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Show Tuesday 28, 1991 Sports NOTABLE QUOTES: "We cried together. That was something you'd never go through with another coach. We both stood there and he started and I started and ... it was really deep. It wasn't like I was talking to a coach, and I wasn't. I was talking to my friend." L A. Lakers star Magic Johnson, talking about the close relationship he had with former Lakers' coach Pat Riley. After Riley announced he would step down as coach last year, he drove to Johnson's home to talk to the L.A. superstar about his decision. BALLESTEROS WINS: Severiano Ballesteros tossed away a lead but won the $875,000 British PGA golf Championship on the first hole of a sudden-deat- h playoff with Scotsman Colin Montgomery on Monday in England. Ballesteros, who had to birdie the final hole of Regulation to force the playoff, collected $145,000 for his first victory this year on the European Tour. Montgomery, who scored birdies at the last two holes to temporarily go in front, shot a final round 67. ... two-stro- B5 4 Steaig sweep U a wnami AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -CDetroit hicago didnt wait for the ConferPistons to pass the Eastern ence torch. The Bulls just took it. -- !l ' r. utjfutumm. M . A. SLU ' - f i a ' The Pistons, as usual, were tough. They just weren't good enough. The Bulls, getting 29 points from Michael Jordan and 23 from Seottie 115-9- 4 Monday Pippen, beat Detroit to sweep the Pistons 4- and end their dream of a third consecutive - -0 NBA -- in ft f 7 f - i 'w - iJLz , .1r tide. "We knew we could beat this team," Jordan said. "We didn't think we could sweep them." Pippen, the brunt of many jokes after coming down with a migrane headache in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals against Detroit last year, said the Bulls learned their lessons after being eliminated by the Pistons the previous three years. "The playoffs are the time of the season where you've got to step up to another level," Pippen said. "I think we've just grown. We just learned. We learned to put away a team like Detroit." The Bulls are 1 in the playoffs and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in the history of the franchise. They will face either the Los Angeles Lakers or the Portland Trail Blazers. "It was meant to be for us," said 11-- 25-ye-ar SPECULATION: The Chicago Bulls were 1 against the LA Lakers during the regular season. The Bulls defeated the Lakers 114-1at Chicago Stadium on Dec. 21 and lost 6 on Feb. 3 at the Forum. In that game, Magic Johnson suffered a concussion and missed the final quarter. The Bulls were 2 against the Portland Trail 2 at Portland Blazers, losing 1 at home on on Nov. 18 and Dec. 8. Both games came during Portland's phenomenal 19-- 1 start. The Bulls, who made the NBA Finals Monday by completing a sweep of Detroit, would have the hornecourt advatage against the Lakers in the finals, but not against the Blazers. 99-8- 0-- 125-11- 109-10- LEARNING BASEBALL: The BYTJ and Utah college baseball teams gave baseball lessons to the Hiroshima University of Economics team Monday. The Utes beat Hiroshima 18-- 1 Monday at Derks Field in Salt Lake, and the Cougars followed by beating the Japanese visitors 15-- 5 in the doubleheader. The games were a part of local Japan America week festivities. Rob Jensen got the win for BYU, with help from two other Cougar hurlers. Brett Eagar, Brent Turley, Brent Brown and Norman doubled for BYU. McGuilvory tripled. The Hiroshima team faced this a team of 3A-4- A prep afternoon at 4 p.m. at Derks. all-sta- rs Chicago's John Paxson, who scored 12 of his points in the first quarter,, including eight consecutive points that put the Bulls ahead to stay. "We handled their intimidation tactics all year. That's one of the reasons, among many, we finally beat Detroit this year." (See BULLS, Page B-- all 6) two-und- er ALLISON WINS: Davey Allison shook off last-minu- te engine troubles and overpowered the field on the way to a dominating victory in Sunday's Coca-Col- a 600, the longest race on the Winston Cup circuit. Ninety minutes before the race, Allison's crew changed the engine in his Ford Thunderbird after discovering that the exhaust valve stem seals had come apart. It made little difference to Allison, who led six times for 264 of the 400 laps on Charlotte Motor layout and Speedway's beat runner-u- p