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Wednesday June 11994 The Macon Telegraph 3C Scoreboard Odds line 1 900 329 7699 Calls cost 95c per minute on your Touch Tone telephone Baseball Pro NL Leaders BATTING TGwynn San Diego 392 Moms Cincinnati 343 Atou Montreal 341 Carr Ronda 339 Piazza Los Angeles 337 Butler Los Angeles 333 Galarraga Colora do 332 RUNS Dykstra Philadelphia 48 Lark ford St Louis 41 Bagwell Houston 38 Biggio Houston 3ft Butler Los Angeles 38 Galarraga Colorado 37 McGriff Atlanta 36 RBI Galarraga Colorado 49: Bagwell Houston 46 Piazza Los Angeles 44 MaWB Hams San rancisco 42 Bichette Colorado 40 Kent New York 3ft Conine lorida 38 HITS Morris Cincinnati 69 TGwynn San Diego 67 Galarraga Colorado 66 Piaz za Los Angeles 64 Butler Los Angeles 62 Mondesi Los Angeles 61 Conine Ronda 60 Biggio Houston 60 Dykstra Philadel phia 60 DOUBLES LWalker Montreal 24 Dyk stra Philadelphia 23 Biggio Houston 20 Alou Montreal 17 Morris Cincinnati 17 Mondesi Los Angeles 16 TGwynn San Die go 15 TRIPLES Butler Los Angeles 7 Mon desi Los Angeles 5 RSanders Cincinnati 5 Sosa Chicago 5 Sandberg Chicago 5 Ali cea St Louis 4 Weiss Colorado 4 HOME RUNS MaWllliams San rancis co 19 Galarraga Colorado 18 McGriff At lanta 14 Mitchell Cincinnati 14 Plantier San Diego 13 Bichette Colorado 13 Bonds San rancisco 13 STOLEN BASES DSanders Cincinnati 19 DLewis San rancisco 16 Can lorida 15 DeShields Los Angeles 14 Grissom Montreal 13 Biggio Houston 13 Clayton San rancisco 12 RKelly Atlanta 12 Butler Los Angeles 12 PITCHING (6 Decisions) DnJackson Philadelphia 6 1 351 312 Avery Atlanta 5 1 833 289 Swindell Houston 5 1 833 299 GMaddux Atlanta 8 2 800 147 Tewks bury St Louis 8 2 800 450 Drabek Hous ton 7 2 778 242 KHill Montreal 63 727 327 STRIKEOUTS Benes San Diego 73 Glavine Atlanta 71 GMaddux Atlanta 71 Rijo Cincinnati 71 PJMartinez Montreal 70 assero Montreal 68 KeGross Los Angeles 68 SAVES Myers Chicago 12 ranco New York 12 Beck San rancisco 11 McMichael Atlanta 10 MPerez St bouts 10: Rojas Montreal 10 DJones Philadelphia 10 AL Leaders BATTING O'Neill New York 443 Lof ton Cleveland 379 Belle Cleveland 375 Thomas Chicago 373 WCIark Texas 368 CDavis California 360 Puckett Minnesota342 RUNS Thomas Chicago 59 Lofton Cleveland 50: Griffey Jr Seattle 49 White Toronto 44 Canseco Texas 41 Belle Cleve land 39 Hulse Texas 38 Phillips Detroit 39 RBI Carter Toronto 56 ranco Chica go 52 Thomas Chicago 48: Puckett Minne sota 48 Griffey Jr Seattle 45 Ventura Chi cago 43 WCIark Texas 43 HITS Lofton Cleveland 72 Puckett Minnesota 67 Molitor Toronto 67 Belle Cleveland 66 WCIark Texas 64 Thomas Chicago 63 CDavis California 63 DOUBLES Knoblauch Minnesota 23: Belle Cleveland 19: WCIark Texas 17 Thomas Chicago 15 Oterud Toronto 15 Greenwell Boston 15 Puckett Minnesota 15 TRIPLES ADiaz Milwaukee 6 Lofton Cleveland 6 (Johnson Chicago 6 Coleman Kansas City 5 Curtis California 4 McRae Kansas City 4 ACde Minnesota 4 HOME RUNS Griffey Jr Seattle 22 Thomas Chicago 20 Carter Toronto 14: Belle Cleveland 13 MVaughn Boston 12 Salmon California 11 Sierra Oakland 11 Canseco Texas 11 ielder Detroit 11 Pal meiro Baltimore 11 STOLEN BASES Lofton Cleveland 25 Coleman Kansas City 24 Nixon Boston 18 Hulse Texas 14: Knoblauch Minnesota 14 McRae Kansas City 14 ByAnderson Balti more 1 2 Javier Oakland 1 2 PITCHING (6 Decisions) Alvarez Chica go 60 1000 239 Key New York 7 1 875 304 Bere Chicago 6 1 857 334 MClark Cleveland 5 1 833 407 Cone Kansas City 8 2 800 264 Mussina Baltimore 7 2 778 258 McDonald