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SATURDAY Section Golf landing the Greater I Iartford Open is notliing new to Kenny Knox Staying on top would be and confident lie can 3B atulUlH lifc WwAOfciidiSfifc SMfe-il mlsr DOW JUNKS UP 2542 Ifygi' Mi ll I jm Pi upwwjw rwnnmrL wMma Charlotte Coliseum awarded NCAA Final Four for 1994 Charlotte It now a Final Four city taking Its place for 1984 aa host of college baakatbali'a big mat event But aa the dedaion became official after yaara of dreame It hardly reached Char lotte aa a aurpriaa IB invited to make presentations to the basketball committee in Traverse City Mich last Sunday The decision to recommend sites for four years was unprecedented championship sites in the 64-tcam tournament and other NCAA sports are usually awarded for one or two years at a time Each of the cities also was awarded a regional semifinal and final for 1993 Charlotte will get the Southeast Regional it already had been awarded that regional for 1991 There were different opinions on whether Charlotte's selection for the fust available Final Four meant the city was the first choice of the committee though it hardly mattered to tlie jubilant sports political and business leaders attending a Friday after By Leonard Lay KNIGHT-RIDDER CHARLOTTE Four cities competing for two Final Fours all came out winners Friday The NCAA liked them all so much it chose sites for its basketball championship all the way through 1997 giving one year each to Charlotte Seattle Last Rutherford NJ and Indianapolis Charlotte Coliseum will host the 1994 national semifinals and Anal of the annual three-week March tournament with the Kingdome getting the event in 1993 the Meadowlands in 19 and the Hoosicr Dome in 1997 "We thought we had excellent presentations from everyone" said Cedric Dcmp- noon news conference at the Coliseum The announcement was made simultaneously at NCAA headquarters in Mission Kan and the four sites Dempsey who could hardly afford to play favorites said there were other reasons for taking Charlotte first "Hiking at 1993 and going back we will have been in die Midwest for three straight years" IXmpscy said "So we started with a different region (Charlotte representing the The Final Four will be in Indianapolis in 1991 Minneapolis in 1992 and New Orleans a Midwest city in the NCAA formula of placing member schools in four regions in 1993 "We also felt it was time to go to a traditional size Indianapolis Minneapolis und New Orleans each have domed arenas seating about 60000 fans IX'nipsey said the committee tried hi follow a recommendation of the National Association of Basketball Coaches that the Final Four go to a traditional size arena of about 20000 scats ul least once every four years However Gene Corngan ACC commissioner and a member of the basketball committee from 1981-1987 said Charlotte's selection for 1994 meant even more fact that Charlotte is really good is shown in the fact that they're in for 1994" said Corrigan one of 48 members of the Charlotte Organizing Committee I was on the committee we always went the first year with the one we wanted most" sey athletic director at Arizona and chairman of the Division 1 Men's Basketball Committee The basketball committee's selections are still recommendations and are subject to final approval from the NCAA's championship and executive committees Those are usually considered formalities The four finalists were chosen from an original list of 16 applicants All four were Hit the road McEnroe Lendl-Becker duel postponed By Riek Warner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WIMBLEDON England John amazing Wimbledon odyssey was ended Friday by defending champion Stefan Edberg who overcame a rain delay and swept into the final with a sizzling serve-and-volley game Ed 7-5 7-6 7-6 victory stopped the 30-year-old American from continuing a remarkable comeback and reaching his first Grand Slam final in four years "I'm disappointed" said McEnroe who showed no signs of a shoulder injury that forced him to withdraw from doubles a day earlier "I felt like I could have won this tournament Things just work Strangely McEnroe lost despite playing what was probably his best match of the tournament Each set was decided by a few crucial points and Edberg won more of them than McEnroe Friday's results 2B Graf Navratilova vte for singles champi- onshlp today 4B 7 "It was the small things that made me win" the 23-year-old Swede said "I hit some good shots when I really needed to There wasn't a lot of difference between the two of us" The match was interrupted for 3V4 hours by rain early in the third set and that delay forced officials to postpone the second semifinal between Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker until today The Lendl-Becker match will be played immediately before the women's final between Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova The last time a semifinal was staged the same day as a final was 1985 when Anders Janyd and Becker finished a rain-interrupted match before the women's championship Edberg needed two days to beat Becker in last year's rain-plagued final It took him far less time to beat McEnroe but it wasn't easy The court was slippery there Please see MAC page4B The AiaociaM Pm John McEnroo tumbles to the ground during hie men's singles semifinal defeat to Stefan Ed berg Friday on Centre Court at Wimbledon Walsh rejoins Johnson as Cowboys stockpile QBs Earn tops in The Amateur FROM STAFF REPORTS less clear Dallas already spent the No 1 pick in the regular draft as well as $11 million on quarterback Troy Aikman It is a situation that suggests a