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Show f' m W y r. Sports t jialt akf tribune Section D January Monday Morning 20, 1986 Page 1 I 1 By Steve Goldstein e No. Nl -- Ivan Lendl reaches for a forehand during Nabisco Masters final against Boris - the game less than three minutes latto give the Golden Eagles a 1 lead. Sapergia came up with a loose puck in the crease and didnt waste any time making a deposit past May. The Rivermen used a Doug Evans power-pla- y goal to trim the lead to 2 before the Golden Eagles exploded for a trio of goals in a span of 2:17 to take a commanding 2 lead after two periods. Bobby Francis won a face off and Burns blasted the puck past a startled May for his 14th goal of the season. Stewart amended for his earlier defensive mistake, scoring his fifth goal of the season, and Hooey completed the scoring after Doug Morrison had won another face off in the Peoria 3-- 3-- 6-- ar zone. semi-retire- NCAA Walter Payton Best Back Ever? 6-- richer, also harbored higher expectations than in his previous big matches. "People were expecting me to have more chances than before," he said. $70,000 "Me, too." See D-- Column 1 One aspect of Chicagos ground game that cant be ignored is the running threat of quarterback Jim Mc5.4 Mahon, who averaged a club-beyards per carry in the regular season. He opened the scoring in the NFC title game with a dash down the left sidelines against the Rams and McMahon will usually look to run even before he looks for a secondary receiver. st Coverts strength fnd mobility are the primary reasons the Bears are a running team. Hilgenberg has the quickness to snap the ball, pull out and lead Payton down-fielGuards Mark Bortz and Tom Thayer are adequate run blockers while right tackle Keith Van Horne and tight end Emery Moorehead contribute more to the success of the passing game. Adams will be a marked man as the Bears repeatedly run Payton off left tackle, with an option to break back against the Superdome's artificial surface. Nose tackle Lester Williams will also face a considerable overmatch against Hilgenberg, and Suhey could be a major factor on runs up the middle. left-hand- d. The Patriots yielded only 3.6 yards o inside linebackper rush and 128 tacker Steve Nelson (team-hig- h les) is one of the premier run defenders in the league. Fred Marion plays the rush as well as any free safety in the NFL and the Patriots have been n fumuncanny in causing bles, recovering nine in three games. The Bears lost only 15 fumbles all season and Payton cannot be stripped without a jarring hit. All-Pr- post-seaso- United Pre International The Bear running attack hinges on linemen like tackle Jim Covert, who says its a pleasure to block for Walter Payton. Hammond Birdies 91st Hole to Win Hope Classic in Sudden Death - PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) The position was a new one for Donnie Hammond, up there in the high-redistrict among the leaders of a PGA tour event. "I havent been there, havent been in conten- tion much, said Hammond, who hadnt finished higher than a tie for seventh in an official event in his three-yea- r tour career. So I just took the attitude that I didnt care if I shot 76, 1 was going to try to shoot 66 and win this thing." And thats precisely what he did. Birdies on five of his last six holes produced a 66 and a tie with John Cook for the lead after 90 holes of play Sunday in the Bob Hope Desert Classic. And Hammond, a refugee from the minitours who made four tries at the Qualifying School before gaining his playing rights, rapped in a birdie putt on the first hole of sudden death for his initial tour triumph. Its just so satisfying, said Hammond, 28. I hung in there tough. Im kind of proud of myself. The victory, which took five days, 91 holes and competition over four desert courses to achieve, was worth $108,000 from the total purse of $600,000. Thats more than the easy going Hammond season. won in any previous full Cook, playing his way out of a slump that has endured since his 1983 victory in the Canadian Open, also had a final round of 66, a bogey-fre- e toeffort, and had matched Hammonds tal of 335, 25 shots under par. Hammond, one shot back with two holes to go, hit a long iron to within four feet of the flag on the 17th and coaxed in the putt for a share of the lead. He went in front alone, briefly, when he was in two on the par-- 18th and chipped green-hig- h to tap-i- n distance. 5 He then waited in the scoring tent beside the 18th green while Cook, a resident of this desert resort area and a gallery favorite, played the final hole. From the fairway, Cook put his second shot on the green, some 18 feet away from an eagle that would have won it. But he left that putt short, then tapped in for the birdie that sent it to overtime On the first extra hole. Cooks approach skipped through the green while Hammond put his near the flag. Cook chipped back close, marked his ball and then watched as Hammond rolled in the right-to-lebreaking putt for his first victory. ft Finally Bumped into Reality With Mandatory Drug Testing Legislation Perhaps you noticed that with particular pomp and ceremony, including a windfall of public pronouncements and everything but an official ribbon-cuttinceremony, the National Collegiate Athletic Association voted into law legislation embracing mandatory drug last week. testing for student-athlete- s Welcome to the 1980s, NCAA. Welcome to reality, NCAA. While the NCAA's attempt to identify drug users among college athletes is laudable, the question is: What took you so long? And what's all the commotion over something about as bicycle? revolutionary as a The International Olympic Committee has drug tests beroutinely conducted fore and after Olympic competition since the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City. Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association have implemented limited drug testing during the last five years, and most National Football League teams have been drafting drug tests into personnel contracts since 1980. So why all the cymbal crashing concerning the NCAA's sudden alignment with the times? Drug testing is nothing new. Ask Seattle Willie Shoemaker and Slew, Secretariat, Steve Cauthen. g Assocloted Press Laserphoto Becker. Lendl, the No. 1 player in the world, took the title in straight sets. By Ira Kaufman UPI Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS With 14 years of NFL experience, right defensive end Julius Adams is considered the old man of the New England Patriots. He may feel 73 instead of 37 by Sunday night if the Chicago Bears run according to form in Super Bowl XX. Adams and right outside linebacker Don Blackmon will face the blocking of two Pro Bowl players, left tackle Jimbo Covert and center Jay Hilgenberg, as the Bears unleash Walter Payton and the leagues No. 1 rushing attack at New Englands opportunistic defense. Payton is also very dangerous out of the backfield catching passes, notes Tampa Bay Coach Leeman Bennett, whose club lost twice to the Bears in 1985. We might be talking about the best back thats ever played the game. Payton gained 1,551 yards to increase his record career rushing mark to 14,860. The Bears averaged 173 yards per game on the ground during the regular season. Paytons longest run in 324 carries was for 40 yards but, while he has certainly lost a step in his 11th pro season, he still averaged an impressive 4.8 yards and scored nine rushing TDs. Fullback Matt Suhey, a solid blocker and decent receiver, almost always runs between the tackles and he averaged 4.1 yards per carry. The sixth-yepro from Penn State lacks breakaway speed (long gain of 17 yards), but Coach Mike Ditka isnt afraid to call his number for draw situations. plays on third-dow- n d ded Golden Eagles fenseman Len Frig played in his 383rd game, passing Gary Holt for third place in career appearances for the club. (7-1- ), "When he's flying on emotions, its tough to beat him," an unhappy Becker said of Lendl. "I had a good chance to win the second set. If I had, maybe it would have gone five sets. Lendl, who won $100,000, played extremely well. He used his sliced backhand to draw Becker in to the net and then repeatedly passed the German. Lendl returned Becker's somewhat erratic serve much better than he had in their last meeting in November, when Lendl won in straight sets. The Czechoslovak showed some skill off the court, too, in assessing the psychological forces at work on the young prodigy. "1 felt like this was the first time he was going into a big match and a lot was expected of him, Lendl said. "He didn't handle it as well as he probably will in the future. He made too many errors, and he didnt serve all that well. Becker, who returned to his income-tax haven in Monte Carlo Super Matchup: Bears Running vs. Pats Defense er Evans scored his second goal of the game just 25 seconds into the final period for the Rivermen. But Burns added his second goal later in the period to finalize the scoring. "We played a pretty good game. We went out and took the body. We wanted to show them we were here to play," said Golden Eagles Coach Wayne Thomas. Thomas said the team wanted to nip the losing streak before heading home to open a three-gam- e series with Milwaukee beginning Wednesday night at the Salt Palace. We played a good, solid game when we needed too. oi Yet it was obviously his heart that Lendl had buried, not his wounded knee. 0 blitz. Ted Pearson did most of the work in the corner to get the puck to MacLeod. Sapergia scored his second goal of er 6 2-- 5 al second-perio- 1 ranking. "You're only 18; you can wait a little bit, Lendl told his younger rival. I waited until I was 25." And now the U.S. Open champion is indisputably No. 1, having beaten the Wimbledon champion, in Sunday's Grand Prix Masters final at Madison Square Garden. Lendl, who also won the Masters in 1982 and 1983, came back from down and also saved a set point in the critical second set. Becker came out of the match bloodied and bowed. With Lendl serv40-in the third game of the ing at second set, Becker tried to run down a forehand volley and crashed headlong into a courtside flower box and through a curtained guardrail. A cut knee required a injury timeout and would later require stitches, Becker said. 6-- 30-go- five-go- Newspapers NEW YORK Ivan Lendl is going to make Boris Becker wait. West Sunday, he made the bull-likGerman teen-age- r paw the court anxiously as he fiddled with his racket strings before serving. Then Lendl postponed any thoughts Becker may have had winning his first Masters title, and put off indefinitely the day that Becker might hold the world's 10-1- decisive 2;t:-2o- oral 2;t7202.') Knight-Ridde- r 21-2- goal-tend- Cali Lendl Shows Boris Whos Number 1 7-- ff s)orl liilormalion Call Sapergia, Burns Steer Eagles Past Rivermen Special to The Tribune PEORIA Brent Sapergia picked the right time to break out of his personal scoring slump and helped the Golden Eagles rid themselves of their collective one. Sapergia and Gary Burns, with a pair of goals each, and goaltender Rick Heinz, playing with the flu, were instrumental in turning back the Peoria Rivermen 3 Sunday afternoon. Not only did Heinz avenge an earlier loss to the Rivermen, but he, Sapergia and Burns were the right medicine the Golden Eagles needed to get rid of their three-gam- e losing streak. Peoria Coach Pat Kelly is still