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Show Page B2 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Saturday, August 24, 1991 Ymg paces Winers fo another win; WMahon directs Eagles to vietoiry By The Associated Press Steve Young directed the 49ers to three touchdowns and Spencer Tillman ran 91 yards for the clinching score as San Francisco ended its exhibition season 6 unbeaten with a victory over the Seahawks on Friday first-ha- lf ended all Seahawks hopes of a miracle as he last-minu- te Mc-Mah- on directed two scoring 28-1- night San Francisco (5-0- ) completed its first undefeated exhibition season since 1954, when the franchise went itn other games it was Pittsburgh 16, Detroit 3; Philadelphia 23, Indianapolis 21; Tampa Bay 20, Kansas City 7; and Minnesota 31; Cleveland 7. In late games it was Atlanta at Dallas; the Los Angeles Raiders at San Diego and Denver at Phoenix. With Joe Montana on the sidelines for the third game in a row because of tendinitis in his right elbow, Young used a perfect mix of passes and runs to drive the 49ers to TDs on their first three lead. possessions for a Young, who left after the third series, was 10 for 11 for 165 yards and one touchdown. 6 on Seattle got to within touchdown Chris Warren's run with 3:57 left, but Tillman 7-- 0. 21-- 3 21-1- gal- loped 91 yards for a touchdown with 2:49 to go. Eagles 23, Colts 21 Backup quarterback Jim drives and the Eagles held off a fourth quarter rally by the Colts. McMahon, who relieved Randall Cunningham early in the second quarter and played into the fourth, led the Eagles on a nine-pla- y, broke drive that 80-ya- rd tie in the third Thomas Sanders covquarter. ered the last 16 yards on a run around the left side. The Eagles made it 7 over a minute later when just Mike Flores recovered a fumble by running back Ken Gark and the Eagles converted it into a field goal by Roger Ruzek. Flores was in the lineup in place a 7-- 7 17-- (4-- 1) rd of holdout Clyde Simmons. Early in the fourth quarter, McMahon marched the team 63 yards in nine plays to make it 23-- 7 with 11:10 left. McMahon hit on passes of 22 and 11 yards in the drive, ended by Heath Sherman's run. But the Colts came back be hind Mark Herrmann, the third-strin- g signal-calle- r behind starter Jeff George and Jack Trudeau. First Herrmann hit Pat Beach with a pass after a fumble recovery to make it Then, with 2:54 remainug, he march capped a by connecting with James Bradley from 8 yards out The drive was helped by two Eagles penalties totaling 31 yards. Cunningham directed Philadelphia's first scoring drive, started when Reggie White blocked a field goal attempt by Dean Biasucci. The march was capped by Robert TD ran. Drummond's 23-1- 4. 69-ya-rd 50-ya- rd 67-ya- rd y, Cunningham passes for 30 was completed 5 of 7 yards. McMahon for 158 yards. Ea- gles tight end Keith Jackson caught five passes for 76 yards. Bucs 20, Chiefs 7 Testaverde capped an impressive preseason by directing three scoring drives that helped the Buccaneers beat the Chiefs. Testaverde, entering his fifth NFL season hoping to silence critics who doubt he'll ever develop into a consistent quarter Vinny second-quart- er touchdown back, threw a pass to Bruce Hill and set up two field goals by Steve Christie that staked the Bucs to a 13-- 7 half-tim- e 15-ya- rd lead. The 1986 Heisman Trophy winner played a half and completed 11 of 19 passes for 197 yards. The Bucs scored on 9 of 18 possessions with him in the lineup during the preseason, but the TD pass he threw to Hill was only the second touchdown produced by the first unit Steelers 16, Lions 3 the scored Foster Barry game's only touchdown and Gary Anderson kicked three field goals e as the Steelers ended a exhibition losing streak with their victory over the mistake-pron- e lions. The Steelers (2-intercepted four passes and recovered two fumbles against the Lions who lost their third straight - By The Associated Press eighth-innin- g sacrifice fly gave the Cardinals a 1 victory over the Dodgers Friday night, cutting Los Angeles' lead in the NL West to one game. Milt Thompson led off the eighth with a double against Tim Crews and went to third on 2-- (2-- Astros 9, Expos two-ru- n Reds 6, Mets on left- hander John Candelaria. - The Braves beat the Phillies to pull to within a game in the CardiWest and the second-plac- e nals stayed six games behind the Pirates, who beat the Giants ' in the NL East. In other NL games it was Houston 9, Mon-- ; 4- -2 8-- treal 2; Cincinnati 6, New York Chicago 5, San Diego 4. Braves 4, Phillies 2 1 2 Jeff Bagwell had three hits and drove in three runs, including a homer, as the Astros beat the Expos. 