Show n The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday November 3 1986 Poli plays Pizzolato’s Waitz for Eighth part NEW YORK (UPI) — Orlando Pizzolato ran for posterity and that stopped him from winning a third straight New York City Marathon Gianni Poli employed Pizzolato’s usual stratsurge to win egy and staged a Sunday's race in 2 hours 11 minutes 6 seconds "I usually run from the back and try to win” said Pizzolato the early leader who traditionally runs from the rear “But this time I tried to give this marathon a good time — not a world record — but like a 2:08 “I was stupid to be in front at the beginning" said Pizzolato who finished fourth “(Poli) ran an intelligent race I ran a stupid race” Antoni Niemczak of Poland came on strong to finish second while a weary Rob de Castella of Australia was third Crete Waitz shook off early competition from Australia's Lisa Martin and Italy’s Laura Fogli and late leg cramps to win her eighth New York race in 2:28:06 for her 11th sub-2- : 30 performance "(Poli) told me time was more important than winning” Pizzolato said of his Italian compatriot “Running in New York allows you to know the difference between running fast and running to win by running a tactical marathon” After a 5:02 first mile Pizzolato and de Castella and Walt Adams of Richmond Va went the second mile in 4:25 second mile a pace too fast for Poli The race slowed to just over 4:53 through the halfback-of-the-pa- then-lead- er marathon “The first half was very fast” said Poli the Italian national record holder at 2:09:57 “We were running brutally It was too humid to be running like that" The race started temperature at percent 60 in the rain with the degrees and humidity at 90 “Now I know winning is important” Poli said through an interpreter Pizzolato maintained his lead through 13 miles but began slowing when Poli and de Castella surged ahead Poli who turns 26 on Wednesday outdueled the powerful Australian over the last 10 miles He overtook de Castella at 19 miles and opened a lead at 20 miles Poli ran fluidly for the final 62 miles and looked strong as he crossed the finish line in Central Park Niemczak 30 came from the back of the pack to finish second in 2:11:21 De 50-ya- rd Castella finished in 2:11:43 while Pizzolato was 2:12:13 "I started to find it pretty tough out there” de Castella said noting he developed a side cramp at 18 miles “I never really got back into a good rhythm and I struggled a little “I was trying to maintain my form and finish strongly I was really hurting those last few miles” Waitz’s eighth New York victory tied her with John J Kelly for the most victories in a single marathon event Kelly won the Yonkers Marathon then the National AAU Championships from 1956 through 1963 “The pressure was bigger this year” said the Norweigian "It gets bigger with every year The crowds helped me along and made the race special" Waitz said she isn’t sure if she’ll try for a ninth NYC Marathon victory next year “This may be my last but I said that last year” said Waitz “I may be back” Waitz led from start to finish with Martin and Fogli clinging to her through the first Martin fell off the pace early but Fogli battled Waitz through the half-marath- Fogli could not match strides with Waitz who shook the Italian crossing the Queensboro Bridge connecting Brooklyn with Manhattan Martin recovered from early leg cramps and caught Fogli at 22 miles Martin finished in 2:29:2 and Fogli was 2:29:44 “(Waitz) is so experienced” said Martin “She puts in surges to try and break everybody But when she does that you’ve got to stay calm and go with her” New York Mayor Ed Koch fired a cannon on the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge signalling the start of the race which featured more than 20141 runners UPI Gianni Poli's pooped after pushing from behind to win the NYC Marathon in 211 :06 Waitz and Poli each received $25000 and a Mercedes for the efforts Denver going deep in the pocket for Elway? By United Press International The Denver Broncos are so anxious to keep quarterback John Elway that they will offer him e an unusual contract probably worth more than $17 million a newspaper reported Sunday The Denver Post quoted Broncos owner Pat Bowlen as saying “As far as I’m concerned John's going to be around here for the duration of his career and maybe after that as well I have no intention of