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2F DETROIT FREE PRESSTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1989 Bosox sign Pena: 3 years, $6.4 million Rf '-''7y Gardner were unanimous selections. (Complete team, Page 6F.) Thompson, who set three NCAA scoring and rushing records this season, was named Walter Camp Player of the Year. A six-foot, 209-pound senior from Terre Haute, Thompson ran for 1,793 yards and 24 touchdowns on 358 carries this season. Syracuse starting quarterback Bill Scharr, the nation's sixth most efficient passer, is questionable for the Orangemen's game Saturday night against Louisville because of a sprained thumb suffered Thursday. NFL The league will seek to limit the number of collegiate underclassmen who can make themselves eligible for the league draft, commissioner Paul Tagliabue said.

Tagliabue said the NFL probably would allow any player who has completed three years of collegiate eligibility to declare himself eligible for the draft. Suspended Washington Redskins star Dexter Manley has checked into the John Lucas New Spirit Recovery Center at Houston International Hospital, the Washington Post reported, but the operators of the facility would not confirm his presence. The Cleveland Browns re-signed tight end Ron Middleton and placed defensive lineman Marlon Jones (recovering from broken thumb) on injured reserve. U-M field named for Oosterbaan? The University of Michigan's four-year-old indoor football field likely will be named for Bennie Oosterbaan, a former U-M coach and All-America. U-M's Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics will discuss naming the facility for Oosterbaan at its meeting Thursday, spokeswoman Carol Ledbetter said.

"I know that he would consider it a very great honor he loves Michigan dearly," said Delman Oosterbaan, Oos-terbaan's wife. Oosterbaan, who lives in Ann Arbor, was 63-33-4 as Michigan football coach in 1948-58, winning the national Ontario, which was 63-76 last season. Former major league third baseman Buddy Bell, who retired last season, will return to the Cleveland Indians organization to work in minor league development. His duties have not been determined. College Football Michigan defensive back Tripp Welborne and Michigan State inside linebacker Percy Snow were named to the All-America team announced by the Football Writers Association of America.

Orange Bowl-bound Colorado and Notre Dame placed three players on the 25-man team. Joe Garten, Alfred Williams and Tom Rouen were honored for the Buffaloes; Raghib Ismail, Chris Zor-ich and Todd Lyght were named for the Irish. Repeaters from 1988 were Tim Ryan of USC, Clarkston Hines of Duke and Anthony Thompson of Indiana Welbome joined Michigan's Tony Boles, Greg McMurtry, Derrick Walker, Dean Dingman and J.D. Carlson on United Press International's All-Big Ten team, selected by conference coaches. Michigan State's Snow, Bob Kula, Travis Davis and Harlon Barnett also made the team.

Welborne, Thompson and Illinois' Moe Saturday 2:00 p.m. JJ Alabama at Auburn. 4:00 (USD Texas at Texas 7:30 (BEE) Florida State at Florida Sunday 1:00 p.m. Philadelphia at NY Giants. 1:00 Cincinnati at Cleveland.

4:00 Denver at Los Angeles Raiders. 8:00 (BED Chicago at Minnesota. Monday 9:00 S3 Buffalo at Seattle. THE POLLS AP Hi (t Three-time Gold Glove catcher Tony Pena signed a $6.4 million, three-year contract with the Boston Red Sox Monday. Pena, 32, a right-handed-hitting five-time AU-Star who spent the last three seasons with St.

Louis, hit .259 last season with four homers and 37 RBIs. He has a .274 average for his nine-year major league career. Pena is the Sox's first major free-agent signing since first baseman Tony Perez in 1980. MORE BASEBALL Two-time National League most valuable player Joe Morgan and three-time Cy Young Award winner Jim Palmer lead 21 first-time candidates on the 1990 Hall of Fame ballot distributed to veteran members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Voting results will be announced in January.

Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Mookie Wilson signed a three-year contract. Terms of the deal, which calls for two years plus an option, were not disclosed. Lew Fonseca, 90, who won the American League batting title in 1929 and managed the Chicago White Sox in the 1930s, died Sunday at his home in Ely, Ohio. Fonseca also served as batting coach for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds. Chris Chambliss resigned for a second year as manager of the Tigers' Double-A team in London, Boles vill miss Rose Bowl, faces major airgery Tony Boles, from Page 1F "We're talking about a serious knee injury," Schembechler said.

"The knee is not stable and would have to be operated on even if he did not play football again." Boles said the surgery will be performed after final exams next month. "He will be here all spring and summer rehabilitating," Schembechler said. "He has to make an unbelievable commitment to rehabilitation." Boles, 6-feet-l, 187 pounds, said he might benefit from rehabilitation. "The rehab and working on weights might improve my size," he said. "I'd like to get bigger.

More size would help me, even as a wide receiver." Schembechler watched a replay of the injury play the day after the game and realized it was serious. Minnesota cornerback Freddie Foggie hit Boles waist-high and drove him out of bounds after a 17-yard run. Boles, hit from the left, braced with his right knee. "I could see his knee snap and quiver," Schembechler said. "I knew it was no slipped kneecap.

