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PAGE 4 The Call-Leader, Thursday, August 15, 1996 Agassi victimized by RCA curse Championships in Cincinnati last week and the Olympics the week before, Agassi was playing his first match of the tournament. Tournament officials appe- aled the ATP Tour default fori if. Tw 'l "verbal abuse," and play on I center court at the Indianapolis suspended. But ATP Tour offi-tvi Tony Boley checks up on the condition of AII-CIC lineman A.J. Nash during an Elwood football game last fall.

This season, however, Boley will be patrolling the sidelines at Warsaw games. (Photo by) (Joe Overdorf) cials said the disqualification I could not be appealed. "I'm comfortable with what I happened," Darby said. "I stand I AGASSI by it. It's unfortunate that it was necessary." Five other seeds advanced: No.4 Thomas Enqvist, No.9 Stefan Edberg, No.

10 Mark, Woodforde, No. 11 Alex Corretja and No. 13 Ulihrach. Enqvist defeated Sebastian Larea 6-4, 6-2; Edberg downed Gastin Etlis 7-6 -(7-5), 6-4; Woodforde outlasted Jeff Salzenstein 6-2, 7-6 (12-10); Corretja beat Ignacio Truyol 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; and Ulihrach defeated Thomas Johansson 6-3, 6-4. Meanwhile, in other tennis tournaments Wednesday: Top-seeded Steffi Graf defeated 16-year-old Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4, and eighth-seeded Amy Frazier routed Italy's Silvia Farina 6-4, 6-0 in third-round matches at the $450,000 Acura Classic at Manhattan Beach, In second-round matches, second-seeded Anke Huber of Germany overcame Kristie Boogert 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; sixth-seeded Irina Spirlea.

of Romania overpowered Alexandra Fusai of France 6-3, 6-1; seventh-seeded Slovakian Karina Habsudova beat Japan's Nana Miyagi, 6-2, 7-5; No.9 Ai Sugiyama of Japan topped Canadian Rene Simpson 6-1, 7-5; and llth-seeded Natasha Zvereva of. Belarus downed Germany's Barbara Rittner 6-2, 7-5. Wimbledon champion and second-seeded Richard Krajicek outlasted Luke Jensen 6-3, 6-7 (7-5), 7-6 (7-2) in the second round of the Pilot ul INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Andre Agassi just can't stay out of the spotlight. After hitting a ball into the stands in frustration and then cursing the umpire Wednesday night, Agassi was disqualified from the RCA Championships during his match against Daniel Nestor. Agassi had just been broken in the fifth game of the second set of his second-round match when he hit a ball into the stands.

He was cited for ball abuse by chair umpire Dana Laconto. Agassi then shouted an expletive at the umpire, who, in turn called for ATP Tour supervisor Mark Darby to confer with Agassi. That meeting ended with Darby instructing Laconto to default Agassi, giving the to Nestor 1-6, 3-2 (default). "I got a warning, then he went straight to default," Agassi said. "I felt I had an argument for not getting a point penalty.

something I've said a thousand times," Agassi said, "and today they decide that crossed the line." What Agassi said was 'F-- you, After Laconto and Darby conferred for a few minutes, Darby approached Agassi to inform him that he was' defaulted. "He said, 'If you said that to Dana, you're outta Agassi said. "Darby tried to continue speaking to Agassi, but the tennis superstar also cursed him. The crowd reacted to the default by booing and paper, towels and, water bottles onto the court. Agassi sat on his chair for a few minutes, then shook hands with Nestor and left the court still fuming.

The crowd cheered Agassi as he departed. "I will take responsibility for getting a warning and I will take responsibility for getting upset on the court, like I have done a thousand times," Agassi said. "But I will not accept this decision. It was a wrong decision." Coming off tournament wins at the ATP Family ties pulled Boleys to Warsaw Darby said Agassi did indeed go too far. "That's the first time it's been said directly to the chair," Darby said.

'That goes over the limit. That goes over the edge, as far as the code is concerned." Nestor didn't like the way he advanced to today's match against No.13-seeded Bohdan Ulihrach. "I wanted to Nestor said. "No one wants to win a match like that. I don't know how the crowd will react when I go on the court (today)." Earlier Wednesday, second-seeded Goran Ivanisevic struggled past Javier Frana 6-7 (7-4), 6-4, 7-5 in the second round of the $1 million tournament.

