I do hold the biggest title" Thomas, 28, says he is careful not to fall into the same trap his contemporaries have. It was the second straight game in which the Kings have folded in the final period. What else does it take? How do you find a defensive lineman? How did the pros evaluate the defensive ends and tackles who came up for the draft this week? It's not easy. But Sunday afternoon, the Dodger swingers did gather in Manager Tom Lasorda's office, where they proceeded to talk a good game. It's also said that catcher Lance Parrish, although mum on the subject, is experiencing discomfort in his lower back. This year, the Angels' decided to go with a more conventional leadoff hitter-you know, a guy who can steal some bases and generally drive pitchers to distraction So McLemore got the job until Downing returned to active duty, that is "Brian's been a spark plug for us in the past" Rojas said. He wanted to average 28 points, 13 rebounds and shot 60% a game "It was kind of frustrating earlier in the season I didn't think I was playing as well as I could My rebounding was really frustrating.

"It'll put gray hairs on your head" A crowd estimated at 84,000, plus thousands more who were watching from balconies of high-rise buildings, or eavesdropping from a fleet of ships from the Queen Mary to the the marina, witnessed the colorful spectacle on a cloudy, chilly day. There is no pressure from alumni and there is no motive for us to buy players. "I kind of like not having the resources or name some of these big schools have and going out and beating them" To that end, Snow is constantly thinking about improving the cards he is dealt "Dave has very tunneled vision" Garrido said "He can really find focus and that is why he's successful. He played right into their hands-forcing himself to become so effective defensively that they had to keep him the following year"Back then, we had Doug Jarvis, Doug Risebrough, Doug Wickenheiser, Keith Acton and Pierre Mondou, so there were five (centers) ahead of me" Carbonneau recalls.

"He also is able to brush his teeth" trainer Bill Buhler said. "Horses are important" The 19-game losing streak began after two key players, relief pitcher John Hiller and outfielder Mickey Stanley, were injured the same night, July 25, and sidelined for the season. Both were on the staff of Louisville Coach Denny Crum, who was in charge of trials for the U. S national team for the 1987 Pan-American Games Neither probably envisioned getting together again so soon. "He gave up quite a bit to play in Los Angeles" Ellard's last contract called for $140,000. But we didn't expect a home run from Mercado" Mercado, playing to give veteran Ron Hassey a day off with the Indians throwing a left-hander, hit a Swindell pitch just inside the left-field foul pole for his first hit of the season and first major league home run since 1986. He might have pulled the game out with Jim McMahon starting the second half at quarterback. King, who dove for four years at Encina and with the Amateur Athletic Union team in Northern California, isn't worried about the risk.

The Golden Knights had a good night from the free-throw line, hitting 17 of 20 St Francis was 29 of 57 from the floor St Francis is 5-3 La Canada is 5-2. "Our facilities are chronically overcrowded" said Bill Earley, Associated Students president. "The whole attraction of running is that it's a personal test, and the one person you have to live with is yourself" Some runners, however, are choosing to live apart from themselves, which probably makes it harder to find an apartment I don't want to blow this out of proportion It's not as if every runner cheats, or half of them It's a small percentage But growing. Actually, Mark Herrmann installed the spa before the vagaries of professional football sent him westward to San Diego. The Kingsmen will conduct an intrasquad scrimmage at 2 this afternoon.

Two years of professional baseball have left their marks, both on his head and shoulder. Stay the way you are' " Lasorda's son, who arrived here Wednesday night, said he thought the published account of Lasorda's relationship with DeCarlo was awful. The rest of the world wears homburgs, dines at damask-covered tables, drinks white wine, eats quiche and lives in New York or California. In a four-year span from 1982 to 1985, Petry averaged 17 victories a season He went 19-11 in 1983 and 18-8 in 1984. Before that, he had been on another championship team, the U. S Marines in the South Pacific in World War II. Dionne, 34, is one of the oldest players in the National Hockey League Goalie Chico Resch of New Jersey is the oldest at 37 But Dionne is committed to play at least two more years.

The Celtics had a cold hand in the third quarter, in which they were outscored by the Kings' Mike Woodson, 13-12, and couldn't quite overcome the big deficit The Celtics were 4 for 27 in the third quarter. "You can't be treated during the season and then come back the same season. The victory keeps Kennedy (15-9 overall) in a first-place tie with Granada Hills at 9-3 in league play. Bates Motel, who went on to be voted top handicap male in '83, raced for Jacqueline Getty Phillips, who owns Sunday Purchase. I'm disappointed with what's happened" Branko Segota sat slumped in his chair in front of his locker and echoed the prevailing sentiment. He grounded out to third in the first, was safe on an error in the third when third baseman Chris Brown mishandled a ground ball and walked on four pitches in the sixth. YUMA, Ariz. The Canoga Park High cheerleading squad took second place in the L. A.

