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By Christina Holman
Contributing Writer

Lexington has UK football in
the fall, UK basketball in the win-
ter and Wildcat baseball in late
spring. but locally there is a void
in every sports fan‘s life during
the long. hot days of summer.

This may change in a few
years.

The Lexington area may have a
professional minor-league base-
ball team in 1995, minor-league
task force chairman Dick Robin-
son said.

“There will be a professional
baseball team in Lexington if a
ballpark package is drawn up in
the next year,“ said Dennis Basti-
en, owner of the Charleston
Wheelers, a Class A minor-league
team. Bastien has been working
with Robinson to bring a team to
Lexington.

Lexington Mayor Pam Miller
said there has been interest in
bringing a team to Lexington but
added “no one has volunteered to
step forward and build a $7 mil-
lion stadium."

Robinson said if an area for a
ballpark is found he sees no prob-
lem in raising the money.

“i think we will know about a
site in the next three to four
months." he said.

Though it has not been deter-
mined where the ballpark will be

built. it most likely will be in one
of three locations. The most prob-
able is the Reynolds property lo-
cated off Reynolds Road near
Clays Mill Road. The other two
sites examined by the task force
are privately owned properties off
Man O' War Boulevard and Rich-
mond Road.

The ballpark would have about
6.000 seats and would be an
open~air, grass facility with sur-
face parking, officials said.

Bastien. who has been trying to

bring a team to the area since 1984,
said he strongly believes a stadium
will be constructed.

“1 am comfortable and conﬁdent
that we can make something hap-
pen in the next six to 12 months
and accomplish our goals of getting
a team in Lexington. We are work-
ing intensely behind the scenes to
make this happen.

“For 10 years we have been
dreaming and working to get a
team (in Lexington). We love the
area. We feel Lexington is a great

Pitino’s contract extended to year 2000

By Brant Weleh
Sports Editor

Rick Pitino took a step to dispel
rumors that he is going to jump
ship as the UK men‘s basketball
coach by agreeing to a four-yea
contract extension Tuesday.

With the three years left on his
current contract and the four-year
extension Pitino is under contract
with UK until June 30. 2am.

Pitino likened the new contract
to a successful marriage.

“it you're happily married. you
don’t get divorced." he said. “I
expect this to be a long and happy
marriage. like the one i have with
my wife."

The UK Athletics Board unani-
mously passed a motion to_ extend
Pitino‘ s con-
tract in a meet—
ing Tuesday in
which Board
member L.D.
Oorman for-

sends a pretty
800‘1 W

that his intent is to be the basket-
ball coach at the Univasity of
Kentucky." said UK Athletics Di-
rector CM. Newton. who went
over the contract with Pitino on

Monday.

“1 hope it stops all the phone
calls I get at night to respond to
this, this and this." Newton added.
“He has stated that he wants to
coach here. and he intends to do it
for the next seven years. He‘s
made. basically. a career deci-
sion."

There will be two immediate
changes in Pitino's current con-
tract. which ends in three years.

The first is that the University
will take over a life insurance pre-
mium payment for Pltino.

The second is that Pitino will re-
ceive, as needed. the same number
of tickets for away games as he

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sports market. it has a very diver-
siﬁed economy. and there is phe-
nomenal growth in the area.“

Bastien said Lexington is far
enough away from other major cit-
ies that a team can succeed.

“Lexington has many places it
can draw people from. You‘re
looking at around .5 million peo-
ple in the marketplace. We‘ve
done several marketing surveys
which have shown baseball will
do well in Lexington."

Bastien said a team could bring

anywhere from $1045 million a
year to Lexington.

“We‘re not Lexmark (Interna-
tional. lnc.). but we are bigger
than 50 to 60 percent of the busi-
nesses in Lexington. We can em-
ploy around 100 people and create
spin-off business to hotels and res-
taurants."

Either a Class A or Class AA
team will play in Lexington, ofﬁ-
cials said.

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Florida's Brad Lehmann shot a 67 In the final round Saturday
afternoon helping the Gators win the national championship.