"I said, 'OK, just try to put some balls in the court and make him hit and he got a little tight," the Croatian said. 'Then I started to play much better." No.7 Jason Stoltenberg lost 7-5, 6-4 to Lionel Roux of France. "I was up and down," Stoltenberg said. was disappointed I didn't take it to him when I had the chance." Roux said he was forcing the action too much early. "So I tried to put the ball very hard on the court with a Jot of topspin," he said.

"Apd after that he made a lot of mistakes." Sr superintendent Tom Austin, ECHS Principal Gordon Paquin, Assistant Principal Monte Stebbins, former athletic director Darrell McQuitty and present. A.D. Mike Bomholt "All of those people have been just great to work with, said Boley, Pen International at New Haven, Conn. Seventff-seeded' Cedric Pioline of France, eighth-seeded countryman Arnaud Boetsch, 11th-seeded Byron Black of Zimbabwe and No. 13 Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine were ail upset victims.

Seeds who advanced were No.4 Wayne Ferreira of South Africa, fifth-seeded Marcelo Rios of Chile, 10th-seeded Jan Siemerink of Netherlands, No. 12 Daniel Vacek of Czech Republic, 14th-seeded Mark Philippoussis of Australia and No. 1 5 Andrea Gaudenzi of Italy "Also, the secretaries in the office and the librarians, who've run off (football and wrestling) statistics for me. The custodians, at the stadium and in the schools. All of my assistant coaches, and my past head coaches (in football), Mark Hughes and Jay Howk.

"In wrestling, I have to thank Rex BY ED HAMILTON Call-Leader Sports Editor Tony Boley says he's leaving home in order -to return home. Sounds like Elwood Community High School's formerlootball and wrestling coach has been caught in one too many deadlocks, huh? But he's right. Boley and his family, wife Lisa and sons Robbie, Anthony and Kyle, have' made their home in Elwood since 1985. Last weekend, however, the Boleys moved an hour north to Warsaw, where Tony will be a science teacher at the high school and will be head wrestling coach and assistant football coach for the Tigers. Lisa will teach fourth grade at Washington Elementary School, one of 10 elementaries in the Warsaw system.

Robbie will be a junior at the high school, while Anthony will be a seventh grader and Kyle a fifth grader. i "This was an extremely, extremely tough decision for us as a family," said Tony. "Elwood has become our home. The boys have never really known any other place. Leavitt and Bennie LeCount.

We've Gant hits tape-measure blast Andre Dawaon ww voted the National League Meet Valuable Player In 1987 Mlting 49 home runs tor the Ixih-plaea Chicago Cuba. worked so well together, plus (volunteers) Ken Myers and Kenny Myers and others. And at the middle school, Randy Amick and Rick Coston have, done one heckuva job with that program" Ironically, when Warsaw officials called last week to confirm the Boleys' new jobs, Tony was at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis at the bedsides of both Merritt and Leavitt, who were seriously ill. Leavitt returned home last weekend, while Merritt remains at St.

Vincent. "And there have been a lot of Arid the ironic thing is, I've lived in teachers who've helped me inside this-area years teaching at and outside of school," Boley Madison-Grant, then 1 1 years here continued. "Guys like Brian Boone in the bottom of the 13th as the Reds improved to 7-1 against San Diego this season. Boone opened the 13th with a single off Sean Bergman (5-8). Tony Gwynn had three hits, giving him 2,500 for his career, and figured in a ninth-inning rally that sent the game into extra innings.

He -also was thrown out at home in the ninth inning, and hit into a rally-killing double play in the 13th against Lee Smith (3-2). Met 8, Cubs 5 At New York, Bobby Jones (10-7) carried a shutout into the eighth inning before tiring and Carlos Baerga drove in three runs as the Mets took an 8-6 lead. Jones (10-7), who left his previous start because of a strained right shoulder, scattered eight hits in 'seven-plus innings, leaving after Mark Grace's three-run homer. Chicago closed to 8-5 in the ninth before stopper John Franco finished for his 26th save with the help of shortstop Rey Ordonez. Ordonez made a diving stop up the middle and scooped the ball with his glove to second base, starting a double play.