Early in the second quarter, Quinn positioned himself near the right post and lobbed a rebound over Star goalie Peter Mowlik. The Orioles' offensive star was rookie Pete Stanicek, who started at second base, played the entire game and was on base four times with a home run, two singles and a walk. Roe can expect more of the same from Conn, an upset winner in Wednesday's second round over top-seeded Christina Bokelund of Southern Illinois Edwardsville. The suit, which identifies Perry as Jane Doe, alleges in part: "While about the business of recruiting Jane Doe, the Defendant Shamburger did willfully, intentionally and wantonly and with reckless disregard for the mental and physical welfare of Jane Doe, seduce and engage in sexual relations with that minor child. Vollnogle, the only head coach Carson has ever had, has a career record of 276-72, making him the winningest coach in California history He has won eight L A. With four seconds to play and Oregon trailing 67-65, Duck guard David Girley hit a 17-foot jump shot to send the game into overtime. — Mike Donnelly's blast from the top of the left circle with 2:51 remaining gave Michigan State a 6-5 victory over Harvard and the 1986 NCAA hockey championship Saturday night at the Providence Civic Center.

"I'd cry, but I'm too old to cry" Senior forward Johnny Rogers quietly questioned the desire of some of his teammates, and later admitted it was a time of reaching for panic buttons "It looked like we were on the verge of crumbling" he said. The Raiders never trailed, although the Rams got even twice at 3-3 and 6-6 before Chris Bahr's third field goal and Wilson's touchdown pass to Williams put it away. The defeat was only Calgary's fourth in the last 17 games, during which the Flames, second in the Smythe Division, are 9-4-4. I really believe that down the road, I'll do it" Thus far, however, the road has been as pleasant for Soto as the high-speed navigation of a washed-out mountain switchback At night With livestock roaming across the crumbling pavement She turned pro last year and bowled in seven tournaments She. A couple of players told me that they refer to a situation in which the batter is badly overmatched by a fastball as a Linda Ronstadt , or a Louisiana. Somewhat amazingly, the Rams are only one win away from the Super Bowl. They play the SuperSonics, the only team to beat them at home, Thursday night.

He needed an 8-foot birdie putt on the 18th, the tournament's 72nd hole, to get into a playoff with Norman and Seve Ballesteros. Agoura 3, Chaminade 0-Agoura, the defending tournament champion, lost a close match to Oxnard earlier in the day. The win, which kept the Dodgers (13-6) in first place in the National League West, tied Hershiser with Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets for the league lead in wins. But he seems to have mellowed slightly this year after winning the American League's most valuable player award (decided by a vote of the baseball writers) after hitting . 308 with 47 homers and 134 RBIs last season. Other Lukas 3-year-olds are elsewhere, Badger Land staying in Florida to run in the Flamingo at Hialeah on April 5 and Ketoh scheduled to appear at Oaklawn Park in the Rebel on March 29 and the Arkansas Derby on April 19. Eichhorn admitted he had been caught off-guard. TORONTO — The Angels' Rick Burleson, a veteran who got a year older Tuesday night, has just about seen it all. People are always drawn and attraction is always given to winners.

But Davis, who scored 14 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, got the Suns close and won it with an 18-footer. . There is no team hotter than Arizona State in the Pac-10 Southern Division. Since McLain's banner season, no American League pitcher has won more than 25. "It has gotten me where I am and where I can go from here" said Walker, who will attend UCLA on a scholarship next year "It pays off" said Erbst, headed for USC. We shouldn't have even been there"Stiles will have seats on the 50-yard line for today's game. players play one, two or three tournaments, any number they want, in Europe" he said.

In a freshman eight heat, the Pirates passed Stanford with 250 meters to go to win with the fastest time in any heat, 6:28. 34, to the Cardinal's 6:29. 21. They've got players who wouldn't even visit here on their bench, like Robert Locke, Irving Thomas, Richard Madison, Cedric Jenkins They're all 6-8 or better I think they're great. Although major league baseball says it's committed to expansion and, while a tentative plan does appear to be taking shape, any real movement on adding teams appears to be two or three or more years away. So his first task was to meet individually with each of his players. Brian Henninger's 6-iron shot from 200 yards out landed about 10 feet from the hole and rolled in for a double-eagle 2 Ed Harper had the eagle 3. He has miked the coaches, miked the captains and miked the officials He has used a goal-post camera and SkyCam. Amerlinck advanced with a 6-4, 6-2 quarterfinal victory over Yoram Baron of United States International University.

Why you stop routine" "I feel sick" said the girl, staring unhappily at Svirsky A short pause A deep sigh "Next" Svirsky said. Time for all good little ballplayers to be present and accounted for Time to play ball. They didn't think we could move the ball or score on them" But the Chiefs didn't exactly show up in New Orleans outmanned. ORANGE COAST (69-Johnston 8, McGavran 10, Judd 16, Mulcahey 10, Seager 12, Andrasfay 8, Stamps 3, Kelly 2 Halftime-OCC 33-28. Winston Bennett banked in a 10-footer, and Ed Davender hit two free throws to widen Kentucky's margin to 63-50 with 7:06 left. Even if the Clippers fail to make the playoffs-again-they won't be a participant in the draft lottery.