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| The Battalion SPORTS Wednesday, June 7,1989 State association of basketball coaches proposes system for evaluating officials AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas As sociation of Basketball Coaches pro posed Tuesday that the University Interscholastic League establish a P 0111 ® statewide system for evaluating bas- ketball officials. After a game, coaches would hold evaluation cards for at least a 24- hour “cooling-off’ period before mailing them to the local chapters of the Southwest Basketball Officials Association, where they would be tabulated. Local chapters of the association would provide the UIL with a list of the top 10 percent of officials. Tommy Newman of Trinity High School, who represented basketball coaches, told the UIL Athletic Com mittee the system would reward bet ter officials with “choice assign ments” to regional and state tournaments. “This is not a fool-proof system by any means,” Newman said. “The bugs still need to be worked out.” Newman said such a system is needed because some better young officials are dropping out for lack of incentive. UIL director Bailey Marshall said he was concerned that such a system would result in losing basketball coaches giving zeros to officials at their games, which would knock them off the list of top officials. “The bad grades will come from the losing coaches, not the winning coaches,” Marshall said. The basketball coaches also sought better state tournament seats by proposing that the UIL mail ticket forms directly to coaches, thus bypassing school administrators. “This is not going to pass, because we have superintendents on the committee,” UIL athletic director Bill Farney said. The Athletic Committee sched uled votes on proposals by the UIL staff and others for Wednesday. Another proposal by basketball coaches would give Texas coaches the opportunity to coach in ap proved all-star games other than the Texas High School Coaches Associa tion games. Newman said this would highlight such longtime successful coaches as Bill Krueger of Clear Lake, Don Co leman of Houston Memorial and Robert Hughes of Fort Worth Dun bar. Other athletic proposals would implement a fast-pitch softball pro gram for girls in Class 4A and 5A; stop the “raiding” of public school athletes by private schools offering “monetary incentives”; require a “visible clock” and official timer at soccer matches; allow summer camps to take place any time during the summer; and make it a violation to remove a team from the field, court or playing area during a game. Also, Jeff Bearden, baseball coach and girls’ basketball coach at Breck- enridge High School, wrote that “all types of tobacco” should be banned from the dugout and field at base ball games. He call the use of tobacco a “filthy and disgusting habit,” and said a ban should apply to both players and coaches. Hill returns as new Aggie strength coach FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS Texas A&M Athletic Director John David Crow announced Tuesday that former strength and conditioning coach Bert Hill will return to the A&M athletic program. “We’re very excited to have Bert Hill return to Texas A&M,” Crow said. “He has shown the ability to motivate student-ath letes in the weight room and the position of strength and condi tioning coach is very important to all of our athletic programs at A&M.” Hill, who served as the strength and conditioning coach at A&M from 1983-1988, worked for the past year as the strength coach at Ohio State University. “I’m very happy that John Da vid Crow and R.C. Slocum gave me this opportunity to return to Texas A&M,” Hill said. “I look forward to working with all of the coaches and athletic programs at A&M.” Hill coached at Nicholls State from 1981-82 before serving as a graduate assistant at Auburn University from 1982-83, where he earned his Master’s Degree in strength physiology. “We’re pleased to have Bert re join our team at A&M,” head football coach R.C. Slocum said. “He has the respect of the ath letes in the field of strength and conditioning and works well with all of the athletes.” Hill replaces Keith Kephart, who resigned from the position earlier this year. lontl; nd m tremt left b daily. I763- | indais ■ainsj | ade m -v chit :r )p \ Lakers’ Scott will miss first two games of ’89 NBA finals with partially torn hamstring Course-record 64 qualifies Rose for Open AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Starting Los Angeles Lakers guard Byron Scott will miss at least the first two games of the NBA Finals be cause of a partially torn left ham string, team doctor Robert Kerlan announced Tuesday. Scott suffered the injury, which Kerlan described as “moderately se vere,” while landing awkwardly after a rebound attempt early in the club’s workout Monday at the Palace, site of Tuesday night’s opening game of the best-of-7. series between the Lakers and Detroit Pistons. Scott, a starter for the Lakers who averaged 19.9 points as the team won a record 1 1 straight playoff games to reach the NBA Finals, will continue to receive treatment. He will be re-evaluated before Sunday’s third game of the finals at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Scott, 28, averaged 19.6 points in 74 regular-season games. He scored a career playoff-high 35 points as the Lakers beat the Phoenix Suns 122-117 on May 28 to win the West ern Conference finals 4-0. According to a press release, Lakers coach Pat Riley will make a decision on who will replace Scott in the starting lineup shortly before Tuesday night’s game. A strong possibility is veteran Mi chael Cooper. The two-time defending NBA champion Lakers are trying to be come the first NBA team to win three straight championships since the Boston Celtics did so in the mid- 1960s. SUMMIT, N.J. (AP) — PGA vet eran Clarence Rose shot a course-re- cord 8-under-par 64 Tuesday en route to a 36-hole, 9-under-par 135 as the final 19 spots for next week’s U.S. Open were decided in sectional qualifying at Canoe Brook Country Club. The sectional was the last of a dozen to determine the final 101 spots in the Open, which begins June 15 at the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. Rose, a nine-year pro from Gold sboro, N.C., had nine birdies in his record round on the 6,594-yard south course, including six on the first nine holes. The score broke the previous course record of 66 set earlier in the day by Rich