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STHEDES MOINES REGISTER Tuesday, April 26, 1988 l-Cubs' Smith hits right chord in both his jobs NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST Pet GB Last 10 Streak Home Away Pittsburgh 13 4 .765 8-2 W2 7-1 5-3 New York 11 6 .647 2 7-3 W3 6-2 5-3 Montreal 8 8 .500 4'i 6-3 L2 5-4 2-4 Chicago 7 10 .412 6 2-8 L2 2-4 5-5 6 10 .375 6'i 3-6 LI 4-3 2-7 St. Louis 5 12 .294 8 3-7 Wl 4-5 1-7 WEST Pet GB Last 10 Stnak Home Away Los 11 4 .733 7-3 W3 4-2 7-2 Houston 10' 7 .588 2 4-6 L3 6-3 4-4 Cincinnati 10 8 .556 5-5 5-4 5-4 San Francisco 9 9 .500 3V; 5-5 L3 -4-5 5-4 San Diego 7 9 .438 6-4 W3 6-3 1-6 Atlanta 3 13 .188 8'i 3-7 Wl 1-9 2-4 SUNDAY'S GAMES MONDAY'S GAMES Atlanta 4. Cincinnati 1 No games scheduled Los Angeles 4. San Francisco 0 Montreal 3. Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 2 San Diego 3.

Houston 0 St Louis 5. New York 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST Pet GB Last 10 Stnak Home Away Cleveland 14 4 .778 8-2 LI 7-2 7-2 New York 13 5 .722 1 6-4 Wl 6-2 7-3 Boston 12 5 .706 Vi 8-2 W6 6-4 6-1 Detroit 9 7 .563 4 6-4 LI 4-3 5-4 Toronto 9 8 .529 4'j 5-5 LI 4-4 5-4 Milwaukee 7 9 .438 6 5-5 L2 5-3 2-6 Baltimore 0 18 OOP 14 0-10 L18 0-8 0-10 WEST Pet GB Last 10 Streak Home Away Oakland 12 7 .632 6-4 W2 5-4 7-3 Kansas 9 8 .529 2 5-5 W3 6-3 3-5 Chicago 9 9 .500 2'-i 6-4 L2 4-6 5-3 Seattle 9 10 .474 3 5-5 W3 3-6 6-4 Texas 7 10 .412 4 5-5 Wl 3-6 4-4 California 7 11 .389 3-7 L3 4-5 3-6 Minnesota 5 11 .313 5'i 2-8 Wl 3-6 2-5 SUNDAY'S GAMES MONDAY'S GAME Boston 4. Milwaukee 0 Boston 5. Milwaukee 1 Kansas City 3. Baltimore 1 Texas 9.

