The Park City Daily News du lieu suivant : Bowling Green, Kentucky • 13

High school football: Pages 7- 8-B 3 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26 1 993 Pagel-B Spectacular Tide heads Toppers roll to 3-1 start coach's best By JOE MEDLEY 7 Tte Daily News The budget ax threatening his program frustrating come-from-ahead losses they seem so distant for Jack Harbaugh now that Western Kentucky football team has its best start in his tenure as head coach Quarterback Eddie Thompson threw three touchdown passes and ran for 10S yards and die Hilltoppers are 3-1 after 40-13 hosing of Blazers An estimated LT Smith Stadium crowd of 7000 watched Western win its first home game since Oct 29 1992 the day Board of Regents voted to maintain a scholarship Division I-AA program big easy was also fourth win in five games dating back to 1992 And yet the post-game celebration was businesslike Harbaugh said or three years ago be in the locker room acting like just won the national championship just because we won a said Harbaugh who has seen Western lose 10 games by less than a touchdown since taking his present job in February 1 989 1 8-28 during that span $300000 race field A Daily News report FRANKLIN Ky Spectacular leads a field that includes the defending champion in the $300000 Sam Houston Handicap today at Dueling Grounds Post time for the nine-horse 1 -mile turf event is 3:46 pm Jerry mount for the feature race of Dueling first-ever multi-day live-racing meet Spectacular Tide has won Sword Dancer Handicap Grade I and the Hialeah Turf Cup He will run from the seventh post Defending champion Drummer Boy will go from the outside post Also challenging Spectacular Tide are Know Heights and Coaxing Matt Know Heights has won his last four races in France before running second in the Escondido Handicap at Del Mar follow jockey Kent instructions Eddie Martin will coax Coaxing Matt a winner in Elkhom Stakes Grade II In other races Guiza is favored in the 1-mile $150000 Rachel Jackson turf race set for 2:45 pm To be ridden by Joe Deegan Guiza won Budweiser Cup Grade HI and took third to Paseana in the Vanity Grade III at Hollywood Park Ganges trained by Bill Mott is the pick for the $100000 Sanford Duncan 1-mile turf run which opens the racing at 1:38 pm A multiple-group stakes winner in France Ganges won the mile Fort Harrod Grade HI have an excellent field of horses coming in from all over said Steven Summers Dueling director and liason three stakes races ought to be great Dueling fall meet concludes with five stakes races starting Continued On Page 9 Column 1 This Section AFTER FIELDING a punt Jerome DeCarlo pull from Richard DuBon in LT Smith Stadium on away day DeCarlo returned Satur- Hilltoppers won 40-13 in three punts for 18 yards and the their first home game of the season of makes quick work of Longhorns Continued On Page 9 Column 1 This Section APLaserphoto LOUISVILLE defensive back Kevin Gaines sacks Shea Morenz in die first half Saturday Texas lost 41-10 in Cardinal Stadium By The Associated Press LOUISVILLE Ky It take long for No 24 Louisville to get its momentum going Saturday against Texas Just 22 seconds to be exact An 80-yard screen pass from Jeff Brohm to running back Ralph Dawkins on the second play of die game set the tone in 41-10 rout of Texas was a good way to start the Brohm said came out and let Dawkins showcase what he could Dawkins finished the game with 117 rushing yards and three receptions for 95 yards Brohm who had a career-high 331 yards last week against Arizona State hit 14 of his 24 passes for 293 yards once we got rolling we got our confidence level up and we ran the ball at Brohm said did what we Texas had trouble regrouping from die early touchdown Longhorns coach John Mackovic said that point on we were a little bit cautious about rushing the passer and that set up a lot for he said put our defense on the Running back Anthony Shelman rushed for two touchdowns for the Cardinals (4-0) who are off to their best start in 21 years very Dawkins said in die mode we be stopped The only thing that can stop us is The Cardinals who gained 560 start off on the right foot and from there it just got increasingly Morenz said The Cardinals allow a first down and held Texas to 18 yards in the second quarter It was defense that gave the Cardinals a 24-0 halftime lead can definitely play a lot