It is nice to know, though, that we have the latest in medical science working on that kid." Schembechler knew the extent of the injury after Boles' arthroscopic surgery Wednesday, but allowed mental-recovery time before revealing the need for more surgery. Leroy Hoard, the 1989 Rose Bowl most valuable player, is scheduled to start at tailback in the 1990 Rose Bowl against Southern Cal. He ran for 152 yards Saturday against Ohio State, 724 for the season. The Wolverines likely will begin practice Dec. 15 and depart for Los Angeles Dec.

25. They will stay at the Newporter Resort in Newport Beach for the second straight year. MORE AWARDS: Other awards announced at U-M's banquet: top offensive lineman tight end Derrick Walker; spirit wide receiver Chris Calloway; highest grade-point average outside linebacker Tim Williams (3.2 in education). Additional awards will be announced at the team banquet in Ann Arbor. Orange Bowl Dilemma: Colorado coach Bill McCartney, a former Schembechler assistant, must lose to Orange Bowl foe Notre Dame for U-M to have a chance to win the national championship.

"I can't root against Colorado," Schembechler said. "If Colorado wins, I'll be as happy for him as I would be myself." NOTEBOOK: Schembechler wouldn't rule out playing in the Kickoff Classic or the new Disneyland Classic in August. "It helped Notre Dame immeasurably to play one game before us," he said. Free Press Sports Writer Jack Saylor contributed to this report. DfifflTIPfSt Hm NOBODY DOES THEMi Eric Manuel: Big talent at small school Hiwassee College in Madi-sonville, Tenn.

is a small two-year school nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Yet for Eric Manuel, who longs to return to big-time college basketball, it is purgatory. Because he was ruled to have cheated on a 1987 entrance examination that secured his eligibility to play at the University of Kentucky, Manuel has been banished from the NCAA. The finding of academic fraud was one of a series of violations that earned Kentucky a three-year probation last spring. Kentucky, which engaged in a major athletic housecleaning that resulted in the resignations of atlJetic director Cliff Hagan and basketball coach Eddie Sutton, declined to appeal Manuel's loss of eligibility once the NCAA issued its ruling.

Manuel continues to protest his innocence, however, and expresses resentment at the manner in which he was treated. "When something was going good for me, everybody was always clapping, patting you on the back, saying good things about you," Manuel said. "The school always stood behind the basketball program, I thought, but I see when tilings went wrong everybody backed down. That's what it seemed like in my situation." Under NCAA regulations, only a coach or school, but not a student-athlete, may appeal a ruling. So Manuel must wait for an NCAA member institution to sign him and initiate the appeal.

Even then, the success of any effort to restore Manuel's final two years of eligibility may founder on his unwillingness to admit wrongdoing. Manuel remains intent on returning to major-college competition and insists he did not cheat when he took the ACT exam at a high school in Lexington, Ky. "I've said it constantly, and I'll continue to say it as long as I walk," said Manuel, who is averaging 24 points, 11 rebounds and six assists at Hiwassee. "I never did anything wrong during the test." Manuel, a 6-foot-6 forward, was among the nation's top high school recruits when he chose Kentucky over Georgia and Oklahoma State in 1987. Sportspeak Houston quarterback Andre Ware, a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy: "I do want it.

Not just for me, but for the whole team. If I had a vote, I'd vote for me. I think it is an award that should be given to a guy who does it on the field. I think I've done that. If I don't win, I don't know what else I could have done." SPORTS TODAY Television 5:00 p.m.

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If Cuba withdraws as host, sports officials say, it is unlikely another country would step in to hold the Games. That could make the 1987 Pan Am Games in Indianapolis the 10th and final version of the multi-sport event involving nations from North and Latin America. The Pan Am Games have never turned a profit. The 1991 Games have struggled financially, part-i ly as a result of the United States and Cuba having no diplomatic relations. CFL David Ridgway's 35-yard field goal with two seconds left gave the Saskatchewan Roughriders a 43-40 victory over the Hamilton Tiger Cats their first CFL title in 23 years.

The Roughriders trailed by 12 points three times in the first half. BOXING: Robert Daniels scored a split decision over Dwight Muhammad Qawi to win the vacant World Boxing Association junior heavyweight title in Nogent-Sur-Marne, France. There were no knockdowns. The title was vacated after Taoufik Belbouli. of France, who won the title last Marchi gave it up following a knee operation.

championship with a 9-0 record in' 1948. His teams won three Big Ten titles in 1948, '49, and '50 and the 1951 Rose Bowl. Oosterbaan was an All-America end in 1925-27, an All-America in basketball in 1927 and '28, and led Big Ten baseball players in hitting in '28. "He's a legend here at Michigan," Ledbetter said. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Michigan corner-back Todd Plata is the Associated Press Midwest player of the week on defense.

