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'! f: r -a i 35 Monday July 6 1998 Sporfi snapshot Men’s " ’" v ' The Herald Journal Logan Utah v tennis player back in form at Centre Court AP photo Toronto Bluo jays pltchor Rogor CIsmons detivere a pitch against the Tampa Bay DovH Rays Sunday Ho recorded Ns SJMtth career strikaoul Sports briofs up” he said “It’s not easy each week you day on the tour to get motivated is untouchable at Wimbledon For the past 12 mouths the world’s No 1 player had been pretty average He lost to journeyman players suffered from burnout and failed to get past the quarters of the US AusSo what happens when Sampras automotive tournament Pitching and lolid defense propelled m WIMBLEDON England (AP) — The only predictable thing abort men’s tennis these days is that Pete Sampras tralian or French Opens Mountain Crest wins 4i top-rank- ed the Mountain Crest automotive baseball team to the championship at the Pepsi Cola Open tournament in Base Idaho The Mustangs downed the Centennial Cannons 9-- 8 in nine Innings Sunday Rick Hansen and Cole Manghan combined on die mound to help capture the title Nick Bott homered twice and Maugh-a- n knocked out three doubles in the championship But it was Doug Robinson who was the hero in the bottom of die ninth inning He brought the winning tun (Casey Baugh) home with a single 1 was really happy with our pitching depth and the whole team played neat defense” Mountain Crest coach Brad Parkinson said “Most of the teams we faced had kids that were older” Each Mustang got an individual trophy and the games were broadcast on local radio in Boise Gonzalez tops 100 RBI before break All-St- ar ARLINGTON Texas (AP) — Juan Gonzalez became the second player to break top 100 RBIs before die All-Sthomering in the first and seventh innings off Seattle’s Randy Johnson to improve his major league-leadin- g total to 101 Gonzalez has the second-mo- st RBIs before the All-Stbreak in major league history Hank Greenberg of die Detroit Tigers had 103 in 1933 en route to 170 ar returns to Centre Court to defend his tide at the All England Club? He becomes Supeiman again and I have no problem getting motivated for this one” Sampras was 8 years old when Borg wonhu fifth straight title in 198a “As a kid when I saw Borg's five I never thought that I would be a position to tie it” he said “It’s a little overwhelming to think about iL” Sampras plans to savor this victory w - before thinking about going after Emerson's mark “When the US Open comes I'll be thinking about trying : around 7-- 6 Sampras said after his 6-- 7 (7-(11-64 6 6-- 2 victory over Goran Ivanisevic on Sunday the American’s fifth Wimbledon title in six yean Two weeks on gnus was enough to lift Sampras back to his dominant best and elevate him a notch higher on the list of greats 2) 9) 3-- He tied Bjorn Borg for the most Wimbledon titles in the modern era and moved within one victory at Roy Emerson’s record of 12 Grand Slam championships equalling Borg and Laver with 11 If they played more Slams on grass Sampras would surely be way ahead by now “I’m probably more comfortable on this court than any court in the world” he said “With the surroundings and the ball kids and everything it just seems like it’s comfortable It's like my practice court I’ve played a lot of big matches on that court and when you're comfortable playing somewhere you're going to (day well” No kidding Since 1992 Sampras has won 44 matches and lost two at f V to achieve another goal” he said “But I feel like I’ve got a lot of good years left in me that I can do it and it's a number out there that I fed like I can achieve” Sampras’ victory further enhanced i 4V his status as the greatest player of his generation Whether he is the greatest ever remains a matter of debate “I put him in the godlike stratosphere with Laver and Borg” three- time champ John McEnroe said “You have to put those people in the upper echelon It’s hard to say who is the best” Laver twice achieved the Grand Slam sweeping all four majors in the same year Borg won the French Open six times but never won tiro it US or Australian Opens Wimbledon “If there’s one thing that elevates my tennis it’s this place the court the historical meaning that this tournament has to me as a kid