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HOUSTON (AP) — Sleepy Floyd
cored 11 points and had three steals
an 18-2 fourth quarter run that
Iped the Houston Rockets defeat
he Sacramento Kings 112-97 Tues
day night.
Floyd finished with 22 points,
ieven assists and six steals as the
Rockets gained a full game in their
race with Seattle for a playof f spot in
the Western Conference.
Houston improved its record to
39 with three games left in the
regular season while Seattle, which
lost to the Los Angeles Lakers Tues
day night, fell to 39-40.
The Rockets’ Akeem Olajuwon
was ejected early in the third quar
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sulted in a punching foul and an
automatic ejection for the Rockets
star center with 9:25 remaining in
the third quarter.
Houston was ahead 60-48 at the
time. Olajuwon finished with 20
points, seven rebounds and four
blocked shots in 24 minutes.
By the end of the third period,
Houston was only up 83-79, as
Danny Ainge and Antoine Carr
scored nine points each in the quar
ter. Ainge led all scorers with 27 and
Carr finished with 21.
Sacramento was on top 89-85 on
Rodney McCray’s two free throws
with 8:43 to go in the game. Hous
ton regained the lead 90-89 on a
three-point hot by Floyd and a driv
ing basket by Vernon Maxwell that
began the 18-2 surge that resulted in
a 103-91 advantage.
The Kings have lost their last 12
games while the Rockets have won
eight of 11 games. Houston has de
feated the Kings 16 straight times in
Houston.
In the first half, Ainge game off
the bench to score 12 points in a 22-
11 Sacramento drive, putting the
Kings ahead 40-37 with 8:13 left in
the first half.
Floyd felt it took the Rockets a
while to adjust to Olajwuon’s ab
sence, especiallypn defense.
“We finally realized we didn’t
have Akeem protecting the basket,
so we played the passing lanes and
got some great steals that we con
verted into layups,” he said.
Floyd also was aware that Seattle
had lost 102-101 to the Los Angeles
Lakers Tuesday night and the Rock
ets needed to find a way to win.
“We had to get it done,” he said.
“We knew we could still win without
him, and realizing the magnitude of
the game, we eventually picked up
our intensity.”
Olajwuon felt his ejection was un
justified.
“1 kept telling the refs all along to
clean it up. I kept pushing him off
me. It was a shove, not a punch,” he
said.
HOUSTON (AP) — On the walls
of the waiting area in Bela Karolyi’s
north Houston gym hang pictures of
Mary Lou Retton and Phoebe Mills,
two of the girls he has tutored to
greatness in gymnastics.
For Karolyi, success has bred
more success.
It was Retton’s hard work and
achievements that triggered the
emergence of Kim Zmeskal, a 14-
year-old Houstonian who is now
considered one of America’s rising
gymnastics stars.
“I used to watch Mary Lou work
out (here at Karolyi’s gym) and I
wanted to be just like her,” said
Zmeskal, who has trained at Karo-
i’s facility the last eight years.
Zmeskal, only 4-foot-4 and 67
pounds, has reached an elite class in
the eyes of the gymnastics world by
earning gold medals in the all-
around competition at last week
end’s U.S. Challenge in Las Vegas
and in the prestigious McDonald’s
American Cup international meet at
Fairfax, Va., on March 4.
“Historically, the ones who won
the American Cup became the
prominent international figures in
women’s gymnastics starting with
Nadia (Comaneci),” Karolyi said.
“She won in 1976 and then became
an Olympic champion. Mary Lou, in
1983, coming from an unknown into
the American Cup and then a year
later becoming an Olympic cham
pion. Then there was Kristie Phillips
and Phoebe Mills.”
Although Karolyi won’t put Zmes
kal in the same class with Comaneci
and Retton just yet, he does expect
great things from Zmeskal.
“She has all the necessary ingre
dients to become one of the strong
est international figures in the com
ing years,” Karolyi said.
Zmeskal’s list of recent accom
plishments, which also includes a sil
ver medal in a March meet in Paris,
proves she already is making a name
for herself abroad.
Zmeskal began building her repu
tation in this country by winning
three gold medals and two silvers at
the U.S. Olympic Festival in Okla
homa City last summer.
While Retton trained with Karolyi
for the 1984 Olympics, Zmeskal was
a member of a “Hope Group” of
younger girls who tried to duplicate
every move and gesture of the older
girls such as Retton.
Zmeskal is smaller, but Karolyi
finds many similarities between her
and Retton.
Ohe has all the
necessary ingredients to
become one of the
strongest international
figures in the coming
years.”
—Bela Karolyi,
gymnastics coach
“Her tiny body and tremendous
explosiveness which is associated
with a remarkable natural strength
(are her biggest assets),” Karolyi
said. “That’s a quality that’s already
been proven in the past to be one of
the most important, with Mary Lou
being the first and most prominent
of that type of gymnast to be short,
extremely explosive and powerful.”
Zmeskal is one of only a handful
of girls to whom Karolyi devotes spe
cial attention at his gymnastics
school.
“I moved into his group a year
ago and I’ve improved a lot,” Zmes
kal said. “I’m more consistent now.
We work a lot on strengthening and
I’ve gotten a lot stronger.”
Zmeskal is special to Karolyi in
many ways. Besides being his newest
^ e as the 1992 Olympics in
ona draw nearer, she is his
first home-grown prodigy. Unlike
Retton, Mills, Phillips, Brandy John
son and Chelle Stack, Zmeskal has
no reason to become homesick.
