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Show Page 6 - THE HERALD, Prove, Utah, Friday, July 19, iw5 A full Sports report and commentary on winners, Iosers'and coming events rail Of e of HoDes Dashes Pwf, Uainy Weatn et Kills Fielding ion v British rs By ROBERT MILLWARb AP Sports Writer SANDWICH, England (AP) f -S- s OR four-strok- first-roun- e Iflliftllt By COLLINS YEARWOOD UPI Sports Writer The trademarks of Earl Weaver-coache- d teams surfaced Thursday night as the Baltimore Orioles flexed their league-leadin- g home run muscle and threw in a sprinkling of glittering defense. Cal Ripken, Mike Young and Wayne Gross slammed home runs and Eddie Murray squelched a g potential rally with a good defensve play to help carry Baltimore to a 3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The Orioles lead the majors with 108 homers. For a change, Murray took the wind out of the Royals' sails with his glove rather than his bat. "When I came to the plate with the bases loaded on the fifth inning," said George Brett, "I was now but at least thinking 'It's As soon as I made it'll be contact I thought it was 3 us, but after one step I knew it was still d to evaporate at the British Open golf championships today, while defending champion Severiano Ballesteros and three-tim- e titlist Jack Nicklaus were in danger of missing the cut. IrishO'Connor, a man, dropped shots at the first, third and fourth holes allowing the Dallas-base- i Australian d David Graham to draw even at fifth-innin- three-under-pa- r. O'Connor's first-roun- 8-- 64 d " equaled the opening round best for the tournament and his seven consecutive birdies also was a record. But strong winds and rain kept the second round scores high and although Graham stayed on course, Ballesteros and Nicklaus strayed. The Spaniard shot a second-roun- d 74 to go nine-ove- r following his opening round VfV :Jt -f- , f f i - ft i . f 3-- 1 ." par, 4-- 75. f Nicklaus followed his first round 77 with a 75 to reach the halfway stage 12 over par. Ballesteros blamed bad putting and the difficult wind for his problems as he waited to see whether he would qualify for the rest of the tourney. He had a good start to his second round as he birdied the first and eighth holes. d But he slipped up and ended up bogeying the last four. Ballesteros said after his second round: "I must say I haven't had very much luck with the mmsm i '" liner, Murray gloved a one-ho- p turned it into a shortstop-to-firs- t base inning-endin- g double play. "Murray made that play look easy," added Brett. Sammy Stewart also chipped in defensively with three scoreless relief. Scott Mcinnings of one-h-it seven hits scattered Gregor, over six innings for the victory. In other games, Minnesota dumped New York 84, Chicago blanked Cleveland 10-Boston Oakland blasted California 10-Texas nipped topped Toronto Detroit 2 and the Mariners defeated Milwaukee 8-- 7. mid-roun- ? 6-- 3-- weather. It was raining and 5-- windy yesterday and very windy this morning. "But also I didn't feel like I putted well. That's the way it goes. "I had very good chances and I feel like I played well in the frontside. But on the backside I started missing short putts." Graham, who was overnight, picked up a birdie at the second to move closer to O'Connor. Britons Sandy Lyle and Philip Parkin, who were tied with Graham after the first round but still if ' ' ' Nicklaus' f A six-ru- i 10-- Rains this morning left most of the early British Open field hopelessly chasing first round leader Christy O'Connor who turned in a brilliant opening round 64. struggled through wind, rain and cold for his 75. Nicklaus, who counts three British Open crowns in his record collection of 17 major professional titles, completed two rounds in 152, 12 shots over par on the Royal St. George's Golf Club links. The field of 153 will be trimmed to the low 80 scorers and ties at the completion of the second round. "I might be around tomorrow. You can't tell." said Nicklaus, who has not missed a cut in the British Open since his first appearance in 1962. Nicklaus, 45, missed the cut in the U.S. Open last month for the first time in two decades. Is Tom Watson looks worried about his golf game. The defending champion Balles74 pushed his total to 149, and was not assured of making the cut. With most of the first-da- y leaders awaiting start- With about half the field in, it appeared that a score of about 149 or 150 would be necessary to qualify. "I'm disappointed I didn't do better, particularly since I was feeling up coming into the tournament," said Nicklaus, who finished second in the Canadian Open in his last start. "I came in with a good attitude, feeling I could win the tournament," Nicklaus said. "I just didn't make enough birdies and I didn't save anything." As to future plans, Nicklaus said he has entered the Western an addition to his scheOpen duleand will play in the PGA. "I'm not going to let one tournament change the way I feel about the way I'm playing," he said. teros' 36-ho- late-afterno- ing times, Masters champion Bernhard Langer of West Germany, Australian Peter Senior and Lee of England held the early lead at 141. 