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Counseling groupgivse Students job experience

By BRANT WELCH
Staff Writer

The newly formed Rehabilitation
Counseling Students Association is
giving UK students who are inter-
ested in the helping profession a
chance to see what it’s is realiy like.

“What we want to do is let stu-
dents know what is available in the
job market through networking."
said Andrea Holcombe, a rehabilita-

tion counseling graduate student
from Asheville, NO

“You can learn book work in
class. but you really can’t learn
what the contacts teach you in
class.”

The RCSA gives students a
chance to interact with rehabilita—
tion professionals and to see what
the field is really like.

“Our goals mainly include get-
ting students in contact with reha-

Blue Devils repeat as
NCAA champions,
beat Fab Five 71-51

By JIM O'CONNELL
Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS —-
didn't come easy for the Duke Blue
Devils. Nevertheless, they made
history, ener-
gized at last by
their star Chris-
tian Laettner.

They became
the first team in
19 years to re-
peat as NCAA
champions last
night with a 71-
51 victory over
Michi an's Fab
Five gfreshmen, LAETTNER
the youngest team to ever vie for
the title.

Not since UCLA ended a seven-
year reign as national champions in
1973 had a team managed to win
two in a row.

Duke did it the hard way, with na-
tional player-of-the-ycar Laettner
struggling for the second straight
game and another starter hobbled by
injury.

Laettner, who personally lifted
the Blue Devils to two of their five
straight Final Four appearances
with buzzer-boaters, rebounded
from his worst half of the year to
lead a closing 23-6 Duke charge.

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and making a season-high seven
turnovers in the first half, Laettncr
finished with 19 points and seven
rebounds.

Duke's defensive pressure,
meanwhile, limited Michigan to
only 20 second-half points on 29
percent shooting — nine for 31. It
was the Wolverines’ lowest point
total in eight years.

Grant Hill had a terrific all-
around game for Duke with l8
points, 10 rebounds, five assists,
three steals and two blocks. Thom-
as Hill added 19 points and seven
rebounds for the Blue Devils.

However, it was Laettner’s long-
distance shooting that sparked
Duke, which trailed 31.30 at half-
time.

Laettner’s three-pointer 44 sec-
onds into the second halt gave
Duke the lead for good, 35-33. An-
other three-pointer by Laeitner with
11:05 left gave the Blue Devils a
46-39 lead, and they took off from
there.

Coach Mike Kr/yyewski, who
has taken Duke to six Final Fours

See NCAA, Page 6

Ky. community college
funding lowest in South

Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Ken-
tucky’s funding per student for state
two‘year colleges last year ranked
last among 14 other Southern states
in its region, according to a report
by the Southem Regional Education
Board.

The report shows that Kentucky
provided Sl,115 less than the re-
gional average of $3,231 per stu«
dent at public two-year colleges for
the 1990-1991 year. Tuition and
fees for Kentucky residents at the
14 colleges of the UK Community
College System came to 8640.
about average for the region.

The report shows that the state
does a better job of supporting its
public universities than its commu-
nity colleges, but still ranks relative-
ly low in support for its flagship
university, UK.

UK's state funding last year was
$1,008 less than the regional aver-
age of $5,784 per full-time student
at similar universities. By contrast.
UK's tuition and fees were $124
above the region's median for pub-
lic universities of UK‘s type.

The total of state funding and tui-
tion and fees was thh-highest in
the region. Only the flagship state
universities in Alabama, Mississippi
and West Virginia received less to-
tal support per student.

Combined state funding and tui-
tion and fees per student at the Uni-
versity of Louisville and Ken
tucky‘s six regional universities
placed the state in the middle third

of the region’s states in support for
comparable universities. the report
shows.

Though hampered by tight state
finances, Gov. Brereton Jones and
the General Assembly have acted
to correct the funding imbalance
between the state‘s community col-
leges and universities.

The budget for 1902.93 cuts state
universities' funding by 5 percent
but leaves community collcgcs‘
funding unchanged. Funding for
both the universities antl communi-
ty colleges will increase by 3 per-
cent in 1993-94.

