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Show Spoils Also in this section: Scoreboard B6 NOTABLE QUOTES: 'It kind of teases you into trying something, then it kills you stone dead." Tom Watson, about the 17th hole on the Old Course at St. Andrews, where the 119th British Open will take place this week. threatens budgets By BOB HUDSON -- Assistant Sports Editor Recently Riddell, Inc. shocked the nation's athletic community by announcing that its football helmets were unsafe after 10 years of use. The company claims the plastics used to mold the helmets break down over time. That makes the equipment more brittle as it grows an unacceptable situation older for a protective device. Riddell is the largest U.S. manufacturer of football helmets, which cost about $100 apiece. Since Riddell is the largest manufacturer, it's reasonable to assume LATE SERIES: Baseball's World Series wifl start Tuesday, Oct. 16, three days later than originally scheduled, in the home park of the National League champ. The series was originally scheduled to start Saturday, Oct. 13, but was set back because of the lockout that delayed the start of the season by a week. GAMBLE PAYS OFF: Todd Van Poppel, who had he'd rather pitch in college most high schools around the nation have a big stock of its helmets. And, since the helmets are expensive, it is reasonable to assume that they are not replaced all that often. Instead, most are reconditioned. According to Orem High coach Paul Clark, reconditioning involves replacing all the nuts and bolts which attach a facemask to a helmet and much of the padding designed to protect a player's head. Riddell's report said than Clark said he recently threw away 15 shells which didn't meet safety standards. "Everybody's becoming so cautious," Clark said. "Bike (another manufacturer) recommends reconditioning every two years and re up equipment property." Several companies around the Mtn. View's St$ye Park placing after five years. It used to be that helmets were around for 5 years. But I dont know if the life of a football helmet is going to be a long time any more." Safety concerns play a role, of 10-1- sign a professional contract, completed a change of heart on Monday by signing a three-yea- r, contract $1.2 million major-leagu- e with the Oakland Athletics. Van Poppel, 18, agreed to a package that included a $600,000 signing bonus. Thirteen teams passed on the high school senior from Arlington, Texas, because he said he wanted to play for the University of Texas. The A's gambled and drafted him anyway with the 14th pick. By BOB GREEN AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -Ian Woosnam is hurting a lot, but not enough to miss the British Open. Steinbrenner sent the bulk of his evidence to Fay Vincent's lawyers, starting the timetable for the commissioner's decision in the investigation of the owner of the New York Yankees. Vincent is probing the relationship between Steinbrenner, former Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield and Howard Spira, a New Yorker who received $40,000 ?, in rhpflrs from Stpinhrpnnpr Thai Yankees owner testified before Vincent for nine hours on July 6 aDout nis relationship with Winfield and Spira. . "It's like someone sticking a four-mon- th "-- : i J S" B "it ffi I'iW hJ ..y$. I) 5-- A.! 111 l-ill A J u s. appeals court ruled in favor of the Boston Celtics in the NBA team's contract dispute with guard Brian Shaw. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston affirmed a lower court decision that Shaw must terminate his contract with II Messaggero, an Italian team. The agent for $6.2 Shaw, who signed a five-yea-r, million contract with the Celtics last Jan. 26, sent the Celtics a letter on June 6 saying he intended to honor the second year of his contract with II Messaggero. U.S. District Judge A. David Mazzone ruled on June 27 that Shaw must honor his contract with the Celtics r, and terminate the $1.7 million deal with II Messaggero. l t' f p SA A i I AP Laserphoto Detroit's Alan Trammel receives congratulations from Mike Heath, Lou Whitaker and coach Dick Tracewski after bitting homer against Chicago Monday. game-winni- ng Chicago player's gaffe spices Tigers' win over White Sox By The Associated Press Steve Lyons dropped his pants and Boston dropped from first place. As usual, Cal Ripken didn't drop anything. Lyons made the most embarrassing play Monday night when he pulled down his pants to brush off some dirt after sliding into first during Detroit's 4 win over Chicago. When he heard the crowd laughing, Lyons realized his gaffe and quickly pulled up his