Haverford

He could have trekked out to the Pacific Northwest. Or perhaps a more far-flung locale, traveling about the globe with other students in Ghana, Bolivia and China. But to test his visions of renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and water conservation, ideas he sprouted as an Eagle Scout and nurtured during his two years of college, Tim Richards found himself returning to a safe zone that could prove the more uncomfortable place to change. The place was Mount Airy, where he was born and raised, where his parents and grandparents still live.

Junior guard Felicia Harris made three of her four steals and scored 22 of her 27 game-high points in the second half to power St. Mary's to the championship of the Haverford Classic, defeating the host school, 79-54, yesterday in women's college basketball.Cedar Crest defeated Lesley, of Cambridge, Mass., 54-30, in the consolation game.The Seahawks (2-0) outshot the Fords (1-1), 45 percent to 23 percent in the second half and used the fast break in the final 15 minutes to seal the win. St. Mary's outscored Haverford 42-16 in the second half after trailing 38-37 at the half.

Chatichai Choonhavan,76, a cigar-smoking wine-lover known as Thailand's "no problem" prime minister during the now-collapsed economic boom, died of cancer complications yesterday in Bangkok.Maidie Norman,85, an actress who played a black servant in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" but rewrote her lines to get rid of "old slavery-time talk" and give the role more dignity, died Saturday in San Jose, Calif. She had lung cancer.Dr. Emily Mudd,99, a one-time college dropout who trained to be a landscape architect before becoming a pioneering marriage and family counselor, died Saturday at her home in Haverford, Pa.Natasha Gelman,86, who with her husband, Jacques, amassed a group of 20th-century European paintings and sculptures and who was a friend and patron of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and many other Mexican painters, died Saturday at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, after a long illness.

Senior Kirstin Miller scored four goals, including three in a 7-0 first-half run, to lift Haverford to a 12-6 victory over host Western Maryland yesterday in a Centennial Conference women's game.Natalie Hannibal (Liberty) and Shannon Benson scored to give Western Maryland (8-6, 5-5) a 2-0 lead, but the team went nearly 26 minutes before its next goal.Haverford (10-7, 6-4) led 7-2 at halftime and answered two Western Maryland goals to start the second half with four straight of its own.Pub Date: 5/01/98

Senior forward Julie Anderson scored a game-high 24 points to lead Johns Hopkins to an 84-54 win yesterday over Haverford in a Centennial Conference women's game at the White Center.It was the 18th straight home win for the Blue Jays (17-2, 9-0) and their 27th consecutive regular-season league victory.Hopkins streaked to a 23-point lead with a 24-7 run that bridged both halves. Anderson scored 13 of her points during the run and senior guard Angie Arnold (19 points) added seven.Arnold also finished with six assists and no turnovers, and freshman Kristi Nelson scord 10.Haverford (7-10, 2-7)

Missy Wycinsky scored a goal and assisted on two others to power No. 11 William & Mary to an upset victory over No. 10 Maryland, 4-1, in women's soccer yesterday in Williamsburg, Va.Keri Sarver gave the Terps (2-1) a 1-0 lead at the 30-minute, 47-second mark. The Indians (3-0) scored twice in the following 4: 38 on goals by Stephanie Loehr and Ann Cook for a 2-1 halftime advantage.Wycinsky earned her second assist on Carrie Moore's second-half goal at 48: 07 and added a goal at 68: 30.Goucher 8, Alvernia 0: Senior forward Sarah Weaver recorded four goals and two assists as Goucher (1-2)

Navy earned its best start yesterday by defeating Lafayette, 67-52, at Alumni Hall and running its record to 15-2 overall, 3-1 in the Patriot League.Junior Becky Dowling led the Mids by tying her season-high with 26 points. She also had 12 rebounds, five assists and three steals.Navy pulled to a 20-2 lead in the first nine minutes of the game, and led 39-18 at halftime due in large part to 62 percent field-goal shooting.In the second half, Lafayette outscored Navy, 34-28, but never got closer than 13.Sophomore Laurie Coffey scored 17 and had a game-high 15 rebounds for Navy and Adria Schneck scored 12.New Hampshire 88, Towson State 67: Seniors Pam Brandell and Sheila Danker combined to score 54 as the Wildcats (10-6, 7-1)

Lafayette held Navy's Adria Schneck, the nation's 11th-leading scorer, to 10 points, but her teammates came to the rescue with a solid defensive effort in a 63-60 Patriot League victory yesterday in Easton, Pa.Sophomore Becky Dowling paced the Mids (13-2, 1-1) with 15 points and Joanne Groth added 12.* Coppin State 60, Delaware State 46: Natasha Parks and Delora Walker each scored 20 points as the Eagles (5-6) moved to 3-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with a victory over the host Hornets (4-7, 2-2)

Rasheed Sparks scored 17 points to lead Morgan State to a 77-74 victory over host North Carolina A&T in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game last night. Three other Bears scored in double figures.Morgan State (6-17, 5-7) forced 24 turnovers. The Bears ran out to a 45-39 halftime lead, hitting 18 of their first 32 shots (56 percent).Jamel Grey led the Aggies (8-12, 6-5) with 17 points.* Navy 60, Colgate 57: Eddie Lucas scored 18 points to lead Navy (12-11, 7-3) to a victory over host Colgate in a Patriot League game.