These guarantees come atop a
sharp funding reduction late last
year. however.

In October, faced with scaled
back revenue projections, then-
Gov. Wallace Wilkinson asked the
state's colleges and universities to
accept budget cuts that ranged from
3.6 percent to 4.8 percent.

That funding reduction is not re.
flected in the Southern Regional
Education Board‘s report, which
focuses on funding changes during
the fiscal year that ended June 30.

The report says that, throughout
the region during the l980s, the
share of public higher education
costs paid by college students anti
their families rose, while the state's
share shrank.

By l990-9l. the proportion of
college costs met by tuition pay-
ments in Kentucky matched the re-

See BUDGET. Page 6

bilitation professionals through net-
working,“ said Deborah Castle, a
rehabilitation graduate student from
Ashland. Ky.

“We also want to get the students
on campus from all the disciplines
like physical therapy, social work
anti nursing together," she said.

RCSA, which has 17 members,
primarily consists of rehabilitation
counseling gratis. but it is open to
all who are interested in the field.

They have also started offering
membership to alumni.

“The main criteria is to be inter-
ested in rehabilitation," Castle said.

The organization was founded by
several rehabilitation graduates last
month.

"The organization was formed
because we saw the need for net-
working between rehabilitation stu-
dents and rehabilitation profession-
als,“ said Erik Johansen. a

rehabilitation graduate student from
South Bend, Ind.

“But it has grown and is now
open to anyone interested iii the
helping profession," he said.

“We are open to all students."
said RCSA President John Slims?
berry, a rehabilitation graduate stu-
tient from Nicholasville, Ky.

Stansbcrry said RCSA will have
a speaker at least once a month.

“I feel our organization can be

very helpful to any student interest-
cd Ill the helping prolcssion,"
Stansbcrry said.

Meetings are held at 231A Stu-
dent Center on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month.

The next meeting is Tuesday at is
put. where Russell Luitsford, direc-
tor of the Kentucky Department ot
the Blind, vvill speak.

 

 

 

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Pre-law honorary offers session for undergrads

Leigh Brtibakcr, clerk of SPI..
said that anyone interested lll law
school should attend.

By TIA SILVERTHORNE
Staff Writer

It is not unusual that a college
_|Ul’ll()l’ majoring in English decides
he or she does not really like to read
and wants to change majors.

But change it to what'.’
Throughout the year UK sponsors

various career workshops and Icc-
lures to answer that question.

For those considering a career in
law. your time has come. The Soci‘
ctas Pro Legibus. UK‘s prc-law
honorary club, will sponsor Pre-
Law Day, 2 to 4 pm. tomorrow in
the Student Center‘s room 206.

“It is a really good opportunity to
speak with the representatives ot the
universities. to get basic inloriiia-
tion and to find out if (law school)
is right for you.” Brubakcr said.

UK, Univcrsity ol l.(lll|\\lllt‘.
Capital Law School of (‘oluitibtis.
University of Cincinnati, and erii-
versity of Dayton are scheduled to
attend. School represenuitivt‘s will
offer information about their law
programs.

Several other law schools includ-
ing Yalc I‘nivcrsity. Hanard l’ni

versity. (icorgctoun l iii\t'istly.
University of Michigan and \'.iiith
hilt University \\‘lll not havc tcprc'
sctitativcs present but information
will be available.

Karen Caldwell. the l',.\'. attorney
for the eastern district. '\\ill con-
clude the event by spoikiiig about
her experiences as an allot’nm

Members of Societas I‘ro l cgibus
will also be available to answer my
questions about thc club

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Story, Page 3.

 

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A debate between 6th district U.S.
congressional candidates will be held
at noon in 245 Student Center.

UK play, Beaux
Arts Ball head
week’s events.
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Psychic powers, drag queens,
comfort zones and fishhead bras?

On April 12, I945, Gyorgy Ka-
dar was to be executed at Buchen-
wald. The 31-year-old Hungarian
Jew, weighing 77 pounds, was con-
fined in five different Nazi concen-
tration camps during World War II.

