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The Des Moines Register AUGUST IS, 1997 3S Pairo leads t-Cubs past 89ers with three RBIs Wiii'iMiawnrmrw i urn in mtmemmmtmem' MaawaaaaaaaaaaMl mmmmmmmmmm "ffl Ytf iminnii iiiiliiiiiii ii mi ff Yip C' 1 Teams 1 'WW 1 f- My KKVINWOLKTiiKRwiisTKR Eventual winner Dave Blaney (10) leads the race Pinegar (7) in the A Main feature race at the as he goes high around the curve to pass Larry Knoxville Nationals Sunday night. Blaney grabs Knoxville victory ASNOUATKI) I'KS Monica Seles concentrates during her straight-sets victory Sunday against Anke IIuber. was a draining week. And Yevgeny Kafelnikov admitted to feeling shaky toward the end. But he able to sweat out one more match win the Pilot Pen International "at New Haven, Conn.

He outdueled Patrick Rafter, his baseline style overcoming the net- Knoxville Nationals Championship A-Feature 30 laps ($100,000 to win, $50,000 for second, $25,000 for third) Seles prevails Monica Seles' impressions of the du Maurier Open have changed since she first won it in 1995. "I have different feelings about it now, beles said Minnay alter beating Anke Hnber of Germany, 6-2, 6-4, at Toronto, Ontario, for her third consecutive title. "Both feelings are great in their own way, but nothing compares to 1995." After missing over 27 months from April 1993 to August 1995 she was attacked and stabbed during a match in Hamburg, Germany Seles made a triumphant return to the game at York University's National Tennis Centre two years ago. "You cant replace 1995 ever again," Seles said after becoming the first player to win the De Maurier three times in a row. Bjorkman misses goal Jo nas Bjorkman's bid to become the first double winner in the RCA Championships at Indianapolis fell short as the 25-year-old Swede won the singles final, while settling for runner-up honors in doubles.

In the singles final, rain came at the wrong time for Spain's Carlos Moya, depriving him of the only momentum he had against ninth- seeded Bjorkman, who beat the fifth-seeded Moya, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). Kafelnikov tops Rafter Auto Martin holds on A little bit of luck and a strong car proved a winning combination for Mark Martin. Martin lost two laps because of a flat tire. But rain-induced yellow flags positioned him to roar back and win the DeVilbiss 400 in Brooklyn, Sunday. "Oh man, I wanted to win this thing so bad," Martin said after his third NASCAR victory of the season.

But I thought it was going to go up in smoke when that tire let loose." He beat Winston Cup points leader Jeff Gordon driving the only Chevrolet to seriously contend by 2.009 seconds at Michigan Speedway. Ted Musgrave finished third, beat ing fellow Ford driver Ernie Irvan, in a race hampered all day by rain that caused three cautions for 46 laps. Fords have won the last four Win ston Cup races at Michigan. Bobby Labonte was the last Chevrolet driver to win at the 2-mile super-speedway, in August 1995. It 1.

Dave Blaney Cortland, Ohio 2. Greg Tenn. 3. Danny Lasoski Dover, Mo. 4.

Jac Haudenschild.Wooster, Ohio 5. Johnny Herrera Tempe, Ariz. 6. Joe Gaerte Rochester. Ind 7.

Craig Minn. 8. Frankie Kerr Fremont, Ohio. 9. Paul McMahan Oroville.

Calit. 10. Steve Kinser Bloominaton. Ind. 11.

Sammy Swindell. fenn. 12. Andy Hillenburg B.Arrow, Okla. Lap leaders Mark Kinser 1-9, Sammy Swindell 10, Dave Blaney 11-30.

crashing Australian, 7-6 (7-4), 64: Racing Buhl nabs first victory Robbie Buhl swerved into the lead when Eddie Cheever had a gearbox problem with two laps to go, and then outraced Vincenzo Sospiri to the finish for his first Indy-car victory in the Pennzoil 200 Sunday 'in Loudon, N.H. 'w Buhl, coming back from head' injuries that kept him out of the last two Indy Racing League events, had been stalking Cheever since the 157th lap, and was within two car lengths when the finish unfolded. Zanardi stays hot Cold or hot, wet or dry, Alex Zanardi is the hottest driver in CART right now. The Italian racer took the lead with a fast pit stop and pulled away to his fifth victory of the season in the Texaco-Havoline 200 at rain-soaked Road America on Sunday in Elkhart Lake, Wis. Zanardi, with his third straight' victory, fourth in five races and fifth; of he season, leads runner-up Gil de Ferran by 38 points in the PPG CART World Series standings.

