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I alt ©rts ffibune For Recorded Scores Call Focal 237-202- 5 Sports Information Call 237-200- 1 Davies Wins US Open Playoff By Tom Canavan AP Sports Writer Laura Davies EDISON TOWNSHIP NJ sank three long putts Tuesday for a US 71 and won the the longest-eve- r women’s Open in an playoff with Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner “I reckon I am the happiest person in the - British ’’ Open championT don’t know what it means yet I was just fut there having fun and this turned out to be one of the greatest rounds of life’V 4 golf in my 73 in what X Okamoto had a d amounted to the fifth round of the golf tournament that stretched over six days at the Plainfield Country Club The Carner an LPGA Hall of Famer had a 74 as she failed in her quest to win a third US Women’s Open title and end a two-yea-r victory drought Davies actually had five good rounds at Plainfield and was the only player in the field not to go over par during the tournament “I would have to say my putting was it for me this week” said Davies who on Thursday begins defense of her British crown in Cornwall England “This week has been my best for holing out putts” Davies earned $55000 for the victory — her first in the United States She was the leading on the European women’s tour money-winnthe past two years Okamoto and Carner each earned $23824 Davies had a lot of help with her putting all week from her caddie Tony who also is her brother He read all the putts for his sister and she put most of them in the hole especially in the playoff Davies had her nerves tested on the first world right now’ said the rain-delaye- - ip- - - a A zs eeciAL- - ip A DIFFER IEPAIR 5SI0NS V quote lyre exp i guar lytlme 4 front er j others Pugh INC t dud tgte xir Free joronteed 5 fro $400 e prices! ed vn Grills trucks at tick fend n fenders teds IAS 9736454 CKING —Associated j Citronelli’s transmis reign and dovsper cars rs tires tslon and tnd newer 000 234 s? 6NDARD INSPEC- - 5363 S: Ford 310 or 30000 Ines 9730411 9TS ventory tpalr 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between Humphrey and the Mustangs’ Keith Kaiser 2 The Trappers’ Mike Malinak and Jon 4-- k Beuder stroked singles to start the fifth After Jim Ferguson was hit by a Kaiser pitch Kaiser threw wildly to first in a pickoff attempt with Malinak scoring Neil Reynolds’ single chased home Beuder Humphrey checked the Mustangs — lead1 ers of the Northern Division with a mark — striking out eight and allowing just three hits and no earned runs through six back-to-bac- 23-1- innings But after the final out of the sixth Humphrey collapsed from heat exhaustion He was carried from the field with Peters coming on in relief Citronelli’s eighth home run a prodigious d blast over the fence chased home left-fiel- John Leake who had walked with one out in the eighth It extended Citronelli’s hitting streak to 10 games and upped his season RBI total to 43 Peters was just as effective as Humphrey In earning his seventh save of the season Peters allowed just one hit over the final three innings and faced a problem only in the eighth inning when Bernie Walker doubled down the third-bas- e line with two outs However Peters made Scott Sellner one of his three strikeout victims to end the inning The Trappers scored an insurance run in the ninth off Mustang reliever Bill Shiverick After two groudouts Steve Scott tripled into corner and scored on Shiver-ick’- s the right-fiel- d wild pitch Billings got their leadoff batter on with a walk to lead off the ninth inning but one of two Trappers double plays for the night erased that final Mustang threat Salt Lake upped its Southern Division record to 33-- 4 Humphrey said after the game he was concerned all day about pitching in the heat and humidity of Cobb Field “I got some cramps in my legs during the sixth inning and finally it got to me” he said of the sixth inning collapse which necessitated a couple of his teammates carrying him from the field The victory over the frontrunners from the opposite division put an end to the whispers circulating Tuesday that Salt Lake had manuteams factured its streak against sub-50- 0 e Monday’s win by the Mustangsending the pro baseball streak had fanned the innuendo By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer Jim Copeland the University of Utah’s Athletic Director for two years has emerged as tfle frontrunner for the vacant AD post at the 4 t University of Virginia I I The Cope- land a 1967 Virginia grad- I ' ' 1 uate apparently has only Northwestern Athletic Director Doug Single standing in the way of a return to the campus where he spent four years as field secretary for the Virginia Student Aid Foundation 9 from im Copeland The Tribune learned esday that Copeland has been interviewed the Virginia search committee and is one three “finalists” to replace outgoing Dick Schultz who resigned to Decome the new executive director of the NCAA Schultz had if been Virginia AD since 1981 Copeland — vacationing in the Charlottesville Va area where his parents live and where the university is located — could not be reached for comment Utah officials said he had left the Western Athletic Conference last meetings in Albuquerque (July Thursday and had planned on traveling straight to Charlottesville Copeland Single and Virginia basketball coach Terry Holland were the three names selected Sunday from a list of six candidates A Tribune source indicated that Holland’s consideration “may be a token gesture just to acknowledge his presence as an important university administrator Holland is really as basketball happy right where he is coach” Others in the “top six” for the Virginia job included Brown University AD John Parry Marshall University AD Dave Braine and Ohio State University AD Rick Bay All three were called sometime Sunday