pants. But it was too late to avoid the TV highlights, which showed him stripped down to his athletic supporter and a pair of longjohns. "I don't have anything to be embarrassed about, but it's embarrassing that I did it," Lyons said. "When I got back to the bench, girls were waving money at me." Boston waved goodbye to first in the AL East by losing to Minnesota 2 on Paul Sorrento's RBI triple ai the ninth inning. With a 3 win over Seattle, Toronto took over the top spot by a half game. There was no change in Ripken's two-yea- INJURED AND OUT: Clark said that rule forced Orem High to replace 100 facemasks. Needless to say, they aren't cheap, either. According to Clark, it cost $3,000 to recondition helmets and shoulder July 17, 1990 pads and replace facemasks. That's a sizeable chunk out of any school's budget Fortunately, School Clark said, Alpine District provided part of the funding. ."I think every school in the district got some money to replace or recondition helmets and shoulder pads," Clark said. Mountain View's Steve Park noted, "There's never enough money to keep up equipment properly." Park said his school had 33 Riddell helmets over 10 years old that he had to replace this year. "The district gave each football program (at Orem, Mountain View, American Fork, Pleasant Grove and Leni) $5,000 to get our equipment up to par," Park said. (See HELMETS, Page B-- 5) Despite hack ills, Woosnam a favorite for British Open title EVIDENCE: George CELTICS WIN: course. So do concerns about liability and the possibility of lawsuits. Clark noted that Riddell's announcement couldn't have come at a worse time. A rule which prohibits any metal from showing on a helmet goes into effect this season. 'There's never enough money to keep country specialize in reconditioning helmets. As one might expect, the cost of reconditioning a helmet is the fraction of its replacement cost. One important aspect of reconditioning is a test to determine if the helmet shell meets safety Tuesday V absent-minded- Ex- - BYU offensive lineman Warren Wheat has been placed on the u 3a0h0n0 Htm mo Murphy, AH Shitless in 2 loss to Phillies. 4000 Snyder, Cle hitiess in 0 lost to A OOOO Joynar, Cal t ly on disabled y list with bad 5-- "physically unable to perform" list and will miss the Seattle Seahawks training camp after undergoing back surgery for a herniated disk three weeks ago. According to Tom Flores, Seahawks president. Wheat will be sidelined at least two months. In baseball, former Cougar Wally Joyner was placed y on the disabled list by the California Angels with a possible stress fracture of the knee. DOUGLAS DEAL: Heavyweight champion James "Buster" Douglas reached a settlement today with promoter Don King which clears the way for ah Oct. 25 title defense against Evander Holyfield at The Mirage in Las Vegas. The deal was officially announced today as the trial entered its third week. The details were hammered out in a lengthy bargaining session which began last weekend and continued until late Monday. 3-- 4-- fielding. In Baltimore's victory over Texas, the Orioles' shortstop handled his 385th straight chance without an error. That broke the major league mark for his position set by John Kerr with the 1946-4- 7 New York Giants. 7-- 6 ar ITCHING lf EH SO 10 0 8 win over M AauHera, Minn picked up 22nd save in Boston. Morris, Del scheduled "That's the absolute worst feeling in the world," he said. "That's a long walk from the mound to the dugout." NATIONAL LEAGUE The hottest bats in the National League have cooled off and one of its Gold Gloves has turned to lead. The cool bats belong to the New York Mets, who entered the All-Stbreak as the NL's hottest team. But the Mets have dropped four of their last five games and managed only three hits for the second straight game in a 1 loss to the Houston Astros on Monday night. "Three hits and one run in two games; I think the players know they're going to have to press the issue," Manager Bud Harrelson said. The lead glove belongs to three-tim- e e Gold Glove winner Willie of St. Louis. McGee, the Cardinals' center fielder, made his 11th error of the season when he allowed a fly ball to drop in the sixth outinning, setting up a four-ru-n burst that gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2 victory at Busch Stadium. "I'm the center fielder; he's new out there," McGee said of the mixup with rookie Craig Wilson, playing his first game in right field. (See MAJORS, Page B-- 2 OOOO to pitch today. Hurst, (an Diego did not pitch. Peterson, Chi Sox did not pitch. OOOO 4-- OOOO Downs, SanFran OOOO on disabled list. Jim