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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune SPORTS Wednesday, June25, 1997 AES ‘ch Repub ens Makarova, Rusia, defTatiana Paaord, Rumi, 64, 46,63, Kerry Aum Ge. Auta,dt Ky erty (1, ee Vilage. “Arantss Sancher Vicario(Spin. de rai. de. Pa Clare Wood, rain, 60, 60 “4 c. Seeen, de. Do Nedas Kult, Sweden, det Martin Se Tene MaMs Sebeppangen. Netherland. det RetaProne, uaa, 87. 4 @ TODAY: BUZZ By Laurence Miedema Nenile anf Mark Pe Buzz Errors Hold Back Team’s Rise oth Africa, det Hen trans, 7.8 tain, de Jan Kron Awa, det 3 Heonerwon Nev. 78°79), Simp, Canada, 2,34 64 M4 62.38 Laura Golara. tly, det Alexa De Marcos Ondrska, South Attede aun Baer Pane, 61.48 63 de Jami 04, Austad 62,7 47,6 LsSia sede eh ea 4.7 DaviRACc Rep Drage18, Noman bid. Japan, de Rika His gant68 i-Ting Wang, Taiwan, det. Lo MeNel, Houston, 6:1, 26,75, Marcelo Pll. Uriguay, 4 6164 mond Mein aaahi It has not become an epidemic but Salt Lake's recent defensive shortcomings have manager Phil Roof frustrated * pat eb Bae Pa. 64.46 During a 13-gamestretch cuesdirectly led to two losses, and two moresetbacks were by one run each. The Buzz havegone errorlessjust threetimes since June 12 It’s moreof alack of concen tration. They'vegot to bear down and be ready to compete,” said Roof. “Sure, sometimesthey take a bad hop but it certainly wearsonthe pitching staff if you don’t play good defense behind ' them. t hey're all capableof playing wel Onateam that relies on pitching because it S$ consistent power hitting, the fielding lapses becomemoreglaring. Especially with the Buzz probably needing to win the second half outright to reach the playoffs for a fourthstraight year jow beingplayed inits 69th year, and Utah tennis Former U.S. Davis Cup captain David L. Freed, Utah’s “Mr, Tennis,” played No Champsforyears — toll. It makes the pitcher work no There's harder. much h ETtae at aeta group of Todd Walker, Kev ons. Jon ShaveandJeff isn’t that far off. eup and he saidlast week. As a 10-year-old, Cowley is small for herage(‘'I think I'm3-feet, 12 . but 2a bundle> ofof energ’ energy and coordination. a. swo.yest struggle closer mids Joly when MU i mi fon Mart and BatMorgan et Bal Northrop and “4 ectsps” geeait arn woes sre : zy Sow det. Dough ee Shears and Tin Hall det Keny Sule und Shwe ten64a 4 it F te p . ‘ elTage beDampe Pe asd eee Oe61,62: Tery Meir dt a Ma aha et. Mor ; et gamesat 5-0 in each set, meaningast hn gracefully on thee unfamiliar sur- face, challenging Rubin with dashes to the net. Jeff Tarango and wife Bene dicte exited the groundsafter a 3 6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-0), 6-4 defeat to Ro. dolphe Gilbert of France declining interviews. Other winners Tuesday includ- seeds Pete Sampras of the United ed Michael Stich of Germany over Jim Courier,7-6 (7-0), 7-5, 7 While Chang tumbled, top States and MartinaHingis of Swit- zerland moved along in straight sets. Sampras defeated Mikael Tillstrom of Sweden onthe new Court 1, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. ‘This is the place where I can win, whereI'msupposed to win,” 6 (7-2); Greg Rusedski of Britain who finished off Mark Philippoussis of Australia in a game of boom-boom,7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6), 6 3; and Boris Becker of Germany who beat Marcos Aurelio Gorriz of Spain, 6-3, 6-2, 6- Sampras said of Wimbledon “Notlike the French Open Hingis was unimpressive anda Becker said he was happythat Wimbledon tore down the old Court 1, that he nowhad better victory over qualifier Anne Kremer of Luxembourg. She fought back froma breakdownon two occasions in the first set, helpedby three double faults by Justin Gimelstob, a 20-year-old former UCLAplayer, markedhis first visit to Wimbledon byupset ting French Open champion and No. 11 seed Gustavo Kuerten6-3. step slow in her6-4, 6-4 baseline her opponent in the eighth game. It was like, ‘Thank God. Hingis said. “Otherwise she was playing very well Hingis is still working back tumblefromher horsein late win- ter, Shehas beenriding again “I'm doing better and better every day,” shesaid BU ON grass, Hingis, 16, looked chanceof winning. 6-4. 1-6, 6-4. New Jerseynative training in _A Florida as part of the USTA developmentprogram, the 6-foot-5 Gimelstob showedthe most prom ise of being able to step into the gaping void created by the re treats of Agassi, Chang and Courier. Gimelstobsurely has a long way to go and muchto prove, but he'll less impressive have a chance to claim another oldtour star, Anna Kournikova of Wimbledon champion Michael moreuncertain, ee less throwaways. She moved stacks the deck in a way that makes good, grasscourtsense Tuesday than the other 16-year- wt Red PanaeendOot Det Ratt be Me . Cronin 6.64: Gr sages “ at det; Jouatun tare Russia, who routed Chanda Rubin big victory when he faces 1991 Stich in the next round - Gd ge Wome " Ke M w " w ¥ c . aun turd doi i Maar cue a Te a . wy the next month and n openedthis Be eeu EQUI RUTUR fae PSRreas it CL peer em LUech SAA LLULe is career as a s 9-8 with a 4.30 1 ERA in 16 games with the Buzz before