Show Utah Showdown 16 Major Leagues 18 i: Inside Wolverines emerge unbeaten i: Defending champions on right track after first day By Jeff Hunter the importance of the game and the guts he showed down the epotts writer stretch" SMITH FIELD — The final of the opening day of the ve State Baseball Tournament might as well have ended after the second inning “There weren't a lot of scoring threats after the second" American Bobby Julich heads to the finish Saturday Page 16 Saturday! scores AL NY Yankee 5 Seattle 2 Boston 1 1 Anaheim 3 Oakland 6 Cleveland 5 Detroit 8 Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 9 Baltimore 5 Toronto 10 Minnesota 9 Texas 8 Chicago White Sox 1 Smithfield manager Richard Hansen pointed out “Both pitchers really settled down" Providence which held a 4 lead after the first two innings rode righthander Aaron Dinkel to a victory by the same score to emerge as Saturday's only undefeated team "Aaron had some problems with his location to begin with but he didn’t give up anything after the second" wolverines coach Dennis Udy said “I’m not sure that that's not his best outing when you think about 5-- NL Atlanta 3 St Louis 1 Houston 2 Pittsburgh 1 Chicago Cubs 3 Colorado 2 Montreal 4 San Diego 2 NY Meta 2 Los Angeles 1 San Francisco 8 Philadelphia 7 (10) Cincinnati 9 Florida 7 (10) Arizona 5 Milwaukee 4 r The defending state champs the Wolverines will now face the winner of the Brigham City bracket Monday at 8:15 pm at Pioneer Park in Brigham City The regular season champion Blue Sox meanwhile will battle their youthful counterparts the Smithfield Aztecs Monday at 7:30 pm at — where else? — Smithfield Left out of the American Legion state tournament the Aztecs filled in for the Utah Braves in the Beehive tourney and bounced back from a 17-- 1 pounding at the hands of the Wolverines to best the Logan Aggies 6-- 3 “The kids really wanted to play in the tournament" Aztecs manager Vic Bingham said “We got spanked bad in the first Milch c Smithfield base runner Alex Hansen gets game but came back and won" The Aggies who also lost to the Blue Sox 10-- 3 earlier in the day are now out of the tournament double-eliminati- As expected Saturday's finale belonged to the rival Wolverines and Sox and their PCL Calgary 7 Albuquerque 4 Las Vegas 6 Fresno 5 Iowa 5 Omaha 1 Edmonton 5 Nashvtte 2 Colorado Springs 10 New Orleans 9 Oklahoma 7 Tacoma 3 Salt Lake 4 Tucson 3 Vancouver 4 Memphis 0 two best pitchers “It was a good game" Great Falls 4 Ogden 2 3-- Mitch MaacaraHsnU Journal Providence aeoond baseman Jssae Jenaen turns the doubls'ptoy as Brad Anderson of the Smithfield Aztecs slides into second Saturday WNBA Cleveland 74 Houston 71 New York 67 Washington 53 Los Angeles 73 Utah 65 On television 9411 ESPN2 — USGA Golf Curtis Cup championship match at Minneapolis 11:05 ant TBS — Major League Baseball St Louis at Atlanta CBS — Goodwill Games figure skating women's beach volleyball gold medal game and boxing at New York ESPN — LPGA Golf Du Maurter Ltd Classic Inal round at Windsor Ontario Canada 12:20 ixm WGN — Major League Baseball Colorado at Chicago Cuba 12:30 pre ABC — Major League Soccer Game at Orlando Fla All-St- ar 1:30 pre F8R — Formula One Auto Racing Grand Prix of Germany at Hockenheim Germany (same-datape) 2 pre — CBS PGA Golf St Jude Classic final round at Memphis Term ESPN — USGA Golf Curtis Cup championship match at Minneapolis 2:30 pre ESPN2 — Dayton Indy Lights Auto Racing championship at Trois Rivieres Quebec Canada (same-da- y tape) y 3 pre ABC — Cycling Tour to Paris (same-da- y tape) de France Mekm 4 pre ESPN — Senior PGA Golf Utah Showdown final round at Park City 5:30 pre ESPN2 — NHRA Drag Racing Northwest Nationals at Seattle (samanday tape) - pre ESPN Major League Baseball NY Yankees at Seattle 6:06 pre TBS — Gooctefl Games men's swimming (U8 vs Russia) and men’s and women's mnDHon njura sKsonQ n raw yock pre ESPN2 — Boxing champion Drake tor Thadd (29-8-vs John Scully (37-8-IBOItyht heavyweight championship 0) 10:30 1 Cycling Tour (delay' de