l-CUBS Continued from Page 3S leagues," Iowa Manager Tim Johnson said. "He's like Bob Tewks- bury, he minimizes his pitches and makes the batters hit the ball on the ground." Cairo, Johnson said, can play in the major leagues, too. "He's been great not only at the plate, but also in the field," Johnson said. "He's as good as they come at second base in this league. He has great range, he has a great arm and he's fearless when he turns a double play.

"No question in my mind that he can play in the big leagues." Cairo was provided an oppoprtu-nity to drive in runs thanks to the lower part of the batting order. They got on base and Cairo, most times, drove them in. He drove in two with a double in the second inning. He drove in another with a single in a five-run third inning. He struck out with the bases loaded in the fifth inning.

"That wasn't very good," he said. "I got fooled a little on a couple of breaking pitches." It was the third game in a row in which Cairo doubled. He has 33 for the season, fourth in the American Association. "I'm just up there trying to get on base, most of the time," Cairo said. "But when I'm up there with runners in scoring position, it's my job to try to drive them in." He has played in 120 of Iowa's 128 games.

"I can't get him out of the lineup," Johnson said. "He fights me. He never wants a day off." Notes Lowery broke a five-game hitless slump with a double against the center-field fence in the second inning. Dalesandro, a utility player who has been catching a lot recently, continued to play his position with a target on his chest, arms, hand and mask. He's been hit almost everywhere in the past five days, but he has to catch regularly until the Chicago Cubs send Mike Hubbard to Iowa.

They haven't done that yet. Sunday, he even fouled a pitch off his foot. "He won't leave until we have to carry him off on a stretcher," Iowa trainer Bob Grimes said. "He's tough." HOW THEY SCORED Oklahoma City first Diaz singled to left. Simms doubled to right.

Diaz scored. Oklahoma City 1. ktwa 0. Iowa second Kieschnick walked. Lowery doubled to center, Kieschnick to third.

Valdes singled to first, Kieschnick scored, Lowery to third. Dalesandro singled to left, Lowery scored, Valdes to second. Petersen singled to left, Valdes to third, Dalesandro to second. Cairo doubled to left, Valdes and Dalesandro scored, Petersen to third. Jennings hit by pitch.

Kieschnick singled to first, Petersen scored, Cairo to third, Jennings to second. Iowa 5, Oklahoma City 1. Iowa third Valdes doubled to right. Dalesandro grounded out to shortstop, Valdes to third. Nava to first on throwing error by pitcher Smith, Valdes held third.

Petersen singled to center, Valdes scored, Nava to second. Iowa 6, Oklahoma City 1. Iowa fifth Dalesandro singled to center. Nava singled to center, Dalesandro to second. Petersen singled to left, Dalesandro to third, Nava to second.

KelT pitching, Jennings singled to right, Oalesandro and Nava scored, Petersen to third. Kieschnick singled to right. Petersen scored, Jennings to second, ktwa 9, Oklahoma City 1. Okla. City afa bi Iowa ab hbi Murphy cf 4 0 10 Cairo 2b 6 0 2 3 Frias ss 3 0 0 0 Jennings If 4 0 2 2 Diaz rf 4 110 Brown lb 5 0 10 Stmms If 3 0 3 1 Kieschnick dh 4 1 2 2 Smith dh 4 0 2 0 Lowery cf 3 110 Sitvestri 2b 4 0 0 0 Valdes rf 5 2 2 1 Sgmoen lb 3 0 0 0 Dalesandro 4 2 2 1 Browne 3 0 1 0 Nava 3b 5 12 0 Estrada 3b 3 0 0 0 Petersen ss 4 2 2 0 Totals 31 1 8 1 Totals 40 9 16 9 Oklahoma City 100 OOO 000 1 Iowa 051 030 OOx 9 Smith (1).

DP Iowa 3. LOB Oklahoma City 6, Iowa 13. 2B Simms (2), Cairo (331, Jennings (24), Lowery (201, Valdes (27). SB frias (29). Oklahoma City IP ER BB SO 4 12 9 8 2 3 Kelt 4 4 0 0 2 3 Iowa IP ER BB SO Steenstra 49 9 8 1 1 3 4 HBP by Smith (Jennings).

