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The Durham Sun from Durham, North Carolina • 29

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The Durham Suni
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iMuyfnuyu! id IYW THE DURHAM SUN secdonD SCORES STANDINGS MAJOR LEAGUES NFL CAMPS SPORTS NEWS DIAL 687-6607 US survives scare foce with an elbow during a scramble for a rebound with 11:40 to play and never returned Owens said he has had the problem before while playing at Syracuse and Oat it can disappear overnight "It tightened up on me when I made a cut I probably didn't warm up enough before toe game" Owens said Til have treatment (Tuesday night) and if I play (today) will depend on how it feds Knowing me Hi probably ANDERSON WHO HAD 13 point! when he was hurt was in obvious discomfort in the lockemxxn after the game and was taken for X-rays which were negative and he was given dearance to play today "When it first happened my vision was blurry now I Just have a real bad headache" he said Australia was causing some maior headaches for the United States as it was looking for its first victory ever over a US team A pointer by Phil Smyth with 7:17 to play gave Australia a 7W7 lead as the United States had a woeful shooting per-formance with a lot of the credit going to 7-foot-2 Luc Longley who plays for New Mexico LONGLEY HAD BEEN a disappointment in Australia's first four games in the World Championships totaling 16 points and 15 rebounds Yesterday he finished with 15 points 13 rebounds and six blocked shots as he dominated the game inside "Luc should play well He's run out of Australia coach Adrian Hurley said 1 said if you can't play now forget it He's been promising to play for the last four or five games and he was running out of games" Meanwhile the United States was running out of tone See BASKETBALL on 2-D AP Basketed Witter BUENOS AIRES Argentina (AP) The United States took a rather unusual path into the semifinals of the World Basketball Championships First there was the victory over Argentina when toe United States had a 22-point lead with seven minutes to play and hung on for a 101-100 victory YESTERDAY Australia appeared to have the United States put sway with a 13polnt lead with seven minutes left This time the rallying was done by the defending champions and it meant a 79-78 victory to krep their record in the tournament at 50i Puerto Rico's 92-76 victory over Argentina later last night dimmed semifinal berths for both itself and toe United States and the two the only undefeated teams in the were to meet today for the top seed from their quarter final group IN THE OTHER group yesterday Yugoslavia 24 in the quarterfinal round beat the Soviet Union 100-77 and Greece beat Brazil 10888 Greece and the Soviet Union are both 1-1 Yugoslavia was to play Greece today and the Soviets were to meet Brazil (0-2) The scare for the United States didn't only come on the scoreboard against Australia but in the room as welL Billy Owens the United leading scorer over the first four games at 19 points per game and the best all-around player on the team had back spasms when he made a cut in the opening minute of the game and he never returned KENNY ANDERSON the second-leading scorer at 177 and toe ballhandler who makes the offense go was hit in the 25 dungs to see after die kickoff Twenty-five things you can look for thb college football season: For ESPN's Beano Cook to pick the wrong team to win the national championship but to predict the outcome of more games than anybody else in the business Beano knows (college) football For new Alabama coach Gene Stallings to have a good season but not good enough which means hell lose to Auburn Dec 1 in Birmingham Be certain the Fun State football team will not wear names on the backs of their Jerseys put absolutely no stars on their helmets and add no stripes to their all-white road uniforms And to be coached of course by JoePatema For "Shawn Moore for the Heisman" mail to be delivered on time week after week as the Virginia Cavaliers daw their way through an undefeated season Just watch For Michigan to miss Bo Schembechler on the sidelines and probably right away like Sept 15 vs Notre Dame For Notre Dame to be on NBC each and every weekend the Fighting Irish are at home which lumpens to be five of the first six but which Just seems like every weekend For the once-mighty Georgia Bulldogs to miss Vince Dooley for the second consecutive season which means MMCUTID NIK U5s Doug Smtt) keeps bed away ton AusMkft Lory Sengstock Shower washes away Bulls9 momentum THAT WAS A curvebaU and I guess I got all of Horowitz said of hb second homer of the season really