Show rr rr t The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday July 11 PagaB 1988 The meek inherit the big paydays Give - By United Press Intemationai By United Press International For the Ncv York Meta and Los Angeles Dodgers the AB- Star break Is a time to ponder how precarious their re a horrendous dump Tom Sleckmann considered stuffing bis golf dubs in a closet and changing professions Sleckmann had won such events the Thailand Open and Brasilian Open but had never finished any better than third in a PGA Tour event and missed the cut in 12 consecutive tournaments from February until last week's Western Open On Sunday everything fen five-mon- th During spective National League division leads have become Sunday both the Nets and Dodgers fell victim to series sweeps as their chief rivals mounted pressure New York lost Its turd straight to the Houston Astros and the Pittsburgh Pirates pulled within 3 13 games of the Mets by sweeping Los Angeles The San Francisco Giants completed a sweep of the SL Louis Cardinals and pulled within 2 12 of the Dodgers with their fifth straight triumph and eighth in u together for the former University of Nebraska basketball player at hot and hazy Klngsmill Golf Club He sank a two-foputt for par on the second hole of a sudden-deat-h playoff against Mark Wiebe to win the 8880000 Anheuser-Busc- h Golf Classic and claim his first PGA Tour theirlast 10 games ot The Mets cannot ignore the Chicago Cubs seven games back or the Montreal Expos who pulled within 7 14 with their seventh straight victory and ninth in their last 10 games The Dodgers must be concerned with the Astros as well who rebounded to 5 games off the pace after a slump and the Cincinnati Reda who have won seven of their last 10 games to creep within 7 2 games of Los Angeles The Astros had lost five straight and seven of their previous eight entering the Mets series and needed a triumph ' ever was” Sleckmann forced a playoff with Wiebe with a putt in for birdie on the regulation then made par on the Mme hole in thejdayoff to claim the 8117000 first place check — his biggest career 10-fo- ot par-17t- o PeSmann had won seven tournaments overseas but had struggled in the PGA Tour He becomes the fourth first-tim- e winner to capture a PGA Tour event this year — and the second in many weeks after rookie Jim Benepe won the u Western Open Sleckmann upped Us career earnings to 8305734 and his 1988 earnings to 8158890 On the first playoff hole the 16th hole Wiebe sank a pfar-- 4 putt from the fringe for and Sleckmann dropped me a three-fopar putt 12-fo- ot ot THI LPGA At Indianapolis Terry-J- o Myers overcame a rainstorm two LPGA veterans and her own nerves to win the 8400000 Mayflower Classic and earn ! Sleckmann one of the tour’s longest hitters was ranked dead last on tour in putting before some adjust 'ng and fine tuning turned amua that part of his game 1-- 2 her first tour triumph “I wm literally thinking par putt Myers sank a about about quitting the game on toe final hole Sunday combecause I wasn’t hitting any pleting a par 71 final round to finish at Sunder par 278 for the putts" he said Sleckmann wm more than tournament Ayako Okamoto and Amy Alcott each missed merely overjoyed by the win “When you’ve worked so par putts on the final hole and hard and you’ve put up with so finished tied for second one much adversity it is tough to shot behind Myers control your emotions ’’ “Winning didn’t enter my ’ Sleckmann said “I was very mind at all — not with the “ emotional I was almost players up there like Alcott and I couldn’t believe I Okamoto'Myersyaidk“I was won Since I was 12 years surprised' no one caught up to j tye down ' a oldsthiaiawhatTvelhought'' us Tbatalmed J'ii J about and it's what kept me out tittfe” '"'"1 :t was a fop the lead this time heft all Battling “I read this me time and I rare experience for Myers who P think it’s true — I think your had to play in a qualifying joy can only be measured by tournament last October to the depth of your sorrow I remain on the' tour She hat think I was happier than any missed the cut in nine of her IT time Jack Nicklaus has won starts this Mason and her best one of his majors because I’ve previous finish this Mason was been a lot further down than he a tie for 23rd 13-fo- ot 1-- “We had to win these games" Houston's Bill Doran Mid after the Astros pulled out i