Astros 8, Expos 3 At Montreal, Shane Reynolds (15-6) became the third 15-game winner this season, and Jeff Bagwell and Sean Berry drove in two runs each. Reynolds, who added two hits, allowed eight hits in seven innings, giving up a three-run homer to Moises Abu. Phillies 4, Braves 1 At Philadelphia, David West (1-1) and three relievers scattered nine hits as Philadelphia stopped a five-game losing skid. West, making only his third start of the season since coming off the disabled list Aug. 3, allowed one run and six hits innings in his first win since beating Pittsburgh on July 6.

1995. Ricky Bottalico got three outs for his 24th save. Tom Glavine (12-7) allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings. By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer Having managed sluggers Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire and Greg Luzinski, St. Louis Manager Tony La Russa knows a long home run when he sees one.

After watching Ron Gant nearly hit a ball into Illinois last night, La Russa calculated the distance in his own mind. Somehow, he came up way short. Gant hit a shot into the upper reaches of Busch Stadium measured at 442 feet to snap a fifth-inning tie that sent the Cardinals to a 6-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. When told how far Gant's shot had traveled, La Russa demanded a recount. "Whoever measures that thing is going to have to readjust the meter," La Russa said.

"If that ball's 442, somebody's not adding the extra 40 feet." Gant's homer helped make a winner of rookie Alan Benes, who pitched a five-hitter, for his first win since July 19. Banes' performance quieted a Dodgers team that had averaged seven runs in its previous five games. "Last night we had five hits in one inning," Dodgers Manager Bill Russell said after Los Angeles' four-game winning streak came to an end. 'Tonight, no one really hit the ball well." Gant broke out of a 2-for-17 slump with style in the fifth. After Willie McGee reached on a fielding error, Gant launched his 23rd into the upper deck in left off Ismael Valdes (11-7) to put the Cardinals ahead 3-1 "It was a bigger blow mentally than physically," Gant said of his shot.

"I'll tell you the truth, I don't care if it hit the top of the fence and bounced over." Luis Alicea drove in two runs and Brian Jordan had two hits for the Cardinals, who stayed within one-half game of first-place Houston in the NL Central. Reds 2, Padres 1, 13 Innings At Cincinnati, Thomas Howard singled home Bret Kirkwood, who I've known since we taught at Madison-Grant, and Don Garner and the people at the vocational school, "I have to thank (Phil) Brown, who was very, very supportive, and Dr. (Bob) Helm, for all the help and support he's given us, and for 42-year-old 'Hawk1 will soar no more (AP) In the South Miami neighborhood- where Andre Dawson grew up, a street honors-one of his 437 career 'homers. It's called Andre Dawsort Drive. The Florida Marlins outfielder acknowledged the end of the road Wednesday, calling a news Conference to confirm he will tetire after this season.

"It's pretty obvious that if time" the 42-yaar-okf Dawsorv said. The announcement was hardly a surprise; Dawson said Jast month he expected to retire this year. Now on the disabled Bat with inflammation in one of his long-troublesome knees, he hopes to play at least one more game. Despite '12 knee operations, Dawson has spent 21 years in the major leagues as one of his 'Pleas see Dawson en page five taking care of our (athletes') in Elwood) longer than I ve lived anywhere else." Even longer than he lived in Warsaw, with his adoptive parents Bob and Millie1 Boley: They are the chief reasons the Boleys have moved. "We've just been waiting, really waiting the last five or six years, to get a chance to get back to that area, said Tony.

This is the first time there's been an opening there (for wrestling coach and assistant football coach). "My parents are getting older Dad is 78 and Mom is 75 they live out in the country and there's a lot of work to do that they can't do anymore. Dad had a heart problem Easter Sunday and then had to have a pacemaker. "I just feel like we need to be close to them to them out. They were the people who adopted me when no one else wartted me when I was 10 years old.

When my (natural) mother died, there were seven- sisters and me. My stepfather took three of my sisters, another family took three of the others and another family took the other sister. "But no bne wanted me. "Well, I had visited the Boleys one time before, and I said, 'Why don't you call Bob Boley? He'll take We called them, and they said yes over the telephone. They took me in when I had no other place to go.