But Kadar would be saved. On
April l2, Buchenwald was liberated
by American soldiers. Now Kadar
comes to the UK Art Museum in an
exhibit called “Survivor of Death,
Witness to Life.”

The exhibit is part of of Vander-
bilt University's well-known Holo-
caust Art Collection and is on loan
to UK until May 20.

In conjuction with the exhibit,
noted Holocaust scholar Dr. Raul
Hilberg will speak on “The Dis-
covery of the Holocaust,” Thurs-
day night at 7:30 in the Recital Hall
of the Singletary Center. The Mu-
seum will be open from 6:30-7:30
so that the Kadar exhibit can be
seen prior to the lecture.

When the Replacements came
onto the music scene in the 1980’s.
it was funk and punk and breathy
lyrics. But the Canadian-based blast
band is unofficially broken up.

Tonight at the Wrocklage, 361
W. Short Street. Replacements bas-
sist Tommy Stinson brings in his
new band Bash ’N Pop. Stinson
has now switched to guitar and has

‘Born in the RSA’ a

By ANGELA JONES
Senior Staff Critic

Color lmows imprisonment. Col-
or is tortured. its children killed.
Color dies fighting for freedom
when it's born in the Republic of
South Africa.

UK theatre professor Michael
Tawona Kachingwe made an im-
pressive debut here this weekend
with “Born in the RSA," a play
about South African freedom fight-
ers who struggle against an unyield-
ing government.

by John Dyer Fort

written his own songs. Bash ’N Pop
hopes to have their first album.
from the Warner Bros. label, out
this fall. The band will play at 9:30:
admission is $6.

First was the Oresteia, next came
To Kill A Mockingbird, and then
The Foreigner. All in all, it’s been a
great year for the UK Department
of Theatre. And let’s not forget
what was happening in the Briggs
Theater, especially Last of the For-
micans and Born in the R. SA.

This year's last production is a
World Premiere based on the be-
loved children's book by Madeleine
L’Engle, A Wrinkle In Time. This
funky, supematural play has been
adapted by UK Theatre professor
James Rodgers. In Wrinkle, three
children come to understand the
meaning of love and its power to
overcome evil. The kids have to do
some heavy psychic tricks.

A Wrinkle In Time opens at the
Guignol Theatre Thursday night at
8 and will play through April 18.

The play centers around Then-
jiwe Bona (sophomore Kia Fergu-
son), leader of the fighters who lat-
er enters prison.

“These people not only deal with
the military police daily and the
threat of imprisonment but some
watch their friends disappear and
die," said Kachingwe, who was
born in Zimbabwe.

He said the play‘s performance
coincidentally coincided with the
recent referendum in South Africa,
where 3 million whites agreed there
should be talks with the country’s

 

 

 

 

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What do you get if you mix
grinding metal, smooth soul, ska
and rap? It's kind of like mixing
Fishbone and Terence Trent
D‘Arby: a fast and ferocious funk
fusion called Follow For Now.
This band from Atlanta covers any-
thing from Led Zeppelin to Public
Enemy. They will be at the Wrock-
lage on Thursday night. Call 231-
ROKK for more information.

The Beaux Arts Ball is a wild,
barely contained “happening" that
takes place in a redecorated tobacco
warehouse in the heart of Lexing-
ton’s tobacco district. The Ball,
called “Machine and Desire,” is
an excuse to raise money: I think
it‘s a wonderful way to give it to
them.

This year‘s events include music,
food, art shows, drag shows, DJs,
all night dancing and comfort zones
to pass out in (please don’t throw
up on the art). There will be music
by Katie Melton, Pete Conley and
his Dixieland Band, the Bruce
Lewis Band and the lounge-funk
tunes of Love Jones.

At 1:30 am., After Hours begins
with a drag show led by Skyscrap-
er, a Beaux Art favorite. Industrial
DJ Ed Boland follows for a dance-

‘til-you-die All Night show.

