SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, August 31, 1994
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SPORTS in brief
Man accused of shooting golfer sentenced in court
NILES, Ohio — The man accused of firing the shot that wounded LPGA golfer Kim Williams was ordered to pay a $25 fine after pleading no contest to a charge of disorderly conduct.
The Associated Press
Niles Municipal Judge Thomas Townley sentenced Gary Swaney, 35, of Howland, Ohio, to 30 days in jail and fined him $250 plus court costs. But the judge then suspended the jail term and all but $25 of the fine.
The 9mm handgun used in the July 2 shooting was ordered to be destroved.
swainy was originally charged with negligent assault, which carried a maximum penalty of 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Niles Prosecutor Bruce Bennett said the plea agreement was approved by Williams through her lawyer and her father, who also serves as her manager.
Williams, 31, of Boca Raton, Fla., could not be reached to comment. A phone message was left at her home.
Police said Swainey was shooting a target practice in woods about one mile from the discount store parking lot where Williams was wounded. Williams, who was in town to play in an LPGA tournament, had gone to the store after a rain delay in the tournament.
Becker ousted in U.S. Open's first round
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Doubles specialist Richey Renebert ousted seventh-seeded Boris Becker from the U.S. Open in a five-set first-round victory. No. 2 Goran Ivanisevic fell in four sets to Markus Zoeke, and 16th-seeded Petr Korda withdrew from the tournament with a pulled groin muscle.
No. 3 Sergi Bruguera, No. 6 Michael Chang, No. 12 Wayne Ferreira and No. 13 Thomas Muster were seeded players to win.
On the women's side, Gigi Fernandez, a Wimbledon semifinalist in July, bumped No. 12 Sabine Hack. No. 2 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, No. 3 Conchita Martínez, No. 4 Mary Pierce, No. 9 Mary Joe Fernandez and No. 16 Amy Frazier advance.
Baseball mediators to meet separately The Associated Press
NEW YORK — With 10 percent of the season canceled because of the strike, federal mediators said they would meet separately today with baseball players and owners. Management leader Richard Ravitch has hinted strongly that owners are prepared to sacrifice the World Series in order to gain the salary cap they want.
Teams' events vary in first football week
The Associated Press
ANAHEM, Calif. — Joey Galloway caught a record 67-yard touchdown pass and scored on a reverse as No. 20 Ohio State beat Fresno State 34-10 in the Pigskin Classic. Tailback Eddie George finished with 90 yards on 24 carries and two touchdowns. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State officials ruled offensive linemen Marcus Long and Forrest Conolly ineligible for Saturday's season opener against Virginia. Long was declared ineligible for the first two games of the season while Conolly will continue on an indefinite suspension ... AUSTIN, Texas — Attorneys hired by the university of Texas are investigating whether star receiver Lovell Pinkney may have taken a trip to Los Angeles in May to meet with a sports agent, said athletic director DeLoss Dodds ... NEW ORLEANS — Alcorn football coach Cardell Jones was placed on a one-year probation and the school will lose one football scholarship next year for a holding a conditioning session in June, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced.
U.S. golf team set for Presidents Cup
AKRON, Ohio — Hale Irwin gained a player's role on America's inaugural Presidents Cup team and, in doing so, confirmed Paul Azinger as the co-captain of the U.S. team for the new international event. The tournament, set for Sept. 16-18 in Lake Manassas, Va., matches a 12-man American team against 12 foreign players whose countries aren't eligible for the Ryder Cup.
The Associated Press
Compiled by The Associated Press and Kansan sports staff
Lockout possible for NHL players
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Labor problems are not confined to baseball. The NHL has one that threatens to shut down training camps on Monday.
The Dallas Morning News quoted an unidentified source yesterday as saying that commissioner Gary Bettman will order a league-wide lockout beginning Monday.
"There will be no hockey whatsoever without an agreement," the source told the Morning News. "(Management's) position is that it makes no sense to start, then stop and then start again."
