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joTHhCHARLOTTE OBSERVER Thursday August 12 1993 PAGE TWO Martin not so sure of his status as race favorite NASCAR today Event: Champion Spark Plug 400 Race No 20 (ol 30) for Winston Cup Series cars Sunday 1230 pm Where: Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Mich Distance: 400 miles or 200 laps on 2-mile oval track Companion race: Detroit Gasket 200 NASCAR Grand National Sat 1 pm Remainder of schedule: Today 1 pm Grand National practice 5 pm qualifying for positions 1-20 In 200 Friday 8 am Grand National practice 930 a qualifying for positions 21-40 in 200 1030 am Winston Cup practice: 3 30 qualifying for positions 1-20 In 400 Saturday 8 am Winston Cup practice 1 030 a qualifying for positions 21-40 in 400 3 pm final Winston Cup practice TV: 400 and 200 ESPN Radio: First round qualifying WFMX 1 057 Statesville 400 and 200 Motor Racing Network affiliates Ticket Information: (1-800-354-1010 However this be an ordinary visit for NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams at the track in Irish Hills "Goodyear is bringing a new radial tire that never run at Michigan before" Martin said "So I know if be as good this time as we were in June "Somebody else may hit on the chassis setup better than we do Whenever you throw in a new variable there's opportunity for someone to do that "It's the same tire we ran at Dover (in June) It stuck like glue there So speeds should be way up likely see a record in qualifying" The NASCAR mark is 1 78 1 96 mph set last August by the late Alan Kulwickl in a Ford Dale Jarrett who is second in the standings toward the $15 million Winston Cup championship 281 points By TOM HIGGINS Staff Writer BROOKLYN Mich Ordinarily Mark Martin would be an overwhelming favorite at Michigan International Speedway this weekend both in Champion Spark Plug 400 qualifying Friday and in the race Sunday Martin who drives for Ford led 141 of 200 laps in the Miller Genuine Draft 400 at the 2-mile track in June before fuel mileage forced him to pit Martin giving the victory to Chevrolet's Ricky Rudd Also Martin rolls into Michigan buoyed by a victory from the pole Sunday in The Budweiser At The Glen on the Watkins Glen (NY) International road course down to Dale Earnhardt thinks Martin is being too modest about his chances Joked Jarrett this week: "What Goodyear should do is also bring a few sets of its old radials to Michigan I think they should give Mark the old ones and everyone else the new tires That might even things up if these new radials are as fast as everyone says going to be" Martin incidentally is fourth in the standings 384 points down to Earnhardt There's always extra pressure in NASCAR races at Michigan because of the proximity to Detroit and the US auto hierarchy intensified this time because all three makes competing on the Winston Cup tour have a chance at the NASCAR Championship After 19 of the 30 races Chevy leads with 1 35 points to 1 1 4 for Ford Pontiac making its strongest showing in years thanks to five victories and another by Kyle Petty is third with 1 12 points Ford took the title last year ending a nine-year Chevy reign Qualifying for the Detroit Gasket 200 the second Grand National event at the Michigan speedway begins activity at the track today The 100-lap race is Saturday The 200 is as important to the Grand National regulars as the 400 is to their Winston Cup counterparts The thinking: a solid performance will stick in the minds of motorsports executives perhaps providing a boost when the competitor seeks to move up to the major circuit Todd Bodine won the Grand National inaugural at Michigan in 1 992 besting a field that included top Winston Cup stars Insiders say that victory played a great part in his selection to join the Rahmoc Ford team last week in a midseason driver change COLLEGES Courier surprised by Stoltenberg IN BRIEF best Two of the top American Football Conference teams meet tonight at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City Buffalo the two-time defending AFC champions could see Joe Montana across the line when the offense of through trust funds Hockey: Harvard captain Ted Drury and Maine goalie Mike Dunham members of the 1992 US Olympic hockey team head a list of 25 named to the squad for next Games in Norway Baseball: Taiwan a 14-time winner of the Little League World Series was told its entry is not qualified for this competition for players 12 and younger Bowling: Walter Ray Williams Jr remained in the lead despite winning four of eight matches during the second round of match play in the Greater Grand Rapids (Mich) Open Barry Gurney bowled consecutive games of 290 and 264 to open a 180-pin lead over Leo Kleseweter in the Queen City PBA Senior Tournament in Springfield Mo Yachting: Germany was declared the winner of the Admiral's Cup yachting competition when a British protest was dismissed giving the 1-ton entry a narrow victory in the 605-mile Fastnet Race off Cowes England Team captain Betsy Dougherty scored four goals leading the defending champion United States to a 17-2 romp over the Czech Republic and into the semifinals of the lacrosse World Cup in Edinburgh England Edited by Marjo Rankin Bliss Observer