Gott, LA not too effective in .23 10 2 Cardinals. win over Elsewhere, it was New York 3, Kansas City 2; Oakland 3, Cleveland 0; and Milwaukee 3, California 1. Alan Trammell's off Don Pall two-o- ut homer in the ninth inning helped Detroit snap Chicago's road winning streak. "It's a magic moment," said Trammell, who had three other hits. "You run around the bases and you know your teammates are going to be there to greet you at the plate and you'll be the hero." Pall (1-gave up the homer on only his second pitch of the game. 4) Mc-Ge- 5-- 5) knife in me," Woosnam said of a chronic back condition that flared up last week. It curtailed his practice for the 119th British Open Golf Championship, which begins Thursday on the Old Course at St. Andrews. But it was not enough to keep the Welshman from scoring a second consecutive victory last weekend and it will not be enough to keep him from his starting time. "I will clear it up. I will be there. I will play if I have to play only one leg," Woosnam said Monday. With that in mind, the injury was not enough to discourage Britain's legal bookies. They have installed the Woosnam as the second to England's Nick favorite, at 10-Faldo in what Woosnam called "the ultimate championship." Woosnam, yet to win one of golf's Big Four events, was accorded his lofty position in the odds on the heels of consecutive victories in the Monte Carlo and Scottish Opens. The big four in golf are the British Open, the U.S. Open, the 1, PGA (Professional Golfers' Association) and the Masters. Each of Woosnam's earlier was built around some' spectacular scoring, a 60 at Monte Carlo, and a .62 at Gleneagles in the ; Scottish Open. The two victories gave him three titles this year, pushed him to the top of the European Order of Merit and stamped him as a force to be considered in the British Open. triumphs A major championship victory would enable Woosnam to join Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Seve Ballesteros of Spain and Bernhard Langer of West Germany in the top ranks of great European players. He hasn't really been close in the to British Open, but was runner-u-p Curtis Strange in the 1989 U.S. Open and had several good scores in the American national championship this year. The two recent victories, however, restored some damaged confidence and had him thinking of the one big title he needs. "Mentally, I'm feeling very good coming into the Open," Woosnam said. "I definitely want to win a major championship, to have my name go down in the record books. "Winning the Open is what I've wanted to do all my life." Favorites take control of Tour de France France (AP) -Twchampion Greg LeMond, with a powerful ride over the mountainous 16th stage, moved within 5 seconds of the overall lead in the Tour de France. LeMond finished second today behind Spain's Miguel Indurian but cut 2 minutes, 19 seconds off Clau-di- o Chiappucci's overall lead. LeMond was third entering today's stage, 2:24 behind the leader. There are five more stages to be contested. "I'm not disappointed today. I feel very very well," LeMond said. LeMond, chasing Chiappucci since the Italian took the lead last Wednesday, pulled away over the final 4.2 uphill miles before faltering in the last 400 meters. Indurain won the 133.5-mil- e leg from Blag-na- c to Luz Arididen over three tough mountain passes in 7 hours, 4 minutes, 38 seconds. Chiappucci was even with LeMond with 4.3 miles to go but faded in the final climb to finish more LUZ ARDIDEN, o-time than two minutes back. Wednesday's stage is another hill from Lourdes to climb, Pau. It was expected that the 16th stage would be a showcase for LeMond, who was far from the lead through the first two weeks. In the- first stage, four cyclists broke from the pack and gained a lead on the rest of the field. It was early. None of the favorites or their teams responded. Besides, there were still 20 days and more than 2,000 miles to go. It took awhile, but now the final rider of that four-ma- n escape is about to be reeled in. Chiappucci's days wearing the yellow jersey are numbered, as were the others. LeMond, Pedro Delgado and Eric Breukink headed into the Pyrenees section of the race all poised to move past Chiappucci. The rest of Chiappucci's riders on that early escape had their moment in the sun or yellow jersey, but have faded. es - Watts helps make State Am USA's crown jewel TME ANNOUNCERS WEREN'T THRILLED Tongue-Twistin- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. g Joe Watts has been around the bases since leaving The Logan Herald Journal as sports editor more than two decades ago. It