Notes on a Scorecard - Feb. 14, 1995

A dozen ways to end the baseball strike:

1. Force the owners to watch an entire game between replacement players. . . .

2. Bring in Jimmy Carter as mediator. . . .

3. Let the striking players work $5-an-hour jobs in the real world. . . .

4. Make Lenny Dykstra the union negotiator. . . .

5. Make Peter Angelos the owners’ negotiator. . . .

6. As suggested by Newt Gingrich, have both sides watch “Field of Dreams.” . . .

7. Better yet, have them watch “Greedy.” . . .

8. Move the 26 other teams to Canada. . . .

9. Have both sides look up the word compromise in the dictionary. . . .

10. Send Donald Fehr to a Dale Carnegie seminar. . . .

11. Have Chris Chelios make some threats. . . .

12. Bring common sense to the table. . . .

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Sacramento King guard Mitch Richmond was the surprise most valuable player in the NBA All-Star game, but the biggest upset occurred in 1966, when Adrian Smith of the Cincinnati Royals won the award and an automobile. . . .

Smith was the other guard on a team that featured Oscar Robertson. . . .

I’ve never heard a crowd at an All-Star game chant, “Dee-fense, dee-fense.” . . .

Arizona and Arizona State will come to town this week with identical records--18-5 overall and 8-3 in the Pacific 10 Conference. . . .

J.R. Henderson’s 28 points against Washington State last Saturday were the most scored by a UCLA freshman since Don MacLean’s 40 against North Texas State in 1988. . . .

The UCLA athletic department will conduct a memorabilia sale Sunday at 10:30 a.m., before the Arizona game, outside the east end of Pauley Pavilion. Items will include basketball and football jerseys and autographed balls. Only cash will be accepted. . . .

California’s biggest problem for the rest of the Pac-10 race is that it will have to play four of its seven games at home. . . .

It’s bad enough that college players can’t shoot free throws. Over the weekend on the tube, I saw a few of them miss dunks. . . .

The biggest accomplishment of Nat Holman, who died Sunday at 98, was coaching City College of New York to both the NCAA and National Invitation Tournament championships in the 1949-50 season. In those days, the NIT was the more prestigious tournament. . . .

Holman’s fortunes turned sour the next season, though, when several of his players were involved in a point-shaving scandal. . . .

Nevada Las Vegas (9-10) hasn’t had a losing season since 1958-59, when it was 5-13. . . .

Andre Agassi is becoming Mr. Consistency. . . .

An exhibition soccer game--Necaxa of Mexico beat Luis Angel Firpo of El Salvador, 3-1--drew 42,000 at the Coliseum on Sunday. . . .

The Busch Clash began more like the Busch Crash at Daytona Beach. . . .

It doesn’t get much more exciting than a penalty shot in overtime of an NHL game. . . .

Have the Pittsburgh Penguins clinched a playoff spot yet? . . .

The Toronto Maple Leafs miss Wendel Clark’s leadership and toughness. . . .

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Four races don’t make a career, but Afternoon Deelites is the most impressive 3-year-old colt ever seen in Southern California at this time of the year. . . .

If Holy Bull were a lesser thoroughbred, he probably would race again. However, it would be foolish to risk the stud fees he soon will command. . . .

The role of glamour horse in the Santa Anita Handicap on March 11 will be assumed by Best Pal, who ranks third on the all-time money earnings list and romped in the San Antonio Handicap on Sunday. . . .

The fewest points Penn State scored in a game during the 1994 football season was 31. . . .

The NFL expansion draft that will help to stock Charlotte and Jacksonville is Wednesday, but the free-agent signing period that begins Friday will be much more interesting. . . .

Eric Turner, the Cleveland Brown safety from UCLA who tied for the NFL interception lead with nine last season, is on the imposing list of free agents. . . .

Miami of Ohio has a reputation as the cradle of football coaches, but the new cradle would appear to be Oregon. Rich Brooks just left for the Rams, and among those who have been Duck assistants are George Seifert, John McKay, John Robinson, Norv Turner, June Jones and Bruce Snyder. . . .

I always thought Hideo Nomo eventually would replace Orel Hershiser in the Dodgers’ starting rotation.