European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 the stars and stripes sports thursday november 3,1994 Little Prairie View has big heart by Michael a. Lut Prairie View Texas a at Prairie View 43 consecutive losses has t Casio de the football team to lose its Pride. They May be losers on the football Field Prairie View coach Ron Beard said but they re winners in every other  Alfonse Provo wants a degree to make his Mother proud. Cory Fregia and Kevin Garner wanted a Chance to play football even if it meant not getting a  beating Mississippi Valley state 21-12 on oct. I 28, 1989, the panthers have gone on a skid that s just one Short of the division i record Columbia set from 1983-1988. They be been outscored 1,819-247. They be lost by 92-0 Alabama state 1991 ,66-0 Grambling this year63-0 Alcorn state 1992 and 6t-0 Southwest Missouri state 1991. What makes me so mad i people leaving at the half wide receiver Alan Henderson  can t even stay and support us the whole Ball  on opening Day this year the panthers trailed Texas Southern 20-13 in the last min Ute but were stopped on the 1 on the game s final play. It gets hard to pinpoint your friends said Provo one of three seniors who have played four seasons without a  View is a predominantly Black College of 6,000 students. Football players dress in a Dungeon like locker room in the basement of the gym and practice on an intramural Field with grass burrs that often make tackles  quit the program continually after the 92-0 loss Beard predicted to his assistants on the Long bus ride Home there would be mass defections by the Fol lowing workout. He was amazed by the turnout. I said i guess these Guys Are too dumb to know they got their Butts kicked " Beard said laughing. But til Tell you it gave me Goose bumps. It s things like that that keep me  on saturday the panthers 0-8 Are Host to Tarleton state 1-6-1 on Homecoming at Blackshear Field. I they lose to the texans they could set the record on nov. 12 at Jackson state. The next Milestone would be50, the All division losing Streak record set by Macales Ter Minn Between 1974 and 1979.Prairie View a member of the southwestern athletic conference discontinued football after the 1989 sea son because of financial problems but brought in Back for 1991 without  did t want people getting used to no football said Beard who is in his fourth season sometimes if linebacker Alfonse Provo who has played four seasons at Prairie View without a Victory arrives Early for practice. You kill something and it stays dead a Long time you Don t think about bringing it  scholarships were supposed to follow in two or three seasons. Beard and his staff of four coaches who also teach classes and pay their own expenses on recruiting trips still Are fighting to get them. We still Don t have a target Date Beard said. Rethought we Weire just holding the fort until the cavalry  a _ the school s athletic budget for 15 sports is $846,000.ohio state by comparison is spending about $4 Mil lion just for its football program this year. We played at Mississippi Valley last week and the had charter buses with alums from Chicago and new York senior Cory Fregia said. You Don t see an charter buses pulling up around  defensive lineman Kevin Garner says fan support is lukewarm. -.".  of them Are with us he said and the other half come to the games so they can hassle us on Mon  some players Are so unskilled that Beard worries they la get Hurt. It s players such As Provo though who make the Job worthwhile. Provo has t altered his goal of playing College foot Ball. His Mother died last season three Days before a game and he still played on saturday. He knew his Mem wanted him to play football Beard said. She used to make All the trips. She took a lot of Pride in telling her friends that her son was a col lege football player. He had to grow up real Juick. He took it real Tough but he played when most kids would go on to something different at that Point. He s my  a a v Provo the Only member of his family to reach col lege says he plays on for his Mother. She wanted me to play and stay in school it was her dream he said. So now i m just trying to bring her  Day Good bet to make breeders gup a for by John Nelson Louisville by. A Pat Day does t like to think about what might happen saturday. It s just too Good but not too go6d to be  Don t want to get caught up in sat urday especially when its Only tues Day Day said. Or wednesday or thursday or even  each passing Day Day gets closer to becom ing in All probability the win ingest jockey in breeders cup history. He won the very first Breed ers cup classic on wild again in1984 at Holly Wood Park Anda comes into this year s $10 million Day with six career Day victories. That s one Short of the record held jointly by Eddie Delahoussaye and Laffit Pincay. If the record does t fall it la come Asa Surprise to bettors especially Here at Day s Home track Churchill Downs. Day will ride in six of the seven Breed ers cup races and it s conceivable hell be on the favorite each time. I m in such an enviable position. It s a rider s dream Day said. I work very hard not to think about it. But on those rare occasions that i let myself stare off into the sky and contemplate what could happen saturday it s such a Rush. I try not to dwell on that too much  in the $3 million classic thorough bred racing s richest race Day will ride Preakness and Belmont Winner Tabasco at. He s also got Paradise Creek win Ner of eight of nine starts this year inthe turf Champagne Winner Timber country in the juvenile heavenly prize who has won her last three in the distaff runaway Frizetta Winner Fland ers in the juvenile fillies and Ameri can Chance in the sprint. The mile on grass is the Only race i which Day has t got a mount and the favorite in that one lure will be Ridden by Mike Smiths Day Rode both Tabasco cat an Flanders tuesday morning for their workouts. Day said Tabasco cat is a very different horse from the one that finished sixth Here in the Kentucky Derby on May 7. He s not the same horse at All. He smore professional a lot More settled and today he was very focused Day said. He s feeling a Tod and he looking  if Tabasco cat is the classic favorite it will be at least in part due to Day s popularity in Kentucky. In his last Start the d. Wayne Lukas trained Tabasco at was fourth in the jockey club Gold cup at Belmont Park behind colonial affair Devil his due and Flag Down. Colonial affair was injured and retired but both Devil his due and Flag Down Are in Kentucky. Flanders meanwhile could be the biggest favorite on the breeders cup card. Also trained by Lukas she has finished first in All four career starts Al though she was disqualified from first place Money in the Matron on sept. 17 at Belmont. She then won the Friz Ettelt Belmont on oct. 8 by 21 lengths. Lukas sent both Tabasco cat an Flanders put with a stable mate tues Day morning so they would have some mild Competition in their workouts. It worked to perfection with Tabasco cat but not so with Flanders. A couple of Hundred Yards out she just blew by the other horse and she was so far ahead that she really did t work in company at All Lukas said. Equally impressive this year has Bee Paradise Creek trained by Bill Mott. Paradise Creek won the . International and Arlington million his last two times put and his 1994 victims include lure twice earlier in the year solar splendor and four stars Allstar. Of Timber country yet another Tunas horse has won three of six starts this year and Only came into Day s hands forthe Champagne last oct. 8 at Belmont where he beat Sierra Diablo by a Hal length after stumbling at the Start and being forced uncharacteristically to go for the Lead. Heavenly prize probably will have the toughest time of it. Among her Chal lengers will be defending distaff Cham Pion Hollywood Wildcat and sky Beauty undefeated in five races this year. Day got the ride on heavenly prize be cause Mike Smith was committed to sky Beauty. American Chance has won two of his last three and was second his last time out in the Vosburgh to Harlem. This race will be wide open and is often the most wildly run of All the cup races