Kowalczyk, Schrieeber, Simomdes. 2:41 A 5, 645 vs. Omaha WHERE Rosenblatt Stadium RECORD v. OMAHA 84 1 RADIO KXTK-AM (940) PITCHING ROTATION Today, Pitcher W-L ERA Iowa D. Swartbaugh (R) 7-6 2.58 at Omaha K.

Steenstra IR) 1-2 4.79 TuMday, 7:05 Iowa at Omaha W-L ERA 7 7 3.80 1-5 4.66 R. Myers (R) M. Williams (R) RACING Continued from Page IS me." Hodnett chased down Blaney after the leader encountered lapped cars on the 16th lap. While Blaney couldn't get around the backmark-ers, Hodnett couldn't get around Blaney. Meanwhile, Blaney's right rear began throwing a plume of blue smoke.

"I knew that everybody there had pretty much worn their tires out," Hodnett said. "I knew that from the difference in our tire when we stopped (for a red flag) only 10 laps into it I knew we had to save ours I wasn't just riding around, by any means, but I was kind of taking it easy compared with what I was doing earlier in the race." Hodnett best chance to pass Blaney may have happened when both cars broke free of traffic in the first turn on the final lap. However, Blaney got the better bite coming out of the second turn, putting enough distance between his car and Hod-nett's to secure the victory. "On the last lap, I really ripped it in," Hodnett said. "As a result, I kind of drifted out too far and had to slow it down to make sure I could get a good run out of the bottom of two.

I caught up to him through the middle, but he got a better run off." By the time he reached the end of the backstretch, Hodnett knew it was over. "Getting into turn three, he had so much distance on me," he said, "I didn't want to move out and try anything crazy around the top, so I just went to the bottom again and tried to give it all I could and rip her down in there, but he was just too fast" Before that, when Blaney found himself caught in lapped traffic and smelling burnt rubber, he did the smart thing. He blocked. "I tried and tried to take a shot at a couple of lapped cars when I got close to them, but I couldn't get around them," Blaney said. "I couldn't ever do anything.

I just tried to plug the hole." While Hodnett closed on Blaney late in the race, Danny Lasoski closed on Hodnett. 13 14 15 16 1 7, 18. 19 20, Garry Australia. Mark Kinser Oolitic, Ind. Jeff Shepard Upperco, Md.

Terry McCarl Pleasant Hill Doug Sioux Falls. S.D. i. Kenny Jacobs. Ohio Larry nneear Ues Moines Jert Swindell Memphis, Tenn.

Skip Jackson Sydney, Australia 21 22 lyler Walker Wooster, Ohio Kevin Oxford, Pa. Don Droud Jr Lincoln, Neb. 23 24. but said he was never able to see the lights or the wreck. Both cars were repaired during the red flag and sent back to the race, but, because both had changed tires, they had to start at the rear of the field.

Swindell finished 11th, Kinser 11th. The program, which was delayed until Sunday night when rain cut short the D-feature and ended Saturday's show, began with Ed Lynch Jr. winning the C-feature. Jeff Swindell won the B-feature and advanced to the A-main along with Jeff Shepard, Skip Jackson and Droud. SUNDAY'S RESULTS C-FEATURE (Fifteen laps; top two finishers plus alternates advanced to the tail of the El-feature) 1.

Ed Lynch Apollo. 2. Tim Crawley, Little Rock, 3. Dnnny Schatz, Mmot, N.D.; 4. Lance Blevms, Broken Arrow, 5.

Tim Fngler, Princeton, 6. Todd Shatter, Millerstoen, 7. Tim Shaffer, Milton, 8. Gary Wright, Hooks, Texas; 9. Steve Bertler, Sedro-WooTey, 10.

Rick Ziehl, Las Cruces, 11. Kevin Pylant, Santa Cru, 12. Mike Petrrs, Wichita, 13. Dennis Moore Grmnell; 14. Tommie Estes Tulsa, 15.

Bobby Weuve, Newton; 16. John Semert, Savage, 17. Leonard Lee, Milo; 18. Matt Moro, D.M.; 19. Travis Whitney, Brooklyn Park, 20.

