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nCCDY TESTED .16 A medical examiner testifies in the Billy Martin-William Reedy case that Reedy's blood alcohol level was .16, above DWI limit. 40. SECTION BASEBALL 40 HIGH SCHOOLS 80 HORSE RACING 60 BUSINESS IOD SPORTSCOPE 2D GOLF 20 FISHING LINE 30 AUTO RACING 30 i i ROCHESTER. N.Y. NATIONAL LEAGUE CHICAGO 6, PHILADELPHIA 5 CINCINNATI 7, HOUSTON 5 ST.

LOUIS 6. MONTREAL 4 NEW YORK 6, PITTSBURGH 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE YORK 7, DETROIT 3 BALTIMORE 5, TORONTO 3 AT CHICAGO MINNESOTA AT OAKLAND SEATTLE AT CALIFORNIA hi --f i Democrat antt (brontck CANADIAN OPEN BRAD FAXON JOHN COOK DAVE BARR BOBBY WADKINS WAYNE GRADY safely as Omaha second baseman Paul But the Red Wings didn't. They left five runners on base through three innings. Left fielder Tony Chance committed a two-base error on Thad Reece's single, and he ended up stealing home for a 7-3 lead. "It's disappointing because we kept coming back," said shortstop Marty Brown, who homered in the second inning, singled and scored in the fifth and hit into double plays in the seventh and ninth innings.

"We're always like that." Right-hander Brian Holton (1-4 regular season) is scheduled to start for the Red Wings tonight. "I've got to keep things in control, he said. The Red Wings, who saw an ineffective Mickey Weston leave before recording an out in the fourth inning, began a comeback with Shane Turner's RBI single in the sixth. Ken Shamburg and Tony Chance singled home runs in the seventh off reliever Luis Encamacion, cutting the Royals' lead to 7-6. Eric Bell, who didn't get out of the first 1 9 ve had pressure before.

1 We're gonna see what he's got. You can't pressure for 12 rounds without getting Charles Murray 1 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990 TRIPLE A ALLIANCE Championship (Gam four) OMAHA 9. ROCHESTER 7 GARY FALLESEII SU's Graves a freshman, and a leader YRACUSE The fans came to see Marvin Graves. They came to see what all the fuss was about They came to see the next Don McPherson. Graves had been compared to the for-, mer Syracuse University football star long before taking a snap from center in an actual college game.

Even Southern Cal's Todd Marinovich was swept up in the hype. After dueling with the kid from Washington D.C., in the Kickoff Classic two weeks ago, he asked: "Are they sure he's just a fresh-man?" 'J This from the prototype RoboQB, who as a frosh drove USC to a 9-2 record and a victory in the Rose Bowl. To add to the legend, Graves took the l' opening kickoff last Saturday and guided the Orangemen 75 yards in seven plays to a touchdown. He moved the offense as if there wasn't a defense out there on the Carrier Dome carpet. He ran the option three times, keeping I it twice himseu.

He completed each of the three passes he attempted for gains of 12, 23 and, finally, six yards to the acro batic lion Carpenter in the end zone. TEMPLE WAS doomed. Or so it seemed. One of the worst teams in Division I-A (the Owls are consensus Bottom 20) with probably the worst coach in Division I-A (Jerry Berndt, who rebuilt I-AA Perm, is 1-13 at Temple after gomg 6-27 three seasons at Kice) should have been easy pickings. We're talking cupcake here.

We're talking Nebraska-Northern Illinois, A year ago, with Bill bcharr debuting 1 at quarterback, the Orange crushed Tem pie, 43-3, Philadelphia. This could have been as bad, if not for 3pecial-teams play (an oxymoron at SU) and Coach Dick MacPherson's decision to pull Graves on the Orangemen's third possession. Imagine the confusion in the crowd of 38,925. Is Graves hurt? How long will he be out; For the record: He was not injured and he missed just one series. It was a premeditated decision by Mac- Pherson, who sought to show backup quarterback Mark McDonald that he still had confidence in him.

YOU DO that in the third quarter, when the score's 27-0. Not on the third series, when it's still 7-0 and Michigan State (tomorrow) and Pitt (next Satur- day) are waiting in the wings. When Graves returned to the lineup his lead had been cut to 7-3 and his offense was out of synch. "We had new guys coming in and we didn't know what to think of them," Graves said, referring to MacPherson's wholesale substituting. "We just settled down and executed in the second half." The Orange went on to win, 19-9.

