JUN 1 1994 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994 MORNING BRIEFING stayed at the Gables Motel in Coral Gables, Fla. MUHAMMAD ALI captured another title Saturday. Ali, three-time heavyweight boxing champ, received an honorary law doctorate from Mount Ida College in Newton, Mass. "I've been called the king.
I've been called the greatest. I've been called champ," Ali said in receiving his first college degree. "And now I can be called the doc." I iT NV QUOTEUNQUOTE far I (-eC Compiled by Dan O'Neill Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Next time you're at the old ballpark and the old ballgame is, well, getting old, console yourself with the fact you could be watching the Giants play the Mets on May 31, 1964. The clubs played a doubleheader and then some. In the first game, the Giants beat the Mets in nine innings, and it only took 2 hours 53 minutes.
The nightcap ran a little longer. DEL CR AND ALL, the 40th player to be used in the game, doubled home the decisive runs in the 23rd inning of Game No. 2 as the Giants triumphed 8-6. The game took a mere 7 hours 23 minutes, making for a 10-hour 16-minute twinbill. Or just slightly less time than it took to build Eye Drops: Blues Update: Hullie rumors persist, desperately seeking Wayner, Oatsie; Brownie, Sasha, Cliffie, Court-sie, Laffie, Hedie in quest for Holy Grail; Scottie must be signed if there is to be life, as we know it, on this planet; everyone else fired, traded or made coach of Peoria.
The release of MITCH WILLIAMS is just another example of what's wrong with the parole system in this country. The Instructional League, yeah. Good idea! The FBI has announced that it will call off its search for JIMMY HOFFA and immediately begin look ing for JOHN STARKS. I must have been in the outback chasing the elusive bush hog, but could someone please take me back step by step to where JULIO FRANCO became HACK WILSON. According to information recently disclosed concerning the Apollo space program, experts solved the problem of the space capsule heat shield burning up on re-entry by attaching a pair HARRY CARAY's glasses to the bottom of the craft.
The Canucks making it to the Stanley Cup finals you don't think that would have anything to do with PAVEL BURE, do you? Discipline. That's the key to Arkansas' domination of men's NCAA track, according to coach JOHN MCDONNELL "I think a good runner is born," said McDonnell, who can capture Arkansas' third consecutive sweep of the NCAA cross country, indoor and outdoor titles this week during the outdoor meet in Boise, Idaho. "You're not going to win the Kentucky Derby on a donkey. "If you've got a God-given talent, we're going to use it. You're not going to mess it up, because I'm not going to let you mess it up.
You're not going to go out drinking and carrying on and staying out late at night and not doing things right. "You're either going to do right or you're going to be somewhere else." I'm guessing none of the Razorbacks runners have "Everyone in baseball thought I was just washed up. I don't know, maybe they thought I was going to throw a slider and have a stroke." LEE SMITH, 37, who had to wait until two weeks before training camp opened before he was signed by the Baltimore Orioles. POST PUZZLER Who holds the record for most minutes played in a National Basketball Association playoff game? (Answer Thursday) TUESDAY'S POST PUZZLER: What was Willie Mays' salary in 1973, when he retired from baseball? ANSWER: $180,000. High Note: WAYNE MESSMER, renowned national anthem singer who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the neck, throws out the ceremonial first pitch Monday at Wrigley Field.
READERS' VIEWS SPORTS SHORTS Isles' Arbour Expected To Retire Al Arbour, who coached the New York Islanders to four Stanley Cups in 19 seasons, is expected to retire today and be replaced by assistant Lome Henning. Arbour, 61, will leave the Islanders as the NHL's second winningest coach with 781 victories in 22 seasons. He ranks only behind Detroit's Scotty Bowman (880). Arbour coached the Islanders to Stanley Cups from 1980-83. He is a former player and coach with the Blues.
GOLF Williams raises several important points about the nurturing of young athletes, community involvement and sacrifice. I was particularly touched by the comment that Ms. Williams left home at the age of 14 to pursue her athletic quest because of a lack of training facilities here. I work with adolescents who have chosen short track speed skating as their athletic outlet. We, too, must send our children away to be raised by other families and coaches in areas that have adequate training facilities if that child has the determination, focus and fire to compete on a national, world or Olympic level.
The commitment the city of St. Peters has made with the completion of the Rec-Plex is to be applauded. No community facility should be financed or built to support elite athletes only; St. Peters has the foresight to see beyond the 1994 Olympic Festival and high-profile swimming and diving meets. They have planned their facility for long-term community use and family good health.
When it seems our society is beleaguered by lack of respect for the individual and by guns, drugs and hopelessness, pouring millions of dollars into a sports facility may appear to be a misuse of funds. However, like the St. Peters concept, these facilities and the people who work with young athletes offer positive programs, a place to be successful and a caring attitude, whether the goal is recreational or competitive. Myra Vandersall, University City Send letters to Sports Letters, co Sports Department, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 900 North Tucker Boulevard, St.
Louis, Mo. 63101. All letters must be signed and include a return address and telephone number for verification. The Post-Dispatch reserves the right to edit letters for clarity and length. A Foul Aroma Over Busch Having gone to my first Cardinals game in more than two years, I suddenly remembered why I stopped going.
They stink. The manager stinks, the general manager stinks. The food, the prices, the service and lots of things about the team and organization are foul. The Cardinals lack enthusiasm and hustle. This team proved what it is made of when it decided to throw at a fourth batter after the first three hit homers.