said Anthony Bridges who had two interceptions need to eliminate some mistakes We have dominated but we totally destroyed anyone At die Texas 25 Morenz dropped back to pass but defensive end Joe Johnson tackled him jarring- the football loose Jim Hanna a 255-pound defensive lineman grabbed the ball in midair and ran 15 yards for a touchdown Sports beat Braves outlast Phils Giants stay 1 yards on offense have been tough to stop this season especially near opposing end zones They are 14 of 17 with 1 1 touchdowns and three field goals inside the 20 One of those touchdowns came late in the first quarter Dawkins ran 24 yards to set up second score Chris 14-yard run you look back each week been getting over 400 Dawkins said should get that every Texas (0-2-1) which started freshman Shea Morenz at quarterback never was close On their first possession the Longhorns drove to the 33 but Scott 50-yard attempt was wide right Vi back tributed to a Jeff Blauser hit a popout to shallow right field and Nixon tagged up and scored on the short sacrifice fly Gant followed with a line drive over the left-field fence Steve Bedrosian (5-2) the fourth of five Braves pitchers worked a third of an inning for the victory Greg McMichael pitched two-innings for his 16th save allowing a run in the ninth on a wild pitch with Dave Hollins at third base American League Today is Fan Appreciation Day at the SkyDome and the Toronto Blue Jays are planning to give away television sets stereos and lots of other goodies The biggest prize though might go to the Blue Jays themselves Toronto moved to the brink of its third straight AL East title beating the New York Yankees 3-1 Saturday behind A1 six innings of one-hit ball The Blue Jays cut their magic number to two over Baltimore the game with Detroit on Saturday was postponed because of rain and one over New York Toronto has clinched all four of its division titles at home and can do it again today in the last game of the season at SkyDome The Blue Jays need to beat New York and Continued On Page 9 Column 1 This Section horizon now that Rusty has caught up Wallace shrugged off comments saying calls it fun now that I've caught up a bit? I know what to call it I'm not going to pay attention to what anyone else says about it Our strategy is to pay attention to what we are doing and do our own deal They don't have to catch us we have to beat them" With Ernie Irvan on the pole Wallace will start fourth with Waltrip sixth and Earnhardt seventh for the 500-lap event By The Associated Press The Braves and Phillies provided a possible playoff preview Saturday in a game filled with tension and comebacks Atlanta only hopes it gets a chance to do it again The Braves kept their 1 Vi -game lead over San Francisco on Saturday as Ron 36th homer capped a three-run eighth inning in hard-fought 9-7 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies The Giants beat San Diego 3-1 to stay one game behind the Braves in the loss column The win was the 99th of the season for Atlanta breaking the franchise record set last year were fortunate to get a lot of Braves manager Bobby Cox said got up three runs twice and I thought it was over But they have a great bench They can hurt you from both the right side and the left side We battled back but so did they" The Phillies saw their lead in the East cut to five games as Montreal beat New York 4-1 in a night game keeping Philadelphia's magic number at four The Braves had 14 hits and the Phillies totaled 15 Otis Nixon had three hits an RBI and stole two bases for Atlanta pitch well and we play well Philadelphia manager Jim Fregosi said was a good game offensively but we able to hold JOHN KRUK slides in safely as Damon Berryhill waits for the throw to the plate in the first inning Saturday The Braves beat Philadelphia 9-7 to hold a 1 Vi -game lead in the National League West Waning desire prompts Brett to retire KANSAS CITY Mo (AP) Sometimes tearful sometimes joking George Brett ended a baseball era Saturday when he announced he will retire From 3000 hits to pine tar Brett left an indelible mark on the game He joins Nolan Ryan in retiring this year and relinquishing what sometimes seems a troubled game to a new generation of players The two quite likely will form the nucleus of the Hall of 1998 class Ryan has said he is bothered by the new generation but young players will