having him go elsewhere” The paper said the club will meet with Elway's Los Angeles agent Marvin Demoff in January to negotiate the contract Bowlen said General Manager John Beake will have instructions that Bowlen wants Elway signed to a lifetime package Elway 26 is in the fourth year of a contract worth $5 million He is earning $900000 this season and will be paid $1 million for the final year Lifetime contracts in professional sports are rare The last known football player to be signed to such a contract is Dan Fouts of the San Diego Chargers Other sports figures who have signed such contracts include Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers and George Brett of the Kansas City Royals Based on Elway's $1 million-a-yea- r salary and the National Football League Players Association minimum raise of 10 percent per year a contract lasting 10 years would be worth well over $17 million not counting interest or bonuses BRONCOS 21 RAIDERS 10 Denver cornerback Mike Harden who intercepted two passes to lead the Broncos to a 0 victory over the Los Angeles Raiders Sunday The Broncos who defeated the Raiders to open the season improved to 1 and maintained control of the division lead The Raiders who had won five straight fell to Marc Wilson was 25 of 47 for 367 yards for the behind us” At Seattle Ken O'Brien passed for 431 yards and four touchdowns and the Jets neutralized the Seattle Seahawk's takeaway game to post a life-tim- five-ye- ar 21-1- 38-3- 6 8-- 5-- 4 a Sports report Tribe falls A-- 2 14-- 0 6 in the pre-seaso- n Preston's defense was able to force four punts and a fumble on the Jerome's first five possessions but the usually productive offense could not capitalize Midway through the second quarter the Tigers were able to solve the Indian defense Fullback Jay Ostlar got the ball to the Preston 5 yard line and Alan Leavitt finished the drive with run into theendzone The score remained 0 into the third quarter when Jerome struck again quarterback Mike Welsh hitUng tight end John Gourley with a 7-- rout Seattle entered the game leading the AFC with 13 more takeaways than giveaways The Jets improved to 1 and stayed two games ahead of the New England Patriots in the AFC East “I'm always shocked when we win by a margin like that” Jets receiver Wesley Walker said “When we play hard and don’t make mistakes we can compete with anybody” The Jets beset with injuries all season were without Pro Bowl nose tackle Joe Klecko and inside linebacker Lance Mehl but still reduced 38-- 7 BROWNS 24 COLTS 9 At Indianapolis Bernie Kosar threw three to touchdown passes including a Herman Fontenot to help the Browns 3 keep 9 the lone winless team in the Indianapolis NFL er 6-- 0-- At St 8-- Raiders but he was intercepted four times “I felt like I played my heart out” Wilson said “I threw some balls I'd like to have back I felt like I moved the ball well They just kept us out of theendzone” MORE NEW YORK? New York New York Those are the teams atop the NFC and AFC East and they could very well arrive in Pasadena Calif on Super Bowl Sunday Is the g New country ready for more Yorkers? Five days after toasting the World Series champion Mets the Big Apple celebrated a New d York Giants victory over their rival and a New York Jets blowout over Seattle The d seventh victory for the Jets was a high-fivin- most-hate- team-recor- straight At East Rutherford NJ Joe Morris ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Giants to a victory over the Dallas Cowboys Dallas which usually finds a way to beat the Giants was hurt by two missed middle-rang- e field goals a punt and three costly penalties on its final drive k The victory gave the Giants victories over Washington and Dallas — its two major foes in the NFC East At 2 the Giants are tied with Washington atop the division The Cowboys are 3 “You try to put the past behind you but some things are hard to put out of your mind” Giants linebacker Harry Carson said “This is special Dallas and Giants games have always been 17-1- 4 back-to-bac- Seattle to 4 O’Brien who entered the game as the NFL’s most accurate passer with a 638 completion rate connected on 26 of 32 passes including stretch and eight in a row in one second-quart17 of 18 spanning the second and third quarters 5-- er 6-- missile to complete the scoring “They ran some successful option plays and passed well” said Indian head coach Marv