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ii i i plAtiit) i 4 8 w4ia SUNDAY OCTOBER 3 1993 RAT A "0 ev'- 4 -1'44 ''l I -r" i'- 1 Golf: Jim auon Tudor: Some oe -V Clt Td of the Auto racing: Rusty Wallace has Dent 1 8 i toughest calls faced by sports made a remarkable charge in -1 1 shoots i-! 05 -0--- departments involve deciding 'i the points race but Ernie i a 66 to what to print rint Irvan would rather be in Dale 1 take a Earnhardt's position I 404 i one-shot '1 4 it- 1 4 lead aver If 1 1 Lee IITHENEWS Outdoors: The water was 4 i war but there were plenty 'Trevino '''i-q '1 1 of fish caught at the King at the iL 1 Mackerel Tournament in 1 Vantage Championship i Wrightsville Beach 1 1 II i How A BIG UPSET SLIPS AWAY 4 Braves top Rockies for 12th time Giants hang on in Los Angeles 1 -ii il THE ASSOCIATED PRESS "It not frustrating It's excit THE ASSOCIATED PRESS backyard playing stickball" Will 0 0 P' i g- IC uvii -kv4 Clark said Salomon Torres k' I '4 Lt I ispi 0 lop4 mg he said after learning of the ATLANTA Even a franchise-re- LOS 'ANGELES -One day left in Giants' win some 30 minutes Today rookie I moo I t1 a 0 y' 4 cord 103 wins will not be enough the regular season and the San (3-4) will make just his eighth 31': A 'k 'I- fter the Bra'ves gath finished for he The NL West Francisco Giants and Atlanta a Most of Atlanta's players big-league start when he pitches i)n e4 i i 4 will Braves race go down to the final day and Braves are still all even in the for the Giants against Kevin la a ou lev is io an sets i ene he 3t tc that's just fine with them West I th -'1401 's Greg Maddux won his 20th If Dave Hansen eighth-inning Gross (12-13) an 11-year veteran 11-44'7 1 Atlanta 21-game winner Tom 2 4Ie of the Giants game game and Atlanta routed Colora- fly had traveled a few feet In (4 '''L '(c 1 9i Not Nixon Glavine at t- Dd ''''''ir- i 4 do 10-1 Saturday to remain tied Otis Nxon though farther it might have been so ars agaius avi I ve been peeking but you vd -I jLi Nied (5-8) of the Rockies 4 4 3 Axt for first place with the San different don have to be there watching to "If you would have told me 4 160 sm 4 Francisco Giants know what's happening You can Instead the Giants withstood coming out of spring training that If 4 -o The regular season ends today 4 'Im and if the teams are still tied just tell by hearing the reaction another day of pressure holding we'd have 103 wins at the end of the season I'd have to say we'd 11 i '''r'l I of the guys in there" he said off the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 there will be a one game playoff Saturday for their 103rd victory have the division title" Clark 111 ''---r I -c: Monday night in San Francisco "I didn't expect this but that's '11 what it all about he said "I That left them tied with Atlanta said after his second consecutive -g k' 1- 17N 4 -i It weird isn't it Maddux which took a big lead early and 1 4 4'''iii -4' never felt we would have to go said You win 103 games and it's route Colorado 1 four hit game "It all boils down 0- At os 2 1 this deep in the season win so 0-1 to one game now" i ti A i still not over But if we have to "This is what you dreamed win two more games let's do it" SEE BRAVES PAGE 78 about as a little boy in the SEE GIANTS PAGE 7B 1 l- air i i 3 -i r- 1 4k ts le it L'4 A I 1i 41 411 40 It '1 1--) '2- 1 I Ilioioilk 14'' i ''1- 1 1 I'' ir- 40'- -4 I s'''' gel 3 11 1 i 'II' 1 "ki' te'- 1 --'s I c- '4 r'4 I 41 ae4 4 1 1 tiNilki 4f 414111 1 i 'f 6''' i ii I '-allia '4 co ''NrA 1 i 40 -w It l'' 4 i' i i i 4440 4 4 1 i it 2Apoimatti -o4444------" -0 -A-ft' 'el! 1" 01 --'1'-'71t'' TY 4 -7 2s 7 'oit 'x A '''il i'''- l' i i'' t'-' -4 4 Iri: t' s' 1 11' After trailing Clemson 20-0 OTHER COLLEGE 0 1111'' ''g I '-effrI n-0- 4 UTEP quarterback Shawn Gray watches his fourth-quarter fumble i 4- STAFF PHOTO BY CHUCK LIDDY 1 NC State has a fourth-down FOOTBALL V'isit r'--' 4 I Numbers in parentheses Associat pass fall incomplete