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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL - ‘- !m PiA ENI/Gary Harmon Runners take off at the start of the Sixth Annual Middle Georgia Cross Country Summer Series held Thursday at Pearl Stephens Elementary School. Results of the Middle Georgia Cross Country Summer Series (SK) held Thursday at Pearl Stephens Elementary School Female 14 and under 1. Elizabetll Lambert 24:19 2. Caroline Mauldin 27:37 Male 14 and Under r~ ( .s **'l ’' St rS| r i V l”*' _" ENI/Gary Harmon Westfield funner, Jacon Parnell finishes up his second lap in the woods. — -r— --7 's> /'''*'%s&' fy&LMtW? " &/' ' * X-' Burkhardt takes a breather after the race. ■ m&pJT ■'Sw^jgKM WmL *■ £ A . **^j^l^fe^R^Bwfc- i jg)3Pf < /C^^eUSa Ai.*'^ * S • % <wS aWKHH Runners line up at the start line. ENI/Gary Harman Summer series finale 1. Karl Burkhardt 18:39 2. Robert Bradham 18:44 3. Asif Bader 23:42 4. Jordan Randal 26:33 5. James Bradham 26:51 Female 15-19 1. Morgan Montgomery 26:58 Male 15-19 1. Kurtis Johnson 19:17 2. Jacob Parnell 19:43 3. Madison Holland 21:24 4. Geremy Skeen 21:54 5. Robert Brooks 22:06 Male 20 and Over 1. Gary Skeen 23:43 2. William Wilson 24:37 3. Thornton Dean 30:31 ■ - -jiz- ■ ENI Gary Harmon Kurt Johnson is in the lead after the first lap. He eventually finished third. Behind him is Karl Burkhardt who fin ished in first. SPORTS BROWN From page 1B were the great Yankees- Mets and Cubs-White Sox match-ups. People will pack the stadi ums to see those games. My counter was, for every New York-New Yorkgame,you get such eagerly anticipated series as the Florida Marlins vs. the Toronto Blue Jays, the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros taking on the Kansas City Royals. If studying the history of Major League Baseball can provide any insight, it might show that the original idea of two leagues was to have two separate clusters of profes sional clubs that didn’t cross over until the World Series. The Cubs and White Sox franchises are as old as the' game itself, and it just seems like they were created to give a big city like Chicago a taste of both leagues, not an inter city rivalry. That other major market, New York, had all kinds of teams at one time. Not just the mighty Yankees, but the baseball Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Then those two NL clubs took their rivalry to the California coast. So the Big Apple was with out the National League until the 1960 s when the Mets were established. It wasn’t so the Mets could directly challenge the Yankees, but more indirectly for the big headlines and fan support. Interleague play would be more acceptable if there wasn’t that distinct differ ence called the designated hitter. Not that I’m against the DH, but it doesn’t seem right to make a team change the way it makes out a lineup because of an interleague game in the opponent’s park. The World Series already did that. This home-field advantage thing is more like a league-rules advantage. Interleague games are almost ENI Gary Harmon Ot — W i WF nf A MACON REGIONAL -^IMESTOPPERsQ I Help sol ve A Crime 742-2330 • 1-877-68 CRIME (27463) Rewards of up to *I,OOO - Remain Anonymous! Teresa Faye Morgan Wantedfor violation of probation from Superior Court for manufacture ofmethamphetamine LKA: 2200 U.S. 41 South, Perry inni.nniinnimnw Marcus James Parsons Wanted for battery, theft by taking and violation ofprobation from State Court LKA: 2400 block of Brevard Street, Macon David Lee Prince Wanted for interfering with public utility LKA: 300 block of Mike Street, WR Jesus Castro Sanchez Wanted for violation ofprobation from State Court LKA: 100 block of Ignico Drive, WR IF YOU DON’T LIKE SEEING YOUR PICTURE ON THIS PAGE, CALL CRIMESTOPPERSANDTURNYOURSELF IN! marketed like a sideshow attraction, like the boxer tak ing on the wrestler. My other compromise for interleague play is do it all at the start of the regular sea son. That way, no one’s sea son is potentially broken by playing a top club from the other league while your main division rival gets a weak club from the other side. A month ago I was talk ing about cheating in sports. There are consequences for those who are caught, which makes you wonder why there are still reports of rules viola tions to this very day. Some things I know can’t be helped. A 15-yard penalty for holding doesn’t stop the lineman from grabbing onto a rush end’s arm. You can get the same amount of yards for knock ing down a quarterback well after the football is thrown. Yet that still happens, which shows either a lack of disci pline or regard for another person’s wellbeing. But how many college sports programs have to be put on probation before some people get it? Maybe it’s because everybody does it and only those who don’t know how to cover their tracks get caught. Here’s a side question on this issue to ponder: Why should players who had nothing to do with the viola tions be the ones punished for them? A five-year ban from bowl games is going M.C.L. (§& iPcttuy Screen Your Patio At A Very Affordable Price! FREE ESTIMATES • We Build Fences TOO! If You Call With This Ad - ; We’ll Paint Your Floor FREE ; . (-3 Color Choices #*^47B-228-17671 00035626 J Jfe dam ■ A, Alfredo Ontiveros-Soto Wantedfor violation of probation LKA: 100 block of Arnold Street, Centerville Sebastion Perez-Gomez Wanted for violation of probation from Stale Court LKA: 400 block of Caniillia Circle. WR M. Gaildino Rehellao Wanted for disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, failure to appear contempt of court LKA: 70 block of Red Fox Run. VV R i Adrian Reyes Romero Wanted for violation of probation from Superior Court LKA: 150 block of Elaine Drive, WR SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 ’But how many college sports programs have to be put on probation before some people get It?’ to hurt the current players, not those who caused the problems and are now long gone. The NCAA can always say that somebody has to be pun ished, and what’s the point of going after a coach or athlet ic director who was already fired by the institution in question. As much as it is wrong for the innocent to pay the most for these crimes, the NCAA is really going after the school and its top brass. These are the ones the head organization doesn’t want to see enjoying the limelight for a while. The NCAA could offer a compromise when it hears how terrible it would be to deny the players a chance to play in a bowl game. It could say, “Sure, we’ll lift the bowl ban, but should you get an invitation, the school has to forfeit the payout.” Playing in the Sugar Bowl, but not getting the sl2 mil lion appearance fee. Not a difficult choice at all, one would think. Jose Omar Pacheco Wanted for harassing telephone calls LKA: 100 block of Ashley Drive, Perry BP* Travis Demtrius Prater Wanted for violation of probation (for DLL I 'GCSf possession of marijuana, battery, cruelty It children) LKA: 100 block of Sherry Lane, WR Regina L. Russ Wanted fir failure to appear, forgery, attempting to obtain dangerous drugs by forgery LKA: 100 block of Eagle Trace, Centers ille nn Juan Rubalcava Wanted for violation of probation (for Dili) I.KA: 300 block of Brady Drive, WR 5B 100035599