in Cubs' manager Don Zimmer has an the dugout with Shawon Dunaton which resulted in the shortstop staying on the all-o- All-St- ar ut All-St-ar major-leagu- e game-winnin- g pitcher Greg Maddux notched his leading 15th victory and had the RBI bench during Chicago's 2 win over San Diego a 5 victory Sunday with two are I don't like to take the Doran runs in the bottom-octh- e ninth breakwith a taste like this in Ramirei singled to left “We couldn't afford to (all any my tabirth Maybe this will put scoring Bass' from tnird to further ttckWe ltad’fo gfet'lT under our saddle'' make a winner of JuawAgosto two- Rimirei’ who pitched the ninth : a hit feeling capped winning haqkJnour run fcir V ' a of loser inhUg making Pinch-Utt2 Rafael Ramirex Roger McDowell TRIAL Crate The Oakland Athletics who singled home Kevin Bass with Reynolds singled leading off two out in the ninth for the the ninth ana took second on boast one of the most feared Alex Trevino’s sacrifice After lineups in baseball Sunday got run “We haven't played well for McDowell walked pinch-hitte- r some unexpected offensive about six weeks" New York Bass Randy Myers replaced punch from a 432 hitter A’s shortstop Walt Weiss hit Manager Davey Johnson said McDowell and surrendered a RBI single to Bill a grand slam climaxing a “I'm not happy with where we two-o4-- 6-- rant 6--6 third inning that led 2 victory over the Detroit Tlgdft and’ a splits e the series matching leaders1 in the divisional the seven-ru- n Oakland to an 8-- four-gam- American League ‘ ' 4-- er ut "I was afraid they’d want Jose Canseco’s autograph for the ball this time” Weiss Mid “After 1 Ut my first home run they told me they'd give me the ball if I'd get Mark McGwire’s autograph including US women’s champion Phoebe Mills Northfield HL who captured a gold medal on the floor exerciM and a bronze on the balance beam of the University of Kelly Garrisou-Steve- s Oklahoma prevented the “Karolyi Kids” from taking all four gold medals as she won the balance beam On vault Rhonda Faehn Coon Rapids won gold and Brandy Johnson Mich Altemonte Springs Fla shared third Kristie PUllips Baton Rouge La was second on beam Chelle Stack Houston won on uneven bars and Johnson and Stack were second and third behind Mills to sweep the floor exerciM Karolyi the Romanian defector who coached Nadia Comaneci of Romanis and American Mary Lou Retton to Olympic watched his team cap a championships four-da- y competition in which seven girls placed among the top 20 and earned a place on the US national team They also will compete 7 in Salt Lake City Utah at the Aug Olympic team trials While Karolyi firmly established himMlf as the country's leading gymnastics coach he also kept his position as the sport’s most 4-- controversial figure He announced that he was resigning his position as delegation leader of the UK Olympic team an administrative position He said several coaches questioned why he was given the title and what his role would be and asked about his relationship with McDonald’s the official sponsor of the UK Gymnastics i NICE France — Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union broke his world record in the pole vault for the second time in 31 days Sunday night clearing 19 feet 10 V4 inches at the Nikaia Grand Prix program UK Gymnatics Federation Director Mike Jack! said he refused to accept Karolyi’s resignation and vowed to look into the matter saying Karolyi would be part of the Olympic meet V4 on June 9 in He set the mark of Czechoslovakia Bubka now has the six highest le vaults in history It marked the ninth time five years he set a world record in his event 19-1- 0 effort Several of the “Karolyi Kids" said they had not heard of the decision but Mid they would be affected if he was not in Seoul In the men’s individual finals national Kevin champion Dan Hayden and runner-u- p Davis dominated the men's individual finals Hayden of Amherst NY won gold medals outright in the still rings and horizontal bar and shared the gold on parallel ban with Davis Hayden won the men’s national title Bubka set his latest record on his first attempt He attempted for the first time to dear toe landmark 20 feet but missed three times He hit the bar with his feet on the way up each time Bubka 23 the reigning world champion will bid for his first Olympic gold medal at the Seoul Games On a clear warm night along