looking for reasons why the team can't win at home. We need to put some wins together. Our home record is terrible," observed Kelly about the play of his team in Carver Arena. Kelly has said all along that his 1 club is a better one than its overall record indicates. What has the Peoria coach really scratching his head is the teams 11-- 9 record on the road, but just 2 at home. Everything we accomplish on the road we have been giving away at home, he was quoted as saying. It was a giveaway of a different sort that led to the Rivermens first goal of the game. Former Golden Eagle Grant intercepted a pass from Eagles defenseman Gary Stewart and put it up over the shoulder of a surprised Heinz. But just 1:02 later Sapergia, who scorhad been mired in a three-gam- e ing slump, broke out with his 30th goal of the season. Sapergia had only a single aassist in his last three games. Linemate Scott MacLeod made a spinning move along the side boards to get the puck to Sapergia who found the empty net behind Peoria Darrell May. Todd Hooey also assisted on the goal. Sapergia joins MacLeod as the scorers. The Golden clubs Eagles are the only team in the International Hockey League with two scorers. MacLeod netted his 31st goal of the season on a backhander over May in a or Kt't'orilril scorc . lege athletics. News flash? Bulletin? Heck, drug testing is yesterdays stale bread. The University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Utah State University and Weber State College have been testing their athletes for drug use the last two or three years. Oh, you didnt know that? Well, it has been a semi-secrprocess. But part of the athletic programs at Utah's four major colleges have included drug indoctrination and testing. Some local athletes have even tested positive. They have passed their math tests, but failed their drug tests. The modus operandi is this: When an athlete accepts an athletic scholarship, he is educated on the dos and don'ts of drugs. He is forewarned that he will be tested along with his colleagues once a year, and that random drug tests may also be administered. The drug program here has been in place for at least two years; it was in motion when I came, acknowledges Utah Athletic Director Jim Copeland, who replaced Arnic Fcrrin last July 1. "The athletes have accepted it and have been very cooperative. The thrust of our program is that, if the athlete tests positive, we get him some counseling and try to help him. Our punishments normally aren't puni for him to see a doctor and understand the situation. Thats who were here for the athlete." So, you see, drug tests have become almost as commonplace as English tests on college campuses. "I don't have all the data, but I'd hazard a guess that about 50 percent of all collegiate teams were already testing athletes for drugs," stresses Utah's Copeland. "The difference may be that the programs already in existence weren't as comprehensive as what the NCAA has legislated." Indeed, the new NCAA drug testing legislation shows promise, despite its late arrival. The NCAA drug draft will give all member institutions uniform drug guidelines. Now, everyone must play by the same drug testing rules. And the NCAA legislation has three major provisions that serve to strengthen and support all drug testing programs curret tly in existence. The NCAA legislation calls for rrmrirfu-tor- y testing for every athlete before and after a Division 1 championship. This serves as a powerful deterrent, since athletes are, in effect, forewarned that they will be tested by a neutral, governing body that will not turn the other cheek if a test proves positive. The NCAA Is empowered to impose a stiff penalty if an athlete tests positive. Cur arrangements In fact, drug testing is nothing new in col- tive. Our chief concern is getting the athjete cleaned up. Our program is educational. It includes teaching the athlete what to be aware of and stay away from. And how many Ute athletes have flunked drug tests during the last two years? I don't think it's appropriate for me to comment on that," said Copeland. "That should remain confidential. Our hope is to help the athlete, not expose him as a drug user publicly. "It's not something you publicize, but at the same time it's something to be proud of that a university is willing to go to the expense and care for a human being, interjects new Utah State football coach Chuck Shelton. "Drugs are a problem that exist and I applaud the NCAA for taking a stand. It's like an illness. If an athlete tests positive, we need to make rent legislation calls for an immediate suspension from interscholastic competition for any athlete who tests positive. An athlete who tests positive after a championship game could also cause his teams forfeiture of said championship. However, revocation of an athletes scholarship for continued drug misuse will be left to the discretion of individual institutions. y The NCAAs drug testing program is unusually thorough and is designed to detect the use of hundreds of performance-enhancindrugs and street drugs. Toward this end, the NCAA has published a lengthy list of steroids and "street drugs" whose use is not acceptable. "The mechanics of administrating the program may be a bear, but the NCAA drug program supports our program at the local level very well," maintains Utah's Copeland, who like BYUs Glen Tuckett, USUs Rod Tucllcr, and Webers Gary Crompton attended the NCAA Convention in New Orleans. "Together, the two programs should complement each other well and be extremely successful." g d lerhaps the NCAA's drug directive was worthy of a news bulletin and a drum roll. Even if it arrived with the dispatch of an overdue library book. |