Ken Schrader by 1.2 seconds. Dale Earnhardt was third. The victory, worth $137,100, completed a lucrative stay at Charlotte for Allison, who won $325,000 a week earlier for his victory in The Winston, the circuit's annual all-strace. By The Associated Press Orel Hershiser is returning to see if he can regain the form that made him a Cy Young Award winner. Ramon Martinez seems headed in that direction as baseball's biggest winner. Where does that leave Me Morgan? He may be the forgotten ace of the Los Angeles Dodgers' brilliant pitching staff, but he leads the league in earned run average. whose ERA fell to Morgan ), 2.01, had a season-hig- h eight strikeouts and walked none while allowing six hits in eight innings Monday night as the Dodgers beat the Houston Astros Being overshadowed by his teammates is not a concern of the r. He's simply glad to be on the mound at all. "The only thing I was upset (5-4- 4-- 1. right-hande- about was winter," he I was going He did, my hip injury in the said. "I didn't know if to pitch this year." but didn't get much respect after the exhibition season. "I wasn't too happy coming out of the spring as the fifth starter, but I was happy just being part of a team that was being picked to win it," Morgan said. "We haven't really even played great baseball yet and we're in first place." And likely to stay there if Hershiser can make it all the way back from reconstructive shoulder surgery that sidelined him for a year and Martinez continues to pitch well after an 1 start on the heels of a 20-- 6 record last season. "We've got a good ballclub," manager Tom Lasorda said. "We've got guys who've been doing the job, and now we're going to 8-- have the Bulldog (Hershiser) himself. "Getting him back, without question, is a big plus for us. Before he hurt his arm, he was one of the premier pitchers in baseball. And if this guy is healthy and he rebounds from that injury, then it's really going to be a delight for us." Hershiser starts Wednesday night against Houston. Elsewhere, it was Pittsburgh 8, St. Louis 1; New York 3, Chicago 1; Montreal 8, Philadelphia 1; Atlanta 3, San Diego 1; and Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 2. Eddie Murray, who has eight RBIs in his last four games, drove in the 1,400th run of his career for the Dodgers. (See DODGERS, Page B-6) Rangers win 1 4th game in row By The Associated Press Minnesota manager Tom Kelly sees a little of the 1927 Yankees in the Texas Rangers. Well, at least some of the numbers look similar. Let's see, Brian Downing is bitting .389, Juan Gonzalez .355 and Rafael Palmeiro .331. As a team the Rangers are batting .294. For the record, the '27 Yankees hit .307. 15 hits the 11th straight game in which the Rangers have had at least 10 hits. Texas is hitting .348 during the winning streak. "I've never seen a team with an offense like this team," Rangers manager Bobby Valentine said. "The little things are happening and the big things are happening." The last American League team to win 14 straight was the Oakland Athletics, who did it April Texas came home and stayed hot by winning its 14th straight game as Gonzalez and Julio Franco each drove in three runs to help the Rangers rout Minnesota 11-- 4 Monday night. Palmeiro added three of Texas' 9, 1988. The Rangers improved to 17-- 6 in May, tying the team record for victories in the month set in 1988. Last May, they went "I guess die '27 Yankees did what these guys are doing right now," Kelly said. Elsewhere in the AL it was Detroit 15, Milwaukee 9 in 14 innings; New York 6, Boston 5; Cleveland 3, Baltimore 2; and Kansas City 6, Seattle 3. Again the Rangers won despite a 9. shaky performance from their starting pitcher. Kevin Brown The streak has brought the Rangers from sixth place and 5Ms games back to first place by a game over Oakland. Texas returned home after winning six straight in Minnesota and Seattle. re ar (4-- gave up three earned runs on six hits in five innings. (See RANGERS, Page B-6) c 1. NFl WAQI SCAlf, 124- ' , r9 Hnemvn Mint 2. Brtter" Nrwrrwn J. Anrv" MCkt ' game 4. "Big Mar" 150-J7- 5 S12S-S15- 0 ptr par gama racaiva 0 KTLAF Sparta Faaturaa Syndicate arW pay 15 lot yew Hat H uMiehee'. Sand Data te Sporta feature, P.O. Box MO, Mapte Sheoe, N.J. OMS2. In. etude name, ddraee, phone numaar Tuatday p.m. BaaaoaH (ESPN) Baerball. Matt t Cub (WON) Ot p.m. Stat SpontHne ( guest, Jay Don Blake (KUTfl 1320 AM) :30 p.m. Sporttcentral (KSL 1160 AM) 7 p.m. NBA PleyorH (NBC Channel 2) 7 p.m. Surfing (PSN) I p a. Volleyball (PSN) p.m. Baaaball. Brevet at Pedret (TBS) JO p m. Beaaball (ESPN) ( p m. 7 a.m. iMi (WGN) 2: JO Wedntdy French p.m. Edberg rolled over Belgium s Bart Wuyts, after Boris 6-- 2, 6-- 3 Becker, the No. 2 seed, disposed of Spain's Jordi Arrese A French championship would give Becker the only Grand Slam title he has never won and give him another 1991 Grand Slam victory to go with the Australian Open he won in January. 