In parentheses I have noted a famous sports person who falls, or at least staggers, under each particular sign: -Capricorn (Billy Martin. He called Kenny Smith, Kentucky's head racing chemist, who was attending a post-Derby party at Louisville's Audubon Country Club "We got a Bute positive from today" Smith was told. She not only helped the Longhorns with scoring but she also pulled down 18 rebounds. They just play tennis to prepare to become a pro" Said Davila: "To a certain case that's true, although it's not 100% that way. "Imagine changing the size or dimensions of the game in football, baseball or basketball" Petranoff said. Walt wore his old Bruin cap and letterman's jacket to school, and was always candid and colorful Still is, in fact. Lynch was only an alternate for the invitational 110, but when he arrived at the track, the clerk of the course told him that Marina's Marc Kallick, who injured his right hamstring muscles in a meet two weeks ago, had scratched and Lynch was in.

Louis to rout the Montreal Expos, 9-1, and win their third game without a loss. These guys have really developed into excellent hockey players. "To tell you the truth, I don't know" pitching coach Pat Dobson said Saturday as Grant cost the Padres a game for the third time in three starts, losing, 5-1, in front of 25,659 at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. But while the Hawks failed to score the rest of the half, the Rockets scored 16 points. Chris Gallego hit a three-run home run to highlight a nine-run fourth inning as UC Irvine defeated Chapman College, 9-2, in a non-conference baseball game at Hart Park Tuesday. After watching McGwire hit three home runs in three games, the Angels got into the act Tuesday.

"I tell the kids: 'It's not who wins, it's the third-place finishes that count' " Canyon Coach Les Owens said. "Then we went down to look at him ourselves" That worked out so well that Adams started paying close attention to his mail. He and Tom Brandt, another reserve infielder for the Cal State Northridge baseball team, saw a newspaper story about an alumni game being held at Pierce College in conjunction with the renaming of the baseball field. "Judd is strictly a racing organization, so we figure to get more input from them than from Cosworth, where racing is a sidelight" Rahal said.

On the eve of the greatest event of her life, Mary Lou was sitting, cross-legged, at a gymnastics camp seminar in Louisville, signing autographs When she tried to get up, her left leg wouldn't cooperate It was locked at the knee The doctors were not completely discouraging. you don't think your problem is to the degree of a lot of others" Hoyt said. SPRINT CARS-After 14 years of racing in which he won three CRA championships, a record 103 CRA main events and 117 wins overall, Dean Thompson announced his retirement last Saturday night. "In fact, I'm glad to see the publicity, I think we need more publicity, because perhaps it sends a message to young black kids that this is something that you don't want to become involved in. Some of the kids gave up" It took some time, but Torres appears to have turned the Colonists into winners.

Galley was tied for fifth in scoring on the team with eight goals and seven assists Flame captain Jim Peplinski missed the game with the flu It snapped a streak of 106 consecutive games The Kings play the Flames again here Thursday night The Olympic Saddledome is being used tonight for a concert. At that point, it should have been: Thank you, Bret Saberhagen, we especially loved the part where you pretended to be rocking a baby in the dugout to let your pregnant wife, Janeane, know you were thinking about her. Frost began the last 18 holes just two shots off McCumber's lead and was still trailing by two strokes until the 11th That's where McCumber started pulling away He birdied 11 and 12. PONTE VEDRA, Fla. Coach Bob Lofrano will start either Pierre Amado (3-1) or Shawn Bowen (1-0. . "I wasn't out to be a pioneer when we played Kentucky" Haskins said. According to Coons, Vista Coach Dick Haines called to confirm that his team had a team to scrimmage against.

Minor league update: Albuquerque, the Dodgers' triple-A team, defeated Tacoma, 5-1, Friday night. He did not appear angry in a press conference, and he did not blame anyone "He was very upset (before the match" Nystrom said "I think he was upset at the beginning (of the match You could see it in him that he was very upset. Heffern announced after the game that he will step down from his post as girls' basketball coach to concentrate on his duties as Corona del Mar's boys' and girls' tennis coach. "It was their bench that won the game for them" Reserves Tricia Sheats and Tami Seay scored 10 and four points, respectively, for Buena Rio Mesa's reserves were held scoreless Buena is 24-0 overall and 14-0 in the Channel League Rio Mesa is 20-4 overall and 10-4 in league play. There might even be two Big Eight teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Assn tournament's Final Four.

"He causes a lot of people to mis-cover him" On the principal plays of the 49ers' three-touchdown second half, the architects included a new-old star, tight end Russ Francis. It was time for him to "relax, he said, which meant only coaching golf and cross country But it didn't work out that way. I have arranged for Sly Stallone, the master Commie blaster, to skate for the Kings. Dion Lewis helped the Pirates to another first-place finish in the high jump with a 6-0 leap. For Dodger fans, it wasn't just a night to welcome back old favorites, it was also a time to embrace new ones.