Wear a tux or a toga; wear some-
thing desirable, or wear a machine.
Whatever. Admission is $10 now,
$12 at the door and includes a CD
with Bruce Lewis, Love Jones and
a cameo by Bela Fleck (while they
last). Call 255-4609 for details.

“If Causes Irritation, Diseon~
tlnue Use,” features UK Fine Art
seniors Anessa Arehart, Ephraim
McDowell, James Shambhu and
Marcy Werner.

The exhibit starts Saturday eve-
ning with an opening reception
from 7 to 9 at the Barnhart Gallery
in the Reynolds Building. The re-
ception will feature a showing of art
videos created by McDowell, Wer-
ner and Arehart.

Arehart's works include abstract
paintings and an eclectic mixed me-
dia combination of plastic baby
dolls and bones. Her collages fea-
ture underwear as well as a fish-
head bra.

McDowell has invented various
new acoustic instruments using gar-
den hoses, Clorox bottles and two-
by-fours. His “jeetertech” is a UK
art tradition of crazy instruments
made from the ominous UK Sur-
plus in the catacombs of the Re-
ynolds buildings.

Shambhu uses the human body

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Atlanta-based band Follow For Now comes to the Wrocklage Thurs-
day night. The band combines Fishbone and Living Colour.

for his inspiration in figurative
sculptures made from wood. His
piece “Jill" won the Oswald Crea-
tivity Award for students. .

The photographic work of Wer-
ner is a series of intimate. small still
lifes of flowers, masks and other

paraphernalia. The dark images
contain an eerie quality.

The exhibit will continue until
April 17.

Assistant Art: Editor John Dyer
Fort is an English junior.

lyrical exposé of evils, harms of racism

black population (about 24 million)
concerning apartheid. Blacks do not
have the right to vote in South Afri-
ca.

“But nothing has changed since
20 or 30 years ago. The actual fact
that apartheid exists is still present
in South Africa," said Kachingwe,
who joined UK faculty last fall.

With African rattles, flutes and
rain sticks the seven actors at the
opening and closing of the play pro-
vided a musical harmony that their
country wouldn‘t allow them to
share in their society.

Mark Bruckner. sound designer,
added the mystical and spiritual ele-
ment of South Africa back stage
with a mastery of various musical
instruments including the mbira,
talking dnims, the ngoma, various
flutes and the slit drum.

Ervy Whitaker II. a senior who is
a familiar face in UK productions,
ponrayed Zacharia Melani, an ad-
mirer of Thenjiwe. With a convinc-
ing South African accent, Whitaker
seemed to feel Zach's pain and con-
fusion in watching his innocent
friends suffer.

“RSA” featured original Swahili
songs, including “Sizobashiya Thi-
na," “Kwela Phezu" and “Thina
Sizwe."

The most compelling perfor—
mance was given by Amira Hocker,
who played Thenjiwe‘s sister.
Hocker. making her debut in
“RSA,” was stunning in original
African garb as she told a common
story of a mother whose child has
disappeared in the midst of the po-
litical unrest.

“This is a subtheme often over-
looked in the play." Kachingwe

said. “It is cruel the way in which
the society and the government of
South Africa treats its children.
They‘re the biggest victims of
apartheid."

Hocker lent authenticity to the
play with her well-rehearsed accent
and a soprano voice that led the
group in several of its songs.

The cast, including Stephanie
Kingston, Laurie K. Genet, Shan-
non Noel and Gregory R. Collier,
depicted a camaraderie between
blacks and whites that is lacking at
UK.

UK Spotlight Jazz series-finishes season in
smooth style with jazz diva Dianne Reeves

By JOHN DYER FORT
Assistant Arts Editor

Vocalist Dianne Reeves took the
stage Sunday night at Memorial
Hall. Then she took the breath and
heart and minds of Lexington’s jazz
devouts sitting in the audience.

The Spotlight audience sat back
and swayed and laughed and ap—
plauded like a big family cheering

on a talented big sister.