Tulsa Drillers 1 (exhibition) Minnesota 1 3. Cleveland 7 Only games scheduled New Yoik 5, Toronto 3 Oakland 5, Chicago 3 Seattle 4, California 2 Texas 4. Detroit 2 TODAY'S PITCHING MATCHUPS TODAY'S PITCHING MATCHUPS Time Team Piteher (CDT) W-L ERA W-L IP ERA HWG Team Pitcher (CDT) W-L ERA W-L IP ERA HWG KansasCity Leibrandt(L) 1-3 4 07 1-2 21.1 2 11 13 5 Cincinnati Robinson(R) 0-2 594 0-2 16.2 5 94 11 9 atNowYork Leiter(L) 6 30 3-0 270 3-0 20 0 2 70 9.9 atMontreal Youmans(R) 6 35 0 1 5 74 0 1 15 2 5.74 15.5 Seattle Moore(R) 2-1 4.66 2-0 22.0 4.09 11 9 NewYork Gooden(R) 4-0 277 30 21.0 171 69 at Cleveland Candiotti(R) 6 35 3 0 1 08 3-0 27 0 1.00 10 3 at Atlanta Glavme(l) 6 40 03 3 72 0-3 19 1 3.72 11 2 Oakland Davis(R) 1-1 3.44 1-1 18 1 3.44 13.7 Philadelphia Rawley(L) 0-3 396 0-2 18.0 5.00 140 at Toronto Stieb(R) 6 35 1-2 3 93 1-2 18 1 3 93 13 3 at Houston Scott(R) 7:35 3-0 2.14 2 0 25 2 1 75 7 4 California Witt(R) 4.28 1-0 21.0 3.43 137 Chicago Maddux (R) 3-1 1 91 2-1 24.0 2.63 10.9 at Detroit Robinson (R) 6 35 1-2 6 75 1-2 16 0 6.75 14.6 at Los Angeles Leary(R) 9:05 2-0 2 37 2 0 19.0 2 37 6 6 Baltimore Morgan(R) 0-3 5.84 0-2 15.2 7.47 12.6 St. Louis Tudor(L) 0 0 0 00 at Minnesota Viola (L) 7.05 1-1 4 39 1-0 21 2 2 91 11 2 atSanDiego Show(R) 9 05 0-3 8 36 0 3 14 0 8.36 15 4 Boston Boyd(R) 2-0 2.29 2-0 19.2 2 29 9 2 Pittsburgh Smiley (L) 0-2 5 82 0-2 16.0 6.19 12.9 at Chicago 7 30 1-0 2 70 1 0 200 2 70 9 5 at Francisco Reuschel (R) 9 35 30 177 3-0 20.0 177 10.2 Milwaukee Bosio(R) 3-1 1 91 2-1 24 0 2 25 86 HWG Average hits and walks allowed per 9 innings last three starts. at Texas Gu7man(R) 7 35 2-1 1 57 2-1 23 0 1 57 7 0 Last Three Starts city's cheers Czech defector will participate at Drake Relays I Continued from Page One of course at the Drake Relays.

Cado has been granted political asylum and hopes to enroll at North Central College in Naperville next fall. There have been two stumbling blocks the English language and money. He needs to pass an English proficiency test before he can get into school, and in the meantime he's had to rely on new-found friends for financial support. "Coincidentally, while we're in Des Moines," Kreamer said, "a group of about 50 kids in Naperville are going to hold a dance marathon Saturday night. The money they raise will go to help pay Jan's expenses for an intensive English course at the University of Illinois-Chicago." Because Cado is not a collegian, Ehrhart says his competition in the Drake Relays will be treated as an exhibition.

"He won't take an award away from anyone," Ehrhart said. "If he does set a record, we'll call it a Drake Stadium record, but it won't break a Drake Relays record." Janvrin begins defense of decathlon title today Kip Janvrin of Simpson, a two-time NCAA Division III champion, will be seeking his second straight title in the Drake Relays decathlon, which starts today with the first five events in Drake Stadium. The women's heptathlon also begins today. Heading the field is Jill Lancaster, an assistant track coach at Kansas. She is a three-time winner of the event.

When Janvrin won the decathlon last year with 7,156 points, an unheralded entry, Steve Henson of Kansas State, finished seventh with 6,434. Henson has gained much notoriety since then as the star point guard on Kansas State's basketball team. Also among the 11 decathlon entries is veteran Rex Harvey of Des Moines, who will be continuing a Relays record for longevity. This is the 24th year that Harvey has competed in the Drake Relays, going back to his high school days as a pole vault-er at Dexfield of Redfield. Lancaster won the Drake heptathlon from 1983 through 1985.

She finished fourth in 1986, while competing with a cast on a broken wrist, and was the runner-up last year to Purdue's Cathy Tyree, who is not returning. By Buck TurnbuU. RANDY PETERSON i Register Staff Writer Iowa Cub Dwight Smith is not the best outfielder in the Chicago Cub I organization, not with Andre Dawson, Martinez and Rafael Palmeiro in Chicago. But when it comes to something jelse, Dwight Smith wins in a song. "He's the best," said Jim Colborn, a instructor in the Cub 'Organization.

I "I don't know that any player does lit better," said Iowa Cub Manager jPete Mackanin. "He surprised me the first time," teammate Mark Grace said. "He's They weren't bragging about ability to play baseball, although they could have been. He has 'been one of the big reasons the I-Cubs lare off to their best start since 1972. I They were boasting about Smith's profession singing.

