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if i rT i i i t'i r. hi" ii i am i i iri" i i i it T)i i "1 1 T'l I I I I 1 I I I Mil Dcs IHoincs Sunbay Agister DAVID VITKE, Execute Sports Editor, 515-284-8130 Braves Bounce Back Behind pitcher Steve Avery, Atlanta bounces back from a loss fry beating the Chicago Cubs, 5-1 Page 3D End to ISU-UNI Games? If the XCU curs scholarships for Division -AA football tecum, forget games against big schools. Page 12D 5 fo) ite is wmm Sports VIEW Open gaudiest of Slam events By DAN McCOOL Register Correspondent "He wrestled smart, aggressive and didn't make any mistakes." The Brands brothers became the third pair of siblings from the ed States to win gold medals in the same year of World Championship or Olympic competition. Mark and Dave Schultz and Lou and Ed Banach, former NCAA champions for Iowa, won in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. The Brands brothers played a big part as the United States won its first World Championships team title.

But not the Brandses. "They don't experiment with anything," Gable said. "We're dealing with a couple of unusual boys when it comes to competition." There was nothing unusual about the way Terry Brands charged. He used a sharp lower-level attack two single-leg and one double-leg efforts for all three takedowns in the match. When Sang-Ho tried to score, Brands smartly kept himself in po- WRESTLE Please turn to Page 10D "We'll probably have a wrestle-off when we get home," Terry Brands said.

He said the double gold medals for the twins from Sheldon, "makes my mom and dad a lot happier, it makes (Iowa Coach Dan) Gable a lot happier, and it makes the United States coaches a lot happier." Terry received a congratulatory pat from his brother after the bout. "Good match. You wrestled smart," Tom told him. Tom later assessed the match: The United States finished with 75 points, Russia had 53, Turkey 51, Korea 40 and Cuba 38. "Russia dominated the World Championships for 30 years," said Bruce Burnett, the U.S.

national freestyle coach. "We want to dominate it forever." The Brands brothers were among five U.S. wrestlers making their first appearance in the World Championships. They were being counted on to perform well, although some considered this something of an experiment for them. Toronto, Ontario Terry Brands and his brother are in select company among U.S.

freestyle wrestlers. Brands defeated Shim Sang-Ho of South Korea, 3-0, Saturday night at the World Championships to win the gold medal at 125.5 pounds. His brother, Tom, won the gold medal at 136.5 pounds Thursday night. High School Football TTTT he's even better an By NEIL AMDUR NkwYorkTimks ew York, N.Y. The U.S.

1 1 Open, which begins Monday, is II not the world's most prestigious tournament; Wimbledon wins this honor. Nor is it the most well-run or respected of the Grand Slams. In fact, the Open's biggest lure is its brazen unpredictability and penchant for excess from the noise of crowds, trains and planes, to Super Saturday, when the men's semifinals and women's final converge in a staged-for-television orgy. It is this unpredictable spirit that has carried this tournament from the clubby confines of the Forest Hills of 25 years ago into the corporate carnival in Flushing Meadows today. The French Open is the players' favorite because of its clay courts and Paris' continental charm.

Wimbledon has tradition, and Melbourne is the sport's newest facility. But like it or loathe it, the Open dances to its own music as a sports event. It plays day, night and weekends, and is a survival test for players, officials, fans and, yes, even the news media. And year after year, on and off the court, the Open provides the most intriguing plot lines. The women's revolution in tennis and perhaps in sports began at the Open in 1970.

Tiebreakers and night play were legitimatized at the Open, although traditionalists will tell you that night programs still belong on the moon. The Open has been the scene of political defections and demonstrations, a spectator shot by a stray bullet, the The Register's football rankings School 1992 record 1. Bettendorf 13-0 2. W.D.M. Valley 12-1 3.

Iowa City High 10-1 4. Davenport Assumption 8-2 5. Linn-Mar (Marion) 9-2 6. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 6-4 7. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 10-2 8.

Sioux City Heelan 8-2 9. Ames 8-3 10. W.D.M. Dowling 8-2 1 f.V. fmt i School 1992 record 1.

West Delaware 8-2 2. Waverly-Shell Rock 11-1 3. Harlan 11-2 4. Pella 9-1 5. Mount Pleasant 8-2 6.