Baltimore 63 727 389 STRIKEOUTS Clemens Boston 78 Ap pier Kansas City 71 RJohnson Seattle 71: inley California 70: Hentgen Toronto 64 Stewart Toronto 59 Guzman Toronto 56 SAVES LeSmltk Baltimore 20 Rus sell Boston 11 Aguilera Minnesota 10 Grahe California 8 Montgomery Kansas City 7 Ayala Seattle 6 XHemandez New York 6 Henneman Detroit 6 Mitch Williams Stats Career statistics for Mitch Williams who was waived by the Houston Astros: Regular Season League Championship Series YrTm Ip sv so era 86 Tex 980 8 6 8 90 358 87 Tex 1082 8 6 6 129 323 88 Tex 680 2 7 18 61 463 89 Chi (N) 812 4 4 36 67 264 90 Chi (N) 661 1 8 16 55 393 91 Phi 881 12 5 30 84 234 92 Phi 810 5 8 29 74 378 93 Phi 620 3 7 43 60 334 94 Hou 200 1 4 6 21 765 Totals 6740 44 55 192 641 351 World Series Yr Opp ip sv so era 89 10 GO 0 2 000 93Atl 81 20 2 5 169 Totals 61 2 0 2 7 142 Yr Opp ip sv so era 93 Tor 22 0 2 1 12025 College Baseball America Top 25 DURHAM NC The top 25 college baseball teams as determined by the staff of Baseball America magazine with records through May 29 and previous rankings: Record Pvs I Georgia Tech 47 16 6 2 Miami 4812 4 3 Cal State ullerton 45 14 7 4 Clemson 57 18 1 5 lorida State 52 20 8 6 Tennessee 52 14 2 7 Oklahoma State 4917 3 8 Arizona State 43 16 10 9 Louisiana State 46 18 12 10 Oklahoma 46 17 13 I I Southern Cal 41 20 9 12 Ohio State 49 9 5 13 Auburn 44 19 14 Texas 43 21 17 15 Stanford 36 22 11 16 Washington 46 18 17 Nevada 41 15 15 Long Beach State 41 19 16 19 Wichita State 45 17 14 20 Notre Dame 46 16 23 21 Texas Tech 40 17 18 22 Texas Christian 38 22 20 23 Memphis 52 11 24 24 Kansas 40 18 19 25 Minnesota 42 21 22 Collegiate Baseball Top 25 TUCSON Artz The top 25 baseball teams in the Collegiate Baseball poll with records through May 29 point totals and previous ranking (voting by coaches sports writers and sports information directors): Record Pts Pvs 1 Miami 4812 490 2 2 Georgia Tech 47 16 485 6 3 LSU 46 18 483 8 4 Cal St ullerton 45 14 480 7 5 lorida State 52 20 475 13 6 Arizona State 4316 471 11 7 Oklahoma 46 17 468 14 8 Auburn 44 19 465 20 9 Clemson 57 18 464 1 JO Tennessee 52 14 461 3 On the air Television Baseball 2 PJW WGN Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs 730 PM ESPN Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles 1030 PM ESPN St Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers SPTS Atlanta Braves at San rancisco Giants NBA Playoffs 9 PM (E) (D CD Eastern Conference inal Game 5: Indiana at New York Tennis 3 PM USA rench Open: Men's quarterfinals Radio Baseball 7 PM WMAZ AM (9tt) Greensboro Bats at Macon Braves 1030 PM WPGA AM (980) WMAZ flM (940) WVMG (967) Atlanta at San rancisco Sports Talk 6 AM WCNN AM (680) Randy Blake and Randy Cross 7 AM WKXK AM (1280) Joe Sports Buffet 10 AM WCNN AM (680) Max Morgan 10 AM WKXK AM (1280) Lewis Clark 3 PM WCNN AM (680) Scott errall 7 PM WKXK AM (1280) Zig racassi 9 PM WKXK AM (1280) Larry Ness MIDNIGHT WKXK AM (1280) Kevin Olson 3 AM WKXK AM (1280) Bobby Kemp What's happening Pro Baseball: 7 pm Greensboro Bats at Macon Braves Pro Baseball: 10:35 pm Atlanta Braves at San rancisco Giants Thursday 1 Pro Baseball: 7 pm Greensboro Bats at Macon Braves Middle Georgia Sports History One year ago: The Atlanta Hawks hire Lenny Wilkens the second winningest coach in NBA history to replace Bob Weiss 10 years ago: Alex Trevino has a bases loaded double as the Atlanta Braves sweep the Cincinnati Reds 7 3 and 4 2 NCAA Division I 11 Ohio State 49 9 459 4 12 Oklahoma State 4917 