Reeves’ place as the international
jazz diva was unquestioned. It's
hard to describe the wonderful logic
of her jazz fusion. It‘s all here: Lat-
in beats with bongos and chimes,
traditional African folk instruments,
African-inspired lyrics and seat
lines that combine languages of the
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On drums was Billy Kilson,
pounding out a beat to get you off
your seat Standing behind an elab-
orate percussion set of bongos.
chimes, cymbals and various Third
World instruments was Munyungo
Jackson, evoking sweet beats like
he had four hands.

David Torkanowsky is a piano/
keyboard player that can pick out
haunting soft melodies and chop
out funky jazz chords, too.

On the electric and acoustic bass
was Chris Severin, who plunked out
a funky bass like a veteran musical
mainframe.

Reeves knocked out her audience
with her personal rendition of jazz

classics like Mongo Santamaria's
“Afro Blue" and Stephen Sond-
heim’s “I Remember Sky.“ Her
voice was as natural as running wa-
ter, as triumphant as an angel‘s
trumpet, as beautiful as a child‘s
laughter. She scatted across octaves
and through melodies with the ease
and naturalness of vocal silk.

Her performance earned Reeves a
spontaneous, overwhelming stand-
ing ovation before she was barely
through.

It was a fitting, climatic ending to
a year that featured Diane Schurr
and the UK Jazz Ensemble, Frank
Morgan and George Cables and the
Marcus Roberts trio.

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Best ever?
Alcindor
might beg
to differ

Silly mutterings have spewed
forth from the mouths of scrne na-
tional media of late and christened
Christian Iaettner as the greatest
player in NCAA Tournament histo-
ry.
It was an intangible that could be
understood somewhat, considering
Laettner had a perfect game and
made a remarkable clutch basket to
propel Duke into the Final Four and
to brutally end UK's own remarka-
ble season. It also could be under-
stood considering that our society’s
tendency to believe it is witnessing
the greatest of everything, including
the best athletes of all time.

It was at this time last year some
of the same commentators and ana-
lysts were saying UNLV was one
of, if not the, greatest college bas-
ketball team ever assembled. Then
Laettner's Blue Devils knocked off
undefeated UNLV in the semifinals
of the tournament.

In deciding what constitutes such
a heroic figure. one must concen-
trate on how many championships
the player’s team won. his or her in-
dividual stats and if the player were
capable of making the clutch bas-
ket.

Laettner, who has been success-
ful in all three categories, has a
lengthy resume, which could lead
one to believe he is the best.

-Last night, he and his Duke
teammates went after their second
consecutive championship, a feat
not accomplished since UCLA did
it in the 1970‘s. Currently, Laettner
has one ring. He went to the Final
Four each of his four years at Duke.
That‘s impressive.

~Against UK —— in a game some
members of the media have sug-
gested is the greatest game in col-
lege basketball history — Laettner
surpassed Elvin Hayes‘ 358 points
to become the all-time leading scor-
er in NCAA Tournament history.
Before last night’s game, Laettner
had tallied 387 points. Individual
statistics are great, too.

-Clutch shooting is where Laett-
ner is a cut above the rest of the
current players. Two years ago, he
sank a jumper in overtime to sink
Connecticut in the Regional Finals
79-78. And we all know about
UK‘s bad fortune. With 2.1 seconds
left you know the rest.

To take nothing away from Laett-
ner‘s wonderful abilities, he isn‘t
the greatest player to dance in the
“Big Show." There are a few more.
But for the sake of argument, I will

emphasize one — one nobody
could disagree with. ‘
Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor.

For those of you who don‘t rec-
ognize this name, don't feel bad be-
cause some of the media probably
don‘t,-either. Alcindor is Kareem
Abdul Jabbar‘s birth name.

°Jabbar led UCLA to three cham-
pionships in three years — 1967,
1968, 1969. It may have been four
for four, but Jabbar couldn't partici-
pate in his initial college year be-
cause freshmen weren‘t eligible for
varsity athletics. Better.

oln playing in only 12 tournament
games because only 32 teams went
to the tournament instead of 64,
Jabbar averaged 25.3 points and
16.8 rebounds per game. Laettner
has averaged a bit more than 17
points and seven rebounds in his
tourney career. Better.