NHL spokesman Arthur Pincus said, "The story at this time is incorrect. We have set no deadline (for a lockout)."
"A strike or lockout is a distinct possibility," Mike Gartner, president of the NHL Players Association, said Monday. "I hope neither one of them happens, but they are possibilities when both sides can't come to an agreement."
The Toronto Maple Leafs forward thinks a salary cap is a big enough issue to force hockey into a similar circumstance as baseball — a work stoppage.
trying to work a salary cap that the players have said for months that they don't want," Gartner said. "We're still talking about a salary cap, which we don't want to have anything to do with, either. There are a lot of other problems in the game and problems in the upcoming agreement that have to be ironed out."
"The (baseball) players are hanging tough, and it seems the owners are
Salaries are the main issue. Owners are seeking to tie salaries to team revenues. Players hope to have salaries set by the open market. The players' ultimate goal is free agency, something owners have rejected in the past.
This time, both sides hope to avoid the problems of two seasons ago when the players staged a 10-day strike, the first in league history.
"We're trying to go through all the different scenarios that can happen and we've been trying to set up some meetings to discuss what our next step is in getting to an agreement," Gartner said. "No matter what happens, you still have to work out an agreement."
Big bucks?
Top average salaries/winnings for major sports in the United States.
Looming large is a series of sanctions that Bettman threatened to impose Thursday, when the Winnipeg Jets are scheduled to become the first team to open training camp. Bettman has said if a new agreement is not
NOTE: Team sport averages reflect all players. NASCAR averages are for the 39 drivers who entered at least 10 events. PGA Tour average is for the top 125 money winners.
Tennis average is for top 100 money winners.
SOURCE: Newsday Daily Press research
Newport News Daily Press, Knight-Ridder Tribune/M. GONTESKY
7/20/94
worked out by then, he will eliminate meal allowances, force players to pay their way to training camp and reduce rosters, among other things.
"He has not rolled back a lot of things—he's rolled back everything," Gartner said.
Gartner made the remarks at a charity golf tournament in the New York area, while Bettman was making a statement from his New York office
about the contract talks
"We're trying to make a deal," Bettman said. "Our goal is to make a deal. As far as any other issues are concerned, we are operating on a day-to-day basis as if it were business as usual."
Players have been without a contract since Sept. 15. They last met with owners last week, but have no meetings scheduled at this point.
Upsets mark first day of Open
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — What a difference a Grand Sham makes.
At Wimbledon in June, veteran Lori McNeil pulled off the biggest upset of the year when she ousted defending champion Steffi Graf in a first-round match. At the U.S. Open Monday, Graf, the defending champion, sped past her opening-rouf foe, but McNeil, a Wimbledon semifinalist, fell to Anna Smashnova of Israel, who is playing in only her fourth Grand Slam tournament.
Graf, top-seeded in the 128-player women's field, needed only 45 minutes to oust 19-year-old California Anne Gath 6-2, 6-1. Smashnova, who had to go through qualifying to gain the main draw at the Australian Open in January, shocked McNeil, who was 13th-seeded. 6-2, 6-4.
Fifth-seeded Kimiko Date easily won her first-round match Monday, beating fellow Japanese Rika Hiraki 6-0, 6-2.
It wasn't that long ago, 1989 to be exact, when Graf and fellow German Boris Becker sat atop the world of tennis, with each having won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Now, only Graf has a chance to win here this year.
Becker could only come up with a long list of excuses after losing to Richey Reneberg, a player more accustomed to success in doubles than singles.
On opening day, which didn't end until shortly after 12:30 yesterday morning, Becker and several other seeded players were knocked out of the year's final Grand Slam tournament.
"They made the court extremely slow this year, especially center court and the Grandstand, and they changed the balls," Becker said. "They made them very heavy and very soft, and that is very bad for my game."
"Basically the fifth set was the best set I've ever played in my life," Reneberg said after upsetting the seventh-seeded Becker 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5). "I had nothing to lose. I could go for my shots.
