| Show " - -4- - twetion D t NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball moved quickly Saturday to fill the void left by the death of A Bartlett Giamatti elevat- ic-i- i a Y' Ir:4 ing ray Vincent i:4:''''1 from deputy to Vi-:'- ' acting commis- sioner while the 1e:H i 4 game's hierarchy !' 4:ki'I'''I tI !'io tit I -' 4 seeks a P erma - nent successor The announce- 'Zt"i4:naavii1': 1 ment by baseballs 4 executive council came less than 24 41Vaiiwits hours after Gia- VIneen' ElY matti 51 died of a heart attack at his vacation home on Martha's Vineyard An autopsy Saturday showed he had suffered a prior heart attack several years ago The executive council said it had assumed full responsibility of the commissioner's office until a formal meeting next Friday "The council unanimously delegated full authority to Deputy Commissioner Francis T Vincent Jr in the interim" the council said in a statement "Mr Vincent will serve as act-mcommissioner and will report directly to the executive council" In Falmouth Mass William Zane medical examiner for Barnstable County said Giamatti an overweight might have suffered bis first heart attack at some point several years ago without realizing it His death was caused by constricLive coronary heart disease Zane said "The manner of death is natural" Zane said Giamatti a former president of Yale University died after being stricken at his summer residence in Edgartown Mass on the resort island of Martha's Vineyard Vincent a former CEO of Columbia Pictures and Giamatti were close friends Vincent had flown the commissioner to Martha's Vineyard only hours before Giamatti became ill " This is a terrifically tragic day or me" Vincent told NBC on Saturday "I lost a great friend I lost a partner and its difficult to talk about be future I will be happy to serve as uiterim commissioner" Vincent 50 joined Columbia in 1978 During his tenure Columbia released "Ghandi" "Tootsie” and -Kramer vs Kramer" Coca-Col- a bought Columbia in 1983 and Vincent continued as head of the company He also was made an execubut bve vice president of Coca-Col- a resigned last July after he was asareas signed to "1 know something about running adngs properly" Vincent said in a recent interview "1 have a background as a chief executive 1 have experience dealing with the government" The executive council authorized See D-- Column 1 I ''' r -- s':' ' :: ': :: ' ' 'f : 1 Page - -' s L : '7::'0-:--i- 4:' : ' :::' - 0 adogs' ite 1I 52-2- 2 "P:' : '''i''''':"?: ::: i'' ''' ''' r ' ::::s :: ''''-::'- :: : 'F t : final 16 minutes when the Bulldogs were all barked out Mitchell had two TO passes and a extra port passes pair of Fresno defending Big West champs and winner of the 1989 California Raisin Bowl was out to prove it belongs in the company of Western Athletic Conference schools Utah would vote against any munediate acceptance of the Bulldogs into the VAC A Fresno offensive line averaging 280 pounds and constantly opening gaping boles for running backs Myron Jones and Aaron Craver led the way to a rushing night by the Bulldogs !' 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Nsie ''::4" ' 46:1?Nw--- t ' 14 i N: 4 4'"'P r ::'' 4tir :''7i"" t5S:t:41- :::f:::' tekfl41i-t- t i tt :':'1:' il ff 1i ::::Kv:- - MEMIIIN ' 'mow wasn't exactly what the Cougars bad in mind as they ushered in the Ty Detmer era but Brigham Young still escaped with a 24-- opening-gam- e victory over a courageous New Mexico team here Saturday night "About a four" said Detmer when asked to appraise his performance between a one and a 10 "And only a one in the first half I had too many fumbled snaps fumbles and sacks I didn't read the defense very well" The Cougars relied on their strong defense to pall this one out The key play of the game came on the final play of the third quarter Holding a tenuous 3 lead and facing a Lobo team that was threatening to go ahead BYU cornerback Brian Mitchell came out of nowhere to intercept a pass thrown by receiver Terance Mathis who was coming off a reverse Mathis came from the left side to the right and spotted flanker Mike Henderson near the goalline Mitchell beat Henderson to the ball intercepting at the three and returning it 97 yards for a touchdown to lift the Cougars to a 14-- lead "I chased my man Henderson all the way across the field" explained Mitchell "We got good pressure then and I was in the right place at the right time" Mitchell picked up a good block from cornerback Erie Bergesen and when he sprinted into the north end zone he had set a school record for the longest interception return The previous record was held by Dar Hansen who ran 93 yards for a TD in 1971 against Wyoming "There's no question that the inter ception was the key to the game" said Coach La Veil Edwards who departed e from his normal proce See D2 Column I - ' ' :' - l': ' 7: e 3 :: :' ' " :::::::::::::::::::::- - ' ''::- - ::: — NM ::0 D-- By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer -- - ' 's 1 d BYU Struggles To Win Opener ' I '4 237-200- Barsotti backed up his first