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home crowd, defeating Rainer Raymond downed Tatiana
Schuttler 6-4, 6-4 in the Poutchek 7-6 (5), 6-3.
. ' The committee added MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. opening round of the $2.05
• slightly to several of Minneso- Open champion and top seed million Kremlin Cup.
ta’s self-imposed punish- Marat Safin won before a In women’s action, Lisa
was described as one of the eighth grade team wrapped he returned the second-half
worst cases of academic fraud up their season with a 36-20 kickoff 78 yards for his third
in 20 years cost the Minneso- victory over Frederick at touchdown of the game. Lan-
ta men’s basketball program Marshall Field on Tuesday, ders kicked the PAT to ex-
s four years’ probation and five Shawn Shelly led the way tend the Dawgs’ lead to 28-6.
I scholarships. But the Golden with three long touchdown Davis hit Will Card with a
. Gophers escaped the worst runs. 14-yard touchdown pass in
#: penalty. James Holt opened the the final quarter. Kyle Den-
. Because Minnesota had scoring for the Dawgs when ton threw to James Holt for
1 acting firmly to investigate it- he took in a 60-yard scoring the two-point conversion.
self and punish those involved pass Devon Davis. Michael Frederick scored twice late to
: in a widespread term-paper Landers kicked the extra bring the final to 34-20.
5E scam, the NCAA decided point. Kip Moss, Zach Ham-
Tuesday it would not bar the Shelly gave the Altus monds, Davis, Shelly and
university from postseason squad a 15-6 lead after one De’arteuy Jones turned in
S play. Such punishment would quarter when he reeled off a outstanding defensive perfor-
have cost the school hun- 42-yard scoring run. Davis mances.
"I mean, that’s all we heard the last few years and it hasn’t night’s Game 2, which was all ill before the game, about tern with $30,000 in extra
NEW YORK (AP) — New team win the World Series, so allowed two hits in eight
York Yankees pitcher Roger 1 do not intend to consider the shutout innings as the Yan-
Clemens was fined $50,000 question of an appeal or re- kees won 6-5.
Tuesday for throwing the spend to questions about the "It doesn’t matter about int
jagged barrel of a shattered fine or the incident itself until tent. That wasn’t important. ‘
bat toward New York Mets this series is over," Clemens Robinson said by the batting
catcher Mike Piazza in Game said in a statement. cage before Game 3 at Sheet
2 of the World Series. Clemens and the players’ Stadium. “It’s just the action
Clemens wasn’t ejected for association have seven days of the player." t
throwing the broken bat in to appeal the decision to Paul Robinson said the penalty,
the first inning of Sunday Beeston’s chief operating offi- would have been the same if
night’s game, and baseball cer — who as president of the the action occurred during as
didn’t disclose the amount of Toronto Blue Jays, signed regular season game. He con:
the fine. But two baseball offi- Clemens to a $24.75 million, sidered suspending Clemens^
cials with knowledge of the three-year contract after the — a suspension probably;
fine, speaking on condition of 1996 season. Fines often are would have been delayed until:
anonymity, told The Associat- reduced on appeal. Earlier next season by the appeals;
ed Press it was $50,000. this year, an arbitrator cut process — but decided"
"It was a reckless type of John Rocker’s suspension against it. *
action on his part," said from 28 days to 14 days and "I just felt that a suspen-
Frank Robinson,, baseball’s his fine from $20,000 to $500. sion was not necessary in this
vice president in charge of dis- "It’s all irrelevant," Piazza case,” Robinson said. "1 felt a
cipline. said after Robinson an- fine was appropriate in this
The fine matches the nounced his decision. "It instance."
largest ever levied against a doesn’t matter. I have no opin- Robinson spoke with
player, equaling the amount ion." Clemens, Piazza, both man-
Albert Belle was fined for his Umpires during Game 2 agers and general managers,
profane tirade toward a TV re- concluded that Clemens, who and also reviewed videotapes;
porter during the 1995 World beaned Piazza on July 8, did- He said he agreed with the
Series. n’t deliberately throw the bro- umpires’ decision not to eject
“I want to stay focused on ken bat at the catcher, the five-time Cy Young Award
the task at hand, helping my Clemens wasn’t ejected and winner.
Mets close to 2-1 deficit with 4-2 victory
NEW YORK (AP) — Benny was how he’s won so many seemed like it’s been real big about Roger Clemens almost pulling him after the seventh equipment this October.