~This category is somewhat diffi-
cult to gauge on Jabbar because his
Bruins had only one scare in three
years in the tourney: It came against
Drake in the 1969 National Semifi-
nal. Jabbar responded with 25
points and 21 rebounds. UCLA was
victorious 85-82. Jabbar scored 12
points in the last eight minutes of
play. The reason he never had to
make a clutch basket in the tourna-
ment was that he dominated play in
such a drastic manner that the
Bmins outscored opponents by a 33
points-per-garne margin. including
by 15, 23 and 20 points, respective-

ly, in the three championship
games.

Jabbar, whose dominance result-
ed in the removal of the dunk from
college basketball for a few years,
gets the unquestionable nod.

Sta] Writer Ernest Wrentmore is
a journalism sophomore and a K‘r-
nel sports columnist.

By JEFF DRUMMOND
Senior Staff Writer

Jeff Abbott? Brad Hindersman?
Jeff Norman? Jan Weisberg?

The pitchers in the Southeastern
Conference have to be scratching
their heads these days. Just who,
exactly, are these guys UK keeps
throwingatthem?

The league's top hurlers are be-
ginning to learn the names, but
finding a way to stymie the Bat
Cats‘ leading hitters is an answer
they‘ve not yet discovered.

At the midway point of the col-
lege baseball season, UK has taken
the SEC by storm, leading the East-
ern Division with an 8-1 record.
The Cats’ pitching and defense has
been as g as advertised, but the
hitting prowess of the ballclub has
even caught the players by surprise.

Just take a look at the numbers
UK (24-6 overall) has put up thus
far:

°As a team, the Cats are batting
.307 and averaging nearly eight
runs a game. Not bad for a team
which lost its top four hitters from
last year's squad, including Mike
Harris (.389, 20 HR, 61 RBI) and
Rick Norton (.329, 20, 72).

oAbbott, Hindersman, Norman

Reds drop

By JOE KAY
Associated Press

CINCINNATI — Jose Rijo was
at his worst on the Cincinnati Reds‘
best day of the season.

Rijo gave up an inexcusable
walk, made a major baserunning
mistake, and threw two fat slidqs
Monday. Darrin Jackson hit the last
one for a ninth-inning homer that
gave the San Diego Padres a 4-3
victory and ended the Reds' open-
ing-day winning streak at nine
years.

“It’s my fault. Blame it on Rijo."
the right-hander said. “I feel totally
responsible for the loss."

Rijo, 15-6 last year, took the loss
when Jackson led off the ninth with
a homer. Jackson, who hit a career-
high 21 homers in 1991, pulled a 2-
0 pitch over the left-field wall.

It was Jackson‘s only hit in four
at-bats against Rijo, who gave up
10 hits in nine innings.

“In all the games I’ve started
against him, I think I‘ve had at least
one hit," Jackson said. “He throws
the ball great; he‘s going to get you
out. But I sneak a hit in there
against him because he‘s usually in
there for nine innings. So you get
four at-bats against him. and you’re
likely to get at least one hit."

Rijo figured it was another mis-
take, not the law of averages, that
caught up with him.

“It was a hanging slider," he said.
“You throw a hanging slider to a
guy like that, he’s going to make
you pay for it."

There was plenty to pay for, too.

and Weisberg
— the heat of
the UK batting
order — have
combined to hit
20 of the team's

 

only six hornets
HINDERSMAN the entire .
oNorman, a sophomore first base-
man and designated hitter, was side-
lined in 1991 with a shoulder inju-
ry. In his first collegiate season.
Norman leads UK in batting aver-
age (.382), slugging percentage
(.658) and on-base percentage
(.537).

-The Cats' top guns are all bat-
ting higher than .340, with Norman
leading the way. Abbott, a sopho-
more center fielder, has hit .358
with seven home runs. Hindersman.
also a sophomore outfielder, has hit
.373 with 11 doubles and three
homers. Weisberg, a senior first
baseman and catcher, checks in
with a .340 mark and a tem-
leading 34 RBI.