or Mon 20-2- day and informed they were not among the finalists for the job which Schultz officially leaves on Friday Copeland who began his Utah duties July 1 1985 replacing Arnie Ferrin asked University President Chase Peterson and Vice President for University Relations Ted Capener for permission to interview for the job at his alma mater Dr Peterson Tuesday confirmed that Copeland had talked with him and added that Virginia President Robert M O’Neil had also called to ask permission for the search committee to interview Copeland “Jim Copeland has done an excellent job for the University of Utah” said Dr Peterson “We want Jim to stay We will do all we can do to encourage him to stay “We understand his great affection for his alma mater and the pull of old friends and his parents Jim and Copeland’s wife Suzie have already grown to love Utah We consider it a compliment that Virginia is probably the only seconds later walked over and kissed he brother Davies had three birdies and two bogeys in the playoff which Carner could have prevented a day earlier Carner had rallied from a three-sho- t deficit in Monday's fourth round and went to the 18th green with a one-shedge However she three-putte- d from 25 feet and that deadlocked her Davies and Okamoto at 285 forcing the extra 18 holes “I never got the driver going today" said Carner who was the obvious crowd favorite “It got steadily worse the last three days I had some opportunities but didn’t make any ot putts" That was an understatement Carner missed birdie putts of 5 feet on the third hole 6 feet on the 15th hole and 2 feet at No 17 any of which might have gotten “Big Momma” in the hunt It wasn't to be though although Carner had regrets at seeing ner chance for a 43rd career victory slip by “I had it won yesterday and just didn’t capi-- 1 talize" said Carner “However this performance pulled me out of a little bit of a slump I can’t be disappointed I tried hard and fought hard I would have loved to have won but I’ll be back here in the future" no place that could pull at him Nevertheless whether he leaves or stays he has done a fine job by us" Tribune sources said Copeland’s abilities were a strong consideration in Virginia’s search for Schultz’s successor g “There is a big capital project in the works including a new basketball 8200-sed arena to replace the University Hall” a source said Copeland’s background in addition to the stint at Virginia included a 1979-8- 1 stay at the University of Missouri where as assistant athletic director he was responsible for all athletic development projects Copeland also g was instrumental in as athletic 5 director at William and Mary from O’Neil was reportedly leaning toward Single a Stanford graduate However a Tribune source in Chicago said Tuesday that Single felt "Copeland is the favorite for the job” 4 "I didn’t feel nervous today and maybe that’s why I didn’t win" said Okamoto through an interpreter “I might have been too relaxed" —Sports Capsul- ePioneer League Salt Lake 5 Billings 1 American League New York 2 Kansas City 1 Detroit 3 Chicago 1 Toronto 5 Boston 4 Cleveland 4 Baltimore 3 (10) Milwaukee 9 Texas 2 California 9 Oakland 2 Seattle 6 Minnesota 1 National League Chicago 8 Montreal 3 Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnatti 8 San Diego 7 Atlanta 6 Houston 1 New York 6 St Louis 4 Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 2 TV Sports 11 am — CFL Football Tiger Cats at Roughriders f ESPN 1 I wgn I WTBI 5:35 12:15 pm — Major League Montreal at Chicago Base-ba- ll fund-raisin- g funds-raisin- out-date- fund-raisin- 1981-198- pm — Major League at Atlanta Base-ba- ll Houston Quotable “I don’t see where Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth’s doing his part What has he done? He’s done nothing except go to the Little League World Senes and say ‘Baseball is free of drugs’ ” —Royals outfielder Lonnie Smith calling g the baseball program a joke “It’s seems that all year long I’ve been looking up at other guys always saves back But now I'm on top and I'm planning on staying there for a while” —Toronto reliever Tom Henke after taking over the AL lead in saves with 22 drug-testin- tvert oth 10191 ctory sec 16 RD XSTERY notor WIN After Brawl Ex-Coug- Molini Says Tm Lucky to Be Alive’ ar 5887 “Hello” said the voice haltingly “Yeah $250 best $300 5 Good 350 969 9137 H DIESEL tion $150 )ndtttoned Carlo Flat rotet Best after 6 good eng IVE GAS ccS150or nes tty 10 Kfcout I cteurnu 9 111’ I’m doing all right but I’ll never play again” The voice was that of former Brigham Young University tight end Trevor Molini responding to a telephone call only hours after he was released from a Reno hospital into the care of his mother Pat There was an air of despondency in his voice Molini’s football career is finished On the other hand he’s lucky to be alive Ten days ago Molini suffered a brutal beating at the nands of a security guard at the Premier Club in Reno The Molini and some of his friends were earlier ejected from the club for allegedly fighting with other club patrons Molini refused to let the issue die He tried to get back into the dance hall and that’s when the altercation began According to his mother Molini had been drinking "Yes Trevor was drinking” Pat said the day before her son was released from the Washoe Medical Center “Yes he got into trouble but he didn't deserve what he got” Molini suffered a serious head injury Pat said the incident is still under investigation and added “There are several conflicting reports and some things are a little fuzzy” According to published reports Reno Police Sgt Greg Dcon said on the day following the incident that the investigation showed the incident was one of “mutual combat” where both Molini and the guard were partially to blame Molini’s most serious injury was to the forehead “The doctor who operated