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By Steve McSorley
Contributing Writer

Great athletes take their game to
a higher level when the game is on
the line. Brad Lehmann took his
game to that higher level Saturday
afternoon as he ﬁred a 67 in the fi-
nal round of the NCAA Men‘s Di-
vision 1 Golf Championship to help
clinch the National Championship
for the Horida Gators at Champi-
ons golf course in Nicholasville,
Ky.

“Special athletes come up at big
times, and he is a pretty big ath-
lete right now,” Florida coach
Buddy Alexander said.

Lehmann, a sophomore from
Louisville, had quite a homecom-
ing. playing the final round flaw-
lessly with five birdies and no bo-
gies. shooting the lowest round of
golf in his brief collegiate career.

It was the lowest final round
score posted by the five—member
Gator squad, of which he is the
fifth man, as they came from be-
hind to defeat the favored Georgia

Golf Championships

Team
Florida -7
Georgia Tech -6
North Carolina -5
Clemson +1
Texas +4

Individuals

Chris Riley, UNLV -1
Guy Hill, Florida -1

1993 NCAA Men’s Divison I

Todd Demsey. Arizona State — 10
David Duval, Georgia Tech -9

Jean-Paul Hebert. Texas -1

Tech Yellowjackets by one stroke.

The win earned the Gators their
third national championship and
their first since 1973.

“I had a very solid final round
today, deﬁnitely the best of my ca-
reer so far.” Lehmann said.

Lehmann started off his round of
67 with six straight pars. Ironical-
ly, a bad shot on the ﬁfth hole is
what got him going. On the par 5
hole, Lehmann tried to reach the
green in two, however. his second
shot landed in a creek below the
hole.

He managed to save par. which
he said helped get him on a roll.

“Usually I am not that aggres-
sive. I am a conservative player.
But saving par on the ﬁfth and
then making a 15-footer on the
sixth to save par again really gave
me a lift," he said.

The lift propelled him to birdie
ﬁve of the next nine holes.

Around the green is where Leh-
mann said he feels the most com-
fortable. His short game and his
putter in the final round proved it.

Lehmann one-putted 13 of the
18 greens. When he was not on the
green in regulation, his chip to the
green always seemed to be within
10 feet of the hole.

“I am very confident on the
green from 15 feet on in. I had it
going this afternoon." he said.

For the first two rounds, which
had good conditions. Lehmann
posted scores of 74 and 72. tying
him for 29th at plus 2. This helped
the Gators take the lead in the 30-
team field with a team score of 8
under par.

“1 was playing bad compared to
my teammates. but I was still
pleased. This course does not real-
ly suit my game. I am not a long

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.ison not happy

with talk of a minor-league club

By Ty Helpln
Managing Editor

Class A baseball is not tailor-
made for a city like Lexington,
UK baseball coach Keith Madison
said. Madison said the area has
many forms of baseball superior
to the A level.

“When you see our rival city of
Louisville, it’s almost humorous
to me," he said. “You can go 90
miles to see major league baseball
and 70 miles to see triple-A base-
ball — I don‘t think people would
want to stay in Lexington. I don’t
think of Lexington as a minor-
league city. We have big-time
horse racing and big-time college
athletics.”

In stating his opposition to a
Class A team in Lexington, Madi-
son related on his own experienc-
es.
“I played Class A ball in Tampa
(Fla). which is known as a hotbed
for baseball. They did not support
our team basically because it was
only Class A.”

Madison took a page out of for-
mer basketball coach Joe B.
Hall's book in dealing with the

prospect of a jrofessional sport

Madison said youth, not profes-
sional, baseball is where the city
should be spending its money.

“We have very successful youth
leagues in Lexington,” he said.
“The problem is. they don’t have a
place to play so they have to bor-
row ﬁelds to play on.

“i have trouble understanding
the funding of a multi-million dol-
lar facility for a professional team
when we have successful youth
leagues that need a place to play."

Madison did not rule out the
possibility of a team having some
triumphs here.

