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on the winning streak list A Derks Field victory over the Braves Thursday night at 7 pm would put Salt Lake in position for a record of 27 held by try at tne e the 1902 Corsicana Oilers and the 1921 Baltimore Orioles Righthander Mike Humphrey will start for the Traps in their bid for 26 “We’re smelling it now” said Trapper Manager Jim Gilligan who watched his club elevate to a stratospheric 28-- 3 (903) for the season passing the 900 winning percentage mark “This time of year your players tend to get complacent I can speak for heading off that problem” Gilligan who was worried about the two seven-innin- g games was given cause for concern in the nightcap ' After grabbing a 1 lead over five innings the Braves figured out Salt Lake reliever Tim Peter in the sixth and cut the Trapper advantage to 2 on an RBI single by Kevin McNeese Fortunately the Trapper manager didn’t have to worry for long Peters quashed the rally with a strikeout and a harmless grounder to short and the fifth-innin- 8-- 3 Salt Lake bats rode to the rescue in the bottom half of the inning with a four-ru- n three-hi- t outburst aided by two Idaho Falls errors Frank Colston led off the frame with a single Matt Huff followed with an infield hit After Mike Malinak loaded the bases on a Pat Abie-tell- o error pinch-hitte- Casillas r stepped up and ripped a single to right to knock in two and make it 5-- 2 Well aware that second baseman Blackmon drove home three runs in the opener with his homer and a runscoring single Gilligan opted for Casillas nonetheless “I’m sure Tony's not used to being for but Adam’s probably pinch-hi- t our best hitter with a runner on the third” the Trapper manager explained “He almost always gets a piece of the ball” An bad throw to the plate by Braves reliever Bill Wright on a squeeze bunt by Dave Ward scored Malinak and a follow-u- p single by Jim Ferguson allowed Casillas cross the plate and make it 2 "It was a scary seven innings” said Gilligan in spite of the final five-ru- n spread "I went through 14 years of college doubleheaders You have to 7-- your everything” adjust thinking about The opener was no easier as the Braves jumped on Stange in the first for a run as Jeff Allison singled and scored two outs later on Jeff Dodig's hit to right The Trappers got it back in the bottom of the inning Colston the Pioneer League’s leading hitter drove in single to tie Ferguson on a two-othe game Then after Huff singled See D-- 3 Column 1 —Tribune Stall Photo by Dan Miller A Steve Glass enough to prevent him from catching the throw Wednesday night hard slide by Trappers’ Ed Citronelli distracts Idaho Fails second baseman (28) all-tim- 11 " Knight ‘Sorry’ for ’79 Fight SAN JUAN Puerto Rico (AP) — Bobby Knight says he is “very sorry for whatever misunderstanding" resulted following a confrontation with a policeman during the 1979 Pan Am Games in Puerto Rico The Indiana University coach’s statement was contained in a letter published Wednesday in the newspaper El Mundo Knight's letter sent to Puerto Rican Olympic Committee President German Riechehoff Sampayo said “I am very sorry for whatever misunderstanding that occurred as a result of the incident I profoundly appreciate” statements by people "like you” who “desire to close this chapter” Knight also said “I am asking the people of Indiana to give a warm welcome to the athletes of all countries on their arrival” next month to participate in the Pan American Games in Indianapolis He added that “I would like very much to be there 3-- 3-- 3 N 'I i By Will Dunham UPI Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL NC Michigan center Terry Mills battling North Carolina's JR Reid to a standstill had 15 points and 10 rebounds Wednesday night to lead the North to an 3 upset of the previously unbeaten South for the basketball gold medal at the US Olympic Festival In the women’s game Pauline Jordan of Nevada-La- s Vegas scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and the West limited the South to 28 percent shooting for a 3 victory - gold-med- al 68-5- 4 i‘ ti J i 3 4 '4 Before a crowd of 21203 — the largest ever to see a festival basketball game — the heavily favored South wilted under a shooting spree by Mills who will play at Michigan and his teammates In the first half the North shot 593 percent from the floor including perfect efforts from Jerome Harmon of Louisville David Jamerson of Ohio University and Tyrone Hill of Xavier Mills sat out his freshman year at Michigan after failing to reach NCAA minimum academic requirements He helped the North avenge a 6 loss to the South in round-robi- n play Sunday The 9 Reid one of the best freshmen players in the nation last season scored 18 points including 12 free throws and grabbed 10 rebounds The North guided by former Toledo Coach Bob Nicols took command burst including with a 21-- 6 first-hal- f defi12 straight that turned a cit into a 2 lead The South drew to 9 before a Mills tip-i- n high- 75-6- 6-- 's v f Knight was handcuffed and jailed briefly before being released on $500 bail He left at the end of the games and was sentenced in absentia to six months in jail and fined Mills Powers North to Upset of South