Show -- ' V ' le441WeV'Vq"r"fealr"1" 4r 011wav 0' V V V W WW111'''t"'""L'e'r W 1 ' ''' ''' l '4 V ' V 411VVe4 0 ' r''''''''" ''' " "'"- " SI4 inlVWWit'e"r"Ve"? eMeSV' 4W 4 '" ' " ''' 1 1 f 1 i i - I II ‘''' : ' ''' - 74 voila nalosi - AI er1": 0 Roadnumers Inflict Fifth Straight Loss 111 i eir:1:2a!LWt m J By York Rangers The team had delayed hold- e ing the traditional Bobi coach because ceremony Johnson is in Colorado recuper- ating from brain surgery and is treatment for a brain tumor The Penguins had to wait until Johnson's return to raise the banner butt first-gam- I 1-- The Detrait Red Wings acquired tender Vincent Riendeau from the St Louis Blues Friday in change for defenseman Rick Zombo drug-relate- d drug-relate- d weaving his 1989 Chevrolet Blazer in and out of traffic in a nightclub district about 2:20 am Friday No traffic charges were filed but a computer check turned up an outstanding warrant for arrest on drug charges Fulton County Ga Banks 32 was booked into the Marion County lockup at 4:40 am but he was free by 10:10 am after authorities in Atlanta determined he was in good standing with the law The Jan 19 1990 warrant for violating terms of probation was canceled the following in month but was March 1990 for reasons that the judge and a Georgia Depart-witment of Correction spokeswoman couldn't explain h 12 Fax Details Foes"O': Copies of Tennessee plays purportedly sent to a Florida coach before last Saturday's football game eluded notes on the Volunteers' tendencies blocking schemes and other details of the offense The facsimile copies reportedly were sent by former Tennessee assistant Jack Sells who was fired after landing the teers program in a NCAA inves-- I tigation to friend and former Tennessee assistant Ron Zook now Florida's defensive coordinator Sells has denied he sent anything to Zook in-f- Winn-Bank- 2-- 3-- game on WAGA It raised the NL playoffs av- erage to 144 for six prime-tim- e games an increase of 16 per- cent from last season vicMinnesota's tory over Toronto got a 92 rating a 17 percent decrease from last year Overall the ratings increased two percent over last season for both playoffs gi Padres Exercise Options: The San Diego Padres exercised the 1992 contract options for shortstop Tony Fernandez and right e five-gam- THE ASSOCIATED I a former first-roun- d NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors faces three years in prison for cocaine bander Ed Whitson on Friday Briefly: Veterans Don Denkinger and Harry Wendelstedt head the umpiring team named Friday for the World Series Denkinger of the American League and Wendelstedt of the National League will each be working their fourth Series Joining them are American League umps Drew Coble and Rick Reed each in the Series for the first time and National Leaguers Terry Tata working his third Series and Ed MontaAmerican gue in his second League umpire Steve Palermo who was shot while trying to stop a robbery last July and American League president Dr Bobby Brown will throw out the ceremonial first pitches for the first two games of the World the National League East Jim Essian was fired as manager Friday Essian was the 13th major league manager fired this season "It is with great sorrow that I learned I was being replaced as manager of the Chicago Cubs" Essian said in a statement read by his wife Jane Ann who was reached at the couple's home near Detroit "One strength of the team was their work habits and attitude They possessed a great desire to win However there's an inevitaMe gap between desire and abili- ty" The Cubs also said that bullpen coach Phil Roof and bench coach Joe Altobelli would not return The team is retaining third base coach Chuck Cottier first base possession Washburn who played center for the Warriors and Atlanta Hawks after leaving North Carolina State University was sentenced Thursday by State District Judge Wendell Odom Washburn 25 was arrested at a Houston apartment complex July 6 by officers who said a cocaine pipe was found nearby Washburn was suspended for life from the NBA in 1989 for drug use Washburn since has completed a program at the John Lucas Treatment and Recovery Center r in Houston and had played this year for the Tulsa Fast Breakers of the Continental Basketball Association Prosecutor Colleen Barnett r had asked for at least a sentence for the Washburn ear-he- five-yea- Martina Navratilova gave 3 :I 14 A herself a 35th birthday present Friday defeating Nathalie Tauin the ziat of France 7-- 6-- 4 6-- 3 6-- 3 5-- minutes Sixteen-year-olAnke Huber of Germany overpowered Zina d Garrison 6-- 2 THE ASSOCIATED 6-- 1 el Nets Get Tough: Kenny Anderson is either going to play for the New Jersey Nets with a contract the club can live with or he is not going to play in the NBA Nets general manager Willis Reed said Friday Reed said the club will not trade Anderson adding that he was hopeful he might be able to reach a contract agreement with the second pick overall in the NBA draft before the season opener Billy A- ndrade defeated defending champion Ian Woosnam 7 and 6 in the quarterfinals of the World Match Play tournament Friday at Virginia Water England The victory put Andrade into the semifinals against champion Seve Ballesteros who scored a 3 and 1 vicfour-tim- e tory overt Fred Couples Saturday's other semifi 36-hol- e fik r BOX MO Xttx 16- opens in two weeks nal will pit Nick Faldo against Nick Price ' 0 P: k 10 :$ ? 