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OUTDOORS: Annual outing draws women bowhunters. Page I ID Ihe Detroit News Sec linn it del ESS College Football MSU states case Complete coverage of Michigan State's 34-3 1 victory over Michigan. Section The Detroit News Online All day, every day http detnews com News in Brief 2D NFL 5-6D High Schools 8D Golf 10D bfr ii, I c)i)9 "My while career has been just about being ready when called upon." A JJt) Don RtID, Phtims tenia fonuml Reid becoming center of attention i Sunday, Octo Exhibition opener Who: Orlando Magic vs. Detroit Pistons. Where: Palace.

When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Where's the loyalty? Jim Jackson to sign for less money because the Trail Blazers promised to keep him around, but they didn't keep up the deal. NBA Notebook, Page 9D i in fact, his teammates call him Chief after the silent Indian in the movie One Hew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Though he may not say much, there's a lot to this guy.

He's got a wry and somewhat weird sense of humor. I le does a wide range of voice imitations. On his answering machine, he will do the message as an English butler, or as Ned the wino, just to name two. He is a vintage car buff. In fact, he still drives the first car he fish and everything, right in his foyer.

"It looked like it would have cost about $1,000 but it only cost him $100," Williams said. "I thought it was professionally done, but he did it." OK, he's a little tight with his cash. I.indsey Hunter is forever trying to goad him into parting with a buck or two. Still, he doesn't lack for toys. Please see REID, Page 10D iWmlt ever owned a 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass that he got when he was 16 years old.

And he is a teehno-wizard. When he first moved to Michigan, he rented this old house. Inside he built a movie theater in his basement full scale. "I le didn't do it like some rich guy would do it," said Jerome Williams, who has known him since their undergraduate days at Georgetown. "He created it from scratch by himself.

He His 6-foot-8 size, mobility are good fit with Pistons' new sty le. By Chris McCosky The Detroit News AUBURN HILLS It might be time to unmask Don Reid. He's been a Pistons for five years now, but who outside of his coaches and teammates really know him? That's partly his fault. He's as quiet as a cigar-store Indian bought the wood, built the programming booth, adjusted the cameras and projector, built the screen right into the concrete wall and set up the surround sound. "I went over there to watch Jurassic Park and I thought the dinosaurs were going to come right through the wall." He is building another theater, bigger and better, in his new house.

I le also built a pond in the old place, complete with rocks and St. iX- mp Clarence Tubb, r. The Detroit News Don Reid is not well-known, but he could be a key to the Pistons' success. 1 WW wmm I5n Mets work magic on Diamondbacks yiwjiiiim linn mini i inn nimiiiiihimiiinn in mm i iiiiiiiiiiiiiinmi i i i'jIH Detroit News wire services NEW YORK -This was the frSSLm kind of moment a stroke of VI baseball magic that gives the New York Mets every reason to believe this is their year. Scoreboard This improbable team found an unlikely hero when Todd ntUoUA JJ Pratt, replacing injured Mike IUM1MC 7 Piazza for the second straight lw'fti 1 Cleveland leads series, 2-1 day, homered in the 10th inning Saturday for a 4-3 victory that YANKEES IATE gave the Mets a three-games-to- one series victory over Arizona.

KANutnO "I'm not an offensive power New York leads series. 2 0 like Mike, but I can handle the DRAVFQ 7 bat all right," said Pratt, who hit 1 the fourth series-ending homer ASTROS 5 in postseason history. Braves wjn series 3., "Honestly, I don't think it u. was that big a deal," Pratt said. METS 4 "To be honest with you, it's jus, DIAMONDBACKS 3 like another game.

Don get 1 Mets win series, 3-1 me wrong, I very happy I gave my team a chance to go to BraVeS OUSt AstrOS the (championship series), but I'm one guy in the mix. I could Atlanta wins Game 4, forcing have easily been the goat Houston to close Astrodome today." on losing note. Page 7D Just nine days after their sea- son was considered over, the Mets advanced to the N.L. cham- looked in it. pionship for the first time since "We have all seen it a million 1988, starting Tuesday night at times on the highlight films, Atlanta, and they did it with the Steve bringing back balls," Pratt incredible style they've flashed said.

"I thought he had the ball, all year long. actually. Then he put his head On an intense afternoon of down." dramatic shifts, the Mets were Pratt leaped up and down four outs from winning before with his arms raised, sending Jay Bell's two-run, two-out dou- the crowd into a frenzy, and the bleoffArmandoRenitezput the Mets out of the bullpen and Diamondbacks ahead, 3-2, in the dugout, eighth. "I thought I had it," Finley A dropped fly ball by Tony said. "I felt it in my glove.

It took Womack, who had just moved to me a second to realize I didn't right field, led to Roger Cedeno's catch it. I still don't believe it." tying sacrifice fly in the bottom Piazza, with a cast on his left half. hand, embraced Pratt. Pratt then set off fireworks "He deserves this moment," when he connected off closer said Piazza, out with a swollen Matt Mantei with a drive to left thumb. "He's worked hard all straightaway center.

year. That's what this team is all Steve Finley jumped against about." the eight-foot wall at the 410- Pittsburgh's Bill Mazeroski in foot sign. the i960 World Series; the Yan- "I thought he came down kees' Chris Chambliss in the with it," Mets Manager Bobby 1976 American League champi- Valentine said. unship; and Toronto's Joe Carter Pratt stopped between first in the 1993 World Series also hit and second, not knowing. Finley homers that ended postseason even brought his glove down and series.