Flesher of Saucon Val ley, Pa., and later matched by sec tional runner-up Ed Fiore, who fin ished a shot behind Rose. “I hit the ball very well today, es pecially on the south course,” said Rose, 31, who has never won on the PGA tour. He earned $229,000 last year, his best year. Fiore, 36, had eight birdies and no bogeys in tying Rose’s course record. The 12-year pro had an opening round of 72 on the 6,911-yard north course before getting his game going. “I was hitting everything and making all my putts,” said Fiore, who earned $194,000 last year, but has not won since 1982 at the Bob Hope Desert Classic. Fiore, from Sugarland, has to share second with veteran tour player Mark Lye, who had rounds of 69 and 67. Tour pro Dave Eichel- berger of Ridgewood finished fourth with a 69-68—137 total. The 19 qualifiers, all profession als, were among 97 starters in sec tional. Former U.S. Open champion jpposed t pete in the sectional but withdrew because of bad knees. Touring pro Howard Twitty also pulled out. Veteran pro John Mahaffey of theWoodlands finished fifth with a 70-69—139 total, while New Jersey pro Jim McGovern of Hackensack finished tied for sixth with touring pros Buddy Gardner and Leonard Thompson at 140. The last two spots among the 19 qualifiers were won by David Glenz of Morris County and Scott Allen T aylor of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., in a one-hole playoff with three other golfers, including touring pro Wayne Levi. Glenz and Taylor had birdies on the par-4, 367-yard No. 1 hole of the north course. The five players had finished 36 holes with scores of 143. The other 11 sectionals were held Monday. The largest was played at Woodmont Country Club in Rock ville, Md., where 128 players were entered to compete for 41 spots. Two-time U.S. Amateur cham pion Jay Sigel had to go overtime to grab one of the spots. Bobby Wad- kins, Wayne Grady, Nick Price, for mer PGA titleholder Hal Sutton, and 1976 Open champion Jerry Pate were among those who also qual ified. Davis Love III shot a 9-under-par 63 to set a record for the Walt Dis ney World Magnolia course en route to a 12-under 132 in the sectional at Orlando, Fla.. Arnold Palmer failed to qualify for the sixth straight time. Fifty-five players were totally exempt from qualifying. Included in that group are Seve Ballesteros, Paul Azinger, Mark Calvecchia, Ben Crenshaw and Nick Faldo. Look for Lakers to threepeat their way into the record books The 1989 NBA Finals should be one to remember. Not because it will be close. No, this series will be the exclamation point on a great post-season for the Los Angeles Lakers. Logic says the Detroit Pistons should win. On paper, they have never been better. But NBA Championships are won on the court, where the Lakers are very effective. Two months ago, I would have easily picked the Pistons in this series. But the Lakers have shown that the regular season and the playoffs are two, totally different situations. The Lakers have -won 1 1 straight games in the 1989 playoffs; 13 straight if you look back to last year’s championship round. The Leakers’ dominance of the west in this year’s playoffs looks like Red Riding Hood on a cakewalk. But these three straight sweeps were not given to them. The Lakers earned it. L.A. breezed by Portland, but weren’t Robbie Scichili Sports Writer expected to be as dominant over the Seattle Supersonics. The Lakers stormed into Seattle and literally stole two games from the Sonics. Then the Phoenix Suns, who ended the season a mere two games behind the Lakers, were expected to challenge L.A. for the western crown. Phoenix fell to the side quietly with the others as L.A. looked forward to a long layoff before the Finals. Detroit, in the meantime, was just begging for an upset against Jordan and company in the eastern conference finals. Jordan, however, was not up to the task in the last three games and Chicago never recovered. This year’s rematch of the 1988 NBA Finals is different in many ways. This year, the Pistons are the favorites and have the home court advantage. But is it an advantage? I feel that L.A. is in a much better position than the Pistons simply because more pressure is on the favored team. Detroit has to win the first two games, or this will be a very short series. The Lakers have the motivation of Kareem’s last season to help push them through. L.A. has also added Orlando Woolridge to their lineup — an experienced, hungry forward who provides them with solid, inside play off the bench. Detroit’s downfall will be the absence of Adrian Dantley, who was traded to Dallas for the enigmatic Mark Aguirre. Sure, Aguirre will score, but only when he plays. If Detroit coach Chuck Daly would use Aguirre to his potential, the Pistons would have a better chance. Many say Detroit’s defense is too good for the Lakers to win against. True, no one has scored 100 points against Detroit in the playoffs, but then again, no one has tried. Chicago and Milwaukee choose to walk the ball up the floor. Look for the Lakers to push it. Speaking of defense, the Lakers play the best team defense this side of the Atlantic. Look for the Lakers to win the rebounding war, which could prove pivital in the series. Why are the Lakers such a good team that works together? Their coach, Pat Riley has a lot to do with that. He doesn’t get the recognition he deserves because of the players the Lakers have had such as Magic, Kareem and Worthy. The fact is the Lakers would never have won back-to-back titles if it weren’t for Riley. He stresses team first, which is what his players do best. Magic will have the last word against his best friends, Thomas and Aguirre. All three will kiss before each game and then it will be time to get down to business. Magic is the key. He will not let the Lakers lose this series. Look for him to do what he does best - get the ball in the hands of his teammates for easy baskets. Magic will show why he is indeed the MVP. On offense, look for the Pistons to again use their size to drive the ball to the basket and take it inside. The Lakers need to be careful of foul trouble. If they can stay away from that, their swarming defense will be more effective. The Lakers will frustrate the Pistons with their effective team defense and patient offense. In any language, it spells trouble for Detroit. You won’t see any brooms, but in the end the Lakers will have cleaned up well enough. 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