69 Langer had a in the extremely difficult conditions. le Fuzzy Zoeller, whose first-roun- d the American contingent, slipped to a Some other American scores: Andy Bean Lanny Wadkins Ben Gary Koch Crenshaw Craig Stadler Bill Rogers 69 led 72-14- 74-14-7; Bough's Ace Propels Her to LPGA Lead DAN VERS. Mass. (L'PI) -Laura Baugh can ace a hole, but she's never been able to ace a tournament. The former glamour girl of the e on LPGA tcur scored a on 3 her 16th hole way to the par-67 Thursshooting a day to grab a lead in a $225,000 LPGA hole-in-on- one-sho- t, first-roun- d Baugh. 30. has never won an LPGA event. "I've had a lot of leads after the early rounds. What I want to be is in first on Sunday," said Baugh. on the fly into the who hit a hole at the cup of the P.adisson Ferncroft Country Club for her fifth lifetime ace and second as a professional have "All of inv holes-in-on- e 158-yar- d been good shots. This one flew into the hole without hitting anything." Baugh said. Baugh was the sensation of the women's pro tour when she joined 12 years ago at the age of 18. earning Rookie of the Yea honors. But she never fulfilled the rosy forecasts, though nine times she has been a runner-up- . Thursday, she had just nine pars 6.008-yarover the par-7layout in the northern suburbs of Boston. She also carded five birdies and three bogeys on the course - 400-yar- d st win. Kirk added a victory in the qualifying heat to supply him with enough points to pass up Spanish Fork's Doyle Olsen for first place in the super stock point standings. Going into this weekend's card, Last Kirk leads Olsen, 304-30week, Olsen held a tenuous six- - point lead over Kirk. Kirk will look to extend that lead Saturday when raring continues at Suntana. Gates oen Saturday at b p.m. with time trials at 7 and racing at 8. Like the street stocks, the battle for honors in the three other classes is also anybody's guess. In the mini-stoccategory, for example, John Ostler of American lead over Fork kept his Dave Martinez of Orem. That's despite finishing second to Martinez in last week's qualif ier, Spanish Fork's Dennis Baker remains atop the street stock division with 228 points to Wayne Smith's 203, while Springville's Jim Norman still holds a pi k 167-16- 3 lead over Gary Hubbard of Maple-ton- . Sam Anderson ol and Steven Wright of Provo squeezed into the top three in their respective classes with impressive performances last week. Two drivers Springville In the mini stock division, Ander- son held onto Ostler and Martinez from start to finish to place a close third in the qualifying event. That pushed Anderson ahead ol Curtis Crolt lor third place in the season's standings Meanwhile, Wright also finished thud in the street stock main event to nudge out Vince Lung lor thud place in the standings. Norman. Hubbard and Calvin Sis16-c- 6-- n left-fiel- d pole and made a winner of Mike Moore, In the National League, New York San Francisco edged Atlanta San Diego nipped Chicago Montreal edged Pittsburgh Philadelphia stopped Houston downed Cincinnati 3 and Los Angeles nicked St. Louis Mets 7, Braves 6 The Atlanta Braves couldn't play up to the level of competition Thursday night, so the New York Mets played down to it. "It was a crazy game," said Mets second baseman Wally Back-ma- n 6 of New York's victory over Atlanta Braves, in which a National-League season-hig- h eight errors were committed, four by each team. "I think with the three days off (for the game) you lose a little bit of rhythm. It's good to come out on top with as many mistakes as were made." Coupled with the Cardinals loss at Los Angeles, the Mets pulled within games of St. Louis for the Eastern Division lead with their fourth straight victory and 13th in their last 14 games. "It probably was the worst game ever played," said Mets third baseman Howard Johnson, who could speak for himself, having committed three errors. "It was the kind of game where anything could happen. You didn't know what to expect when balls were hit." Rick Mahler took the loss to fall to 13-8 and The Braves are now 10 'a games behind the western division leading Dodgers. Giants 1, Cubs 0 At San Francisco, Jeff Leonard doubled off reliever George Fra-zie- r, with one out in the ninth to score Chili Davis from first base and lift the Giants to their third straight victory. foul 8-- 0, 3-- 3-- 6-- 2-- 1. 7-- all-st- 8. 