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Show riiifflitn'i'fTiirt iiiiiiftmmiimmiriiwTmi Sunday Spoils Also in this section: Scoreboard F4 X6 NOTABLE QUOTES: "We dropped some balls. BYU never drops balls. Did they drop one ball? If they did, I didn't see it. They never drop balls against us. Detmer's completion percentage must have been in the 80s. They catch everything. And that's the key to making the passing offense work. That's we were had we'd move the ball, problems then drop a pass or get a San Diego State coach penalty." 4 Al Luginbill assessing BYU's win over the Aztecs Saturday. G2-3- SAMPRAS TRIUMPHS: U.S. Open champion Pete Sampras 3 defeated Andres Gomez Saturday night to advance to the 6-- finals of the inaugural Texas Tennis Shootout against Ivan Lendl. Lendl defeated Jim Courier 4 earlier Saturday to advance to Sunday's final. Lendl and Sampras last met in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open when Sampras, 19, scored a upset and went on to become the youngest U.S. Open champion in history. 6-- for 514 yards, 3 touchdowns in Passes By DICK HARMON . ftv .. 3 Herald Sports Editor CBS-Tintended to showcase Heisman Trophy candidate Ty fourth-ranke- d BYU and San Diego State's 8 quarterback Dan McGwire to most of the nation Saturday. Instead the country saw BYU saw a beat San Diego State hot McGwire attempt a stadium record 59 passes but if viewers were late returning from the ice box during commercials, they may have missed the Detmer show. It was that brief and deadly effective. On this day, prime time Saturday Det-me- r Jf win over Aztecs 62-3- 4 throw darts so effectively you could make a teaching highlight albeit only three film out of it minutes running time. "Our receivers did a great job adjusting to the ball," said Detn mer. "They tried to play us and we beat them all day. We scored so quick it hurt the defense, they did a great job the second half. We take the TDs when we can get them. We can't stall can we'.'" piisi imam" r, 6-- man-to-mn- 62-3- Offensive See related game stories Page F5 LOPEZ RETAINS: Tony Lopez, using a new strategy, retained his IBF junior lightweight championship with a unanimous decision over Jorge Paez on Saturday. "This time I was the counterpuncher," Lopez said. "Normally, I'm the aggressor." Lopez won the first nine rounds but lost the last three before a crowd of 15,008 at Arco Arena. The fight set a California boxing gate record of $601,000. Judges Terry Smith, Dave Nelson Jr. and Larry Kozadilla all scored the fight Paez said that while Lopez was the better fighter on Saturday, he disagreed with the differences on the judges' cards. 117-11- 1. six-poi- nt BYU's offense was like a flash cube. One bright flash, then CBS faded to Toyota. When cameras came back live they showed Detmer toweling off sitting by the Gatorade. Somewhere in between BYU SDSU 641 to 496 yards, out-gain- averaged 10 yards a play, 19.8 yards a pass and Detmer completed 26 of 38 passes (68 percent) for 514 yards and three touchdowns all to Andy Boyce who's quickly making man coverage by look like the Mutant Ninja Receiver meets Winnie the Pooh. What a national TV audience saw was the talented Aztec McGwire firing passes like a garden spray gun, hitting 32 of 59 (54 percent) passes for 362 yards and three touchdowns. McGwire was on the field so long he could have grown roots. "He has a major league arm and ll he got hot," said BYU coach Edwards, who praised SDSU's preparation." But somewhere in the maze that was McGwire's possession clock, Detmer used his brief Air Time to 'T' Carolina officials said Saturday they had not heard from the Southeastern Conference, which reportedly will offer the Gamecocks membership this week. The New Orleans Times-Picayuquoted unidentified league sources Saturday as saying the SEC will extend an invitation within days for South Carolina to become the league's 12th member. "That's news to me," said SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer, in Little Rock, Ark., for