France stage ESPN — Man's tennis Du Maurler Opsn early round coverage at Toronto Today's quote “We heard before the game we were in dm running for Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens but yon can't get too excited aboutit because of the teams that woe in it Yon know we’re die low market and our chances of getting either one were probably slim" — Houston first base man Jiff Bagwell cm the Astros deal The Astms beat the trading detxfline and obtained Johnson from Seattle for a pair of minor leaguers scares in the second on a two-ou- t double by Dave Simmons and Evan Hoge's two-ru- n homer "Hoge is on a tear" Udy noted “He's had some big games for us the last few weeks He's really swinging the bat well” In die bottom of the second Kenny Clark drove in the first of thm Smithfield runs with a single and with two outs and the bases loaded Rick Thorne singled to drive in two more That however was the end of the scoring as both Dinkel and Smithfield righthander Jason Jarvis took control of things on the mound “It was pretty much a pitcher's duel after that6 Hansen said CANTON Ohio (AP) — Tommy McDonald sat nervously on the edge of his seat the same way Philadelphia Eagles fans had to sit when they waldied him play The receiver used to put on quite a show weaving around taclders and motoring to the end zone Eke a Tasmanian devil in a green helmet with silver wings That wu nothing compared to his Saturday when inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame “God Almighty I feel good I” shouted McDonald football's Kerformance smallest but definitely loudest Hall of Earner He crocked jokes about his wife and tossed his 25 --pound bronze bust around like a football He talked to his father and Ray Nitschke whose ghosts he claimed were standing on stage with him McDonald trumped that by pulling a radio out rtf his briefcase and dancing to disco music on the hallowed steps of die hall live on national television His fellow inductees — Anthony Pro-Bo- Stangs explode in ninth for win "They (Mustangs) played solid defense and stepped when they had too" said Jill Hansen wife of head MC head coach Steve Hansen "It was a great game" It took extra innings but the Mountain Crest American Legion baseball team started the state tournament off on a winning note Saturday at Oquinfa Park in Kearns The Mustangs gave up two runs in die bottom of the seventh to let Hillcrest force die game into extra innings In the top of the ninth Mountain Crest exploded for seven runs and cruised to a 12--5 Josh Hansen went eight innings striking out six and allowing seven hits but didn't get the decision Jed Jensen came on in die bottom of the ninth to get the win “Josh pitched a great game" Jill Hansen said “It’s too bad he did so well whiffed 11 “Jarvis pitched a heck of a game you have to give him a lot of credit” Udy said “You'd think we would get to him more as much as we've seen him" Aztecs 6 Aggies 3 Sean Maynard who was called on to pitch the final three innings of Smithfield's loss to the Wolverines turned offensive against Logan belting a two-ru- n homer in the fourth inning See TOURNEY on Page 22 g" tion from McDonald who reminded AP photo a bunch of tough football players Chicago Boar's Mika Singletary left slams chests how important it is to laugh with six-tiselection Tommy McDonald as “Oh baby!" McDonald shouted Miami Downs' Dwight 8tephenson enjoys the show The three joined Paul Krause and Anthony Munoz as See HALL on Page 21 1998 inductees into the Pro Football Hal of Fame win sixth time this season also According to former Utah State head basketball coach Larry Eustachy Steve Barnes has just one problem "He's not Eustachy es sports writer second inning Jarvis pitching against the Wolverines for the By Jeff Hunter sports writer Munoz Mike Singletary Paul Krause and Dwight Stephenson — received high-fivchest bumps introducand a Michael Buffer-lik- e By Shawn Harrison Dinkel struck out II including the side in the third and gave up just one hit after the Barnes