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C4 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1996 LOS ANGELES TIMES 1 NEWSW1RE North Korea Enters World Cup 2002 Mix I 1S ') Officials Say Henley Faked Suicide Attempt Darryl Henley, former Ram football star and con- victed cocaine trafficker, faked a suicide attempt in jail here after learning that he faced two more drug trafficking charges and al- I legations that he plotted the assassination of a fed- eral judge, according to the Marshal's office in San Bernardino. Guards at the San Bernardino county jail, where Henley was moved two weeks ago after he was caught in a sting operation, found him on the floor of his cell May 25 with a makeshift rope, made of pieces of clothing, tied around his neck, as if he had tried to hang himself, according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Gilbert Garcia. Jail guards speculated that Henley faked the sui- cide attempt so that he would be transferred from the small individual cell where he is being held to the cells occupied by the -general jail population. -DAVANMAHARAJ From Staff and Wire Reports A World Cup co-hosted by ancient enemies South Korea and Japan took a curious twist Tuesday with a report that a newer enemy had entered the mix.

Reports from Seoul indicated that North Korea, a country with which the South has technically been at war for more than four decades, would share South Korea's half of World Cup 2002. According to the Seoul daily newspaper Joongang Ilbo, four of the 32 countries in the tournament probably will play their first-round games north of the 38th parallel, the world's most heavily guarded border. "We have always said that, with FIFA's agreement, the staging of part of the tournament in North Korea could make a major contribution to Korean unification and world peace," Song Young Shlk, general secretary of South Korea's bidding committee, said during a visit to Los Angeles in January. Tuesday's report in Joongang Ilbo also quoted Kim Un Yong, president of the South Korea Olympic Committee and an International Olympic Committee vice president, as saying FIFA wanted Japan and South Korea, which jointly were awarded World Cup 2002 last Friday, to each have opening and closing ceremonies and that the location of the final would be decided by the drawing of lots. -GRAHAME L.

JONES Basketball The University of Massachusetts will begin investigating whether Marcus Camby accepted gifts from sports agents. Bob Marcum, the school's athletic director, said the problem may stem from a "disgruntled" agent who wanted to sign the All-American center who has chosen to forego his senior season to be eligible for the NBA draft. Camby made the admission in the Hartford Courant. Arkansas players Kareem Reld and Marlon Towns were suspended indefinitely after being arrested and cited for possession of a controlled substance last week. Jurisprudence A Texas judge has fined confi-dant-turncd-informant Dennis Pe-dinl $500 and sentenced him to 30 days in jail after ruling he violated a gag order in the drug case of Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Michael Irvin by giving an interview to a tabloid television show.

Chad Hlldebrandt, a former high school wrestler, was sentenced to 30 days in jail, a year of probation and 100 hours of community service for knocking a referee unconscious in Colville, with a head butt after losing a match. Auto Racing Nine days after suffering severe leg, foot and ankle injuries during a crash on the final lap of the Indianapolis 500, Alessandro Zam-predl, 26, was upgraded to good condition after additional surgery, his fifth since the accident. Pro Football New York Giant safety Vencle Glenn, 31, whose five interceptions OLYMPIC 44 DAYS TO Dodger shortstop Juan Castro DODGERS Continued from CI before a paid crowd of 29,576 the second-smallest Dodger Stadium crowd to see him pitch also lost his second consecutive home game for the first time in his career. Perhaps a bigger concern is the sudden drop of velocity in Nomo's fastball. Scouts clocked Nomo's fastball at 85 to 86 mph, about five mph slower than usual.

Nomo said his shoulder felt fine, but after leading the league in strikeouts last season, he has recorded only one double-digit strikeout game this season. "There hasn't really been a big change," said Nomo, who yielded seven hits and three runs in six innings, striking out seven. "I'm sure they opposing hitters) have some type of data on me. I've been studying them too. "If I'm throwing well, I'm sure they won't hit any of my pitches." The trouble, of course, is that the Dodger offense continues to struggle.

One bad inning like the fourth inning when the Pirates scored three runs including a bases-loaded walk and the ANGELS Continued from CI loss to the Minnesota Twins, in which an Angel team that has little room for error made far too many mistakes, and an injury plagued team that must make efficient use of hits stretched itself too thin offensively. The result was the Angels' third consecutive loss, which followed their impressive four-game winning streak last week, and the dissipation of whatever momentum they gained during a 6-3 home-stand against Boston, New York and Baltimore. "You score three runs a night in a hitter's park and you're not going to win too often," Manager Marcel Lachemann said after 10,899 in the Metrodome saw the Twins defeat the Angels. "Stranding runners has been the name of the game the last two nights." It was only a part of their game Tuesday. Third baseman Tim Wallaces fielding error in the third inning led to two unearned runs, which might have been prevented had second baseman Randy Velarde not botched a relay play.

