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CAA

By GREGORY A. HALL
Associate Editor

People wondering whether
Dwane Casey put $1,000 in an over-
night package to a recruit's father
were still wondering after UK re-
leased on Friday its 4,300-page re-
sponse to the NCAA’s investigation
of the school’s basketball program.
Also left wondering were those who
wanted to know from whom did
Eric Manual cheat on his ACT -—
if, in fact. he cheated.

 

response contains no smoking guns

In response to a lawsuit brought
by three Kentucky newspapers, the
state Supreme
Court ruled
April 9 that UK
had to release
the report.

Most of the
findings frotn
the investigation,
which placed
UK on probation
for three years
and resulted iii

the resignations of athletics director
Cliff Hagan and head coach Eddie
Sutton. were al-
ready known at
the time of the
investigation.
Included in the
report:
~UK reported
to the NCAA
that there was
“credible and
persuasive evi-
dence" that

 

Around
the World
in a Day

TOP: Students from Garden
Springs Elementary watch
other children perform at the
international Fair outside UK's
Dickey Hall Friday,

These second graders wait
their turn to present a pro-
gram on Saudi Arabia.
RIGHT: Tobie Garcia, who at-
tends kindergarten at Lexing-
ton Montessori, attended the
international Fair to perform a
Mexican program with her
class.

About 700 Fayette County
schoolchildren performed and
displayed exhibits at the UK
College of Education interna-
tional Fair Friday.

Photos by Lindsay
Campbell.

 

 

FBI probe casts shadow
over accomplishments of
1992 General Assembly

By MARK Fl. CHELLGREN
Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Ky. From
crime to campaigns, economic de-
velopment to the environment. the
l992 General Assembly touched a
number of topics during the session
that just ended.

By its end Tuesday, though. much
of what had been debated was lost
among coricem about a federal iii-
vestigation of goveminent wrongdo-
ing in Kentucky that touched the
legislature.

Many lawmakers worried the iii<
vestigation overshadowed every-
thing they had done, and hoped for
a quick conclusion.

Nevertheless. legislators ad-

dressed some substtuitive issues.
BUDGET

A budget that spent millions
tnore than the state took in this year
meant lean times when (iov. Brcre-
ton Jones was puttitig together his
spending ideas for the coming bien-
tiiuin. For the most part. the (Better
al Assembly adopted the Jones bud-
get.

lixccpt for elementary and secon-
dtu'y education. almost every area
of state government Will have less
money to spend in the fiscal year

See FRANKFORT. Page 5

 

$1,000 was in an Emery overnight
package sent to the father of recruit
Chris Mills when the package left
campus. The University. however.
could not ascertain who placed the
money in the envelope.

-Assistarit coaches received ath-
letics-related income from sources
outside the University. btit did not
report the income to UK. a viola-
tion of NCAA rules.

'Basketball players had stayed in
the Joe B. Hall Wildcat Lodge
while they were not students. a vio-

lation of NCAA rules. Because oi
that former UK players Johnathon
Davis, I.eRon Ellis, Derrick Miller
and seniors from this year Deron
Feldhaus and John Pelplircy were
declared ineligible by UK. 'l’hey
were all reinstated by the N(‘AA el-
igibility committee.

-UK withheld much of the infor-
mation surrounding zui NCAA tind-
irig that fonner UK player Iiric Ma-
nuel cheated on his A(,'l‘. Vice
President for Administration l)on—
ald (‘lapp, who is in charge of UK

records, said the documents were
withheld because of an injunction in
a federal case brought by Eric Ma—
nuel.

In general. the University agreed
with the N(‘AA that there was a
lack of proper institutional control
over the basketball progriun.

UK cited the resignations of Sut-
ton and llagaii as recognition of that
deficiency and as a coiriinitiiient to
maintain stricter control in the fit-

See NCAA, Page 5

Gibson wants to recruit
new faces to Kentuckian

By NICK COMEB
Senior Staff Writer

When she was a sophomore at
UK. Stacy Gibson walked into the
Kentuckian yearbook office with an
interest in writing and a desire to
get involved in an organization.