Feeling such pulls as family ties
back home, Johnson and Stack left
Karolyi’s tutelage after the ’88 Olym
pics. Mills, who won an individual
bronze medal in the Seoul Games,
retired from competitive gymnastics
last June.
“It’s important for Houston, it’s
important for us and it’s important
for me,” Karolyi said. “I’m a Hous
ton resident. I’m directing all my ef
forts not just to develop gymnasts in
general, but I’m directing my ef forts
to raise the appreciation of the talent
in this town.
“I’ve always felt deep in my heart
that I wanted a hometown kid to
come out and give satisfaction lor
the gymnastics enthusiasts. Now, af
ter all these years, our first genera
tion is stepping out. From now on,
Houston will have its own kids out
on the floor.”
Zmeskal definitely is leading the
Houston contingent, which consists
of six other up-and-coming talents:
Amy Sheer, Ericka Stock, Hilary
Grivish, Amanda Uherek, Elizabeth
Okino and Jana McQuowen.
Although she has worked hard to
achieve her status among the na
tion’s gymnasts, Zmeskal’s success
has taken her a bit by surprise. She
began her career at the age of 6 with
the idea of having nothing more
than a good time.
“1 just wanted to go play around
with all the other little girls,” Zmes
kal said.
She began competing at 9 and
made her jump to the elite class two
years ago after gaining some added
inspiration
“The World Championships were
here in 1988, so I got to see all the
champions,” Zmeskal recalled.
Zmeskal is careful not to look past
the 1992 Olympics or for that matter
past next week because she knows a
gymnast’s career is only an injury
away from ending. But barring any
misfortune, the American Cup may
be the first of many titles this dimin
utive dynamo brings home to Hous
ton.
“There’s no question about it,”
Karolyi said. “She’s the one to watch
from now on.”
Incaviglia’s
home run lifts
Rangers, 6-2
ARLINGTON (AP) — Pete In-
caviglia's three-run sixth-inning
homer rallied the Texas Rangers
to a 6-2 victory over the Milwau
kee Brewers on Tuesday night.
Winner Kevin Brown (2-0) al
lowed three hits, five walks and
struck out six in 6 2-3 innings.
Mike Jeffcoat earned his second
save. The loser was reliever T ony
Fossas (0-2).
Milwaukee’s Mark Knudson,
making his first start of the year,
went five innings-plus and al
lowed two runs and three hits.
Fossas came on after Knudson
walked Cary Pettis to start the
Texas sixth and gave up two hits,
including an RBI single by Har
old Baines that tied the score.
Chuck Crim relieved Fossas
with two out and was greeted by
Incaviglia’s towering 395-foot
home run, his second of the sea
son. Crim was ejected in the sev
enth inning for hitting Jeff Kun-
kel with a pitch. T exas' sixth run
was charged to Crim and driven
in by Raiael Palmeiro’s sacrifice
fly off Paul Mirabella.
The Brewers took a 2-1 lead in
the fourth inning without a hit.
Robin Yount, Dave Parker and
Greg Vaughn all walked ami
Yount scored on Geno Petralli’s
passed ball.
Ruben Sierra’s 100th career
homer, a 427-foot shot into the
fight-field stands, tied the game
1-1 in the bottom of the second
for the Rangers.
Tisch
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delivers his high heater. The umpire
takes a step back and bellows,
“Steeeeerike threeee!”
Seat cushions fly everywhere.
Olsen Field is total chaos. A&M
triumphs once again.
What an afternoon. I had a
wonderful time at my first Aggie
baseball game. I’ll go to a baseball
game anytime, as long as I can be a
part of the crowd.
Bui it gets very hot under the sun.
was just so happy that I happen to
have my old paperback copy of
Sounder in my purse. It sure did
come in handy as a great sunshield.
A&M tennis team signs
top junior player Weaver
From Staff and Wire Reports
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
team signed one of the nation’s top
junior tennis players F'riday. Mark
Weaver of Shreveport, La, picked
A&M over Tulane, Wake Forest,
Louisiana State and the University
of Mississippi.
The 6-2, 170-pound senior from
Caddo Magnet High School, is
ranked 47th nationally in the Boy’s
18 division of the United States Ten
nis Association’s junior rankings.
“Mark is one of the top recruits in
the nation,” A&M coach David Kent
said. “He will make a big difference
in our tennis future with one of the
best forehands in junior tennis r ight
now.”
Weaver already has defeated seve
ral current or former collegiate play
ers during his career. He is the
men’s singles champion in Shreve
port, and defeated former Okla
homa State star Pat Harrison for the
title.
TCU golf team
breaks NCAA
regulations
FORT WORTH (AP) — Texas
Christian University announced
Tuesday that its women’s golf coach
has violated NCAA rules and that
appropriate action has been taken.
An internal investigation dis
closed that two prospective athletes
played golf while on a recruiting
visit, and a student-athlete was given
a ride to the airport in a coach's car.
Both actions were violations of
NCAA rules, school officials said.
TCU athletic director Frank
Windegger said the results of the in
vestigation were forwarded to the
NCAA.
The players involved were de
clared ineligible by the school, but
the NCAA later ordered them re
instated, Windegger said.
Women’s golf coach Kristi Arney
received a reprimand from school
officials and has been ordered to
spend two days at the Southwest
Conference league office studying
NCAA rules.
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History of
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