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Show mum mm I I Sports Also in this section: Scoreboard ! 113 NOTABLE QUOTES: "I 30-1- .! Greg Page, who isn't even scheduled to fight Mike Tyson, found a way to slow down the former world heavyweight champion. Page didn't even have to lay a glove on Tyson to force a postponement of the Sept. 22 fight between Tyson and Alex Stewart. Tyson sustained cut above his right eye a from a head butt by Page while sparring late Friday evening. ch - ' j n ii 1 By DICK HARMON Herald Sports Editor EL PASO, Texas Well, the guys in white with the new black shoes learned a big lesson Saturday No. 16 in beating UTEP ranked BYU isn't sparkling white. In fact, they slogged aside just enough soiled penalty flags, fumTDs bles, interceptions, called-bac- k to clearly see just where they really are. The Cougars were penalized a whopping 19 times for 169 yards. UTEP had six for 79. The Cougars amassed 553 yards total offense while giving up 375. But that wasn't the story. BYU had exactly the kind of opening game it needed at UTEP. The Cougars won the conference opener yet learned a big lesson one a big blowout of the lowly Miners wouldn't have taught. BYU is a mistake-proneunpol- - clpEF" 0a Ca 30-1- 0; d, Ivanisevic faces possible disciplinary action from the International Tennis Federation after admitting Saturday that he gave up in the final set of his third round match at the U.S. Open. Ivanisevic won the first two sets 6- -4 but from Darren Cahill, In the lost the next two, fifth set, the Yugoslav said he stopped trying after trailing 2 and he lost the set 6. "After 0 (in the fifth set), it wa3 tanking," admitted Ivanisevic, obviously upset by his actions, as he explained the definition of tanking. "I'm not trying. I just wanted to finish the match." 6-- 4, 6-- 7. 2-- 0-- 2-- 0-- LONGSHOT WINNER: Reluctant Guest, belying her first Ailinton name, broke a course record Saturday in winning the $500,000 Beverly D with a brilliant stretch run. A long.iot in the field, Reluctant Guest took the lead from Lady Winne.' h nearing the wire for a half-len- g victory in the world's richest r .ce for fillies and mares. ar CELEBRITY SPIKERS: team. Especially (surprise) on offense. And there was preseason worry about the defense? The Cougars nearly smothered themselves in mistakes, yet were lucky enought to get the win. They learned they have a lot of buffing up to do in six days before entertaining No. 1 Miami on national TV. Oh, sure, we can chalk a lot of it to opening game jitters expected in the curtain opener. And UTEP is no .Miami when it comes to preparing mentally for a game. But that's just it. UTEP is no Miami. The Miners played most the game with a redshirt freshman quarterback Mike Perez. Read between the lines. "I give the guys an A for effort (See BYU, Page H3) Junior AIR FORCE Kevin (AP) the bench to passes, rallying 13th-rank- 26-1- 4, A&M ir V 2-- 3 FINAL GAMES: draft Top Colo. ACADEMY, Verdugo came off complete 14 of 18 Colorado State to a 3 season-openin- g victory over Air Force on Saturday. The triumph ended CSU's seven-gam- e losing streak to the Falcons. Verdugo, replacing starter Mike Gimenez with 5:29 left in the third directed quarter and trailing I fJ ) ' ' . if H .: '' s - vr. , ' .,, ) - X 'Ml tut. AP Laserphoto UTEP wide receiver Reggie Barrett (86) concentrates on the football after it was tipped by BYU defender Josh Arnold (20). comes off bench to ra the Rams on three touchdown remaining. McDonald had earlier blocked two punts to help account for a pair of Falcon scores. Using their own blocked punt for a touchdown and a Gimenez run for another, CSU opened up a 14--3 lead early in the second quarter. But Air Force responded with four straight scores, taking the lead early in the third period when pass to drives, including a split end Greg Primus for the clincher with 1:16 left. The junior quarterback completed his first 10 passes. His 11th attempt was intercepted by Air Force Carlton McDonald, whose return to the AFA line set up quarterback Ron Gray's score with 3:31 rd ck rd rd McDonald blocked his second punt and Rod Stephan returned the loose ball 15 yards for a 4 advantage. 