been in sort of a hitting slump for the last week except for one game "Jeff (Bumgarner) hadn't started in a while because had a sore elbow He struggled a little tot early but he battled through it and got the win for Bulb manager Grady Little couldn't find much positive to say about the performance "WE JUST TOOK a whipping out lamented Little "Tonight we ran into a team that played better tom we did it was that "Hailey (34) was pretty good until the rain delay but after that they were hitting hb fastball a said Bulb pitching coach liny Jaster "We got some hits but they just didn't come at the right time" Todd led the Bulb by going twoforthree with a pair to doubles TWO DOUBLES are nice but rather have had the win" Todd said "Their pitcher wasn't slurp early in the game but after the rain delay he started going to hb curveball more and running his fastball in on the hitters That's the mark of a smart pitcher to be able to make adjustments after a shaky start" Keith Mitchell was the only other Bull with two hits in the seven-hit attack but Ed Alicea led off the eighth with a homer over the left-field walL "Pm not trying to hit them they're just happening" said Alicea who has 13 homers on the season after hb second solo in as By MRS POTTER Sun Sports Wtter Everything seemed to be going well for the Durham Bulb early in last night's game But then along came a 30-minute rain delay after the second Inning to wash away all their momentum The BuUs lost their 20 lead and staffing pitcher Roger Hailey lost his effectiveness and when it was all over lost a 93 decision to the Frederick Keys at Durham Athletic Park LAST NIGHTS defeat Dim second straight dropped the Bulls 44 games behind leader Kinston in the Carolina League's Southern Division race with just 20 games left in the season Game two of the threegame set tonight at TJX with Nate Min-chey (4-7 3L23) taking on the Pat Leinen (54 228) Jeff Bumgarner improved to 66 with last night's win allowing just five hits and two runs in seven innings while walking five with a strikeout BUMGARNER struggled some particularly in the first inning when the Bulb got a pair of runs on a Theron Todd double But he got plenty of support from hb offense: Catcher Ed Horowitz led the winners with three hits and two RBIs including a long homer to left off Rod Byerty in the ninth inning Tim Holland added a double two singles and an RBL Tony Beasley and Tyrone King-wood each had two hits for two RBIs for the Keys while Dan Berthel and Keith Kessinger chipped in two hits each and Roy Gilbert added an RBI double many nights just another base hit It's too bad because when I come up with guys on base Tm not bringing them Bulb catcher Eddie Perez was ejected by plate umpire Rick Smith in the seventh inning apparently following a comment about the strike zona NOTES The Bulb are 8-10 against Frederick this season 44 atDAP Todd has lSdoubles while Alicea leads the dub with 41 extra-base hits Sean Ross missed last nightl game with a sprained ankle while Ryan Klesko was out with a sprained wrist Last night's attendance of orlda Gators to blast their way past Furman and Akron in the friendly confines of Florida Field in Gainesville where pictures of alligators are seemingly everywhere and where new coach Steve Spurrier has fueled the fire of Gator alumns For North Carolina to win convincingly over Miami of Ohio Sept 1 in the opener for both teams and for coach Mack Brown of the Tar Heels to assure the news media his still-young squad hasn't turned the corner by any serious stretch of the imagination For the Nebraska Cornhuskers to get double figures every game For the Florida State Setninoles to get double figures every game ForABCs Bob Griese to tell us how nice it is to be working with Keith Jackson in the booth For Penn State to have seemingly everything except a prolific quarterback For Army to run the wishbone For Brigham Young not to run the wishbone For Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz to tell us anything can happen when you put 22 men on a football field blow the whistle kick it off and fans start screaming especially Nov 3 when the Irish meet Navy For Virginia coach George Welsh not to smile very much For Joe Krivak not to smile very much For Fred Akers to lose his first game to Washington his last game to Indiana and to discover you must throw to win at Purdue For Oklahoma to be the best team never to be on television For Illinois' John Mackovic now that Bo's gone to be the new man to beat in the Big Ten For Oct 28 andNov 10 to be tied for the toughest tickets in the history of Tennessee Volunteer football kiahami comes calling on the 20th and the Fighting Irish on