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OD SUNDAY OCTOBER 18 1998 SUNDAY OCT NHL UPDATE THE NEWS (---0111 SATURDAY'S GAMES Carolina 1 Philadelphia I COT) Ottawa 3 Nashville I Edmonton 4 New Jersey 2 Buffalo 4 Montreal 3 NY Rangers 3 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Chicago 4 Dallas 3 NY Islanders 1 St Louis 0 Toronto at Vancouver late TODAY'S GAMES SATURDAYS Carolina 1 Phi lod Ottawa 3 Nashvil Edmonton 4 New Buffalo 4 Montrec NY Rangers 3 Piti Chicago 4 Dallas NY Islanders 1 Toronto at VOnC011 TO DAY'S 6 WW1" 0T) elphia 1 le 1 Jersey 2 11 3 sburgh 3 (0T) 3 I Louis 0 ver late 'AMES Good beginning: Ottawa's win over Nashville gives the Senators a franchise-best 3-0 start Page 10C bood beginning: Ottawa's win over Nashville gives the Senators a franchise-best 3-0 start Page 10C Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Bucs When: 1 pm Where: Raymond James Stadium TVRadio: Fox (WRAZ) WRAL-1015 Preview Page 8C orjs Calgary at Detroit 3 Washington at Tampa Bay 7:30 Colorado at Los Angeles 8 Boston at Son Jose 10:30 Calgary at Detroit Washington at Ton Colorado at Los A Boston at Son JOSE lpo Bay 7:30 ngeles 8 10:30 wwwneves-observencomsports WW Yankees slam Padres Gordon captures lith win Go cap lit ext lig Tino Martinez's grand slam and Chuck Knoblauch's three-run shot power the Yankees past the Padres in Game 1 of the World Series WORLD SERIES Im 1-1: k) r---- L'' re) i tic A to 1 It 11' A i i I I 11 1111P1r11 i -t THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Knoblauch and Martinez infamous for the blown bunt that cost them Game 2 of the AL Championship Series against Cleveland surely atoned for it this time "I don't know about demons or redemption but it was definitely a fun night" Knoblauch said Two home runs by Greg Vaughn and a two-run shot by Tony Gwynn sent San Diego ahead 5- 2 But with the underdog Padres heading toward a startling win in the opener and the sellout crowd of 56712 sitting quietly the Yankees rallied What was supposed to be a pitching duel between aces Kevin Brown and David Wells instead turned into Chevy driver sees the light Cho sees NEW YORK Botched-Play Boys all is forgiven Tino Martinez hit a grand slam Yankeetsmi9 and Chuck Knoblauch hit a Padresto three-run homer NI YANKEES VS SAN DIEGO PADRES: Saturday: New York 9 San Diego 6 Today: Son Diego (Ashby 17-9) at New York (Hernandez 12-4) 730 a- Tuesday: New York (Cone 20-7) at Son Diego I (Hitchcock 9-7) 8 rof Wednesday: at Son Diego 8 Thursday: at Son Diego 8 Saturday Oa 24: 'at New York 1:30 Sunday Oct 25: 'at New York 1:30 if necessary All games on Fox (times are on-the-air listings) INSIDE More coverage 004C BY GERALD MARTIN STAFF WRITER BY GE Si seventh ftla seven-run inning Sat-the New vie) in urday night that rescued the Ni York Yankees giving them a 9-6 tory over the San Diego Padres Game 1 of the World Series a 9-6 Padres Tino Martinez watches the flight of his seventh-inning grand slam that helped the Yankees rally past the Padres in Game 1 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEE WORLD SERIES PAGE 4C 0 0 Ad to Pnd oupwist DAYTONA BEACH Just call Jeff Gordon "Mr October" First the command was given to throw the switch and let there be light But the Man Upstairs went the lighting crew one better Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway: Let there be rain A brief shower turned the Pepsi 400 into a three-lap dash for cash and glory in the first race ever run under the lights at the massive 25- mile superspeedway After a 37-minute delay Gordon led the field back up to speed under caution Then as the green flag waved for the single-file restart Chevy's Gordon with Ford's Jeremy Mayfield on his tail and Chevy's Mike Skinner behind Mayfield led a five-car draft Gordo' bobbed weaved and blocked every challenge en route to the historic victory his llth of the season He edged Pontiac's Bobby Labonte who was followed by Skinner and Mayfield "I didn't know how it was going to shake out" said Gordon who had never before won a race in October "I knew there was some shuffling going on back there Then Bobby got up there with a whole head of steam and I said 'I've got to block that'" Combined with Mark Martin's 16th-place fmish Gordon added 70 points to his series lead and now is 358 points ahead of the second-place driver with three races remaining What many thought would be the final sprint was set up when Chad Little and Kenny Irwin tangled on lap 141 Irwin slammed hard against the backstretch wall The crash collected among others Jimmy Spencer John Andretti and Ricky Rudd But a soaking shower forced NASCAR officials to wave the red DAYTONA BEA( Gordon "Mr First the cc throw the sw light But the the lighting a day night at Speedway: L( A brief shol 400 into a thr and glory in under the ligh mile superspl After a 37-r led the field bi caution The waved for th Chevy's Gorcl my Mayfield Mike Skinner a five-car dra Gordo' b( blocked even to the histori the season He edged Labonte who ner and Mayf "I didn't Im( shake out" never before ben "I knew I fling going Bobby got ul head of stean block that'" Combined 16th-place fir points to his 358 points ahE driver with tt What many final