Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday April 6 1984—7 Whippersnapper Royals lay hurt on veteran Yanks ByFredMcMane UPI sports writer AL roundup ' Nobody has seen much of the new look Kansas City Royals on the major league level and the New York Yankees don’t tie a club record Motley care to see much more stroked a single and double in The young whippersnappers the inning White knocked in of manager Dick Howser two runs with a triple and Don crushed the wily old veterans of Slaught two more with a double Balboni then capped a four-ru- n manager Yogi Berra 15-- 4 third inning with his first Thursday night to win two of their three-gam-e homer as a Royal season open“That’s Just one of those ing series Led by rookie Darryl Motley things in baseball” Kansas City and Frank White the Royals Manager Dick Howser said banged out 18 hits and coasted “Everything we hit fell in You behind the pitching of Larry don’t see that very often When Gura and Joe Beckwith you do it’s nice to see it happen White knocked in four runs for your side” Elsewhere in the American Motley rapped out four hits Steve Balboni homered and League Detroit trimmed Minevery Kansas City starter nesota 3 Cleveland beat Texsewed at least one run during as Boston topped California the opening three innings to and Toronto walloped Seathelp Gura improve his lifetime tle mark against New York to 11-- 5 At Minneapolis Kirk Gibson “One of my goals this year smashed a three-ru- n homer and was to pitch on the right night" Alan Trammell had four hits said Gura who was only 8 including a solo homer to lead last season "Tonight was the the Tigers Dan Petry who won right night I owe a lot of 19 games last year allowed Just dinners after this one That’s five hits struck out one and about half as many (runs) as I walked four in seven innings At Arlington Texas Neal got all last year “Fortunately last year’s Heaton and Dan Spillner comand gone This is a whole new bined on a season there are new guys on George Vukovich smacked a the ball club It’s going to be two-ra- n single to lead the Indians Heaton pitched the first 5 nice" 3 innings Gura set the Yankees down in allowing three hits order through five innings and all of Texas’ runs while before walking Ken Griffey to striking out five and walking four Spillner pitched the final 3 open the sixth He lost his it 3 bid two batters later when Tim innings striking out two to earn his first save bounced a single through Foil At Anaheim Dave Calif the left side of the infield and then lost his shutout in the Stapleton doubled ii Mike seventh on an RBI single by Easier from second base with homer two out in the ninth inning to Griffey ami a three-ru- n uprising that by Rick Cerone Beckwith pit- trigger a three-ru- n ched the last two innings gave the Red Sox their victory homer New York starter Shane Rod Carew hit a two-ru- n 1 was shelled for for California Rawley At Seattle Lloyd Moseby seven runs on four hits over the opening l 3 innings and his drove in three runs with a relief Bob Shirley was even homer and a triple and Willie worse with seven runs on eight Upshaw homered and scored three runs to pace the Blue hits over the next 11-- 3 innings The Royals sewed nine runs Jays Toronto had 19 hits in in the second inning sending 13 helping Luis Leal to victory batters to the plate with nine Pat Putnam and Ken Phelps ' reaching base in succession to homered for Seattle 7-- 7-- 3 7-- 4 13-- & UPI 11-1- Detroit Tigers Lance Parrish (left) holds one end of his broken bat and looks in the stands at baseball fan Marvin Vollrath 62 who was hit with the other end when it flew into the stands behind the third-basdugout in the fourth inning of Thursday night's game in Minneapolis Vollrath shown holding a handkerchief to his head in one hand and the broken bat in the cut on his other received a three-incscalp that required stitches He left the game under his own power e h four-hitt- er 2-- no-h- 1-- 0-- 1-- Garvey swings and delivers for SD By Tony Favia UPI sports writer r-5 San Diego Manager Dick Williams didn’t exactly have to twist Steve Garvey’s arm to get him to swing away After three of his teammates walked with the bases loaded Thursday Garvey did Just that He swung away and delivered a two-ru- n single off Lee Tunnell runs that scored the tying and fourth inning in San and capped a five-ru- n Diego that lifted the Padres to an 84 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates "Dick came up to me and told me there was no reason to take any pitches” said Garvey who earlier cracked a two-ru- n homer “I told him I very rarely do I was just looking for a ball over the plate looking to get the ball up a little to avoid go-ahe- ‘68’ is the magic something positive Ski report caa By United