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\ Wxlwdiy, Novmbr 1,1991 SPORTSLOOK Associai NEW YORK?Joe Torre might be the only candidate to become manager of the New York Yankees and could be hired within days, The New York Times reported today. The newspaper said Torre, fired by St. Louis in June, needs only to meet with new general manager Bob Watson. The job opened last week when Buck Showalter was unable to work out a new deal. TAMPA, Fla.? Florida outfielder Gary Sheffield was shot when he stopped at a traffic light on the way to pick up one of his children. Sheffield, was wounded ? not seriously ? in the upper left shoulder and treated and released from St. Joseph's Hospital. DETROIT ? Looking to rebuild a team that was one of the AL's worst last season, the Detroit Tigers hired Randy Smith as general manager. Smith, the former General man ager of the San Diego Padres, signed a three-year deal. At 32, he is the youngest general manager in the majors. CLEVELAND ? The Cleveland Indians exercised their 1997 option on manager Mike Hargrove, who led the team to its first World Series appearance since 1954. Hargrove is 350316 in 4 1/2 years with the Indians. MILWAUKEE ? Several executives and the Libertarian Party filed suit to block construction of a new Milwaukee Brewers stadium, saying a sales tax hike to pay for it constitutes "taxation without representation." TENNIS OAKLAND, Calif. ? Venus Williams, using her ferocious serve to handcuff an opponent more than twice her age, beat Rosalyn Nideffer 6-2,61 in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic. Williams, 15, playing just her third tournament match of the year, will face fifth-seeded Amy Frazier in the second round. Frazier beat Florencia Labat 6-4,6-4. PARIS ? Henri Leconte, the oldest player in the field at 32, beat Aaron Krickstein 7-5,6-3 in the first round of the Paris Open. Top-seeded Pete Sampras, assured of regaining the No. 1 ranking from Andre Agassi for a week, begins play Wednesday. Sampras will regain the top spot Monday no matter what he does in the tournament. QUEBEC ? Third-seeded Lisa Raymond beat Nicole Arendt 6-2,6-4 in the first round of the Bell Challenge. BASKETBALL LANDOVER, Md. ? The Washington Bullets, attempting to fill the void left by the injured Mark Price, obtained guard Robert Pack from Denver for forward Don MacLean and guard Doug Overton. Pack averaged 18.0 points and 5.4 111111111181 Npui A I Icorl Main Guitars - Amps - Drums (And Other Musical I All at Discount ? Cha S fPALM Campus Ministr Palmpc "Taize' & Ionai: 1996 Summer Program" Wednesday at 5:30 pm Worship & Dinner Sunday 5:30 pi Partnership Among Lutherans & Methodi 728 Pickens St. 799-7363 Mass S Rev 1610 Greene Street 799-587C 5 yed Press assists in eight exhibition games and 8.9 points and 4.4 assists in his fouryear career. The Bullets also will receive future considerations. HOUSTON - Philadelphia guard Vernon Maxwell pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor marijuana charge, stemming trom an incident over the summer when police stopped his car. A judge recessed die case until November so he could review Maxwell's probation reports. Maxwell was cut by Houston in June, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - New Mexico's Kenny Thomas struck out again with die NCAA, which has declared die freshman forward ineligible for this season. The governing body stood by its Oct. 18 decision that Thomas is ineligible because his ninth-grade science course was not one of the 13 core courses required by the NCAA. FOOTBALL PHILADELPHIA ? Defensive tackle Andy Harmon, tied for second in the NFL with 8 1/2 sacks, agreed to a three-year, $7.55 million contract extension with the Philadelphia Eagles. NEW ORLEANS ? Chip Lohmiller, signed by New Orleans to bring consistency to its kicking game, was cut after missing two field goals in the Saints' 11-7 victory over San Francisco. He was 8-for-14 in eight games. BOXING NEW YORK?U.S. District Judge Lawrence McKenna told jurors the defense's case in the insurance fraud trial of promoter Don King might be completed next week. The government has argued King, charged with nine counts of mail fraud, fabricated his contract with Julio Cesar Chavez to fool Lloyd's of London into believing the fighter received $350,000 in non-refundable training expenses for a canceled 1991 bout. HORSE RACING WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. ? Hall of Fame driver Herve Filion pleaded innocent to charges that he fixed races at Yonkers Raceway. Filion, 55, was indicted last week on charges of taking a bribe and tampering with a sports contest. Westchester County prosecutors say Filion deliberately lost a race June 26. FIGURE SKATING NEW YORK ? U.S. champion Nicole Bobek won the Starlight Challenge in Central Park, the first international held outdoors in 25 years. Canada's Kurt Browning won the men's title. HOCKEY NEW YORK ? Montreal left wing Brian Savage, who had seven goals and two assists in the Canadiens' four victories last week, was selected NHL player of the week. 4437 Devine Street Columbia, S.C. r Brands C ft - PA Equipment J A nstruments) fijJ -v Prices sfiS.