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waatawiiinr? I'SORTS Bj lk SUNDAYMONITOR March301997 7 niimiin MHMMBMHiKKKKIB Inside ts 7 title revolves around the point Page 2 North Dakota beats BU for national title Page 3 Some casting tips as spring approaches Page 6 Spring training games no relief to Red Sox Page 7 Dallas 87Sacramento 74 New Jersey 101 Eagle taking flight? Boston College basketball Coach Jim is a candidate for the job of basketball coach at Ohio State Ohio State Athletics Director Andy Geiger has confirmed Geiger said that he had spoken with Illinois State Coach Kevin Stall ings and former UCLA Coach Jim Harrick riday while in Indianapolis for the NCAA inal our just talked about the situation there at Ohio said who coached the Eagles'to their first Big East tournament championship this year and a third NCAA Tournament berth in four seasons it no secret we talked We had a very brief friendly dis and BC have held protracted negotiations about a long term contract extension The Boston Globe reported that the coach was frustrated by the slow pace of those talks Jerry Rice is the greatest and the best 7 Wide receiver Andre Rison who was recently released by the Green Bay Packers best: win ter sports teams had the city jumping this season with the basketball hockey and wrestling teams bringing home championship hardware But the heroics limited to the Crimson Tide The Monitor takes a look back at the 1996 97 season and picks its players and coach of the year Pages 4 and Roberts killed: Anthony Rob erts who played basketball at Oral Rob erts and in the NBA was found shot to death early yesterday outside his Tulsa apartment police said Police told Tulsa television station KJRH that Roberts 42 was shot in the back during an argument with two men Authorities said they were searching for a suspect in the shooting but no arrests have been made Roberts played at Oral Roberts from 1973 thru 1977 averaging 217 points and 74 rebounds per game He is third on the Golden career scoring list with 2341 points Roberts was drafted by Denver in 1977 and played five years with the Nuggets before going to the Washington Bullets for a brief stay He left basketball soon af ter that Revolution win opener: An own goal by Eric Dade in the 38th minute gave the New England Revolution a 1 0 victory over the Dallas Bum in their Ma jor League Soccer season opener before 11063 at the Cotton Bowl yesterday The goal evolved from a hard 18 yard shot by the Ted Chronopoulos The kick deflected off charging goalkeeper Mark Dodd car omed off Dade and into the open net Walter Zenga the goalkeeper for Italy in the 1990 World Cup saved Jason free kick in the 81st minute and Gerell shot off the rebound was blocked College hockey North Dakota 6 Boston 4 NCAA Tournament Arizona 66 North Carolina 58 Kentucky 78 Minnesota 69 NBA Washington 94 Atlanta 88 Chicago 111 NHL NY Islanders 8 Boston 2 Hartford 2 NY Rangers 1 Pittsburgh 4 Los Angeles 1 Vancouver 5 Calgary 2 Philadelphia 5 Washington 3 nIM BRENT or the Monitor Hi 4j JMh mB IMinL" Mb 1HHB 9HHKI zffWri 1 rill Skip Clark the new Legion Post 21 coach points the way for his Pembroke Academy junior varsity team more than just a game for Clark Pitching star brings passion to Post 21 Skip Clark sits in an empty classroom at ranklin Pierce College the start of his class down the hall long since past his hard stare looking as though receiving a i sign from the catcher' Probably a fastball but it could be a curve slider change up even a knuckleball Clark is talking baseball and when Clark talks baseball especially when the subject is himself nothing else on the planet exists School can wait His words never minced always brutally Second Wind 21 Ray Duckler honest make your hair fly back and your eyes 1 widen His bitterness tucked deep inside surfaces when he talks about Bob Tewksbury and all the money and success earned as a Major League pitcher 1 See CLARK Page 1O rom Detroit to Dartmouth Rolfe leaves a lasting impression By YURI PRIDE or the Monitor ive World Series champion ships after leaving Penacook and the Sunset League be hind Red Rolfe finished making his mark on either baseball or his home state His nine year career with the New York Yan kees over Rolfe became a coach manager and ad ministrator Along the way he managed the Detroit Tigers earning the Manager of the Year Award in 1950 and served as athletic direc tor at Dart mouth