3) before scoring to left off drive Oquendo's and John Burkett in a four-ru- n third inning keyed by Andy Van Slyke's RBI single and Bobby Bonilla's sacrifice fly. 1 again, allowing hits to 11 of 21 batters as the Reds beat the to Mets and sent the his sixth loss in seven starts. Viola failed to pitch past the fourth inning for the second straight time, allowing five runs in 3 3 innings. He has given up 19 runs and 28 hits in his last three starts, a span of 13 left-hand- er 1) 2-- innings. Cincinnati went ahead in the first when center fielder Mark Carreon dropped Carmelo Martinez's deep fly ball for an error, allowing Chris Sabo to score 3 Dave Justice and Brian Hunter hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning and Tom Glavine became the National League's first winner, leading the Braves past the Phillies. Pirates 8, Giants 0 Doug Drabek continued his turnaround with his second shutout of the season and the Pirates e ended a slide with their ninth victory in 13 games. The Pirates chased starter 16-ga- three-gam- ut 2-- consecutive defeat. Shawon Dunston started the single, his rally with a one-othird hit of the game. Pinch-hittHector Villanueva tripled ut Frank Viola was pounded (12-1- Cubs 5, Padres 4 Mark Grace capped a three-ru-n Cubs' rally in the ninth inning double. Grace's with a two-odouble into the right field corner on a 0 pitch off Craig Lefferts (0-sent San Diego to its fourth from first. Joe Oliver hit a single in the second and the Reds in the third on Glenn made it Braggs' RBI single and Mariano Duncan's fourth home run. Sabo's RBI single in the fourth chased Viola and Paul O'Neill hit his 23rd home run in the fifth. run-scori- 4--0 er to score Dunston. AMERICAN LEAGUE Roberto Alomar blooped a two-ru- n single in the ninth inning Friday, rallying the slumping Blue Jays past the Yankees 6-- 5. Elsewhere it was Baltimore 6, Minnesota 5; Detroit 8, Seattle 6; Cleveland 4, Chicago 3; and Texas 6, Kansas City 1. Boston was at California and Milwaukee was at Oakland in late games. Toronto, which had lost 10 of its last 14, began the day leading the AL East by one game over Detroit. The Blue Jays loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth against Steve Fair (3-when Mookie Wilson was hit by a pitch, shortstop Randy Velarde made an error and Manuel Lee was hit by 4) a pitch. After Devon White struck out swinging at a 2 3-- - record-settin- g performances. Italy's Maurizio Damilano, the gold medalist and e Games bronze medalist in the men's walk, won his second straight world title. Damilano, the 1980 Olympic e gold medalist and Games bronze medalist in the event, took the lead from world 1980 Olympic two-tim- two-tim- indoor champion Mikhail Shchen-niko- v of the Soviet Union with just over 1 kilometer remaining and won by about 30 yards in hour, 19 minutes, 26 seconds. The time broke the meet record of 1:20:45 set by Damilano in the 1987 World Championships in Rome. 1 Shchennikov, the 1991 world indoor champion, finished second and Daniel Plaza of Spain was thi-- d in the first of the champion- ships' finals. The finals of the women's walk produced the other meet record, as Alina Ivanova ;of the Soviet Union won in 42:56. Ivanova, 22, pulled away in the final three kilometers and went on to break the mark of 44:12 set by Irina Strakhova of the Soviet Union in 1987. Madelein Svensson of Sweden !took the silver medal and Sari iEssayah of Finland was third. ; Meanwhile, Leroy Burrell, the in the men's ;world record-holdCarl Lewis, and ; dash, both the former won their first round heats on a slippery track. ' Burrell, who set the world record of 9.90 seconds in June, took his heat in 10.17 and Lewis was even faster, winning in 10.12. ; "I'm very ready," Lewis said. ;"I know what I have to do. It ;puts me on track." g Lewis said he had been ; "mechanical" problems this year, but corrected them in : er 100-met- er record-holde- r, experi-Jencin- workouts during the past week at the National Stadium track. "If I have a start like that, I'll win," Lewis said after running the fastest of the 10 (2-3- pitch, Alomar hit a looper into short center field for the win. Orioles 5, Twins 4 David Segui singled home the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning as the Orioles cooled off the streaking Twins. Dwight Evans hit a three-ru- n homer for the Orioles, who have won three straight. Minnesota had won six of seven and eight of 11. Tigers 8, Mariners 6 Mickey Tettleton's 25th homer fifth inning, started a seven-ru- n leading Bill Gullickson and the Tigers over the Mariners. Indians 4, White Sox 3 Willie Blair won despite giving innings up 11 hits in eight-plu- s and the Indians beat the White Sox, ending a five-galosing streak. Chicago, struggling to keep itself in the AL West race, has lost four straight and nine of its last 11 games. The White Sox scored twice in the ninth inning before their rally fell short. Rangers 6, Royals 1 Brian Bohanan pitched a five-hitt- er for his first career complete game and the Rangers took advantage of three errors to beat the Royals. early-morni- 800 Sebastian Cce, Britain, States, 43.29, 1988 1 :41.73. 