39-4- 5--3, Padres 3, Pirates 2 At San Diego, Carmelo Martinez homered off John Candelaria, with two out in the eighth to lift San Diego over Pittsburgh. Craig Lefferts, pitched the final two innings in relief of starter Dave Dravecky. Rich Gossage survived two ninth-innin- g singles for his 19th save. Expos 3, Astros 0 At Montreal, rookie Joe Hesketh, earned his first triumph since May 24. Jeff Reardon got the final out for his major-leagu- e leading 23rd save. Joe Niekro, allowed four hits, but was the victim of two passed balls and a throwing error by catcher Alan Ashby. Phillies 6, Reds 3 At Cincinnati, Jerry Koosman inover 7 threw a seven-hitte- r nings and Juan Samuel went with two RBI to lead Philadelphia. struck out four and Koosman, walked none. Dodgers 2, Cardinals 1 At Los Angeles, Len Matuszek's sacrifice fly scored Bill Russell in the seventh to lift Los Angeles over St. Louis. Orel Hershiser, allowed six hits over seven innings. St. Louis starter Joaquin Andujar left in the sixth with a blister. Reliever Bill Campbll fell to 5-- 6-- 4-- 2, 9-- 4, 2-- Tom Holmoe Inks Pact1 Two-Ye- ar d Therese Hession of Indianapolis was alone in second place with a 68. Tied tor third at 69 were Sylvia Bertolaccini of Pampano Beach, Fla. , Rosie Jones of Albuquerque, N.M., and Myra Biackwelder of Oldsmar, Fla. Payson Racer Sits Atop Super Stock Standings SPRINGVILLE Payson's Don Kirk knows it's not over until it's over. In last Saturday's super stock main event at Suntana Raceway, Kirk had, at times, a deficit U) make up against Sherm second-to-lapacker. But on the lap. Kirk proved persistence pays off by passing Packer on the front straightaway and coasting to the 10, five-hitt- both four behind O'Connor, Yankees 0 struggling Kent Hrbek hit a grand slam and Kirby to lead the Puckett went Twins. It was Hrbek's third career grand slam and 10th homer of the year. White Sox 10, Indians 0 At Chicago, Britt Burns hurled a and the first seven batn ters reached safely in a first to send the White Sox. Burns, extended his scoreless streak against the Indians this season to 32 innings. Red Sox 10, Angels 1 At Boston, Jim Rice and Bill Buckner collected three hits and two RBI and the Red Sox scored eight runs in the third inning to thrash the Western Division-leadin- g Angels. Bruce Hurst, 7 of St. George, won his fourth straight. A's 6, Blue Jays 4 At Toronto, Alfredo Griffin tripled home Mike Davis to highlight a three-ru- n ninth inning the A s. Rangers 3, Tigers I At Detroit, George Wright, who had just six RBI at game time, lined a two-ou- t single to center to seventh to lift the cap a two-ruRangers. Mariners 5, Brewers 2 At Milwaukee, Jim Presley belted two homers and Bob Kearney's seventh inning home run broke a 2 tie to power the Mariners. Kearney's sixth homer of the season, a solo blast, bounced off the Twins At Minneapolis, two-und- dropped two shots after only four holes. And a third Briton, Robert Lee, who also shot 68 on the opening day, managed only 73 the second time around. it y urprise leader Christy O'Connor Jr. saw his lead start B were practically the only ones to round up extra points in last weekend's late model main event. A e group of Salt Lake drivers, led by Danny Catuna and Jim Kalon, dominated the late models. highly-competitiv- This weekend should be different. According to track manager Don Norman, Catuna and Eaton will race at the Bonneville track near Salt Lake this weekend. "They'll run closer to home," Norman said. "They ran here last week because there were no races in Salt Lake.'' Prices for Saturday's races and the marathon are $4 lor adults. $3 lor senior citizens and $2 lor With NFL - SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) The San Francisco 49ers said Thursday they have contract agreements with all their veteran players and hope to sign top draft pick Jerry Rice before training camp opens Wednesday. Safety Tom Holmoe, the fifth back used in pass defense, signed a two-yecontract, 49ers general manager John McVay said Thursperformday. The former er at BYU was drafted in the fourth round of the 1983 draft by the 49ers. McVay also said he reached verbal agreement on a one-yedeal with the agent representing defen All-WA- 49ers sive end Jim Sluokey and expected the contract to be signed by Monday. Those agreements left only three draft choices still to sign among the 101 players expected at the Super Bowl champions' camp. The main unsigned player is Rice, a wide receiveer. But McVay said he and Rice's agent had several meetings and were "making legitimate progress" toward an agreement. The 49ers were reportedly offering Rice 51.8 million for five years while Rice's agent was asking for $2 million. Provo Golfer Advances - Former Timpview golfer Chuck O'Brien, who plans on attending Arizona State University this fall, swept both of his matches Thursday at the Western Junior Golf ChampionCOLUMBUS, OHIO ship. O'Brien, 17 won two manlies by scores of to gain the final 16 in match competition which continues today. He was slated to play Tim Straub of Orchard Park, N.v. this morning, a former U.S. Junior champion. If O'Brien wins both matches today he will play Saturday morning with a shot at the finals that afternoon. 6-- 2 t |