News Services Australian Jason Stoltenberg scored the biggest upset of his career Wednesday knocking off second-seed Jim Courier 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the second round of the ATP Championship in Mason Ohio Stoltenberg capped the upset with a service ace that kicked away from backhand side In a match postponed from Tuesday night because of rain top-seeded defending champion Pete Sampras beat Bryan Shelton 7-5 6-2 Top-seed Thomas Muster shooting for his fifth tournament victory this year fought back from a 4-2 first-set deficit to defeat Bart Wuyts 7-5 6-2 in his first match in the San Marino ATP Boris Becker who withdrew from the ATP Championship with a foot injury likely will return to the court at the US Hardcourt Championships the director of the Indianapolis tournament said Basketball: A jury in Columbus Ohio found Dallas Mavericks guard Jim Jackson not guilty of all charges stemming from a disturbance last December during which four people alleged he waved a gun at them Armon Gilliam a 6-9 forward who played last season with the Philadelphia 76ers and previously with the Charlotte Hornets signed with the New Jersey Nets Colleges: Kentucky basketball player Jeff Brassow had arthroscopic surgery in New York to repair torn cartilage in his right knee He is expected to be ready for the first day of conditioning on Aug 30 A second lawsuit has been filed against Colgate charging the school with discriminating against women in its athletic program Five female athletes are suing Colgate in federal court to get the school to elevate the ice hockey club team to varsity status Track and field: Track and field edged closer to professionalism when the governing body in Stuttgart Germany cleared the way for athletes to receive payments directly instead Radio highlights Miscellaneous Sam Smith Sports Talk WAQS-AM (610 Charlotte)6 am Major League Baseball Cleveland at Milwaukee WCGC-AM (1270 Belmont) 2 pm Miscellaneous Gerry Vaillancourt Sports Talk WAQS-AM (610 Charlotte 2 pm Miscellaneous Sports Talk WRHM-FM (1071 Rock Hill) 6:05 pm Minor League baseball Charlotte at Richmond WCNV-AM (1480 Charlotte) WDZK-FM (993 Chester SC) WRHM-FM (1071 Rock Hill) 7 pm Miscellaneous Sports Huddle WBT-AM (1110 Charlotte) 7 pm Major League Baseball Atlanta at New York Mets WAQS-AM (610 Charlotte) WCSL-AM (1590 Cherryville) WEGO-AM (1410 Concord) WGNC-AM (1450 Gastonia) WLON-AM (1050 Llncolnton) WSAT-AM (1280 Salisbury) WOHS-AM (730 Shelby) WBZK-AM (980 York SC) 7:30 pm Coming up Aug 30-Sept 12 Men's and women's tennis US Open Flushing NY Sept 5 Auto racing NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 Darlington SC Sept 5-6 Pro football NFL regular season begins Sept 24-26 tennis Davis Cup qualifying Bahamas vs United States Olde Providence Racquet Club Charlotte Tickets: (704) 522-6500 Pocatello right fielder WY under age SPORTS TICKER Telephone numbers Hubert may join Smith for basketball By LANGSTON WERTZ Jr Staff Writer Johnson Smith basketball coach Steve Joyner is talking with former local high school all-star Anton Hubert and says there is a chance Hubert a 5-9 point guard could join the Golden Bulls this fall talking with Joyner said "It really depends on whether or not Anton wants to come trying to find out what his goals are right now" Hubert was named first-team Observer two years ago after his junior year at Charlotte Christian He averaged a county-high Hubert 24 points and was expected to be a solid statewide player-of-the-year candidate as a senior But Hubert who had earned enough credits to graduate left Christian before his senior season began and began taking classes at Graceland University near Louisville He later got homesick and returned to Charlotte where he has been working with his uncle Charlie Hubert While in high school basketball abilities drew serious attention from scouts from UNCC Florida State Temple and NC State His quickness and dunking ability remind many of former State star Spud Webb but Hubert also has a dependable outside jump sho He shot nearly 60 in high school His abilities would help JC Smith a team in need of a point guard But Joyner warns Bulls fans about getting excited too quickly just have to wait and see at Joyner said The Bulls have signed 5-10 point guard Erasto Hatchett from Lexington Ky Hatchett was an all-state player at Henry Clay High The other Smith signee is 6-7 Maurice Mayberry of Sumter (SC) High Mayberry like Hatchett was an all-state player a year ago oyner will regain the services of Eric Coate a 6-6 forward and Shawn Jackson a 6-7 for-wardcenter Coates trward known as or is play was originally recrui ed by Oklahoma out high school But after attending school there briefly he transferred to Independence (Kan) Junior College He transferred to Smith a season but was academically ineligible Jackson played for the Bulls two seasons ago as a freshman avera -ing eight points He was expec to be a starter but was declare aca emically ineligible before his sophomore year guys give us some insi Joyner said with Shawn They can help rejound which is an area pleased with last year But these are both inside-outside kinds of people They could create some problems" Four-year-old Kyle Carnaroli was