&k plains Corner The Carolina Chaplains Association V . J The Carolina Chaplains Association promotes cooperation and fellowship as the foundation of the diversity of religious life at Carolina. All association members support the role of healthy religious development a a significant part of higher education. All of the chaplains and counselors of the Carolina Chaplains Association are ists available for counseling and spiritual guidance. Thomas More Catholic Center unday 11am, 6 pm; Mon.-Thurs. 12:15 prr Confession Sat. 2-3 pm or by appt. Newman Club Evening Prayer - 6:45pm Meetings: Tues. 7 pm . Michael F. McCafTerty, Chaplain ) (across from the School of Nursing SPO Mourning I 5 41 leaving u ASSOCIATED PRESS Hie Charlotte Hornets reportedly are unwilling to meet Alonzo Mourning's demand to be paid $13 million per season and have decided to trade the center. Mourning and his agent, David Falk, met with the Hornets last week to discuss the fourth-year center's contract, which expires after this season. The Hornets offered Mourning $10 million per season for seven seasons, while Falk sought $13 million for seven seasons with an escape clause after four seasons, The Charlotte Observer reported today. The newspaper quoted team owner George Shinn as saying that, if the Hornets could not sign Mourning, Ve have an obligation to this community and to our fans to do everything we can for this franchise. If that means trading him, by all means we'll do it." Shinn refused to speak with The Asr The Gamecock football team wl Florida Gators In a nationally tele Sandberg p ASSOCIATED PRESS First, Michael Jordan. Now, Ryne Sandberg. Sandberg joined Jordan as the second star Chicago athlete who wore No. 23 to return from retirement this year when he announced Tuesday that he will play again for the Cubs next year. Sandberg was an All-Star second baseman for 10 straight seasons with the Cubs when he suddenly retired from baseball on June 13,1994, saying the game no longer was fun. But after more than a year away from the majors, he decided to make a comeback at age 36, sources told The Associated Press. There was speculation Sandberg, one of the best all-around second basemen in history, might shift to third base, i i. ? i i_ - D?4. wnert; ne uegun 111s cuus career, dui there may not be any definite plan yet to make that move. Sandberg is a career .289 hitter with 245 home runs and 905 RBIs. He is close to the career record for homers by a second baseman, held by Joe Morgan at 266, and also is a nine-time Gold Glove I winner. At the time of his retirement, Sandberg, the 1984 NL MVP and holder of 1|c3 gbqm)... QUARTERLY Columbia Chirof Serving the U5 / Community for 10 1 Treating Chronic; IS of the Neck, B 718 I CORNER OF C 252 Most Insui (Including Stat Visa & Mas ) >RTS I possibly nanoue sociated Press about the matter this morning, referring all questions to Bob Bass, the team's vice president for basketball operations. The Hornets said Bass would be available for comment later today. / Charlotte reportedly is talking with as many as eight teams about trades involving Mourning, who has averaged at least 21 points per game each season since the Hornets took him with the second pick in the 1992 draft. Among the deals being discussed, according to The Observer: 7-1 center Vlade Divac, plus another player and a first-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Lakers; 7-0 center Eric Montross and another player and two first-round draft picks from the Boston Celtics; and point guard Rod Strickland and possibly forward Cliff Robinson from the Portland Trail Blazers. A deal with the Atlanta Hawks is lower on the list, the newspaper said. JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock III return home to face the No. 4 vised matchup. Klckoff Is at 8 p.m. ulls Michael several major league fielding records, was disenchanted with Cubs general manager Larry Himes and said he wanted to spend more time with his two children. Sandberg was in the second year of a four-year contract and walked away from about $17 million. Sandberg often repeated that he had no intention of returning to the majors. He said it in his book "Second to Home" that was published this year and said it again late this summer. But a Cubs' source said Sandberg contacted Chicago general manager Ed Lynch after the regular season and said he wanted to play baseball in 1996, especially