They were there for me, and now I want to be there, for them. I owe them a lot, and I feel it's time to be closer to them." The Boleys also plan to maintain some dose relationships here in Elwood. injuries. Boley saved one of his biggest thank-yous for the youngsters he worked with. "I especially want to thank the kids in the classroom and the student-athletes.

I've always believed in the kids, and I think they believed in me, and I think that's why we've been pretty successful. "I could just go on and on. There are just way too many to mention them all. I know I'd forget someone." He wont forget, Boley promises, some glorious times as a football and wrestling coach. Yes, he admits, it was tough to walk away from a wrestling program which has won an unprecedented eight straight Central Indiana Conference championships, which has won six sectional trophies in the past nine seasons, which has reigned supreme in the Madison County Meet four of the past nine years, which was ranked 17th in the state two years ago, and which has taken at least one individual to the State Meet the past five seasons.

"With a lot of these (incoming) seniors, I've been the coach ever since they've been wrestling, says Boley. "I've been coaching some of them since they were 6 years old (in Please sea Boleys on page five fv I I I I fU fill MT 1 If- "Mil tC I I I I "We don't feel like we're saying goodbye, just so long for now," says West Vigo coach dies after practice TERRE HAUTE. Ind. (AP) West Vigo High School football coach Jay Barrett collapsed after a practice Wednesday and died despite efforts by his four sons and others to revive him. Barrett, 59, had concluded a morning practice session and was making plans for a picnic for his players and their parents when he fell in a school hallway4 at about 1 1 :30 am.

He was pronounced dead at 12:1.7 p.m. at Union Hospital. Vigo County Coroner Roland Kohr said he would conduct an autopsy. Assistant coach Tim Skinner said Barrett's sons John and Chris, who also are assistant coaches, immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation after their father Two other sons, Kevin and Greg, also were there, Skinner "It could not have been done any sooner. The boys were very calm and cool.

I don't know if I could have done what they did. They did an excellent job," Skinner said The sad part was he had his boys there trying to save his life and it wasn't working," said Assistant Principal Dave Chapman. 'That family was as close as any you'll, find. It breaks my heart that they cpuldnt help him." West Vigo Athletic Director Jim Mann, said were meeting with football players this morning. "It's going to be sad," said senior lineman Bryan Spragg.

"At the same time, we'l get more motivation for the season. When we want to win. well think about Jay now." Pla see Coach on page tWe Colts' camp productive, says Infante ANDERSON (AP) Coach Lindy Infante's first training camp as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts ends today, and he says he is satisfied with his team's progress. "I've never had. any problem, with the exception of one day, with our effort Even that day, maybe 'the effort wasn't that bad.

It was more the (lack of) concentration," said Infante after sending the team through its final afternoon workout at Anderson University on Wednesday. Infante planned one morning workout today before the team is dismissed and heads to Indianapolis for its final preseason practices and games leading up to the season opener against Arizona on Sept. "We've worked hard through this entire camp here and I would hope that it 'would continue back in Indianapolis," Infante said. "I think it's been a good camp. It depends on how you want to label productivity.

I think it was very productive in the fact that we worked hard, the effort was good by everybody. "I would like for us to be undefeated. I would have liked for our offense to get 500 yards a game, but that didn't happen. There are some things that are still missing, levels and knowing what we're doing by some guys." He believes those problems will Please see on page five ft I ony. -We re going to keep in touch with a lot of people.

We'll be back as often as we can, and we'll be on the phone a lot. Plus, we're going to take The Call-Leader. We want to follow what's, happening here. "We don't feel like we're leaving, just taking off, just moving. But not before saying thanks.

There just isn't enough time to personalty thank everybody that we'd like to thank for their help while we've been here, said Tony. 1 think they all know who they are, and I. want them to know how grateful we all are for how they've helped us. The school system has treated me just great, frdm the teachers and staff on down, and the school board, too." Rrtloi. Hi4 mAnlirtn a f.ui Elwood Community High School volleyball players work on their passing skills during a practice earlier this week at John Ward Gymnasium.

Coach Unda Personette says she has been very pleased wUh the team's progress. The Lady Panthers will open the season on Tuesday, Aug. 27, against Anderson Highland. (Paul Neese photo) supporters specifically. Amona T0NY BOLEY INSTRUCTS them were former superintendent One Of his Wrestlers Richard Mer-ritt.

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