“I think maybe it would go well
the ﬁrst year or two. After that,
you're left with a white elephant.
Maybe that‘s a way to get the
youth leagues a place to play."

Professional baseball in Lexing-
ton would not hurt the attention
UK‘s college baseball team gets,
Madison said.

“People can really identify with
the college players because they
will be here for three or four years.
In Class A, players are rarely there
for a year."

Madison mentioned the level of
play in Class A being lower than

Golf

Continued from Page 2

ball hitter, and the Champions
plays long.

"This course is one of the top
three toughest l've played all
year," Lehmann said.

The conditions completely
changed for the ﬁnal two rounds.
Rain on Friday softened up the golf
course and forced postponement of

The Gators had dropped behind
the Yellowjackets by three strokes
when the third round was complet-
ed. With the ground wet and the
wind blowing steadily, Grampians
was playing longer and the winds
were making it trickier for Leh-
mann and his teammates to put
shots close to the pin.

“1 did not change my game plan
with the changed conditions."
Lehmann said. “Assistant coach

Lehmann came into the NCAA
tournament with one goal in mind:
Helping his team win the national
title. He was not concerned so
much with his individual score —-
he finished 3 over par for the tour-
nament and tied for 19th — as how
his score would help the Gators.

His goal of just wanting to help
the team win has allowed him to
take his place with the other great
athletes who came up big to help
their teams win when it counted —

comingtoLexington. thatatthecollegiate level. the third round until Saturday. Rob McNamara came up to me nd . 'l . B
“Coach Hall was opposed to “If fans want to come out to see Lehmann did not adjust well to and said that I was swinging too a n “’5: 3W: l ﬁrmwa‘ipf a
any kind of pro basketball in Lex- future major league players, they the changed conditions. He posted quick. So I tried to take longer memory at w‘ ast '5 enure 1e.
ington. I feel the saute way about should come out and see South- his worst score of the tournament, a swings and get into a good tempo, “This is deﬁnitely the highlight
baseball," he said. eastern Conference action." 78. . which I was able to do." of my career." he said.
' other major-league organization. 0 0 currently is paid $131,000 per "The intent (of the million dol-
lnor [ ltlno year. lar bonus) is obvious,“ Newton
. . . . . said.
Conthued from Page 1 Ban“ the am A Charleston Continued from Page 1 PmIIO s life insurance payment

“For nude 820 you can take a
family of four to a minor-league
baseball game,” Baden said; “It is
a good. clean, G-rated family out-
ing that is affordable.”

The (listleston club is affiliated
with the Cincinnati Reds. and Bas-
tien said it is possible a Lexington

club, Robinson said that he has
also been approached about a AA
minor-league team moving from
Charlotte, NC. He said the expan-
sion in the major leagues have
changed Charlotte into a AAA

city, and that Lexington is “one of

of the top 10 cities in the country

does at home. Pitino will now re-
ceive 20 tickets for all UK basket-
ball games and eight tickets for all
football games, home and away.

Starting in the first year of the
four-year extension. 1996-97, Piti-
no is guaranmd a base salary of a

and ticket allotment also will stay
intact.

Pltino will receive $1 million if
he fulfills the full extent of the
contract.

However. if he doesn‘t stay the
full seven years, the University
will not be obligated to pay him

"This is a incentive for Rick to
stayandtoremainssourbasket-
ball coach.”

The Athletics Board scented to
be more than happy with the situ~
ation.

“We got a bargain in coach Piti-

club could be affiliated with an- withoutaproteam." minimum $150,000 pa year. He any partofthe $1 million. no," German said.
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Fear, ignorance led to shooting death

By Dale Greer
Senior Staff Writer

A lethal combination of fear. ig-
norance and bravado apparently
led to the shooting death of UK
cornerback Ted Presley last semes-
let.

Investigative reports of the Fay-
ette County coroner‘s office and
UK Police Department, made
available to the press for the ﬁrst
time June 3, reveal a tragic se-
quence of events that began last
summer when Jason Smith bought
a .22-ca1iber pistol on a Hopkins-
ville, Ky., street corner.

