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Page 2C The Kansas City Star Friday December 8 1989 SPORTSBRIEFING Mets add KC player to their 40-man roster Of the 14 World Series sweeps the New York Yankees were involved in nine winning six and losing three Name the three teams and their managers that swept the Yankees Reggie Rogers on three reduced counts of negligent homicide in the traffic deaths of three teenagers Circuit Judge Gene Schnelz scheduled sentencing for Jan 16 and allowed Rogers to remain free on a personal bond Kelly Ess 18 and his brother Dale Ess 17 both of Versailles Mo died in the crash at 1:50 am on Oct 20 1988 Their cousin and the driver of the car Kenneth Willett 19 of Oakland Waterford Township died about seven hours later Rogers faced a red light before he sped into the intersection and crashed broadside into the other car Ex-Cowboy llnmn dl Jacksonville Former Oklahoma State defensive tackle Phillip Dokes died Thursday in a Jacksonville hospital apparently of heart failure Dokes 34 was a three-year starter for Oklahoma State from 1974-76 and was selected to the All-Big Eight team in 1974 and 1976 He was a first-round draft choice of the Buffalo Bills in the 1977 NFL draft Comet to play Dalla The Comets will try to snap a four-game losing streak when they play the Dallas Sidekicks in their first home game of the month at 7:35 tonight at Kemper Arena The Comets 4-8 are 0-2 this season against the Eastern-Division leading Sidekicks who defeated the Comets 6-4 last Saturday in Dallas The game will match the top two scorers: Dallas forward Tatu and Comets forward Jan Goossens Tatu leads the MISL in scoring with 16 goals and nine assists for 25 points Goossens has 23 points on eight goals and 15 assists Holieway denies chargsi Los Former Oklahoma Jamelle Holieway said he received favors from boosters and former Coach Barry Switzer while attending the school but he denied allegations that he had received cash payments funneled through a convicted burglar Holieway however told the Los Angeles Times he was able to use gas stations laundries and restaurants owned by Oklahoma boosters without having to pay When pressed for details he said I tell you the specifics that could put the school in (position to receive) the death penalty I do that to Oklahoma I want to hurt the School plan review Kirksville A financial review of football scholarships has begun at Northeast Missouri the president said Thursday University President Robert Dagar said that the school has conferred with NCAA officials and had self-reported a possible violation of NCAA rules concerning athletic scholarships appears that small unauthorized cash payments were possibly made to some football team said Football Coach Jack Ball resigned at the end of the season Coach ponder offer New Duke football Coach Steve Spurrier said Thursday at the annual Heis-man Trophy banquet that make a decision about his future before New Day and perhaps as soon as Dec 28 the day the Blue Devils play Texas Tech in the All American Bowl in Birmingham Ala He is being pursued by officials from Florida his alma mater and the Atlanta Falcons and Phoenix Cardinals He has also been offered a considerable salary increase to remain at Duke Ex-Lion convicted Pontiac An Oakland County Circuit Court jury today convicted former Detroit Lion guys that are there now and had nothing to do with all the Another high corer San Senior forward Hank Gathers scored 37 points and had 27 rebounds Thursday as Loyola Marymount beat US International 152-137 in the fourth-highest scoring game in NCAA Division I history The last time the two teams met on Jan 31 in Los Angeles they combined for 331 points in college highest-scoring game which Loyola Marymount won 181-150 US International was led by Kevin 54 points Champ crowned Reno Amleto Mona-celli and Tish Johnson edged Mark Baker and Nikki Gianuli-as by 173 pins and won the team title Thursday in the Cambridge Mixed Doubles bowling tournament Monacelli and Johnson finished with a 40-game pinfall including bonus pins for match-game of 17792 Mission South Ryan Caldwell of Blue Valley North Adam Coldsnow of SM East and Mark Silberscher and Eric En-loe of Pembroke Hill They lost first-round matches but won at least once in the conso-lation round Sport reunion The Hickman Mills High School Booster Club is sponsoring its annual sports reunion on Friday Dec 22 It starts in the school gym at 6:30 pm volleyball will kick off the activities with even-year grads playing odd-year grads basketball will follow with older grads meeting younger ones The last event will be basketball matching alumni from even years against those from odd years All cheerleader and hiker grads are welcome and alumni are encouraged to attend whether they care to partici- ate or not Contact the school dr more information His 23rd birthday was Wednesday but Terry McDaniel already had received a special present earlier this fall McDaniel a 1985 Southeast High School graduate was notified by the New York Mets that he will be on their 40-man roster in spring training McDaniel has played right field