Judgment Calls

[Thumb Up]To the Florida Legislature and Bertram Firestone for bringing racing back to Hialeah Park, which closed in December 1989. After Firestone, the owner of rival Gulfstream, reached a compromise with Hialeah over racing dates, the legislature approved a 50-day meeting at Hialeah starting Nov. 10.

[Thumb Up]To the Korean table tennis team, which took part in the world championships in Chiba, Japan. It was the first time since 1945 that a combined team from North and South Korea competed internationally.

[Thumb Down]To Edmonton Oiler forward Glenn Anderson, who kicked Minnesota North Star forward Gaetan Duchesne in the chest with his skate, leaving a six-inch welt, during a skirmish in Game 4 of their Stanley Cup semifinals. Using skate blades is taboo even in the liberal etiquette of hockey fighting.