Show Standard-Examin- Saturday June 15 1991 3B er SIDE LINES Bareback rider leads in finals American League By DENNIS LARSEN S'arKaa Enamner stal Boston 9 California 4 Minnesota 7 Cleveland 0 Toronto 9 Baltimore 1 Chicago 9 Kansas City 4 Texas 8 New York 4 Detroit 5 Seattle 1 HEBER CITY — It’s make it or break it time tonight for the Spikers’ Erandon Roberts A bareback riding victory m the championship short round of the L'tah High School Rodeo Association State Finals could go a long was in possibly earning Roberts a college scholarship ' Roberts won the first round of bareback riding with a 66- point marking on a Clegg National League Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 2 Montreal 2 Atlanta 1 Houston 4 New York 1 Chicago 7 San Diego 3 San Francisco 3 Pittsburgh 2 Los Angeles 2 St Louis 1 SPORTS SHORTS Championship Rodeo horse and then scored a 63 aboard Clegg’s “Alph" on Friday morning which put him in a three-wasplit for second McEnroe leads American charge y ' third and fourth in the second round Howes er Roberts carried the maximum of 30 points into the UHSRA State Finals and leads the bareback riding with 48 points going into tonight’s short round Twenty more points are possible in tonight's championship round — 10 for winning NEWPORT R I — John McEnroe weaved some of his old green magic Friday and sweeping the aserage the total on three head “I went to the National High School Finals Rodeo m fourth place last year so I really want that state saddle It all depends on what horse I get sharply placed volleys the round and 10 gave the United States a 0 lead over Spain in one of his favorite 2-- tournaments the Davis roe more for j c sancjers HOB CLARK JR of “I ne'er saw' the horse that I had in the first round but it was fine In the second go I drew a Clegg horse again and I got into trouble when I spurred O'er his neck about 51: seconds into the ride The last 21: seconds I just had to sa'e the ride “I had to reach back and pull myself back O'er to get back into position He was more stout than I thought he would be" Roberts Standard Examiner the Spikers Rodeo Club wrestles a steer in the state championship high school rodeo Friday in Heber City todeo second and third places said said "It was a little disappointing finishing fourth last year I drew a bad horse in the first round so all I could do was go for the aver- " age Roberts has been drawing and riding well all season — to the tune of 13 first places in the season "It’s kind of a drag that you can only bring in the scores from your top three rodeos I’ve had a lot of too" he "I'm still worried about the short round because they have a pretty tough pen of horses If I gel bucked otT I'll go into the nationals in third or fourth place If I mark I’ll probably win it at least I hope so" Roberts 18 graduated from Weber High School last month and he is still undecided about what college he wants to attend “I'd like to go to Weber State University or Utah Valley Community College on a scholarship It’s pretty hard to fill a PRCA permit right from high school to college Now is the time to try and get that scholarship” Roberts said Two other members of the Spikers Emily Hannum and Dustin Smith are sitting in the No hole in their respective exents going into tonight’s short round 1 Hannum who won the first round of girls breakaway roping with a scintillating run — the fastest of the rodeo 295-secon- d d and the only sub run — has 40 points Hannum was 5 27 on her second calf in Friday morning’s performance She also made the top 10 in goat tying for the short round Smith carries 49 points into the See RODEO on 4B three-secon- sets Lewis beaten by partner nd 100-met- d Downing Stadium After Burrell had broken the record and beaten Lewis the the two warmly praised each other “I’m just o'erwhelmed by what Burhappened today” the low-ke- y rell 24 said “He's my training partner teaching me how to be a better athlete and competitor" Lewis had held the record since the 1988 Olympic Carnes when he was awarded the mark after first-plafinisher Ben Johnson of Canada who clocked 979 was disqualup ce ified for testing performance-enhancin- for drugs posime g Johnson’s gold medal and world record also were stripped “I want to congratulate Leroy" Lewis said “He's a great champion he’s a clean champion" This was the first world outdoor record set in New York since 1961 when Frank Budd broke the 100-yamark with a time of 9 2 Burrell easily qualified for tosemifinals winday’s heat in 20 41 his preliminary ning Earlier Greg Foster and Rcnaldo rd 200-met- er Nehemiah long-tim- e ri'als 6-- 1 quarterfinals Brad Gilbert also took advantage of the surface to open the day with a harder 4 2 victory over Emilio 6-- 6-- 4 6-- Sanchez Both victories were expected and the Americans can build an insurmountable 3-- lead in the 0 best-of-- 5 matches if Rick Leach and Jim Pugh can continue form in doubles today against Sanchez and Sergio Casal Giants sign Perez a fin- ished in the men's high hurdles and earned places on the US team for the W orld Championships The two who often had battled acrimoniously before Nehemiah left track temporarily in 1982 embraced after their strrng showing this time The balding Foster 32 the 1983 and 1987 world outdoor champion and this year’s world indoor champion had to make up ground quickly alter Jack Pierce the e'en-tusecond-place finisher got a (Iyer out of the blocks luster did it smartly catching Pierce after four hurdles and held on to win in 13 29 tor his filth national championship who has Gail De'crs-Robert- s been sulenng from Gra'es disease — a hvperlhyroid condition — pi IN rn 4B 110-met- al The Associated Press leader at the US Open flips Payne Stewart the second-rounhis putter in the air after missing a birdie on the 10th hole d CHASKA Minn (AP) — It seems only fitting that in this of all the 91 US Opens e'er played the leader should be among the walking wounded Payne Stewart wearing a back brace in deferance to an ailment that shelved him for much of the season slipped into sole control of the lead with a solid 70 Friday as the injury toll continued to mount One day after a lightning storm took the life of one spectator and sent fixe others to hospitals two spectators were treated and released from hospitals after the collapse of a stairway leading to bleachers at the ninth green And Australian Greg Norman put himself on the