be Brett's focus as he becomes a team vice president 40 but a young he said numbers can be recited ad infinitum but his legacy most likely will be his work ethic There never was a grounder to second that Brett feel should be charged hard out of the box and run full speed to first Best moment? Hugging Bret Saberhagen after the seventh game of the 1985 World Series Worst moment? Saturday getting that excited when I did something Brett said getting that down when I did something bad I that happy when we won I feel as bad when we Jones remains No 1 quarterback at UK LEXINGTON Ky (AP) If healthy Pookie Jones will reclaim his starting quarterback spot when the University of Kentucky plays Mississippi this week Jones sidelined with foot and ankle injuries watched Thursday night as his backup sophomore Antonio O'Ferral led UK to a 21-17 nationally televised victory over South Carolina "There will be no competition" UK offensive coordinator Daryl Dickey said Friday controversy and no competition" Dickey predicted that Jones be at full against the Rebels Jones said Friday he is "90 to 95 percent" recovered O'Ferral openly questioned his backup role last season But despite leading Kentucky to only its second road victory in coach Bill Curey's four seasons he accepted a probable return to the bench He said he hopes he will be considered a viable option should Jones prove ineffective "Pretty much the whole state thought it couldn't be done unless Pookie Jones was at the O'Fcnral said a great quarterback and a great leader Everybody knows that People didn't know I was a great quarterback and great leader Now they know" Two Ryder rookies save American hopes SUTTON COLDFIELD England (AP) America found fire on its bench Saturday afiemoon and rekindled smoldering Ryder Cup hopes that were nearly extinguished during a miserable morning Chip Beck and John Cook playing for the first time beat Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie 2-up as the United States rallied for three victories in the four-ball matches to pull within one point of Europe going into today's 12 singles matches may have been people who thought they had drawn an easy Cook said "But we came out and answered their call all day" Now trailing just 816 to 7Vi the United States can keep die cup by winning six of today's singles matches and halving one for a 14-14 tie Waltrip senses first win APLaserColor then singled to left field When the ball bounced past Pete Incaviglia for an error the speedy Sanders scored and Nixon went to third saw the ball go by him and thought I could Sanders said been a while since I con of 1 993 on things the combinations car-wise engine-wise and crew-wise you look at the total picturfe from Richmond and Dover not just the car or driver but also the fact making fantastic pit stops" Meanwhile the season points battle has gotten interesting with Wallace slicing into five-time champion Dale Earnhardt's big lead in recent weeks cutting his margin from 304 points to 1 8 1 Earnhardt who crashed at Dover failing to finish for only the second time this season said for the championship is a lot more fun the other club Neither of these clubs is going to give up Both are fine ballclubs" With the score 6-6 pinch-hitter Dcion Sanders started the rally in the eighth with an infield single off reliever Roger Mason (5-12) Nixon tinsville oval Second his Chevrolet Lumina has been running better in recent weeks than at any time this year nearly winning last week at Dover where a controversial late caution flag gave Rusty Wallace the opportunity to gain his second straight victory while Waltrip finished a respectable third was good" Waltrip said of the race two weeks ago qualified fourth and finished seventh there And then at Dover that reinforced what I thought was about to happen with our team we finally finding the right By The Associated Press MARTINSVILLE Va Darrell Waltrip is beginning to talk that talk again a sign the three-time Winston Cup champion believes he is ready to win a race With only six races remaining in 1993 the 46-year-old Waltrip is faced with the possibility of a winlcss season Itwould be his only one since 1974 with the exception of an injury-shortened year in 1990 But he has two things going for him in today's Goody's SCO at Martinsville Speedway First Waltrip has won 1 1 times on the ncorly-fiat 526-milc Mar 1 1 i.