The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 123

BBT AVAILABLE COPY SCORES RANDY COVIH HIGH SCHOOLS As it stands now you be watching the Chicago Bulls on WGN from Kansas City this season: D-5 MTwo top pitchers will battle in Missouri 4A state softball semifinal between Winnetonka and Blue Springs: D-4 Atlanta 1 St Louie 0 Details D-2 NHL Hertford 3 Islanders 1 Buffalo 4 Plttaburghl Vancouver 6 Delta 1 Chicago 2 Detroit 1 St Louis 8 Toronto 1 Florida vs Colorado Boston vs Los Angeles Details D- OcMvlS 4 Not in the Cards Braves cruise into the World Series ByDICKKAEGEL Stall Writer National League Championship Sorias Thursday's game Atlanta 15 St Louis 0 Atlanta wins best-of-seven series 4-3 World Sories opener Atlanta Braves at New York Yankees 7 pm Channel 4 lead in the best-of-seven series with three straight victories outscoring them 32-1 in those games Now the Braves who can relive a part of their past They split two World Series with the Yankees in 1957 and 58 so long ago that the club was playing in Milwaukee Osborne with Manager Tony La three-man rotation scrapped got a full four rest for this important start His pitches were still snoozing when the game began His first two deliveries were ripped for hits a single by Marquis Grissom and a double by Mark Lemke Third baseman Gary Gaetti saved a hit by snaring Chipper hot shot and throwing him out Shortstop Royce Clayton grabbed grounder and working with Gaet- See BRAVES D-2 Col 3 ATLANTA Put October 1964 to rest Again There will be no reunion of that classic World Series by the St Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees Instead the Atlanta Braves will be treading the historic grounds of Yankee Stadium as the reward for crushing the Cardinals 15-0 on Thursday night in the seventh game of the National League championship series Left-hander Tom Glavine pitched beautifully for seven innings and the hitters whomped up 17 hits thoroughly delighting a roaring chopping singing crowd of 52067 on a warm Georgia night The dream of duplicating their 1964 World Series triumph died quickly for the Cardinals The Braves decked left-hander Donovan Osborne with a six-run punch in the first inning Later Javier Lopez Andruw Jones and Fred McGriff socked two-run homers Lopez wound up being selected MVP of the series The Braves overcame the 3-1 Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa (left) had that losing look on the part of his face that covered by his hand and pitcher Donovan Osborne seemed no happier From Morrison says fight almost set going to he says of November bout in Tokyo By DAVID BOYCE Stan Writer Although a few details need clearing up heavyweight Tommy Morrison said Thursday night that close to fighting in early November Morrison who tested positive for HIV in February would fight Nov 3 (Nov 2 in the United States) in Tokyo on the undercard for the George Foreman-Crawford Grimsley bout No opponent has been announced my opinion going to Morrison said from his ranch in Southwest City Mo is final Interest is there from both sides We just have to agree on certain Helping out in the negotiations is promoter Tony Holden Even though Holden is against him fighting he wants to ensure that Morrison gets a fair deal not promoting this Holden said by telephone from Tulsa Okla if fighting for another promoter overseas that concerns Holden fears that Morrison who has not fought in almost a year would be given too tough of an opponent making sure he face Joe Killer or this being treated like a circus Holden said know going to get beat up for what doing But I have to do For the last weeks Morrison has trained on his own Once he agrees on a deal Morrison said trainer Tom Virgets will prepare him for the bout Morrison is basically calling the shots for this bout but Holden has set a deadline for a contract at noon today there is no contract tomorrow (Friday) I will tell Tommy not to do the Holden said Foreman fight is not sell-See MORRISON D-2 Col 5 GARY DUNKINS pedal to The Star From one of his work spaces Coach Mel Tjeerdsma can see the other The effect of his work can be seen in his record Bearcats speed from bad times to good in one season By DAVID BOYCE Staff Writer Page and a senior at Northwest Missouri remembers 1994 were he said know what the deal was They lost big they have a decent football team I think the home crowd is going to be pumped up Missouri Western is a big easy now for Northwest Missouri fans to enter a frenzied state The Bearcats have outscored their last three opponents 152-53 The victory over Thiman State impressed pollsters who See BEARCATS D-7 Col 1 in the third game last season the Bearcats had Tost 17 straight games across parts of three seasons had about 10 people in the Northwest Missouri senior quarterback Greg Teale said with a laugh it that bad Our parents were there starting to pick up We had a good crowd go down to Central Missouri and three hours away During the games you really notice but more enjoyable after the Shawn Sloan a bartender at Sports game Northwest Missouri is 6-0 and is coming off a 52-22 triumph over Truman State The sight of a capacity crowd dressed in green and white would surely cause Tjeerdsma (pronounced CHURCH-ma) to reflect on the rapid rise of a once-dormant program In 1994 Tjeerdsma first season Northwest Missouri finished 0-11 The Bearcats lost by 20 or more points eight times They were outscored 117-25 in their final three games By the time Tjeerdsma experienced his first victory MARYVILLE Mo too bad Northwest Missouri football coach Mel Tjeerdsma slip away from pregame preparations and retreat to his of-Sr fice several minutes before facing Mis-SUfouri Western on Saturday afternoon The picturesque view of Rickenbrode Stadium through his office window is even when the place is --impty Imagine what the scene will look r3ike for the homecoming TV picture now is crystal clear "People dropped out because people told them a white game But I loved the game and I dropping out for Dale Craigwell Blades center broken but remains cold Channels 9 and 29 to carry over-the-air games in new set-up From The Star's Stall Hockey however says it is cultivating atmosphere for all minorities By HOWARD RICHMAN Stall Writer 1993 Channel 62 held the rights to Royals telecasts for the last four years The station reduced its telecasts to 53 last season giving the Royals the second-fewest telecasts of any team in the major leagues The schedule for TV games a combination of both home and road games will be announced later The deal with Prime which will be renamed Fox Sports Rocky Mountain next month is for three years with an option for three more Channel 9 which is carried by more than 200 cable systems throughout the Midwest had Royals game from 1969 to 1971 the first three years of existence Channel 29 which is operated by Channel 9 went on the air last month as an affiliate of the Warner Bros network are 41 black players in the six major hockey leagues That covers 106 franchises kid is going to emerge who is the Michael Jordan of said Bryant McBride head of the NHL diversity task force is the most diverse of the four major sports Nobody else can boast that it has players from 17 different countries there been that one black star who is amazing It will The Kansas City Blades home at 7:35 tonight to face the Milwaukee Admirals at Kemper Arena have two of those 41 black players Dale Craigwell and Ian Boyce faced obsta-See HOCKEY D4Col4 KMBC-TV (Channel 9) and KCWB-TV (Channel 29) will be the over-the-air television stations for Royals games in 1997 Channel 9 will carry 15 games and Channel 29 will carry 35 as art of an agreement with Prime ports which was awarded both over-the-air and cable television rights by the Royals last month Ppme will carry an additional 30 games on cable The network is carried by two systems in the Kansas City area: TCI of Overland Park and Western Tech The combined total of 80 Royals telecasts will be the most in team history surpassing the 65 carried by KSMO-TV (Channel 62) in Hockey is still searching for a black hero A diversity-minded National Hockey League waits with open arms It wants a player with an aura like golfer Tiger Woods It wants to introduce more blacks to the game and more minorities in general Yet the track record for numbers of blacks in professional hockey is far from overwhelming Currently there Ian Boyce is one of two black players on the Blades i i.