4 ''''''''' v‘A 14' 1'' tt le I ti-lat - 1 i ir ie ) ''' ' ''' s'1' - 4r''' fr-f- - ' en I A Il wal ---:- 1 b — '''''"' -7:"'''"'" t g I 1 i' 4 11‘ mt °t 41 t'N w it N e4A$'4 - - -i A '14p ' ''1 "141146:1 A 1 ' on Steve GriffinThe Salt Lake Tribune play but the Golden Eagles failed to stop the Roadrunners Friday Salt Lake's Kevin Wortman slowed Scott Bjugstad of Phoenix on this battled back when David Struch scored on a with 4:26 left in the game but it proved to the last gasp As frustrated as the Eagles are right now says veteran winger Bryan Deasley they're not about to panic and ended up with 50 "Last year we started wins and a successful year" he said "We've got a lot of young players and rookies It's not time to push the panic button We have the talent to turn it around very soon" at a turnaround The Win Give Capitals NHL's Best Mark The Eagles released defenseman Dean Trboyevich after Friday night's game The rookie had been signed to a from tryout contract two goals in a 3:33 span early in the third period to give the struggling Sabres a victory over Mon- 1 THE ASSOCIATED 25-da- assumed the beating New Jersey Devils Friday night in Landover Md 6-- Sabres 3 Canadiens 1: At Buffalo y treal Cubs' Triple-- Iowa farm club The Cubs were hurt by injuries and the ineffectiveness of free agent pitchers Danny Jackson and Dave Smith who were paid a combined $45 million for 1991 but had a record Each was on the disabled list twice The Cubs spent the year searching for a leadoff hitter and everyday catcher Essian also used several players at third base and coach Jose Martinez and pitching coach Billy Connor The Cubs said they would not name a successor for Essian until after naming a new president On Thursday Donald Grenesko the A team's president and chief executive officer was named vice president and chief financial officer of the Cubs' owner the Tribune Co Jim Frey the Cubs' executive vice president of baseball operations has been mentioned as a candidate for the manager's position record after Essian had a replacing the fired Don Zimrkler 1-- center field He was criticized by the media and Cubs officials for his handling of pitchers and for not being tough 59-6- 3 enough Essian was a backup catcher in He the majors from 1973-198- 1 had a 244 lifetime batting average with the Philadelphia Phil lies Chicago White Sox and Oakland A's His best year was 1977 with the White Sox when he batted 273 with 10 homers and 44 RBI in 114 games on May 22 was Zimmer who was fired after demanding an immediate evaluation in the wake of reports that Grenesko said Zimmer would be evaluated at the end of the season Essian was promoted from the 18-2- 0 :?' zt i 41 104 i' i i 4 z i '''' i " fr ' ii ' d ''' -- 11 1 i 1 : Ni i44: - i 1 -- ' 10 - : s'NtiA- - - 4'8 - - : 1A‘ 7 $ 7 i : ‘ 127 1‘ 0 '-:'- '''' tr 1 ::' f -- 1'-: -: "A tk A ' ' t i - t i 4 1:11) ' ' ' ' At' 0 Irm la Ikt gg°' 8 I't knockout d of A i ' A I 1 'II P 1111LIMPPA& V ' PP P ' 42 ' ir t e- - Mercer came out fast in the fifth and got Morrison in trouble with left hooks and right crosses By the time Perez stepped in Morrison had taken more than a dozen unanswered blows several of which snapped his head back The end reversed what had been a strong performance by Morri- 1 4 i 4 - ' son Morrison came out the aggressor in the first round rocking Mercer midway with a right uppercut and left hook Mercer 18-- 0 with 13 knockouts had trouble catching up to the faster Morrison Morrison 28-- 1 with 24 KOs drew blood from the mouth of Mercer in the second round as the latter showed little offense The action slowed even further in the third round as Mercer grew tired and Morrison landed occasionally with an uppercut on the inside The loudest cheers came when Donald Trump entered the arena with girlfriend Marla Maples Mercer finally showed some life in the fourth beating Morrison to the punch with several left hooks Morrison had never gone be- yond six rounds before in his care- fully nurtured career and he ap- peared to lose strength toward the middle of the fourth The Ageociated Press Lakers Magic Johnson teaches Frenchman Pascal Jul lian how hard it is to guard him 1 - off-agai- n on-aga- 1 —' b Ilt OP '" te7' HZ? modir