Nov all seats are sold VVFor Georgia Bobby Ross to tell the press his opening day opponent NCL State Sept 8 in Atlanta has a distinct edge by having already played a game For each Notre Dame opponent to study films of toe kicking game involving the answer to danger and dynamite flanker returner Raghib (Rocket) IsrnaiL Note none of his six TDs last fall came on pass receptions For the defending champion Miami Hurricanes to continue to have the nation's bestkept secret in placekicker Carlos (Iceman) Huerta who set school records for ponsecutive PATs (91) field goals (27) and scoring (107 points) for the 'Canes last year NCAA appeals drug ruling Buds' Roger Hdey gels knocked out hfevh Inning os Dutam loses to Roderick: McL lot iw II WT8rern IVIme M6H night kiDuhomABMc Pok 11073 put the Bulb at 257103 with nine home games remaining Minchey 1-1 with a 140 ERA over hb last three starts and l-0 112 with a shutout against the Keys Lefty Pedre Borbon (44 512) faces the Oswald Peraza (0-2 374) in the finale of the homestand tomorrow TV bonanza ONE POOL IS based on each performance to the tournament during the previous six years Money from thb pool goes to the conferences which will divide it to mem-ber schools according to their rules The NCAA has yet to decide how to distribute money from thb pool to independent school! The other pool based generally on the number of programs and scholarships a school offers and "academic enhancement" Money from the second pool will be sent by the NCAA directly to the schools THE ACADEMIC enhancement grants are expected to be from R2S000 to $50000 for each Division I schooL Schools will be asked to use those funds for programs to help the act- aSIllfiSjia muA a nggxfjnngncB muBiBs sucq offering academic counselors for them Marddony said other parts of the formula that still need to be Ironed out include the exact amount of academic enhancement granb per school and the weight given a school's programs and scholarships NCAA divides OVERLAND PARK Kan (AP) -Far-reaching recommendations for distributing $1 billion from the new CBS contract for the men's basketball tournament received approval from the NCAA Executive Committee Final approval came thb week during the Executive Committee's meeting in Monterey Calif Jim Marchiony of the NCAA staff said yesterday "CERTAIN ASPECTS of the plan still need to be fine-tuned" Marchiony sail The committee will meet in early fall to discuss those matters" The new CBS contract doubles the previous revenue from the tournament Thp flnnipHtEH farqmhi distributes the money to each school based more on how many programs and scholarships it offers and less on how well it does in the tournament Proponents say the old method of sending huge amounts of cash to toe winners created a winningbevery-thing atmosphere in the tournament that was damaging to college sports Essentially the new plan creates two revenue "pools" has received complaints from other schools Floyd samj because their athletes subject to drug testing must compete against nontosted Stanford athletes THE APPEALS court expected to rule within 90 days The NCAA drugtesting policy makes as much sense as stopping all cars to see whether drivers are under the influence Stanford senior counsel Debra Zumwalt argued The university opposed to all she said but considers theNCAA plan "overboard and intro- SiVGa" She said that under the program all athletes on a team can be tested and that "thb less justified than stopping all drivers" ZUMWALT AND attorney Susan Harriman who represented student athletes in the case both said the program invaded a student's right to privacy "Women are even asked point blank if they take birth control said Harriman SAN JOSE Calif (AP) The NCAA drugtesting program amounts to invasion of a student's right to privacy attorneys for Stanford athletes argued before a state appeab court The NCAA appealing a 1988 ruling that its program violated the California Constitution and an attorney for the NCAA noted in court Tuesday that the NCAA's policy has been upheld by courts elsewhere THIS 18 THE only attorney Douglas Floyd told the three-judge panel of the 6th District Court of Appeal adding that the drug policy was upheld in Massachusetts Florida and Louisiana There has been no NCAA ing of Stanford athletes since Clara County Superior Court Judge Conrad Rushing held in 1968 that the program violated the state Constitution Rushing ordered the testing stopped but hb order affects only Stanford Floyd said the order violates the commerce clause of the US Constitution and has the effect of extending hb ruling beyond Cahfornb TteNCAA I 4.

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