Next year.
she will walk
into the office
with the title of
editor in chief ,
of the Kentucki-
an.
Gibson, an
English and po-
litical science
senior, was se-
lected head of
the student publi- GIBSON
cation Friday by the Board of Siti-
dent Media. a panel of UK stu-
dents, faculty and an administrator.
that oversees the Kentuckian and

WRI‘l.-FM. the student-run radio
station.

(iibson‘s top priority for next
year‘s yearbook will be bringing
new faces to the publication.

“One of the big things we're go-
ing to have to do is recruit." she
said. This year has “been a difficult
year.“ because much of the work
has been done by the yczu‘book‘s
IO-member editorial board. But
getting people into the publica-
tion's office is not an easy task be-
cause the job is not always glzunor-
ous. she said.

“We're not really a visible or-
gzuiization because our product
only comes out once a year,

“Sometimes you feel like yoti me
getting nowhere btrt you see
your nrune (in the yearbooki at the
ctid of the year... ’l‘liat‘s great."

(iibson is well-suited to the job
of building a yearbook stall. said
Michael Agin. strident media advis-

er and a member of the media

board.

"I think she can build a team of
students who cart create .in excel-
lent book next year." he said.

The Kentuckian is not the only
student media that is changing its
leadership for next year. WRI’I.
currently is accepting applications
for general manager and progriun
director. The deadline for submit-
ting applications has been moved to
noon Wednesday in order to make
the positions available to as many
people as possible. Agiii said.

“'lhe board just decided that there
was a potential that there were
some people who didn‘t apply who
wanted to apply." Agiii said,

Applications for general manager
and program director are available
at the WRH. office in Miller Hall
and Agiii‘s office, ‘stl lilltic'll J (ire—
liaii Journalism Building.

Dance ensemble takes flight
with mixed music, messages

By TYBONE BEASON
Staff Writer

After three months ol rehearsals.
members of the UK dance ensem-
ble took iliglit Saturday night in :i
show that featured a mix of music
tutd messages.

The concert. titled “llumaii As-
pects of Control." explored several
topics. including the ambivalence
of adolescence. the religious beliefs
of Shakers and childhood inscciiri»
ty.

'Ilie dancers also presented popu—
lar musical arrangements during
Saturday‘s performance at the (his
A. Singlctary (‘ciitcr for the Arts.

Rayma Beal. dance instructor tor
the ensemble, said rehearsal for the
two-hour show was physically dc-
mzuiding and required a great deal

ol discipline.

"It takes constantly working.
weekly and sometimes twice week-
ly in order to get the choreography
together." said Bcal who has been a
[K dance instructor for six years.

Bcal directs a dance ensemble
concert each semester. livery mem-
ber of the dance ensemble must
love to dance and be willing to
spend long hours working on chore-
ography. Bcal said.

Saturday's concert included It)
lTK diniccrs Only one was tnalc

“We lia\c a real problem with
getting men to try dance." Bcal said
ol the shortage ol male dancers
“It‘s not a familiar art form for
many of them We would like
more."

Mary Bruce Blackburn and The
American Dance linscmblc were

guest performers at the concert
Blackburn. an litistcrii Kentucky
native and .i [K alumna. |ll\l\t'ti to
New York in Who \\llt‘lt.‘
it‘lllltini the «lance L'iillipdll‘»

site

She and ilt‘l dancers pcrloiined
two arrangcriicrits. including "Ma-
riiiktoa Icya tIilack legiisi." a
inotrrnlul ilancc portraying the dc
\llllt‘lltill ot .uiiriial populations .it
the hands wt humans

"I started \ioikiiig on the piece
when all the oil spills “(It [hilipc'lh
ing lll . . \l;rsk;i. and l was contin-
tritig to work on the prctc tor the
(illil War when lhci wcrc blowing
up :lii llit‘ ilii liclds." Blackburn

said

l)aricc l\ .l growing or lorrii.
Blackburn said. liven so. it does not
receive adequate support iii the
l.cxtngton area.

