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The Beacon Journal Saturday, September 17, 1994, Page C3 U.S. team dominates first round American Fred Couples (right) checks the pocket of Nick Price of the International team during their first-round match yesterday. Couples and Davis Love III defeated Price and Bradley Hughes 1-up Rochester Americans at Lumberjacks WHAT American Hockey league vs. International Hockey League exhibition. GAME TIME 7:30 tonight at the Coliseum.

TICKETS Adults $9. $12. $14, $19; Youth $6, $7. $9.50. BROADCAST None.

COACHES Rochester, John Van Boxmeer; Cleveland, Rick Paterson. NOTEBOOK Each team win dress 20 skaters. It the first of three exhibition games at the Coliseum. Cleveland opened its exhibition season last night in Frazter, against the Detroit Vipers. Rochester RW Scott Thomas and LW Sergei Petrenko have NHL experience with the parent Buffalo Sabres.

NEXT HOME GAME IHL exhibition game Friday against Fort Wayne. Compiled by Bil Liliey Other events Auto racing Norwalk Raceway. (Koffel's Place Comp), gates open noon; Mansfield Raceway, gates open 4 p.m.; Buckeye Speedway (Open Wheel Shootout), gates open 3 p.m. Cross country (college men and women) Tom Evans Invitational at Akron, 11 a.m.; Malone College Invitational, 11 a.m.; Bowling Green at Kent State, 11 a.m. Dog racing Wheeling Downs, 1 p.m.

and 7:30 p.m. Field hockey (college) Kenyon at Wooster, 11 a.m. Football (college) Akron at Kent State, 1 p.m.; Chicago at Case-Western Reserve, 1:30 p.m.; Manetta at John Carroll. 1:30 p.m.; Muskingum at Hiram, 1:30 p.m.; Otterbein at Mount Union, 6:30 p.m.; Heidelberg at Baldwin-Wallace, 7:30 p.m. Horse racing Thistledown ($30,000 Tougaloo Stakes), 1 p.m.; Mountaineer, 7 p.m.; Northfield, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer (college men) Chicago at Case-Western Reserve, 1:30 p.m.; Heidelberg at Mount Union, 2 p.m.; Oberlm at Walsh, 3 p.m.; Capital at Hiram, 4 p.m. Soccer (college women) U. of Chicago at Case-Western Reserve, 11 a.m.; Muskingum at Baldwin-Wallace, 1:30 p.m. Volleyball (college) Baldwin-Wallace Tournament: Baldwin-Wallace, Case-Western Reserve, Malone, Mount Union, 9 a.m.; Walsh Tournament: Capital, Notre Dame, Walsh, 1 p.m.; Westminster at Hiram, 1 p.m. A 1 I I v' Americans take five-point lead in inaugural Presidents Cup event Associated Ptai Gainesville, No one had this in mind when they thought up the Presidents Cup, Not the PGA Tour.

Not the greatest golfers never to play in the Ryder Cup. And certainly not CBS, which wants a nail-biting finish tomorrow. None of the brains or money behind this effort to match the fun and frenzy of the Ryder Cup wanted the United States to take a T2-2'j lead over the International team yesterday. But that's what they got What they also got was a reminder of the lesson learned so often in the Ryder Cup: This format, with four-ball and foursome competition played as match play, produces fun, free-wheeling golf. "Birdies were flying around so fast I felt like I was in a duck blind," said American Jim Gallagher who teamed with John standings but by the number of birdies there have been," U.S.

co-captain Paul Azinger said after the four-ball play. The four-ball match of Davis Love and Fred Couples against Bradley Hughes and Price had 12 birdies and an eagle in the first 15 holes. "It was a tough day, but there was a lot of good golf played," Price said after he and Mark McNulty halved their afternoon foursome match with Love and Gallagher. "I'm a little disappointed to be so far behind," Price said, "but we can do tomorrow what the Americans did today." To show how good the Americans were, the worst round by an American team on the front nine of the morning four-ball, or better-ball, play was a 4-under-par 3Z, by Phil Mickelson and Tom Lehman. Jay Haas and Scott Hoch shot 31, the teams of Corey Pavin-Jeff Maggert and Huston-Gallagher each shot 30, and Love-Couples birdied seven of the first nine holes and shot 29.

