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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1990- THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- C-13 Mears answers Marlboro Challenge Briefly TENNIS FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS EDBERG KNOCKS OFF LENDL; BECKER NEXT Top-seeded Stefan Edberg didn't know what to expect before beating Ivan Lendl on Saturday to advance to a showdown with Boris Becker at the Australian Indoor tournament at Sydney. In the beginning, there was too much understeer and I couldn't make a move on anybody. It was a matter of playing a waiting game." Rick Mears "1 "I was a bit luckv to have won." Ed ben? said. "We both know each other's game so well that it's tough to have any advantage." Edberg survived a lethargic start to defeat Lendl, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. In the other semifinal, Becker ousted Australian Todd Woodbridge, 7-5, 6-4.

The 24-year-old Edberg began to gain the upper hand midway in the second set, blistering several forehand shots past Lendl and finding the mark more when he came to the net. Edberg's resurgence coincided with Lendl becoming uDset with several close line calls and a By RICK SHAFFER STAR STAFF WRITER Nazareth, Pa. If the results of Saturday's $820,000 Marlboro Challenge are any indication, there will be some commiserating in Nazareth and some celebrating in Reading and Albuquerque. Rick Mears, whose team is based in nearby Reading, captured the special 100-lap event at Pennsylvania International Raceway. The three-time Indianapolis 500 winner drove the Pennzoil PenskeChevy 90 to a 4.2-second victory over teammate Emerson Fittipaldi in the Marlboro PenskeChevy 90 to collect the first prize of $252,500.

Mears averaged 153.484 miles per hour. Albuquerque's Al Unser who needs only a sixth-place finish or better In today's Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix (noon, ESPN) to win his first-ever CARTPPG title, was third. And Nazareth product Michael An-dretti, the only other driver with a chance at the title, was a disappointing sixth after a lengthy pit stop took him out of contention. "In the beginning, there was too much understeer and I couldn't make a move on any- Back in the lead. Mears had Luyendyk and Fittipaldi behind him and Mario Andretti ahead of him.

That's the way they stayed, with Mears' 9-second lead halved by Fittipaldi, who could not get around Luyendyk. Turbulence kept them from passing. "I was getting a little concerned," Mears added. "I couldn't get around Mario and I had Emerson closing in me." But Fittipaldi had the same problem. "Arie was able to get out of the pits in front of me and the turbulence was making my car unbalanced," Fittipaldi said.

"That allowed Rick to get away." Third place paid Unser $100,000, but a finish that high today would pay him more. Still, he wasn't ready to make a prediction. "Tomorrow (today) is going to be another race," Unser said. "The race will be twice as long, there will be twice as many cars and the track could be three times different than (Saturday)." Following Mears, Fittipaldi and Unser were Luyendyk, Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, Bobby Rahal, Sullivan, Teo Fabl and Eddie Cheever. started backing up, coming to me," Mears said.

"That gave me a chance to make a run at them." What also helped Mears was the wing adjustment made during his Lap 72 pit stop. "During the stop, we put a whole front wing (turn) and that really helped a lot," Mears explained. "It brought the whole front end back to life." The stop and those of the other top runners gave the lead to reigning Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk, who opted to stay out in the Domino'sProvimi Lola-Chevy. But Luyendyk had to make his mandatory stop and Mears regained the lead he would not surrender. body," said Mears.

"It was a matter of playing a waiting game." The waiting game took more than half the race. Mears, who started third, quickly dropped back to fourth behind Andretti In the martH-avoline LolaChevy, Unser In the Valvoline LolaChevy and Danny Sullivan in the Marlboro Penske-Chevy 90. Those positions remained unchanged for the first 42 laps. That's when Mears swept by Sullivan for third and 18 laps later he went by Unser on the inside of Turn 3. Andretti was next and Mears got by him on a similar move on Lap 66.

"After awhile, everybody Little Al about to prove writer wrong THINK you made a take," the caller said. competitive enough to be given the opportunity, the wins will come." The opportunity is clearly there, the title may come today and at least one person is ready to eat crow. "I don't think winning's magic," Galles continued. "I think it's putting the right formula together so that you can be given the opportunity to win. And sometimes you win and sometimes you don't, but If you're going to finish a lot higher than that." "Well, Al, you're welcome to prove me wrong," the writer replied.

Fifteen races and six victories later, the caller Al Unser Jr. is poised to shoot down a prediction in this column that he possibly would finish no higher than sixth in the 1990 CARTPPG point standings. The logic behind the prediction was that the merger of the We're Talking Success! Congratulations to BIF WARD, CRS who attained a 1990 residential sales volume in excess of $11,000,000 through October! When you Talk to Tucker, Talk to Bif at 844-4200. I Edberg running commentary with umpire Richard Ings of Australia. When the second set went to a tiebreaker, he was fortunate to have not lost the set on a code of conduct violation.

Edberg went on to win the tiebreaker and the third set. NOTES Fabrice Santoro of France became the youngest finalist in a Grand Prix tournament this year when he beat Ronald Agenor of Haiti, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, in the semifinals of the Toulouse event. Santoro, two months shy of his 18th birthday, will face No. 4 seed Jonas Svensson of Sweden, who beat Amos Mansdorf of Israel, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4. 6-3 Czechoslovak Jana Novotna wore down and out-tricked Spaniard Arantxa Vicario Sanchez, 7-5, 6-4, to adavance into the finals of the Nokia $500, 000 Women's Masters tournament in Essen, Germany.