Johnston 7-3 7. Spencer 8-4 8. JSPC (Jefferson) 7-2 9. West Dubuque 6-4 10. ADM(Adel) 7-2 Like it or loathe it, the U.S.

Open dances to its own music. Tim Dwight, Iowa City High's golden boy, is bigger, stronger and hungrier than ever. By SUSAN HARMAN Register Staff Writer Iowa City, la. Mud was mixed with the mid-morning humidity and with the natural Monday weariness, making football practice a struggle. It was the first day for players to wear pads.

That didn't help. Toward the end of the session, the huffing and puffing were pronounced. The shared discomfort, anonymous black jerseys and stained spandex pants concealed identities, but Iowa City High's Tim Dwight soon will stand in the limelight. Dwight is a golden boy. He scored an 80-yard touchdown on his first carry as a freshman in a playoff game, and hasn't stopped wowing fans since.

He is finally a senior. "It seems like he's been there six years," Cedar Rapids Washington Coach Wally Sheets said. "I saw a magazine that listed him as the second-best recruit in the whole country. And I said, 'If he's No. 2, who the heck is No.

He must be really Dwight was never a prodigy; he blasted full-speed into prominence in football and track. His accomplishments: All-state football honors two years, including elite all-state honors as a junior. Consensus preseason all-America football selection. Mississippi Valley Conference records for rushing average (8.6 yards per carry), total points (126) and touchdowns (21) in one season. Outstanding male high school performer at the 1993 Drake Relays and holder of the Relays record in the 400 hurdles (52.29).

Three-time winner of the Class 4-A 200-meter dash, two-time winner of the long jump, and winner of the 400-hurdles as a sophomore. He did not run the event as a junior. Last football season, Dwight caught 33 passes for 6 1 7 yards and rushed for 1,299 yards in 148 attempts. He scored 27 touchdowns. He is an outstanding defensive back, and at 175 pounds can bench press more than anyone on this School 1992 record 1.

Solon 12-1 2. Northwest (Laurens) 7-3 3. Carroll 6-3 4. Emmetsburg 10-1 5. North Fayette 13-0 6.

Wapsie Valley (Fairbank) 8-3 7. West Hancock 8-3 8. Iowa Falls 6-4 9. Sigourney-Keota 11-1 10. Dallas Center-Grimes 2-7 School 1992 record 1.

Aplington-Parkersburg 11-1 11-2 3. North Linn 8-3 4. West Branch 13-0 5. Hudson 7-2 6. Hinton 8-1 7.

Grundy Center 7-3 8. Pekin (Packwood) 9-1 9. Algona Garrigan 6-3 10. Alburnett 9-1 HARRY BAUMERTTllE REGISTER Hard work has prepared Tim Dwight to come through in clutch situations in football and on the track. School 1992 record 1.

Bedford 12-1 2. Graettinger 8-2 3. LeMarsGehlen 9-2 4. North Mahaska 11-1 5. Riverside (Oakland)' 6.

Postville 12-1 7. Rockwell-Swaledale 9-1 8. Madrid 10-1 9. Lisbon 8-1 10. Winfield-Mount Union 9-2 Oakland was 9-1 in 1992; Carson-Mare-donia was 3 6 season's team.

said. "It will be losing him as a per- from recruiters. But he seizes the "When Tim Dwight walks across son just as much as losing him as an spotlight on the field, that stage, there will be six coaches athlete." "He likes the Drake Relays, said in the audience crying," Iowa City Dwight can take or leave the nufl.llT zr High football coach Larry Brown media fawning and the attention vmnPteaseturntoPageJO "spaghetti" racket, fights in the stands, Renee Richards and celebrity overkill, American-style, that rivals the royals in England. Through all these bizarre sideline shots, tennis at the Open has achieved its own level of greatness, nothing to rival the majesty of Borg-McEnroe at Wimbledon, but dramatic enough: fifth-set tiebreakers (an Open trademark), Grand Slam achievements by Rod Laver, Margaret Court and Steffi Graf and, of course, the 20-year Jimmy Connors saga as teen-age rebel. Why then is the Open so unpopular? European pros accustomed to being fawned over by fans and shielded from the media perceive a trip to New York City, and the ride to Queens, as a descent into hell.

