11.  It would be tough for Javier to throw the ball better than he did, bringing the crowd to its feet.

12.  Kelly went out and threw the ball better than he has in years.

13.  Meanwhile, ex-Falcon Jim Miller threw the ball better than Mitchell, Batch or Frank Reich in minicamp.

14.  Now he is throwing the ball better than he has in years.

15.  One caller to a St. Louis radio station said Banks, who has had a fumbling problem, would grip the ball better if he quit biting his fingernails.

16.  One, though, could see the ball better than the others.

17.  Puckett said he hit the ball better Wednesday than at any time during spring training.

18.  The Rangers have hit, pitched and thrown the ball better than just about every team in the league.

19.  The second thing the Falcons have to do is to run the ball better than the Dolphins and Jets.

20.  There cannot possibly be a team in America passing the ball better as a unit than the University of Massachusetts is at the pres-ent time.