Undefeated, Ruffian broke down in a 1975 match race against Foolish Pleasure, the Kentucky Derby winner, and a team of equine surgeons was unable to save her. This was the same type of game we played and won earlier this season" Mira Mesa played without three starters. San Diego State, with four nationally ranked players, is the favorite to win the Pacific Coast Athletic Assn women's tennis championships, which start at 9 a. m today at UC Irvine The No. "There were times I got upset last year when the hit-and-run sign wasn't flashed, but, hey, I know I have to lump it I do what I'm told. Success soon followed. Less than four years ago, Alex Solis left Panama for Florida with $700 in his pocket and little more than a dream to become a great jockey "I didn't know anybody in this country I didn't speak a word of English" he said.

And if he does? "Well, that would be the worst-case scenario" In fact, when approached, his famous stare dissolves in the desert sun and he becomes merely shaggy. Bryon Strachan scored 23 points to lead the Rustlers (1-14, 5-21. The Matadors are battling Pepperdine and Cal State Long Beach for the fourth and final spot in the West regional The Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Assn champion gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Final Four Places two through five go to the regional. South Bay Lutheran 47, W.

Bill Russell, who played at third with Bill Madlock sitting out with a sore right elbow, made two errors at the unfamiliar position. Well, let's say they'd at least loft some to the warning track. Calvano and Joe Hernandez led the Angels' offense with two hits each Calvano was 2 for 3 and scored two runs Hernandez was 2 for 2 with two doubles and an RBI Queen of Angels is 3-3-2 Chaminade 9, St. "If the choice is either continuing to subscribe to cable or disconnect in order to pay for a descrambler, I know what the choice will be" Programming blunders, bad reception and bad service have plagued much of the cable industry since its inception. I knew there were horses behind me, but I was lucky when I got thrown far enough so that I was clear"I hit hard on my upper back between the shoulder blades and had the wind knocked out of me I tried to make sure that I didn't hit on my neck. Benirschke, a 10th-year player, is the Chargers' all-time leading scorer. SAN DIEGO — In an attempt to get more production from their kickers this season, the Chargers are cutting back on kicking in training camp. All they've got to do is give Manute some tools and let him reach up and fix things" Trivia Time: When Roger Maris hit his 61st home run off Boston's Tracy Stallard in the last game of the 1961 season, how did it figure in the outcome of the game? (Answer below) Add Maris: In his hometown of Fargo, N. D, he is remembered more as a football and basketball star, since high schools in the state didn't play baseball.

8 occurred in the third inning of Sunday's get-together with the St Louis Cardinals Cardinal pitcher Bob Forsch stood on third Andy Van Slyke was on second. According to Beck, Jacobs was curious about the controversial Joe Louis-Jersey Joe Walcott fight of 1947. USC (12-2) trailed for most of the game but outscored the Buckeyes, 12-4, in the final 4:39 of regulation play to send the contest into overtime at 74-74. The Razorbacks have been starting four sophomores and one junior. "So we've got to be ready, because that's my race" Rivlia, a 6-year-old Riverman-Dahlia horse bred and owned by Nelson Bunker Hunt, was sold last week to local interests who plan to make a breeding deal with a Japanese stud farm next year. San Francisco Giants' teammate Chris Brown whispered the pearl of big league wisdom into the rookie's ear moments after he questioned plate umpire Lee Weyer's called third strike in the third inning of Giants-Houston Astros opener last Tuesday Crew chiefs, Brown lectured, often possess long memories Second: Never carry a post-game beer out of the clubhouse.

I thought I could put (the bunt) down anywhere" But this was Boone's blessed evening. "We're like the Lou Gehrig of the mile" Their rivalry will be renewed today in the Michelob Invitational at the San Diego Sports Arena. It was the second time this season the Gauchos (8-4, 1-3) defeated Northridge (4-7, 1-3. The Expos got a run back in their half of the inning when Law walked and came around on Dann Bilardello's double down the left field line. . He said the recent dominance of Martina Navratilova has shown players the value of a complete game. "I don't think the competition was such a farce until Sergei was given his extra jump" Olson said. A team that hit . 299 in 27 spring games is hitting . 185 (23 for 124) with 31 strikeouts, nearly eight per game They have scored just six runs (1. 5 per game.

He requested through the public address announcer that the crowd be as silent as possible on his second try at 19-5 3/4 But a crowd of 14,449 started cheering. Alex Spanos, the Charger owner, hasn't talked to Fouts since the end of the 1987 season. Bliss just concluded his sixth season at SMU and has an overall record of 88-81. Is one of three pitchers in the majors with 20-plus relief appearances in each of the last two seasons with no saves in either The others: Nate Snell and Ed Vande Berg Yep, some choice stuff for the Finley family scrap book.

But more of a problem for the Raiders than Ventura's scoring attack, was its defense. The Trojans won the game on Terry Brown's three-run home run in the fifth inning. He found a spot in the left corner that he seemed to like particularly well and swished a series of high-arching shots from that spot, drawing oohs and aahs from the crowd. Stevenson estimates 35 others signed professional contracts and played in the minors. El Segundo is 15-6 this season, and Stevenson is lauding three more senior prospects: pitcher-first baseman Heath Jones, a 6-foot 5-inch slugger; catcher Jose Sanchez and shortstop Jeremy Varner, an All-Southern Section pick in soccer. Except for the two Golden Gate races and one at Santa Anita, the others were all at Eastern tracks. Bodo Winterhelt, a 59-year-old Canadian who could pass for 39, is a canine guru to dozens of Southern California sporting dog owners.