Velarde's error in judgment on the AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP Indians: No Relief in Mesa From Associated Press Jose Mesa, the Indians' best friend as a relief pitcher, became his own worst enemy Tuesday night in Cleveland. Mesa, who had converted 28 save opportunities in a row since Sept 3, walked four batters and committed a throwing error in the ninth inning of a 10-7 loss to the Seattle Mariners. His boss was stunned. "I was trying to remember the last time I had to get somebody warmed up in the bullpen with Jose on the mound," Indian Manager Mike Hargrove said. "His ball was moving so much he couldn't keep it in the strike zone." He also couldn't hold things in check for Cleveland, which had rallied from a 6-3 deficit with the help of Albert Belle's 22nd homer of the season.

Mesa (0-1) gave up four runs without recording an out. It began when he yielded a pinch -hit single to Doug Strange to open the ninth inning and walked pinch-hitter Darren Bragg. Alex Rodriguez then laid down a sacrifice bunt that Mesa fielded, but threw past third base, allowing Strange to score. After Ken Griffey Jr. was intentionally walked, Edgar Martinez walked to force home Bragg with the deciding run.

Mesa walked Jay Buhner, forcing home another run. Joey Cora lined a bases-loaded single to right off Paul Assen-macher later in the inning for the final run. Rafael Carmona (2-0) earned the victory, despite giving up three runs on four hits in two innings. Norm Charlton pitched the ninth for his seventh save. "In that situation, with Mesa coming in, the game is over 96 out of 100 times," Charlton said.

"I'm sure there were 24 guys who felt that way on their bench." Cleveland had won 118 consecutive games when leading after eight innings since its last failure on Aug. 2, 1994. Chicago 6, Boston 4 Chad Kreuter capped a four-run sixth inning in Boston with a two-run single in support of Wilson Alvarez (7-3), who won his fifth start in a row for the White Sox, who won for the 14th time in 16 games. With the victory, Chicago closed within one game of Cleveland in the Central. Baltimore 10, Detroit 7 Chris Hoiles' homer capped a six-run first inning and Mike Mussina (8-2) struggled in his fifth victory in a row for the Orioles, who won at home.

Bobby Bonilla drove in three runs for the Orioles, who have reached double figures 11 times. Luis Polonia went four for five and Roberto Alomar had two hits and scored three runs. Alomar extended his hitting streak to 18 games and raised his batting average to .401. Cecil Fielder had four RBIs for the Tigers, who have lost 17 of 18. Fielder, who came in three for 32 lifetime against Mussina, went three for four against him.

New York 5, Toronto 4 Mariano Duncan and Wade Boggs hit two-run homers in the second inning to help Dwight Gooden (4-4) and the Yankees win in New York. Gooden pitched 5 innings, then gave way to a string of Yankee relievers that included Steve Howe, Mariano Rivera and John Wetteland. Wetteland pitched a hitless ninth inning for his 13th save as the Yankees won their fourth in a row. Milwaukee 6, Texas 2 The first five Brewers in the order scored on Kevin Gross (5-4), whose return to the Ranger rotation after 15 days on the disabled list was a defeat at Milwaukee. Ricky Bones (4-8) gave up two runs on seven hits in 7V6 innings in beating Texas for the fourth consecutive time.

Since 1994, he has given up only four earned runs in 29V4 innings against the Rangers for an ERA of 1.23. Oakland 8, Kansas City 3 Jason Giambi went four for five in his first game back after missing three games because of tendinitis in his wrist, and he and Mark McGwire hit consecutive homers in a six-run fifth inning for the Athletics at Oakland. Jose Hen-era also homered, a three-run shot that was his first homer in the major leagues, in the fifth inning for the A's. Don Wengert (2-2) gave up three runs on nine hits over six innings in picking up his second win in his sixth lifetime start last season tied for team high, was waived in a move that will save the team almost $1 million and clear the way for a younger player. Tom Newberry, the Pittsburgh Steelers' starting left guard and a former Ram, said he's retiring at 33 after a 10-year career.

Prep Football Horace Jones, a former Oakland Raider and Seattle Seahawk, has been fired as principal at Pensacola High after being accused of covering up an alleged locker-room sex attack to preserve the football team's playoff hopes. Names In the News San Jose Shark General Manager Dean Lombardl said he expects to name either Mighty Duck assistant coach Al Sims or former Boston coach Brian Sutter as the Sharks' coach by the end of the week. Veteran NHL coaches Roger Nell-son and Dave King have been eliminated from consideration. UC Irvine has told Do-reen Irish, the women's tennis coach at the school for 23 years, that her contract will not be renewed. Steffi Graf has committed to play in the Acura Classic at Manhattan Country Club on Aug.