N i! t- ow elf:'" - lp t lt Jr 1 '1:' r t A 1' ' ' I r ? i ' ': 1 ! - : - 1I Francesco Damiani Evander Holyfield holds the title in boxing's three other major organizations and is considered the true champi- r :- ::lis: :' 'f 11 come-from-behin- kW' I- N't A ' St I: i I 4? ‘''' ' ' —:- 4 ' lk ' 4 ' ""g'- - 14 i it It rik A ''' - 4 'r i Vlik —71 l I over previously undefeated Tommy Morrison to suddenly end a scheduled bout early Saturday morning Referee Tony Perez finally stepped in to stop the bout 28 seconds into the round as Morrison lay defenseless on the ropes with Mercer raining rights and lefts to ninth-roun- 41 44141L $ PRESS PRESS ATLANTIC CITY NI — Unbeaten heavyweight Ray Mercer knockout scored a fifth-roun- d on It' vNtit THE ASSOCIATED IIII Mercer 30 of Short Hills NJ was defending the World Boxing Organization title he won in Janud ary with a 4 ' Mercer Stuns Morrison to Stay Unbeaten his face '' : ' 1 IsWashington Capitals in the NHL by lest 5 crack e PRESS Mike Ridley scored twice and got two assists and the surprising Eagle Notes: Alaska-Anchorag- 1 Auto Racing: Michael dretti kept up the pressure Friday holding on to the pole posiSetion for the Champion Spark Plug 300 at Monterey Calif and adding a point to his series lead over Bobby Rahal by Hamilton chose to stand on his qualifying time and secured the 21st position for 500 race at Sunday's North Carolina Motor Speedway at Rockingham NC Ward Burton led a group of drivers who went for improved times and moved from 44th to 21st place to lead the second day of qualifying for Saturday's Bob-an- first-da- World Senior Games Reach Halfway Point ST GEORGE — d y 7Xt TR' A el XN kst Cl The pace of the game dropped considerably when Sloan started 100-yar- IN Continued from old Mary Maycock of McLean Va with a 204 in the women's 82-yea- r- d 78-yea- lina Motor Speedway I onsmannimemommengamon 100-yar- NC Burton was the only driver from Friday's top 10 not to stand on his time at North Caro- Malone Picks Up Pace Leads Jazz to Win The first week of the fifth annual Huntsman Chemical World Senior Games concludes today with competition in the biathlon More than 1500 athletes from across America and several for- eign countries will take Sunday off before resuming Monday Twenty-ninswimming records have been set one in the men's backstroke by old Lee Starr of Sun City Arizo- na whose 1:49 clocking broke his 1989 mark of 1:50: and e AC Delco 200 as Rockingham 0 ( U1'-- 117-8- 6 freestyle eclipsing the d old mark of e r ig "' fit):00g The Yugoslav team was affected by the country's civil war Five Serbian members and the coach left two weeks ago Prior to that the team won the European Club championships three consecutive years At the end of the game the Yugoslav team unfurled a banner that said: "Stop the war in Croatia" and walked to midcourt before going quietly off the court The Lakers took it easy on the French rotating lineups to give everyone playing time But with Johnson in the game with the other starters it was no match AC-Delc- o Golf: American g(t: 1 High 13 t - 4' if - - PARIS — Magic Johnson delighted the Parisian crowd with with his showmanship as he led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 132-10victory over Limoges on Friday in the McDonald's Open basketball tournament Johnson played just 26 minutes but had 21 assists while scoring 7 points "Showtime is a number of things" Johnson said "It's not only smash dunks It's moving the ball getting jumpers Whatever the defense gives up we'll take It makes no difference to us "This year we'll be good I'm really excited about our team The fans are really up for us There are a lot of people who are happy we are here" The Lakers take on Joventut Rada lona of Spain in Saturday's final The Spanish champions downed a depleted Slobonda Dalmacija of Yugoslavia in the president of basketball operations refuses to discuss trade speculation Owner Don Carter and others in the organization however have confirmed the club made a run at Johnson before the June NBA draft Johnson played at Dallas' Skyline 5 of a WTA tourna- ment at Filderstadt Germany venth-seeded Helena Su- kova beat defending champion and second seed Mary Joe Fer- in two hours nandez 7 14 Mays Navratilova Celebrates Birthday Et Cetera: -- ---- Magic Gives French A Show to Remember After Johnson?: Talk that the Dallas Mavericks may trade for Larry Johnson have begun in the aftermath of Roy Tarp ley's ban from the NBA Rick Sund the Mavericks' vice DI PRESS CHICAGO — Following a disappointing season in which the Chicago Cubs finished tied for third in Basketball: Washburn Faces Prison Term Chris Washburn 1 3 s Cubs' Essiall Is Latest ExManager Baseball: NL Seventh Game a Winner The Braves' victory over Pittsburgh in Thursday night's game of the NL play- offs got a 198 rating