting artificial worms best at all these sites except Tillery where medium-sized live minnows are best In Carolina salt water plenty of Spanish mackerel continue to be taken just off shore along a stretch from Cape Lookout south to Southport Off-shore the No 1 species presently is dolphin with catches averaging about 20 pounds No I surf-fishing spot this week has been the Drum InletPortsmouth Island area where anglers have caught puppy drum from 8 to 15 pounds flounder and bluefish Other promising locations include the Broad River near Beaufort SC for cobia in the shipping channel and around artificial reefs on live eels Also large numbers of spadefish are being caught around artificial reefs from Charleston to the Grand Strand ter were announced Thursday raising the hail's membership to 137 They will be inducted in Seattle during TAC's Nov 27 Dec 2 convention Beatty 55 was the highest vote-getter with 286 Out of 406 ballots cast by members of the track and field community and the news media Dumas 53 won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne Heritage 47 first came into prominence in 1967 when she won the first of five straight world cross-country titles and Wohlhuter was the top American half-miler of the mid-1970s ALSO: Michaels ABC Reach Deal worms and lizards are working well to catch bass Topwater lures are catching a few bass early and near dusk The fish are through spawning and moving back and forth between deep water and the bank Some largemouth are being caught on crankbaits spider jigs and Carolina rigs Crappie fishing has picked up for those fishing at night with lights The fish are located near creek channels and come up because of the insects attracted to the lights 111 High Rock Creeks are beginning to clear up after heavy rains last week Crankbaits and plastic worms are producing best Bass fishing is slow and the fish are scattered White bass are beginning to school and can be caught on the surface with small spinnerbaits and ice flies Crappie fishing has improved with most of the fish being caught in 12 to 15 feet of water Tillery White bass have started schooling on the surface near the mouth of the Uwharrie River and Horseshoe Bend Largemouth bass are being caught off points in 8 to 12 feet of water using crankbaits plastic worms and Carolina rigs Catfish are very active striking Magic Baits soaked in Lockjaw Bodin Bass are biting best off points in 12 to 15 feet of water The fish are hitting crank-baits and plastic worms Buzz-baits and grass frogs have been working well for largemouth early in the morning Hickory Bass fishing is moving toward night fishing with the quality bass striking plastic worms and lizards Bream are spawning on the full moon and catfish have been biting well on live or artificial baits Crappie have started biting again but the best fish are being caught near moving water about 15 feet deep Crappie in the river are much more shallow Striper fishing has been very slow with a few fish being landed trolling in the river or using live bait Fishermen have had a hard time finding shad for bait Florida continued its domination of the NCAA golf championships in Tarpon Springs Fla The Gators led with a two-day total of six-under-par 570 Sportscaster Al Michaels who won the Sports Emmy for best broadcaster of the year ended his breach-of-contract lawsuit against ABC Sports Wednesday by accepting a six- year 15 million deal with the network Ernie Gonzalez a winner on the PGA Tour in 1986 and one of the few successful left-handed golfers shot a course-record eightunder-par 64 for a two-stroke lead after the first round of BC Open in Vancouver British Columbia Hilary Grivich 13 took a commanding lead Thursday after the compulsory phase of the junior women's competition at the US Gymnastics Championships in Denver Jair Lynch 18 paced the junior men BOXING: Ho lyfield Wins In Court A Superior Court judge in Paterson NJ cleared the way for a heavyweight title fight between champion Buster Douglas and Evander Holytield by rejecting a request that would have prevented promoters from offering bids to stage the fight Judge Amos Saunders' ruling caps a nearly three-month legal battle by Holyfield's attorney to prevent rival promoters from interfering with the bids for the championship fight The Lakes TRACK AND FIELD: Beatty Inducted In Hall Four new members of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame including Charlottean Jim Beatty the first man to break the four-minute mile indoors will be inducted