"We all got off to great starts," Couples said. "Nick (Price) was a little off, meaning he was hitting his 7- and 8-irons to 20 feet instead of to 2 feet, but then he started going." Haas and Hoch were the dominant team of the day, winning their four-ball match 6 and 5 and their foursome match 4 and 3, making birdies on 14 of the '28 holes they played. Associated Press in the afternoon for the International team, which lost the first two matches to go down 7-0 before salvaging two wins and a tie in the final three. There are still 22 more points at stake 10 in today's four-ball and foursome play and 12 in tomorrow's individual matches. "We felt like our guys were playing well going in and they've proven it, not so much by the Huston in four-ball to birdie six holes on the front nine, including the last five.

The day started nearly two hours late because of fog but nearly ended earty when the U.S. team swamped the foreigners on the first nine holes of four-ball play and took all five morning matches, holding off an International charge led by Nick Price. Things got only slightly better Coming up TOMORROW Auto redng Quaker City Dragay, time trials 1 p.m. Dog "at Wheeling Downs, 1 p.m. Footbal (pro) Arizona at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Horse radnf Mountaineer, 1 p.m.; Thistledown, 1 p.m. MONDAY Dog rating Wheeling Downs, 7:30 p.m. Hone racing Mountaineer, 1 p.m.; Thistledown, 1 p.m.: Northfield, 7:30 p.m. VotoyM (eoflege) Muskingum at Malone, 7 p.m. American League Indians win again; so does Chicago nk4 New York 98 48 .671 Wll Baltimore 85 60 .586 12K L2 Toronto 69 77 .473 29 L4 Detroit 68 79 .463 30 1 Boston 65 83 .439 34 LI Central Drvtsion Chicago 89 58 .605 5 Cleveland 85 62 .578 4 2 Kansas City 79 69 .537 lOVi L3 Milwaukee 68 79 .463 21 1 Minnesota 61 86 .415 28 1 Wert Drmkm Seattle 68 77 .469 LI Texas 66 80 .452 2Vi 3 Oakland 63 84 .429 6 L3 California 62 84 .425 6V2 1 on his second home run of the season.

Jim Thome hit his 27th, Kenny Lofton his 15th and Sandy Alomar his 17th. Alas, the victory did not move the Tribe closer to the Chicago White Sox, who defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-1 behind Frank Thomas' two doubles. The White Sox still are four games ahead in the American League Central. Elsewhere in the mythical majors, the Houston Astros took over sole possession of first in the National League Central with a 6-0 victory over San Francisco. Note: Just for fun during the baseball strike, what follows is a computer simulation of how Major League Baseball would be if there was no strike.

It was prepared by STATS with the help of three computer baseball companies, The Cleveland Indians flexed their muscles yesterday, slugging four home runs to put away the Toronto Blue Jays 10-3 at Jacobs Field. The heavy hitting dovetailed nicely with Charles Nagy's pitching. Nagy held the Jays to seven hits in pitching a complete game to move his record to 13-9. TODAY FOOTBALL 12:30 p.m. College: Pittsburgh vs.

Ohio State (ESPN: WSIR 1350 AM, WHBC 1480 AM, WHK 1420-AM, WQKT 104.5-FM). 12:30 p.m. College: LSU vs. Auburn (SPTCHI. 1 p.m.

College: Akron vs. Kent State (WNIR 100.1-FM, WHLO 640-AMI. 1:30 p.m. College: Wooster vs. Ohio Wesleyan (WKVX 960-AM), 3:30 p.m.

College: Notre Dame at Michigan State (Ch. 5, 23, 33; WKNR 1220 AM). p.m. College: Fonda State vs. Wake Forest (WTIG 990-AM).

6:30 p.m. College: Florida vs. Tennessee (ESPN). 9:30 p.m. College: Wisconsin vs.

Colorado (ESPN), 10 p.m. College: Louisville vs. Arizona St. (SPTCHI, 3 a.m. College: Clemson vs.

Virginia (SPTCH. tape). 7:15 p.m. High school: Canton Central Catholic vs. Warren JFK (WTIG 990-AM).

7:30 p.m. High school: Louisville vs. Canton McKnley (WHBC 1480-AM, WCER 900-AM). 10:30 p.m. High school: Louisville vs.