that a I''4 '''Y '''i l' ''A i1 4: I' i ed Press national rankings Mare on ''9' 4111 1'7 -fiv- would have fied the r- tr the game Is on the page listed to the 0 e' S'' -1113 'I- r-V 't' 'i 1 right of the score '4 Af I'4' IY BY BILL WOOD WARD ee survive Florida State (1) 51 10B i 'Li!" 0 i Ja-Nc CLEMSON SC The contest was Georgia Tech I 4 0 Virginia 1 i It'' 1 over it appeared after three 471 10B 4' '1 '17 --10 -L4'1' quarters Clemson was rolling on Penni Stdate (9) ill offense leading 20-0 and had 11B 'r 40- bottled up NC State for most of mary an 7 a Miner problem the game 1 NC Central 48 11B f'i'l' '1q 1 Then sudden- ECSU til the surge final seconds 14 Carolina looking emotionally un i'''N-b f' inrd-mxvirrig' ly' everything Miami (3) 30 I Even after Carolina ''--C) 14''''---e 116MgailmBabl rode on one final Ga Southern 7 813 spent has to rally to beat a ahead 38-24 in the fourth quarter i 'N 't play A fourth down pass fell Notre Dame (4) 48 98 38-point underdog by six I-J- -N incomplete at the goal line with Stanford 20 Rogers the Miners eraced back oa melt 0 1Sam 96 -i A-- 1 one second to go and the Tigers BY CHIP ALEXANDER yards for a touchdown and the 4' it 4 -S kwo escaped with a 20-14 football victo- Florida (5) 38 Miss State 9B 24 STAFF WRITER UTEP sideline was alive again i i ry Saturday before a crowd of dreaming the dream UNC coach CHAPEL HILL As emotions go Ohio State (7) 51 9B Mack Brown was pacing and 4 'r 73500 at Memorial Stadium Northwestern 3 North Carolina's Tar Heels were i "We dug ourselves a hole early pacing wondering when this un- Michigan (8) 24 flatter than the Kenan Stadium and it was too deep to dig out" 9B expected nightmare would end Iowa 7 end zones Saturday against Tex- It said State coach Mike- Fas-0' I remember 'v 0 Oklahoma (10) 24 4 ty ''''I --I I th inking 'These Joe400' KV O'Cain a former Tigers quarter- Iowa State 7 Fortunately for the 16th-ranked EliaLZ1 -17-' S's 11 C-'AY0' back who was making his first Boston College 33 8B guys won't go i l' reit I trio back to Clemson as Wolfpack Syracuse (13) 29 Heel s) they were able to put the balhn those end zones just enouah away will Stanicek said "They keep fighting keep play- i' 3s head coach "But I'm proud of the times to hold off the persistent '''174-1 i way this team hung in there very Texas (14) 31 na They iust won't Quit" '-i'7 iii 4-r i'' proud In the end we were in a exas Tech 1 6 Miners 45-39 eluding what would 1 -With 4: i8 left Joh'nson scor'ed 1 '40 0- position to win it and just didn't Washington (15) 52 have his fourth TD on a 15-yard run to been the biggest upset of the 98 college season 1N71' get it done" San Jose State 17 make it 45-31 Surely that was Tailback Leon Johnson scored State down 20-14 took over at California (17) 42 9B enough to finish off UTEP a 41 four touchdowns a record for a 38-point underdog after a 52-0 loss its 15 with 4:33 remaining and its oregon Carolina freshman and Jason at Hawaii last week S4tylmtwrw t' ti: rejuvenated offense drove to the West Virginia (25) 14 98 't '2' s' Stanicek passed for 170 yards as a 4 Tigers' 12 before running out of Virginia Tech 13 No way The inspired Miners the Heels rallied from a 24-14 Elon 33 Tigs' Patrick Sapp tries to pitch as Eric Counts left Damien Covington sack him time and downs 11B halftime deficit But no One in Lenoir-Rhyne 9 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS powder blue was able to rest easy SEE STATE PAGE 13B SEE UNC PAGE 139 1 deal Duke didn't Uneasycoach oteal THE HITS KEEP ON COMING volunteer CHAPEL HILL of Tar Heels basketball He has For bean counters it goes It tvki: vi( LI ou get the feeling that created a basketball empire that something like this UNC gets 4 4 1 I CV'' I'l ior Luis A the coach would have wins does things the right way shoes shirts socks jocks and 11''' -A Y14- 01 A ''''-''-V preferred to kick off the and draws envious glances from miscellaneous monetary goodies -'ii I BY TOM HARRI ic