Nov 30 during the annual convention of The Athletics Congress The selections of Beatty Charles Dumas Doris Brown Heritage and Rick Wohlhu Edited by Thomas Torrence CALENDAR Norman Best bets for bass are early in the morning on topwater lures in shallow water and then moving to the fronts of piers with buzzbaits after the sun gets up Crappie are biting in 15 feet of water around brush piles and creek channels Upper end of the lake is beginning to clear up and fishing is improving Largemouth are being caught on spider jigs off main channel points A few stripers are being caught up in the river with live bait Wylie As the water clears up gourd green plastic TELEVISitil SUNDAY Tennis French Open (NBC) 9 am Soccer United States vs Czechoslovakia (TNT) 11 am Motorsports On Pit Road 9 11:30 am Miscellaneous CBS Sports Sunday GO (CBS) Noon Golf Western Open cv (1) (CBS) 1 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 (NBC) 3 pm Motorsports Banquet Frozen Foods 300K (ESPN) 3 pm Soccer Brazil vs Sweden (TNT) 3 pm NBA Detroit at Portland a0 CD (CBS) 3:30 pm Golf Seniors TPC (1) (ABC) 3:30 pm Miscellaneous NBC Sports World 03 (NBC) 4 pm Golf US Open Preview (1) (ABC) 5:30 pm Major League Baseball Toronto at Milwaukee (ESPN) 8 pm CV15-Cablevision of Charlotte SHORT4RACK SCHEDULE Asheboro Spartanburg and Greenv Spartanburg and Greenville TELEVISION TODAY Tennis French Open Cfig (NBC) 10 am Soccer Argentina vs Cameroon (TNT) Noon Tennis French Open (ESPN) 1 pm Major League Baseball Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs (WGN) 3:30 pm Golf Western Open (USA) 4 pm Major League Baseball San Francisco at Atlanta (TBS) 7:35 pm College Baseball Georgia vs Stanford (ESPN) 8 pm Major League Baseball Chicago White Sox at Minnesota (WGN) 8 pm Golf Western Open (USA taped) 9 pm Major League Baseball Los Angeles at San Diego (ESPN) 10:30 pm TELEVISION SATURDAY Soccer Soviet Union vs Romania (TNT) 11 am College Baseball College World Series GO (Z) (CBS) 1 pm Major League Baseball Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs (WGN) 2:20 pm Bowling PBA Senior Invitational eE) (ABC) 3 pm Tennis French Open Clii (NBC) 3 pm Soccer Italy vs Austria (TNT) 3 pm Horse Racing Racing Across America (ESPN) 3:30 pm Golf Western Open CD CD (CBS) 4 pm Horse Racing Belmont Stakes eD (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 (WGN) 8 pm Motorsports Saturday Night Thunder (ESPN) 9 pm Miscellaneous US Olympic Gold (TBS) 9:50 pm Soccer MISL championship game (ESPN taped) Midnight 4:30 pm 7:05 pm 8 pm 9 pm 9:50 pm Midnight Trockt Caraway Speedway 323 Loop Rd Schedule: Saturday Regular schedule Pits 4:30 pm gates 6 pm racing 8 pm Tickets: (919) 629-5803 Concord on Highway 101 Sohodulot Saturday RC 100 all divisions with Late Model feature Gates at 5 pm racing at 7:30 pm Fireworks show right before the main event Admission is $10 for grandstand and $14 for infield $2 for children Tickets: (803) 489-7960 Hickory Track: Hickory Motor Speedway US 70 between Hickory and Conover II Schedule: Saturday 5 divisions with late model feature Gates open at 5 pm racing begins at 8 pm In Tickets: (704) 464-3655 Laurens SC RADIO HIGHLIGHTS Minor League Baseball Chattanooga at Charlotte WSOC-AM (930 Charlotte) 7:30 13m Major League Baseball San Francisco at Atlanta WSAT-AM (1280 Salisbury) 7:35 pm Track: Concord Motor Speedway US 601 between Concord and Midland Schodu ha Saturday Regular racing schedule Gates at 6 pm racing at 8 pm Tickots: (704) 782-4221 Concord SPORTSBEAT III Track' Laurens Speedway 127 Bypass III Schedule' Saturday Regular program Gates 8 pm racing 8 pm I Tickets: (803) 984-2427 Myrtle Beach Track: Two Flags Raceway off Gold Hill Road 111 Friday Go-Karts Saturday Regular midget racing program scheduled Gates at 6 pm racing 8 pm II 'rickets: (704) 786-3019 Gaffney SC Track: Cherokee Speedway US 18 Schedule: Saturday Summer Sirzlin 50-lap late model feature and six classes Gates 5 pm racing 7:30 Ticketst (803) 489-1969 Gamecocks Hire Former Tar Heels Star I Track: Myrtle Beaoh Speedway US 501 between Myrtle Beach and Conway SC II Sobodulog Saturday Regular program Gates 4 pm racing 8 pm 'flakes! (803) 236-0500 Winston-Salem Gastonia II Track: Carolina Speedway US 274 II Schedule' Saturday Regular program Gates 5 pm racing 8 pm Tickets: (704) 867-7205 Glen Alpine ta a I 1 1 1 1 A I 1 I 1 i 1 I 4 1 I 1 1 1 4 II Tracks Bowman Gray Stadium Stadium Drive Schedule: Saturday Winner Circle Night featuring 60-lap sportsman race A Demolition Derby will be an added