Ali's daughter, 21, wins pro debut Her first boxing match ends with first-round KO. Detroit News wire services VERONA, N.Y. -Muhammad Ali's daughter I.aila got some advice from sister liana before her pro boxing debut. "She told her that if she hits this girl and it hurts her too bad to leave her alone," said Veronica Kennedy, mother of the two women, who was Ali's third wife. "That's her sister, the poet." I.aila, the fighting sister, was watched by her mother and father as she made her pro debut Friday night and knocked out April Fowler, a waitress from Michigan City, 31 seconds into the fight.

"My concern was whether she really wanted to do it," Kennedy said. "She's already said she won't fight long." Ali, 21, has said she plans to fight for about a year. She said her father, the former three-time heavyweight champion, had expressed his concern, but also his support. Muhammad Ali and wife I.onnie, who live in Berrien County, were at ringside in the Turning Stone Casino Convention Center, but they did not attend the postfight news conference. Of course, it is too early to say how much talent Ali has or if she will maintain her enthusiasm for the sport that made her father the most famous athlete in the world.

Ali, however, seems to be taking a levelheaded approach. "I was a beginner and I thought I. did very well," she said. Ali, 5-foot-to, 166 pounds, was facing a much shorter opponent, who was knocked in the first round of her only other fight 18 months ago. "I don't need to look for tough opponents," she added.

"I'm a beginner." She also made it clear that she might be her father's daughter, but she is her own woman. "I'm hot coming on and saying I'm the baddest," she said. "I'm going to keep going at the level I am. You guys are going to have to wait like I do." Ali said she wants to keep busy and that "I'll have another fight soon." A date mentioned is Nov. 11.

In her little time in the ring Friday nighl, Ali showed some good movement, a decent left jab and a properly thrown left-right to the jaw that ended the fight. Ali was cheered at the end, but the cheers for her father before the fight were louder. She didn't mind. Nor did anyone else. A.s'MH'fud'cf Press Todd Pratt, center, celebrates with Rey Ordonez, left, and Luis Lopez after Pratt's series-winning homer.

Boston routs Cleveland in Game 3 But the Indians still lead this series two-games-to-one. Detroit News wire services BOSTON In a series full of surprises, there's this: The Boston Red Sox will play again. They won Saturday for the second time in 20 playoff games. They did it without an injured Nomar Garciaparra (sprained wrist) and with superstar right-hander Pedro Martinez still out because of a sprained back muscle. They hit like Cleveland baseball's highest-scoring team since 1950, scoring six runs in the seventh inning to beat the Indians, 9-3, in Game 3 and avoid a first-round sweep.

And those late runs were produced by two players who have struggled at the plate John Valentin with a winning, two-run double, and Brian Daubach with a three-run homer. Garciaparra's the ij86 World Series. Their 1-18 stretch began in the next game when Bill Buckner's error gave New York a comeback victory two days before the Mets won the World Series. Jaret Wright, called upon to relieve after starter Dave Burba's forearm tightened in the fourth inning, took the loss. With "Jar-et, Jar-et" ringing in his ears, Wright allowed four runs, five hits, one walk, one hit batsman and a tying homer.

replacement, I.ou Merloni, singled in the final run. Perhaps the biggest surprise as the Red Sox cut the Indians' lead to two-games-to-one in this best-of-five division series was the strong performance from Ramon Martinez, Pedro's older brother, who pitched his first major-league game in nearly 15 months on Sept. 2. The Red Sox ended their postseason futility streak at home, winning for the first time in eight games since a victory in Game 5 of NFL: Lions vs. Chargers Status of Porcher, Moore still unknown wis stkSJ receiver Herman Moore (injured left knee) will be able to play.

Porcher has not practiced since going out late in the Kansas City game. Moore took a few plays in practice Thursday and Friday, giving Ross slight hope that the four-time Pro Bowl receiver might play for the first time since the first half of the opening game. "The likelihood is no, but I can carry it to the last moment and I will," Ross said of Moore. "He handled it (practicing) pretty well. We'll see." Comerback Bryant West-brook already has been declared inactive and will miss his second straight game because of a hamstring injury.

Guard Tony Sem-ple will miss another game while he recovers from a dislocated left elbow, but his absence was expected. Please see LIONS. Page By Mike O'Hara The Detroit News PONTIAC The Lions are picking up pretty much where they left off when the NFL schedule gave them an extra week between games. They're still looking for healthy bodies to get them back on the winning track in today's game against the San Diego Chargers at the Silverdome. With a bye after a 31-21 loss at Kansas City Sept.

26, Coach Box hed here Bold lead-in: Box text here at 10p5 wide, three line refer to an inside story. Page XX Bobby Ross hoped to patch some holes in his roster that were caused by injuries in the first three games. Instead, he might not know until just before kickoff whether such players as defensive end Robert Porcher (sprained right ankle) and wide Chargers at Lions When: lp.m! today. Where: Silverdome. Television: Blacked out locally.

Radio: WXYT 1270, WAAM 1600. Line: Lions by .4.1 lin Cruber The Detroit News Herman Moore practiced this week but is questionable for today's game. ,1.