i' shoes -Nikes perhaps his peers in exchange for giving Nike a eho I' It- 00- i and enjoy the comfort of But he can't hide from its sue- huge jolt of exposure r'' yi- 3 home on this Saturday night cess He is Tar Heel basketball Smith? He will receive 4 0 ::4 i STAFF WRITER KNOXVILLE Tenn Tennessee's perhaps feasting on a tasty meal and he is quite uncomfortable $300000 annually for four years 41L-1' et ili -4' ilt R-ii: 'I Volunteer mascot who fires a and then enjoying a bit of video with the notoriety Fame comes which he already has ear- i i rd sabelaaatcukpauoyawad a de load of meauenhavioonl maybe that UNC-Michigan with a price and the reluctant marked for his assistants sup- i i I 1 score game star or coach must heed its call port staff TV radio host coach- 14 I i k' 444 7 Instead on The coach was on the stand ing consultants and his academ- 5 The lois 4ennesse0 4 52A this night '') that his financial contract with $45 000 annually Saturday night plainlY unhaPPY ic seholarshiP which gets sparked by Duke: 8 Dean at quarterback Smith is a oZ -7 Nike would be made public But In further consideration the l' 4 Heath Shuler's 16-of-18 passing state employ- i' fr- public disclosure whether you contract says Smith will receive 11 performance took command with 4 ee not the t''''''' like it or not is part of the game a $500000 payment to be paid I 'ti I 'it' three first-quarter touchdowns celebrated A if you work for a public'institu- within 10 days of full execution I and rolled over punchless Duke coach who tion run with public funds of the contract 41 00 -0 52-19 before a crowd of 96173 at has become a So for once the brainy coach There are more perks like a I Neyland Stadium was living legend MicKEy out of time-outs He had to Nike-sponsored international 4o "We knew coming in that they in his game sm tell it all basketball tour and $5000 for TtiP)''' were good but they were even and for whom inCLARTHY And he did It was about as Smith if he runs short of Nike Devils eu vk better ot fell coach Barry owa re ir ty thought Wilson y'' have said ee an arena is much fun as playing Duke in merchandise named Cameron Nike's generosity knows no If you know Dean Smith you The Tar Heels and Nike are limits The big apparel company Miami Kenny Holmes Baraka Short (50) level Georgia weapons all over the field There's know that he zealously protects now family and both parties say from Oregon will give $2 million Southern QB Joe Dupree in a 30-7 win story page 9B no one area you can zero in op" his privacy Smith shuns the at- the marriage is of mutual bene- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tention the never-ending clatter fit That remains to be seen SEE McCARTHY PAGE 16B SEE DUKE PAGE 12B 4 'i 1 I I 4 I 4 nv Golf: Jim 1 Dent 'o I shoots 4 co a 66 to take a one-Shot iriolr' 0: lead over sIt mAZ4iiiriAAWi4ifiki4jr41 i 'revino i at the :00 i Vantage Championship How the West went doRrn Braves top Rockies for 12th time Giants hang on THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA Even a franchise-record 103 wins will not be enough for the Braves The NL West race will go down to the final day and that's just fine with them Greg Maddux won his 20th game and Atlanta routed Colorado 10-1 Saturday to remain tied for first place with the San Francisco Giants The regular season ends today and if the teams are still tied there will be a one-game playoff Monday night in San Francisco "It's weird isn't it?" Maddux said "You win 103 games and it's still not over But if we have to win two more games let's do it" Tigs' Patrick Sapp tries to pitch as THE CHAPEL HILL XV the coach would have )1 preferred to kick off the Nikes perhaps and enjoy the comfort of home on this Saturday night perhaps feasting on a tasty meal and then enjoying a bit of video anu Lliell wijuyui wv maybe that UNC-Michigan game Instead on this night Dean riZt Smith is a state employ- 1 ee not the celebrated coach who has become a living legend