Notes on a Scorecard - Jan. 15, 1992

For the 10th consecutive year, the Dodgers will cut off season-ticket sales at 27,000. . . .

Box seats cost $11 a game, meaning you can see 45 Dodger games from the front row for less than the price of one Nicholson-row Laker ticket. . . .

Only Jennifer Capriati could describe the crowd watching her first-round match of the Australian Open in 90-degree weather as “cool.” . . .

It was nice to see Muhammad Ali smiling and looking fit when the crowd at the Forum fight Monday night sang “Happy Birthday” to the former champion, who will turn 50 Friday. . . .

When unbeaten welterweight Yory Boy Campas steps into the ring at the Country Club in Reseda Saturday night to fight Julian Samaha, he will be wearing an Indian headdress given to him by former welterweight contender Gaspar Ortega of Tijuana. . . .

Jackie McCoy, who has managed five world champions, is bullish on his 21-year-old featherweight prospect, Mike Semaza, who will headline the Jan. 23 card at the Irvine Marriott. . . .

Assist of the year was Clipper forward Danny Manning’s wraparound pass to Loy Vaught Monday night against the Seattle SuperSonics at the Sports Arena. . . .

Doc Rivers should not have been kicked out of the game for arguing a call during the third quarter. People paid to see Rivers play, not to see Wally Rooney officiate. . . .

The Minnesota Timberwolves may be gun-shy about trading Pooh Richardson after handing Tyrone Corbin to the Utah Jazz for washed-up Thurl Bailey. . . .

Including salary, endorsements, TV shows and camps, Arizona Coach Lute Olson earns $800,000 a year. . . .

This may be the last time you will see Olson’s Wildcats tied for fourth place in the Pacific 10 Conference standings. . . .

Trojan Coach George Raveling, complaining that officials are allowing more physical contact than he can remember, will send a tape of the USC-Arizona State game at Tempe Sunday to the conference office. . . .

“If the Warren Commission were still active, I’d send them a tape, too, to determine whether one official acted alone or if there was a conspiracy,” said Raveling, whose team won the game. . . .

The other eight in the Pac-10 probably will fight for two other NCAA playoff berths. . . .

Besides its conference opponents, UCLA will have to beat Louisville on Feb. 2 and Notre Dame on Feb. 22, both on the road, to enter the Duke game on March 1 at Pauley Pavilion unbeaten. . . .

Highly regarded Bay Area guard Jason Kidd has achieved the required college board test score to be eligible as a freshman at California next season. . . .

Mal Graham, who finished third in the nation in scoring at New York University in 1966-67 and played for two NBA championship Boston Celtic teams, is an associate justice on the Massachusetts Superior Court. . . .

Three of the next five Final Fours will be played in domes. The exceptions are the Charlotte, N.C., Coliseum in 1994 and the Meadowlands at East Rutherford, N.J., in 1996. . . .

Family affair: Kansas State forward Askiah Jones is the son of former Philadelphia 76er guard Wali Jones. . . .

Now that he is also coach, Seattle Seahawk General Manager Tom Flores can justify his choice of San Diego State quarterback Dan McGwire on the first round last year. . . .

Certain to be trade bait is Denver Bronco running back Bobby Humphrey, who didn’t suit up for the AFC championship game. . . .

Bobby Ross is off to a good start with the San Diego Chargers, hiring Bill Arnsparger as his defensive coordinator. Arnsparger used to be the best in the business with the Miami Dolphins. . . .

The Houston Oilers can afford to trade one of their pass rushers--Sean Jones, William Fuller or Lee Williams. . . .

Washington Redskin running back Ricky Ervins will ensure USC of having had a player in every Super Bowl except III. . . .

First baseman Frank Thomas says he feels fine after shoulder surgery. That is good news to the Chicago White Sox, who want to give Bo Jackson the designated hitter’s job. . . .

The San Francisco Giants will have four members of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Games baseball team at spring training--Will Clark, Billy Swift, Don August and Cory Snyder. . . .

World decathlon champion Dan O’Brien is in town shooting a shoe commercial for the Super Bowl telecast. . . .

Rory Markas has been doing a solid job for Channel 2 news. Why not make him the successor to Keith Olbermann? . . .

I wonder who was voted defensive player of the game after Troy State’s 258-141 victory over DeVry Institute Sunday.