Majerus “You have to give our players a lot of credit for agood season” Preston completed the year 3 and unbeaten in Fifth District play 7-- Aggie basketball The Utah State basketball team makes its Logan debut tonight at the Recreation Center 7 pm Tickets for the annual scrimmage cost $1 for adults 50 cents for children and $5 for families USU coach Rod Tueller will introduce the three newest Aggies Sean Lake Todd Bearup and Grey Turner and also a familiar figure returning to the court after a year’s layoff Reid Newey USU’s season begins Nov 28 against Blue-Whi- te CARDINALS 14 EAGLES 10 Louis quarterback Cliff Stoudt engineered two touchdown drives in the final 6 5:04 to lift St Louis 7 over Philadelphia Stump Mitchell bulled 1 yard for the winning TD with 36 seconds left 2-- 3-- SAINTS 23 49ERS 10 Rueben Mayes rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns and the New Orleans defense produced four turnovers to allow the Saints 5 to surprise San Francisco 4 At New Orleans 4-- 5-- STEELERS 27 PACKERS 3 At Pittsburgh Mark Malone threw three touchdown passes to Weggie Thompson to carry the Steelers 6 over Green Bay 8 Malone completed 20 of 31 passes for 195 yards 3-- PATRIOTS 25 FALCONS 17 Mass Irving Fryar returned a punt 59 yards for a touchdown and Tony Franklin kicked four field goals to lead New Atlanta which started the season England in its last five games has gone At Foxboro 6-- 4-- 0 3 -1 BUCCANEERS 34 BILLS 28 Tampa Fla two fumbled kickoffs by Buffalo gave Tampa Bay a pair of first-hatouchdowns and quarterback Steve Young rushed for two scores to allow the Buccaneers to hand the Bills their 21st consecutive road loss At lf 2-- 2-- 7 7 BENGALS 24 LIONS 17 At Pontiac Mich a pass interference penalty against Demetrious Johnson positioned touchdown run Larry Kinnebrew for a with 40 seconds to play to lift Cincinnati 3 over Detroit 49-ya- 6-- 3-- 6 Washington during the first round of the Great Alaska Shootout But the Aggies open in the Spectrum Nov 12 in an exhibition against Lethbridge Saturday at Bear River High School Tom Stewart's White team outscored Mike Riley's in the season's first scrimBlue team mage Jon Judkins and Reid Newey paced the Whites with 28 points apiece and Danny Conway and Jeff Anderson shared scoring honors for the Blues with 22 points 128-10- 1 State playoffs Two Region 5 football teams will play their second playoff game on the road and a third hosts a game Friday The Sky View Bobcats play a 2 pm game at Timpview and the Mountain Crest Mustangs travel to Judge Memorial for game against the Bulldogs of Region 6 at 2:30 pm For the record it was MC’s Kelly Woodbrey in- serted for the struggling Neil Lomax 1-- DOLPHINS 28 OILERS 7 At Miami Dan Marino threw four touchdown passes to enable Miami 5 to send Houston 8 to its eighth straight loss 4-- 1-- CHIEFS 24 CHARGERS 23 At San Diego Nick Lowery kicked a 37-ya- rd field goal with seven seconds to play giving Kansas City 3 a victory over San Diego 8 in A1 Saunders’ debut as the Chargers’ head coach 6-- 1-- REDSKINS 7-- 40-ya- rd Idaho Preston had its sights set on an state championship but the Jerome Tigers had other plans Jerome defeated Preston Saturday in the first round of the state playoffs on OR Cutler Field It was the Tribe's first loss on their home field and also their first defeat since losing to Logan 7-- and it’s good to have this one pretty intense 378-yar- 44 VIKINGS 38 Jay Schroeder concluded a passing performance At Washington d by throwing a scoring strike to Gary Clark 1:46 into overtime and George Rogers rushed for three touchdowns to carry Washington 2 over Minnesota 4 38-ya- rd 7-- 5-- not Randy Stuart who raced 40 yards for the final score Friday against Pine View Bear River meanwhile hosts the Springville Red Devils at 2 pm in Tremonton The Bears will have the services of running back Rod Wells and quarterback Craig May Wells sustained strained ligaments in his left knee in Friday’s 7 victory over Uintah May had missed the last two games with an ankle injury 31-- Jones injured o Denver Bronco defensive end Rulon Jones will be available for Sunday’s game with the San Diego Chargers The former Aggie left yesterday’s game against the LA Raiders with a strained left knee after tackle Henry Lawrence clipped him in the third quarter “We took Rulon out as a precautionary move” said Bronco spokesman Jim n ano all-Pr- Sac-cor- |