Press International This week's blue skies and spring-lik- e temperatures at Utah ski resorts will be swallowed up by a series of storms that will bring snow showers and coder temperatures to the mountains this weekend Temperatures will drop into the mid 30s Saturday with a few snow showers at the resorts Northwesterly winds from 15 ridgetop to 25 mph are predicted Saturday Briefly--- — 23 one-stro- Patti Rizzo Peterson who won an event in 1983 as a rookie and currently ranks 10th on the LPGA money list birdied the first hole but lost a stroke with a bogey on No 4 On the par-- 4 6th she hit her tee shot into a lake hit her third shot 15 feet past the pin and sank the putt to save par She then rattled off birdies on the 7th and 8th holes dropping a at No 8 putt at No 7 and a ing champion Lanny Wadkins 20-fo- ot ter er She said an adjustment in her swing in the last few weeks has made a big difference “My coach told me it would come around by today and I’m sure glad it did because I’ve been hitting it all over the place up to now” Peterson said Sheehan and Whitworth were both at but each lost a stroke to fall into second place Sheehan made the turn at with four birdies and no bogeys on the front side but carded a bogey and eight pars on the back nine Whitworth bogeyed the 15th hole to fall into the tie for second Whitworth the winner of the 1977 tournament is the LPGA leader in career victories with 84 and a triumph this week would vault her past Sam Snead for the most lifetime victories as a pro t The first round was played in conditions with temperatures in the 70s and only a gentle breeze Last year’s tournament was plagued by howling winds up to 45 mph The tournament ends Sunday with 555000 to the winner and 533000 to the runnerap near-perfec- 72-ho-le - Saints ponder move to Florida Compiled from UPI Superdome officials in New Orleans say they don't blame the New (Means Saints for considering a move to Jacksonville Fla but they insist it will not get them a better lease Dome president Cliff Wallace responded late Thursday to the news Saints’ president Eddie Jones and head coach Bum Phillips were traveling to Jacksonville today for a look at what that city had to offer “We’re very aware” said Wallace “that other cities are going to make better offers than we can ever make But it’s not going to cause the negotiations to go any quicker” Wallace said it was in the Saints’ best interest to look around but they should not expect looking to win them leverage in current contract talks with the Superdome On the backside she birdied No 11 with a and also birdied the 14th hole for her 68 and just two years out of 68 Thursday for a lead over Patty Sheehan and veteran Kathy Whitworth following the opening round of the 5400000 Dinah Shore golf tournament the richest event on the 1984 LPGA tour The tournament is sponsored by NABISCO “I told my husband (who is also her caddy this week) that the big players and the veterans don’t want to win it any more than I do so why shouldn’t I have as good a chance to win it as they do” Peterson said Tied for third place with 70s over the 6265-yar- d Mission Hills Country Club par-7-2 course were Juli Inkster Judy Clark and Peterson richest event i’s 1 Arizona State shot a d Uth-plac- 2--0 six-ru- 6-- 2 confidence 36-32--88 Wood finished first in the PGA qualifying school last year and hasn’t let up with three e showing at top 20 finishes and an San Diego 2 2-- 7-- - 68 happen” the double play” The Padres made the most of five walks issued by starter Jose DeLeon and reliever Rod Scurry in the bottom of the fourth Three of the walks forced in runs and Garvey’s single then gave the Padres a 8 lead Pittsburgh took a 54) lead in the third when Bin Madlock singled home one run and rookie Doug Frobel unloaded a grand Slam to cap the inning homer in the Garvey hit his two-ru- n third inning to cut into the 54) Pittsburgh in the lead but the Pirates went ahead fourth with Jason Thompson’s single PALM SPRINGS Calif (UPI) Lauri Peterson is young inexperienced and full of needs a victory here to play in next week’s Masters “I sure would like to play next week at Augusta This is my last chance I’ve got to win a tournament (to qualify)” Wood shot a while North who has missed five cuts in nine tournaments this with birdies on four of the year had a last nine holes “I've worked real hard” said North who had surgery on his elbow last fall “I think if you work hard it takes a while for it to make a difference” At 70 were David Peoples Corey Pavin Peter Jacobsen Jay Haas Mark McCullough Tommy Valentine Gary Hallberg DA Weibring Mac O’Grady and George Burns a perennial challenger but never a winner in this tournament Thirteen golfers shot 71s over the 6984-yarpar 72 Forest Oaks course