Smith, a Hopkinsville native,
purchased the gun because he
feared being shot. When he came
to campus last semester to share a
dorm room with Presley, he
brought the six-shot revolver with
him.

Smith told police he usually left
the weapon in his residence hall
and only carried it when traveling
to “places (where) I didn‘t know
where I was going — strange plac-
es."

they would be going.
A Iate-nlght drlve

Sometime between 10 and 10:30
pm, Devin McKnight, a UK stu-
dent from Hopkinsville, and an-
other man identified only as Harry,
arrived at 113 Blanding 11, where
Smith lived.

Jeffrey Mitchell, also a UK stu-
dent, arrived shortly before 11
pm. and the foursome decided to

Estates neighborhood.

McKnight, Mitchell and Smith
then returned to campus after stop-
ping at Hardee‘s on New Circle
Road for some fast food.
McKnight went to his room in
Haggin Hall while Smith and
Mitchell went to 113 Blanding 11.

It was then about 12:30 am,
and Presley had returned from
studying. The three talked for a
few minutes before Smith pro-
duced his pistol and began “play-
ing with it," while he sat at the
foot of his bed, he told police.

Smith said he opened the cylin-
der, removed all but one of the
.22-ca1iber Federal cartridges, and
then locked it shut, positioning the

The blood was like a
fountain ~— something
like you see in a
movie or something.
From there, 1 just
walked straight out.

shooting

loaded chamber “where it
wouldn't shoot." He placed the
gun to his head and squeezed the
trigger.

The sound of a sharp metal click
traveled across the room to Mitch-
ell, who moved ncar the exit to get
as far away as possible. He told
police he thought the action was

the cylinder and spun it in some
kind of imitation of Russian Rou-
lette. He then closed the cylinder.
once more positioned it so the
round would not discharge and
pulled the trigger as he held the
muzzle against his head.

Presley again accepted the chal-
lenge in this supposedly harmless
game of Russian Roulette, and.
again, he visually inspected the
cylinder to ensure the bullet
wouldn‘t fire. He placed the gun to
his head using his right hand and
listened as the hammer fell on an
empty chamber.

Instead of passing the revolver
back to Smith, however, Presley
examined the pistol and saw the
live round nesting in the chamber
next to the hammer.

Apparently unaware the chamber
would rotate before the firing pin
dropped, he said something like
“I‘ve got one shot left," and placed
the cold steel barrel against his
right temple.

When Presley squeezed the trig-
ger, a bullet crashed into his skull
and passed through the top of his
brain before shattering into tiny

neen'ng student, who was sitting in
the middle of his bed, attempted to
stand as Mitchell and Smith
watched in horror, but Presley
quickly slumped to the ﬂoor at the
foot of his bed and lost conscious-
ness.

“When I seen him fall. 1 remem-
ber the blood was coming out of
his head," Mitchell told police.
“The blood was like a fountain —-
something like you see in a movie
or something. From there. 1 just

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40 ounces of malt liquor and a cup
of gin during the trip, which, at
one point, took them to Harry's
house somewhere in the Oakwood

Mitchell said Presley often imi-
tated Smith —— and this time the re-
sults would be deadly. Presley
took the pistol, looked at the cylin-
der to make sure the bullet was not
in a position to ﬁre. and squeezed
the trigger.

Smith took the gun back, opened

ing the pistol, the ﬁve .22-caliber
cartridges he had removed from
the revolver, a partial bottle of gin
and a fanny-pack full of .22-caliber
ammunition.

Smith also took another pistol, a

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By John Dyer Fort
Senior Staff Writer

“The Mystery of Irma Vep," at
Actors' Guild, has a deliriously
magical punch to it.

Or was it that incredible full
moon?

Every once in a while, a play
rolls on so superbly the actors
might plop down right next to us
for a break, but the play‘s magic
spell would continue unbroken.
Actors' Guild‘s production of
“Irma Vep." led by the direction of
Vic Chaney. is one of those.