6-- 2, 1250-MO- Tha Pra Football Chronic! S JO ds 6-- 2, f 100 par Mm World Bowl loaar aach: vinnera. 15.000 Saurca per idberg, Seles take a step toward French Open tities - PARIS (AP) Top-seeStefan Edberg and Monica Seles scored easy victories at the French Open today, while No. 8 seed Zina Garrison became the first seeded woman beaten. Open termit (ESPN) BatebaH, Matt at Cubt p.m. Collegt toftbaH (PSN) 7-- 5, 6-- 2. He's never won a clay court tournament, but said of Roland Garros stadium, "It's not a bad place to start." Edberg, like Becker, has never won the French Open. Seles, seeking to defend not only her French Open title but also her No. 1 ranking, overpowered Czech Radka Zrubakova Third-seede- d Gabriela Sabatini, who along with Steffi Graf is hoping to replace Seles as No. 1, crushed American Marianne Wer-d6-- 3, 6-- 0. el 6-- J, 6-- 1. Garrison, a serve-and-voll- player more comfortable on fast courts than the clay of Roland to Naoko Sawa-matsGarros, lost the Japanese teengiving ager her biggest victory ever. No. 5 seed Arantxa Sanchez Vica-ri- o 2 demolished Lori McNeil in exactly one hour, rifling passing Amerishots past the can. The No. 9 seed, Manuela 6--4, 6-- 0 u, 6-- 2, 6-- net-rushi- Maleeva-Fragnier- beat Nanne e, Dahlman of Finland, and 13th seeded Nathalie Tauziat beat a fellow French player, Pascale 6-- 2, 6-- 2, Etn-emend- y, 6-- 3, 6-- 1. Sanchez Vicario, 19, won the tournament in 1989 but lost in the second round last year. In the men's field, Goran Ivanisevic of Yugoslavia defeated France's Frederic Fontang, 6-- 6, 6-- 3, 6-- and ninth-seede- d U.S. Opens, when she was still an amateur. "I was so nervous," Sawamatsu said. "But someone told me I had a chance." Seles was the surprise champion a year ago, dominating Graf in the Yufinal. Now, it's the goslav's turn to be the target. But both Sabatini, ranked third in the world, and Graf, seeded second at Paris and ranked No. 2, can supplant Seles as No. 1 by winning the year's second Grand and gaining enough bonus points. Graf already is in the second round, having defeating Bulgaria's Magdalena Maleeva on Monday as k tournament got unthe derway. On Monday, the two oldest players in the field captured the spotlight, with contrasting results. Jimmy Connors, 38, overwhelmed Todd Witsken but John McEnroe fell to An). drei Cherkasov two-wee- Jim Courier advanced over fellow American Derrick Rostagno But No. 14 seed Karel Novacek of Czechoslovakia retired midway through his match with Sweden's Magnus Gustafson after twisting an ankle. Sawamatsu, 18, is ranked 35th in the world and is Japan's woman player. But she had only two previous Grand Slam victories, against unseeded opponents in d matches last year at the 6-- 3, 6-- 0. 6-- 3, 6-- 3, 6-- 3, 2-- 6, 6-- 4, 7-- 5, 7-- 5, 7-- 6 (7-0- top-rat- ed first-roun- "If I don't feel that I have a chance when I walk out there, then I'd rather do something else," Connors said afterwards. 'in im m mi i mmin immM The top' "' (AP) finishers of Sunday; Indianaprj-- . lis 500, with starting position, driv- - , er, hometown or country, car num- -, INDIANAPOLIS 10 ber, ner dutifully signed everything thrust at him: programs, photographs, race tickets, even a Finally he left, but his emotions, even then, were revving as fast as Penske-Chevrol- et that gave him a victory margin over Michael Andretti on Sunday. "It doesn't stop until you get out of town. And it gets more exciting definitely is an honor for me. But you get put into a spot and hate to have to say no more (autoeraDhs)." For a record paycheck of $1,219,-70which was more than the total purse in his rookie race 13 years ago, Mears wasn't complaining. "It's incredible. This whole deal, to be part of the 75th running of tne race is fantastic in itself, and then to be fortunate enough to win it is tremendous." Mears' winnings broke the previous record of $1,090,940 won by Arie Luyendyk last year, and the purse was a record $7,009,150, which topped the former mark of also set a year ago. $6,325,803, Mears' teammate, Emerson Fitti-pald- i, won $183,728 for 11th place, pushing the Penske Racing team winnings to more than $9.9 million for its 14 drivers at Indianapolis since 19G9. Mears, who won just over $22,000 from a $1.15 million purse in his ',' ' ner Monday night 1. (1) Rick Mears, Bakersfield, , Calif., No. 3, Penske-Chevrole- t, 200, 176.457, $1,219,704 (record;.' ' old record $1,090,940, Arie Luyendyk, 1990). 