20-1- On the Rams' next series, Verdugo took them 89 yards in eight plays. DeShawn Durham After McDonald's interception romped 69 yards for another AFA score moments later, putting the the Falcons, who had shown untypical success throwing tht ball from Falcons in command at Verdugo then guided CSU 80 their wishbone formation, went 63 Halfback 26-1- 4. yards in 11 plays, with fullback Todd Yert plunging the final yard with 1:35 left in the third period. yards entirely on the ground for Gray's score. (See WAC, Page H2) shu ts down Hawaii game - HONOLULU (AP) Darren Lewis rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown in the first half, and fullback Robert Wilson scored twice in the opening 30 minutes, allowing No. 13 Texas A&M to cruise past Hawaii 3 on Saturday. The Aggies scored their four touchdowns before halftime, converting a fumble recovery and blocked punt into short scoring drives. Albert Jones recovered a Jamal Fanner fumble at Hawaii's line early in the first period, setting up a seven-pla- y scoring drive capped by Lewis dive for the final yard with 7:42 left in the quarter. Wilson scored untouched on a Dane McArthur, who dodged a tackle and ran 71 yards to score. But Wilson scored from a yard out with 20 seconds left before intermission, and A&M led rd play to make it 14-- 0 with 4:18 left in the first quarter. Chris Crooms blocked a Jason Eiam punt at the Hawaii 38 and the ball rolled out of bounds at the 16. Five plays later, Lance Pavalas threw five yards to Derek Ware, whose catch made it 21-- 3 with 7:21 to play in the half. Pavlas completed 10 of 20 passes for 122 yards for the Aggies, who had 342 yards of offense, including 210 on the ground. le 28-1- 23-1- 0. Although Texas A&M managed only 89 yards in the second half, Hawaii was unable to mount a challenge. Hawaii's ground game, considered the team's strength, was limited to four yards and the Rainbows had to rely on the passing of Gabriel. He completed 21 of 38 passes for 260 yards and a touchdown, but was intercepted twice, the second time ending a scoring threat in the fourth period. one-hand- ed rd pick Rodney Hampton caught one of Phil Simms' two touchdown passes and ran 11 yards for another score Saturday night to lead New York to a 0 victory over the Cleveland Browns in the exhibition finale for both teams. In another game, Jay Schroeder threw two touchdown passes and Vince Evans threw one Saturday as the Los Angeles Flaiders completed their best preseason since 1976 bj overpowering the previously unbeaten San Diego Chargers 34-- If , B 35-3- Local sports and media celebrities will combine with members of BYU's volleyball team for an evening of fun Tuesday. Among those on han d will be assistant coaches RGbbie Bosco (football) and Charles Bradley (basketball), Andy T'oolson, Daily Herald sports staff Dick Harmon, Dorothy Knoell and Bob Hudson, personalities from 94.9 plus on-aare ; FM radio and KBYU-T; scheduled to participate. Cougar players and celebrities will get J together for a practice session ; beginning at 7:30. Following that practice, the community stars and ! the Cougar team will go against f each other in a best game ' match. A serving contest will t allow members of the audience to I vie for prizes provided by Dominos j Pizza. Tickets are $2. Hawaii closed to 2140 when Gar- rett Gabriel, chased from the pocket, threw down the right sideline to By The Associated Press the teams in the Associated Press' preseason college football poll fared this wee1: 1. Miami, Fla. did not piay. Next: at No. ) 16 BYU. Saturday. 2. Notre Dame did not play. Next: vs. No. 6 Michigan, Sept. 15. 3. Aubum did not play. Next: vs. Fullerton State, Saturday. 4. Florida State did not play. Next: vs. East Carolina, Saturday. 5. Colorado did not play. Next: vs. Stanford, Thursday. did not play. Next: at No. 2 6. Michigan Notre Dame, Sept. 15 7. Nebraska Next: vs. beat Baylor 13-Northern Illinois, Saturday. 8. Tennessee beat Pacific U. 55-Next: at Mississippi St, Saturday. 9. So.Cal Next: vs. beat Syracuse No. 21 Penn St., Sept. 15. 10. Clemson beat Long Beach St 59-Next: at No. 15 Virginia, Sat. did not play. Next: at Arizona, 11. Illinois (0-Saturday. 12. Alabama did not play. Next: vs. (0-Southern Mississippi, Saturday. How 13. Texas A&M Next: beat Hawair vs. SW Louisiana, Sept. 15. 14. Arkansas (0-did nut play. Next: vs. Tulsa, Sept. 15. 15. Virginia beat Kansas Next: vs. No. 10 Clemson, Saturday. 16. Brtgham Young beat Texas-E- l Paso 3C 10. Next: vs. No. 1 Miami, Fla., Saturday. 17. Ohio State (0-did not play. Next: vs. Texas Tech, Saturday. 