 

By TYRONE BEASON
Staff Writer

Students. faculty and adininis-v
trators came together for an
awards banquet Friday to celebrate
the achievements of blacks at UK
and to honor the legacy of the Uni-
versity‘s first black student, l.y-
man '1‘. Johnson.

In 104‘). Johnson was allowed
to enroll in UK‘s (inidtiatc School
after winning a federal court battle
for the right to do sti

Johnson. 85. said l-‘riday that his
fight to gain admittance to UK
was beneficial to all of Kentucky‘s
public institutions. especially Ken-

 

UK banquet honors
blacks’ achievements

tucky State University.

“When I came here. there was a
change of attitude on the part of
the state legislature to the effect
that we‘ve got to give (Kentucky
State University) equality of facil-
ities.“ he said.

The result was an improved
learning environment for black
students at the l-‘raiikfort universi-
iy.

In a brief speech at the lltli-
annual banquet. held in the (Brand
Ballroom of the Student (‘cntciu
Johnson told the crowd of about
lit) that he remains dedicated to

See JOHNSON. Page 5

PNOIO COURTESY 0F LEXINGTON HERALDVLEADER

Lyman T Johnson (right) and the president of Kentucky State
College. R B Atwood. left court in Lexrngton after Victory in John—
son's suit to gain admission to UK‘s graduate school in 1949

 

 

 

.. -,.~SPORTS ——-—l—-—— UK TODAY ....-......

 

 

INSIDE

 

Story, Page 2.

 

Bat Cats lose two of three games to Florida
Gators in weekend series.

Feminist literary scholar Elaine Hedges
speaks at 4 pm. in 245 Student Center.
For information, contact Bonnie Jean Cox,

257-4351 .

The Origin ieaves
keyboard player in
San Francisco.
Review, Page 4.

Sports ..................... 2.3
DiverSions . .................. 4
Viewpomt ...................... 6
Classifieds ................... 7

 

I

 

 

 Valdes looks
like Gooden
in silencing

Bat Cats 9—4

By JEFF DRUMMOND
Senior Staff Writer

University of Florida pitclter
Marc Valdes won't hesitate to mune
his favorite major league baseball
player.

"Dwight (iotxletif‘ he says widt-
out a secottd thought.

It would've taken Goodeli. rut all-
star pitcher for the New York Mets,
to give a better perfonnance thzm
Valdes gave yesterday at Shively
Field. The Gators’ ace scattered
eiglil hits — all singles — atid al-
lowed only three earned runs as
Florida beat UK 9-4 iii the weekend
series finale.

Valdes‘ pitching was instrumen-
tal itt helping No. 8 Florida (33-12
overall and 9-6 111 the Soudwastent
Conference) move into a tie with
the Bat (‘aLs for first place iii the
league‘s eastern division. UK (28-
12, 9-6) split Saturday‘s double—
header. winning 10-5 111 the opener
and losing the riightcap. 7-0.

:Valdes improved to 6-2 for the
season and pushed his league-
leading strikeout total to 100. Un-
t‘dnunatety for UK, Valdes picked
this weekend to break out of a
month-long slump that saw the
sOphomore right-hander go four
outings without picking up a win.

;After the win, art exhausted
Vfaldes was relieved to see himself
return to fonn.

“‘1 was kind of nervous going into
the game because I havent had a

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I
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BY DAVE LAVENDER
Staff Writer

The I‘)‘)I-‘)2 UK (‘ool (‘ats got
together for the last time Friday
night. But. for once. they weren‘t
meeting at midnight before hun-
dreds of frenzied fans.

Ilt fact. Brad Barrett zutd Kevin
(Intycrat‘t. a UK graduate student
who hasn‘t missed a game iti five
years. were tunong the handful of
fans who showed up to watch the
(‘tXil (Tats.

The only hard checking that went
on was in the dessert line and ()II the
video screen. Atid the otily liigli-
sticking came when good-natured
jokes were tossed about the room.

The (‘ool (‘ats. decked otlt iii ci-
vilian clothes of the suit and tie na-
ture. turned the Ililary .I. Boone lia-
culty (‘cliler tltto a cclebratiott of
the glories of seasons past.