456 5 13 Stanford 36 24 450 9 14 Southern Cal 41 20 449 12 15 Texas 4321 447 15 16 Washington 46 18 443 25 17 Wichita State 45 17 439 10 18 Notre Dame 46 16 436 19 Nevada 41 15 430 16 20 Long Beach State 41 19 429 17 22 lorida 40 23 427 21 22 Brigham Young 37 20 424 23 Memphis 52 11 420 18 24 Jacksonville 40 24 419 25 Kansas 40 18 416 19 Atlantic I Regional At Miami Monday Miami 10 lorida 6 Miami advances Atiarttic II Regional At Tallahassee la Monday lorida State 7 Brigham Young 1 Rorida State advances Mideast Regional At Knoxville Tenn Monday Arizona State 5 Tennessee 4 10 innings Arizona State advances Central Regional At Austin Texas Monday Oklahoma 8 Texas 3 Oklahoma advanc es Midwest I Regional At Stillwater Okla Monday Cal State ullerton 12 Memphis State 8 Memphis State eliminated Cal State ullerton 6 Oklahoma State 5 10 innings Cal State ullerton advances hffidwest II Regional At Wichita Kan Monday Washington 12 Georgia Tech 9 14 in nings Georgia Tech 18 Washington 7 Georgia Tech advances a Macon Rec League Tuesday Men 's Industrial GE Capital def City of Macon (forfeit) Textprint 1 2 Georgia Natural Gas 4 Georgia Power 1 5 Southern Aggregates 4 Arkwright 15 Ivan Allen 7 Medical Center 4 Paragon Trading 3 YKK 14 Brown Roots 21 Dry Branch 19 Brown Roots 1 1 Riverside Tire 1 2 Post Office 6 Riverside Tire 9 Kroger 6 Cagles 19 ire 2 5 Men's Church Mabel White 1 7 Vinevflle Baptist 1 3 Tabernacle 1 5 Martha Bowman 1 4 Mabel White 211 Riverside Methodist 2 9 Ingleside 2 20 Vineville ellowship 10 Pine orest 2 13 Mount Zion 3 Redeemer Lutheran 7 Vineville Methodist 3 irst Presbyterian 9 Park Memorial 1 Riverside Methodist 1 17 Rrst Baptist 1 14 Mulberry Methodist 18 Napier Avenue 14 Greater Bellevue def Tattnall Baptist (forfeit) Ladies Church Ptentltude def Mabel White (forfeit) Greater Bellevue 4 Tabernacle 1 Mount Zion 18 Riverside Methodist 5 orest Hills def Vineville Baptist (forfeit) NBA Playoffs CONERENCE INALS Monday May 23 Houston 100 Utah 88 Tuesday May 24 New York 100 Indiana 89 Wednesday May 25 Houston 104 Utah 99 Thursday May 26 New York 89 Indiana 78 riday May 27 Utah 95 Houston 86 Saturday May 28 Indiana 88 New York 68 Sunday May 29 Houston 80 Utah 78 Monday Indiana 83 New York 77 series tied 2 2 Tuesday Houston 94 Utah 83 Houston wins se ries 4 1 Today jtifana at New York 9 pm riday New York at Indiana 9 pm Sunday Indiana at New York 7 pm If necessary Rockets 94 Jazz 83 UTAH (83) Benoit 92 92 0 Malone 921 1315 31 Spencer 1 4 34 8 Homacek 817 3 4 21 Stockton 6 19 60 13 Humphries 0 2 00 0 Corbin 1 7 2 2 4 Chambers 03 GO 0 Russell 2 6 2 2 7 Crotty 13 00 2 Totals 2884 232983 HOUSTON (94) Horry 813 33 22 Thorpe 40 33 11 Olajuwon 919 46 22 Maxwell 7 17 00 19 Smith 2 6 46 8 Cureton 2 2004 Cassell 16348 Elie 13 1 23Totals 34 72182394 Utah 20 15 20 28 83 Houston 33 20 26 15 94 3Polnt goals Utah 4 14 (Homacek 2 3 Russell 1 2 Stockton 16 Malone 91 Corbin 0 2) Houston 8 21 (Maxwell 812 Horry 35 Cassell 0 1 Elie 0 1 Smith 92) ouled out None Rebounds Utah 55 (Spencer 15) Houston 50 (Thorpe 16) Assists Utah 21 (Stockton 9) Houston 28 (Cassell 7) Total fouls Utah 20 Houston 18 Technicals Houston illegal defense 3 Olajuwon A 16611 NBA Playoff Leaders NEW YORK The NBA Individual playoff scoring field goal percentage redounding and assist leaders through May 30: Scoring RS Pts Avg Olajuwon Hou 15 1 83 87 454 303 Barkley Phoe 10 110 42 Z76 276 Malone Utah 15 149 105 403 269 Johnson Phoe 10 97 69 266 266 Mullin GS 3 30 10 76 253 Coleman NJ 4 27 39 