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wywrvv I a 1 v1 i rr'TTl nrnMsnns i iissr" isyrnp -wTT Friday April 29 1988 The Knoxville News-Sentinel The New-8entlnfll 588-6600 24hoursaday Davey Allison earns pole for Winston 5G0 John Adams By BILL LUTHER Nowa-Santinal spoftawrttar Sports editor TALLADEGA Ala Davey Allison used perfection to beat perfection and broken but not going to lose any sleep over it" Elliott said good to sit on the pole anywhere but got some time to work toward Elliott whose speed was 194355 mph will start 11th in the 500 "The 28 car (Davey has been around a long time and winning pole positions a long Elliott said "The team Drivers blame restrictor plates for lower speedsCS Patty Moise becomes first woman to win the pole position for a stock car raceCB wrest the pole position for Sunday's 19th running of the Winston 500 away from Final Two qualifying takes time Darrell Waltrip The 27-year-old Allison turned in a lap at 198969 miles per hour Thursday at Alabama International Motor Speedway to end Bin Elliott's three-year reign at this has won a lot of money and races with pIum some of the best driven11 Phil Parsons put his Oldsmobile in the Noi 3 starting position at a speed of 197999 mph and Bobby Allison Davey1! father qualified his Buick fourth at 197021 Only the first 20 starting position were up for grabs Thursday but 44 drivers made qualifying runs glad Fm the driver who did it if streak had to Davey Allison who is the defending Winston 500 champion said got a real challenge ahead of us This will mean absolutely nothing on Sunday Robert Yates (team manager and engine builder) is the guy responsible for the pole win He refused to give up because or the problems the Fords were having with the carburetor plate He never ac-cepted the fact that the Ford was going to be at a run wiped out the Elliott string of six consecutive poles at AIMS but the Ford streak has gone to seven poles in a 246-mile facUity nave asked for a smoother Allison said after putting his Ford Thunderbird in the No 1 position for the $675000 event "I felt he (Waltrip) was Lu: 1IM1 flUm back little knew who would beat us if we win the pole We knew if he (Allison) ran better than 4825 or 4830 (seconds) we were in Waltrip said got to figure out how he did it and try to beat him on Driving the same car he qualified for the Daytona 500 in February Allison needed 48128 seconds to tour the speedway and Waltrip 48289 qualifying speed was 11840 mph slower than 212309 mph last year The drop came as a result or NASCAR mandating a one-inch carburetor te for races at this track and Daytona 1 Speedway When asked to describe the difference in qualifying at almost 199 as compared to 209 a year ago Davey said is not any more comfortable now than last year still running on the ragged edge There is no margin for error in qualifying A little gust of wind in Turns 1 and 2 could have changed the whole thing for During much of the qualifying session winds gusted at 22 mph Tm not tickled to be No 2 but Tm happy to be No Waltrip said Td like to qualify right now that the wind has died holding a (from practice) Allison is the eighth pole position win ner for the first nine races this season Waltrip who was the fifth driver to qualify was clocked at 198306 mph in a Chevrol Diet The three-time Winston Cup champion said "My lap was perfect from the standpoint of the motor and car A II you are an avid fan of the II National Basketball II Association stop right here I have nothing new for you This message is strictly for arrivals those who believe 'NBA season begins sometime between Day and Memorial Day When they last tuned in the Los Angeles Lakers were romping merrily and Magically part the rippled Boston Celtics for the 1987 championship The Lakers and Celtics will not play again until mid-June But because some of you Might be more than mildly interred in the preliminaries there is nr better time for an NBA refresher Tm not happy over having the streak course The NBA year stretches from October into June It consists of six seasons The exhibition season begins in October This is when players learn to pace themselves and fake playing defense The second exhibition season begins in November It is called the "regular The regular season consists of 82 games It is very important hi that it determines which seven of 23 teams will not make the playoffs and whether the Celtics or Lakers will have the home-court advantage for the seventh game of their championship series The regular season is so important you might be interested in a recap It went like this: Rick shorn threw Michael Jordan to the floor and punched Doug Collins Isiah Thomas slapped former teammate Sidney Green twice Steve Stipanovich hit Bill Laimbeer in the eye after Laimbeer elbowed Stipanovich Coach Bill Russell