1981 Said Aouita, Morocco, 3:29.46, 1985 1,500 10,000 . 400 Hurdles Edwin Moses, United Slates, 47.02, 1933 Marathon Belayneh Densimo, Ethiopia, 2:06:50, 1988 (loop) 400 Relay United States (Henry Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell and Carl Lewis), 37.67,1991 High Jump Javier Sotomayor, Cuba, Pole Vault Sergei Bubka, Soviet Union, 14, 20-- 0 1991 Long Jump 29-- Meanwhile, the Soviet team, having left home in the midst of an aborted coup, is here. The South African team, eventually hoping to regain a place on the missing. South Africa is about the only country absent in these championships, which have attracted athletes from a record 168 countries more nations than competed in the 1988 Olympics. The major addition from the Seoul Games is Cuba, which recently completed an emotional domination of the Pan American Games at Havana. With one of the sport's stronger teams, the Cubans were not in 1,-7- the last two Olympics, but they're at the third edition of the World Championships en masse, led by Javier Sotomayor, the r in the men's world high jump, and Ana Quirot, the favorite in the women's 800 meters. Opening ceremonies were held Friday night, with Emperor Clearwater's steady round consisted of five birdies and no bogeys. "I hit 16 of 18 greens and had some chances coming in. On the last four holes, I had a chance to make a birdie on every hole and didn't make one." In at 68 are two players local golf fans should know really well Jim Nelford, also an product and Scott Geroux, who played collegiately at Weber. Geroux led the Utah Open going into the final round last year by three shots but closed with a 74 for third place. But it is Nelford who is a real story this week. ex-BY- U Six years ago, he was run over by a boat while water skiing near Phoenix. The accident nearly killed him, mangled his right shoulder and arm. He was told he would probably never reach his former skill level. 100 400 AW Florence Griffith Joyner, United States, 10.49, 1988 Marita Koch, East Germany, 47.60, 1985 800 Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czechoslovakia, 1 :53.28, 1 983 1,500 Tatyana Kazankina, Soviet Union, 3:52.47, 1980 5,000 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, 14:37.33, 10,000 1 986 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, 30:13.74, 1986 Marathon (point-to-poin- t) Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, 2:21 :06, 1985 400 Relay East Germany, 41.37, 1985 800 Relay East Germany, High Jump 1 :28.1 5, 1980 Stefka Kostadinova. Bulgaria, 0 Long Jump Galina Chistyakova, Soviet Union, 14, 1987 24-- 8 14, 1988 AP record-holde- Akihito and Empress Michiko in attendance. Sergei Bubka, the only pole vaulter in history heads the 20-fo- ot Soviet delegation. Bubka and three others arrived in Tokyo only two days after the attempted overthrow of 'JeMf' Itosutts of University HosprtaMJten Opa at WWow Creek Creek Country Ctufe, M-77,104 yards. 94 kotos, SANOV 2, 66- - amateur Steve Jurgensen, Victor Regala-d- o Clearwater, Dan Gullickson, Willie Kane, Kury Reynolds. Nelford, Scott Geroux 69- Barry Corner, Rick Cramer, Eric Hogg, Bill Loeftlef, Ron McNamara, Dave Powell 70-Ji-m Carter 71 Jimmy Blair, Kirk Bowler, (a) Steve Campbell; Michael Foster, Hank Gardner, Storm Gktim, Bob Laskin, Eric Meeks, Bruce David Tentia, Kim Thompson 72- - Perry Arthur, Aaron Bengoe- chea, Mark Camavale, Bobby Casper, John DeLong, Mike Franco, Robin Freeman, Tim Hval, John Miller, Mac O'Grady, Bill Riddle, ' Ron Vlostch 73- - Ron Branca, Scott Brandt, Greg Cesario, Brighem Gibb, Brad Hansen, Brian Mogg, Rafael Ponce, ' Matt Porter, Mike Putnam, (a) Rich Rawdin, Bob Rusnton. Paul Stan-kowsMark Tramner 74- - Tom CosteHo, (a) Todd Barker, (a) Larry Buechen Jim Daley, Jim Empey, Chris Endes, (a) Frank Huff, Ron Pstecek, Paul Phillips, Craig Sarto, Ryan Scott, Billy Tu- ten, Dean Wilson 75- Spnce Ahrend, Mark Armi- - ; stead, Angus Baker, Mike Bortch, . Robert CampbeH, Roy Christensen, Jeff Green, Spike Henderson, How-ie Johnson, Brad Naz2artrti, (a) Ryan Rhees, fa) Kevin Shrage, (a) Greg Slack, Glen Spencer, Greg -Stimpson, (a) Brad Sutterfield, Milan Swilor, Jeff Thomsen, (a) John " VanFteet 67- - Kerth 68-Ji- broadcasting and playing oglf. Without I'm about " a contract