The Cool Cats newly-acquired
banner hutig royally on the wall,
welcoming the American Collegiate
Hockey Association rurtners-up.
The Cool (Tats. after being ranked
No. l in the nation by the ACHA
for a majority of the season. solidi-
fied their rtational reputation by
placing second in the eight-tezun na—
tional tountatnettt held at DePaul
University.

The fruits of the Cool (Tats na-
tional labors were evident. General
Manager Mark Shupe unveiled the
banner and reported next season‘s
tentative schedule: Division I Ala-
harm/Huntsville. Ohio State. India-
na. Dennison. Washington. and the

SPORTSMONDAY
Bat Cats lose two of three to N o. 8 Florida

SEC PCT
Florida .600
Kentucky .600
Georgia .571
Tennessee .533
South Carolina .400
Vanderbilt .357

 

—1992 SEC Baseball

Eastern Division

 

ALL PCT

33-12 .733 LSU
28-12 .700 Miss. State
27-12 .692 Arkansas"
28-13 .683 Ole Miss‘
29-15 .659 Auburn"
19-19 .500 Alabama'

Western

SEC PCT ALL PCT
12-3 .800 33-8 .805
7-7 .538 25-25 .625
7-6 .500 24-18 .571
5-8 .385 22-18 .550
5-8 .385 23-16 .590
4-10 .286 26-14 .650

'Sundly m not Included

 

 

’VALDEs“

win iti almost a month,“ said
Valdes. whose last victory came
March 2t against Aubuni. “I had a
talk with the coaches before the
game and they told tne to keep do-
itig the satne thing I‘ve done all
year long. They said eventually it
would come.

“I just wanted to come out attd
get a good. quality start.“

Valdes kept the Cats handcuffed
for most of his 7 2/3 innings on the
mound. He allowed only four hits
in the first six innings atid retired

teattt that beat IIK for the national
title. Toledo.

The improved schedule. which
could include admission iii the
highly-competitive Midwest (‘olle-
giatc Hockey Association. is a god-
send. Many who were with the
team iti the not-to-distant past re-
member when the (‘ool (‘ats practi-
cally had to beg good tcattts to play
them. Not atiy more

(‘ool (‘ats head coach l’hil Dav-
enport. who is stepping down after
five years. broke tradition when he
stepped up to the podium to speak.
Ile praised the teattt for what he
called the greatest moments iii the
history of the (‘ool (‘atsz a two
game sweep over powerhouse Mia-
mi of Ohio.

“Those two games tncali tnorc to
me than the national tournament."
Davenport said. ”It said to me that
things were on course. I wasn’t
there and you did everything that
you could do and did it well."

Davenport praised Mike Wolf
ruid Roy Ilenry for sticking with
him from the beginning. Assistant
coach Carl Montgomery, who was
in Pittsburgh because of his father‘s
illness, also drew praise from Dav-
enport.

“(Montgomery‘s) moral support
zuid knowledge of the game is far
tnore than what any of you czut real-
ize."

Like the buffet-style dinner. it
also seemed that the first. second
run] even third helpings were dished
out in fonn of trophies. plaques arid
praise. The voice of the Cool (‘ats.

 

MADSON

eight consecutive UK hitters at one
point.

“He was iti control all the way,"
Florida coach Joe Aniold said. “He
had some good velocity oti his fast-
ball and had the sinker going good.

“You saw a lot of groulidouts and
strikeouts off (UK's) bats. Arid he
didn't walk very many guys. It was
his kind of grune."

Valdes' lone brush with control
problems crune iti his first and last
innings of work. Ile walked one liit-
ter iii each of the first three innings

Cool Cats wrap up season

t table instead of on rink

Steve York. distributed the hard-
ware. (‘liad (‘ooper. who tallied an
unbelievable l()3 points this season.
was named Most Valuable Player
attd first team all-star from the
A(‘IIA national tourttrunctit. Ilc
also received team MVP honors.