put his hand on Joe shoulder Kleine knocked it away Patrick Ewing accidentally elbowed Maurice Cheeks in the nose Cheeks went to the hospital with a concussion Adrian Dantley bumped referee Ed Rush and was fined $1000 Chuck Person poked Ralph Sampson in thq chert Xavier McDaniel applied a stranglehold to Wes Matthews The wives of Seattle SuperSonics regulars Dale Ellis and Alton Lister celebrated a Sonics victory against the Lakers by fighting each other for 10 minutes An inmate from an Ohio correctional facility wrote a letter to the Utah Jazz threatening that three players would be killed the next time the SJL NWWII rVwsGHVWllOVnwnSi I Winning form championships on Thursday at West Side YMCA Story on page C7 Tse Lan Lee follows through on her way to victory over Pam Cioffl to win the singles title In the District 7 high school tennis Ivarns boys Oak Ridge girls win track titles sure on the relays because we felt they were pretty much Cathey said By BOB HODGE News-Sentinel correspondent we busted up some of our relay teams to score points in as many events ss we could" 3200 with a time of 11:434 The old record of 11374 was set by Suzanne Montgomery of Oak Ridge in 1984 Faulkner and Cupp shared the girls' moat-valuable distance-runner trophy The Lady Wildcats were never challenged for the title picking up wins in seven events Becky Slusher won the 800 by no more than six points through the fort nine events Rick Mills then ran a 2323 in the 800 meters as the Beavers outscored Oak Ridge 12-4 to go up by 11 points with four events left in the meet Oak Ridge needed to place three runners in the top four in the 3200 meter run but Brian Lawhern of Kams finished second to Brad Higdon to put the meet out of reach for the Wildcats still up in the Kams Coach Richard Cathey said The 800 race was important but the highlight of the meet for us was Brian Lawhern winning the 1600 and placing second in the 3200" Lawhern the most valuable dis- Jazz appeared on television Now all caught run Mindy Myer the 100 hurdles Yolanda the 200 and Stacy Greer the 300 Mitchell hurdles Oak Ridge also picked up wins the 400 1600 and 3200 relays Lattice Waters of Kams won the 100 dash and waa awarded the girls' most valuable sprinter award OAK RIDGE Oak Lady Wildcats ran away with the title and Kams held off Oak Ridge for the it the windswept District 4 Thick Meet Thursday night at Oak Ridge The Beavers won their second district title in a row outscoring Oak Ridge 18114 to 164 Campbell County waa third with 76 points The Lady Wildcats had little trouble beating Kama for the championship 178 to 100 Central was third with 70 points and Halls followed with 68 Runners and relay teams that placed first second or third in each event qualified for the Region 1 meet next Friday at Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett Field events were held Wednesday Kams and Oak Ridge were separated Cathey was able to "bust his teams because individuals and teams can qualify for the region by running specified times during the regular part of the season The Beavers won four other events with Brandon Harris taking the 110 hurdles Frank Shanklin the 200 and Rick Mills the 800 Oak Ridges Jamie Redmond was named the most valuable sprinter with a win in the 100 meter and a second-place finish in the 200 Only two records fell both by girls Ann Faulkner of Campbell County ran a 5:126 in the 1300 run to break her sister mark of 5:149 set in 1986 Christy Cupp of Anderson County set the other mark in the up The third exhibition season is played halfway between the regular season It is called The purpose of All-Star Weekend is to show off There is a dunking contest and a game in which no one is allowed to play defense unless he is attempting a steal or blocking a shot tance runner for the boys won the 1 300-meter run with time of 4:3 DISTRICT 5: Matt Harless raced to victory in the 200-meter dash and helped win two relays as Farragut won the District 5 Cathey said the Beavers used little strategy in the meet saving their better athletes for the individual events "Our plan was to not put to much pres- Please see DISTRICTS page C7 Orioles break AL mark with 21st loss in a row Longshof Granacus wins Blue Grass (C You get away from it what is so difficult We want to Just settle down but we keep losing and bring more people every day to see us 11 ByAsaocWd Press By MIKE STRANGE News-SentinN sport ewfrter event the Derby at Churchill Downs on May 7 "The main thing with this said trainer Patrick Collins "is that hell always had traf fic problems Today the key was to keer him on the outside and Larry Sheets Baltimore player see that he get Anything short of a victory in the Blue Grass would probably have stopped Granacus from getting to the Derby The 3-year-old had won only once twice in 12 previous