sprint 14 Little and Ke lap 141 Irwin the backstret lected am( Spencer Joh Rudd But a NASCAR offi i Nro-- ik i e'-- e''''-' 1 6 1 i-k ''3'- I I ck $117' 0 A'' 1 Nei1 A6' OE 41i i 4 4 as-TV tk't 1 t-' '1kw 'I' I t- -'''''''l -i ik 0 414'g 110 i -A 4 4 1 i k- I c- '1 4 I I --7- 4 i- "111 SEE RACE PAGE 3C SEE I Canes tie unbeaten Flyers Ca uni Members of the NC State defense are in a mood to celebrate after stopping Duke's final drive of the game clinching a narrow win for the Wolfpack STAFF PHOTO BY CHRIS SEWARD BY JEMELE HILL STAFF WRITER BY NC State holds on to edge Duke in an ACC game that features strange plays and sudden shifts in momentum c14''') C1 is 741 ::) vi y4 1 41 0' 1 Q) 1 Q) BY A SHERROD BLAKELY STAFF WRITER it was marked by several unexpected twists and turns With their team leading 24-7 in the third quarter most State fans probably didn't expect the Blue Devils to make a game of it And like many of the games between these two old rivals it came down to a last-minute drive before things were decided Starting from its 10-yard line with 6:08 remaining Duke (3-4 1-4 ACC) marched to the 50 But the Blue Devils' last-ditch effort ended when State cornerback Lloyd Harrison broke up a fourth-and-5 pass intend-SEE NMI PAGE 1 6C ICOLLEGE FOOTBALL UPDATE ACCAREA No 9 Wisconsin 37 Illinois 3 N0 State 27 Duke 24 No 12 Penn State 31 Purdue 13 Woke Forest 20 Maryland 10 No 13 Georgia 31 Vanderbilt 6 Temple 28 No 14 Virginia Tech 24 No 25 Ga Tech 41 No 7 Virginia 38 No 6 Florida State 48 aemson 0 No 16 Arizona 28 Oregon State 7 Alabama 23 East Carolina 22 No 17 Arkansas 41 Carolina 28 Winston-Salem 43 NI Central 8 No 19 Colo 19 No 22 Taros Tech 17 No 20 Missouri 20 Oklahoma 6 TOP 25 No 23 Syracuse 42 BC 25 No 1 Ohio State 45 Minnesota 15 No 24 Tulane 28 Louisville 22 No2 UCLA 41 No11 Oregon 38 OT INSIDE No 4 Kansas St 52 Okla Si 20 NC Central loses $1013C No 5 Florida 24 Auburn 3 No 8 Nebraska 41 Kansas 0 More coverage 012-18C rides at this year's State NCSLIK27 Fair are nothing corn- 24 pared to the roller- eil coaster season the NC State football team is experiencing Saturday's 27-24 victory was the Wolfpack's fifth in a row over over Duke and State quarterback Jamie Barnette gets a hug from Ryan Stallmeyer STAFF PHOTO BY CHUCK LIDDY GREENSBORO It was another game the Carolina Hurricanes could be proud of but it was also another game they didn't win Onfe again the Canes used physHurricaneset ical play strong defense and goaltending to kilt one of the 11-11s top ail the Philadelphia Flyers but they left the ice with their second consecutive deadlock this time a 1-1 tie before 10063 at the Greensboro Coliseum "We executed the game plan" said Carolina coach Paul Maurice "We had chances to score and they had chances to score Our effort was outstanding I have no complaints" It's certainly hard to have gripes when goalie Arturs lite starting again in place of Trevor Kidd gives another standout performance (18 saves) and the Canes defense keeps one of the NHIls most savvy offensive clubs relatively frustrated "It's probably as good a game as our defense has played in terms of moving the puck out of our end under a lot of pressure" a pleased Maurice said "Irbe was I used GREENSBOR1 game the could be pro another gam Otice again Hurricane 1112 Cne of tl Philadelphia the ice with tive deadlocl before 10063 iseum "We met said Carolin( "We had cha: had chances outstanding It's certain when goalie again in plac another star saves) and th one of the NJ sive clubs re "It's proba our defense moving the under a lot Maurice sail Tide turns on Pirates' kicking blunders BY AL MYATT STAFF WRITER 1 (a i 4 'It 4 ort 4 Ar 117t 0 1 '''1 4) 4 t' -1r 7 '''-4 0 o- ---------1-1( Ny $: but they proved to be decisive especially after Rivers missed an extra point later in the third quarter ECU (4-2) got within 23-13 on a 45-yard touchdown pass play from freshman David Garrard to Marcellus Harris and a conversion kick by Rivers with 5:27 left in the third period A fumble recovery by ECU defensive tackle Norris McCleary set up the score Fbrrest Foster intercepted a bobbled Alabama pass in the flat returned it 43 yards for a this" said ECU coach Steve Logan Down 21-0 at the half at Legion Field the Pirates began a comeback with a 35-yard touchdown on a reverse pass from Arnie Powell to La Mont Chappell The extra-point attempt by Brantley Rivers was blocked by Tide end Kenny Smith who picked up the loose ball and began running the other way Smith lateralled to corner Kecalf Bailey at the Alabama 45 Bailey ran it the rest of the way for two points and a 23-6 Alabama lead with in the third quarter Those would be the last Alabama points BIRMINGHAM Ala Place-kicking cost East Carolina in a 23-22 loss at Alabama on SaturAlabamos23 day but the Pirates were try- mg not to kick themselves Ed Linms22 over it There was no use dwelling on a near-miss with Southern Miss coming up in a key Conference USA game "I'd rather get beat 56-0 than to take all the emotion out of our players with a game like 4 Shaun Alexander gives Alabama the early lead on a 1-yard touchdown run THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEE ECU PAGE 15C SEE HURRICANES PAGE 1 0C SEE HUR 0 i I 1.