about to make baseball history Wednesday in Pocatello Idaho when professional baseball thought better of it The 3-foot-6 50-pounder was scheduled to play as much as an inning in right field for the Pocatello Posse his prize for winning the contest to name the new entry in the Pioneer League been in baseball 29 years and this is one of the strangest things ever heard Posse manager Ernie Rodriquez said In fact it was stranger than baseball cared for About eight hours before the game with Medicine Hat the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues told Posse general manager John Stein that Kyle was ineligible for minor-league baseball wish someone had talked to me prior about this contest" said Jimmie Lee Solomon Major fully prepared street car in the company of an experienced Sports Car Club of America driver "Ride Around is held in conjunction with SCCA South Atlantic Road Racing Championship Races Registration is at 11 am Saturday and Sunday For more information call (704) 523-2059 Marjo Rankin Bliss Hugo breaks out in hive Hugo the Charlotte Horne mascot was released from Caroli-nas Medical Center Wednesday Hugo who like Sting does no have a last name suffere allergic reaction to ah antiinflammatory medicine he was taking to treat the tendinitis in his Achilles tendon The most painful part of the reaction was not surprisingly hives TomSorense Edited by Marjo Rankin INI urwao uw 1-900-773-0990 League director of minor-league operations "You have to look at the safety of the child before you look at any other aspect "And the integrity the sport This is a competitive game a game going to count in the 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Cable Muggsy Kids help to soothe pain in Muggsy heart From preceding page WJZY-TV NOVEMBER Fri 5 Chicago 8 Thurs 11 Orlando 7:30 Fri 12 at Boston 7:30 Tues 16 at Indiana 7:30 Sat 20 at Atlanta 7:30 Sat 27 at Miami 7:30 DECEMBER Thurs 16 at New Mon 20 at Chicago 8:30 Tues 28 at Cleveland 7:30 JANUARY Tues 4 at Atlanta 7:30 Tues 11 at Phoenix 9 Thurs 13 at Scrmnto 10:30 Sun 16 at Portland 8 carry something deeper inside for his father Richard who died after recently spending six weeks in a Baltimore hospital Bogues has already dedicated the season to his father who if he wasn't the perfect role model gave Bogues an understanding of life Growing up in the Baltimore projects Bogues faced life on the hard side Drugs and violence lived around every corner It hit home when Bogues was 12 and his father was put in prison for armed robbery He stayed there until Bogues was 23 years old The connection between father and son was ruptured but not severed As basketball career unfolded His father wrote to him regularly 'Pops' was a great guy We always nad a tight relationship The life he lived it was a good learning experience for others" Bogues said "We never went without He made sure we had everything we could Growing up in the projects that was a lot all the wrong things he did in his life I have no regrets He lived it the way he saw it but he kept my head on straight remember the good things He was my man He was my friend No one can say he a father to me or say he a man that had principles and dignity" voice catches we talks about the night his family was reunited five years ago He was an NBA rookie with the Washington Bullets and after helping secure his release from prison on an armed robbery charge mother and father saw Muggsy play basketball together in person for the first time "That was the biggest thrill of my life to have my mom and dad in the stands at an NBA game watching me play Every kid wanted Bogues said As Bogues a father of three attempts to return some peace to his emotionally torn life the memories of what he did and get growing up flash through his mind Wearing gray shorts a purple shirt and a long-absent grin Bogues seemed Wednesday to appreciate the moments he had teaching other children When Tyrone II grabbed his hand and pulled him through the gym Bogues went willingly "We an affectionate family growing up We took it for granted" Bogues said from behind damp eyes "Now constantly telling my kids II love them and trying to show them interested in what doing FEBRUARY Mon 7 at Philadelphia 7:30 Mon 21 at Chicago 330 The cumulative impact on Bogues is still being absorbed but he knows the emotional fallout will linger forever He played high school basketball with Lewis at Baltimore-Dunbar on what was then considered the best prep team in the country Though they attended different colleges (Bogues at Wake Forest and Lewis at Northeastern) their careers paralleled Lewis played his final game against Bogues and the Hornets "There was a special bond We had a lot of history between Bogues said of his relationship with Lewis A day after Lewis collapsed on the court against Charlotte Bogues tried to call his friend but never reached him He planned to talk to him later this summer but that chance evaporated on the night of July 29 when Lewis died In memory of his friend Bogues plans to wear No 35 on his sneakers MARCH Sat 5 at Golden St 1030 Fri 11 at Minnesota 8 Fri 25 at Detroit 8 Tues 29 at New York 8 APRIL Fri 1 at Dallas 730 Tues 5 at Cleveland 7:30 Thurs 14 at Orlando 8 Fri 15 Chicago 8 Lsb.