being recalled Sunc I'm excited about it. It'll be ir teresting,” Stevens said. “If you would have asked me eight weeks ago if I'd be back [in the big leagues] in June as a starter, I ww) RLD com think there'd be quite a few Wireless laughs. Improving his split-finger If you’re runninglate, mr) tocall ahead. ball was the key to his return, said Stevens, one of the hardest throw innings with BUZZ VS. CALGARY the struck out 71 and walked just 31 Stevens’ spot on the Buzz roster aTa will be taken by Scott Aldred, de moted after going 2-1 ERA with the Twins FREE Activation Hehas lost 19 big-le gue games the past 14years. Aldred was considered one of the top pitching prospects in base: aaa Te before running into arm that cost him most of 3-04 seasons power fastball and a Roof said d is expected te ting pitching Vancouver. He rth lefty in the Buzz tation with Mark Redman Miller and Dan Serafini i will be the fe unless one of those three is pro: moted this week to replace the Twins’ ailing Bob Tewksbury ' CTT Beelee et NsPaes Leased its great ers in the Twins’ organization. In 90 an t P. from knee surgery, the resultofa onl POP = to ing a telephone in the duge . eieath nit land, he cut his finger by smash ase 5dae hte honcaunatten Boys 1 dbs Kin : - Recently promoted Buzz pitch Minne: Pearce call NO CHAMPSTENNIS Today's schedule " Bay hoviiade eae Bot Dave Stevens made his first i sue start Tuesday night. It came at Clevela ‘obs Field where his un glued last sv Stevens My opponent wasa no-show, I snagged a default Mine was a small division this year, so I’m already in the semis. I'm ona roll — maybeI'll give Jordan anne el AS GOOD A PLACE AS ANY become timeof day win. pride and want to do well ter a rough outing against Cleve “Maybe I should en- “Doit,” he said, ‘No rule againstit.” I paid my$10 fee (can I expense-account this?) and entered in oneof the men’s geezer singles divisions. I drew a bye in the first round. Undefeatedso far. Mysecond-round match was scheduled at the University of Utah courts — treeless East Bench, hottest 1990 These guys rock-bottomin ter.” the state, and was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in pride in their er Kournikova lost those two G @ Continued from D-1 « r’s mentally supe: ’ this year, I joked to the boss, [record-worst] total. If we do, I'm Brian R on Centre Court, 6-1, 6-1. ang trophy,” gold. So, assigned to cover No Champsfor The Tribune whipped thebest 14-year-olds around, and went on That's six fewer than the club mons and Cc The First Round it Lake committed 82 errors inits first 78 games. At that p finish with 151 the club would Roof iiaSe Oereay, den on chancefor everyhacker to go for someof that trophy actually the youth's grandfather. They won Joe Cowley played in 1948-49. “I still havethat Jor che inches”) high of 157 in 1994, but nowhere near the all-time PCL lowof 103 or even the league low of in 123 last summer. Hopefully we won't reach that deads Patriok Baur, Ger 68.22 Women’s singles Fin round Nara kanVeo Venera «AnnabelElwood, Australi Tigton Niles, lpn cat eds Lace AM, Britain, 62. 42 MeGuire, Aa, 6464, 64 thelast timein 1981. Freedthat year was allowed to enter a father-son divison — although Freed was of Cindi and Brad Pearce. Brad is the top player in your pitcher the support that he needs,” Roof said. “It takes its sre Haber 7, Germany, ara Ch For all its tradition, No Champs is for fun. A sr Radulesco, Germany, 67 det Karol ke 68 1.6, 3 Sarg Sagi, Armen, el ts Van Herck, Belgium, 7 Women's ingles Jan Serer Webern de Firsround ile. Fla, def. PeRenan Purkan, Italy, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), mae 4 GRR ee tne Japan 63,68 lawn. a Narn tan et Nu aor Oeak Soak bee 3 sin AudGorSt Clement, Pra a.Bean 34,761 78 Wiliswe Briain a am a ar 17, Sweden, 76 ° Thee Reber Meadet ‘ta Arai, Morero, 7.6) Bored while waiting fora late opponent to show, she uncorks a series of gymnastic backflips across the sharea richlegacy, andthe tradition keepsbuilding. girls 10 singles division Tuesday. Sheis the daughter It’s tough whenyoudon’t give going to pull my hair out,” said The 1995 infield of To ips Denne (Hotk NO CHAMPS NOTES BY TOM DURKIN THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE _7e Salt LakeTribune’s No Champstournament Pearcelost to Kourtney Young, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, in the games. - No Champs Tourney Has a Rich History to become the No, 3-ranked 15-year-old in the nation This week the youngest player in the tournament comes equipped with a proud legacy of her own, as she adds to the tradition. Eight-year-old Jordan Salt Lake came into this homes: tandtied for the league lead with a 4.94 team ERA. But fielding er rors haveled to 42 unearned runs in thefirst 77 Didi ne Al Hartmann/TheSalt Lake Tribune Jordan Pearce, age 8, fires back a forehandin action at the No Champstennis tournament. Danny Sapsford Bett, feted xe eS wits (Bh, Germany, del Mars errors, including a franchise-re cordfive in a 3-1 loss to Colorado Springs on June16 Salt Lake's record was 7-6 dur ing thestretch. 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