18. Pittsburgh beat Ohio U. 35-Next vs. Boston College, Saturday. did not play. Next: vs. No. 22 19. UCLA ) Oklahoma, Saturday. did not play. Next: vs. 20. Washington ) San Jose State. Saturday. did not play. Next: vs. 21. Penn State Texas, Saturday. did not play. Next: at No. 22. Oklahoma ) 19 UCLA, Saturday. 23. Michigan State (0-did not play. Next: at Syracuse, Sept. 15. did not piay. Next: vs. 24. Houston ) UNLV, Saturday. 25. W. Virginia Next: beat Kent St vs. Maryland, Saturday. 28-1- 7. 'Huskers down gritty Baylor Bears, 1 - LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Gregg Barrios provided a pair of first-hafield goals and Scott Baldwin ran for a touchdown as seventlf last-minu- te Nebraska struggled 0 in a battle of two h-ranked past Baylor 13-- of the nation's top defenses. Nebraska, eighth in the nation a year ago in fewest yards allowed, CONFERENCES OF ACTIVE NFL QUARTERBACKS Pacific-1- 15 0 quarterbacks 2. Big len 10 quarterbacks 3. Atlantic Coast 5 quarterbacks 4. Western Athletic 4 quarterbacks 4 quarterbacks Tie Big West Tie Southwest 4 quarterbacks 7. Southeastern 3 quarterbacks 8. Big Eight 2 quarterbacks 9. 1 quarterback end of last season; 13 QB's from independents Source: Sports Features Syndicate Sports Features Syndicate will pay S3 far your Hst tf published. Send lists to Sports features, P.O. Box 660, Maple Shade, N.J. 08052. Include name, address, phone number and source. held Baylor to 164 yards and gave the Bears only two scoring opportunities. It was only the second time in 113 games that Baylor had been shut out. The last time was 24-- 0 against Texas Christian in 1987. Baylor, ninth nationally in total defense last season, held Nebraska out of the end zone until Baldwin scored on a dive with 22 seconds left in the game. Baldwin celebrated his 21st birthday with a 92 yards on 14 carries. Barrios, a senior, kicked field goals of 37 and 20 yards in the second quarter, the latter just two seconds before halftime. That kick followed a pass from Mike Grant to Jon Bostick to the Baylor line three plays earlier. Barrios, who hit six of seven in field goal tries a year ago, missed his first attempt of the season, a try in the first quarter that was wide left. Nebraska had a.i apparent touchdown by fullback Omar Soto called back on an illegal procedure penalty, and then Barrios missed the kick. Baylor's Jeff Ireland also missed a first-ha- lf field goal try when hi3 failed with 11:55 remaining in the second quarter. rd Sunday, Sept. 2 10 a.m. Syracuse vs. USC (taped, PSN) 10: a.m. U.S. Open tennis (CBS Channel 5) 11 a.m. Auto racing (ESPN) Noon, Baseball. Cardinals at Braves (KXIV Channel 14. TBS) 12:20 p.m. Sssehail, Reds at Cubs (WGN) 1 p.m. PGA, Greater Milwaukee Open (ABC Channel 4) 1 p.m. Soccer (NIK) 3 p.m. Horse racing, Arlington Million (ABC) 3 p.m. Senicr PGA, GTE North Classic (ESPN) S:3U p.m. U.S. Open tennis (USA) 6 p.m. Baseball, Yankees at Red Sox (ESPN) 7:05 p.m. Costas Cosst-to-Coa(KSL 1160 AM) 9 p.m. Racouetball (PSN) Monday, Sept. 3 9:30 a.m. Auto racing (ESPN) 10 a.m. Soccer (PSN) 10:30 a.m. U.S. Open tennis Channel (CBS S) 11:05 p.m. Baseball, (TBS) 11:30 p.m. Baseball. Blue Jays-Tige(ESPN) J ished and undisciplined football IN THE TANK: Goran 1. J minife past UT IF, 30 10 don't think you've seen the real 49ers (during this exhibition season). We made a lot of technique errors... think this team goes about the preseason a little differently than everyone else, but you don't want to get into the bad habit of losing." safety Dave Waymer said after San Francisco lost to Seattle 0 and ended up iA in preseason action. 4 , 48 STITCHES: Sunday Sept. 2. 19!)0 at Braves Red Phillies-Pirate- s or rd er Nebraska, with seven starters back on defense, allowed the Bears 60 yards in the first half, while Baylor, with eight starters back on its defensive unit, allowed intermission. i 156 by Barrios was just short on a attempt in the third period as neither team could penetrate the into the game, igniting a first period that carried No. 8 Tennessee to a 55-- 7 victory over Pacific Saturday night. Tennessee led 31-- 0 after one quarter, settling the outcome early as a sellout crowd of 94,467 looked on. Pacific's offense didn't cross the line until early in the rd other's line during the rd quarter. Tennessee 55, Pacific 7 Tailback KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Chuck Webb ran eight yards for a touchdown less than two minutes 3-- 0 second quarter, and that drive ended with a punt. The outmanned Tigers (0-of