attraction Qualifying 7:15 pm racing 6:15 Ticket's (919) 724-7932 Travelers Rest SC Trick: Antioch Speedway NC 18 next to Morganton-Lenoir Airport 111 Schedule: Friday Six divisions with an Outlaw Late Model feature Gates open at 5 pm Racing 7:30 pm II Tickets: (704) 438-4987 Greenville-Spartanburg Raceway Exit60 between RC Board Leaves Contracts To Schools CHAPEL HILL After debating since November a University of North Carolina Board of Governors committee decided to leave the writing of coaches' contracts to individual campuses The committee formed last year after some board members expressed concern that former NC State basketball coach Jim Valvano's contract obligated the school to pay far too much money if Valvano were dismissed without cause Some board members questioned the wisdom of schools promising to buy out a coach's contract if the university decides to fire the coach Committee members considered establishing guidelines for campuses that would regulate such contracts But they decided Thursday to leave the business to chancellors and trustees the people who have traditionally been in charge of athletics They did agree however to draft a report outlining concerns they have including rollover contracts Pam Kelley Trmoki Riverside Speedway Highway 11 Schodulot Friday Regular program Gates open at 6 racing 8 pm 'no kotst (803)269-9729 COLUMBIA Former North Carolina guard Jimmy Black who's been an assistant at St Joseph's (Pa) for the past six years has been named an assistant at South Carolina coach George Felton said Thursday Black 29 joined St Joseph's before the 1984-85 season after working for two years as a graduate assistant under North Carolina coach Dean Smith He worked mainly with the Tar Heels' junior varsity Black is a 1982 graduate of North Carolina where he lettered for four years He was a member of the Tar Heels' 1982 NCAA championship team earning a spot on the NCAA East Regional all-tournament team The Tar Heels were 105-24 during Black's four years Black said he was happy to be coming to South Carolina which is a member of the Metro Conference "They have an excellent program and I look forward to the new challenge ahead" he said Associated Press Keith Switzer was named swimming coach at South Carolina Switzer assistant Gamecocks coach the past four years replaces Kris Kirchner who recently became Indiana's coach Richard Bush in Charlotte today through Sunday for the US Tennis AssociationVolvo Tennis League state championships At stake are berths in the July 11-18 sectional tournament in New Orleans with an opportunity to advance to national competition later this year Fifteen leagues have sent their champions to participate at the five sites UNCC Renaissance Tennis Center Olde Providence Racquet Club Freedom Park and Park Road Park The parks will host team play for six levels referred to as 25 to 50 with the lowest being a beginner to the highest for recreational tournament players The format is set for three courts of doubles and two courts of singles to be played at the same time for the ratings of 25 through 45 The 50 has two dQubles and one singles The seniors for ages 50 and over has three courts of doubles Last year five NC teams were in sectional finals in Columbia and two advanced to national competition Matches begin today and Saturday at 9 am at all the sites except Olde Providence Racquet Club which is where the Seniors begin play Saturday Sunday's finals begin at 10 am at Park Road Park Renaissance Tennis Center and Olde Providence Rick Barger Se les Ousts Capriati Faces Graf In French Tennis Invasion Begins Today More than 1600 amateur tennis players are moim4 immm limonoment MOTORSPORTS Rudd Wallace Pick It Up Continued From Preceding Page Despite the lopsided score Capriati left no doubt she is a champion in the making "No one at the age of 14 has played as well as she does" said Se les who won her 3Ist straight match "You could see her experience wasn't there but her game was there In a couple of years she will be doing the same thing I did today" Capriati who turned pro three months ago at age 13 said she wanted to put on a better show "I'm disappointed because I thought I could have made it closer" said the eighth-grader from Wesley Chapel Fla "People expected a longer match But I'm happy I could get to the semifinals That was still great for me" In today's men's semifinals third-seed Andre Agassi plays unseeded Jonas Svensson of Sweden (10 am NBC WCNC-TV channel 36 in Charlotte) and No 4 Andres Gomez of Ecuador