MicKEy in his game and for whom MCCARTHY an arena is named If you know Dean Smith you know that he zealously protects his privacy Smith shuns the attention the never-ending clatter SUNDAY "It's not frustrating It's exciting" he said after learning of the Giants' win some 30 minutes after the Braves finished Most of Atlanta's players gathered around television sets in the players' lounge to watch the end of the Giants game Not Otis Nixon though "I've been peeking but you don't have to be there watching to know what's happening You can just tell by hearing the reaction of the guys in there" he said "I didn't expect this but that's what it's all about" he said "I never felt we would have to go this deep in the season win so SEE BRAVES PAGE 78 Eric Counts left Damien Covington ASSOCIATED PRESS of Tar Heels basketball He has created a basketball empire that wins does things the right way and draws envious glances from his peers But he can't hide from its success He is Tar Heel basketball and he is quite uncomfortable with the notoriety Fame comes with a price and the reluctant star or coach must heed its call The coach was on the stand Saturday night plainly unhappy that his financial contract with Nike would be made public But public disclosure whether you like it or not is part of the game if you work for a public institution run with public funds So for once the brainy coach was out of time-outs He had to teil it all And he did It was about as much fun as playing Duke in Cameron The Tar Heels and Nike are now family and both parties say the marriage is of mutual benefit That remains to be seen OCTOBER 3 1993 Cou Iton Tudor: Some of the toughest calls faced by sports departments involve deciding what to print THE NEWS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES One day left in the regular season and the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves are still all even in the NL West If Dave Hansen's eighth-inning fly had traveled a few feet farther it might have been so different Instead the Giants withstood another day of pressure holding off the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 Saturday for their 103rd victory That left them tied with Atlanta which took a big lead early and routed Colorado 10-1 "This is what you dreamed about as a little boy in the After trailing Clemson 20-0 OTHER COLLEGE NC State has a fourth-down FOOTBALL pass fall incomplete that Numbers in parentheses ore Associat would have tied the the right of the score BY BILL WOODWARD STAFF WRITER Florida State (1) 51 10B CLEMSON SC The contest was Georgia Tech 0 over it appeared after three Virginia 41 10B quarters Clemson was rolling on Ohio 7 offense leading 20-0 and had Penn State (9) 70 Maryland 7 11B bottled up NC State for most of the game Central 48 'ClettISOri Then ll 20 sudden- ECSU 14 11B 022:1 IY everything Miami(3) 30 96 rode on one final Ga Southern 7 play A fourth-down pass fell Notre Dame (4) 48 9B incomplete at the goal line with Stanford 20 one second to go and the Tigers Florida (5) 38 98 escaped with a 20-14 football victo- Miss State 24 ry Saturday before a crowd of Ohio State (7) 51 73500 at Memorial Stadium Northwestern 3 9B "1Ve dug ourselves a hole early Michigan (8) 24 9B and it was too deep to dig out" Iowa 7 said NC State coach Mike- Oklahoma (10) 24 9B O'Cain a former Tigers quarter- Iowa State 7 back who was making his first 33 ll College oege trip back to Clemson as Wolfpack Boston 88 Syracuse (13) 29 head coach "But I'm proud of the way this team hung in there very Texas (14) 31 98 Texas Tech 6 proud In the end we were in a position to win it and just didn't Washington (15) 52 913 get it done" San Jose State 17 State down 20-14 took over at California (17) 42 9B its 15 with 4:33 remaining and its Oregon 41 rejuvenated offense drove to the West Virginia (25) 14 98 Tigers' 12 before running out of Virginia Tech 13 time and downs sack him SEE STATE PAGE For bean counters it goes