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LET ME" TELL YOU , HOW IT'S DONE / dp 1987 Ir YOt ,n stakin ‘e eve of WT j jd Sund; Is in f Hr* :, Ket Unr ■rica a * irek'\P° rar H-’ 131 Reagan ..... Mongrei |o the ■ impc , 0 sjsibly o »in theii waI Bn her l0 r|ecessa Hce the Hdenux ■anger. Reagan ■effort ,attle ovei ■trying isto regin j|P e spok ^d dm in jljtlie An ■r’s As "■ Trainer’s confidence proves merited Today, r ess the ai ■ted Pr ■ion wi In his re LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Trainer Jack Van Berg’s arrange ments to take Kentucky Derby win ner Alysheba to the Preakness on May 16 in Baltimore were made even before the Derby was run. “I think I wasn’t cocky,” Van Berg said Sunday. Confident is what the 50-year-old trainer was in the days leading up to the 113th Derby. And the son of Alydar, who had won only a maiden race in 10 pre vious starts, proved worthy of that confidence in Saturday’s Derby with a courageous stretch run. Alysheba’s three-quarter length victory over Bet Twice was the small est winning margin since Pleasant Colony won by the same margin in 1981. The winning time of 2:03 2-5 for the 1 ’A miles also made it the slowest Derby since Cannonade won in 2:04 in 1974. The Derby record of 1:59 2- 5 was set by Secretariat in 1973. The track was a fast one, but not as fast for the Derby as it had been earlier in the day, said Van Berg, who keeps a string of horses at Churchill Downs. “I know this track like the back of my hand,” he said. Van Berg said as the 87-degree day wore on, a hot wind began dry ing out the Churchill Downs track. “This track gets slower when it gets dry,” Van Berg said. So he told jockey Chris McCarron to be patient, that speed would not be as impor tant. McCarron moved Alysheba into contention on the final turn, and the colt finally got past a tiring Bet Twice about 70 yards from the fin ish. For a fleeting moment it looked as if Alysheba might become the sec ond member of the 17-horse field to falter before the finish line. Pat Day had already pulled up favorite De mons Begone, who was bleeding from both nostrils. With three-sixteenths of a mile re maining, Alysheba clipped the heels of Bet Twice, who also bothered him twice more during the stretch run. ■non o akness. But it was not knov jening on diatly how many Preakness sjfpcret : Lukas would have or whick® they would be. Lukas did say: “Thereisai'ip^^/' cent chance Capote will noispV/v-'l v the Preakness.” 1 he 1986 2-vear-old cha: 2on\ “lie came close to going down," McCarron said. “It was amazing that he stayed on his feet. I thought I was going off for a minute." Van Berg said Alysheba would leave Friday for the 1 3-16-mile Pre akness May 16 at Pimlico racetrack. Bet Twice also is headed for the Preakness, as well as Templar Hill, who finished fifth in the Derby. The trainers of Avies Copy and fourth- place Cryptoclearance said they would decide later. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who saddled a three-horse entry for the Derby, said he would be at the Pre now winless in three startsth ^ led after the fist half milebuii^^ and finished 16th. Lukas o' Of ^ ) starters, On The Line andWiiBg ^ ished 11th and 13th, respective The racing status of Demo:^” gone was uncertain. “I’ll have to take it day . a y 1 trainer Phil Hauswald saidfePP 1 ie 11 He said the colt bled from thef nn S . but was OK. M t(;Uttl,, Alysheba, owned by Scharbauer and her daughit:"!^ 11101 ela, paid a winning mutueloflli , ea | ^ a ! 1 . and earned a record $618,60"^ e ° a record purse of $793,600 1 p ,ventl ° dance was 130,532. tovspape Ellis Isl UTEP basketball player dies, cause unknown^ EL PASO (AP) — Medical exam iners were unable to determine the cause of death of Texas-El Paso bas ketball star Hernell “Jeep” Jackson Sunday and will have to wait until tests on blood, urine and tissue sam ples are processed. Jackson, 23, an All-Western Ath letic Conference player, died Satur day after playing in a game at Fort Bliss. He was on a Fort Bliss all-star team playing a squad composed of Houston Oilers football players. Manuel Diaz, chief investigator for the El Paso County medical ex aminer’s office, said he and County Medical Examiner Juan Contin could find “no visible signs of dam age to the heart that could be seen with the naked eye” during a three- hour autopsy. Diaz said tissue, blood and urine samples were taken and will be tested at the hospital beginning Monday. Diaz said results of those tests could take up to a week to be analyzed. No specific tests for drugs were performed Sunday, and Diaz said if there are “large quantities” of any substance in the samples, the hospi tal may be able to determine the cause of death soon. But a test that might detect a “minute trace” would have to be sent to another laboratory for more study, he said, adding that there were no external signs of drug use and that Jackson appeared to be in superb physical condition. Jackson, a native of Carson, Calif., had played for about five minutes when he went to the sidelines. “He seemed to be as animated as he usually is at games,” said Lt. Col. Jim Lawson, a Fort Bliss spokesman. “I am told he fell to the floor — I don’t know whether he had been standing or sitting — got up and ap parently looked dazed. He then fell again, and people realized he wasn’t joshing and that something was se riously wron^.” Lawson said Jackson had no his tory of heart trouble and that “he was a jock of the first order. He was in absolutely superb health. I don’t know anything about whether drugs were involved.” Dr. Scot Lewey