toe French Riviera Bubka cleared 1M V4 and 19-- 44 before attempting his record vault He ran toward the bar and stopped before planting toe pole He then cleared the bar without touching it on his first Saturday Davis from the University of Nebraska ateo won a gold on pommel none and bronze medals on floor exerciM and horizontal bar “It was a lot of fun” Davis Mid “The pressure was off sol was a little more relaxed going out there It was a pretty uptight weekend It’s easy to slack off and not concentrate as much as you should be and blow a routine You have to go out there and put it together in your head” Other winnen in men’s division included Charles Lakes NewhaU Calif and Mark - i Target: 20 feet Beautiful Bela! HOUSTON (UPI) — Success and controversy seem to follow Bela Karolyi The “Karolyi Kids" Sunday claimed eight of 13 medals in the individual event finals at the US Gymnastics Championships Five different ‘‘Karolyi Kids’’ won medals ' I 2 Dan Hayden was still rings gold medalist Oates of the University of Oklahoma who shared fint place in floor exerciM while the oldest gymnast in the meet Bill Paul Berkeley Calif and John Sweeney of the University of Arizona shared the vaulting title attempt His achievement highlighted a meet that included tone 1988 world best performances Romania's Paula Ivan toe world junior champion won the 1500 meters in 4:0014 Britain’s Yvonne Murray clocked a year's best 1:3722 in the 3000 meters and Kenya's Peter Koech won the 3 steeplechaM in 8:1161 000-met- er Sports report Back to Texas Moe Cotter the Utah State assistant football coach who has partnered on and off with head coach Chuck Shelton since their playing days together at Pittsburg State has moved back to Austin Texas where his family has remained Cotter a father of three who left behind a business career in Austin to join Shelton at USU will coach at a high Mhool Shelton this morning said the Aggies have decided upon a replacement to coach tight ends However since final approval is left to the University Institutional Council at its meeting Aug 6 toe new man's identity is being kept under wraps Cotter 51 was a a teammate of Shelton's on the 1961 NA1A national championship squad at Pittsburg State (Kansas) An assistant to Shelton Seven runs in the first two innings had Cartee feeling m casual he took his leave “If you've scored 15 runs by the time I return" he told the team “I’ll buy you dinner" The Hornets took him up on it busting out for six runs in the fifth frame But no one had considered Hyrum pitcher Craig Olsen and a defenM too tough for its own good With 15 runs in sight and Cartee still gone it was discovered Hornets had held their guests to just four rum The ten run rule was invoked and the game was ended Mving the manager’s bank account The Hornets who had been struggling at the plate banged out 16 hits that first game Hyrum Hornets manager Ray Cartee had including home runs from Rod Stuart and nothing but nothing to complain about in Darwin ThompMn Mike Plowman and Carey Saturday’s 14--4 victory over SaU Lake Nec Tec in Anderson went three for four The second game was all Nec Tec 24-- 9 the first game of a doubleheader at Hyrum at Nevada (Mo) High School and Pratt (Kansas) JC he succeeded Shelton at both laces then went on to become head coach at two 8 ansas junior colleges He rejoined Shelton at USU in 1985 Cotter a big man with a big voice when the occasion warranted and a distinctive brush haircut even when the occasion didn't warrant immediately proved a force to be reckoned with on the practice field and on the sidelines during games His touch was most evident in the mg II987 year enjoyed by tight end Petey Maiden Hornets split Batting practice for the visitors began in the first early when Olsen the only available arm again took the mound When the inning ended the score was 12-- 2 and Nec Tec was on its way to a it game Thompson belted his second homer of the afternoon but the bad news was that he and Stuart were both drafted into doing mound duty 19-fa- US Pro - CHESTNUT HILL Man (UPI) Eighth-seede- d Thomas Muster ignoring blistering heat needed only 54 minutes Sunday to dispatch No 13 Lawson Duncan 2 2 and win the UK Pro Tennis Championships The Austrian who upset d Andre Agaul in the quarterfinals earned 850575 the biggest paycheca of his five-yepro 6-- 6-- ld second-SMde- ar CINffi r Li) I |