that played long Thursday after a soaking rain the previous night At even par were Fred Couples who won the Tournament Players Championship last week along with defend- temperatures “I just feel a lot better just to be playing better" said North who has been on the tour since 1973 but hasn't won since capturing the US Open “I don’t care if the lead is four strokes or what It's just nice to have 5-- Young Peterson leads “I like reading my name on the leader board” said the slender Oklahoman who ot NL roundup number on PGA LPGA tours North’s on top of game in Greensboro Open GREENSBORO NC (UPI) — Andy North’s career hasn’t exactly taken off since he won the US Open as a youngster on the tour in 1978 but he was cm top of his game in posting a 68 in the first round of the Greater Greensboro Open The total Thursday put North into a tie for the lead with rookie Willie Wood going into today’s second round of the 5400000 lead over event The pair hold a one-shA1 and Sills Gardner Geiberger Tony Buddy Wood the hottest rookie on the tour this year with 531113 in winnings got a break from the weather playing in the morning Thursday North who hrs struggled the past two years and has only won 56142 this year had to contend with brisk winds and chilly driving in Johnny Ray who went In the only other games Los Angeles in 12 innings and the outlasted SL Louis San Francisco 11-- 7 Cubs topped Chicago At Los Angeles Mike Marshall hit a threerun homer with one out in the 12th inning giving the Dodgers the decision After befog held to one hit fin: five innings the Dodgers scored twice in the sixth to tie the seme at 2 The Cardinals took a lead in the second on RBI singles by Willie McGee and Darrell Porter At San Frandseo Ryne Sandberg drove in four runs and winning pitcher Chuck Rainey had two RBI as Chicago coasted Sandberg singled in a run in the fourth single in Chicago’s inning added a two-ru-n n fifth and homered in the ninth Loser Mike Krakow gave up six runs before leaving in the fifth inning Jacksonville Mayor Jake Godbold said the Saints were seriously interested in moving to the Gator Bowl He said they apparently were upset with rental terms in the Dome Top-seede- second-seede- d Springfield Mass The tennis circuit Arias upset d Tim Mayotte of More football news Mark Dickson used an overpowering serve Thursday to upset No 1 seeded 7 (7-5 in a Jimmy Arias 3 a 5250000 men’s of match quarterfinal tennis tournament in Houston In another quarterfinal Sammy Glammalva of Houston defeated Vijay 4 3 to ArmitraJ of India 6 advance to the semifinals The first match ended in controversy after Arias of Buffalo NY claimed officials incorrectly ruled on a return ball from Dickson of Tampa Fla Arias who was down 55 in the third set took the serve and Dickson returned with a cross-coushot that hit dose to the line The umpire ruled the return was good despite heated objections from Arias In other quarterfinal action Friday fourth seeded BUI Scanlon of Dallas plays Steve Denton of Austin Texas and Pat Cash of Austrialia meets 6-- 6-- 3-- rt 7-- 2) 6-- 6-- It appears the Kansas City Chiefs have finally picked themselves up off the canvas from a first-roun- d knockdown at the hands of the United States Football League The Chiefs who were decked by the new league last fall when the New Jersey Generals signed Pro Bowl safety Gary away three-tim- e Barbara are negotiating for the future services of star running back Ken Lacy of the champion USFL Michigan Panthers UPI has learned A Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court juge in Cleveland Thursday ordered Cle eland Browns' majority owner Art Modell to turn over personal financial information for a lawsuit involving his handling of the team Judge John L Angelotta said the information was relevant to me of three lawsuits filed by minority owner Robert D Giles against Modell The lawsuit is scheduled to come to trial June 4 Chicago Bears’ running back Walter Payton underwent successful arthroscopic surgery Thursday to relieve irritation that has developed in his knees after nine professional football seasons Dr Lanny Johnson performed the surgery on both of Payton’s knees at Ingham Medical Center in Lansing Mich The Chicago Bears still plan to play the Buffalo Bills at the Hoosierdome in Indianapolis in late August even though the Colts will be using the facility as their home this year A Bears’ spokesman said Thursday the Bears will still meet the Bills on Aug 24 as Chicago’s fourth and final exhibition contest Chicago had originally scheduled the game in Indianapolis with the thought it would mark the first pro game in the facility However the Colts are expected to play a game before that time against a yet to be determined opponent the spokesman pre-seas- said |