from the network I have to do what I do best and that is golf.. .That dream is still alive and kicking...every time I -shoot a 68 it is one step away., from a broadcasting career." - ' In at 69 are six pros; Barry, e Conser, Rick Cramer, . two-tim- state amateur champ Eric-Hogg- , , ' Bill Loeffler, Ron McNa- - -; mara and Dave Powell. ' Scores of local pros and ama-- : teurs of note include Alpine;-Countr' Club's Kim Thompson, y ' the Homestead's Bruce Sum--;' merhays and Jimmy Blair of Ogden all at 71. ; He plans to take two weeks off immediately following this tour;-- ; nament. (Continued from Page B-ers, Mudd was distracted on the 15th tee, backed away, then slashed a shot far to the right and under a bush on the par-- 3 hole. He eventually wound up with a triple bogey-- 6 and stum72. bled home with a First-roun- d leader Nolan Henke slipped from an opening 66 to 75. But that was much better than U.S. Open champ Payne Stewart and Jose Maria Olazabal, the runaway winner of this event a year ago and a winner last week in Colorado. Stewart shot a 77 for 150 and Olazabal relinquished any hopes he may have had of a repeat with a 78. At 148, he was 12 off the lead. 12, 1968 2 10.21. international sports stage, is par-69- ." l) Bob Beamon, United States, Patrick J. Eroh B-- l) thy considering he hadn't played in four days and this week is really a respite from the rigors of travel on the regular circuit "I didn't hit the ball real sharp but I know the golf course well enough to not make too many mistakes," said Clearwater. "There are some routine par-5- s out here that if you put yourself in the right position, it's pretty easy to make a 4 and it becomes a SERIES: 1989 8-- (Continued from Page Nelford is a regular on the Ben Hogan Tour and has gotten rave reviews for his color commentator work on ESPN. "I trying to decide between Arturo Barrios, Mexico, 27:08.23, 1989 110 Hurdles Roger Kingdom, United States, 12.92, 1989 Pfeoto. OPEN: "I had five birdies and one that came on the last bogey hole I played," said Nelford who finished on No. 9 and avoided the deep rough that is the longest in memory here. Leroy Burrell, United States, 9.90, 1991 Butch Reynolds, United Herald Mac O'Grady chips on No. 9 at Willow Creek Country Club., during Utah Open actios Friday. He shot even par 72. Event record holder, country, record, and year set. 400 4. Vikings 3L Browns 7 Wade Wilson completed 14 of 16 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns before the Browns had either a completion or a first down and the Vikings finished the preseason with a victory. World Track Records 100 t ), 100-met- er heats. Burrell was worried about the slippery track. "It concerned me that it wasn't safe," he said. "Hopefully, the weather won't remain like this," he said of the poor conditions caused by rain. Burrell said he had problems in the blocks adjusting his hands, and his knees were "sliding." "When you got in the blocks, you needed some ingenuity to get set," he said. Britain's Linford Christie was the slowest of the 10 heat winners, finishing in 10.39. Two former WAC athletes, BYU's Frank Fredericks and UTEP's Olapade Adeniken, won their heats, too. Adeniken ran 10.20 while Fredericks was clocked in - 2) Pair of meet records fall as track 'worlds' open By BERT ROSENTHAL AP Track Writer TOKYO (AP) The World Track and Field Championships, tinged with political overtones, began Saturday with a pair of - two-gam- Cards cut Dodgers' West iead to one Jose Oquendo's - John Daly, the rookie who leaped to stardom with his awesome exploits in winning the PGA Championship, improved from an 80 to 72 but remained the anchor man in the tournament. "I hit the baU much better today," Daly said. "All I'm trying to do now is get my game in shape so I can go on vacation with a little bit of confidence." ; ; Brooks, who qualified for this, event with a victory in the: Greensboro Open, followed las sec-- : opening birdie with a ond shot and a putt for eagle on the second. 30-fo- ot He was for the day before consecutive bogeys on the 11th (from the trees) and 12th (from a bunker) dropped him ! back. t But he responded with a string of four consecutive birdies on; putts of 25, 10, 6 and 18 feet to go; in front alone. "I don't know what it is," he: said, "but sometimes I get in a; zone and make a lot of birdies in; a row. I won Greensboro by; making birdie on 9 of the last i 11." Love's shot for the dou-- ; ble eagle hit the flagstick, "about six inches, a foot up," he said,; and dropped straight down into the hole. ; on "It's hard in," he said. that a shot could hit the hole." to believe it went "It's hard to believe from 180 yards out stick and stay in the |