98 245 Strickland Port 4 36 22 94 235 Ewing NY 15 128 87 345 230 Pippen Chi 10 85 46 228 228 Sprewell GS 3 26 8 68 227 Miller Ind 13 92 72 280 215 Drexler Port 4 31 19 84 210 O'Neal Ort 3 23 16 62 207 Wilkins Cle 3 20 14 61 203 Manning Atl 11 84 52 220 200 Robinson SA 4 30 20 80 200 Owens GS 3 25 9 59 197 Smith Mia 5 33 21 96 192 Hardaway Ort 3 22 7 56 187 Schtempf Sea 5 26 39 93 186 ield Goal Percentage GA Pct Williams Port 19 28 679 Brandon Clev 12 19 632 Mullin GS 30 51 588 Thorpe Hou 80 136 588 Grayer GS 11 20 550 Webber GS 22 40 550 Grant Chi 65 120 542 Davis Ind 49 91 538 Coles Mia 25 47 532 Olajuwon Hou 183 345 530 Rebounding Off Def Tot Avg Rodman SA 3 24 24 48 160 Coleman NJ 4 19 38 57 143 O'Neal Ort 3 17 23 40 113 Barkley Phoe 10 34 96 130 110 Malone Utah 15 50 138 188 125 Mutombo Den 12 40 104 144 120 Olajuwon Hou 15 41 139 180 120 Oakley NY 15 78 101 179 119 Ewing NY 15 45 127 172 115 Assists No Avg Stockton Utah 15 148 99 Strickland Port 4 39 98 Johnson Phoe 10 96 96 Webber GS 3 27 90 Blaylock Atl 11 98 89 Workman Ind 13 99 76 Hardaway Ort 3 21 70 Sprewell GS 3 21 70 Anderson NJ 4 27 68 Payton Sea 5 28 56 Pro Hockey NHL Playoffs STANLEY CUP INALS (Best of 7) Tuesday Vancouver 3 NY Rangers 2 OT Vancou ver leads 1 0 Thursday Vancouver at NY Rangers ftOB pm Saturday NY Rangers at Vancouver 608 pm Tuesday June 7 NY Rangers at Vancouver 9X18 pm Thursday June 9 Vancouver at NY Rangers 608 pnx If necessary Saturday June 11 NY Rangers at Vancouver 606 pm If necessary Tuesday June 14 Vancouver at NY Rangers 608 pm If necessary Beckenham Grass Court LONDON Results Tuesday from the $75000 Direct Line Insurance Tennis men's and women's grasscourt tournament at the Beckenham CricKet Club: Men SecondRound Stefan Edberg (1) Sweden def Kent Klnnear Greenwood Ind 6 1 7 6 (74) Wayne Arthurs Australia def Nell Ber wick (9) Australia 6 7 (5 7) 6 3 64 Grant Stafford (4) South Africa def Barry Cowan Britain 7 5 6 3 Laurence Tteleman (14) Italy def Colin Beecher Britain 48 64 7 6 (74) Paul Klldeny (12) Australia def Paul Martin Britain 6 3 6 1 Jeremy Bates (5) Britain def Danny Sapsford Britain 6 1 7 6 (12 10) Paul Hand Britain def Todd Nelson (15) San Diego 64 7 6 (7 3) Shuzo Matsuoka (8) Japan def Nick Gould Britain 63 64 David Wheaton (7) Excelsior Minn def Todd Larkham Australia 60 62 Brad Pearce Provo Utah def Josh Eagle (16) Australia 63 63 Andrew Richardson Britain def Jona than Canter (10) Beverly Hills Calif 2 6 7 6 (7 1) 63 Mark Kratzman Australia def Greg Ru sedski (3) Canada walkover Jason Stoltenberg (2) Australia def Ellis erreira South Africa 7 6 (7 3) 36 63 Marcos Ondruska (6) Russia def Mari us Barnard South Africa 6 2 6 2 Guy orget rance def Christo van Rensberg 1 1 I) South Africa 63 46 63 Wade McGuire (13) Richmond Va def Byron Talbot South Africa 75 60 Women Singles Second Round Jolene Watanabe (1) La Puenta Calif def Valda Lake Britain 64 46 64 Melissa Mazotta (10) Venezuela def Rachel Mawdsley Australia 6 1 63 Joanne aull (14) Australia def Karen Nugent Ireland 6 3 62 Dinky van Rensburg (8) South Africa def SMa Schenck St Petersburg la 64 64 Karen Cross Britain def Lousle ield (15) Australia 62 62 Juile Pullin Britain def Ann Henricksson (5) San rancisco 1 6 64 61 Shannan McCarthy (12) Alpharetta Ga def Joanne Moore Britain 2 6 63 62 Rika Hlraki (4) Japan def Tina Croson Britain 60 60 Nicole Pratt (11) Australia def Svetlana Parkixxnenko Russia 7 6 (74) 60 Tessa Price (2) South Africa def Shirik Ann Siddall Britain 63 61 Mizuma