the Big West were unable to muster much offense against the Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference, who scored at will even with their reserves. (See TCP 25, Page H2) ioston Red Sox slam Yankees, - BOSTON (AP) Everywhere you looked Saturday, the Boston Red Sox were hitting homers. The Red Sox won their ninth straight game as Ellis Burks hit two home runs and Mike Greenwell added an slam in a inside-the-par- Major Leagues grand k rout of the New York Yankees on Saturday. The Red Sox got started early, scoring five in the first inning, off ). In three Andy Hawkins sXavts at Fenway Park over the last two seasons, Hawkins has yielded 13 hits and 18 runs in one inning. "It's amazing," Greenwell said. "The guy's got good stuff, but for some reason we've exploded on him each time he's pitched here." Boston entered the day with a lead over second-plac-e Toronto in the American League 15-- 1 pen tied a major league record with his 46th save and Scott Fletcher and Ozzie Guillen each had three RBIs, leading Chicago past California. The victory moved the Wnite Sox to within 5Vi games of Oakland in the American League West. The A's lost 2 to Texas. Winner Melido Perez (12-1gave up seven hits and two runs in seven innings. Ken Patterson relieved Scott Radinsky in the Angels' three-ru- n and Thigpen came on with one out in the ninth for his 46th save in 52 opportunities. Thigpen finished to equal Dave Righetti's record set in 1386 for the New York Yankees. Rangers 3, Athletics 2 OAKLAND, Calif. Bobby Witt survived 10 walks and four bases-loade- d jams to win his 11th straight game as the Texas Rangers broke e a losing streak, beating the Oakland Athletics 2 Saturday. walked seven in the Witt (14-8- ) first five innings, but the A's left 10 (5-11- 3-- 2) 6Vs-ga- East. Backed by 19 hits, Mike Boddick-e- r (14-S- ) gave one run and four hits in six innings for his third straight winless victory since an eight-gam- e drought. Wes Gardner pitched a perfect seventh and Joe Hesketh tossed the last two innings. Greenwell went with five RBIs and Tom Brunansky added three hits and drove in three runs. White Sox 9, Angels 5 ANAHEIM, Calif. Bobby Thig- - - four-gam- 3-- - I Chang among 15-- 1 runners on base in that span as Witt struck out seven to work out of three jams. Witt finished with 10 strikeouts, and his 10 walks tied a team record set last Monday by Charlie Hough. Tigers 9, Twins 5 MINNEAPOLIS Mike Heath slump with a snapped a two-ru- n single that keyed a two-ou- t, five-ru- n rally in the second inning as Detroit Tigers won its fourth in a row. Brewers 4, Orioles 3 MILWAUKEE Robin Yount had a two-ru- n single and Paul Molitor hit a solo home run as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Baltimore Orioles 3 on Saturday night. Milwaukee starter Ted Higuera (9-gave up three runs on nine hits in 7 3 innings. Dan Plesac, Milwaukee's third pitcher pitched a scoreless ninth for his 22nd save. Blue Jays S, Indians 0 CLEVELAND Fred McGriff had the first five-h- it game of his career and drove in three runs as Toronto beat slumping Cleveland. McGriff had three singles, a double and his 29th homer, a two-ru- n shot in the ninth, to back Todd ), who allowed six Stottlemyre hits. (See MAJORS, Page H4) - - 4-- 2-- (12-14- three seeds knocked out j I - NEW YORK (AP) Brad Gilbert wobbled wearily to the end, Michael Chang saved three match points before suc- cumbing and Goran Ivanisevas three ic simply "tanked if more men's seeds tumbled from the U.S. Open on Saturday. Defending champion Boris Becker avoided the same fate, beating Tomas Carbonell 2 in a night match to set match up a fourth-roun- d against surprising Australian 6-- 6-- 2, 6-- Darren Cahill. Jennifer Capriati and Steffi Graf skirted the upset that befell Monica Seles in the! third round and set up a rematch of their Wimbledon clash. Capriati, never a shy teen says she's "psyched up" and set to attack the suddenly vulnerable Graf in the renew; al of their growing rivalry. Capriati. 14, the youngest player to reach the round of 16 in U.S. Open history; played superbly while beating Sweden's Maria Standlund 6- -l 4 before a packed crowd oil the stadium court. On the more intimate 6-- grandstand court, thuugh Graf's slice backhand seemed to be attracted to the net an her powerful forehand soared frequently beyond the baseline until she found her rhythm in the third set to beat Ekia v (See OPEN. Page H4 1 |