2. (5) Michael Andretti, Nazareth, 200,-- , Pa., No. 10, 176.402, $607,753. 3. (14) Arie Luyendyk, Nether-- ! ' 199, lands, No.1, 175.464, $317,053. 4. (6) Al Unser Jr., Albuquerque, 198, N.M., No.2, 174.518, $223,916. 5. (7) John Andretti, Indianapo-- . 197, lis, No. 4, 173.742, $205,153. 6. (33) Gordon Johncock, Hastings, Mich., No.92, 1990 188, 165.323, $275,690. . 7. (3) Mario Andretti, Nazareth, 187, enPa., No. 6, gine, 166.178, $203,478. 8. (17) Stan Fox, Janesville, 185,' Wis., No. 91, Lola-Buic162.789, $201,090. 9. (20) Tony Bettenhausen, Indianapolis, No. 16, 1990 Penske-Chev- -- : ' 180, 158.192, $170,016. 10. (9) Danny Sullivan, Vail, Romeo, Colo., No. 20, Lola-All- a 173, engine, 169.888, $194,403. bill. the laps chassis-engin- completed, average speed and reason out If not running, and prize money announced at victory din- 4, 'J' rookie race in 1978, increased his record Indy career winnings to $4,157,995 and matched A.J. Foyt and Al Unser as Indy's only four-tim- e winners. (See INDY, Page B-- ) sports figures lend support to Cancer Society BYU French and Slam tournament - Rick INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Mears was standing in the dimly lit ballroom, long after the Indianapolis 500 awards were finished, apologetically trying to ease himself away from the mob of faiis trying to get autographs. Almost embarrassed by the atwintention, the newest four-tim- e every year," Mears said after Monday night's victory dinner. "It 1.5-mi- le wire-to-wi- emotions continue to race Morgan, Dodgers dump Astros ylears GOLF CHAMPION: Russell Madsen, who recently graduated from Timpview High School, won the Western Amateur Golf Tournament in Tooele Monday with a par 68. Marty Romney of the University of Utah finished second with a 69. Madsen will attend Weber State this fall. AP Laserphoto Detroit's Dennis Rodman shoves Chicago's Seottie Pippen out of bounds while the Piston's Bill Laimbeer stumbles out of the way during NBA playoff action Monday. The American PAV30N Can- cer Society scramble tournament at Gladstan Golf Course in Payson has added opportunities to rub shoulders with celebrities and play for the cause. The four-ma- n scramble tourna- ment Friday is a qualifying tournament for the world's largest amateur tournament. It includes state competition that leads to a national final at the Doral Country Club in Florida. Gladstan Golf Course announced today there are also slots open for golfers interested in linking up in foursomes with head BYU basketball coach Roger Reid, his assistant Tony Ingle, assistant BYU footo ball coach Ken Schmidt and KSL-Radi- To sportscaster Paul James. arrange to play with any of the above, call head professional Jack Lamento at Gladstan, or tournament director Dr. Steve Dewey at Mountain View Hospital. The tournament Friday is the first of monthly tournaments throughout Utah for the Cancer Society fundraiser. Other tourna 465-254- 9, ments are scheduled June 28 at East Bay in Provo, July 27 at in American Fork, and Aug. 23 at Alpine Country Club. Tri-Citi- es ,.; The winning foursomes at each of the 30 tournaments throughout Utah will advance to the men's state tournament Sept. 13 and the women's Sept. 20 at Hidden Valley in Sandy, said Jim George, the golf committee chairman of the Utah-Jua- b County Unit of the American Cancer Society. The winning team from each state will play for the national title at the Doral Country Club in Florida Oct. The tournament includes handi25-2- 6. capped scramble divisions. For men, Division I is for handicaps seven and below; Divison II is for and Division III is all players 17 or above. For Women Division I is 11 or below; Division II is for 2 and Division III is for 23 r above. The Gladstan tournament Friday is by Taylor Made, Spalding, Tri Star Medical; . and The Daily Herald. 8-- 12-2- ixmiilHii |