"There was no way I could play any better. I was making just about everything."
What was worse for his game was the play of Reneberg.
It took six match points, but Reneberg finally prevailed, with the winning point coming on a smash that sent the winner's arms skyward and Becker packing.
But he wasn't the only one ousted.
But he was the only one outcast Markus Zoecke of Germany upset No.2 Goran Ivanisevic 6-2,7-5,3-6,7-5 in the men's singles, while Gigi Fernandez, a Wimbledon semifinalist in July, bumped No.12 Sabine Hack of Germany from the women's field. And 16-seeded Petr Korda of the Czech Republic withdrew from the tournament with a pulled groin muscle.
Among others seeing action Monday was Jim Courier, who was ranked No. 1 in the world and top-seeded here a year ago.
Also playing first-round matches were Stefan Edberg, 1988 winner Mats Wilander and 1990 women's champion Gabriela Sabatini.
Seeded 11th this year, Courier took on the dangerous veteran Aaron Krickstein.
Not every seeded player had problems Monday, however.
Among the men, No. 3 Sergi Bruguela stopped Bryan Shelton 6-0, 6-2, 7-5; No. 6 Michael Chang defeated Andrei Cherkasov 6-4, 6-2, 6-2; No. 12 Wayne Ferreira ousted Wade McGuire 7-5, 6-2, 6-2, and No. 13 Thomas Muster beat Daniele Musa 6-3, 6-2, 6-0.
The women were led by French Open champion Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, seeded second who eliminated Linda Ferrando 7-5, 6-1, and Wimbledon winner Conchita Martinez, seeded third, who defeated Veronika Martinek 6-1, 6-0.
New Spurs coach ready to run team
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO—After going 2 1/2 months without a head coach, the San Antonio Spurs finally hired one.
Orlando Magic assistant Bob Hill was named to the post Monday, ending the team's search for a successor to John Lucas, who resigned June 9.
Irus is the best opportunity I have had in my career and my life," said Hill, who coached the New York Knicks in the 1986-87 season and the Indiana Pacers from 1990-93.
"He is one of the most highly regarded technicians in our league, and his expertise will be paramount to this team's success," said Gregg Popovich, the Spurs' executive vice president of basketball operations.
Hill said he would focus on team speed and defense in order to help the Spurs win in the postseason, where they've struggled in recent years — including a first-round upset loss to the Utah Jazz last season.
"I like to play a quicker game. We're going to emphasize the defense from game one," Hill said. "I'm extremely excited. I understand the team fairly well. I understand the problems they've had in the past in the playoffs."
Hill praised the play of All-Star center David Robinson, who attended the news conference where Hill's hiring was announced.
Robinson said a running game suited him fine, but he smiled and
expressed a hint of skepticism.
"Everybody runs before the season starts," Robinson laughed. "We've got some guys that can do it. We've just got to get it done."
Robinson said he had met with Hill while he was in town for one of his interviews but said he didn't have much say in the decision to hire him.
"I'd never met him. I didn't know anything about him." Robinson said. "I was impressed. He's an intelligent basketball guy with a lot of experience. I've got a good feeling."
When asked how he'd deal with power forward Dennis Rodman's behavior, which led to ejections and suspensions last season, Hill said Popovich would handle any such problems.
"I'll be honest with you, I hated Dennis Rodman as an opposing coach," Hill said. "And I'm going to love being on the same team."
It had been widely reported that Hill was a front-runner for the job, which had been vacant since Lucas resigned in the wake of a management shakeup. Lucas later was named head coach and general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers.
Hill also was courted by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who hired longtime-NBA assistant Bill Blair on Monday. Hill said San Antonio was his preference.
"San Antonio is a great, great opportunity," Hill said. "It is a deep team. It has players that can play multiple positions."
Hill said he planned to hold a mini-camp for Spurs players and about a dozen free agents Sept. 10-12.
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