(‘ooper‘s brother and team cap-
lain. .Ieff. also was named first team
all-star. .Iason Smilltwick was
named second team all-star. Among
cheers of “Bennie" attd “Elvis." la-
sott Bennett received the award for
the Most Itnproved. Kris Koczut. the
club‘s president. took home the
Most Dedicated Player award. De-
fenscman Nick Pclligrccn. sporting
a kelly green blazer zutd looking
like he‘d just won the Masters.
stepped to the mike to receive the
Unsung Ilcro award. and then acci-
dctttly broke the trophy when he sat
back dowti. prompting a player to
say. “I told you not to vote for
Nick."

Goalie Eric Sanders, who made
an incredible 585 saves this season.
received the Southern Club Hockey
Association‘s Leading Goaltender
award for art outstanding 1.93 goals
against average.

Kocan not only presented Sltupe
and his wife Amy with a romantic
getaway. but he also volunteered
the team for free babysitting servic-
es wltilc they were away.

“He schedules gruncs. He takes
money, Ilc kicks people out of
games." said Kocan of Shape. who
has played. coached arid announced

See HOCKEY. Page 3

WHORE JOHNS TOW Komol Sill

attd issued a walk iii the eighth iti-
tiitig. He also hit one batter.

But none of that resulted iti trou-
ble for the Gators as IIK stranded
l() runners on base.

“We had men on base early iii the
game. btit we couldn‘t get them in.“
UK coach Keith Madison said. “I
give (Valdes) a lot of credit.

“He certainly pitched tut out—
standing game. He has one of the
best sinker balls I‘ve ever seen at
this level."

Madison said it was a case of the
(‘ats tryittg to do too much too
quickly.

“A lot of times today. we were
tryittg to hit the home run or double
instead of just making good con-
tact. he said. That‘s understzutda-
ble because we‘ve come back a lot
this year with those kind of hits.
But you just can’t do that against a
pitcher like Valdes."

Long balls aren’t a cutmnon site
for hitters facing Valdes. They have
enough trouble just getting into the
air against the sinker-baller. Going
into yesterday’s game, Valdes had
chalked up 123 groutidouts versus
only 34 flyouts. Even more impres-
sive, he's allowed only eight home
runs iti 234 career innings.

Valdes said the pitching condi-
tions at Shively Field were ideal for
his game.

See BAT CATS, Page 3

Staff, wire reports

A’I‘LANTA .-- Top high
school prOspect Othella Harring-
ton said Sunday he plans to visit
the University 0f Kentucky be
fore deciding where he will play
college basketball

Harrington a 6- foot-9 1/2 cen-
ter from Jackson. Miss, said he
was attracted to Kentucky be-
cause coach Rick Pilino “knows
what it takes to play on an upper
level.”

”He’s been a winner in the
NBA and that's where I eventu-
ally want to be," [Ian-ington
said.

Harrington ruinomlced he had
added Kentucky to his list of po-
tential colleges foll0wing the
McDonald‘s all-star high school
basketball game. held at Georgia
Tech. Harrington’s short Iist- of
choices also includes Louisiana
State. Arkansas. Georgetown
and Misstssippi’State.

He led the West team to a
100—85 victory with 19 points
and 2| rebounds.

I‘larringtort was named the
game‘s Most Valuable Player.
He made nine of 14 shots and
had three steals.

“l was honored to get the
MVP award," he said.
”Usually, that means you’re the
best of the best.

“Bill believe me. I‘m not. I
was very fortunate today. The
tcatrt ditl all outstanding job of

 

\® Little things unnerve

Bat Cats in SEC series
against cocky Gators

A million and one things etui ltap-
pen in nine innings. It's usually
only one or two of those things that
can cost a good baseball team a big
ball game.

Evert though three million and
three things happened over the
weekend at Sltively Field. only a
few were sigttiticatit enough to alter
the course of the biggest Southeast-
ent Conference baseball series of
the weekend —— No. 23 UK versus
No. 8 Florida — which tunted out
to be a battle for first place iii the
SEC‘s Easteni Division.

Most of those things, and this is
typical iti baseball, were mental.
We're ttot talking about mental er-
rors. Like losing concentration on a
deep fly ball to Shively’s spacious
ruid difficult-to-defettd left field.
We're talking about tnental tor-
mem.