in the New York organization since 1986 The Mets had to bring him up for spring training or risk losing him in the draft Their decision stamps McDaniel who is the 5 feet 9 inches and 200 pounds as a major-league prospect being around all those top players in spring training is going to pump me McDaniel said believe the Mets have the best minor-league operation in baseball for developing young players They rush you if got McDaniel hit only 231 at Port St Lucie Fla of the Class A Florida State League last summer but he showed speed (45 stolen bases) power (11 triples) and a strong throwing arm (16 assists) A right-hander McDaniel has been converted to a switch hitter to take advantage of his speed in the leadoff position McDaniel played with farm teams in Kingsport Tenn Little Falls NY Columbia SC and Port St Lucie If he make the major-league club this spring McDaniel is ticketed for Jack-son Miss a Class AA club McDaniel was a quarterback at Southeast then went to the University of Houston on a football scholarship He dropped out after two semesters to sign with the Mets Now a step closer to the major leagues On thtnni trail Albin Polonyi a sophomore at Pembroke Hill fared well in the USTA Boys 14s National Indoor Championships in Chicago Polonyi and his doubles partner Ryan Ideta of Hawaii won four matches before being eliminated in the semifinals Polonyi went into the singles as the 12th-seeded player and reached the fourth round Also competing in Chicago were Matt Birch of Shawnee 1976 Cincinnati Reds Sparky Anderson 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers Walter Alston and 1922 New York Gi ants John McGraw Racing award Mike Ditka coach of the Chicago Bears recently said "If I thought there was somebody else who could handle this job let them handle It and step aside" Chicago Sun-Times columnist Terry Boers took him up on it offering suggestions: "Coach Steve Garvey he could be the new Papa Bear Coach Deborah Norville been replacing everyone else so why not Ditka? Coach Zsa Zsa Gabor she knows a thing or two about the head slap Coach Leona Helmsley mean spiteful and loves to treat people like dirt so fit right in Coach Curtis Strange at least he knows how to win the Skins Game Lee Trevino who turned 50 last Friday and has joined the Senior Tour for the Kaanapali Classic: "For the first time in a long time be playing against people my own age" Rod Thorn an NBA vice president on Philadelphia 76ers center Rick Mahorn: "Because of all the things that have gone on with Rick Mahorn in the past you have to make sure hes not causing disturbances with elbows rabbit punches or anything else But not being singled out more than anybody else" San Francisco 49ers tackle Bubba Paris on being called for two holding penalties against Atlanta: "Of course we hold because getting older It's easier than blocking" The Central Auto Racing Boosters passed out awards' for top drivers at the annual banquet last month 1 The Lakeside Speedway winners were Gene Claxton late model Buz Kaster modi- fied Mark Remboldt sportsman Dave Perkins charger and Elizabeth Harvey 4-cylin-der pony stocks Harvey won the top rookie award The 1-70 Speedway winners were Jay Truelove late model Bill Deckman modifieds Rick Cline super stock and Dave Cotterman 4-cylinder pony stocks Top rookies were Barry Duncan modifieds Sam Maucelli super stocks and Ed Millsap 4-cylinder pony stocks cnTllt jfcfci Crowd sends message to Leonard Duran Newsday Sugar Ray Leonard and Robert Duran (right) embraced at the post-fight news conference Las Vegas Nev This time it was the crowd that said no mas The capacity crowd of some 16000 fans in the outdoor arena Thursday at the Mirage night greeted the start of the 11th round between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran with a chant of derision Not only did the paying customers boo the inaction and otherwise vocalize their disapproval some of them left before final shuffle To his credit Duran stayed to the end unlike in their second meeting nine years ago According to the statistics Duran threw 588 punches but connected on only 84 He was beaten to the punch repeatedly trailed throughout the fight and yet appeared incapable or unwilling to press the attack Even in the last round when his only chance was to knock out Leonard Duran was an unwitting partner in routines After the full 12 rounds he seemed almost pleased just to have gone the distance Leonard won a unanimous decision beat Duran said through a translator fight in the US and to fight against Leonard is Duran seemed nothing like a man bent on redemption As he had after the second fight he blamed the lack of action on his opponent even though statistics credited Leonard with landing 227 punches came to Duran said knew Leonard was going to come here and clown Carlos Hibbard manager and trainer was the only one from party to acknowledge defeat he said think we Then Hibbard went on to say that referee Richard Steele worked conjunction with all a matter of promoter Bob Arum said personalities mesh and make it exciting but their styles seen two fighters whose styles meshed since