Reid 88-7- a Bobby Knight Plans ‘Warm Welcome’ to greet you personally and the (Puerto Rican) basketball team as a symbolic gesture of respect and peace between the people of Indiana you and the people of Puerto Rico” Puerto Rico has been considering asking for Knight's extradition The incident occurred when Knight unsuccessfully ordered a Puerto Rican policeman to escort the Brazilian women's team out of a San Juan gymnasium at the start of a practice session for the US team A heated discussion followed and the policeman told authorities Knight hit him The coach said the policeman struck him first and in what Knight said was a reflex action he unintentionally hit the officer 36-2- 51-3- lighted a 0 push that made the lead 18 points The North team mobbed Mills at midcourt after the game Mills who bulked up by 35 pounds during his idle season was the Festival’s leading rebounder with a 95 average and a record 15 Saturday The North gained the finals by with winning a three-wa- y the East and West based on best scoring margin in games against each other The South finished 1 under Kentucky Coach Eddie Sutton Kentucky’s Derrick Miller added 13 points for the South Hill scored 15 for the North with Indiana’s Lyndon Jones adding 10 and Harmon 11 In the women's game Jordan a 3 center at UNLV led an overwhlem-in- g inside attack Teammate Shameil Coleman of Long Beach State added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the 1 South whose lone loss was to the 6-- heart attack while pitching batting practice for the Los Angeles Dodgers He was 57 McMahon had been working for the Dodgers as a coach and scout and threw batting practice prior to almost every Dodger home game The Dodgers said McMahon had heart bypass surgery 3l2 years ago 3-- After pitching batting practice Wednesday at about 445 pm PDT he left the mound after about 15 minutes assisted by Dodger trainers Charlie Strasser and Bill Buhler Strasser said McMahon was suffering dizzy spells when he left the mound and was given cardiac pulmonary resuscitation in the clubhouse 6-- 3-- East The West outscored the South 30-1- 1 over the final 11:20 turning a deficit into a comfortable victory for Coach Deborah Ryan of Virginia The South 2 and a 4 loser to the West Saturday was led by Texas A&M’s Donna Roper with 9 points Leading scorer Tari Phillips of Georgia was limited to 4 points Earlier Pepperdine’s Tom Lewis scored 17 points and keyed a second-hal- f West to rally that carried the a 6 victory over the 3 East in the men’s bronze-medgame In the women’s bronze-meda- l game Virginia’s Tonya Cardoza scored 13 points to lead the East 2 to a 3 victory over the North Dodgers Coach Collapses Dies Before Game ANGELES - Don relief LOS Mc(AP) Mahon a major-leagu- e pitcher for 18 years died Wednesday night hours after suffering an apparent 2 bronze-med- $500 40-3- 8 2-- McMahon 57 was then transported by ambulance to Queen of Angels Hospital and arrived at 74-6- 91-8- 1- pm Peggy Diller a hospital spokeswoman said McMahon arrived in cardiac arrest and time of death was 621 pm PDT 2-- 2 77-6- 5:21 PDT -- United Press International Photo JR Reid (18) monopolizes this rebound but his South North team couldn’t overcome the hot-shooti- McMahon a relief pitcher played in the major leagues for 18 years He broke in with Milwaukee in 1957 and also pitched for Houston Cleveland Boston the Chicago White Sox Detroit and San Francisco He retired after the 1974 season 8 with a career record of pSports Capsule Pioneer League Salt Lake Salt Lake Idaho Falls Idaho Falls 8 7 first game game 3 2 2nd American League 2 Milwaukee 1 Seattle California 6 Boston 5 Oakland 10 Detroit 1 Minnesota 3 New York 1 Baltimore 10 Chicago 5 Texas 5 Toronto 3 Kansas City 5 Cleveland 1 National League New York Atlanta 3 Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco Houston 7 Montreal 0 Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 3 Chicago 6 San Diego 3 4 St Louis 3 Los Angeles 0 1 TV Sports (ESPN) 3 — pm Golf US Women’s Open first round ( ESPN ) 5:30 pm wtbsJ 5:35 pm Phillies Ex-Ut- e — US Olympic Festival Baseball Braves at Chosen by CBA DENVER (AP) — Former University of Utah forward Albert Springs was chosen in the first round of Wednesday's Continental Basketball Associaton college draft by the CBA champion Rapid City Thrillers Springs a 5 forward who started for four years at Utah was the final pick of the first round The Thrillers are coached by former Utah Jazz head coach Tom Nissalke Derrick Sanders a forward from Illinois State was chosen by the Quad City Thunder as the first overall pick In the final round of the draft Quad City drafted Kenny Anderson the former Cincinnati Bengals’ quarterback The Anderson played college basketball at Augustana College in Rock Island 111 where the Thunder is located 6-- Malone Gets La Honor Special to the Tribune BATON ROUGE La Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone will be honored Thursday by the Louisiana Basketball Coaches Association as the state’s Pro Player of the Year at a luncheon here “The Mailman” a Louisiana Tech product from Summerfield La averaged 217 points per game last season 19th in the NBA and 104 rebounds - 90-6- v ! uefemive Coach jumps Out