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Show 10 Page - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday, May 11, 1984 report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events A full Sports D. lorg Sold To American Fork Crushes Or em an Tournament needed to get done," said Coach Kim Nelson of the Cavemen. Knight threw a three-hitte- r as he shut down the Tigers, in who had scored their past two outings. 3-- Spanish Fork jumped ahead of Pleasant Grove early as they lead off the game with seven runs in the top of the first. Pitcher Jeff Nelson The Cavemen play at 2:30 p.m. today against the Spanish Fork Dons, who sent the pack- a homrun to score first three runs. the Nelson pitched a four-hitte for his game win in the state tournament. He also went 4 at the plate in the game. "Nelson gets a hit every-tim- e. He's one of the best I've ever had, and he's definite college material," said a thumb when hit by a foul tip in Tuesday's loss to Los Angeles. coach of the Dons. Nelson and Sterling Neilson scored for the Dons as they reached on a triple and a single, respectively in the fourth for a 0 lead. A double by Paul Bronson, and two singles by Shaun Story and . Jess Walker pulled the after five. But Vikings to that was all they could get as the Dons went on to win 10-"I was worried that the kids would have been drained after last night. But the slug-fes- t 15 smashed Dons 4-- The Ogden Tigers, who ousted the Murray Spartans from the tournament with an victory, faced Orem today at noon. The loser is eliminated from the tournament with the winner meeting either Spanish Fork or the Cavemen. Shawn Hackford opened things right for the Cavemen 3-- 0 Cardinal manager Whitey Her-zo- g said he made the move because he saw little chance of giving lorg much playing time this year. they're competitors," said le Braithwaite. 0 Ogden stayed alive in the title hunt as it handed the "I think it's a good deal for Dane," said Herzog. "It will be better for his career if he gets to play more. k Murray Spartans a The Tion their home-fielgers had a seven run second inning as Ogden pitcher Jim d Gifford held the in Spartans to only three-hit- s the game. 8-- 2 set-bac- d. 0 Revving Up the Old Engine high-powere- le 7-- AF 430 K !l 19 2 OREM 003 00 3 3 I Knighl and Robinson Marchant. Hooveril). and Eager. , Hansen Knight2i, Hansen. Slater. Hubinson. The legendary A.J. Foyt listens intently to the sound of his engine as he revs it up in his garage at near the Indy Speedway at Indianapolis. Foyt later Ml'RRAY 002 000 0 2 3 1 OGDEN 170 000 8 10 Nilson and Beck Gillord and Hall. . Harris. Choi M. Tanner. . LuU M. Beck Marlinez , UPI The Soviet Union today added Vietnam to the roster of Communist nations boycotting the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and East bloc sports officials met in Moscow to discuss whether to keep their teams home. The official Soviet news agency Tass quoted the Vietnamese ' Olympic Committee as declaring its team would not participate because the United States was "hatching designs ... to carry out acts of terrorism" against them. "Under these conditions, the National Olympic Committee of Vietnam has decided not to send Vietnamese athletes to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles," the Tass dispatch from Hanoi quoted the statement as saying. East Germany, traditionally the ami ifs imrm ii took several laps on the track and turned in a time Indy winner. He of 201.207 mph. Foyt is a four-tim- e seek a fifth at Memorial Day weekend. Soviets Not the Only Ones Leaving Games Hack-lurd- . SF 700 200 1 10 13 t PG 000 030 0 3 4 3 Nelson and Johnson. Slorv and Bronson. 2H P(i. Bronson SF, Neilson. Morrill. Nelson. Nelson 3A State Baseball Tounament iK.t strife However, lorg has a .267 career average and was a standout in the Cardinals' championship series in 1982. His nine hits in the series as a designated hitter tied him for the most hits by a DH in series history. 9-- 3 2-- 0 n 34, had appeared in only games this season and was batting .143. Last year he missed a total of 76 games due to injury. lorg, 9-- hom-eru- n when he lashed a two-ru- n to score Bronco Menden-hal- l, giving American Fork a lead after only two batters had gone to the plate. Travis Hansen followed with to make it and a solo-shJaron Jensen later hit an to make it after one inning of play. Brock Knight smashed a homerun in the third and Jensen hit two in with a double to for the Cavemen make it after two innings of play. A couple of Cavemen errors by Richard plus an Lamoreaux brought Orem to 3 after three innings. From there it was all American Fork as they scored in the fourth and fifth to end the game on the five inrule. ning, n Brad Slater, Chad Robison and Knight had homeruns in the fourth and fifth inings to pace the Cavemen. "We swung the bats well, and Knight threw very well. We've got good kids who've num played in Wednesday's loss to San Diego. pleased Tim Braithwaite, 8-- 2 r.rai The injury was said to be "very painful" and Porter was expected to be out several days. Glenn Brummer, the regular backup catcher, also has a sore finger but second-complet- the Cavemen in the final. wn starting catcher Darrell Porter. The Cardinals said Porter suffered a "tiny chip fracture" at the base of the right even hurled a pitch as he championship preliminary game beginning at 5 p.m. The winner of that game will face RBI-sing- The move was made necessary by an injury to helped his own cause before he ing with a 10-- 3 victory. The Cavemen will be in the final win or lose, but a victory would force their opponent to beat them twice in the double elimination tournament. The Dons need the win to stay alive for a Saturday RBI-sing- Nieto was called up from the Louisville farm club, where he had batted .341 in 24 games. 38-ru- Park. ot ST. LOUIS (UPI) The St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday sold outfielder Dane lorg to the Kansas City Royals to make room for catcher Tom Nieto on the roster. gotten done what they've By TOM CHRISTENSEN Herald Correspondent MURRAY The American Fork Cavemen earned an automatic berth in the state championship for the second straight year by thrashing the Orem Tigers 21-- 3 at Ken Price Pleasant Grove Vikings Royals - BRIGHTEN MOM'S THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS '82 cott the Los Angeles Games, one day after Bulgaria announced a pullout. Sports officials from Poland, Hungary and Czechoslavakia traveled to Moscow for meetings with Soviet officials on the boycott, officials and other sources said. The chairman of Poland's National Olympic Committee, Marian Renke, flew to Moscow this morning, a spokesman said in Warsaw. 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