DIVERSIONS
‘Mystery of Irma Vep ’ a quick-witted satire

The plot is very loosely centered
around the mysterious death of
Irma Vep, her son Victor and her
pet wolf Victor. at Mandacrest, the
ancestral home of the Hillcrest
family located somewhere on the
bleak English moors. Foul play
and dark forces, including vam-
pires and werewolves, are suspect-
ed by the servants.

Lord Hillcrest proceeds directly
to Egypt, of course, to fathom the
mysteries that are entombed with
the Pharaohs. He discovers the
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day will wake" and carries its
treasures back to England.

His mad obsession to bring Lady
Irma back leads to a tumultuous
(but hilarious) climax and a horri-
fying (zany) solution to the mys-
teries at Mandacrest. Well, sort of.

“Irma Vep" is a farcical Gothic
thriller that pokes fun at timewom
genres from the stage and screen:
romantic expedition adventures in
foreign lands. melodramatic Brit-
ish Gothic thrillers and campy hor-
ror ﬁlms.

The result is a rollicking, quick-
witted satire that never misses a
beat — or an opportunity for
laughter. Practically every line of
“lrma Vep" is packed full of
heavy-handed puns, sight gags,
slapstick. clumsy sexual innuendo,
double entendre, downstage humor
and other lip-smacking comedic
treats.

The obviously delighted audi-

Concert to

By Nina Davidson
Arts Editor

All the sounds of the earth are
like music.

The breeze is so busy it don ’t
miss a tree.

And a 01' weeping willer is
laughing at me!

These lines from the song “Oh,
What a Beautiful Morning" in the
Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
“Oklahoma" sum up the duo’s
ability to ﬁnd music anywhere.

The UK College of Fine Ans
will salute the well-known song-
writing team Saturday at 8 p.m. in
“It’s a Grand Night for Singing:
The Music of Rodgers and Ham-
merstein."

Rodgers and Hammerstein be-

ence barely had time to recover be-
fore being struck by another come-
dic jab. Considerably punch drunk
by intermission, the audience stag-
gered back, eager for more. The
witty, clever script is by Charles
Ludlam.

The most pleasing contrivance is
the two actors, veterans Billy
Brwd and Brad Wills, who play a
total of seven roles. This requires
blazing fast costume changes. al-
lowing the actor to exit and reenter
the next moment as a different
character. The technical difﬁcul-
ties are so skillfully overcome that
the actors could exit, calling off-
stage for his double. and presently
appear on stage to see what was
wanted.

Breed and Wills rise to the chal-
lenge with the effortlessness of
two sets of talented twins. Their
dizzying display of character shifts
is performed with the required

straight-faced nonchalance that
good comedy is made of .

With the audience literally howl-
ing with laughter, Breed and Wills
managed — somehow —-— to keep
their languid, deadpan expressions.

The pair alternate from high-
brow superior to cockney servant,
from man to woman, from villain
to hero with dizzying credulity and
the snap-to naturalness of a reunit-
ed Monty Python troupe. The two
brilliant performers are clearly
having a ball.

So did the audience.

"The Mystery of Irma Vep " con-
tinues Thursdays through Satur-
days at 3 p.m. until June 27. Sun-
day matinees also are showing at
2 p.m. June 20 and 27. at Actors'
Guild of Lexington. 139 W. Short
St. Call 233-0663 for ticket infor-
mation.

honor songwriting duo

gan their professional partnership
in 1942. Their ﬁrst Broadway hit
was “Oklahoma" in 1943, which
included such songs as “Oklaho-
ma" and “Oh, What a Beautiful
Morning.”

Other Rodgers and Hammerstein
hit musicals include “Carousel,"
“The King and 1." “South Paciﬁc"
and “The Sound of Music.”

“South Paciﬁc" won eight Tony
Awards in 1949, while “The
Sound of Music" won six Tony
Awards in 1959.