growing The knock oo Sampras is that he has never won the French the only Grand Slam event played on clay He has never been past the semifinals in Paris and last month lost in the second round to little known Ramoo Delgado In addition to his Wimbledon titles Sampras has won the US Open four times and the Australian twice “I guess it’s possible to go a notch higher'’ McEnroe said “It would be more easy to argue he’s the best if he won the French” AP photo Pata Sampras holds his trophy aloft as ho runa around Centro Court altar defeating Goran Ivanisevic in the final at Wimbledon ar i r (if r Gonzalez is ahead of Hack Wilson’s record pace of 1930 when Wilson drove in 190 runs for die Chicago Cubs By Jeff Hunter aports writer Sunday's scores AL Depending on your point of view the champion of the Calgary Longhorn Invitational was either A No one Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 1 Boston 15 Chicago White Sox 14 NY Yankees 1 Baltimore 0 Cleveland 12 Kansas City 3 Minnesota 5 Detroit 4 Oakland 5 Anaheim 4 8-- B The rain C The Smithfield Blue Sox Smithfield manager Richard Hansen is Texas 8 Seattle 4 going with “C” NL Atlanta 3 NY Met 2 (11) Cincinnati 6 SL Louis 1 Florida 2 Montreal 1 PhladelpNa 4 Milwaukee 3 Chicago Cubs 7 Pittsburgh 6 Houston 5 Arizona 2 San Diego 7 Colorado 2 San Francisco 3 Los Angelas 0 PCL Albuquerque 8 Tacoma 0 1st game Tacoma 6 Albuquerque 2 2nd game Tucson 5 Colorado Springs 2 1st game Colorado Springs 7 Tucson 1 2nd game Fresno 15 Las Vegas 7 Fresno 2 Las Vegas 0 2nd game Iowa 7 Oklahoma 6 1st game Iowa 2 Oklahoma 1 2nd game Memphis 13 NaahvMe 2 1st game Nashville 7 Memphis 0 2nd game Calgary 8 New Orleans 0 1st game Calgary 3 New Orleans 2 2nd game Omaha 1 Edmonton 0 1st game Omaha 6 Edmonton 3 2nd game Vancouver 6 Salt Lake 5 1st game Salt Lake 5 Vancouver 4 2nd game Pioneer Medicine Hat 4 Lethbridge 3 (12) Helena 7 Great Falls 3 Ogden 4 Billings 2 Idaho Falls 5 Butts 2 led off the first inning with a double and later scored on a balk In the second Cory Knmbule belted his team-hig-h 12th home “Technically we won this tournament” Hansen said Monday morning “We were the only undefeated team left” Due to rainy conditions in Calgary Alberta over die weekend the Blue Sox managed to get just one game in on Friday and Saturday They then opened play on Sunday with an 11-- 3 defeat or the St Albert Tigers and followed up with a 9-- 3 defeat of the host Calgary Longhorns in a semifinal game In the middle of the following semifinal game however the rain returned washing out both that contest and the championship game “I couldn't believe it” Hansen said “It run but the Sox still trailed the Tigers 2 Panfloff held St Albert scoreless the rest of the way however and Smithfield broke out for four runs in die fourth behind a pair 3-- of Since Smithfield was the only team RBI-singl- from Paul Lindstrom and es Jason Jarvis and a two-ru-n safety by Bingham Steve Fond added a three-tu- n homer in the fifth and Kyler Hansen brought the eight-ru- n into effect in the bottom of mercy-rul- e the sixth with a pinch hit two-ru-n single Bingham led off the game Calgary with another basehit stole second and scored had been so nice but then the downpour came” on an error With two outs in the inning Pood then belted a n homer The Sox went up 2 on a solo home run from Todd Wilberger in the third added another score in the fifth and four more in two-ru- with- 4-- out a loss the Blue Sox brought home a large chunk of the winner’s purse “We didn’t get the full amount that we would of if we had won it but we got our share and then some” Hansen noted Greg Panfloff picked up the win in St Albert's game striking out five walking six and surrendering only four hits while Lance the sixth “We played well up there” Hansen said TOne of die teams said that they were really impressed with our pitching and overall play “All around that's one of the better teams I've ever taken to a tournament” Calif (AP) — SACRAMENTO Latasha Byears grabbed a big rebound in the final seconds and then made two free throws to lead the Sacramento Monarchs to a victory over the Utah Starzz on 70-6- 6 Sunday night Byears who finished with 21 points outfought Utah's Wendy Palmer for the ball after Sacramento’s Ticha Penicheiro missed a free throw