trade might be in the offing and sources say that Green Bay is a possibility Johnson said Friday that three teams called about availability within 90 minutes after the draft take Steve to trade Johnson By Gary Shelton KNIGHT-RIDDER Steve Walsh was reunited with his former college coach Friday But it the coach that Dolphin Coach Don Shula had in mind Walsh the former University of Miami All-American was the top pick in the NFL Supplemental Draft The Dallas Cowboys and former Hurricane Coach Jimmy Johnson took Walsh with the second choice The Dolphins who drew the sixth pick in the lottery would have preferred that Walsh be reunited with assistant coach Gary Stevens quarterback coach in college The Dolphins would have taken Walsh had he been available fire the euy who drew the Shula joked would have added quality depth We were hoping to pick sooner than Where Walsh will fit in with the Cowboys is Please see DRAFT page5B Steve Walsh Following a family tradition Beach Blue Jay be representing the Jays Monday in the South Atlantic League All-Star Game in Charleston Va Giannelli usually sets up shop at third base for the Blue Jays but listed as a utility infielder in the All-Star game Becoming a professional ballplayer even if it is Gass A of the minor leagues is not easy It takes years of hard work But what being a Giannelli is about hard work admire my grandfather so much for the way he came to the United States from said Giannelli know how to speak English He had to save money to send for the rest of his family He started with nothing and made a great family He's the head of our family Hard work pays off for Giannelli By Antbw Christopher THE SUN NEWS You know Ray Giannelli You just haven't met him yet He's a third generation Italian immigrant His grandfather came to this country with hardly anything then worked hard to bring the rest of his family one by one to the United States You must know Ray Giannelli a dream following in his footsteps as a professional baseball player You know Ray Giannelli a Myrtle OCEAN ISLE BEACH NC miss a shot after the ninth hole and I butchered that hole" This is how Max Fain described the way he captured the lead at the halfway mark of the second annual Amateur at Brick Landing Plantation Friday Fain a fifth-year senior at Clemson and a member of the Tiger golf team missed by only two strokes tying the course record of 68 set last year by his coach Larry Penley Pcnley added a 72 Friday to his opening 78 could have tied the said Fain I butchered the ninth hole with a double bogey" Fain the only one to challenge die course record Charlie Whittington of Napa Calif came to the 17th four under when disaster struck in the form of a wind-blown double bogey The wind carried his tee shot into the water knew I had a shot at the record" he said I needed was a birdie on 17 or His lament was typical of golfers playing Brick Landing this day His success was untypical Whittington had a 70 to place him in second with a one-over 145 But other first-day leaders were singing the Brick Blues First-day leader George Watts Jr went from 70 to 76 and considered himself fortunate when he saw what his closest competitors had done Watts is still close to the lead But Doug Stone Steve Chambliss and John Williams really hit the Brick Wall Each shot 1-under 71s Thursday On Friday Stone shot 79 Williams 80 and Chambliss 84 OariM SMaTlw Sun Nmm Ray Giannelli of the Blue Jays takes break to reflect between innings Phase set A YS page 5B Finks waits in the wings for NFL owners to continue power struggle selecting him likely that when the vote finally is taken Finks will be close to a unanimous selection Finks sat in his Chicago hotel room most of Thursday waiting for the good news that never came He was simply the victim of a power struggle Rozelle said he didn't think the vote will come at the July 18 meeting in Chicago when the owners will decide whether to proceed with its planned international league search committee on the candidates Finks was able to gather only 16 of the 19 votes he needed The block of 1 1: Ed DeBartolo (49ns) Norman Braman (Eagles) Mike Lynn (Vikings) Pat Bowlen (Broncos) Jeny Jones (Cowboys) John Shaw (Rams) Hugh Culverhouse (Bucs) Joe Robbie (Dolphins) Victor Kiam (Patriots) and Ken Behring (Seahawks) The 1 1 were primarily in Finks' comer but were protesting the process the search committee used in dissidents have an alternative fpnriittate- Count on one thing: No meeting will take place unless Rozelle is certain Finks or another candidate can get the 19 votes Rozelle adjourned meeting at midnight after a frustrating hours The 11 who had blocked the election by abstaining could not be moved They handed Rozelle a letter one hour before the start of the meeting informing him they were not ready to vote and they needed more information from the or me" Finks said they have every right to do what they did just not going to worry about Does he still want the job? it happens it he said been in these meetings for years I know how things become Retiring NFL commissioner Fete Rozelle said he hopes to reconvene league owners by the end of July to try for a second time to elect his successor Indications are the heavy favorite is still Finks In fact the 1 1 By Gary Myers NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Jim Finks was back in New Orleans Friday one day after he thought he would be elected NFL commissioner and probably three weeks before he will He said he was not bitter frustrated or insulted that his election was blocked by the 11 angry owners get all twisted out of shape? I just hope not a personal attack against the search committee.