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i A ThcOrlandoScntind Evans boys defeat Mainland in regional, B-3 Wednesday, March 6, 1 985 ades' changes could include QBs By Brian Schmitz OF THE SENTINEL STAFF Joan Ryan HERSELF er against New Jersey, but did not see action in a 28-10 loss to the i Golsteyn, 30, has struggled through both games and has been unable to generate much offense. He has completed 37 of 70 passes for 369 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. He is No. 11 among 14 quarterbacks in the USFL's complicated quarterback ratings. Golsteyn's rating is 59.8, far behind Houston's Jim Kelly, who leads the league with a 121.4 rating.

Collier has not played since the Renegades' final exhibition game on Feb. 15 against the Generals. During Tuesday's practice, Collier was working on what he does best rolling out and running. Please see 'GADES, B-8 Corso, whose Renegades (0-2) play the Stallions (1-1) at Orlando Stadium, said he is evaluating all positions, "including quarterback." Collier is at full speed after having recovered from a finger injury on his throwing hand. He sustained a torn tendon in a practice before the Renegades opened their season Feb.

23 against Tampa Bay. "Reggie had a good practice Tuesday and he's available," Corso said. "If I think there's a need for a change Saturday night, I'll make it. "Jerry will still start, but you could see Reggie." Collier, 24, has not played since Golsteyn was named the starting quarterback before the opening game, a 35-7 loss to the Bandits. He was available for last Friday's home-open If I think there's a need for a change, I'll make it Jerry Gol-steyn will still start, but you could see Reggie Collier.

Lee Corso Orlando Renegades Coach Lee Corso said Tuesday No. 2 quarterback Reggie Collier could see action Saturday night against the Birmingham Stallions if starter Jerry Golsteyn is ineffective. Also, Corso is expected to name four new starters on defense, including a new group of linebackers. In another development, wide receiver Joey Walters injured his knee in Tuesday's practice but is expected to play Saturday. Walters, who caught 98 passes last season for the Washington Federals, hyperextended his knee when he slipped on a piece of loose sod on the practice field.

Twins spoil UCF's effort Big-leaguers top collegians despite Kendall's fine outing By Larry McCarthy V5 OF THE SENTINEL 8TAFF Jbr 1 wis Robert Kendall, a University of Central Florida junior right-hander who hasn't won a game this season, pitched like an all-star against the Minnesota Twins Tuesday at Tinker Field but was beaten, 4-3, on a ninth-inning home run by Greg Gagne. Gagne, a rookie third baseman, powered a change-up over the left-field fence leading off the ninth before a crowd of 732. The Twins take on another college team today at Tinker Field at 1:30 when they play Rollins. "I really don't know why I threw him a changeup," Kendall said. "I guess I thought that maybe I could catch him sleeping." Kendall, a transfer from St.

Johns River Community College, has an 0-1 record with a 3.20 earned-run average. Kendall said he was a little nervous at first, but "not after the first inning. I felt relaxed after that. I just said to myself, These guys are human just like Twins Manager Billy Gardner went with a lineup that included mostly players from last season's Class AAA Toledo club. UCF Coach Jay Bergman, whose Knights are struggling with a 13-11 record, said, "We did all right.

I was real pleased. This is the best Rob Kendall has pitched. I was going to let him go 100 pitches, but he was doing such a good job that I left him in. He'll get somebody's attention." The game with the Twins was just the beginning of a grueling Tuesday for the Knights. They hustled back to campus for a double-header against Boston College, which they swept, 11-7, 10-1.

Minnesota rookie second baseman Steve Lombar-dozzi, who played for Bergman at the University of Please see TWINS, B-4 Black tennis players find Hampton special It didn't register at first. Something seemed out of place, but you couldn't put your finger on it right away. The Rollins College men's tennis team was playing Hampton University, the No. 1 Division II team in the country. Hampton, a school of 5,000 students in Hampton, has been a tennis powerhouse since 1971 a perennial contender for the NCAA championship.

You look down the row of courts, taking in each of the six matches. Then it hits you. All but one of Hampton's players are black. The discovery is even more jarring because of the setting. Rollins College, in Winter Park, is Sunday brunch at the country club.

It is BMWs, Diet Coke and confidently casual postures that shout of old money. It is nearly 100 percent white. As is tennis. That a black team is such an odd sight says much about the sport. It says that even though we've moved tennis into stadiums and onto television, it still is not a sport for the masses.

In the past, "whites only" applied to more than just the color of clothes in tennis. Aside from Hampton's success, there are few signs of progress. Only a handful of black athletes are among the top 100 on the men's and women's professional circuit. At the NCAA Division II men's tournament last year, only four American blacks competed. Yet Hampton, a predominantly black school, produces the No.

1 team and No. 1 player in the country year after year. Robert Screen, the team's coach since 1970, warns that Hampton's success is no cause for optimism. The barriers for blacks are as strong as ever. "Athletic ability in tennis is not enough, as in basketball or football," Screen says.

"You need good instruction. The top kids start early in expensive tennis clubs, not in public parks." Most of the players on his team come from upper-middle class families or from other countries. The 'school's top player is Yaya Doumbia, from Senegal on the west coast of Africa. Another is from Brazil. All had access to private tennis instruction at an early age.