the s Mississippi-Arkansagame. South Carolina athletic director King Dixon said he had not heard from the SEC. DAWSON RECORD: Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs joined Willie Mays as the only players in major league history with 300 stolen bases, 2,000 hits and 300 homers when Dawson stole his 300th base against the New York Mets on Saturday. Dawson stole his 16th base of the season in the first inning against pitcher Ron Darling. Dawson has 343 homers and 2,191 hits. Mays, who starred for the New York and San Francisco Giants and finished his career with the Mets, hit 660 homers, stole 338 bases and had 3,283 hits. Dawson has 118 homers and 47 stole bases since signing with Chicago as a free agent after the 1986 season. J ( I fk itUjOBSSJimuuS iW By DICK HARMON being No. 1. 5) a.m. Auto racing (ESPN) Noon. Auto racing (ESPN) 12:05 p.m. Baseball. Astros at Braves (TBS) 12:20 p.m. Baseball. Mets at Cubs (WGN) 1 finals p.m. Tennis. Texas Shoot-ou- t (PSN) 2 p.m. NFL. Seahawks at Broncos (NBC Channel 2) NFL. Eagles at Rams (CBS) Baseball (ESPN) Auto racing (ESPN) Volleyball (PSN) NFL. Lions at Bucca ic e's iTNT) p m College football UCLA at (taped. PSN) 1 a.m. Davis Cup tennis. USA vs Austria 2 p m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 10:30 Michigan Monday, Sept. 24 College football Florida S: at Tulane (taped. PSNi 12:20 p m Baseball Mets at Cubs 10 a.m. (WGN) 6 p.m. Auto racing (PSN) 6 p.m. College lootbail. Gramblino at Hampton (taped PSN) J fclUllllHllil Herald Photo Trent Nelson career pass receiving leaders Phil Odle, 183 MATT BELLINI, 171 Gordon Hudson, 178 Todd Christensen, 152 Mark Bellir.i, 146 Lakei Heimuli, 139 Glen Kozlowski, 136 Scott Phillips, 131 Dan Plater, 124 BYU Mike Chronister, 121 300-ya- rd passing games. Heisman performance? Only if you slowed down commercials to see him play inbetween breaks. Then, yes. "I think BYU is the ultimate in offensive football right now because of their amazing execution," said Luginbill. BYU took a 21-- 0 lead in just more than a quarter of play on touchdown runs of eight and 17 yards by Peter Tuipulotu and Sta-ce- y Detmer Corley and a bomb to Boyce. Those three drives lasted 2 minutes 36 seconds; 63 seconds and 106 seconds elapsed time. Then Luginbill's Aztec game plan took effect: Keep Detmer by the Gatorade. (See BYU, Page F6) and with Moses on his heels, stretched out and nabbed the ball good for a completion. One play later Mike Salido scored from 23 yards out. That catch tied Bellini with Hudson with 178 career receptions, ensuring him a very reachable shot e next week of the record held by Phil Odle. Bellini needs four catches against Oregon next week to set the mark. "Matt is a great receiver. He can do it all," said Detmer. "He can go outside, inside and long. He is a guy. They tried to cover n our backs with linebackers. There is no linebacker in the country that can cover Matt Bellini in man coverage." (See BELLINI, Page F6) all-tim- big-pla- y man-on-ma- looked over his left shoulder for the' pass, saw it was coming to the inside, turned completely around V r 3v ; I i, x 4 AP Laserphoto BYU conierback Ervin 11 1 This was one of the few times San Diego State was able to stop Ty Detmer Saturday. But it took nickel back Robert Griffith coming up from the secondary to do it. Herald Sports Editor Make a mold, sell the copies. The ultimate BYU receiver is close to all-tim- ,rr I .BlMirTr-- for your list if pubiisned. Send lists to Spcrts features. P.O. Box 660, Maple Shade, N.J. 08052. Include name, address, phone number and source. 