Mlyauchi (3) Japan def Zoe Meilis Britain 63 7 5 Lucie Ahl Britain def Erika de Lone (9) Lincoln Mass 36 63 63 Monique Javer (13) Britain def Claire Taylor Britain 64 6 3 Kristine Godridge (6) Australia def Helen Crook Britain 63 64 Kerry Ann Guse (16) Australia def Caro line Herbert Britain 63 61 Mareeze Joubert South Africa def Tina Krizan (7) Slovenia 64 6 7 (37) 63 Transactions BASEBALL National League HOUSTON ASTROS Waived Mitch Wil liams pitcher for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release BASKETBALL National Basketball Association SAN ANTONIO SPURS Named Gregg Popovich vice president of basketball opera tions and Jack Diller president Continental Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS Announced they are moving the franchise to Shreveport La PITTSBURGH Named Don Zierden coach OOTBALL National ootball League MIAMI DOLPHINS Signed Aaron Crav er running back Mark Dennis offensive tackle Scott Miller wide receiver and Bert Weidner guard to one year contracts and Darrell Malone cornerback to a two year contract NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Signed Doug Nussmeier quarterback to a three year con tract Agreed to terms with rank Warren defensive end on a three year contract NEW YORK JETS Signed Perry Wil liams cornerback Canadian ootball League HAMILTON TIGER CATS Signed Eric Carter cornerback Ron Davis and Dennis Johnson defensive backs Released Richard ischer defensive lineman Andrew Grigg wide receiver and Tony Kimbrough quarter back HOCKEY National Hockey League PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Signed Phi lippe DeRouviile goaltender SOCCER Continental Indoor Soccer League SAN DIEGO SOCKERS Signed David Banks defender Tommy Reasoner forward and Phil Salvagio goalie COLLEGE CAMPBELL Named Jewel Lehman voHefball coach IDAHO Named Sean Johnson sports information director MIAMI Named Rob Wilson assistant sports information director MILLERSVILLE Named Trevor Hershey women's soccer coach NAVY Named Joe Sanchez women's basketball coach NEW ORLEANS Named Tommy Joe Eagles men's basketball coach NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON Named Joeleen Bieber assistant basketball coach OLD DOMINION Announced the resig nation of Pat McMahon basketball coach to become associate baseball coach at Mississippi State PRESBYTERIAN Named Allen Ansley volleyball coach WALSH Named Greg Gilbert offensive coordinator and Herm arley equipment manager WESTERN KENTUCKY Announced Kev in Willard basketball guard is transferring to Pittsburgh 1994 Winston Cup standings Pos Driver Car Points WkisTop 10 1 Ernie Irvan ord 1799 3 10 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 1737 3 9 3 Rusty Wallace ord 1470 2 7 4 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 1440 0 7 5 Mark Martin ord 1436 6 6 Morgan Shepherd ord 1374 0 5 7 Ricky Rudd ord 1370 0 5 8 Lake Speed ord 1346 0 4 9 Ted Musgrave ord 1301 0 3 10 Michael Waftrip Pontiac 1297 4 11 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 1292 1 4 12 Kyle Petty Pontiac 1289 3 13 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 1226 1 4 14 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 1208 0 2 15 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 1202 1 3 16 Geoff Bodine ord 1179 0 4 17 Dale Jarrett Chevrolet 1169 0 3 18 Bill Elliott ord 1144 0 3 19 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 1135 0 1 20 Greg Sacks ford 1132 0 3 21 Rick Mast ford 1126 0 4 22 Jimmy Spencer ford 1082 0 2 23 Brett