something like this: UNC gets shoes shirts socks jocks and miscellaneous monetary goodies in exchange for giving Nike a huge jolt of exposure Smith? He will receive $300000 annually for four years which he already has earmarked for his assistants support staff TV-radio host coaching consultants and his academic scholarship which gets $45000 annually In further consideration the contract says Smith will receive a $500000 payment to be paid within 10 days of full execution of the contract There are more perks like a Nike-sponsored international basketball tour and $5000 for Smith if he runs short of Nike merchandise Nike's generosity knows no limits The big apparel company from Oregon will give $2 million SEE McCARTHYt PAGE 16B OBSERVER to orte in Los Angeles backyard playing stickball" Will Clark said Today rookie Salomon Torres (34) will make just his eighth big-league start when he pitches for the Giants against Kevin Gross (12-13) an 11-year veteran In Atlanta 21-game winner Tom Glavine starts against David Nied (5-8) of the Rockies "If you would have told me coming out of spring training that we'd have 103 wins at the end of the season I'd have to say we'd have the division title" Clark said after his second consecutive four-hit game "It all boils down to one game now" SEE GIANTS PAGE 7B Elon Lenoir-Rhyne 13B Miami's Kenny Holmes Baraka Short (50) level Georgia Southern QB Joe Dupree in a 30-7 win story page 9B THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Auto racing: Rusty Wallace has made a remarkable charge in the points race but Ernie Irvan would rather be in Dale Earnhardt's position Outdoors: The water was warm but there were plenty of fish caught at the King Mackerel Tournament in Wrightsville Beach A BIG UPSET UTEP quarterback Shawn Gray STAFF PHOTO 14 Carolina looking emotionally 30 1 7 spent has to rally to beat a (4) 48 98 38-point underdog by six 20 38 BY CHIP ALEXANDER 9B 24 STAFF WRITER 1 51 9B CHAPEL HILL As emotions go 1 3 North Carolina's Tar Heels were 24 9B flatter than the Kenan Stadium 7 zones SaturdayRgainst Tex0) 274 9B asF-Eolr-tPuansaote ly for the 16th-ranked ge 33 8B Heels they were able to put the 3) 29 ball in those end zones just enough (14) 31 times to hold off the persistent 6 9B Miners 45-39 eluding what would have been the biggest upset of the (15) 52 ate 17 98 college season Tailback Leon Johnson scored 7) 42 9B four touchdowns a record for a 41 Carolina freshman and Jason a (25) 14 9B Stanicek passed for 170 yards as I 13 the Heels rallied from a 24-14 33 11B halftime deficit But no one in 9 powder blue was able to rest easy SLIPS AWAY watches his fourth-quarter fumble BY CHUCK LIDDY until the final seconds Even after Carolina surged ahead 38-24 in the fourth quarter the Miners refused to melt Sam Rogers raced back a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and the UTEP sideline was alive again dreaming the dream UNC coach Mack Brown was pacing and pacing wondering when this unexpected nightmare would end "I remember thinking 'These guys won't go away will Stanicek said "They keep fighting keep playing They just won't quit" With 4:18 left Johnson scored his fourth TD on a 15-yard run to make it 45-31 Surely that was enough to finish off UTEP a 38-point underdog after a 52-0 loss at Hawaii last week No way The inspired Miners SEE UNC PAGE 13B BY TOM HARRIS STAFF WRITER KNOXVILLE Tenn Tennessee's Volunteer mascot who fires a black-powder rifle after each Vol score used a load of ammunition Saturday The Vo ls Tennessef52A sparked by Duke quarterback Heath Shuler's 16-of-18 passing performance took command with three first-quarter touchdowns and rolled over punchless Duke 52-19 before a crowd of 96173 at Neyland Stadium "We knew coming in that they were good but they were even better than we thought" said Duke coach Barry Wilson whose Devils fell to 1-4 "They have weapons all over the field There's no one area you can zero in on" SEE DUKE PAGE 12B.