on me said he removed the largest hematoma massive blood clot he had ever seen" said Molini “He said of all the patients he operated on I 240-pou- pondered a possible his final year of eligibility He also considered attending the University of Nevada-Ren- o BYU’s administration 7TT return to the Cougar team for Ray Herbat was the first person with that size of a blood clot to survive” "The doctor told Trevor he was a very very lucky man just to be alive” said Pat who added that the hematoma was the size of a grapefruit Molini’s life has taken one bizarre turn after another the past two years His downfall began when he became hooked on the prescription drug Percodan He began using then abusing the painkiller two years ago following foot surgery Molini along with teammates JC VonColln and Steve Sanders underwent a three-wee- k course at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center last December As a sophomore at BYU Molini was Then came named third team the injury and his life began to crumble He was twice arrested for fraudulent drug prescriptions He couldn’t kick his habit He gave into temptation again The second offense to which he entered iT guilty plea forced school officials to expel mm from the university Molini returned to Reno hoping to get his life back on track He worked as a valet parking attendant at the Nugget Casino He needed a year to get himself together Molini hoping to clear himself with t v That dream was violently shattered in the wee hours of the morning of July 19 The lifesaving surgery has left him with a permanent soft spot in the injured area “The doctor took a piece of skull in my Molini who caught 63 849 1985 “The bone there in for passes yards doesn’t heal like a broken bone in your arm” forehead" explained What's next for one of Nevada’s finest round prep athletes? all- “Guess I’ll try to enter school here and finish my education" he replied “I’m sorry all this had to happen Things were going good But I’ll tell you one thing: I never want to drink again It almost cost me my life” Pat Molini pulled no punches as she discussed her son's problems “Trevor has a serious drinking problem” she said "He has no tolerance for alcohol It changes him drastically “He has to realize he cannot drink I'm not so sure that he really believes he can get by with one or two beers He must not touch the stuff In the end it will kill him “Trevor must come to grips with his problem While at the Nugget he was working with a drug counselor All those meetings can do only so much But really he must handle it himself If that doesn't work he'll lose his life I've told him that when he loses control someone else takes over" According to Pat the guard that struck Molini was as large as her son “I understand ground — Tribune File Photo For Trevor Molini fending off tackles on the football field has been much easier than fighting off the effects of drugs and alcohol ar he was an wrestler” she said Molini said he doesn't recall what happened that night “I know I am lucky to be alive and I'm sorry I can’t play ball anymore I’m sure the drug thing is behind me” One of the residuals from the surgery is severe headaches "Yeah but I can five without painkillers” he said “All I’m taking is Motrin or Advil” Pat says she doesn't know why her son has changed She said “In high school he never took pills or got into any trouble He played all the sports and their seasons overlapped He was always in training “Maybe the problem was always there I don’t know But it became evident after he left home Going to BYU was difficult for him He wasn’t mature enough to handle the severe changes” Molini will return to the Provo campus some day he said “I'd like to see one of the home games this year” It won’t seem the same with someone else wearing No 94 -- f- t J Ij—A ' Okamoto 36 never got her game into' gear as she saw a second women’s major slip through her hands in the last three weeks She lost the du Maurier Classic in Canada three ' weeks ago by squandering a six-shlead iq the final round all-tim- Copeland in Final Two for Virginia AD Job 1975-197- RVICE 8th-Inni- 5-- two-ru- n slONS :cepted Press Laserpholo Laura Davies holds aloft the US Women’s Open championship trophy after winning playoff Tuesday from Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner three holes where she sank putts of 4 3 and 6 feet to save par to keep her tied at even par with Okamoto and Carner That changed at the fourth hole when Dato within 20 feet and sank the vies hit a She never trailed after putt to go that although Carner managed to grab a share of the lead when Davies bogeyed the par-- 4 10th hole after hitting over the green with her second shot When Carner who had problems staying in the fairway with her driver all day bogeyed the 11th hole Davies had the lead for good A birdie putt at the par-- 5 14th hole stretched Davies' lead to two shots and a birdie putt at the par-- 3 15th made it a three-shbulge But the stocky Surrey resident remained bold She hit the longest drive of the group on the par-- 5 17th hole and took out a and hit it to the fringe of the green She eventually parred the hole and went to the 18th green with a two-shedge "You can’t let up with two of the best golfers in the world in your group” said Davies who became the fourth foreigner to win the Open and first since Jan Stephenson in 1983 “I was shaking on the 18th tee I had struggled there all week long” There were some anxious moments on the final hole Davies hit her approach shot to the back fringe 25 feet away Okamoto placed her approach 12 feet from the cup ana some in the crowd whispered about a sudden death playoff Davies knocked her approach to within of the cup Okamoto then rammed her putt into the back lip of the cup but it bounced away With the pressure off Davies claimed the and Open title by knocking in her v |