This series was of monstrous im-
portance in the SEC race. And the
results included a lot of things. A
little anxiety. A little anger. A lot of
frustration.

All three of those elements pre-
sented themselves to the Bat Cats
this weekend at Shively. And the
Florida Gators‘ approach did noth-
ing to aid an already overcharged
UK squad. The sidelight events of
Saturday‘s doubleheader split fed
the flames for the crucial series fi-
nale Easter Sunday.

“We really wanted to beat Flori-
da," UK‘s Brad Hindersman said
after Sunday’s loss. “There was a
lot of things that happened in the

 

games (Saturday). We just really
wruited to take the series."

One of those things was UF's
Rick Britton’s long home ruti irt
Saturday‘s opener. a shot that sailed
(and sailed and sailed) well beyond
the center field wall.

But the long home ruti didn’t af-
fect the Bat Cats as much as Brit-
ton’s reaction. 0r lack thereof. He
didn't move. Not until the ball
touched down on the astroturf field
at the football practice facility
roughly 450 feet (a very conserva—
tive guess) from home plate did
Britton make a move toward first
base.

“More of it stemmed from the
guy that hit the home run last night
and just stood and watched it," Hin-
dersman said. “That kind of both-
ered a lot of people.“

The Bat Cats also took offense to
what they considered an unlikely
high number of high and tight
pitches — one that actually went
behind the back of UK’s Jeff Nor-
man legitimately emptied the UK
dugout. No scuffle occurred, but
Madison had words with the home
plate umpire about wanting the
Florida hurler — to no avail.

See BASEBALL, Page 3

 

Harrington announce   ' _ _
followmg All- Star compel

 

 

.Kettssky Kcmel

 

 

 

giving methe ball};

Lady Kats recruit named
Miss Basketball

LOUISVILLE. Ky. --- Hart.

East 3 Becky McKinley Were
named Kentucky‘s Mr. and Miss

Basketball on Saturday.

The players will wear No. ton
their jerseys for the Kentucky- f
Indiana All-Star games this sum-

met.

Mr. and Miss Basketball arese-f.

I put a lot (if liar

minatiun in her game. '

The All-Star games will be
played at Louisville on lime 202i:
and Indianapolisonliine 27 . ”

Indiana holds .‘a- 55-32 lead in!
the boys’ series, w Ie the Ken-
tucky girls: have a; _ 11 advah--:.-
rage. ,

Men’s-Tennisdiiops two

The UK men s tennis team
dropped two" matches in Florida-
last weekendgl '

Iceted in a vote by high school-::

coaches before the start of postseaI-i'

son play and were annoance‘d'dur.

ing the Kentucky Associated Press ‘

Sports Editors meeting.

Rogers. 8 6 foot- 5 guard, aver-5:3?”

aged. 33 4 points and I2 7 rebounds}-

itt leading Hart County to a 21-13
record this season. He has signed
with Louisville.

McKinley. a S-ll forward, aver-
aged 30 I points and I2 rebounds in
helping Bullitt IL of post a 29-4
record She will play at UK next
season.

“I feel very honored to be Miss
Basketball,“ McKinley said. “I have
a lot of people to thank -— my

my

Cillley and Jason Yeager in a
third set tie-breaker.- 7-5 =

UK found itself. down ' 14-2
heading into doubles play again
against Miami Saturday. Mia-
mi‘s DeanCohen andLarry An-
gus ended the meet quickly, de-
feating Mahyar Geodarz and
Yeager, who filled in fur the-an
injuredCttlley, 64,6-4.

 

 

Giants take care of Reds 8-2, to complete three-game sweep

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO —— The
Giants took care of the Reds the
easy way fora three-game sweep.

Aflcr scoring six rttlts ttt tltc first
inning oti Saturday. San Francisco
catnc back on yesterday for four
runs 111 the first en route to Elli 8-3
victory against (‘incittnali

The (inutls' fourth straight victo-
ry placed them itito a first-place tie
with the Houston Astros ili tllc NI.
West. The (limits and the Astros be-
gin a three-game series tonight at
the Astrodomc.