half with TD runs of nine and 13 yards and an pass to flanker Dwight Pickens in the second half The Bulldog rout was thorough The Utes were never in it following a Wayne "Amalie field goal four minutes into the game Mitchell throwing to a group of receivers who saw little if any pressure mtnutes a year ago didn't have a prayer under Fresno's constant pressure up front It was by far the worst night percentagts-wisSee Column 1 two-poi- d ::::'i::::i:k:::'t'"2'i' :1':lr04 ' Call alasasses 1t I '7v all-Bi- ::iiA Sports Information '''- 'It ''? :ii:- Cougars Survive Lobo Scare chain-smok- I - 237-202- 16 shine Utah's more heralded junior Scott Mitchell if not in personal statistics then certainly in the way Barsotti engineered his club's demolition of the Wes Barsotti a sophomore rushed for four touchdowns and passed for two more in total offense leading the Bulldogs to a night and the clubs ninth straight win at home (25-1-over he last 27) Meanwhile Mitchell harassed all night by Fresno's swarming defense led by West roverback Ron Cox end Nick Ruggerrob and d linebacker Devonne Edwards mustered a 325 yards passing most of them in the 633-yar- - - For Recorded Scores Call 5 Local g I 1: t orts By Dick Rosetta Executive Sports Editor FRESNO Calif — Utah's football team went from the penthouse to the "Doghouse" here Saturday night The Fresno State Bulldogs exposed the Utes' most glaring weaknesses — a suspect defense and inexperienced receivers — and reduced the euphoria of last Novembers Utah victory over BYU into so many rivulets of embarrassment with a victory A sold-ou- t Bulldog Stadium (known as the 'Doghouse") crowd of 34926 delighted in see-m- g sophomore quarterback Mark Barsotti out ':'''14 I : 3 1989 Sunday—September Baseball Picks Vincent as Acting Boss 4 0!'": ' -- - att galic (Tribune ZrJbc ME I ' -- : -- - 7117:4474r4agri"""" Seminoles' Slate Is Toughest At this stage of the college football campaign it's popular for coaches to begin establishing their alibis by claiming their schedule is the toughest in the area or in the country based on the record of what their opponents did the year before James Van Valkenburg NCAA Director of Statistics has been checking strength of schedules with his computers in recent years and this year's champion in the toughest-schedul- e competition is Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden's team faces eight teams which appeared in 1988 bowl games How would you like to send your team against Auburn Clemson Flohda Louisiana State Miami (Fla) South Carolina Southern Mississippi and Syracuse all bowl teams Southern Mississippi a toughie! Well that team upset Florida State Saturday to prove a point on schedule toughness Van Valkenburg's computers don't count the game lost to the ranked team He asks the computer "What did Embraceable U do last season counting bowl games when not playing you?" Five WAC teams are listed among the 40 teams which played at least nine Division opponents who had at least 520 percentages when not playing the ranked team According to this table Wyoming's schedule ranks 11 th in toughness with the Cowboys playing four bowl teams San Diego State ranks 12th with five bowl teams on the schedule Colorado State is 29th also with four bowl opponents and Utah ranks 30th with five bowl opponents Air Force is the only other WAC team in the top 40 ranking 38th also with five bowl opponents BYU picked to win the WAC by the coaches and media does not have a schedule tough enough to qualify for the top 40 based on last year s records After Honda State the top 10 to tough schedules includes: 2 Oregon StAte 3 Stanford 4 Southern Cal 5 Not re Dame: 6 Wash trigtom 7 Washington State 8 Penn State 9 Arizona and 10 Maryland post-seaso- n it 1 r -6 l ff - IC -5 If l if - r111411 John Mooney ' - ' - I' - ' Sports Editor - year ago at this time Kentucky faced the toughest schedule at the start but since the ratings are revised several times as the A fin k sebasedonioptbrogrAetstsbees as New York in the aiNev'eFisL the Canadian g and golfing with Dungan another former quarter American Football Con fearekenee and National Football Conference championship playoffs will be Jan 14 Super Bowl will be played Jan 28 in New Orleans Superdome Earle BCruoleeoraendoriSetanttefnrnatahkaisi coach at e sixth in list of Big 10 with nvictories against eon- coferaecnheees u ce ' s record t alanig 10 was (755) eBdr foes and he was enters tbScehesemasbeeonhile4rvinfctoMgehsigsanhy of Woody Hayes' 238 victories the record Where are they now? Al Gionfriddo the Brooklyn outfielder catch in the wtreollitint - eKnednotuhf last sea- - son Virginia Tech was adjudgwedast0No 11 at the have toughest schededonthl ule based opponents Actually forgetting the computer the coach facing the toughest schedule is Forrest Gregg at Southern Methodist The m US- a two aenagrsdceoamthingp backyffom ranked 27th in toughness of schedule But consider: Gregg opened the season against Rice with just 42 scholarship athletes and only three had played in acollege game True in Rice ' SMU laced a the longest current los- witbk e football but penis ngathiense:as2 with only three experienced players? Disa and Data Bob Carlson former wrestling coach and associate director of athletics at Utah State has been promoted from assistant athletic director to associates director at e Branham Clarion former Ute halfback will be installed in the Kentucky High School Hall of Fame next year 7 ' Colorado State San Diego State Utah State and Wyoming Lave joined a national marketing consortium aimed at securing sponsorships from national eorpo- rations for radio and TV asr rd recognition newspaSe per ads football stadia and has ktball arena banners Fred Miller athletic director at San Diego State is chairman of the NCAA committee forming the consortium Tom Dublinski former Ute quarterback who played with De 1 'C''':' !': '''' '''0-T:::'!':-:!''-'::':!71- ro-"::-:'::- is':::::i::::S " q 1 4''-- 1V1::-Illiii1n i l : 4 yli :::: !4 : : ' :: ::::n::::::::-:e::- '' ''' ' '' '' ' ‘' ::fi-- f''kt:: v i g ?::I::1:0-k-- i 7:''':- k ill 4:::s:i::::::: ' '44:::'g'::::::::4'jx:r:'E-:::''''':-''- - ' - : ''''t 71 i:::ini ::::::2:: i' : :: ::':'::!::1i'yp:': - ::::::1::: '' :::::5i: 'N'f: 1 :' ' - 1 : ': all-tim- ?4L ' P- 4 81-26- li'Mo amgga idoe ee xgtrreaaht N ''''' 4- ':i'di '1 ll'e'-?- ' ' ' '' IiIP:: 804 ' q-'- :' :: :': '::'::::? ::40 :7: :? f'ii :t?:: ''''':V-'-1:- :!i''::'1:An'4 i'k ':'''' J: ' ' i ')4: ''''''' li'::::: ' - ' a(r ''5: ' ip '''''''' ' rsobanbdingsato! of ing the sixth game for the Dodgers is a sporting goods salesman Reid will in Golata conduct a Galiin c at Park Meadows golf course Tuesday as part of the Junior Achievement Golf Classic Additional information from 355-525- k " t'-- :'$: i: !1 4er '''''''f' 44'' ' ?'''1 ?:tnlt io':::q:::'::ii::0:0 '''''' 441:4444ivbauvordchiltvae i'''''' ''''''' :i- 'P:'!"'''!-- 01:2vf- - ' w:-- '7"':::A :‘:1 z: ': ' K 4kqm-- -- ' PTess Jimmy Connors despite severe pain from cramps didn't abandon his all-o- 2 ut 11 I e bustling style as be celebrated 37th day by beating Andres Gomez in US Open birth-muscl- Guest Thoughts Dale BrownifnovriTeeardtibriskeSttabante coach at Louisiana State: "The i athlete is the whipping boy for all the problems in our schools Its true our educational systems stink but just don't single out the athlete What about the teachers? Shouldn't they be held responsible for educating kids? What about the parents? Shouldn't they have a responsibility? "If we're so academic-minde- d why don't all the presidents pass a rule that freshmen spend that year studying ' not playing? "I'll tell you whr they're too greedy — too greedy for money and too greedy for wins" Observation Ward Although the number under in vestigation in both categories might be the same more coaches than politicians have been fired For misconduet in the last year which proves we expect higher morality from our coaches Co - ::: ors Shows His Spunk He Beats Gomez at Open Noah Rallies to Win 9 Tribune Wire Services FLUSHING MEADOW NY — It was a day of injury and insult at the US Open on Saturday Five-tim- e champion Jimmy Connors spurred by a fans taunt of "Let's go old than" reached the fourth round of the US Open on his 37th birthday Saturday then limped off in pain with severe muscle cramps and dehydration Connors who Ls making his best showing in a Grand Slam event this year following secondround losses at the French Open and Wimbledon defeated Andres Gomez 61 0 but developed water deprivation syndrome during the last two points al the match according to tourna 4-- 6 6-- 2 6-- a ment physician Dr Irving Glick Connors was given fluids intravenously after attempts to replace the fluids orally failed Doctors said that Connors would be sore but able to play his next match Stefan Edberg against on Monday Connors is 15-- in fourth round matches at the US Open CORIUM is the oldest pLiyer in Open and is competing for the 20th time while chasing an improbable sixth title Be followed victorious top seed Ivan Lend' on the stadium court Saturday and looked equally spry and dominant in winning the first set But Connors drifted in the second set dropping the last four games and exchanged breaks at the start of the 1 third-seede- d 0 third set After breaking Gomez again to go up 21 Connors failed to chase down a ball m the fourth game and responded with a vulgar gesture when a fan taunted him and implied that be might be too old Connors suddenly seemed to get a spark of life and held to move ahead lead broke again to take a thpn staynd in control IA Oh a sohd baseline game punctuated by a few dashes to the net Insult tarnished the Yannick Noah-AmoMansdorf match Noah rallied to defeat Nlansdorf ) in a match that was interrupted by rain Fhday night But alter winning Noah was relucSee D-- Column 2 4-- 1 s 3-- 7-- 5 3-- 7-- (7-3- 6-- 2 1 s I 4b011740nrowovImunvtwom91oVTIovi!ANten v4 Ivot!)91p powmro4N0)0000mwmtowboilwoloo40orep4eftMtoto 440411404160P41001 zoLt!114100t-0"0- fige000111k-P7- AIWA!" 4iert- 1 digkm0104 IK111kr 4 Akell:Al 41 01101 " girt es" 4 7 7: ' |