the 13th round (of then-first Sugar Ray Leonard (right) pounded Roberto Duran during much of their 12-round bout (Associated Press) Extra Infante continued from pg 1C continued from pg 1C The same be said for Golden State which after going 0-2 in Texas fell to an NBA-worst 0-9 on the road In the two games the Warriors had a total 22 fewer rebounds than the Mavericks and Spurs Richmond writing off the Warriors but he has considered how he will approach succeeding seasons I had to do this year over again I have come in expecting so much of he said better off setting standards just a little higher each Barry But Richmond was trying to be Chamberlain and Barry when this season started set my standards way too Richmond said made rookie of the year had a great season and said I really looking for all-star numbers but mostly I felt like I make a mistake and I ended up making a lot of But mistakes hardly could be helped given Golden predicament at center a position the Warriors have been patching all season They traded ailing Ralph Sampson to Sacramento for ail ing Jim Petersen in the preseason Then veteran Alton Lister suffered a ruptured tendon in his third game Starter Uwe Blab is largely ineffective scoring 33 points in 16 games Aside from averaging three blocked shots a game the tallest player in the NBA 7-7 Manute Bol been much help Consequently some burdens of a big man are falling on Richmond who shuffles between shooting guard and small forward He is the second-leading rebounder with a 59 average on a team that gets outrebounded by nearly 11 per game have got to get better for us and going to come out of whatever funk Richmond said Richmond has begun to play like he did last season He has scored more than 20 points in eight straight games averaging 249 in that span shooting better 44 percent for the season Entering the game with Sacramento tonight in Oakland his 216 scoring average is 19th in the NBA starting to pick up the pieces and my game is coming Richmond said taking it to another got the opportunity to be a head coach in Green Bay was no doubt in my mind that would be an ideal situation for Schottenheimer said (the 1 have always been very pat with people give them an oppfflr' tunity to get a job done and there was no doubt in my mind that Lindy would be able to do He has done it in two seasons After a 4-12 record last season the Packers are in playoff contention tied with Minnesota for first place in the NFC Central Division with an 8-5 record When asked for an anecdote about Schottenheimer that could be repeated in a family newspaper Infante said Marty Schottenheimer stories can be printed in a family Infante said have anything special to tall there I expect Marty to tell any tales on me and I on him And the outcome of the game will not have an effect on the friendship think Schottenheimer said think Lindy would think so tion of the Infante offense th the coaching staff brought from Cleveland became obvious when we had to play Cincinnati all the time while in Cleveland that he was in fact an innovative creative guy excellent teacher hard Schottenheimer said spread you out all over the field made you defend the entire football field was a high percentage passing game and if you started getting antsy and sticking your nose where it belong he would throw it up the field on While in Cleveland the two men lived a few blocks from each other and became closer two wives are very close Infante said of his wife Stephanie and Pat Schottenheimer lived just a few blocks away from each other in Cleveland Even though I was an assistant coach and Marty was the head coach there were a few occasions when we were together I guess mostly because our wives are good friends We became good That was one reason Schottenheimer was pleased that Infante Comaneci continued from pg 1C Louganis John Elway and Jose Canseco She felt US consumers might still think fondly of a 14-year-old pixie who dazzled the world with perfection in 1976 and had the courage to flee communisum for freedom in 1989 name is now Sinclair said helps I think everyone remembers her name anyway I wish her refugee status is not in jeopardy according to the Immigration and Naturalization Service It determined she would be persecuted for her political views if she returned to Romania has nothing to do with personal said Duke Austin of the Immigration and Naturalization Service not related to the basic eligibility Leaving everything behind for love rather than money or freedom makes a mushy story line which Comaneci hopes to convert into a movie But how it sits with capitalists is another matter some horrible scandal comes from it that will said Daisy Sinclair director of casting at Ogilvy Mather in New York which represents Tom Seaver Wilt Chamberlain Greg Ben Johnson forfeited his chance to earn endorsements when his 1988 gold medal was stripped because he used steroids The Comaneci story made a big splash in New York tabloids The Daily page-one headline read: Nadia Romanian gymnast flips for married The New York Post played the story on its gossip page under the heading: leaps into arms of married.