Singing Is Important A songbird in the macho world of professional athletics? Ever hear Dawson, Martinez and Palmeiro sing in public? Probably won't, either. But Dwight Smith is different. To his singing is just as important as hitting the cutoff man with a throw from left field. "That's right," Smith said. "I take my singing very serious.

Just as seri-; ous as I do my baseball." He doesn't make nearly as much money with his voice as he does his ability to play baseball, but he doesn't expect to. I Yet. "I don't have any records," Smith said. "That's my next goal." He is a self-proclaimed "organizational singer." He sings at weddings and pageants, with an occasional national anthem thrown in for good measure. Motivated by Friends That's right.

Dwight Smith, parting Iowa Cub left fielder, promises he will sing the national anthem prior to a game at Sec Taylor Stadium. He hasn't set a date, but don't be jsurprised if it is July 4, traditionally vs. Tonight and A I 3 f) XW Pirates steal PITTSBURGH, PA. (AP) On a blustery, windy April Sunday more fit for football than baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates were finally accepted by the city that has often considered them as something just to pass the time until the Steelers' training camp opened. The Pirates, one of baseball's hottest teams with 13 victories in 17 games, were cheered as they beat the Chicago Cubs, 4-2, to complete a sweep of a three-game series.

But the crowd of nearly 20,000 booed resoundingly when the Steelers' top draft choice, defensive end Aaron Jones of Eastern Kentucky, was announced on the scoreboard at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates have become a happening in a town that called itself the City of Champions in the 1970s, but has been a haven for losers in the 1980s. The Pirates not only are off to their best start in 26 years, their attendance is up 20 percent, despite miserable weather. "It's nice to turn around and see fans cheering you instead of empty seats," said center fielder Andy Van Slyke. Just three years after finishing 57-104 the National League's worst record since 1977 and drawing fewer than 800,000 fans, the Pirates have been as hot as Pittsburgh's weather has been cold.

They are 13-4 for the first time since 1962 and have a 40-15 record in their last 55 games. They are 8-1 at home this season and have won 12 of their last 1 3 home games. "Are we a fluke? I don't know yet," said pitcher Bob Walk. "But we don't think like that. I'm sure people on other teams were asking that, but they're starting to feel different now.

"We're real confident right now. I know there was a question last year about whether we could do it from the start of the season and not just after we were out of the race, but we think we have a good team." The Pirates are led by Mike LaVal-liere, who has 12 hits in his last 15 at-bats to boost his average to a league-leading .404. But can they really be contenders in a division where many expected the New York Mets a team whose payroll is four times higher than Pittsburgh's to win 100 games? "In our minds, we know we can contend," LaValliere said. "Others wfsm Radio KMRYU390-AM). TV None.

Record vs. Omaha O-O. Pitching rotation Tonight. Iowa's Roger Williams (1-0) vs. Israel Sanchez (1-1); Wednesday, Iowa's Jeff Pico (2-1 vs.

Al Hargesheimer (1-1). I-Cub notes Tonight is the first of eight straight home games. Oklahoma City opens a tour-game series on Thursday, the Denver plays the first of two games on Monday I-Cubs have won four of five games at Sec Taylor Stadium this season, Through Sunday 's game at Louisville, the l-Cub starting pitchers had a combined 9-2 record Bob Tewksbury, who will start Friday against Oklahoma City providing he hasn't been summoned by the parent Chicago Cubs, has an incredible walk-strikeout ratio in 31' innings, he has walked only two batters while striking out 20. He has two complete-game shutouts in four starts. Omaha notes Gary Thurman, who led the American Association in stolen bases last season, once again is starting in the outfield for the Royals.

He was beaten out of a big-league job at the end of spring training when Kansas City opted to keep Bo Jackson at the maior-league level. Hargesheimer, Wednesday's pitcher, was a member of the Iowa Cubs in 1983. Promotions Tonight, Pregame Softball between former Drake athletes against Des Moines businessmen starts at 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Ladies' Night (all women 14 and older can purchase reserved seats for $2). Dwight Smith "1 take my singing very serious" the second-largest crowd of the season for the I-Cubs. "I don't see any reason not to do it this year," he said.