Graves finished 10-for-17 for 218 yards, two TDs and two interceptions. Mac-. Pherson, for whom a win is a win is a win, said: "We as coaches gave him too much to do. But we simplified things lat er on." He added that he thought "Marvin was confused by some of the things he saw. SU's fans certainly were.

They loved McDonald when he spelled Scharr last season. But he threatens to become the Scharr of 1990, the guy body in the Dome wants to see. Read my lips: They want to see Graves. CENTER JOHN Flannery, a senior and pre-season All-American, has had more than a few hands under his butt at SU. He's snapped the ball to McPherson, Todd Philcox, Scharr, McDonald, and a number of fifth- and sixth-stringers.

How does Graves compare? "I don't really think it's fair to grade him against the other guys I've played with," Flannery said. But he added with the next breath, "Marvin's best compari-' son would be (to) Donnie McPherson. "What surprises me is he's a great "leader on the field. He takes control of 'the huddle." When McDonald first stepped into SU's huddle last year, he literally spit out the plays. Flannery needed a face shield to keep the slobber out of his eyes.

McDonald was understandably nervous. Graves seems not to suffer from this human frailty, which is good since expectations of him are unrealistic. "He has a level head on his shoulders," Flannery said. "If he plays consistently, like he did this week and last, hell live up to expectations perfectly." That's what everyone is hoping to see. Gary Fallesen is the Democrat and Chronicle sports columnist.

0 NEW BOSTON GOLF 32-33-65 32-33-65 32- 3466 33- 35-68 32-36-68 WAYNE LEVI CURTIS STRANGE JEFF SLUMAN JOEY SINDELAR MIKE HULBERT BRIAN KAMM Zuvella applies tag, but his effort was wasted TRIPLE-A CLASSIC The Rochester Red Wings trail the Omaha Royals, 3-1, In the best-of-seven series between the International League and American Association: Gam One: Rochester 4, Omaha 3. Game Two: Omaha 7, Rochester 4. Gama Three: Omaha 6, Rochester 4. Game Four. Omaha 9, Rochester 7.

Game Five: Rochester (Holton 0-0) at Omaha (D. Smith 0-0), 8:05 p.m. today. Game Six: Rochester at Omaha, 8:05 p.m. tomorrow, it necessary.

Game Seven: Rochester at Omaha, 3:05 p.m. Sunday, if necessary. inning in his start against Columbus in the Governors' Cup, pitched 4 innings of relief. iWi going to go right to I his gut. I'm sure he didn't get this far being a slouch or nothing, but I want to see what he Irish' Mickey Ward because Ward used his best New England accent to tell the people at yesterday's City Hall press conference, "It'll be a wah." Let's hope that the promotion doesn't reach the ludicrous proportions of the last "wah" (Sugar Ray Leonard vs.

Thomas Hearns), which included television ads for the closed circuit telecast featuring mortar fire and bomb blasts. But the "wah" of words began yesterday shortly after the press conference ended. Jabs mostly. Ward said that he was going to employ a different strategy than Murray's recent victims did while helping the Triple Threat fighter boost his record to 17-0 with 12 knockouts. When Murray heard what Ward's strategy would be, he quickly predicted that his record would be 18-0 by the time the last post-fight beer is downed on the early morning of Oct.

19. TURN TO PAGE 6D Billliplll SPORTS QUIZ Who won the Masters Golf Tournament four times from 1958 to ANSWER 2D 32-36-68 35-33-68 35-35-70 34- 38-72 35- 3772 38-35-73 Ktvm nigwy Democrat ana Cnronicie A walk forced him to second anyway. Bell's wild pitch with two out and Chito Martinez on first helped the Royals score their ninth run as Jeff Garber followed with a double for a 9-7 lead. Bell allowed seven hits as the Royals reached double figures in hits (19) for the third straight game. The game had the potential of a mismatch, with veteran Mickey Weston, 11-1 with a 1.98 during the sesason and 2-0 with a 1.88 ERA in the playoffs against Archie Corbin, making his first Triple-A start.

It wasn't Buster Douglas against Mike Tyson, but for four innings, it was a close second. While Corbin had minimal trouble with the Red Wings, Weston couldn't get an out in the fourth inning. Weston had allowed more hits than innings pitched in three of his 12 regular-season starts, and one of his previous two" playoff starts. TURN TO PAGE 5D Strawberry pulls Mets closer, 6-3 The Associated Press NEW YORK The New York Mets asked Darryl Strawberry to prove he was worth big money and he's doing just that. Strawberry's bat and arm dominated the dream matchup between Dwight Gooden and Doug Drabek, and the Mets moved back within 1 Vi games of first-place Pittsburgh in the National League East with a 6-3 victory over the Pirates last night.