Bodine ford 1076 0 2 24 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 1069 0 1 25 Chuck Bcwn ford 1065 0 1 26 Hut Stricklin ord 1039 0 0 27 Jeff Burton ford 988 0 1 28 Todd Bodine ford 986 0 2 29 Harry Gant Chevrolet 957 0 4 30 Derrike Cope ford 889 0 0 1994 SCHEDULE eb 13 Busch Clash (Jeff Gordon) fob 17 Gatorade Twin 125s (Ernie Irvan Dale Earnhardt) eb 20 Daytona 500 by STP (Sterftig Marfin) eb 27 Goodwrench 500 (Rusty Wallace) March 6 Pontiac Excitement 400 (Ernie Irvan) March 13 Purolator 500 (Ernie Irvan) March 27 TranSouth 400 (Dale Earnhardt) April 10 food City 500 (Dale Earnhardt) April 17 irst Union 400 (Terry Labonte) April 24 Hanes 500 (Rusty Wallace) May 1 Winston Select 500 (Dale Earnhardt): May 15 Save Mart 300 (Ernie Irvai) May 21 Winston Select Open (Jeff Gordon) May 21 The Winston Select (Geoff Borine) May 29 Coca Cola 600 (Jeff Gordon) June 5 Budweiser 500 Dover Del June 12 Pocono 500 Pocono Pa June 19 Miller Genuine Draft 400 Brooklyn Mich July 2 Pepsi 400 Daytona Beach la July 10 Slick 50 300 New Loudon NH July 17 Miller Genuine Draft 500 Pocono Pa July 24 DieHard 500 Talladega Ala Aug 6 Brickyard 400 Indianapolis Ind Aug 14 The Bud at the Glen Watkins Glen NY Aug 21 GM Goodwrench 400 Brooklyn Mich Aug 27 Goody's 500 Bristol Tenn Sept 4 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Darlington SC SepL 10 Miller Genuine Draft 400 Richmond Va Sept 18 Splitire Spark Plug 500 Dwer Del Sept 25 500 Martinsville Va Oct 2 Tyson Holly arms 400 North Wilkesboro NC Oct 9 Mello Yello 500 Charlotte NC Oct 23 AC Delco 500 Rockingham NC Oct 30 Slick 50 500 Phoenix Ariz Nov 13 Hooters 500 Hampton Special races not counted in points stanefings Race winner In parentheses Digest Auto racing notes team gets shakeup rom wire reports NASCAR racing team owner elix Sabates of Char lotte made a series of personnel changes Tuesday in cluding the release of Robin Pemberton as team man ager for driver Kyle Petty Also let go from the Winston Cup Series team that fields Pontiacs for Petty were two younger brothers Ryan and Roman Ryan Pemberton served as tire specialistmechanic Roman as a tire changermechanic Sabates said Robin Pemberton was fired of a disagreement on management USAC TO REVIEW ENGINES: The US Auto Club will take a close look at Roger new Mercedes Benz this summer The Mercedes took advantage of a USAC rule that allowed higher turbocharger boost because of its stock block type push rod construction just know be on the agenda some time this summer to talk about USAC president Dick King said of the Mercedes that powered Al Unser Jr to vic tory Sunday at the Indy 500 got mixed emotions the first time a push rod engine has won the race Regardless of what engines the Penske team uses usu ally very strong They ran 1 2 at Phoenix with the Hmor engine I think that a very well pre pared team to win races and I think we should overreact to a situation where they won the race THE SUGGESTION: Stock car king Richard Petty suggested Tuesday that NASCAR franchise its racing teams like the NL and NBA other major sports are organized like he said Petty a former driver and now a car owner said franchising would allow stock governing body to negotiate TV contracts Currently each track works out its own TV rights get confused where to he said Petty also said it would mean certain drivers would be guaranteed to compete in every race Some drivers fail to qualify for races under the current setup Baseball The Houston Astros released dis gruntled