"I've done it every other year but once." Smith started humming popular children's tunes at age 4 and he stuck with it. "I got most of my motivation from my friends," Smith said. "Every time I'd start singing, they'd ask for more. They'd say 'Man, Dwight, can you ever That feedback would get me pretty excited. It gave me the desire to do more." He is getting similar feedback to his other profession, for which he was the Cubs' third choice in the 1984 draft.

"Dwight Smith is going to hit .300 anywhere he plays," Mackanin said. "It's just a matter of feeling comfortable. But that's only part of his game. He's got the potential to steal 60 bases and hit 20 home runs a year. He's a potential batting champion because of his ability to beat out the infield hit.

He's got a lot of plusses with a lot of potential." At 24 years of age, Smith would appear to be right on schedule. His .344 batting average, 10 runs scored, 21 hits and two home runs led the Iowa Cubs after the first 15 games of the 1988 season, his first at the triple-A level. Also in the first two weeks of the season, Smith had a 10-game hitting streak. "He's one of those can't-miss people," Hall of Famer Billy Williams said in Des Moines last week. "Dwight Smith will be in the big leagues someday." Omaha at Sec Taylor Stadium Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Iowa Cubs Statistics (Through Sunday) HITTING AB HR Bl Avg. Balhe 18 2 6 0 1 .444 Smith 61 10 21 2 6 .344 Crabbe 24 5 7 0 11 .291 Tabor 5 7 17 0 3 .288 Meier 35 2 9 0 3 .257 Steohenson 8 1 2 0 0 .250 Berrvhill 40 7 9 1 4 .225 Dascenzo 54 5 12 0 5 .222 Guinn 38 3 8 0 5 210 Noce 34 5 6 1 3 .176 Varsho 34 1 6 1 4 .176 Grace 48 4 8 0 8 .166 PITCHING IP BB SO W-L ERA 31.1 21 2 20 3-0 1.14 Damian 21.1 18 6 10 2-0 1.26 Kraemer 5.1 3 2 8 0-0 1.68 Pico 200 16 3 8 2-1 1.80 Caoel 8 1 7 2 8 0-1 2.16 Williams 200 15 9 9 1-0 2.25 Landrum 3.2 24 2 3 0-0 2.45 Surhoft 4.2 5 0 1 0-1 6.74 Masters 12.1 13 6 6 1-1 7.29 Renfroe 42 6 4 4 0-2 964 Hirsch 3.1 9 2 2 0-0 10 8 THE MINORS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION EASTERN DIVISION W. I. Pet. Buffalo (Pirates) 8 7 .533 Indianapolis (Expos) 8 9 .471 Nashville (Reds) 8 9 .471 Louisville (Cardinals) 6 11 352 WESTERN DIVISION W.

L. Pet. Iowa (Cubs) 10 6 .625 Omaha(Royals) 10 7 .588 Denver (Brewers) 8 8 500 Oklahoma City (Rangers). 8 9 .471 MONDAY'S GAMES Indianapolis 6, Denver 2 Iowa 7, Louisville 0 Oklahoma Citv 6, Buffalo 5 Omaha 9, Nashville 5 TODAY'S GAMES Buffalo al Oklahoma Citv Indianapolis at Denver Omaha at Iowa OB 3 GB. 2 2'i MIDWEST LEAGUE NORTHERN DIVISION W.

L. Beloit (Brewers) 10 7 Madison (Athletics) 9 7 Kenosha (Twins) 7 8 Wausau (Manners) 6 9 Rockford (Expos) 7 11 South Bend (W Sox) 7 11 Appleton (Royals) 6 10 SOUTHERN DIVISION L. Clinton(Giants) 12 6 Springfield (Cards) 12 6 Waterloo (Indians) 9 5 Burlington (Braves) 10 6 Cedar Rapids (Reds) 10 8 Quad Cities (Angels) 7 11 Peoria (Cubs) 5 12 MONDAY'S GAMES Beloit 8, Peoria 5 Cedar Rapids 11, Burlington 3 Kenosha 6, Rockford 5 02 innings) Madison 3, Applelon 0 South Bend 4, Clinton 2 Springfield 2-5, Wausau 1-1. Waterloo 6, Q'iad Cities 1 Pet. GB.