Agbayani might have said it games in the postseason. He competition," he said. "I hitting Mike Piazza with a bat. with the score tied at 2. “A lot of people don’t like to;
best. never lost. So there’s always a thought we were in those first Earlier Tuesday, Clemens was "He wasn’t into that,” Torre play here," Zeile said. "The
"Anything can happen in a first for anyone," Agbayani two games, but you could only slapped with a $50,000 fine. said. “He’s something. field ... there s airplanes going
World Series, especially with said. go so long saying they were "Our fans have been wait- "I was going to make a overhead — we feel comfort-
El Duque,” he said. Hernandez began the night close games." ing 14 years for this," winning change. But he felt really able here. It’s loud."
What happened Tuesday with an 8-0 record — includ- Now, after two one-run de- pitcher John Franco said. good. And it was tough after Hernandez, who struck out
night was that the New York ing 3-0 this year — and a 1.90 feats at Yankee Stadium, the "They're very loud and we just he pitched that seventh, the the first three hitters in the
Mets ended the Yankees’ ERA in postseason play, and Mets get a chance to draw love being in this ballpark and way he did, to deny that." opening inning on 12 pitches
record 14-game winning set a Yankees’ World Series even. Bobby J. Jones will the noise." The Mets, who tied it at 2 and took advantage of a few
streak in the World Series and record by striking out 12, pitch Game 4 on Wednesday A sellout crowd of 55.299 on Todd Zeile's double in the extra inches on the outside
stopped El Duque's string, breaking the mark of 11 set by night against Denny Neagle, went crazy as Armando Ben- sixth, improved their record at corner of Jeff Kellogg's strike
too. Bob Turley in 1956. and Bill Clinton is expected to itez held on in the ninth in- Shea this season to 60-26, the zone, fanned Robin Ventura to
Agbayani got Shea Stadium Still, it was not enough. become the first president in ning this time. Benitez, who best home mark in baseball. start the eighth.
shaking with a go-ahead dou- “So we got a victory, we office to attend a Series game blew a ninth-inning lead in There were more Yankees But after Zeile singled, Ag-
ble in the eighth inningas Or- broke a little streak." Mets since Ronald Reagan in 1983. the opener, closed it out after fans present than Mets root- bayani doubled to the left-
lando Hernandez lost for the manager Bobby Valentine “It's light years different be- giving up a leadoff single to ers at Yankee Stadium, center field gap. Agbayani has
first time in the postseason as said. tween being 3-0 and 2-1," pinch-hitter Chuck though they were easily hit in all 12 of the Mets' post-
the Mets cut their Subway Se- “I think baseball fans, and Valentine said. Knoblauch. drowned out by the huge season games this year, in
ries deficit to 2-1 with a 4-2 I'm one of them, have been The Mets' win came after Yankees manager Joe Torre speakers in center field — the eluding a 13th-inning home
victory. watching the World Series for the strange doings of Sunday talked to Hernandez, who felt Mets boosted their sound sys-
Huskers peak at right time
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — No. a punt for touchdowns and Davison said. "It’s not a cocki-
1 Nebraska seems to have force the Huskers into over- ness, it’s just a confidence
picked the right time to start time. The team that allowed that we've gathered. It doesn’t
playing its best football in a Missouri to gain 492 yards al- mean that we can't be beat, ft
year. so seems like a memory. just means that right now
With a game against No. 3 Nebraska is coming off a we're confident and that’s
Oklahoma on Saturday, the 59-0 shutout of Baylor that huge going into a game like
Cornhuskers are also as con- could have been a whole lot this.
fident as they’ve been in a worse if coach Frank Solich “We believe that we're going
while after scoring eight had not pulled most of his to get the job done." 1
touchdowns in each of their starters by halftime. That This game is easily getting U
past two games while allowing game followed a 56-3 victory the most hype since Nebraska 4
just a field goal. at Texas Tech. The two-week played Notre Dame in the sec- ■
"It took a few games to get points total is the most for the end week of the season.
all of the kinks out and really Huskers since they scored ‘To be back in that kind of 1
feel comfortable, but 1 think 122 in wins over Missouri and atmosphere, as college play-
you're really seeing the team Iowa State in 1997, the last ers we eat that up. We love ;
now that we knew we could time they won a national every minute of it," guard ;
be," receiver Matt Davison championship. Russ Hochstein said. "Cer- 1
said. Davison, a freshman on the tainly 1 think they're in the tt-
Lately, the Huskers do not '97 team, said the team's atti- tle hunt as much as we are.
look like the team that could- tude is a lot like it was three They’re a very good ball club
n't tackle in the opener years ago. and they deserve to be up
against San Jose State, or let “Right now, we feel like
Notre Dame return a kick and were almost indestructible," Please see *HUSKERS, page 5
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