injury list complaining of a hip problem and pain in his legs Norman attempting a recovery from a case of burnout withdrew after playing nine holes of the second round and said he would not compete again until the British Open next month in Southport England Stewart played in the same threesome with Norman and said “I was surprised” when the troubled star said he was withdrawing “If you know Greg you know he's a pretty fit guy” Stewart said Stewart put together a solid The lawsuit claims Navratilova summer but Martina Navratilova is not yet ready to stop rewriting the history books Navratilova 34 is just three behind Chris Evert's total of 157 singles championships and also three shy of Billie Jean king’s record of 20 Wimbledon singles and doubles titles “1 cs I think about Chris’ record because Pm very close now" she said “Bllie Jean's is within reach too It's possible but that one's ftr-thuwav So C hris’ is the one I’m " aiming tor now Navratilova said it was a great rdu-- when she broke the Wimbledon singles record she had shared with Iklui Wills Mooch But that elms not mean she has lost her determination to win again "It's not an win so I m much more re(least to laxed “ Navratilova said after a er Martina Navratilova She’s 34 but determined to continue winning ictory this week at the Edgbaston tournament grass-couShe said her age is not a handicap when she laces youngsters such Monica Seles the as world's No I player or Sic Hi Graf ranked second “Phvsically I leel better than last year" said Naviatilova who is ranked tourth Navratilova also said she has not been disturbed by the publicity surrounding a $10 million suit filed by Inno-timomnimnn fiidv Nelson v rt e broke a cohabitation agreement Though she has cut back her tournament schedule Navratilova pointed out she still plays as many tour events as her teenaged opponents “People say I’m cutting down because of my age when Pm playing the same number of matches as the she said Navratilova said she plans to play fur several more years because she still has a lot to learn “Sometimes I’m amaed I was able to win knowing as little as I did” she said “I here arc new techniques new strokes hilling the ball to a different place because I've been hitting it to the wrong place all the time and never knew how to play in the wind" Alter so many years that may sound like too much to worry about but Navratilova insisted she enjovs it all “We have a lot of fun practicing It’s a verv relaxed atmosphere" d the Giants in 1988 He appeared in one preseason garro and spent the rest of that year on injured reserve and was then released during the 1989 preseason With Frankfurt this past year d Perez was the quarterback in the league finishing with 171 completions in 357 attempts for 2272 yards and 13 touchdowns sixth-ranke- ef- down-the-midd- le fort that enabled him to reach the tournament halfway point at 137 That’s seven under par on the Hardline National Golf Club course that Stewart said “has been tamed” by overnight rains that softened fairways and greens Nolan Henke who shared the d lead with Stewart could not match his almost monotonous string of 10 consecutive pars and slipped into a tie for second at 138 with Corey Pavin and Scott Simpson Henke scrambled to an erratic 71 in which “I hit it all over the map digging it out of woods and See OPEN on 4B first-roun- Navratilova still aiming for tennis records BIRMINGHAM England (AP) — She broke the record she wanted most by winning an unprecedented ninth imbledon singles title last from San Jose State was originally a seventh-roundraft choice of 210-pound- er More fans golfers injured at Open NEW YORK ( AP) — Leroy Burrell who has been overshad-owe- d by Carl Lewis outdid his training partner and friend on Friday racing to a world record 9 er clocking in the men’s dash Burrell’s brilliant performance which broke Lewis’ record of 9 92 came in the Mobil national chammuch-maligne- 2 EAST RUTHERFORD NJ — The New York Giants announced Friday they have signed quarterback Mike Perez of the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football despite ailment world mark at 6-- 3 another GB 100-met- er pionships McEnroe passing shots and drop shots crushed inexperienced Tomas on the Carbonell grass of the Newport Casino on the opening day of the 6-- nose oo points is still tne top performance ride of the entire Burrell mixing with delicate tomorrow" said Roberts ' McEn- Cup she said “And we get to play tennis which is great What more could you want'" What some of the top women’s players want is more money Navratilova has led the call for women to be paid the same as men and said it is simply a case of due reward for hard work “When I started playing there was no money so you truly started playing the game because you loved it and wanted to win" she said “Because there is money now I'm still playing If there were no money I would have had to go back to college and get a job like anvone else" Navratilova said the amount of money available has made tennis mote competitive “I he money we make is unbelievable but you can have a very very average baseball player who gets thousands of dollars guaranteed" she said 'ics we get endorsements but you have to prove “ (K vniirsclf N'lnrr ni (( SPOTLIGHT Schuffenhaur wins national award Billy Schuffenhaur of Roy High School has been named as the 1991 recipient of the Gatorade Circle of Champions Utah High School Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year award Shuffenhaur a hurdler javelin thrower and high jumper is now eligible with the other state winners to earn Regional and National Athlete of the Year honors which will be announced within the next month The 51 winners (50 states and the District of Columbia) were nominated by coaches and fans nationwide Final selections were made by a national panel of regional media advisers and a National Advisory Board The girls winner in Utah is Windy Jorgensen of American Fork The award program now in its sixth year honors outstanding high school athletes in football soccer girls and boys basketball and girls and boys track SPORTS tiOTE "These last couple of days been looking at my left arm and thinking about all those baseballs I ve thrown Gosh " I m going to miss it — Former maior league pitcher Dave Dravecky who in an effort to stop the spread of cancer will have his left arm I ve amputated — Standard Examiner staff |