588 .563 467 400 .389 .389 375 2 3 3 3'i Pet. .667 667 643 625 556 389 .294 Time Last Three Starts from Steelers Associated Press lost, we've had the same kind of attitude in the clubhouse. "Nobody celebrates a lot when we win and nobody gets way down when we lose. This is a job, a responsibility we have, and it's nothing to get real excited about because we have 145 games to play. That's what I like, that nobody in the clubhouse is making a big deal out of it.

Everybody's being low key about it." Red Sox beat Brewers, 5-1, for 6th in row MILWAUKEE, WIS. (AP) Bruce Hurst pitched a six-hitter and struck out eight Monday night as Boston beat Milwaukee, 5-1, for its sixth straight victory. Boston scored its first run in the third inning when Rick Cerone led off with a double, went to third on a fly ball and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brady Anderson. Then, in the fifth, Anderson singled, went to second on an error and scored on Marty Barrett's second single of the game. The Red Sox chased Milwaukee starter Bill Wegman with one out in the seventh when Anderson doubled and scored on a single by Ellis Burks.

They got two unearned runs in the ninth after they loaded the bases on an error, a walk and a single. Anderson walked to force in one run, and Barrett hit a sacrifice fly. BOSTON Burks cl Barren 2b Bongs 3b Rice dh Greenwell If Dw. Evans lb Cerone Owen ss Anderson rf Totals Boston Milwauke abrhbi MILWAUKEE ab bi 4 0 11 Molilor 3b 4 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 12 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 Younl cf 4 0 0 0 Braggs rf 5 0 0 0 Deer If 2 0 0 0 Brock lb 4 10 0 Mever dh 2110 Schroeder 4 110 Sveum ss 2 2 2 2 Gantner 2b 31 5 7 5 Totals 4 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 33 1 1 010 102-5 ..000 000 001- lina Brock, Molitor. DP Milwaukee 1.

LOB Boston 8, Milwaukee 5. 2B Cerone. B. Anderson, Brock. SB Greenwell (1).

5F B. Anderson, Barrett Boston IP ER BB SO Hurst 3-0 Milwaukee Wegman 1-3 Crim O. Jones Clear 1 IP 6'j 1 6 0 8 BB SO Plesac BK Weoman. Shulock. Kaiser.

McKean, Reillv. 2:34. A 11,109. Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds, who had doubled, prepares to head to third after Chicago shortstop Shawon Dunston missed the cutoff throw during Sunday's game. The Pirates are one of baseball's hottest teams with a 13-4 record.

I-Gubs match team record, 7-0 Orioles demote two to minors Trip to Relays is daughter's wish come true Continued from Page One track meets this year and that situation has not abated. She usually wins or finishes high in her events. She already has set 11 Graceland records. For indoor competition, she holds records in the 60-yard hurdles, the 440-yard dash, the 880-yard run, the long jump, the triple jump and the pentathlon. Outdoors, she has cracked the records in the 100-meter hurdles, the 400-meter hurdles, the 800 meters, the triple jump and the heptathlon.

In the heptathlon, she placed third the first time she competed. "We don't like to say Wendi is the next Bruce Jenner here," her coach, Terry Yee, said, "but, she is a very special athlete. She has advanced faster than anyone I have ever had compete for me." Jenner, a former Graceland athlete, won the 1976 Olympic decathlon. "She is so fluid," Yee said of Simmons. "Her motion is effortless.

There is no wasted motion. She is like a ballet dancer." There is a good reason for that: She is a ballet dancer, having taken 12 years of lessons. Yee says Simmons' best events are the triple jump, long jump and 400-meter hurdles. Each week, Yee has Simmons competing in different events and allows her to excel in only one. "It would kill her if she tried to excel in all," Yee said.

"She Has to relax and have fun, too." "She is in as many events she thinks she can handle," Rich Simmons said. "She is an outstanding person and well rounded. We just tell her to do what she thinks she can do. "She does everything really well, but is not great. However, she might be able to step over that line sometime.

Mickey her mother and I think she runs to her potential." There was never any doubt where she would attend college. "When she opened her eyes at the hospital where she was born, Mickey and I told her she would run for Graceland," Rich Simmons said. He was Wendi's coach through junior high school. Simmons competed in California state track meets three times, but only placed once. That was in her junior year in the 300 intermediate hurdles.