"They're swinging the hats and.
conversely. we're up there leelmg
for the‘ball." Reds manager Lou Pi-

niella said.

John Burkctt (l- I ) retired the first
12 Reds and allowed only live siti-
glcs iit his eight innings. striking
ottt three attd walking none. .Icff
Brantley finished.

“When ottr guys are liittillg the
ball and scoring runs early. it tnakcs
it a lot caster tilt the pltchcrs." Bur-
kctt said, “(letting the 4-() lead clta-
bled tne to become more aggres-
.sivc."

The Giants sent clght batters to
the plate for six hits and fotir runs
offTim Belcher (l-Z) iii the first.

Darren Lewis led off with a sin—
gle. stole second. went to third on
Willie McGee‘s sitigle and scored
on Will (‘lark's sacrifice fly. (‘hris

.lames‘ run-scoring double and ruti-
scoring singles by Robby Thomp-
son and .lirri McNamtua capped the
inning

The (iiattts added three rulis off
Belclier ill the tltird. 'I‘honipson led
off wttli a double and scored on
McNalllara‘s single. Roycc (‘Iayloti
tripled. attd lewis' run-scoring siti-
glc made it 7-0.

McGee‘s two-out single arid
(‘lark‘s double scored another rim
iii the sixth, McGee finished with
three hits atttl two rtttis scored. giv-
ittg liitti II) hits in l7 at-bats with
eight runs scored 111 the last five
games.

“We stored I5 runs in two games
witltotlt (ailing) Matt Williams."

(limits manager Roger (‘raig said.
“That shows we have got a pretty
strong bench. tuid that‘s what you
need to have a good ballclub.“

The Reds scored in the fifth when
’atll ()‘Neill singled. advanced on a
grounder scored on .Icff Reed's sin-
gle.

Cincinnati, which had only two
hits cttterittg the eighth. scored an
unearned run off Burkett on all er-
ror arid consecutive singles by
(ilenn Braggs. Reed atttl I-‘rcddic
Beliavidcs.

Notes:

°(‘raig managed his |.()0()th game
for San Francisco yesterday. He
rtow ltas a 320-480 record with the
club. No other San Francisco skip-

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per has managed or won more
games.

0 Btu‘ry Larkin who played Satur-
day was rcsted yesterday with a
sprained left knee. he is expected to
miss a three-game series 111 Los Ari-
gclcs beginning Monday night.

- Right-handcr .Iosc Rijo plans to
have a lliagtictic resonance imaging
test on his sore rigltt elbow durilig a
three-game series this week iii Los
Angeles.

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team Dr. Frank lobe to try to litid
the cause of the stiffness arid paitt
that have troubled him since last
season.

“It‘s just not fun anymore." Rijo
said this weekend in Salt Franciico.

“I can‘t even sleep tnost nights be-
cause it hurts so much.“

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son, but he pitched through the pain
to firiislt IS-(i with a 2.5l earned
run average. It flared again this
spring.

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to a 7-3 loss Friday night at (‘alidlc-
stick Park. He gave tip five runs irt
six innings. falling to 0-3 ili three
starts with a 4.30 |iRA.

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frotn throwing his slider.

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Pine Bluff owner optimistic about Derby

By ED SCHUYLER JR.
Aeeociated Preee

John Ed Anthony knows all about
dashed Kentucky Derby hopes, hav-
ing lost with five starlets. including
favored Demons Begone. who bled
and was pulled up in 1987.

That doesn't keep a horseman
like Anthony from hoping, howev-
er, and his hopes are high in the
wake of Pine Bluff's victory in Sat-
urday's Arkansas Derby at Oak-
Iawn Park.

“This may be the soundest, most
well-conditioned horse we've ever

taken to the Kentucky Derby." said
Anthony. president of Lobloily
Stable.

“Hopefully, we've got him where
he will peak in a couple of weeks,"
said Pine Bluff's trainer Tom Bo-
hannon.