starts and accumulated The fourth exhibition season began Thursday night It is the first round of the playoffs Two of the first-round games were televised Thursday night The second televised game was between the Portland Trail Blazers and uh oh Utah Jazz Hopefully the game was not blacked out in The first round of the playoffs is often similar to All-Star Weekend It enables the Celtics and Lakers to show off It also gives them an opportunity to advance to the quarterfinals The Lakers will play the San Antonio Spurs in the first round The Lakers qualified for the playoffe with a 62-20 record the Spurs qualified with a 31-51 record Hmmm Looks as though the Lakers might have an edge The fifth NBA season consists of the quarterfinal and semifinal playoffs Nobody paces himself during this season: everybody plays defense for 48 minutes This season is worth watching The final season is the championship series It is the season in which the Celtics beat the Lakers or the Lakers beat tLi Celtics T- I Vers vs the Celtics is someu rial Ike the Masters or the Kentucky Dent is the qualifying time a paltry 538351 in winnings Neither of the wins was in a stakes doesn't even include five straight losses to end exhibition play "It starts to wear you down mentally and physically" said Manager Frank Robinson 0-15 since replacing the fired Cal Ripken Sr "Everything is taking its ton on us right now" not going to go he said They know everyone is watching The whole world is Orioles general manager Rollie Hemond who was hired by the team during the winter still has not seen his club win Not even a hicky charm worked this time Hemond watched the final two innings in the same suit he saw his former club the White Sox clinch the American League West championship in 1983 The clothes were sent by airplane express by White Sox co-owners Eddie Einhom and Jerry Reinsdorf along with a rote "Hope this lucky suit gets the Orioles their first win before they come it said Instead the Orioles will go to Comiskey Park on the road to more records They've tried to keep their troubles in perspec- MINNEAPOLIS Another day another loss another record The beat goes on for the Baltimore Orioles and they keep getting beat The winless Orioles set an American League mark with their 21st straight loss Thursday falling to the Minnesota Twins 4-1 Next on Baltimore's march to misery is the all-time modem major league record of 23 straight losses by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1961 The previous AT- record of 20 consecutive losses was set by Boston in 1906 and tied by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1916 and again in 1943 "You get away from that's what is so Larry Sheets said "We want to Just settle down but we keep losing and bring mere people every day to see A crowd of 23306 saw the Orioles again crawl into history Baltimore previously set a team record for consecutive losses ard a major league mark for season-opening defeats and that LEXINGTON Ky A long-shot named Granacus saw a crack of daylight Thursday and waiting on the other side if he could get to it was a ticket to the Kentucky Derby maestro Jacinto shouted Steve Stavro the owner of Granacus as his colt posed for a photo in the circle at Keeneland the crowd still buzzing from the three-length upset victory in the 64th running of the Blue Grass Stakes Jacinto was Jacinto Vasquez the 44-year-old Panamanian jockey And under his guiding hands Granacus the 15-to-l shot came from dead slipped through a hole in at the head of the stretch id then sped toward the finish line When he crossed it easily ahead cf runner-up Intensive Command and third-place Regal Classic the beaten favorite Granacus had suddenly vaulted from virtual obscurity to a berth in horse racing's most hallowed tive but this one really hurt They left Minnesota with nothing except a new notation for failure "They've got guys from aS over the country watching them Ills getting to the point where ith sad it's out of Kirby Puckett of the Twins said "Nobody wants to come to the park and lose 20 in a row What going through it's not funny It's nothing to laugh The Orioles had only six hits Thursday against Allan Anderson and two relevers The Orioles went meekly but not neatly After Murray's leadoff double in the fourth they did not get another hit until Murray led off the eighth with a sin- race That wouldn't- have been enough to get a slot in the Derby which dispenses post positions on the basis of earnings if the field reaches the maximum of 20 horses With a Blue Grass payday of $190856 Granacus can all of a sudden rare anywhere he wants "It's everyone's dream to go to the Kentucky Derby" said Collins "so if he's smind that's absolutely what well do" Should Granacus win the run Please see ORIOLES page Cl Please see STAKES page C2 irr im fri.