of SC Fry uig Pun and Into Ute Fire “You taught us more than football You taught us about life” — US C Fireants Dec 11 1986 Those words conceived by a bunch of d are inscribed on a plaque in Tom Gadd’s University of Utah football office The piece of memorabilia framed within the borders of the state of South Carolina remains the fondest recollection of Gadd's four-yetenure as defensive coordinator for the Gamecocks whose swarming defense was nicknamed “Fireants” 20-an- ar It's a good thing Gadd is familiar with fire The former aide to Ute Coach Wayne Howard (1977-81- ) has stepped into a Ute football blaze which ravaged the program a year ago and shows little signs of abating as the 1987 campaign approaches There’s hardly a preseason publication around that sees the Utes better than seventh or eighth in the nine-teaWAC A defense ranked 105th out of 105 Division I schools in 1986 is not the entree you'd pick off the 1987 menu unless you're a masochist Or a realist who knows there's only one way to go In other words can 104th be that far away? The scenario begs the question: Why? Why would Gadd leave the relative comfort of South Carolina to aide in resurrecting a team in a league where San Diego State is frothing at the mouth to repeat its WAC title where BYU is beating the wardrums to return to the throne it occupied for 10 seasons 2-- 9 and where the Air Force sirens are signalling n bowl stature? a return to Why especially in view of the meager personnel reserves Gadd looks at on his three-dee- p roster? "I felt my time was up at South Carolina Coach Joe Morrison brought his old friend Joe Lee Dunn formerly of New Mexico back as assistant head coach and frankly I felt a little like a subordinate Plus when I looked around and saw the commitment to winning here from President Chase Peterson Coach Jim Fassel and Athletic Director Jim Copeland I couldn’t help but accept the position” Gadd reasoned But Tom we re talking major reconstruction here on Utah’s defense No one figures you can do it You're picked maybe last in this league a league historically known for making mincemeat of even good defenses 'Historically Americans like the underdog Dick Rosetta post-seaso- next-to-la- role They thrive on adversity Hey this football team was embarrassed last year They got abuse from fans students and families And they deserved some of it There was an awful lot of going on last year We'll eliminate that" Gadd has made his commitment to what theatrically will be known as the Big Turnaround should the Utes pull it off in what has to be regarded as a patsy schedule year "My wife Carol asked me about our vacation yesterday and I said our vacation is over So she asked me when it began I guess it didn’t I like to poke my head into the weight room to check on the players who want to play My paycheck depends on it" Who did Gadd find in that weight room in the summer months? The ones you might ex- finger-pointin- g pect “Eric Jacobsen PJ Williams Clarence Fields Tika Manu Darren Patterson Mark Geiselmayr — when those guys show up others will follow” Yeah coach but those guys are starters What about the 12th through 23rd players and beyond — the subs? The ones who could have stepped in last fall and stemmed the awful inexorable drift toward devastation? “That’s what we're trying to find out about this team before fall drills begin You’d think they would want to make that investment In time We know the players are here who will fight battle and scratch like that ’85 team did in leading the nation in turnovers” In a nutshell Gadd figures the Utes have a realistic shot at being a “decent defense There's enough talent here Things went bad last year and we don’t know how they’ll players react to it I guess it’s fnainly a matter of how much they resent being laughed at ” Gadd with the blessing of Fassel and — if it works — the entire Crimson community has front changed the defense from a three-ma- n to a four-mafront “We think this will give us a little more control at the line of scrimmage and allow the linebackers to run a little bit This way we don’t have to teach the front people to both pass rush and drop to defense n the pass For instance Tika Manu pound defensive end is a pure pass rusher We don’t want him to have to worry about pass protection” The Utes have much to worry about It doesn’t fit neatly into a pass rush a roving linebacker or a nickel defense deRight now the Utes have a penny-ant- e fense — with the outside possibilities of being able to raise the pot Just 12 months ago — one hesitates to say 12 short months in view of the atrocious 493 yards allowed per game by the Ute defense in 1986 — Utah's football program seemed on a dizzy ascent to football’s higher echelons An season and bowl talk made the Ute faithful bloaty with arrogance A bottle of and a year later the Utes and their fans are back at square zero Noted Gadd ‘T’ve been on both sides We had a team in ’80 here with Jeff Griffin Del Rodgers Steve Clark and Bill Gompf to name a few which could have been great but The next year we had a was only bunch which scratched and fought to an 248 8-- 4 Alka-Seltz- 2-- 9 record” You might have guessed already which side Ute fans hope Gadd is on this fall gr-ur- |