reliever Mitch Williams on Tuesday saying he had become too much of a distraction after just two months with the club and re fused to accept manager Teny Col bullpen philosophy Williams obtained in a trade with Philadel phia on Dec 2 was 1 4 this sea son with a 765 ERA He had six saves with two blown chances and gave up 21 hits and walked 24 batters in 20 innings The Boston Red Sox seeking to add right handed power to one of the American League's weakest of fenses obtained outfielder Wes Chamberlain and minor league pitcher Mike Sullivan from Philadel phia for pitcher Paul Quantrill and outfielder Billy Hatcher Tuesday night Chamberlain is hitting 275 with two homers and six RBI in 69 at bats Hatcher is batting 244 with one homer and 18 RBI in 164 at bats College basketball ormer Auburn and Louisiana Tech coach Tommy Joe Eagles was named the coach at New Or leans on Tuesday Eagles 45 re signed at Auburn after last season with a 64 78 record for five sea sons The NCAA found numerous vio lations in Coastal program including paid plane tick ets for athletes and their parents and phony course work approved by coaches The school has until July 26 to respond to the 12 alle gations Golf Seve Ballesteros winner of three British Opens and two Masters and Ben Crenshaw who won the Masters in 1984 were given spe cial exemptions Tuesday to play in this year's US Open Ballesteros who has played in 15 consecutive Opens and Crenshaw a veteran of 20 Opens would have had to play in regional qualifiers if not granted the exemptions Ballesteros had said he would not play unless granted the exemption Crenshaw joins former US Open champions Arnold Palmer Johnny Miller and Larry Nelson with special exemp tions to the tournament June 16 19 at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh Ballesteros and Masashi Ozaki received international exemptions Hockey John Paris Jr who led the Atlan ta Knights to the International Hockey League championship as interim coach on Tuesday was named coach of the team for the 1994 95 season The Knights cap tured the Turner Cup over the de fending champion ort Wayne Ko mets in six games of the best of seven series last week Prep basketbail Matt Karpring a senior forward from Marist who has signed with Georgia Tech was named player of the year for 1993 94 by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Asso ciation in balloting by coaches and media Mahogany Hudson a senior point guard from Gainesville High School was selected as the player of the year Ron Bell of Mar ist was named boy's coach of the year and Manson Hill of Gainesville was chosen as the top coach Pro basketball Minnesota Timberwolves co ow ner Harvey Ratner said Tuesday that the move to New Or leans might not be a done deal af ter all or the first time Ratner in dicated Tuesday that a Minnesota group might have a chance saying that he likes the idea of changing buyers New Jersey Nets star Derrick Coleman pleaded innocent Tues day to charges he assaulted three teen agers outside a Manhattan nightspot The teen agers claimed they were attacked after one of them taunted the player with com ments like Nets hang with the referring to the 91 80 loss to the Knicks in the first round of the NBA playoffs Pro football Jim McMahon saying he wants to play for Buddy Ryan yet again passed a physical Tuesday and worked out for the Arizona Cardi nals If he signs he is expected to back up Steve Beuerlein dMk 2070 WATSON 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