“The Sound of Music” is easily
the most popular Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical. The ﬁlm
version with Julie Andrews won
the Academy Award for Best
Film, and the ﬁlm soundtrack has
sold more than 20 million copies.

“My Favorite Things" and
“Climb Every Mountain" from
“The Sound of Music" will be per-
formed at Saturday‘s concert.

Everett McCorvey is the director

of “It’s a Grand Night for Sing-
ing."

Michelle Ripley, spokeswoman
for the College of Fine Arts, said
the concert is part of a national
tribute to Rodgers and Hammer-
stein on the ‘ anniversary of
“Oklahoma."

“This is the one and only major
event we’re doing this summer,"
Ripley said. in past years. the Col-
lege of Fine Arts has sponsored a
series of outdoor summer concerts
called “Summer Sounds."

Ripley said this year the college
is concentrating all its energy on
“It's a Grand Night for Singing."
She said she expects a high turnout
because the music of Rodgers and
Hanunerstein appeals to a wide va-
riety of people.

Tickets for the concert are $8
for the general public and $5 for
students and senior citizens. Call
257-4929 for tickets and informa-
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Diversity of ﬁlms, music served daily at Kentucky Theatre

By Greg Labor
Staff Writer

Hot summer days. Air-
conditioned movie theaters. What
could be a better combination —
especially for college students and
the Kentucky Theatre?

Originally opened in 1922, the
Kentucky is the largest theater in
Lexington. Traditionally a favorite
hang-out among the college

crowd, the Kentucky often boasts
more students than the Student
Center.

“We have a special kind of loy-
alty among our patrons," said Fred

Mills, manager of the Kentucky.
“A lot of people don‘t go see ﬁlms
at other theaters. They‘ll wait until
a film opens here."

That‘s because the Kentucky is a
special kind of movie-going expe-
rience. With ﬁlms ranging from
present-day hits to foreign ﬁlms to
the classics, there‘s something at
the Kentucky for just about any
taste.

“If not for this theater," Mills
said, “there are literally dozens
and dozens of movies that would
not show in Lexington."

In addition to its unique pro-
gramming, the Kentucky is the

only place where students can go
to see movies the way they were
meant to be seen.

Mills said that several older or
foreign ﬁlms like “The Wizard of
Oz" require special lenses to be
shown properly.

“We try to make-movie going an
event," Mills said. “From the
presentation all the way down to
the concession stand, which fea-
tures items you just won't find
anywhere else.”

The “event” came to an end in
October 1987 when a ﬁre in the
neighboring building severely
damaged the theater. However. a

group of investors, including
Mills. helped finance the renova-
tions, and the Kentucky opened its
doors again in April 1992.

With the reopening, Mills said
he wanted to pick up where things
left off four and a half years be-
fore.

So the Kentucky turned to Larry
Thomas, former manager of the
Movies Repertory cinema in Cin-
cinnati, to program the schedule.

However, unlike other theaters,
the Kentucky does not depend
solely on its hooker to make pro-
gramming decisions. Mills said the
managment gets a lot of feedback
from the theater‘s regulars -— in
the form of a request box in the
lobby.

“We have a lot of movie buffs
and people who take films serious-
ly who will hand in lists of ﬁlms,"
Mills said.

In addition to movies. the Ken-
tucky recently began to schedule

clude Leo Kottke. Bela Fleck and
John Sebastien of the ‘60s group
Lovin‘ Spoonful. Ticket prices for
the shows are the lowest around.
Mills said, and the experience is
better than anywhere else.

“Our facilities lend themselves
very well to concerts." he said.
“it‘s large enough, but not too
large. It’s still a very intimate set-
ting."

Also popular among students are
the midnight movies every Friday
and Saturday night. Regular favor-
ites include “Pink Floyd‘s The
Wall," “Heavy Metal" and “A
Clockwork Orange."

“The Kentucky is truly Lexing-
ton‘s movie palace." Mills said
proudly. “You will find no better
selection of movies — I'm posi-
tive of this — no matter where
your hometown is.

“Students from New York tell
me they see t