faces No 7 Thomas Muster of Austria (taped 1 pm ESPN) Capriati had not lost a set in four matches and seemed to have the grooved powerful strokes and the fearless carefree attitude to beat almost anybody But in Seles she ran up against the hottest player in tennis winner of live consecutive tournaments and the hardest hitter on the women's tour Seles proved to have too much firepower blasting two-handed forehands and backhands around the court like bullets from a machine gun "She had me pinned to the baseline moving left and right" Capriati said "She keeps you deep Whenever she has it she goes for it" But Capriati also was kicking herself for her tactics "I was making so many errors" she said "I wasn't moving the balls or keeping them deep I should have come to net more and attacked" Capriati also had trouble with her serve double-faulting four times and holding serve once in eight games In all Se les won 63 points to 39 for Capriati Se les moved to a 5-2 'cad in the second set before things got interesting Serving out to a 40-15 lead Se les double-faulted on the first and netted a short backhand on the second Two points later she squandered a third match point Two more times Se les was at match point but Capriati would not surrender Two points later Capriati sailed a forehand long Se les did a little hop and then threw an arm around Capriati's shoulder at the net "I was lucky to pull it out because she had quite a few unbelievable shots there" Se les said "She was still fighting like it was 5-5 in the last set" NASCAR TODAY Event: Banquet 300 Race No 12 (of 29) for NASCAR Winston Cup Series Sunday 3 pm Wham Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma Calif Distance: 300 kilometers or 187 miles (74 laps) on 252-mile road course Companion avant: Southwest Tour 200 for NASCAR Southwest Tour (Grand American-type) cars Saturday 4:30 pm Remainder of schedule: Today-3 pm alternating Winston Cup Southwest Tour practice Friday-11 am alternating practice 12:30 pm qualifying for positions 1-20 in 200 4 pm qualifying for positions 1-25 in 300 6:30 pm qualifying for positions 21-40 in 200 am Winston Cup practice 1 pm qualifying for positions 21-40 In 300 Winston Cup Track Ripcords: Qualifying90041 mph Rusty Wallace Pontiac June 1989 300-kilometer race-78088 mph Ricky Rudd Buick June 1989 Southwast Tour Traok Racordsi Qualifying-89934 mph Mike Chase Buick April 1989 50-lap race-85004 mph Jon Paques Chevrolet June 1989 1909 Winnrso Rudd Jon Paques Pursas: $568897 for 300 $25000 for 200 RadioTVs Qualifying WFMX Statesville 1057 FM RadioTV: 300 live Motor Racing Network and ESPN Tickt informatiom 1-800-338-SPIR practice round running off course and into a stock of tires fronting a bank in Turn 2 Neither Shepherd nor his Ford were hurt and after some cosmetics on the sheet metal he back was on the track again Wallace won the 3001s pole last year at 90041 mph and Thursday was upbeat about his chances of capturing a first No I start in I 990 "I think we'll come back strong in qualifying" said Wallace "We know the setup and it should be a stronger pole speed than last year whether it's us or someone else that does it "I'd say it'll be me and Ricky again in the race along with Mark Martin and a couple others "The difference in the attitude of everyone in coming here is amazing Last year there was a lot of grumbling that the course was too tight and dangerous and we were going to ruin our reputations trying to race at Sears Point Now everybody is upbeat They love the area and after that show the fans saw last year they've gone wild over Winston Cup By TOM IIIGGINS Staff Writer SONOMA Calif It continued Thursday like it ended last June in the Banquet 300 at Scars Point International Raceway That means Ricky Rudd was fastest with Rusty Wallace just a tick behind They finished 1-2 in NASCAR's first Winston Cup Series visit to the 11-turn road course about 30 miles north of San Francisco and they were the leaders again Thursday as practice opened for time trials today at 4 pm The 300 covering 74 laps or I 87 miles is scheduled Sunday at 3 pm (ESPN) Rudd was clocked unofficially in his Chevrolet at 89120 mph on the hilly twisting 252-mile course and Wallace's best time around in his Pontiac was 88420 Completing the top five were Sterling Marlin Olds 87875 mph: Dale Earnhardt Chevy 87728 and Rick Wilson Olds 87675 Winston Cup Series point standings leader Morgan Shepherd was the only driver to experience a problem with nob riously tight Sears Point in the opening.