10 a m. College football. Air Force at Wyoming (taoed. PSN) 11 a.m. NFL. Vikings at Bears (CBS breaking the NCAA career mark of 156.9 set by BYU's own Jim McMahon. He extended his on ld Matt Bellini became the second e ranked receiver at BYU Saturday after catching nine passes for 119 yards and none was any better than his catch that tied former tight end Gordon Hudson. In the fourth quarter facing a third and 14 on the Cougar 40, BYU quarterback Ty Detmer dropped back and the Aztecs were coming with pressure. He spotted Bellini isolated on cornerback Clark Moses and fired away. Bellini, running a corner route, Roger NCAA record to 16 consecutive COMMON PENALTIES NOT SUBJECT TO NFL INSTANT REPLAY x t. Clipping 2. Grabbing the facemask 3. Roughing the passer 4 Encroachment and offsides 5. Intentional grounding 6. Defensive pass interference 7. Offensive pass interference 8. Offensive holdingiliegal uf.i of hands penalties not subject tc instant replay review Source: NFL Sports Features Syndicate will pay S5 Sunday, Sept. 23 it jl La-Ve- AWAITING INVITE: South coordinator French added, "You can never score too quickly." On the day Detmer's passing efficiency rating was off the scale. It buried the needle. At a 208.1 rating, the performance kicked up his season pass efficiency from 151.3 to a whopping 162.8. "I have a tremendous respect for Ty Detmer," said SDSU coach Al Luginbill. "We had people in the right place all day." With one fourth the season over Detmer has thrown for 1755 yards, 12 touchdowns and has a career passing efficiency rating of 164.8 a jump of two points in one game. With 1 34 year to go he has a bead 6-- 2 Channel F, mer (BBSS 7-- 5, ti Ie breaks Herald Photo Trent Nelson up a pass intended for Aztec receiver Merton Lee. osox fail to capitali - In a day NEW YORK API that went from wet to worse, the Boston Red Sox lost a lead, lost a game and lost Roger Clemens. After a five-horain delay to start the afternoon, the New York Yankees stopped a seven-gam- e 2 losing streak, beating Boston Red Sox the and leaving Saturday tied for first place in the American League East. During the wait. Toronto lost to Cleveland But Boston could not take advantage, and Steve two-ru- n Sax hit a tiebreaking, in the eighth inning that tuple sent the Red Sox to their seventh defeat in nine games. i 5-- 5-- Louis clowns Pitts burgh status remains cloudfor the rest of the regular season, the Red Sox hope Clemens might be able to start Friday when Boston begins a three-sam- e series with Toronto at Fenwav Park. The Red Sox and Blue Jays each have 10 games left. NATIONAL LEAGUE The Pittsburgh Pirates didn't play well Saturday and Manager Jim Leyland was angry. "That might have been our worst effort offensively all year.'' he said after St. Louis beat Pitts"I don't mind getting burgh beat . . . but we were up there at the plate with no purpose, and we While his Pennant races Then, after it was over, Boston manager Joe Morgan announced that Clemens could not make his d return on Sunday. Clemens has not started since the day Boston began to Sept. 4 e blow a lead because of tendinitis in his right shoulder. "It's still tender," Morgan said of Clemens' shoulder. "He believes we're doing the right thing, as much as he'd like to be out much-heralde- 6'2-gam- there." Senior halfback Matt Bellini is brought down by Aztec defender Turaj Smith. He caught nine catches for 119 yards Saturday. ed 3-- 2. walked Felix Jose to load the bases. Thompson scored when BelinPittsburgh's National League East lead was cut to 2'z games da's pitch in the dirt eluded over the New York Mets, who catcher Mike LaValliere. and Belinda walked Pedro Guerrero and beat the Chicago Cubs "If we'd been playing the Cubs Todd Zeile, forcing in the run. or the Phillies, this wouldn't have ended a three-gam- e Ken Hill (5-meant anything, but this had an dtauite walkstreak who on won the losing impact pennant," Cardinals manager Joe Torre ing four of the first five batters. He allowed five hits and two runs said. "This was intense." Rookie Randy Tom-li- n in seven innings and Lee Smith 4 checked the Cardinals on got four outs for his 27th save. Mets 11. Cubs 5 six hits until Milt Thompson's one-odouble in the eighth. BerDarryl Strawberry hit a two-ru- n nard Gilkey walked. Ozzie Smith homer to set a club RBI record (See PENNXNT, Page F2) grounded out and Stan Belinda hit like that all day. 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