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(The (Charlotte (Observer THE MARCH TOWARD MARIS Section 0 UNC soccer coach sued by ex-players 2B Anson Dorrance accused 4 of sexual harassment RC WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26 1998 CU 'V i Fox showing nightly updates of McGwire and company On 4B Inside: McGwire has nothing to apologize for commentary page 2b NFL investigating hazing of New Orleans rookie pace MOST STRIKEOUTS Clemens strikes out 18 Royals Toronto ace gets 1 1th straight win the season Randy Johnson struck out 15 three times this season with shutout of his career Clemens (16-6) who Ron Green COMMENTARY Pitchers who have struck out 18 or more batters in a nine-in-ninggame: 20: Kerry Wood Chicago Cubs 1998 20: Roger Clemens Boston 1996 20: Roger Clemens Boston 1986 19: Randy Johnson Seattle 1997 19: David Cone Mets 1991 19: Nolan Ryan California 1974 19: Tom Seaver Mets 1970 19- Steve Carlton St Louis 1969 18 Roger Clemens Toronto 1998 18: Randy Johnson Seattle 1992 18 Ramon Martinez Los Angeles 1990 18 Bill Gullickson Montreal 1980 18 Ron Guidry Yankees 1978 18: Nolan Ryan California 1976 18: Don Wilson Houston 1968 18: Sandy Koufax Los Angeles 1962 18: Sandy Koufax Los Angeles 1959 18: Bob Feller Cleveland 1938 Guthridge see much golf in his near future lost since May 29 matched San Kevin Brown for the major-league high winning streak this season had just unbelievable stuff tonight probably the best performance ever catcher Darrin Fletcher said caught a perfect game through nine in San Diego one time when Pedro Martinez was throwing but as far as punch-outs are concerned and total dominance of lineup this was the Seattle and Clemens had 15 against Anaheim on Aug 15 adrenaline is still going right Clemens said pitches were all working and 1 just tried to pour it on when I could and just mix it Clemens has had 89 double-digit strikeout games in his major-league career He has 39 strikeouts in his past three games He walked off the mound to a standing ovation from the 261 17 at SkyDome after posting the 43rd Associated Press TORONTO Roger Clemens was just too much for the Royals Clemens struck out 18 andwon his 11th straight decision as he pitched the Toronto Blue Jays to 3-0 victory over Blue lavs 1 Kansas City on Diueiays i Tuesday night Royals 0 Clemens who has struck out 20 in a nine-inning game twice and shares the record with Chicago Cubs rookie Kerry Wood had 14 strikeouts in the first seven innings the best stuff ever seen as far as having all your pitches working and putting the ball where you want Kansas Dean Palmer said fork-ball was (as) close to unhittable as you can Clemens struck out 15 or more for the ninth time in his career and surpassed the AL strikeout high for The hits keep coming Illinois rallies for title Cherryville magic ends in Legion final By JOE WOJCIECHOWSKI Staff Writer las vegas Cherryville rode what got it to Las Vegas and the American Legion World Series but in the end it just have enough to finish An offense Eriwarikvillp III that Pounded tawarasviue in the ball with Cherryville 4 ease and Ralph pitching both struggled in the championship game as Edwards-ville 111 defeated Cherryville 9-4 in front of 1891 at Cashman Field on Tuesday night Roberts however was awarded the Sportsmanship Award as he was 10-for-22 with three home runs and 10 RBIs He also won the Big Stick Award with 34 total bases and the Strikeout Award with 41 Second baseman Brad Lane who was 16-for-21 in the five games made the all-tournament team along with Roberts Cherryville (41-15) had 46 runs and 60 hits in four games Roberts meanwhile has been ace all season The right-hander went 15-1 with 200 strikeouts including 1-0 in two appearances with 13 strikeouts Tuesday though that changed James and Ben Hutton twin brothers kept Cherryville off balance with a mixture of fast-balls and off-speed pitches Roberts after pitching four innings in semifinal was roughed up for three runs on four hits in two innings With Cherryville trailing 3-2 in the seventh Brian Sigmon gave up a single to Matt Bogle bringing Roberts in Kory Kuba walked and Tim Hansel and Chad Opel the American Legion Player of the Year had one-out singles to make the score 5-2 A Roberts wild pushed the lead to 6-2 Cherryville closed to 6-4 in the seventh on an Opel error and Justin sacrifice fly But Edwardsville (41-7) put the game out of reach with Chris homer off Roberts in the eighth and two more runs in the ninth Brian Kuklick been sacked 55 times in 29 games as Wake Forest quarterback takes a pounding in a 1994 game Since the day last fall when Dean Smith retired and his long-time assistant Bill Guthridge ascended to the head coaching job at North Carolina the rumors have flown so thickly you had to get in line to start one Guthridge is an interim coach they said He just wants to try it for a year and then retire and Roy Williams will leave Kansas and come back to Chapel Hill People who know inside stuff about other things claimed to have inside information that this was a done deal So here was Guthridge Monday dressed for golf at River Run in Davidson where he had come for a news conference promoting the Food Lion MVP Classic looking very much like the coach of the Tar Heels And why not? He will soon be starting the second year of a five-year contract He recently signed a longterm contract with a shoe company And he do too badly his first season 34-4 an ACC championship and a trip to the Final Four Smith won 879 games His winningest single season record in 36 years was ahem 34-4 You can stop the rumors Guthridge has said all along he plans to coach for awhile and Monday he said going to start playing golf again when I retire which I hope be for a long A long time OK? He has sneaked out three times to play nine holes with his daughter Megan He jokes that he gave the game up about 15 years ago because he had conquered it He parred Amen Comer (the fearsome 11th 12th and 13th holes) at Augusta National Golf Club shot 39 on the back nine and said he had the game whipped But he really gave it up because he have the time for