In the Wood Memorial at Aque-
duct, jockey Mike Smith felt he was
aboard a Derby contender in Devil
His Due, who won the l 1/8-mile
race over West by West.

“After this he deserve a shot,"
Smith said.

Trainer Allen Jerkens. though.
said “I'd prefer not to go." but yes-

terday said a decision about the
Derby had not yet been reached.

It appeared that as many as 18 3-
year-aids could contest the Ken-
tucky Derby on May 2 despite Ara-
zi's status as a heavy favorite.

A reason for the big field is that
even if Arazi wins. he could run
next in the English Derby and not
in the Preakness and Belmont
Stakes. There is a $1 million bonus
for the horse who earns the most
points based on top-three finishes in
the Triple Crown races. To be eligi-
ble, a horse must finish all three
races.

Two more Derby steppingstones
remain —- the Lexington Stakes on
Thursday at Keeneland and the Der-
by Trial on Saturday at Churchill
Downs. No Derby starters are ex-
pected to cotne out of the Trial on
opening day at Churchill Downs.

Among the Derby hopefuls ex-
pected in the Lexington are D].
Cat, Hickmzui Creek, Hill Pass and
Agincourt. Lure could race back
into the Derby picture in the Lex-
ington.

Pine Bluff overcame Derby can-
didate Lil E. Tee in the stretch for a
neck victory in the Arkansas Derby.

 

Baseball

Continued from page 2

Sunday a few more close ones
sailed in. One pitch was inches
from Jeff Abbott’s eyes. Earlier in
the gzune. another pitch whizzed be-
hind his back.

“I really think our guys were
ready to play today." UK coach
Keith Madison said. “The fact that
Florida did some headhunting on us
and the attitude of the Florida
players really tired our guys up.
They wanted very badly to win this
game."

In the end, Horida‘s approach to
the series was not only arrogant, but
also surprising. They seemed aloof.
But they were the team that was
supposed to be against the wall.
They should have the nervous team.
This was a crucial series, but for
who?

“They placed probably more sig-
nificance on this weekend than we
did,“ Madison said. "They're a
team that some people picked to
win the national championship and

they catne iti here in second place.
They had a lot to prove this week-
end.“

The (Tats were a close second to
Tennessee in the SEC‘s Eastern Di-
vision. Florida was one game back
of UK. The Gators needed to win.
The Cats played like they needed to
win. Nervous mistakes were made.
Emotion got the best of the Bat
Cats. Florida had unnerved them.

A typical example of their frus-
tration happened Sunday with the
bases loaded in the bottom of the
eighth, when Abbott found himself
in the familiar situation of savior.
The bases were loaded. With two
outs.

He's been in that situation before.
In the past. UK has had some luck
coming fortn behind with big in-
nings late in the game. They had
just done so against Florida the day
before in a similar situation. So
with UK down 7-4, Abbott was led
astray by his emotions. Rather than
looking for the single, he stared to-
ward the fence and swung for it.
Three times. Three times he missed.

“In a lot of cases today we were

trying to do too much at the plate
instead of just making contact and
just trying to put the ball in play,“
Madison said. "We were trying to
go for a double or a home run and
the harder you swing against a good
sinker ball pitcher the more nega
tive the results."

But don't blzune Abbott. He
wasn‘t the only one with the long
ball on his mind. It was a prevalent
image for the frustrated Bat (‘ats.
They had been intimidated some-
what by the Gators attitude. ()ut-
raged a little even. Iiveryone with a
stick wruited to end the game with
one swipe.

“Because we‘ve come back and
won games on doubles and home
runs. it‘s“ just natural for a guy to
think that he can do it again. but
you still have to remember who
you're hitting against. You have to
have a game plan when you go to
the plate."

The Cats game plan was beyond
reality and Florida sophomore Marc
Valdes sinker ball was beyond
good. In the end they lost by going
fishing after that ever-elusive

Valdes sinker and the third game
escaped them.

They were beaten by Florida. No
surprises there. Bttt it didn't seem
like an upset. UK could have won.
but In the wacky world of S|{(‘
baseball Madison said nothing sur-
prises him.

Not cvetr the fact