College Rolfe could be hard nosed His efforts to control his behavior sit well with major leaguers a fac tor that cut his major league man aging days short But what fails in one environ ment sometimes works in another When Rolfe returned to Dartmouth for the final phase of his career building character was part of his job description His rules sen cd him and the college well Yems before Rolle had gone to Dartmouth to become a teacher Professional baseball postponed this ambition but in 1942 Rolfe was ready to teach And not just base ball He also coached basketball in cluding a team in the first year of the National Basketball Associa tion Rolfe spent his first few years out of the majors at an Ivy League scnooi otner than his alma mater at a job he had set up while still with New York He coached base ball and basket ball at Yale dur ing World War II racking up a 56 17 record on the diamond and a 48 28 mark on the court Rolfe wanted more The Yan kees hired him as their first base coach in 1946 and after the season was over he coached the Toronto Hus kies in 1946 47 He joined the De troit Tigers as director of scouting and signed a $22000 contract to manage the Tigers in 1949 was certainly sui See ROLE Page 1O yu1 mill 1)111 Today te The final of a three pad senes is Doing it his way at Detroit andDartmouth I WIilll'KMM MMHi'MWMWBa ROL i ivOKEi' 1 kl niMii I pjp? Photos courtesy of Dartmouth College enhancement by CHARLOTTE THIBAULT Monitor staff 1 'Bf dbH Zw1 iMf i ohHf A fv rajS Mi Red Rolfe left a lasting legacy in his home state both as a baseball player and as an athletic director at Dartmouth College his alma mater Wildcats come up wild in national semifinal games Kentucky and Arizona will meet for the title The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Even with their star having an off night the Kentucky Wildcats will have a chance to repeat as champions With Ron Mercer scoring 19 points on 7 of 21 shooting other players came through and the undermanned Wild cats limped to a less than spectacular 78 69 victory over Minnesota last night Kentucky (35 4)" will play for the national championship tomorrow night against Ari zona which beat North Carolina 66 58 The one thing known for sure are the national champions will be called Wildcats It will either be Kentucky with its sev enth title or Arizona with its first Mercer who had 20 points in the nation al championship game against Syracuse last season as a freshman get un tracked against Minnesota (31 4) A 50 per cent shooter during the season Mercer was 3 of 13 in the first half as the Wildcats took a 36 31 lead and bothered by leg cramps in the final 20 minutes The Golden Gophers who were hound ed by turnovers against varied pressure defense still hung in during their first ever inal our appearance They took their first lead of the game with 10:51 to play on a 3 pointer by Bobby Jackson It was also their last Kentucky broke from a 54 54 tie with a 14 3 run with five players none of them named Mercer scoring the points Cam eron Mills almost matched his 56 scoring averaged for the season in the run with five points including the 3 pointer that capped it and made it 68 57 with 4:18 to p'ay Anthony Epps had 13 points for Ken tucky and Mills finished with 10 Bobby Jackson scored 23 and Sam Ja cobson and John Thomas each had 10 for the Golden Gophers Jackson star throughout the tournament was also forced to the bench because of cramps in the second half Arizona 66 North Carolina 58 Too quick too clutch and simply too tough for mighty North Carolina Arizona is only one more improbable victory from its first NCAA title Just eight days after knocking off No 1 Kansas Arizona defeated North Carolina behind the shooting of Miles Simon and Mike Bibby many inal ours as been to and as many times seen them play ing on TV in the championship all the good players that have come Simon See WILDCATS Page 1O Skiing Hardaway is bronzed By DAVE CUMMINGS Monitor staff Two days ago Hannah Hard away was nursing a sore back and sure even be skiing at National Moguls Championships Today the third best bumps skier in the United States Hardaway the 18 year old Moultonborough Academy senior who was crowned junior world champion earlier this month took another step toward proving her self as an Olympic caliber moguls skier at Sugarloaf Maine Only 29 year old Ann Battelle who won her third national title See HARDAWAY Page 1O.