And the crowds are dead. I mean, when they are still trying to get the "wave" going 10 years later, something is wrong in the stands. Jim Kozlowski, St. Louis Confused By Miklasz Your columnists keep me confused. Bernie Miklasz writes a column May 25 bemoaning the fact that sports has become a macho world of brawling.
I thought from reading Post-Dispatch sports columnists that he would just blame society. After all, we've already learned in "Post World" that individuals are not responsible whether they graduate from college or not. No, Bernie actually proposes that brace yourself individuals be punished for fighting. I can't handle these leaps of logic. After further review, I realized I should have expected Bernie to blame brawling on the only individual in "Post World" who is always responsible for the actions of others Norm Stewart.
Jack Lovelace, Lenexa, Kan. Applauding The Rec-Plex Tom Wheatley's May 24 column about Wendy Lian Ballesteros, Crenshaw In U.S. Open Seve Ballesteros, winner of three British Opens and two Masters, and Ben Crenshaw, who won the Masters in 1984, were given special exemptions Tuesday to play in this year's U.S. Open. Crenshaw joins former U.S.
Open champions Arnold Palmer, Johnny Miller and Larry Nelson with special exemptions to the tournament June 16-19 at Oakmont Country Club, near Pittsburgh. Ballesteros and Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki received international exemptions. MISCELLANEOUS Duke's Krzyzewski Passes On NBA Shot Compiled by Don Reed Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Bright lights, big cities, huge salaries. The temptations of the National Basketball Association were right in front of Mike Krzyzewski to grab if he wanted. No thanks, the Duke basketball coach said Tuesday.
He'll take his fame and fortune right where he is, a smaller city where college basketball's pulse is always racing even if the pace of life isn't. "I'm very comfortable and happy at this level," Krzyzewski said at a one-hour news conference. Portland and Miami had been high on the list of prospects for Krzyzewski. The Trail Blazers recently fired coach Rick Adelman, but the Heat still hasn't made a decision on the fate of Kevin Loughery. There also were openings with the New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers.
In 1990, he gave some thought to leaving Duke for the Boston Celtics, but rejected that idea as well. "There has never been a concrete offer from a specific team," he said. "I talked to a lot of NBA people in the last couple of weeks." BASKETBALL Nets' Coleman Pleads Innocent New Jersey Nets star Derrick Coleman pleaded innocent to charges he assaulted three teen-agers outside a Manhattan nightspot. Coleman was charged a week ago after a street brawl April 30. His lawyer says Coleman was not in the fight.
The 6-foot-10 forward made his plea in Midtown Court to two counts of third-degree assault and a single count of second-degree harassment. The next hearing is scheduled for June 29, although his appearance in court will not be required. Jack Diller was hired as president of the San Antonio Spurs, and former assistant coach Gregg Popovich was named vice president for basketball operations. The Continental Basketball Association team that was to play in New Orleans announced it will head north to Shreveport, La. The CBA's Columbus, Ohio, franchise had moved to New Orleans seven weeks ago.
But last week, the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA announced they would move to New Orleans. Former Auburn and Louisiana Tech coach Tommy Joe Eagles was named coach at the University of New Orleans. He succeeds Tim Floyd, who resigned May 5 to become head coach at Iowa State. HOCKEY SPORTS CALENDAR SEMO's Kirsch Wins OVC Honor Southeast Missouri State volleyball player Pam Kirsch and Tennessee State basketball player Carlos Rogers were selected the Ohio Valley Conference's female and male and athletes of the year. Kirsch was the key player in Southeast Missouri's OVC regular-season volleyball title.
A senior outside hitter from Nashville, 111., Kirsch led the conference in hitting percentage and was second in kills. Golfer Caine Fitzgerald of Southeast Missouri was one of eight others who received votes for the male athlete award. Miami (48-12) was given the top seed for the College World Series and will open against Arizona State on Saturday in Omaha, Neb. Top-seeded Stefan Edberg rallied from a 0-3 deficit in the second set to defeat Kent Kinnear 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) in the second round of the Beckenham grass court championships in London. St.
Louisan Chris Yenkey won the $25,000 Moline (111.) Criterium for the second year in succession Monday. Yenkey will cycle in the U.S. National Championships later this month. Alberto Salazar, a former world-record holder in the marathon, won the 53.75-mile Comrades Marathon in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in an unofficial time of 5 hours, 38 minutes, 38 seconds. South Africa's Nic Bester was second in 5:42.51.
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Gene Moore's 1 1 th-inning single gave the Browns a 4-3 victory against his former Washington teammates May 31. He later extended his streak to six games with at least one RBI in each. In The News: The Army announced that it had 3.7 million men overseas and expected that number to grow to 5 million by the end of the year. The Fifth Army rolled through Rome while Adolf Hitler declared that the German fighting front had moved from the city to prevent its destruction. And elsewhere in sports, Jesse Owens defeated Helen Stephens by less than a yard in a handicapped 100- yard dash Stephens ran 90 yards at a Negro Leagues doubleheader before 18,000 at Wrigley Field.
In A Word: "The street car and bus strike in St. Louis held the crowd down so low that the game was in the nature of a private showing. Fifty persons were counted in the pavilion, about 75. in thB bleachers and not more than 1 ,000 in the grandstand, including service men, paying guests, boys, girls and blood donors." Post-Dispatch account of Browns-Washington Senators game at Sportsman's Park. By Mike Eisenbath JUNE 2-5 rnnn GRAND PHIZE $1,000,000 For A Holft-ln-One COURTESY OP 5000 GOLF DISCOUNT (IF NO HOLE-IN ONE) i Round Trip Ticket To Europe; King Cobra Ofiver CartMjan, Moxfcft.
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