So what’s going on here? Who
are these guys that are making
pitching miserable for their SEC

e"
es

opponents?
They‘re not
the only ones
caught off
guard by UK‘s
hitting surge.
The Cats red-
hot bats have
/ even been a
pleasant sur-
NORMAN prise to head
coach Keith

 

Madison.

“It‘s really been interesting be-
cause we felt that pitching and de-
fense would carry us this year,"
Madison said. “I didn‘t expect us to
hit like we have.

“We knew that our guys could do
the job, but it’s surprising that
they‘ve come out in these crucial
(SEC) series with so much confi-
dence.“

Going into the season, Madison's
main concern was the 3—4-5 hole in
the middle of his lineup. He now
says that problem has been solved.

"Those four guys (Abbott, Hin-
dersman, Norman and Weisberg)
have put up some big numbers," he
said. “We don’t have to worry
about that spot in the order any-
more. We know they can produce."

opener to San Diego

After Glenn Braggs and Reggie
Sanders singled home runs off
Bruce Hurst for a 2-0 Reds lead in
the fourth, Rijo made a huge mis-
take to help the Padres tie it in the
fifth.

Rijo walked Hurst on four pitches
when the pitcher was trying to sac-
rifice bunt, loading the bases with
one out. San Diego took advantage
by scoring on Tony Fernandez‘s
force-out grounder and Tony
Gwynn‘s double.

“When you do stuff like that,
you‘re going to lose the game,"
Rijo said.

Fred McGn‘ff, who had 31 hom-
ers and a career-high 106 RBI last
year, put the Padres ahead when he
led off the sixth with his first of the
season. He pulled a hanging 1-2
slider into the second deck in right
field.

The Reds managed to tie it in the
seventh off Hurst, but came away
lamenting a blown opportunity.

Paul O'Neill, who batted just
.201 off left-handers last year, led
off with a single up the middle. Joe
Oliver. the Reds' hottest hitter in
spring training, followed with a
double to right to tie it.

Rijo then set up a perfect oppor-
tunity to take the lead, bunting for a
single that sent pinch-runner Jacob
Brumfield to third.

The rookie then made a big mis-
take. Bip Roberts grounded sharply
to third baseman Gary Sheffield.
who faked a throw to second.
Brumfield bit, breaking for home.
He was easily caught in the run-
down, and Rijo compounded the

French race only test
for Arazi before Derby

By SALVATORE ZANCA
Associated Press

CHANTTLLY, France —- Al-
ready installed as the favorite for
the Kentucky Derby, Arazi makes
his 3-year-old debut today in the
Prix Omnium II at St. Cloud, just
outside Paris.

“It's only a prep race for him,“
trainer Francis Boutin said at Ara-
zi‘s final workout Monday. “He‘s
only 60 to 70 percent. He needs the
race to improve and he will im-
prove. THE (Derby) race is May 2.“

Arazi, part of a three-horse entry
by Boutin, is established as the 1-10
favorite in a nine-horse field in the
$21,450 Prix Omnium, the third
race of the day at St Cloud. The dis-
tance is 1.60) meters. just a few
yards short of a mile.

He has yet to go the l l/4-mile
distance of the Kentucky Derby.
But Boutin and owner Allen Paul-
son, who observed Monday‘s work-
out, feel he will be ready to go.
even with just the one prep race.

“I have my own way, my own
manner of training,“ Boutin said. “I
feel the program leading to the Ken-
tucky Derby in the United States is
too hectic. It is too much for a
young horse. "

Today, Arazi will be ridden by
Steve Cauthen. Patrick Valenzuela
is set to ride him at Louisville on
Derby Day.

The Pn'x ()rnnium will be run on

grass, counter-clockwise like us.
races rather than around right-hand
turns like most races in France.

Arazi handled the field with case
at the Breeder's Cup Juvenile
Stakes in Louisville last November,
bursting to a five-length victory in
his first race on dirt and in a clock-
wise direction.

Shortly afterwards, Arazi had ar-
throscopic surgery on his knees.
scraping some spurs from the bone.
How well he has recovered is