for the Cubs. When the World Series ended this weekend, some technicalities were tak en care of, such as writing a letter of reinstatement and filing a letter of free agency. That done, Sandberg and Lynch finished off their agreement. Sandberg spent much of his time in retirement living at his home in Arizona, near the Cubs' spring training site in Mesa. Although he was not playing ball, his contract with the Cubs called for some off-field work for the team. Sandberg and his wife, Cindy, diCarolina/Clemsc >RACTIC Center, PA Dr. William D. Worrell and Acute Problems tack, and Joints <ing st. )evine and King >-0676 ranee Accepted e Employee BCBS) tercard Accepted Air Larusson Forward Krlatlnn Larusson and th< aoeear taam will play Campball Qamatlma la 7p.m. USC-UF match shown nationa LARRY WILLIAMS Sports Editor ( ESPN will feature South Carolina vs. No. 3 Florida on Nov. 11 in its Saturday t night national telecast. The game time ] has been changed from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. c at Williams-Brice Stadium. 1 It will be the Gamecocks' first ap- i pearance on ESPN since a 16-7 loss to 1 Alabama in 1993. t South Carolina has been on televi- t f J..' iV.'. .... T?f . sum luui times tms seasun, as liic uci- i ferson-Pilot SEC game of the week against ( Jordan, returr vorced this year and share custody of i their children. Sandberg remarried in % August, and friends have described him as happier than he's been in a long time. \ When Sandberg left the Cubs, he was c upset with the way the team was being 1 run by Himes, who was later reassigned. ? The Cubs have completely changed their ? front-office structure, with Lynch, who s briefly played with Sandberg and is one of his friends, becoming the GM and j Andy MacPhail, who built World Series c champions in Minnesota, taking over as i president. s The Cube were 73-71 during the short- t ened season and remained in contention I for the wild-card spot until the last few days. i In 1984, Sandberg batted .314 with t 19 triples and 19 homers and 84 RBIs, \ and led the Cubs to the NL East title, < their first postseason appearance since e 1945. t In 1985, Sandberg, showing off another off his assets, stole 54 bases. j Sandberg led the league with 40 1 homers in 1990 and had 100 RBIs. He also drove in 100 runs in 1991. t He won the Gold Glove from 1983- 1 91, and holds major league records at i second baseman for highest lifetime field- 1 We need yoi Carolina ( We're making a special effort men for the fall of 1996 to wel Carolina. How about lending us a hand? telephone accepted freshmer November 1 until Christmas f r /\/\ nit m /:*n? rivi. We'll have snacks for you and distance telephone call to the 1 You can't pass this up! Interested? Call the Office of and we'll give you the details, reserved a phone for you for C I jtfl !v JiJBI 'ym\ *?2pl ? ?:> TYSON PETTIOREW Tre Ga^ecocK i nationally ranked Qamacook I tonight at The Graveyard. up will be lly by ESPN Seorgia, Kentucky, LSU and Tennessee [he Gamecocks were 0-3-1 in those game Carolina is coming off a 56-21 loss t he 5th ranked Tennessee Volunteers i Snoxville. The game, which was broac last by Jefferson-Pilot, was supposed t * a high scoring slugfest between USC Steve Taneyhill and Tennessee's Peyto: k r rk a. l f Manning, uue 10 a suDpar penonnanc jy the Gamecocks and three intercep ions from tipped passes by the Volur seers, the battle never materialized a ixpected. is to game ng percentage (.990) and consecutiv< ;ames without an error (123). Sandberg has never played in th< Vorld Series. The Cubs lost the NL play >ffs in 1984 to San Diego, failing to i told a 2-0 lead in the best-of-5 series ind fell 4-1 to San Francisco in 1989 Sandberg hit .385 in those two playof series. Sandberg was picked by Philadel )hia in the 20th round of the June 197! Iraft and signed with the Phillies. Hi nade his big league debut in 1981 as i shortstop and second baseman, and wa raded to the Cubs in Januaiy 1982 witl .any Bowas for Ivan DeJesus. With the Cubs, Sandberg became ai mmediate starter, beginning at thin )ase and soon shifting to second base vhere he established himself as a play ?r who would almost certainlv be ai jventual Hall of Famer ? once he re dred for good, that is. He was an All-Star his last 10 fu] reasons, from 1984 through 1993. In *9c lis last full season, he hit .309. In 1994, he was hitting .258 in 5 fames when he decided to retire, sayinj le no longer enjoyed the game and dii lot have the desire to play at the leve le expected of himself. ur help with Outreach! to reach all accepted freshicome them personally to We're planning to i each Wednesday, from break, from 5:00 until we'll give you a free longioved one of your choice! Admissions at 777-0076 Don't forget. We've Carolina Outreach.