Plate, a senior from Brooklyn, Intercepted two passes and had six tackles in the Wolverines' 28-18 Flose-Bowl clinching victory last Satur day against Ohio State. TENNIS: J.J. Jackson of North Carolina' defeated Seth Hoffman of West Bloomfieldj 6-1, 6-4, at Chicago Sunday for the 14-year-okJ boys USTA Indoor national championship BIG VICTORY Hawaiian sumo wrestler Konishiki gets a trophy and admiration from his fans after winning the Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, Japan on Sunday. Konishiki, only the second foreigner to win the tournament, received a message of congratulations from President George Bush. mi I I .111 I COMING NEXT WEEK AMBER LYNN DEC.

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Drew Sharp Free Press Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. Once again, the Pistons played a poor first half. And once again, it proved too big an obstacle to overcome. The Pistons scored only 30 first-half points. And though they gave Portland a brief third-quarter scare, it wasn't enough as the Trail Blazers blitzed them, 102-82, Sunday night at the Memorial Coliseum.

The rout stretched the Pistons' losing streak in Portland to 20 games. last Pistons' win in Portland was Oct. 19, 1974, 122-99. Only the Los Angeles Clippers' 25-game losing streak in Portland is worse. The first half resembled the Pistons' meek first quarter in their 103-96 loSs to Atlanta on Tuesday night.

Their 1 shooting was awful. The Pistons went through a 9:10 stretch in which they didn't score, missing 15 straight shots. The Blazers dominated in every category: rebounding, 58-44; free throws, 30-13; and overall hustle. Clyde Drexler led Portland with 27 points, and Buck Williams had 15 'points and 16 rebounds. Mark Aguirre, who led the Pistons With 22 points, and James Edwards the only Pistons to shoot 50 percent.

Detroit shot 37 percent for the game. Joe Dumars was 2-for-9 and Vinnie Johnson was l-for-12. Despite the cold shooting, the Pistons were still in position to take command of the game early in the third quarter. Buoyed by the fact they trailed by only 11 despite playing terribly, the Pistons seized second-half momentum by making their first seven shots. They cut the Blazers' lead to 49-45 with nearly eight minutes left.

But as with Atlanta, the Pistons couldn't produce that extra thrust to take the lead. The Pistons were hurt early by their lack of backcourt scoring. At least two of the three guards Isiah Thom-ig; Dumars and Johnson have to in the same game for this team to -win. The three shot 3-for-19 in the first liatf Sunday. Dumars was the most Shirking; he missed all five of his Jfttempts.

Entering Sunday's game, Dumars jas shooting 55 percent and averaging at career-high 21.8 points. If not for Aguirre's 17 first-half points, there's no telling how far behind the Pistons would have fallen. The Blazers should have led by at 25 points in the first half because jof the Pistons' poor shooting. The Pistons' biggest concern entering the game was controlling the tempo. They didn't want the Blazers to run.

The best way to avert that was to shpot well. ti'But the Pistons shot 30 percent in the first half. They scored only 30 points, challenging their newly established record for offensive futility in a half 25 against Indiana on Nov. 8. Portland killed them on the boards, 38-19, but the Blazers didn't convert those opportunities into many fast-break baskets.

The Blazers shot only 33 percent in the half. If not for their 17-6 edge on offensive rebounds, the Blazers could have trailed, despite Detroit's poor SCHOOL REC PTS LW 1. Colorado (53) 11-0 1,468 2 2. Alabama (2) 10-0 1,351 4 a Michigan (1) 10-1 1,332 3 4. Miami, Fla.

(3) 10-1 1,319 7 5. Notre Dame 11-1 1,231 1 6. Florida St. 8-2 1,200 5 7. Nebraska 10-1 1,154 6 8.

Tennessee 9-1 1,045 8 9. Arkansas 9-1 1,000 9 10. Illinois 9-2 913 11 11. Auburn 8-2 893 10 12. Southern Cal 8-2-1 802 12 13.

Houston 8-2 750 13 14. Clemson 9-2 684 15 15. Virginia 10-2 640 16 16. Texas 7-3 534 14 17. West Virginia 8-2-1 499 17 18.

Perm State 7-3-1 450 22 19. Brigham Young 10-2 401 21 20. Duke 8-3 301 23 21. Ohio State 8-3 264 20 22 Michigan State 7-4 247 25 23. Hawaii 9-2 197 24 24.

Pittsburgh 6-3-1 180 19 UP SCHOOL REC PTS LW 1. Colorado (39) 11-0 722 2 2. Alabama (4) 10-0 645 3 3. Miami (3) 10-1 625 7 4. Michigan (2) 10-1 599 4 5.

Notre Dame 11-1 513 1 6. Florida State (1)8-2 508 5 7. Nebraska 10-1 473 6 8. Tennessee 9-1 377 8 9. Arkansas 9-1 344 9 10.

AubJrn 8-2 236 10 11. Illinois 9-2 229 11 12 Southern Cal 8-2-1 170 12 13. Ctemson 9-2 162 13 14. Virginia 10-2 129 14 15. Brigham Young 10-2 47 16 16.

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