"There were a lot of good competitors in the state meet," she said. She has qualified for the NAIA national meet next month in the heptathlon, long jump, triple j9mp and 400 hurdles. may be asking if we can stick in there until September. But the important thing is, the people in this clubhouse believe it." "I've never emphasized getting off to a good start," Manager Jim Ley-land said. "What happens if you don't? You can't cancel the rest of the season.

But, obviously, as a manager you're elated with a start like this. What I like is that even when we've NOTES Scott Arnold to Louisville of the American Association. SORE ELBOW. Pitcher Rick Aguilera of the New York Mets had a second examination Monday, confirming an initial diagnosis of an inflammation of the right elbow. Aguilera is on the 15-day disabled list.

RANGER SUSPENDED. Texas relief pitcher Mitch Williams was suspended for two games Monday by the American League for triggering a brawl in a game with Boston earlier this month. Williams and Boston's Marty Barrett got into a fight in that game. "I said something to Barrett because he had said something to me earlier," Williams said after the game. "I don't recall what I said.

It wasn't hello." FOUL WEATHER. Toronto was scheduled to play at exhibition game at Saint John, New Brunswick, on Monday, but the game was called off because there was Vfc inches of snow on the ground and temperatures were hovering around the freezing mark. RAY HONORED. Johnny Ray of California, who batted .593 with 13 runs-batted-in, was named American League Player of the Week. In seven games, Ray also scored five runs and had five doubles among his 16 hits.

Continued from Page One the other team is sloppy, and we were able to do that." Damian pitched the first five innings, giving up all six Louisville hits and the only two walks. Bill Landrum struck out three in three innings, and Jeff Hirsch struck out one in the ninth. Doug Dascenzo, Dwight Smith and Brian Guinn led the Iowa attack with two hits apiece. One of Dascenzo's hits was his first home run of the season. "I was glad to see our guys get double figures in hitting and score some runs," Mackanin said, "I hope that will bust them out a little.

The Cubs will return to Des Moines to open a home stand against Omaha tonight. HOW THEY SCORED Iowa first Varsho walked. Varsho stole second. Varsho to third on passed ball. Berrvhill walked Varsho scored, Berryhill to second on a balk Iowa Louisville 0.

Iowa third Dascenzo homered. Berrvhill singled. Grace doubled. Berrvhill scored. Tabor singled scoring Grace Iowa 4, Louisville 0.

Iowa seventh Dascenzo singled. Smith doubted, Dascenzo to third. Berrvhill walked, Dascenzo and Smith scored on a throwing error by Alba. Iowa 6, Louisville 0. Iowa eighth Landrum singled.

Varsho forced Landrum at second. Varsho to second on passed bad. Dascenzo grounded out, Varsho to third. Smith singled, Varsho scored. Iowa 7, Louisville 0.

'87 CLOSE-OUT Shelby Lancer fSy Charger, 1 Lancer ALL PHCID AT INVOICE $2000 E8 MMLW MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (AP) -The Baltimore Orioles, who have lost their first 18 games, shuffled their roster Monday by calling up three players from Rochester of the triple-A International League and sending outfielder Jim Traber and pitcher Oswaldo Peraza to the minors. Pitcher Bill Scherrer, third baseman Craig Worthington and outfielder Keith Hughes will join the Orioles in time for tonight's game against Minnesota. The Orioles must still open a spot on the roster, and General Manager Rollie Hemond said another move would be made today. He said a trade was possible, and there has been speculation pitcher Scott McGregor, who has an 0-3 record with an 8.56 earned-run average, might be released.

Traber criticized his demotion, saying: "They give everybody a chance but me. I've never been given a chance. So now we're losing and it's my fault. It's stupid. Why don't they just tell me I don't fit into their plans? Instead, we have to make changes because we're not winning and I'm the change they make." TUDOR RETURNS.

St. Louis pitcher John Tudor, sidelined since spring training with a sore shoulder, was returned to the roster Monday and will start tonight's game at San Diego. To make room for Tudor, the Cardinals sent rookie right-hander.