Rasheed Sparks scored 17 points as Morgan State overcame cold shooting in the second half and held off North Carolina A&T for a 77-74 victory.Morgan State (6-17, 5-7 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) fell from 56 percent shooting in the first half to 32.6 percent in the second half. The Aggies (8-12, 6-5 MEAC) were just the opposite, climbing from 39.5 percent to 53.6 percent.Dwayne Holmes added 14 points and Scott Deas 13 for the Bears.Jamel Grey led the Aggies with 17 points.* Johns Hopkins 65, Western Maryland 53: Matt Gorman recorded career highs in points (23)

Grace G. Armstrong, a homemaker and volunteer, died of renal and respiratory failure June 16 at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pa. The longtime Homeland resident was 96. Grace Gobrecht, the daughter of a printer father and schoolteacher mother, was born and raised in Philadelphia. She was a 1928 graduate of Girl's High School in Philadelphia, and earned a bachelor's degree in English and home economics in 1932 from the University of Pennsylvania. She taught English and home economics in Hamburg, Pa., public schools from 1932 to 1933.

Mention the name of Christopher Morley these days and maybe, just maybe, someone will remember that the Haverford, Pa.-born writer, essayist and Sherlock Holmes and Joseph Conrad scholar, whose eventual literary output reached 50 books during a prolific 35-year career, was the author of The Haunted Bookshop, Parnassus on Wheels and Kitty Foyle. The latter was made into a 1940 Hollywood film starring Dennis Morgan, Gladys Cooper and Ginger Rogers, who won an Oscar for Best Actress that year.

Haverford (Pa.) has proved it has one of the most formidable defenses in the country. The team is ranked No. 19 nationally by insidelacrosse.com, and going into yesterday's game at Gilman, the Fords had not given up more than five goals in a game this season. But the Greyhounds, ranked No. 2 in the area in the latest Sun poll, eclipsed that total in the third quarter. Gilman (7-0) scored 10 goals in the second half - including six in the third quarter - in an 11-8 win over the Fords. "It's awesome.

He could have trekked out to the Pacific Northwest. Or perhaps a more far-flung locale, traveling about the globe with other students in Ghana, Bolivia and China. But to test his visions of renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and water conservation, ideas he sprouted as an Eagle Scout and nurtured during his two years of college, Tim Richards found himself returning to a safe zone that could prove the more uncomfortable place to change. The place was Mount Airy, where he was born and raised, where his parents and grandparents still live.

UPPER MARLBORO - The old wooden structure, propped up by the thicket of vines that for years hid it from view, is listing badly, its shingles sagging where not missing, its second floor sinking into the first. This former slave quarters, one of the last known to be standing in Prince George's County, is about to get a new life as the centerpiece of the new subdivision sprouting around it, one whose homes will start at more than $1 million. Haverford Homes easily could have plowed down the 1830s cabin last year soon after buying the farmland, which will feature 20 homes, most on 5-acre lots.

The 17th-ranked Syracuse women's team scored two goals, including the game-winner, in the final six minutes to defeat visiting Loyola, 11-9, yesterday. Meghan O'Connell and Allison Fursternburg, both of whom had three-goal games, scored the final two for the Orange (8-2). Syracuse used its passing game to run out the clock on the Greyhounds (3-7). Loyola came back from a 5-0 deficit in the first half to earn a 5-5 tie at the break, and later countered a 3-0 run by the Orange to tie the game again at 8. Kate McHarg (four goals)

William George "Billy" Hupfeldt Jr. who waged a campaign to increase public awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, died of the disease Thursday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Glen Arm resident was 43. Receiving a diagnosis of the illness known as Lou Gehrig's disease in 2001, he retired from his job as senior district manager for Brasseler-USA, a dental surgical instrument company in Savannah, Ga., to spend time with his family. He dedicated the rest of his life to increasing public awareness of the disease.

WHEN WORD got around the music community that the original Federal Duck was getting back together after 35 years, the reaction from serious rock fans was unanimous: "Why?" I should explain that the Federal Duck was the band I belonged to when I was a student at Haverford College back in the '60s. We were originally called the Stomp Jackson Quintet, and then the Guides (don't ask), but we came up with our new and final name one night when we were lying on the bank of the Haverford campus duck pond, and some ducks started waddling toward us in what looked like a purposeful manner, and as we watched them with increasing alarm -- an oncoming duck squadron in the moonlight -- the thought struck us that these ducks might be working for the government.

Junior David Cornbrooks scored three of his five goals in a five-goal run in the first half, as the St. Paul's lacrosse team opened its season with a 7-5 road victory over Haverford (Pa.) School. It was a triumphant return to the lacrosse field for the Crusaders, whose much-anticipated season was canceled a year ago after a 16-year-old player showed about 30 of his teammates a videotape he had made of him having sex with a 15-year-old girl. The tape was made without the girl's knowledge.

Junior guard Felicia Harris made three of her four steals and scored 22 of her 27 game-high points in the second half to power St. Mary's to the championship of the Haverford Classic, defeating the host school, 79-54, yesterday in women's college basketball.Cedar Crest defeated Lesley, of Cambridge, Mass., 54-30, in the consolation game.The Seahawks (2-0) outshot the Fords (1-1), 45 percent to 23 percent in the second half and used the fast break in the final 15 minutes to seal the win. St. Mary's outscored Haverford 42-16 in the second half after trailing 38-37 at the half.