hopes to get call McDonald steals the show at Hall said of his associate head coach last week “He does what a good assistant should and 1 respect him for that but he'd probably have the job right now if he was more “The job” Eustachy referred to of course is the now vacant helm of the Aggies In the few days since Eustachy accepted the head position at Iowa State however Barnes has learned how to plead his case “There's no question in my mind that I'm the most qualified for the job" and didn't get die decision" Entering the bottom of the seventh die Huskies trailed 3 With the bases loaded and just one out Hillcrest got a two-nsingle to tie the game Mountain Crest avoided the loss by turning a double play forcing the game into extra innings hi die ninth with one out lYavis Baldwin got the big rally started with a single Dustin Anderson followed with a Barnes said Friday "There's no area of the program that I haven’t been involved with Recruiting coaching the radio show there’s not an area that I feel underqualified or unprepared "There's nothing I haven't done and so there’s no nervousness no fear on my part Pm prepared to do what has to be done to continue the success of the program" An assistant during Eustachy 's first See STANGS on Page 22 See BARNES on Page 21 5-- m Legion baseball season has had its problems column is because of how the other two By Shawn Harrison Hare J OPYfe Hansen said “The kind of game you want for a couple of undefeated teams in the first round" Providence took a 0 lead in the first inning on two Smith-fiel- d errors a single and a two-ru- n double by Scott Robinson Smithfield cut the lead to 1 on Ryan Pond's RBI-sing- le in the bottdrihflfdfthe taring but the Wolverines plated two more 3-- Pioneer Idaho Falls 8 Lethbridge 4 Helena 9 Butte 8 Medicine Hat IIBHngs 8 on MatcaraHerald Journal a foot safely on second beneath Logan's JR Child worts writer What a year it has been for local teams have been I wish die Mustangs well and hope problems but Tm disgusted at how this season ended The regular season ended last Monday The Aztecs hosted the Sox in the finale and at one time both teams were tofalthe game Would decide the championship for the aorthem division Both American Legion baseball teams Rom not knowing if some teams would even exist to fighting for the northern division tide to bowing out under curious circumstances the three Cache Valley teams have been through a lot For two of them the Cache VfcUey Sox and die Smithfield Aztecs the season is ovet Mountain Chat carries foe torch for the valley at the state tournament and opened with a wta Saturday over Hilkrest treated by the league this summer Every year there are some they win it all But the main reason for me writing this teams went from thinking the game might be for the championship to not knowing what the outcome meant After losing the Aztecs were informed they were done The Sox left Smithfield thinking they were headed to state Instead they had to travel to Oran the next day and play Cedar City in a playoff game Cedar City won and the Sox season was ovet "At 10:45 (pm) after I had turned the kids loose I find out we play the next day" Cache Valley coach Dennis Udy said "They (league officials) told me at 3 (pm) o'clock earlier in the day that they had taken a victory away from as and given as a forfeit which was absolutely wrong It would only happen to us If it was any other team it wouldn't be a forfeit" a U i Udy has had his tun ins with American Legion officials in the past and is still wondering how a game that wu never played against Clearfield because neither team could field a team turned into a forfeit Udy said the game wu rescheduled three times and the Sox tried to go and play it but each time Clearfield had an excuse “They (Clearfield) only had five guys show up to play (for the originally scheduled game v Udy said just a bad deal" And that is just one of the "bad deals" for the Scat In that same 3 pm discus- Its sion Monday Udy wu told lust go and See LEGION a Page 22 |