We have to wring it out pretty good to get up to 150" Ermshar's chief competition Sunday is expected to be brother Don, a Riverside attorney In 1984, Don won the IHBA championship and Jim was second. Santiago 10, Loara 8-Loara (2-3) was ahead, 6-3, after six innings, but Santiago (2-3) scored seven runs in the seventh at Loara. Grinstead the horse to beat for the May 3 race at Churchill Downs. "I kept my mouth shut about their (Sharp) knocking people off until 5 out of 6 had died" Dr Robert G Petersdorf said in an interview.

I doubt if John Madden goes around saying: "Give me Oakland or give me death" Being adopted by Indianapolis isn't such a bad thing. "Sure I'd like to emulate the Unsers, there's nothing I would like better" Mario said, his deep-set eyes sparkling at the thought. Teammate Von Herron, who was 2 for 3, drove in Simi Valley's other run in the second. Also making Cliburn's performances more attractive, is the uncertain condition of Angel relievers Donnie Moore and Greg Minton, both of whom are trying to overcome elbow injuries "Cliburn" Lachemann said "He got seven pitches and three outs He didn't throw a ball. That gives Davis 18 consecutive scoreless innings, 2 innings shy of the club record for relievers. All of the Angels would have applauded this development, except that Brian Downing had an ice bag strapped to his left forearm and Jack Howell had a jammed thumb so swollen it hurt just to think about shaking hands.

Another 962 was third despite a 31-minute pit stop in the last two hours It was driven by Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. Hoping the charm works, he has scheduled the tournament for the day of Game 7 again this season" Glenn Brenner of WUSA-TV in Washington, on the difficulty of dealing with the Georgetown basketball coach: "SALT 2 has less provisions than the deal you have to go through to get an interview with John Thompson" Trivia Time: Johnny Gee, Pittsburgh and New York Giant pitcher in 1939-46, who stood 6-9. But Zembriski knows he must win a tournament to stop being a virtual unknown "I'll be ready when the time comes" he said. In a similar vein, common sense would have seemed to dictate that McSorley be kept out of Monday night's 6-4 win over the Flames. John Moore said: "Some might say he struck out in his final time at bat But I think of it as a base on balls, a free pass to heaven".

But neither was thrilled with the degree of difficulty in getting there Lendl beat Jimmy Arias, 6-1, 7-5 But the No. Sacramento 91, Pasadena City 89-Sophomore Rhodney Moore made a 15-foot baseline jump shot at the buzzer to beat the Lancers. Mater Dei built a 41-26 lead with 50 seconds left and appeared to be in control. Dunckel has six homers and Flynn has five for the Warriors, who have hit 19 home runs Heid said he was equally pleased with his team's pitching.

So tall that the sport has outgrown many of its best young players, who now find it increasingly difficult to get scholarships to top Division I teams because of a very discriminating measuring stick. Most guys play golf as if they were going to the electric chair or cutting the world's biggest diamond. "He came over here ready to play" third baseman Terry Pendleton said "He doesn't care what uniform he's in. Only problem with your theory, Tommy, is that object Kareem is skyhooking out there is a basketball, not a medicine ball. Rose, the Reds' player-manager, had only three hits in 24 at-bats this season when he worked the count to 3-and-2 on Gooden. — Sweden's Mats Wilander and West Germany's Steffi Graf shook off slow starts Friday to advance to the fourth round of the $2. 1-million Lipton International Players Championships.

We're proud of them" Smith said the crowd disappeared quickly and quietly from Denco's after the final buzzer. Valenzuela, who wore glasses while pitching from the fourth inning on because of the dust swirling around the field, said the weather conditions did not affect him. "But whatever they want me to do, I'll do" Say this much for Booker: He is an expert in the fine art of watching a game while warming up Believe him, it is an art. The Knights (12-7 overall) scored their final three runs in the third, this time aided by two El Dorado errors El Dorado added two runs in the fourth and one in the sixth. Perhaps the most satisfying thing about the Bears is they built their team the way they play football: Recklessly. And though it was only a spring training game between the Padres and Chicago Cubs played in front of 4,302 in Desert Sun Stadium, it had special impact well beyond a 5-1 Padre victory.

Since Bell says he came up with the $300,000, his next obstacle is to meet certain financial goals set by his partners before the season began. At the earliest, the United States won't be eligible for the Davis Cup until 1989. Although the Mets have made it into the World Series three times, they never faced the Yankees. Gilmore's father remembers the distress his son displayed on the basketball court in high school if he made a mental mistake. but a little embarrassed" "People talk about how rapid Janet's stroke is and how straight her arms are, but it doesn't matter what your stroke looks like out of the water ; it's how efficient it is under water.