"We can win when Darryl isn't hitting home runs," Mets Manager Bud Harrelson said. "When does, it's easy." Strawberry hit a three-run homer for his 100th RBI and threw out Barry Bonds at the plate as the Mets completed a two-game sweep of the Pirates and tied a team record with their 11th straight victory at home. New York is 50-22 at Shea Stadium, the best home record in baseball. "You don't play for a salary drive," Strawberry said. "You play for pride.

I've worn the New York Mets uniform for a long time and there's a lot of pride just playing for the Mete. "You know I'm a free agent at the end of the season and I hope somebody wants me. Strawberry wants a contract similar to Jose Canseco's $23.5 million five-year deal with Oakland, but Mets General Manager Frank Cashen said last month Strawberry is not a $5 million player. "Strawberry kills us," Pirates right fielder Bobby Bonilla said. "But we put him in situations where he can." Strawberry has 11 hits against the Pirates this season.

Eight have been homers. "It was very important for us to win these games," Strawberry said. "But we have to keep it up and not let down against the Phillies or it won't mean anything." The game was headlined as a pitching duel between Drabek (19-6) and Gooden, but both starters struggled. Gooden (17-6) survived a shaky start and went on to win for the 14th time in his last 15 decisions, giving up 10 hits and three runs in 7s i innings. Drabek lasted four innings, allowing four runs on six hits.

John Franco set a Mets' record with his 32nd save in 36 chances, breaking Jesse Orosco's mark of 31 in 1984. 5v Red Wings' Tim Dulin slides into second Weston rocked, Royals roll on in Game 4, 9-7 By Patti Singer Democrat and Chronicle OMAHA, Neb. The Rochester Red Wings have reached the season's ninth inning. With last night's 9-7 loss to the Omaha Royals, the Red Wings trail the best-of-seven Triple-A Classic three games to one. The Royals, who had a 7-3 lead after five innings, held off the Red Wings, who had runners at first and second and no one out in the ninth inning.

"This encourages us more," losing pitcher Mickey Weston said. "We think wait a second, they may be ahead, 3-1, but they're not that much better. If we could have executed at a couple of different times Bills' line very fine Offense smooth despite changes By Sal Maiorana Democrat and Chronicle ORCHARD PARK The left tackle, Glenn Parker, was a rookie starting his first National Football League game at one of the most demanding positions. The left guard, Jim Ritcher, hadn played a single down in the exhibition season. And the two players who alternated at right guard, John Davis and Mitch Frer- otte, had a combined total of just 47 NFL games under their belts, none as starters.

So all this patchwork offensive line of the Buffalo Bills did last Sunday against Indianapolis was pave the way for 100 yards rushing (including 84 Vtv T'hnrmon Tlinmao Will Wolford rareiy allowed Colts' defenders to so much as breathe near quarterback Jim Kelly despite 37 pass attempts. Everybody kept asking me if I was concerned about my offensive line and I said, Kelly said after the 26-10 victory over the Colts. "If I didn't have confidence in them, I wouldn't have been in there." The offensive line was the Bills' biggest problem area heading into the opener. Will Wolford, who ended his holdout 10 days before the Colts game and was expected to play, pulled a hamstring in practice two days before the game and was not activated. That meant that Parker, who had filled in throughout the exhibition season lor Wolford at left tackle, would again be in charge of protecting Kelly's blind side.

Parker move to right guard was nixed and Davis and Frerotte shared duty as they did in the preseason. Ritcher figured to be winded and a little rusty. All of the concerns were washed away in TURN TO PAGE 30 WoDDgs Murray, Ward start out with their war of words By Frank Bilovsky Democrat and Chronicle The hype for Charles Murray's latest homecoming began midafternoon yesterday on the steps of City Hall. Mayor Thomas Ryan was there. So was New York State Athletic Commissioner Herb Washington.

And promoters Jim Cassidy and Rocky Fratto, of Rising Star Boxing. And Murray and his manager, Marc Roberts. Cassidy and Fratto promised an even better boxing show than the one held last May 31 in which Murray made a triumphant return home before 5,000 fully-satisfied fans. So mark this one down on your calendars, boxing fans. Tickets go on sale Monday at $45 ringside, $30 reserved and $15 general admission for Murray vs.

"Irish" Mickey Ward, 12 rounds for the United States Boxing Association's junior welterweight title on ESPN from the "Wah" Memorial on Oct. 18. It must be at the "Wah" Memorial.