was quite apparent he hit a grandslam homerun last weekend in his rookie season as executive director of Uie Utah Golf Associa- Trades Bob Smith tor Wes Schulmerich (1930) George Bums tor Bill Wimbsganss ( 24) Bill Miller tor Dick Kryhoski (1954) Ed Glynn tor Mardie Comeo (1979) Eddie Miller tor Johnny Wyroslek (1948) Jimmie Hall tor Terry Bongiovanni ('69) Ed Herrmann tor Fred Anyieskl (1975) Sou reel The Baseball Encyclopedia Sports Features Syndicate will pay $5 tor your list It published. Send lists to Sports features. P.O. Box 660, Maple Shade, N.J. 08052, Include name, address, phone number and source. tion. This past week was the UGA's crown jewel the operation, sponsorship and completion of the 92nd Annual Utah State Amateur at Alpine Country Club. Watts former Daily Herald sports editor, former Lindon lum-- " berman, and former magazine publisher had a heyday. y I The optimistic Watts, complete with smiles and handshakes, PR'd this event to death, much to the delight of 148 golfers, his board of directors, and hound-dog- s of the Fourth Estate who scurried all over the course trying to report the event. In short, it was one of the more "enjoyable sporting events of the 1 year in Utah. Watts, who loves golf more than about anything on the , Tuesday ' ' i 5:30 p.m. Baseball (ESPN) 5 30 p.m. Baseball, White So It Tigers (WGN) 6 p.m. Powerboat racing (PSN) 6 06 p.m. State Sportsline guests, USU cage coach Konn Smith, Colorado coach Joe Harrington (KTKK 630 AM) 6:30 p.m. Sportscentrtl guest, Danny Ainge (KSL 1160 AMI 7 p.m. Boxing (USA) 8pm. Volleyball (PSN) 8 30 p m Baseball (ESPN) 10 p m. Water skiing (PSN) Midnight, Surfing (PSN) 12 20 (WON) Wednesday pm, Baseball. Padres at Cubs ever-bubbl- Dick Harmon SPORTS EDITOR r planet, made it so. Watts believes the state amateur is truly one of the premiere sporting events of the year in Utah. He then went right out and did his part to make it so. "In my opinion, there is nothing greater than match play golf. And d an opponent f(laying or holes is what the game is all about," he said prior to tee times. . This event was mammoth. It began in early June with 488 golfers vying for 148 spots in the medal play July 11. That group pared itself down to 32 players for match play Friday. Play concluded Sunday with Salt Lake City's Doug Bybee the new champion. head-to-hea- "I have never planned a vacation around the time of the Utah State amateur," claimed Watts. "To me it would be a shame to miss this great sporting event." it. Well, this year Watts didn't miss He had a front row seat. And he held the throttle. The entire tournament went off without a flaw. A key to the success was cooperation of Alpine Country Club, its board of directors and members. And a key to that was the (UGA) Watts' appointment of Gene Harvey as the tournament director. Alpine opened its arms to the players, the media and guests who wished to trounce across its immaculate fairways to watch championship golf. The country club even offered to close down the course and offer the 148 contestants a practice round before Wednesday, Watts had Motorola portable telephones all over the course, providing updates between groups and the the scorer's table. If a person walked up to the scorer's board and asked Larry Disera who was beating who, he'd have an accurate report within minutes. Watts set up a press interview area in the most private section of the clubhouse (inner sanctum) where he ushered in key performers for interview sessions in a quiet secluded surrounding. If this were a battle scene and Watts were a general, he certainly had his command post efficiently rigged. He had command of communications, control of forward field observers, and had the press corps working at his fingertips whether at the front lines or quiet rear. Call him Watts, like Patton. Or Bradley. Or just general "I've been around the country and the UGA dees the best job of anyone," said reigning champion-Bybe- e, a former professional golfer. When Bybee closed out Spence Ahrend on the 19th hole, the UGA board was immediately on the spot like ants on a picnic chicken. Karl Thalman and other board members joined Watts in whipping out UGA blue blazers, a table complete With white tablecloth. Before you knew it they whipped out the giant State Amateur trophy and perched it on the table. Before Bybee could reach for his towel and wipe off his putter and forehead, the UGA was starting a presentation ceremony. That, like Crocker and cakes, Edison and sparks, is efficiency. That, is General Joe Watts, rookie director of the Utah Golf Association. Congratulations. ' |