nationwide and a 62 rating in Atlanta CBS said Friday that 80 per- cent of the televisions in Atlanta on at the time were tuned to the 0 I -- k nit i g 0 s' 1" 2 full-streng- - y t'(lfij 6 goal-scorin- Football: 'Confusion' Landed Player in Jail A Georgia judge regrettedI the confusion that landed India- napolis Colts linebacker Chip Banks in jail for 512 hours Fri- warrant day on a that should have been canceled Banks declined to talk to re- porters about his latest brush the law Friday after the team's practice His attorney called the incident "a mistake" The former Pro Bowl starter arrests with four and an suspenleague sion to his name was pulled over II Joe Baird 4-- Wings Blues Trade: MI I 1 The faces change and this year even the building has changed But no matter It's October the leaves are falling and the Golden Eagles are losing Look it up Year in and year out Salt Lake is usually the IIIL's worst team during the autumn months and this particular fall is no exception Friday night at the Delta Center the Eagles plummeted to their fifth straight loss with a setback to the Phoenix Roadrunners The defeat dropped Salt for the season Lake to All the problems that have plagued the Eagles were in evidence and this night were exacerbated by a lack of composure that resulted in 13 Phoenix power plays The Roadrunners converted on four of them Game set and match "There's no excuse for the undisciplined penalties" said Eagle captain Rich Chernomaz who sealed the Phoenix victory with 1:16 remaining when he was whistled for a high sticking major "The officials are looking for retaliations and they're catching us The bad thing is it's the leaders who have been doing it It doesn't help much when I'm doing it" Consequently the Salt Lake penalty killers spent way too much time on the ice "It swings the momentum" said Chernomaz "When you have momentum for three or four shifts then take it away for two minutes it creates a lot of stops and starts" When the Eagles were at Phoenix goaltender David Goverde frustrated them The league's leading netminder with a 176 average Goverde stopped 43 Salt Lake shots "Goverde was the best player on the ice" said Roadrunner coach Ralph Backstrom "When you hold the home team to two goals that's solid goaltending He was the difference" lead 14:37 into the opening Phoenix grabbed a period on a wrister by Stnve Jaques The Roadrunat 13:04 of the second ners made it Breslin's shot from atop the right circle The Eagles rallied with Paul Kruse goal a little over a minute later but Phoenix made it early in the third on a shot by Ross Wilson The Eagles again Patrick said the coach will not be at Saturday's game The Penguins won the Stanley Cup by defeating the Minnesota North Stars in six games last season It was the first NIIL titie for Pittsburgh 477 1- -- - 1 r THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Hockey: Penguins to Raise Banner Celebrating Stanley Cup Victory The Pittsburgh Penguins willI raise their Stanley Cup banner in the Civic Arena before to- night's game against the New 17 IN 1 i 1 1111 l''' i ‘1141estioNA111A0 A - 1991 Eagles Stuck in October Blues Fall to Phoenix n ' ' l' t SPORTS Saturday October 19 The Salt Lake Tribune :C2 A t N 0 404 232 IV Abi again It was 56-4- 9 at halftime and the Bullets fell behind 78-6- 5 when the Jazz dosed the third quarter with owned a 29-2- 2 lead The Jazz boosted their lead to 37-2- 4 on a basket by Jeff Malone who looked sharp in a rare eight straight points After that the Bullets didn't have the firepower to catch up Washington playing without Bernard King (knee) Mark Alarie (knee) and Harvey Grant (ankle) shot just 39 percold-shootin- role Sloan started Louisville legend Darrell Griffith in his homecoming haven't done much of it since my rookie year" said Jeff Malone "but coming off the bench is nice and relaxing When you start you get a few more butterflies Off the bench you come in more re"1 cent For the Jazz Jeff Malone finished with 15 points Thurl Bailey added Ak moo ito mmmoo 44 and Stockton ended up minutes Griffith managed four points in 18 minutes He made shots "It's just the presear" he 24 more liberal substitutions although the Jazz never trailed Olk 14 with 11 points and nine assists in laxed" r4 Pk g mr Ot " P Ift 04 said "I appreciate the time I got It's the time to get into your rhythm and not worry about other It was fun" things Said Sloan "This was a good game for us We did some good things and some things But Washington did some things — mainly trap — that we haven't seen in the preseason That's the kind of look that's hard to get in practice so hopefully we'll adjust and do a better job protecting the basketball next not-so-goo- d time" That chance comes quickly The Jazz meet the Charlotte Hornets tonight in Raleigh NC Tipoff is 530 pm (MDT) ") 1 1 |