Novotna now meets Martina Navratilova in the finals. Navratilova made short work of Bulgarian Katerina Maleeva with an effortless 6-0, 6-2 semifinals victory. BASKETBALL CELTICS SIGN TOP PICK BROWN; PAXS0N GONE The Boston Celtics signed their No. 1 draft choice. Dee Brown, to a multi-year contract, the team announced Saturday.

Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Brown is a 6-1 point guard from Jacksonville. He was selected 19th overall in the NBA draft in June. Brown averaged 19.3 points per game his senior year and was ranked 10th in the nation in steals with an average of three per game. Meanwhile, the Celtics will be without veteran guard Jim Paxson this season, the team announced.

Paxon's decision was a "mutual and amicable agreement" with the Celtics organization, said Jeff Twiss, spokesman for the team. Paxson, 6-6, 11 -year veteran, was acquired from Portland on Feb. 23. 1988, for Jerry Sichting. SUNS SIGN RAMBIS TO NEW PACT The Phoenix Suns announced Saturday that forward Kurt Rambis has signed a renegotiated contract for the next two seasons.

Terms were not announced, in keeping with team policy, but sources said the new deal is worth $1.7 million and includes a third year at Rambis' option. GOLF PRICE FIRES 63 TO TAKE TEXAS OPEN LEAD South African Nick Price, twice a bridesmaid this year but yet to win, fired a 7-under-par 63 Saturday to capture the third-round lead in the $800,000 Texas Open at San Antonio. Price's bogey-free round under perfect playing conditions gave him a 54-hole total of 194, 16 under par, and a 2-shot lead over first-round leader Gary Hallberg, who shot a 64. DANIEL NABS 4-SH0T LPGA LEAD Beth Daniel shot a 4-under-par 68 Saturday and moved four shots ahead of Patty Sheehan and Nancy Lopez in the $1 million LPGA Centel Classic at Tallahassee, Fla. Daniel's round followed a career-best 63 Friday and gave her a 14-under 202 total after three rounds.

Sheehan slipped to a 2-over 74 Saturday, while Lopez carded a 69, leaving them tied at 206 going into today's final round. C00DY FIRES 65 TO TAKE SENIORS EDGE Charles Coody shot a 7-under par 65 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Vantage Championship at Clemmons, N.C., the richest tournament on the Senior PGA Tour. MISCELLANEOUS MOW ATT REPORTEDLY PASSED LIE DETECTOR TEST The attorney for Zeke Mowatt of the New England Patriots says a lie detector test proved his client is innocent of sexually harassing a Boston Herald sportswriter. But the reporter, Lisa Olson, said in a statement Saturday that she was sticking by her story and was also willing to take a lie detector test. Mowatt took the test in Miami Monday, The Boston Globe reported.

The 5'2-hour test was administered by polygraphist George Slattery Sr. Meanwhile, Karen Crouse, a newspaper reporter covering Saturday's Arizona-UCLA game, said she was verbally harrassed in the Arizona dressing room while conducting post-game Interviews. An unidentified, unclothed Arizona player reportedly approached Crouse, of the Orange County Register, in the locker room at the Rose Bowl. Arizona officials had left the stadium and were not immediately available for comment. MARLIN NABS FIRST BUSCH NATIONAL VICTORY Sterling Marlin passed Greg Sacks with six laps to go for his first career Busch Grand National Series victory in Saturday's All Pro Auto Parts 300 stock car race at Charlotte Motor Speedway at Concord, N.C.

Driving an Oldsmobile, Marlin took home $67,290, including a $25,000 bonus for leading at the halfway point. Auto Racing 1 1 F.C. TAicker Company, Inc. EES Realtors Since 1918 According to Michael Andretti, the only man who can keep him from winning the title, the way Unser has been doing his job has been the key. "Let's face it, he (Unser) has done a great job all year," Andretti understated.

"He hasn't made any mistakes and that's why he's in the position he's in." Actually, Unser was in position to win the title in 1985, only to lose it by a point to his father in the season finale at Miami. "My dad taught me a lot on race day that day," Unser recalls. That's obvious by the point standings. But there are other reasons he's in the position he's in. In addition to Unser's considerable talent as a driver, there's his team.

"We've got a bunch of mature young guys," says Galles. "Al's team has been together a long time and there's a continuity. It's like a good pro football team. If you've got a lot of veterans who have played together a long time, they work real well together." "I think the key Is that all the guys are unselfish; they'll do whatever it takes," adds crew chief Owen Snyder, who Galles describes as 'one of the best chief mechanics in auto "They've obviously got their assigned positions and their jobs to do, but they're always looking out for the other guy. It really does work In harmony.

They're the best crew out there." Holding 37-point lead with two races remaining certainly doesn't hurt. By RICK SHAFFER Vent Free Gas Fireplaces (Requires No Flue) Galles and Kraco teams would help Unser's new teammate Bobby Rahal more than Unser. However, the opposite has been true. Rahal is still seeking victory No. 1 this year.

By contrast, Unser has wins at Long Beach, Milwaukee, Toronto, Michigan, Denver and Vancouver and needs only to finish sixth in today's Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Pennsylvania International Raceway to clinch his first Indy-car title. "The reason we took two teams and merged them was that we could gain strength from both to maybe overcome some of the weaknesses in each team," explains Rick Galles, who co-owns the team with Maury Kraines. "Then you throw together the final mix of two guys like Bobby Rahal and Al Unser who are personal friends and unselfish race drivers, and if you can keep everybody working together you've got a good opportunity." So for Unser, Just one sixth place is really not asking too much. "Finishing at all is asking a lot," retorts Unser. "We've got to keep doing our job." If you have always dreamed of having a fireplace? Now is the time to come into Leland's to see this revolutionary vent free gas fireplace.

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