They chose Hampton for several reasons. One is Screen, who is as much father as coach. Another is the team's winning reputation. And another is familiarity. "If you have two choices of schools, you choose the one you think you'll feel most comfortable at, the one you feel you'll fit in best with," assistant coach John Atiso says.

Atiso played at Hampton from 1981 to 1984. He, too, is from the west coast of Africa, Ghana. There, tennis is the third most popular sport behind soccer and boxing. He knew before he came to the United States that tennis here is almost exclusively white. "Tennis is a rich man's game," he said.

Camille Benjamin is one of four black women ranked in the top 100 on the pro circuit. (The others are Zina Garrison, Leslie Allen and Kim Sands.) There is a simple reason why so few blacks play tennis: money. It's easier to buy one basketball for 10 children than to spend $200 on a racket and shoes for one child. "Generally, blacks live in the poorer areas," Benjamin said. "It's a circle.

You don't get the good job, so you don't have the money, so you don't move up. Very few people get enough money to break out of that circle. "Tennis is an expensive sport. Mdst blacks can't afford the kind of money it takes to play." If the cost of the racket, shoes and private lessons doesn't turn people away, the cost of turning pro might. A new pro must have independent financial support.

A player can't count on prize money to pay for plane tickets and hotel rooms and meals. New players usually build up a network of sponsors, many times secured through country-club contacts or local tennis associations. "You need to win your way into the pros," Screen said. "You'll lose and lose and lose, and by the time you start winning you're out of money and, if you're a black athlete, you have little support." Bruce Foxworth, for instance, helped Hampton win the national championship eight years ago but, as is common among first-year pros, he lost tournaments in the first round. Finally, with no money to get to the next tournament, he had to quit.

Screen, who has written several children's books, just finished a novel about the exploitation of black athletes. His dream is to get rich off the book and use the money to help black players make it ort the pro circuit, I JUDY WATSON TRACYSENTINEL Minnesota's Greg Gagne chases and eventually catches UCF's Scott McHugh Tuesday. Walker bounds through SEC in Wildcats' finest tradition Watson looks for 1 thing: Consistency By Tim Povtak OF THE SENTINEL STAFF By Jerry Greene OF THE SENTINEL STAFF I as A Pi tf Ids I In one three-game, midseason winning streak against three potential Top 20 teams Kenny Walker played 116 of a possible 120 minutes. He scored 88 points, grabbed 40 rebounds, blocked eight shots and made three steals. Big numbers for a big guy.

He wasn't just leading. He was carrying. This was no ordinary team he was carrying, either. It was Kentucky, one of America's few truly, tradition-rich basketball programs. It weighs a ton.

He was carrying its gaudy history, the five NCAA championships, the 30 Ail-Americans, the 23,000 fans that religiously attend every home game now. He was carrying it wonderfully. The Kentucky legend has flourished since 1903 with loads of great players sharing both the burden and the glory. This year is different, though. Except for Walker, this team is not a talented one by Kentucky standards.

There is no one else to share the burden. "Kentucky, for a change, is almost like everyone else," said Florida Coach Norm Sloan. "They've got depth problems and they're not overloaded with talented players. But they're still not like everyone else. They've got Kenny Walker, and he is truly a great, great player." Florida meets Kentucky Thursday in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament, which starts tonight with Tennessee playing Vander-bilt and Auburn battling Ole Miss.

Sloan's main worry is Walker, who may be the best player in the country, certainly one of the five best. Walker is leading the Southeastern Conference in scoring (23.0 ppg) and rebounding (10.5 rpg). The last person to lead in both was Tennessee's Bernard King in 1977. Walker is Kentucky's first double-digit rebounder Please see WALKER, B-5 RED HUBERSENTINEL Tom Watson could have gone all week without thinking about his last hole of golf in the 1984 Bay Hill Classic. But reporters, by their nature, urged him to relive the gory details.

"Well, 1 was about four under for the day on the 18th tee and drove into the right rough. Then I was shooting for the left bunker next to the green but hit the bleachers instead. The ball took a big bounce off the bleachers, took another big bounce off the sidewalk and landed out of bounds. I took a 7 triple bogey that kind of destroyed an otherwise pretty good day." Watson smiled through the entire account. Many facets of Watson's personality account for why he is one of the greatest stars in golf, second only to Jack Nick-laus in career earnings.

His skill with a golf club, of course, is the primary reason but other factors include his determination, patience, diligence and existential acceptance of responsibility for his own shots. "Sure, it was a bad break to bounce off the bleachers and bounce off the pavement to go out of bounds but it was a bad shot, too," Watson said Tuesday during casual preparation for this week's Hertz Bay Hill Classic. "You must be able to accept bad breaks but never accept bad play." The wisdom of Watson's philosophy is inherent in the results. At Bay Hill, for example, he never has played poorly but Please see WATSON, B8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tom Watson sets sights on Bay Hill best finish in tournament is 2nd. Hertz Bay Hill Classic Kenny Walker Kentucky's leader.

V'alker vs. the SEC WHO: Field of 107. WHEN: Pro-am. today; 72-hole tourney (Thursday through Sunday). WHERE: Bay Hill Club Lodge.

TV: Saturday, 2:30 p.m.; Sunday 3 p.m. (NBC.Ch.2). Category Avg. Rank Points 23.0 1st Rebounds 10.5 1st Blocks 5th FG Pet. 54.7 11th FT Pel.

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