with 81 seconds to play Byears was fouled with 39 seconds left and her free throws their gave the Monarchs (3-7) margin of victory Elena Baranova had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Utah (34) Linda Burgess and Penicheiro each had 14 points for the Mon- archs The Monarchs took an 18-- 8 lead over the opening 6:31 but they then went 7:27 without a field goal while the Starzz made seven of 11 shots from the field to tie the game 20-2- 0 Utah went on to take a 34-2- 8 halftime lead Liberty 62 Mystics lOT Tferesa Weatherspoon's field goal with 41 seconds left in overtime broke the game's final tie and lifted New York (7-to the victory him from swinging for the Rockies in the Home Run Derby and All-Stgame Sosa though is still making the trip to Colorado to see just how far Mark McGwire can hit a baseball “You know me I want to be there" the Chicago Cubs star said Sunday “I’ll be there watching ar I 3) Washington (1-1- 0) which lost its seventh straight game in its fust ever overtime had a chance to tie the game but reserve forward Leila de Souza Sobral made just one of two free throws with three seconds to play Kym Hampton finished with 17 points for New York which trailed 23-1- 7 at halftime The total of 42 a WNBA record low Sints was half Nikki McCray had IS points to lead Washington Sluggers take aim DENVER (AP) — Sammy Sosa's sore shoulder will prevent a : McGwire” It seems that's what everyooe is planning to do today when McGwire and some of baseball's other top luggers compete in the Home Run Workout Day Derby on All-St-ar ‘ Everything will come to a dead stop at Coon Field when the SL Louis first baseman who leads the See AIM on Page 7 Two "i face off in playoff WNBA 20-year-o- lds New York 62 Washington 61 OT Sacramento 7a Utah 66 'll::' On television 6 pjn ESPN — Major League Basebal exhibition Home Run Derby at Denver KOHLER Wis (AP) — There wu no winner after 72 holes of the UJS Women’s Open Four long days on a very tough course weren’t enough Jenny Chuaxiriporn who made a seemingly impossible birdie putt on die find bole Sunday andSeRi Pak who missed a very makeaMe birdie putt on the same green were to meet today in an le playoff to decide the champion Because Chuasiripora is an ama- Tuesday 12:30 pm ESPN — Soccer World Cup semifinal No 1 Brazil vs Netherlands at Marseille France Today's quoto “It was ridiculous 1 was on the plate He didn’t ever reach the plate I thought it was a dirty slide I got a chunk of my leg out” — Meta catcher Mike Piazza who Miutained a deep thigh bruize as Michael Tucker scored on a sacrifice ftp in the ilth inning Sunday to give the Braves a 2 victory Bernard Cokey’s throw was in time but home plate umpire Angel Hernandez ruled dust Dicker slid under the tag 18-bo- teur Pak wu given the check of $267500 ifc first-pla- ce What else is known is Aat the win- ner will be the youngest champion in 3-- Wni Lambert was the victor in Sunday's semifinal game striking out and walking four If rain hadn’t terminated die tournament Hansen would of had Kyler Hansen iy Kidman and Alex Hansen his winningest pitcher at 1 left to use “I fed bad that Alex never got to pitch but that’s the way it goes I guess the rain’s plagued us all year” Hansen said In Sunday’s first game Reggie Bingham Open Pak paired -- tie hole and Tii-"— — -- flnished In lHi ir l Women’s Open history because both Cbuasiripom and Frit are 20 yean old a tie “The last 15 feet my eyes proba-toSr- al bly popped ouL” Chuasiripora said — ii arfc rr i r ri- - of her birdie pun on No 18 She then had to sn in the scoring tent and watch as Pak missed an for birdie that would have meant the second major victory for the native rtf South Korea who is a rookie on the LPGA tour Instead both finished at 290 one stroke ahead of Liselotte Neumann who woo the 1988 Open “I haven’t met her officially’' 40-fo- ot 6-o- Chuasiripora a rising senior at I v ifSI I V Duke said of Pak “But I guess we both know each other now” And after Sunday's exciting finish the rest of the sports world should AP photo know them too Amatuer Jenny Chuasiripom watches her toe' They will play at least one more shot on the 13th hole during the final round of the U Women’s Open She paired too hole See PLAYOFF on Page 7 and finished In a tie for first ' |