Canton McKinley (Ch. 67, tape). GOLF 3 p.m. Presidents Cup, second round (Ch. 7-Wheeling.

19, 27). OTHER 4 p.m. Thoroughbred racing, Super Saturday (ESPN). TOMORROW AUTO RACING 1 p.m. Indycar.

Bosch Spark Plug Grand Pnx (ESPN, ESPN2). FOOTBALL 1 p.m. NFL: Arizona vs. Cleveland (TV blackout; WAKR 1590-AM, WHK 1420-AM. WMMS 100.7-FM, WQKT 104.5-FM, WRQK 106.9-FM).

1 p.m. Na: New England vs. Cincinnati (WTO 990-AM). 1 p.m. NFL Buffalo vs.

Houston (Ch. 3). 1 p.m. NFL: Indianapolis vs. Pittsburgh (Ch.

9-Steubenville, 21). 4 p.m. Na: Washington vs. NY Giants (Ch. 8, 33).

4 p.m. Na Denver vs. LA Raiders (WHK 1420-AM). 8 p.m. NFL Kansas City vs.

Atlanta (TNT; WQKT 104.5-FM). GOLF 2 p.m. Presidents Cup, final round (Ch. 7-Wheeling, 19, 27). TENNIS 7:30 p.m.

SCCA: Dallas Grand Pnx (SPTCH). OTHER 11 a.m. Jim Crones Show (WHK 1420-AM). 11 p.m. Castas Coast to Coast (WHBC 1480-AM).

12:30 p.m. Vmny Testaverde Show (SPTCH). YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Cleveland 10, Toronto 3 Milwaukee 6, Detroit 5 California 4, Kansas City 0 Chicago 3, Oakland 1 Texas 5, Seattle 2 New York 5, Baltimore 4 (14) Minnesota 5, Boston 4 TODAY'S GAMES Toronto (Stottlemyrt HI) at Cleveland (Lopu 2-6) Minnesota (Hawkins 1-1) at Boston (Nabhote 4-7) Oakland (Ontveros 7-5) at Chicago (McDowell (12-11) Seattle (Cummings 4-7) at Texas (Brown 8-14) California (Anderson 10-6) at Cone (18-10) Detroit (Bergman 4-3) at Milwaukee (Eldred 13-13) New York (Abbott 12-8) at Baltimore (Mayer 9-8) Omar Vizquel led the Tribe's at tack with four RBI, including two SPORTCARD SHOW Box score SEPT. 17TH $1.00 Admission CLEVELAND 10, TORONTO 3 avg .270 Leaders COME AND MEET Cleveland Brown Linebacker 532 W. Mirtet SI.

Akron .304 .325 .270 .309 .230 .088 .245 .229 BATTING HITS O'Neill, NY 366 Lofton, Oe 207 Belle, Ot 362 Bene, Oe 194 Boggs, NY 357 Gnffey Jr, Sea 190 HOME RUNS RBI Gnffey Jr 51 Bene, Oe ................141 Thomas, Chi 50 Puckett, Mm 140 BeHe, Oe ..............,47 Thomas, Chi 132 FRANK STAMS Prize Drawing Every 12 Hour Prizes Include: Jim Brown Rookie Cleveland Brown's Tickets, Wax Boxes, Table Money .221 3 Free Autographs For Information call 535-3807 ab 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 2 3 33 ab 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 TORONTO White, cf Alomar, 2b Molitor, dh Carter, rf Olerud. lb Sprague, 3b Green, ph Borders, Schofield, ss Delgado, If Totals CLEVELAND Lofton, cf Kirby. if Baeiga, 2b Belle, If Murray, dh Thome, 3b Sorrento, lb Alomar Vizquel, ss Totals avg National League .343 .295 .314 Ciracked Windshield? Today's question What golfer won the largest single-hole prize in golf history? (Answer tomorrow) Yesterday's answer What is the only Major League Baseball team to not have a player hit 20 home runs in the majors or minors this season? The top home-run hitter in the Philadelphia Phillies' organization this season was Daniel Held, who hit 18 at Class A Spartanburg. SOURCE: Baseball America If we publish your sports tnvia Question, we'll pay you $5. Send your sports trivia questions and answers to Sports Tnvia.

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