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ERB. 25, 1998 Page B5 • C 4. TIGER WOODS PRAISES CHARLIE SIFFORD uy m e som e p ean u ts and alum inum b ats A h , s p r in g tr a in in g . T h e “ P O P !” o f g lo v e s, the “ P IN G !” o f bats. Ping? That’s right, the Korean National team were allowed to use alumi num bats in an exhibition game against the New York Mets today. Major league teams are not allowed to use aluminum bats, which are p o p u lar in co lleg e and L ittle League. Mets man a g e r B obby V a le n tin e d o e sn ’t care what kind o f bats the Kore ans use “ I d o n ’t th in k that th e r e ’s any dou b t that this team w o n ’t get m any h its ,” V ale n tin e said as he p eru sed a s c o u tin g re p o rt. “ T hey s h o u ld n ’t. T h e y have to fill in a lot a o f g o o d h itte rs to be the kind o f team th a t’s goin g to win th e A sian to u rn a m e n t.” Mets Korean pitcher Jae-Weong Seo, who is slated to pitch against his former teammates in another exhibition on Thursday, said hit ters are definitely more fearsome when wielding aluminum. “ Y ou can tel 1 the type o f hit with a wooden b a t’s crack,” Seo said through an interpreter. “With the aluminum, you can’t tell if it’s a solid hit or not. It could be a bloop single or a home run - same sound." The Korean team knows Seo, but they may not recognize his pitches. The 20-year-old right hander has added something to his arsenal o f pitches during spring training. “ I’m going to throw in some forkballs and change-ups,” Seo said. College Sports Hire Few Minorities The grades are in for minority hir ing in college sports, and they’re lousy. A new study released Tuesday by Northeastern University’s Center for the Study o f Sport in Society found that while the record for minority hir ing in pro basketball, football and base ball is poor, it’s even worse at the college level. The “Racial Report Card” cover- ingthe 1995-96 academic year showed that college sports have the worst record for hiring women and minori ties; the percentage o f black players decreased in college and pro sports; and that majority ownership in sports for minorities does not exist. “There has been very little progress in the patterns ofh iri ng people o f color and women in pro and college sport,” said Richard Lapchick, author o f the report and director o f the center. The center conducts an ann ual study o f the racial composition of players, coaches and front office employees in pro basketball, football and baseball. This year, it widened its focus to in clude colleges. “ D esp ite w ell ¡m e n tio n e d e f fo rts, w h ite m ales still c o n tro l m ost o f o u r te a m s, fro n t o ffic e s an d a th le tic d e p a r tm e n ts ,” L ap ch ick said . The center found that in 1996, 71.4 percent o f the N C A A ’s top executives w ere w hite and about 21 percent w ere black. About 92.1 percent o f the o rg an izatio n ’s ch ief aides w ere w hite; 5.3 percent were black and 2.6 percent w ere Latino. M ore than 80 percent o f the NC A A ’s office managers were white; 9.4 percent were black; and 1.9 per cent were Latino. V a le n tin e p la n n e d to use six p itc h e rs in each o f the gam es a g a in st the K oreans. “ I hope th e only cu to ffs and relay s w e w ork on are in p ra c tic e ,” V a le n tin e said. At Fort M yers, F la , J e ff F ry e ’s k n ee p u n ctu ated B o sto n ’s spring tra in in g cam p w ith a big, loud pop- In th e m id d le o f a rundow n d rill, th e second basem an fell to p itch ed tw o h itle ss in n in g s in an in tra sq u a d gam e T u esd ay , usin g a tw o-seam fastb all th at he h o p es w ill keep his hom e- run to ta ls dow n from last year. A lth o u g h stru g g lin g w ith his c u rv e b a ll, Irabu threw 1 7 o f 31 p itc h e s for strik e s and d id n ’t allow a hit or a run to a lineup o f Y an k ees reg u lars. Irabu gave up tw o w alks and stru ck out none. A ndy P e ttitte also w ent tw o in n in g s, a llo w in g one run and th ree h its. T h e le fty , w ho had e x p e ri enced back pain late last seaso n , sailed through his 34- pitch, 22- strik e p erfo rm an ce. “ M y back felt good and my arm feels g re a t,” said P e ttitte , w ho stru c k out tw o and w alked none. D avid C o n e ’s next hurdle fo l low ing o ffseaso n sh o u ld e r s u r gery com es today w hen the Yan- kees play a n o th e r in tra sq u a d gam e. W ith sp rin g tra in in g w ell u n der w ay, C uban d e fe c to r O r lando H ernandez is g e ttin g a n x io u s a b o u t s ig n in g a m a jo r league co n tract. “Hopefully something will re sult soon, in two or three days," Hernandez told reporters after a training session in Costa Rica. "I feel a certain uncertainty over the wait.” H ernandez, older brother o f Florida Marlins World Series MVP Livan Hernandez, fledCubaon Dec. 26. The Cuban government banned him from competition for making contact with professional baseball scouts. th e g ro u n d , his left knee a p p a r en tly d am ag ed. “ I h eard so m e th in g p o p ,” said D arren B ragg, th e ru n n er on the p lay. “ It d e fin ite ly d id n ’t sound go o d . It d e fin ite ly d id n ’t look g o o d .” Frye, coming o ff his best season and signed to a $7 mi 11 ion, three-year contract, was driven off the field on agolfcart. About a halfhour later, he left the clubhouse on crutches and was driven away to undergo X-rays and an MRI. “ I saw him go dow n and g ri m ace. He d id n ’t get right back up ,” m anager Jim y W illiam s said. “ I knew it w a sn ’t g o o d .” Jo h n V alen tin began last se a son as the seco n d b asem an, but w as sh ifted to th ird , w here W ill iam s w ants to k eep him. “ I t ’s g o in g to be a g reat lo ss,” M o V au g h n said. “ W e w ere r e ally lo o k in g fo rw ard to him g e t tin g on b ase fo r us and sta rtin g th e w h o le th in g o f f .” In T am pa F la., N ew Y ork Y an kees rig h t-h a n d e r H ideki Irabu € W hen C h a rlie S iffo rd is h o n ored th is w eekend fo r w inning the Los A n g e le s O pen 29 years ago. T ig e r W oods w ill have a very p erso n al reason to shake his hand - and thank him . W oods, w h o se m o th er is Thai and fa th e r is b lack , fu lly realizes that his friend helped break g o lf’s c o lo r b a rrie r a lm o st th re e d e cades ago. "C h a rlie , in my o p in io n , is one o f the m ost c o u ra g e o u s m en ev er to play th is sp o rt," said W oods, w ho w ill co m p e te th is w eek in the N issan O pen, fo rm erly called the Los A n g e le s O pen. “To deal w ith th e th in g s he had to deal w ith , so c ie ty and the racism , he kept fighting and fight ing to the point w here he knocked dow n the C au c a sia n c la u se . If it w a s n ’t for him , his stro n g w ill, w ho k now s, I m ight have n ev er had the ch a n c e to p lay g o lf. My dad m ight not have pick ed up the sp o rt." W oods. 22, c o n sid e rs S iffo rd and Lee E lder, an o th e r black g o lf p io n eer, lik e g ra n d p a re n ts. “T h e y ’re aw eso m e. 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