Schrader Gains New Hampshire Pole Position

Veteran Winston Cup racer Ken Schrader won his second pole of the season on the one-mile New Hampshire International Raceway in Loudon on Friday, turning a lap of 129.182 mph.

Bill Elliott, the first of 46 drivers to make a qualifying attempt for Sunday’s CMT 300, held the top spot with a speed of 127.295 until Bobby Hamilton--24th in line--knocked him off with a lap of 128.363.

After that, eight other drivers went faster than Elliott, relegating last week’s pole winner at Richmond to 10th.

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Chuck Etchells set elapsed-time and speed track records of 4.982 seconds and 309.91 mph to lead funny car qualifying for the NHRA Pioneer Electronics Keystone Nationals at Mohnton, Pa.

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The duel in the Nevada desert became a solo effort Friday as cash-strapped American Craig Breedlove shelved his quest for a sixth land-speed record.

Richard Noble’s Thrust SSC, with Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green behind the wheel, raised roostertails across the Black Rock Desert at speeds of 550 mph and 624 mph.

Tennis

Yevgeny Kafelnikov won an all-Russian matchup and Francisco Clavet outdueled a fellow Spaniard to advance to the semifinals of the President’s Cup tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The top-seeded Kafelnikov, who has not lost a set this week, defeated qualifier Andrei Stoliarov, 6-4, 6-4, and will play third-seeded Marc Rosset in the semifinals. Rosset, of Switzerland, beat Hicham Arazi of Morocco, 6-2, 6-4.

Clavet, seeded sixth, beat fourth-seeded Javier Sanchez, 6-1, 6-2, and will play second-seeded Tim Henman, who ousted Vince Spadea, 6-3, 6-4.

Greg Rusedski, with a quarterfinal victory over Lucas Arnold of Argentina in the Samsung clay-court tournament at Bournemouth, England, guaranteed himself of becoming the first British player to reach the top 10.

Rusedski, the U.S. Open runner-up, defeated Arnold, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, and will be No. 10 in next week’s rankings. He’s the first British player to reach the top 10 since the rankings began in 1973.

Jurisprudence

A judge in Tega Cay, S.C., blocked the release of documents related to the search of Charlotte Hornet owner George Shinn’s home after a woman’s allegation of sexual misconduct.

The woman told Charlotte, N.C., police the assault took place across the state line in North Carolina, more than five miles from Shinn’s home, according to an incident report released late Friday.

Local and state police and the FBI have been involved in the investigation. Police searched Shinn’s home Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but have refused to say whether he is the target of the investigation.

A lawyer for NBC sportscaster Marv Albert unsuccessfully sought an open hearing on records about the woman who accused him of biting her and forcing her to perform oral sex.

Kansas State non-scholarship football player Robert Riggs was charged in a federal grand jury indictment of taking part in the robbery of a courier at Fort Riley that netted more than $36,000.

Pro Basketball

A penitent-sounding Marcus Camby said that a scandal over his accepting improper gifts as a college player has hurt his NBA play.

But he claimed vindication from the outcome of a legal case against one sports agent in Connecticut.

“You will see the real Marcus Camby from now on,” he said at a news conference at Amherst, Mass. “It was hard for me to focus and concentrate. You only saw a glimpse of what I can do.”

Camby averaged 15 points and six rebounds a game as a rookie with the Toronto Raptors.

The Minnesota Timberwolves signed first-round draft pick Paul Grant, a center from Wisconsin, to a three-year contract worth at least $2.2 million.

Houston Rocket Coach Rudy Tomjanovich is scheduled to be released from a hospital after being involved in a one-car crash. Tomjanovich had a mild concussion and was kept overnight at Hermann Hospital in Houston as a precaution.

Venus Lacy has joined the Long Beach StingRays at the American Basketball League club’s training camp, bringing the team to full roster strength.

Soccer

The longest losing streak in Major League Soccer history came to an end when the New England Revolution defeated the Columbus Crew, 1-0, for its first win in 11 games. A crowd of 21,619 watched the game at Foxboro, Mass. . . . After a scoreless tie in regulation, the New York/New Jersey MetroStars won a shootout, 3-2, against the Wizards before 8,761 at Kansas City.

Alabama Birmingham scored twice in the first eight minutes and defeated UCLA, 2-0, at the St. Louis University Umbro Classic. . . . A federal judge in Buenos Aires ordered Diego Maradona to take a doping test after every soccer game he plays until an investigation into alleged drug abuse is completed.

Names in the News

Camille Henry, a star center for the New York Rangers in the 1950s and 1960s, died of complications related to diabetes in a Quebec City hospital. He was 64. . . . Steve Johnston of Denver scored a unanimous decision over Mexico’s Saul Duran to retain his World Boxing Council lightweight title at Las Vegas. . . . Robin Reid was released from the hospital in Widnes, England, after collapsing from exhaustion following his victorious WBC super-middleweight title defense. . . . Texas Tech basketball center Da’Mon Roberts has been ruled academically ineligible for the fall semester.

Volleyball

Men’s and women’s teams from the United States and Cuba opened with victories in the North and Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Championships, the qualifier for the World Cup to be held this year in Japan.