said that when Jackson was brought to the emer gency room at Beaumont Army Medical Center about 3:20 p.m., he had no heartbeat and was not breathing. An emergency room team attempted to revive his heart, but Jackson was pronounced dead at 4:09. The gym was cleared immediately and the game ended. UTEP coach Don Haskins said he was very upset. “I find it extremely difficult to be lieve a young man like Jeep, who oh- Hill tops LPGA record to take S&H golf title ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Cindy Hill, who took sole possession of the lead when Jan Stephenson withdrew because of injuries suf fered in an automobile accident, shot a 6-under-par 66 Sunday to win the LPGA’s $225,000 S&H Classic by three strokes over Jane Grafter. Hill finished 72 holes with a 17- under-par 271 that shattered a tour nament record of 272 set by Alice Miller in 1985 and equaled by Pat Bradley last year. Grafter, who shot an 8-under-par 64, tied a course record established by Judy Dickinson in the opening round of the 1985 S&H. She fin ished with a four-day total of 274, 14 under par. Kathy Postlewait, one of four golf ers who started the day one shot be hind Hill, shot a 69 to finish at 275, four strokes behind the winner. Lori Garbacz was one shot farther back at 276, followed by five players at 11- under 277. Myra Blackwelder, playing seven months pregnant, shot a 74 and fin ished at eight under par. Hill, playing for her first tourna ment in nine weeks, won $33,750. She said she still doesn’t feel 100 percent after checking into a hospi tal for what was diagnosed as a pan creas problem, but winning Sunday was a big lift. “I just, don’t believe it,” she said. “I came here not expecting to play well. I kept saying it couldn’t continue, but it did.” Stephenson and Hill shared the lead after three rounds. But an auto mobile accident minutes after Ste phenson left the Pasadena Yacht & Country Club Saturday night forced this year’s fifth-leading money win ner out of the competition. Stephenson, who was treated and released from a local hospital, suf fered lacerations to her scalp, dislo cated ribs and a sprained back, offi cials said. Her withdrawal left Hill in sole possession of a one-shot lead over Postlewait, Blackwelder, Donna Cu- sano-Wilkins and M J. Smith. The 39-year-old Hill birdied five of the first seven holes to open a comfortable lead and completed the round on the 6,013-yard Pasadena course with six birdies and no bo geys. The victory for Hill was her first since the 1984 Rail Charity Classic and boosted her career earnings to $340,261. ng on si viously was in excellent heityeen 189 dead,” Haskins said. M Jeep« The the ways ready to play. HewauThe Ble: beat young man with asunu NIext 100 look on life. He was always will discu with an encouraging smile orsiiewspapei word for those around himiustries, £ thing that I will remember topics as c about Jeep was seeing him m-ieWsroom to the stands and hugging hisliission re and dad after our final home^raarms se the coach said. Reagan >e an effo “Jeep had never been sickiPfi battle life,” said Jackson’s father, H® the Co “He just had some injuriesrek^ust the le sports but he was never sick. Cutting “It’s tough right now, realtcfaragua v the elder Jackson said. Jnion a His son, a 6-foot-l guard America a aged 13.4 points, 2.4 assists,lv- s t foreigi bounds and two steals per gam^orld Wa season. The Miners made it If t elevise NCAA playoffs but were elimftay in Wa in the second round by lowajMo of the possible di ■tras. R hearii Azinger's 20-foot eagle pi jut the I unds — a gives him win at Las Vega ‘as plead e er s{ Dhvenlioi forn LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paul Az- inger rammed in an eagle putt on the final hole and scored a one- stroke victory Sunday in the rich est golf tournament on the PGA Tour, the Las Vegas Invitational. Azinger’s 20-foot putt, over a hump on the 18th hole, finished off an 8-under-par 64 and sent him leaping into the air, both hands raised to the sky. The victory, added to his first career triumph earlier this season at Phoenix, enabled Azinger to join Corey Pavin as the only two- time winners on the Tour this jirter, Sei He put his second shot or^er Sen. G the fringe, about 12 feet from! The Ass cup. With Azinger watchingfe|}so will in the nearby scoring tent, Sul'°Wer con sent the critical putt dead on If to the hole. But inches away, the .ftonm ducked to the left and mistf and a broad grin crossed Zingt De Sutton scored eight birdie' his round of 67 at the LasVef /Vl3 Country Club, making him ar# ner-up for the second times season at 272, 16 shots underf; season. This one, secured on a 17-un der-par total of 271, was worth $225,000 from the total purse of $1.3 million and put Azinger in the money-winning lead for the year with $442,460. Just as he did at Phoenix, the guy called “Zinger” by his fellow pros won at Hal Sutton’s expense. Sutton, who missed a short putt on the final hole that would have forced a playoff at Phoenix, played behind Azinger on a warm, sunny day and came to the water-guarded, par-5 18th need ing an eagle to tie. “I hit the putt as good as h| hit it. It just didn’t go in. 1 it’s like playing blackjack—son times you win, sometimes lose,” said Sutton, whotooksd consolation from a $135/ check for second place. Curtis Strange, a former* ner of this title, also was tied*! Azinger through 17 holes of i: final round but failed to bimj the 18th and placed third at- after a 67. Rookie Ken Perry scored eagle on the 18th and tied Brown of Scotland for fourtk 274. Each had a closing 69.