12-18, her first Los Angeles tournament in nine years. Sweazy of Texas Tech has been elected chairman of the College Football Assn. Board of Directors for the organization's final year of operation. The Ottawa Senators selected former NHL and King executive Roy Mlakar team president and chief executive officer. Northeastern University Coach Ben Smith was hired to coach the U.S.

women's ice hockey team for its debut at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. REPORT THE GAMES t. tags out the Pirates' Al Martin as Dodgers are finished. The Dodgers have scored only one run in their last 23 innings, and that was courtesy of New York Met third baseman Jeff Kent's error in Sunday's game. The Dodgers' last earned run was scored in the fifth inning Saturday on Mike Blowers' solo home run.

Remarkably, since Blowers' homer, the Dodgers are batting .130 with only one extra-base hit. Darwin, 40, only made matters worse, They managed to produce only four singles off Darwin in the first eight innings. Only twice did they ever reach second base. Only once did they reach third. Their greatest rally occurred in the sixth when No.

8 hitter Juan Castro led off with a double into the left-center gap. Milt Thompson pinch-hit for Nomo, and grounded to second, advancing Castro to third. But Roger Cedeno struck out looking and Todd Hollandsworth grounded to second. Darwin, breezing along through eight innings, including a four-pitch eighth inning, went into the ninth with a chance for his first shutout since Aug. 18, 1993, and only his second shutout since 1987.

Yet, Cedeno opened the ninth by basepaths in the first inning also cost the Angels a run. Four Minnesota pitchers combined to Walk seven, but none scored. The Angels had the bases loaded with no outs in the seventh but scored only once on Don Slaught's double-play grounder. And what did Slaught do to open the ninth? Singled. The Angels had the bases loaded again with two outs in the eighth, but Rex Hudler swung just under an Eddie Guardado fastball, sending a fly ball to left instead of a grand slam to the bleachers.

"I missed it by a quarter-inch, and that's the difference between a victory and a hang-with-'em game," Hudler said. Starting pitcher Jason Grim-sley's mistakes were hit hard, most notably Rich Becker's two-run double in the third and Paul Moli-tor's two-run homer in the fifth. Tim Salmon continued his offensive resurgence with a two-run homer in the first, his third in five games, Orlando Palmeiro had two hits and a run in his first game of the season and J.T. Snow doubled and singled. But Snow and Palmeiro both struck out with two on in the seventh.

Then there were the misadven son at Rancho Santiago College, was selected in the third round by the Texas Rangers. Northridge's Robert Fick (fifth round to Detroit) and Eric Gillespie (10th round to the Angels) also received calls. As did Fullerton's Brian Loyd (fifth round to San Diego) and Tim DeCinces from UCLA, who was chosen by Baltimore in the 16th round. The Dodgers drafted high school third baseman Damian Rolls of Kansas City, Kan. with their first pick, and selected high school catcher Josh Glassey of San Diego and University of Miami shortstop Alex Cora with their next two picks.

Rolls, 18, 6-foot-3, 205 pounds, said he will spend the next few weeks trying to decide whether to sign with the Dodgers or accept a full baseball scholarship to Kansas. Yet, the Dodgers are confident he will sign. "I couldn't be more happy," Rolls said. "I think the Dodgers are a great organization. I'm going to weigh the pros an cons and make the best decision.

"Basically, it comes down to education. My parents and I will sit down and talk about everything." Rolls batted .512 with 19 runs, six doubles, four triples, five homers and 17 RBIs. He also stole 19 bases. "There was a lot of good college players early in the draft," said Terry Reynolds, Dodger scouting director, "but we felt Damian was the best player on the board at the time we drafted him. We project him to have five average to above-average tools, and PAUL HORSE Ux Angela Timet he tries to steal second base.

hitting a hard grounder toward first base. First baseman Jeff King knocked the ball down, but was unable to make a play, enabling Cedeno to reach first. Pirate Manager Jim Leyland, taking no chances with the left-handed hitting Todd Hollandsworth due up, lifted Darwin and summoned lefthander Dan Plesac. Dodger Manager Tom Lasorda countered with pinch-hitter Mike Busch. Busch drew a full -count, and then flied out to right fielder Orlando Merced.

Cedeno, who was doubled off first base in the first inning, barely beat Merced's throw to first. Now, with Mike Piazza up, Ley-land went to the bullpen again and brought in right-handed rookie Francisco Cordova. Cordova got ahead of Piazza, 1-2, but then then threw three balls in a row and walked him. That brought up Eric Karros. He had two singles off Darwin, but this time, lined out to left fielder Al Martin.

Pirate pitching Coach Ray Miller then went to the mound to remind Cordova that Raul Mondesi is a free swinger and there's little need to throw strikes. Mondesi then grounded out to shortstop Jay Bell, ending the night of futility. tures of Velarde: First inning, Palmeiro on second, Velarde on first, Anderson hits a long fly ball to center. Becker fields it on the warning track, Palmeiro tags and takes third, but Velarde is thrown out trying to advance to second. Salmon then homers off Twin starter Frank Rodriguez, but the Angels have only two runs to show for it, not three.

