Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!looking!clarinews From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International) Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc Subject: Sports Digest Keywords: misc sports Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 90 00:39:28 GMT Lines: 76 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com ACategory: sports Slugword: digest Priority: major Format: regular ANPA: Wc: 799; Id: s2671; Sel: ns--s; Adate: 1-15-740pes; Ver: sked Codes: ysz.rxx. _B_a_s_e_b_a_l_l The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with catcher Geno Petralli on a 2-year contract. Petralli batted .304 with 4 home runs and 23 RBI in 70 games last season. _B_a_s_k_e_t_b_a_l_l Sidney Moncrief, who led the Milwaukee Bucks to the playoffs in each of his 10 seasons, is having his jersey retired. The Bucks will raise jersey No. 4 to the Bradley Center rafters Tuesday night prior to their game against Golden State. ... The 76ers have signed Lewis Lloyd, a former city schoolboy star, to a 10-day contract. Lloyd, a 30-year-old free agent, was reinstated by the NBA Sept. 8 after a 2 1/2-year ban for violating the league's anti-drug policy. ... Minnesota women's basketball coach LaRue Fields announced her resignation, saying she will step down effective June 30 to pursue career opportunities outside coaching. _B_o_x_i_n_g Reno, Nev., will host the 1990 USA-Italy amateur boxing dual meet on Feb. 3. Reno is the first of two stops for the Italians, who will box against a different U.S. team Feb. 6 in St. Louis. _C_o_l_l_e_g_e Florida State has suspended its two leading scorers -- center Irving Thomas and guard Tharon Mayes. Officials would not elaborate on the suspensions, saying only that they related to ``a minor situation involving ethics and standards.'' ... Tom Jones, football coach at Lock Haven the past three seasons, resigned to enter private business. No decision was made on a replacement. ... Jim Hofher, who quarterbacked Cornell from 1976 to 1978, was named coach at the school. Hofher, 32, comes from Tennessee, where he was quarterback coach. _F_o_o_t_b_a_l_l Denver running back Tony Dorsett said he has ``come to grips'' with the fact he will never play another down of football. Dorsett suffered a severe knee injury during the Broncos' training camp last August and underwent ligament surgery. Dorsett, who will turn 36 next month, said he knew from the moment he injured his knee that his career was over. ... Veteran Green Bay linebacker John Anderson, a 1978 first-round draft pick from Michigan, announced his retirement after 12 seasons with the Packers. _G_o_l_f Greg Norman leads the men's golf ratings for the week ending Jan. 14 with a 17.57-point average. Nick Faldo is second with Seve Ballesteros third. _H_o_c_k_e_y New York Islanders center Pat LaFontaine, who led all NHL scorers with nine points in three games, was named player of the week. He ran his consecutive goal-scoring streak to 11 games before being stopped. ... Minnesota North Stars left wing Curt Fraser will be out at least six weeks after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his left shoulder. Fraser's surgery was the result of a number of injuries over his 12-year NHL career. _H_o_n_o_r_s Legendary sportscasters Mel Allen, Red Barber and Marty Glickman were among 21 people chosen as charter members of the New York Sports Hall of Fame. Also included were jockeys Eddie Arcaro and Willie Shoemaker; harness drivers Stanley Dancer and Billy Haughton; horse trainers Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons and Woody Stephens; boxers Henry Armstrong, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and Gene Tunney; and auto racing's Dan Gurney. _I_n_d_o_o_r_ _S_o_c_c_e_r Tatu, who scored four goals and two assists in leading the Dallas Sidekicks to two victories, was named the Major Indoor Soccer League Offensive Player of the Week. Wichita goalkeeper Kris Peat was named Defensive Player of the Week. _S_k_i_i_n_g A women's alpine World Cup super-giant slalom scheduled for Tuesday was called off because a safe course couldn't be built. The race would have been the first women's race at Kitzbuehel, Austria, since 1961. The men's Hahnenkamm downhill is still set for Saturday. _S_p_e_e_d_s_k_a_t_i_n_g Thomas Gustafson, triple Olympic champion and winner of the 1988 World and European Championships, failed to qualify for the European Speedskating Championships. Gustafson has been in a slump recently and Sweden's only place in the event was given to 22-year-old Per Bengtsson. _T_r_a_c_k The 1990 NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships will be held at Wallace Wade Stadium at Duke University from May 30 through June 2.