Kelly Kinser, Bloomington, did not sta rt Aaron Berryhill. Broken Arrow, Rock Hodges, Bargersville, Kenny Hanse, Nunda, S.O.; Danny Wood, Norman, Joe Roe, Kenosha, Brent Kaedmg, Campbell, Calif. B-FEATURE (Twenty-two laps; top four advanced to tail of A-feature) 1 Jeff Swindell, Memphis, 2. Jeff Shepard, Upperco, 3. Skip Jackson, Sydney, Australia; 4.

Don Droud Lincoln, 5. Brooke Tatnell Sydney, Australia; 6. Keith Kduffman, Mifflmtown, 7. Danny Smith, Danville, 8. Jaymie Moyte, Bndgewater, Australia; 9.

Lynch; 10. Dean Jacobs, Wooster, Ohio; 11. Stevie Smith, New Oxford, 12. Donny Schatz. Mmot, N.D,; 13.

Dale Blaney, Harford, Ohio; 14. Bill Pauch, Frenchtown, 15. Calvin Landis, Phoenix, 16. Randy Anderson, Clarion; 17. Brent Antill, Huxley; 18.

Randy Hannaga, San Jose, 19. Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, N.M.; 20. Randy Kinser, Bloomington, 21. Tim St. Arnold, D.M.; 22.

Tim Crawley, Mahelville, did not start Joey Saldana, BrownDurg, Ind. Swindell fuming It's fun to learn by playing The Register's Pigskin Geography game! "I was pretty good on the top," Lasoski said. "When we went to the top, those guys drove by me in the middle. I knew then there had to be rubber. I went to the rubber and saw those guys smoking their tires, so I checked up.

I was just riding my time. I figured when we got to lapped traffic that maybe I'd have something and would have plenly of tire left." Lasoski held off Jac Haudenschild for third place. Johnny Herrera, who had been third and threatening to pass Hodnett until his right rear lost grip, finished fifth. Joe Gaerte was sixth, Craig Dollansky seventh, Frankie Kerr eighth, Paul McMahan ninth and Steve Kinser 10th. Early in the race, Blaney was closing on the leaders Mark Kinser and Sammy Swindell when the race turned controversial.

Just after Swindell had passed Kinser for the lead on the 10th lap, Don Droud car flipped in the fourth turn a wreck he blamed on Steve Kinser. Swindell saw the red lights in the third turn, saw Droud's wrecked car ahead of him, and slowed. Mark Kinser, racing on Swindell's tail heading into the third turn, never saw the lights or the wreck. As Swindell slowed, Kinser's car climbed up over Swindell's right rear. The two cars locked together and skipped to a stop at the fence.

"The red light was on, and the guy ran into me," Swindell said. "But I'm sure it's my fault, because (Kinser's) car is so fast. I shouldn't stop that fast in front of him." Kinser admitted it was his fault, 0 WB cursed in next race only with "If the he wouldn't said. Mark rear bumper "I couldn't second," and hoped a heck of From lame "He only chance failed," I'm sure Crash with Kinser leaves If you're a teacher in Iowa, you'll see how much your students will learn about the United States by playing Pigskin Geography. This exciting program is available exclusively to Iowa classrooms through The Des Moines Register's Newspaper in Education program.

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guy would watch what he's doing, run into people all the time," Swindell "But since this is Karl's series, everything's going to be everybody else's fault." Kinser said he was racing on Swindell's and never saw the red light. see the crash at all until the last Kinser said. "I just laid on the brakes for the best. Really, we came out of it a lot better than we could have." Swindell's point of view, that was a excuse. knew I had him beat, and that was his to try to take me out but it Swindell said.

"It took us both out. But it was my fault." Jeff Olson Knoxville, la. Long after the race ended, Sammy Swindell was still fuming. Surrounded by a phalanx of stacked tires and consoled by his wife, Amy, Swindell cut loose on fellow driver Mark Kinser, car owner Karl Kinser and the World of Outlaws. Swindell had just taken the lead Sunday in the championship feature of the Knoxville Nationals when the jinx caught up with him again.

This time, the jinx took the form of Mark Kinser. Swindell was leading on the 10th lap of the 30-lap race. As he headed into the third turn with Kinser on his rear bumper, Don Droud car flipped in the fourth turn. Swindell saw the red lights in the third turn and slowed. Kinser, who never saw the lights or the wreck, drove over Swindell's right rear tire.

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