it He was assistant for 30 years in a program that was as consistently good as any in the country always top 25 always in the NCAA playoffs often in the Final Four sometimes champion Smith still maintains an office at North Carolina but not the one he had When in town and not playing golf he goes to work handling all the phone calls from former players all the mail from people asking him for something and talking basketball with Guthridge when Guthridge asks When the traditional get-together for current and former UNC coaches comes around in September Smith will be there along with Guthridge Williams Eddie Fogler Larry Brown Randy Weil and George Karl Smith still enjoys the and said Guthridge has been tremendously helpful to me in season and out of season on the court and off the court He never asks why I do this or that I have to ask him He used to ask for my ideas Now I ask for Smith left Guthridge a team loaded with experienced talent but All-American Antawn Jamison and Vince Carter left early for the NBA and Shammond Williams and Makhtar Ndiaye ran out of eligibility Now see Guthridge in a different role building a team with little experience except for guard Ed Cota and forward Ademola Okulaja Guthridge play his deep reserves much last season think they were ready to he said had six players who were head and shoulders above the others Brendan Haywood (freshman center) came along but we had hopes some of the other young players would come along faster than they did They started to come along in February but by then we had a rotation and a team chemistry going and I think it was the time to interrupt that just to get them some playing Asked how his life has changed Guthridge said recognized more when I go places not quite the private life I used to And of course as with all head coaches there are the rumors But he probably hear them probably even know supposed to be gone by now Reach Ron Green at (704) 358-51 12 or by e-mail at greensrcharlottecom But licks fail to shake Kuklick By RICK B0NNELL Staff Writer 'winston-salem Brian dad once thought his son tough enough to stick with football mom almost wishes that were true Kuklick has been sacked 55 times in 29 games as Wake quarterback There may be no honor in the pounding he takes but dignity in how he deals with it he gets hit he just gets up and walks back to the huddle like his job He never gets down on said offensive tackle Jeff Flowe played with a lot of quarterbacks who moan every time back in the huddle that somebody blocking That help anybody why Brian will be even better in the pros been through all the adversity you can live through at the position He go through any Kuklick agrees been rough and has the scars to prove it two 5-inch metal plates in his right forearm from a collision against Tulane three seasons ago a leg fractured just below the knee from the Clemson game last season a concussion suffered against Georgia Tech as a fresh- Please see KUKLICK page 3B TODD SUMUNStaff Brian Kuklick wants to lead Wake Forest to a bowl game this season 1 -I II Martin: It hurts me to hear Gordon booed Carolina catches on keeps Carrier in fold saying they seen me all Carrier said Carrier would just as soon stay invisible until the regular season At age 32 entering his 12th NFL season August is a chore He missed camp last year because the Panthers mistakenly thought they could do without him They signed him before Game 4 he was starting again by Game 7 Carrier learned a number of things that season including the fact he liked missing camp Carrier said tried to put it (no training camp) into the new contract I told them give two weeks to make sure my timing gets down But they go for Instead Carrier has labored through the repetition rarely getting the ball as the Panthers try to groom young receivers He get a pass thrown toward him in the first two exhibitions When the season comes By scon FOWLER Staff Writer Eveiy season it seems as if Mark Carrier is forgotten for a while shelved like an old wrench set while the new tools get all the attention And every season Carrier shows up helping to fix whatever problem the Carolina Panthers are having with their offense Fifteen Panthers caught a pass in the preseason before Carrier did and the 46- yarder he snagged against Minnesota on Saturday meant for him Quarterback Steve Beuerlein directed it at Rae Carruth INSIDE Earnhardt vs Earnhardt in Japan 3B hurts me to hear him booed because he is good I guess fortunate to have success but not so much that a large number of people dislike Martin did do a little double-take at the attention bid for a modem-era Winston Cup record fifth straight win drew from the national media which showed up in force Martin won four in a row in 1993 the last time that had been done before Gordon matched it and he laughed when asked if his bid for a fifth win had drawn so much coverage even he said saw what Dale Earnhardt said about that earlier when he alluded to the fact that a bunch of us have done four in a Martin Earnhardt Darrell Waltrip Bill Elliott Harry Gant and Bill Elliott share the modem-era record with Gordon with four straight wins By DAVID POOLE Staff Writer Mark Martin has spent more than a month chasing Jeff Gordon finishing second three times during streak of four straight Winston Cup victories Martin broke that streak Saturday night with a victory in the 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway and after that win he took a stand backing the driver with whom he is battling for the Winston Cup title a lot of ways a Jeff Gordon said Martin 67 points behind Gordon going into this CMT 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway approve of him the way he lives his life the way he drives the way he conducts himself and everything else the fans who like Jeff Gordon would think about it and just imagine what a different personality could be in that same situation He is a fine fellow and it ft BOB JORDAN Associated Press Mark Carrier (83) might be the oldest receiver but quarterback Kerry Collins says still making guys have been teasing me Please see CARRIER page 5B a.