But players cannot run and hide at the Open; it is the only Grand Slam event where the locker rooms have remained open and accessible to the news media. But the Open is not meant to be quaint; Hilton Head and Monte Carlo are quaint. The Open is big, bold and raw, the last strokes of summer. You do not win the Open by waiting for an opponent to choke. You take the Open by the throat, as McEnroe did with Borg, as Connors did with Ivan Lendl in 1982 and 1983.

It took Martina Navratilova a long time to learn to love the Open, but now she does. So do Europeans like Mats Wilander, Boris Becker and, more recently, Stefan Edberg. When the Open first arrived at Forest Hills, sellout crowds were the exception rather than the rule. This year, in an attempt to placate fans who may have been shut out rom buying tickets, the U.S. Tennis Association will sell 500 grounds passes a day for the first nine days ($17 per person for the first five days, $25 for the next four days) at the tennis center.

The best solution, as the USTA looks to the next 25 years and an expanded facility, is to create a lottery that would set aside a specific number of tickets to the public for each session of the tournament. The problem for the Open is that it tries to be all things. The Open cannot possibly satisfy the faithful. Yet it has grown in spite of shortcomings, just as the New York City Marathon increased from a largely ignored trek of a few thousand serious runners through Central Park to a five-borough communion involving millions of participants, spectators and TV viewers. But if you feel depressed by the heat, a seeded player who tanked, night matches canceled by rain, overpriced T-shirts or clammy sandwiches, hang around until play ends each late afternoon.

That's when a new gig, "Music Under New York," will cut loose daily at the Open with live blues, jazz, dixie, bluegrass, salsa or other sounds. You can't get your money back, but at least you'll leave the Open with a smile. Kansas Bows, 42-0 Little League championship to U.S. team Florida State leaves no doubt in rout few rf jj WilUamsport, Pa. (AP) The United States has another Little League title, and this one's real.

Pinch-hitter Jeremy Hess, batting .167 for the week, hit a bases-loaded, two-out single to right field in the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday, giving Long Beach, a 3-2 victory over Panama in the championship game of the Little League World Series. Long Beach became the first U.S. team to win consecutive titles. It was awarded last year's championship after a team from the Philippines was found to be using ineligible players. The Californians, who had lost Jast year's title game, 15-4, on the field, loaded the bases in the sixth inning on a single by Timmy Lewis, a fielder's choice by Kevin Miller and singles by Chris Miller and Brent Kirkland.

Hess then delivered his winning hit. The last team to repeat as champion was Seoul, South Korea, in 1984 and 1085. penalties and played reserves most of the second half. "We did pretty much everything we wanted," said Seminoles quarterback Charlie Ward, who launched his Hcisman Trophy campaign by completing l(i of 2(i passes for 194 yards in 2Vz quarters. "The line did a great job, and the receivers caught the ball." Jackson, a senior tailback, scored on a 4-yard run in the first quarter and a 30-yard dash in the third period.

He also connected with Kevin Knox on a spectacular 40-yard pass, which led to a 2-yard touchdown run by William Floyd shortly before halftime. After building a 21-0 halftime lead, the Seminoles put the game away in the third period on Jackson's second touchdown and an 1 1 -yard scoring run by sophomore Marquette Smith, who gained 105 SEMINOLES Please tun in 12D East Rutherford, N.J. (AP) Top-ranked Florida State lived up to its billing. Sean Jackson ran for two touchdowns and set up another with a halfback pass as the Seminoles smothered Kansas, 42-0, Saturday in the biggest rout in Kickoff Classic history. The Seminoles dominated college football's season opener from start to finish.

Their "fast break" offense moved the ball at will and their defense, which lost six starters from last year's 11-1 team, preserved the shutout with a tremendous goal-line stand in the second quarter. "We had too much skill for our opponent," Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden said. "Our defense surprised me. It was so much better than I thought it would be." Florida State more than doubled Kansas in total yards (538-240) and first downs (31-12) even though theScminoios mmittrrl 15 ft i i AsmkiatkiiI'rkss Juan Serracin, right, of Panama catches a pop fly with backup by teammate Jaime Saldana in the Little League world title game..