"Their guy Becker was deep, and I didn't know anything about his arm strength," Velarde said. "It was a gamble, and when you think about it, maybe I should have shut it down, because he got me pretty easily. But sometimes you have to roll the dice. When you're not scoring runs, sometimes you have to take a chance." The Twins tried the same base-running maneuver in the third on Chuck Knoblauch's fly to deep center, but Velarde, who was not lined up properly with second base, fielded Palmeiro's throw and relayed to third instead of second, where the Angels had a much better shot at Pat Meares. Had Palmeiro's throw cut down Meares, it would have been the third out of the inning.

But Becker hit his two-out double for two runs instead. you don't find many players like that in the draft." The Dodgers' next seven selections were outfielder Peter Bergeron of Greeenfield (Mass.) High; first baseman Nicke Leach of Madera (Ca.) High; shortstop Jack Jones of Cal State Fullerton; pitcher Ben Simon of Eastern Michigan University; pitcher Chris Karabinus of Towson State catcher David Falcone of Bayamon, Puerto Rico and second baseman Rudy Gaeza of University of Miami. The Angels lost their first-round pick to the New York Yankees for signing Randy Velarde, but with their second round pick (55th overall) they chose shortstop Chuck Abbott from Austin Peay. The 6-foot-l, 180 pound Abbott had the nation's longest hitting streak in 1996, 42 games. He batted .376 with 22 doubles, four triples and four homers.

Abbott was not among the top 100 prospects ranked by Baseball America, but the Angels' third-round pick, catcher Josh Glassey from San Diego's Mission Bay High, was rated 87th. The 6-foot-l, 185-pound Glassey batted .333. Pitcher Nick Bierbrodt from Millikan was the first local high schoolplayer selected. He was the last pick in the first round by the Arizona Diamondbacks, who will not begin playing until 1998. Other high school players selected include: Jose Garcia, Baldwin Park, in the second round to Milwaukee, and Kris Stevens, Fontana, third round to Philadelphia.

Staff writers Lon Eubanks and Bob Nightengale contributed to this story. Kotsay Selected Ninth by Marlins Top Beach Volleyball Women's Team Falls The top-seeded women's team of Lisa Arce and Karolyn Klrby was upset Tuesday at the opening session of the U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Trials at Baltimore. On the men's side, top-seeded Karch Klraly and Kent Steffes and second-seeded Adam Johnson and Randy Stoklos advanced to today's quarterfinals. The double elimination trials will qualify two of three U.S.

entries in both men's and women's play for next month's Atlanta games. The other U.S. teams Sinjin Smith and Carl Henkel for the men, Nancy Reno and Holly McPeak for the women have already qualified based on their performance in this year's international tour. Arce and Kirby were beaten, 17-16, in their' opening match by Janice Harrar and Gayle Stammer. Following the upset stayed alive with a 15-8 victory over Krlsta Blomqulst and Wendy Fletcher.

They need three wins today to -advance to the final four. Baseball draft: Cal State Fullerton outfielder is first of several local players chosen. Dodgers, Angels go outside of state for first picks. By GEORGE DOHRMANN TIMES STAFF WRITER Cal State Fullerton outfielder Mark Kotsay was told for several weeks that the Florida Marlins were going to select him with the ninth pick in the amateur draft A phone call Tuesday made it official. Kotsay, the 1995 college player of the year, received a call from Marlin brass in Millington, where he is trying out for the U.S.

Olympic team. "I'm really excited to be drafted that high, and by the Marlins," Kotsay said. "I'm very impressed with everything about them. And being the ninth pick overall is just awesome." Some calls came early, some late for players picked during the 19 rounds Tuesday in New York. Only the first round is announced, but several area players learned of their fate.

USC had three players selected, with Jacque Jones going in the second round and catcher Chad Moeller in the seventh, both to the Minnesota Twins. Trojan second baseman Ryan Stromsborg was picked in the fourth round by Toronto. Also, former USC player Derek Baker, who played last sea Rain washed away the first day of the Olympic track cycling trials at Trexlertown, Pa. Officials scheduled the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals of the men's pursuit for today. Kenyan Olympic officials told their Danish counterparts that world 800-meter champion Wilson Klpketer cannot run for any country other than Kenya at the Atlanta Olympics.

Tom O'Omuombo, secretary general of the Kenya Olympic Committee, said the unanimous decision of the KOC's executive board was based on a Kenyan Justice Ministry decision that since Kipkcter will not obtain Danish citizenship until 1998, he is barred from representing any nation other than Kenya. Kipketer, who has lived in Denmark since 1990, has appealed to represent that country. Associated Press -SA.