KING CASE AFTERMATH: A CITY IN CRISIS : More Games Put on Hold : Postponements: With curfew on, Dodgers and horse racing are among the sporting events postponed in Los Angeles. Rescheduling problems are numerous.

It didn’t take Mayor Tom Bradley’s indefinite extension of the dusk-to-dawn curfew Friday, in the wake of the Rodney King verdict and ensuing rioting, for sports teams to realize that weekend events should be called off.

The Dodgers postponed Friday night’s game against the Montreal Expos, then scrambled the rest of the day trying to find another venue to play the two remaining games scheduled for this weekend.

Dodger officials considered moving the games to Albuquerque, then even tried to put together a doubleheader of sorts at San Diego this weekend, even though the Padres are playing St. Louis at home: the Cardinals vs. Padres games on Saturday and Sunday would be followed or preceded by an Expos vs. Dodgers game.

Anaheim Stadium, seemingly the logical place since the Angels are in Cleveland, is booked with a spa and pool show.

But by about 6 p.m. Friday, the Dodgers gave up and postponed the entire series with Montreal, saying the games will be rescheduled at a later date. Meanwhile, the Expos, who had played a series against San Diego earlier this week and were still in a hotel there awaiting word, were finally told they could go home.

The Dodgers’ attempts to play games at San Diego, or even Albuquerque, were inspired by a desire to avoid playing four doubleheaders in July, which is the next time the Phillies and the Expos are scheduled to be here. The Dodgers were not scheduled to play any doubleheaders this season, and the thought of playing four doubleheaders in the heat of July weighed heavily in the Dodgers’ thinking Friday.

The Dodgers may even take the loss of a home date and play one of the games against the Expos in Montreal. Also, there is a possibility they could play the Expos here July 13, the day before the All-Star game in San Diego. But such a radical scheduling departure would have to receive the blessing of the players’ association, by no means a rubber stamp.

Some sports organizations acted Friday even before Bradley did. Los Alamitos and Hollywood Park canceled horse racing for the entire weekend.

For the Clippers and Lakers, who play in venues that have been surrounded by violence, Friday was a mad scramble.

The Lakers, who were scheduled to play Game 4 of their NBA playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers Friday night at the Forum in Inglewood, have moved that game to Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

The Clippers, scheduled to play their Game 4 against the Utah Jazz today at the Sports Arena, have moved their game to Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Those holding Laker tickets to Game 4 at the Forum can either get a refund from the point of purchase or season-seat holders can have their accounts credited. The tickets are not transferable to the Laker game in Las Vegas. Tickets to that game are available at the Thomas & Mack Center or through TicketMaster.

The Clippers are faced with an especially complicated ticketing dilemma. Some 11,000 tickets had been sold for their game at the Sports Arena, but the Anaheim Convention Center holds only 7,400.

Officials have not yet worked out complete ticket plans--more details may be worked out Saturday. But Friday, Clipper officials announced that efforts will be made for those with tickets for Game 4 at the Sports Arena (A-2) to be seated in similar locations at the Anaheim Convention Center. They said that would be done in something of a first-come, first-served basis. It appeared obvious that Clipper officials were gambling that many fans holding tickets would decide not to venture out for the game.

In addition to the “approximate-seating” plan, an overflow area with a big-screen TV will be created for fans who show up, but do not get seats because of the difference between the approximately 11,000 tickets sold and 7,400 seats available. People forced to watch the game on the big-screen TV will be eligible for refunds in a policy to be announced next week. Unused tickets will also be eligible for refunds.

All Clipper prepaid parking passes will be honored and the gates to the Anaheim Convention Center will open Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

The Dodgers, in postponing their series against Montreal, will have a five-day break before their next game Tuesday at Philadelphia. The team leaves Monday on an eight-game Eastern trip.

In 1965, from Aug. 11-17, the Dodgers played at home almost every day during the Watts rioting in without any postponements. But this time, some of the violence has been within a few miles of the stadium.

Those holding tickets to the Montreal series games can obtain a refund or exchange. Tickets are not automatically good for the rescheduled game. Season ticket-holders’ accounts will be credited, or they can obtain a refund upon request.

Hollywood Park in Inglewood lost its most lucrative racing weekend of the season by canceling its first Friday night race, plus the Kentucky Derby simulcast day Saturday and its first Sunday race. Racing will resume Wednesday.

The cancellation of wagering today, Kentucky Derby day, is a large financial blow. On Derby Day in 1991, on-track attendance was 37,112 and the total handle (including satellites) was $13,066,613, second only to the Hollypark record of $14,352,515 wagered on the Breeders’ Cup IV at Hollywood Park on Nov. 21, 1987.

For bettors, however, several locations will be open: Fresno, Tulare, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Del Mar, El Cajon, Bakersfield, Lancaster, Victorville, San Bernardino, Indio, Cabazon and Alpine. All will be taking wagers on the entire 10-race card from Churchill Downs. The Kentucky Derby is the ninth race.

Intertrack sites that had originally been scheduled to be open but are closed because of the rioting are Los Alamitos, Fairplex Park in Pomona and Santa Anita.

The opening weekend of the summer quarter-horse racing season was canceled--or possibly postponed--through Sunday at Los Alamitos and racing is scheduled to resume Thursday.

City golf courses are open, but will close early so that curfew can be met.

In college sports, the UCLA-USC-Brigham Young University men’s and women’s track meet scheduled for today at UCLA has been postponed until next Saturday, May 9, at UCLA’s Drake Stadium. Cal State Northridge will replace BYU.

Schools in the Southern Section of the CIF, including those in Long Beach, Inglewood, Torrance and Pasadena, are expected to resume their regular sports schedule next week. There is no word yet from the L.A. City Unified School District, which governs inner-city schools.

“The Southern Section schools have been heavily affected by the (Los Angeles riot),” said Scott Cathcart, spokesman for the Southern Section. . . . The contests that are postponed are not forfeits. It is up to the leagues to decide whether to replay the events. There will be no punishment to those schools that decide not to participate. Luckily, this happened a week ahead of league finals.”

Five prep baseball games involving Orange County teams were postponed Friday, some because of the curfew involving Los Angeles teams. Los Angeles Loyola moved its game to Mater Dei in Santa Ana, only to realize that the team couldn’t get back in time to make the curfew. Orange Lutheran’s game against Brethren Christian was postponed until Monday because many of the students at Brethren Christian live in L.A. County.

Three schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District--Santa Ana, Santa Ana Valley and Saddleback--had their games postponed when almost all extra-curricular activities in the district were postponed.

The postponed games include Santa Ana Valley at El Modena; Fountain Valley at Santa Ana, and Saddleback at Tustin. The four games have been tentatively rescheduled for Monday.

Contributing to this story were Times staff writers Lonnie White, Bill Plaschke, Scott Howard-Cooper, Bob Mieszerski, Tom Hamilton, Julie Cart, Thomas Bonk and free-lance writer Steve Andersen.