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10 Section 3 Chicago Tribune, Monday, August 5, 1996 BASEBALL Sunning makes a pitch for others to enter Hall 14UJiil i 1 "Baseball is much more sophisticated. It's a non-contact sport, played by people of normal size. And if you don't think it's a tough game to play, just ask Michael Jordan." He also had a message for the fans: "You have made baseball the national pastime. Please don't give up on it" Bunning thanked everyone for their help, beginning with his grammar school and high school coaches and his college instructors, both on and off the field. He also named all of his minor and major league managers.

Weaver also had some advice to the aspiring ballplayer: "Don't give up. It took me 20 years to get to the major leagues, 10 years as a minor league player and 10 more as a minor league manager. "As I stand here before you, I feel a tremendous amount of By Jerome Holtzman Tribune Baseball Writer N.Y. Earl Weaver said he was going to burst out in tears. But he didn't.

Jim Bunning warned he was going to name everyone who helped him along the way, which he did Sunday during baseball's annual Hall of Fame inductions. As a crowd estimated at 10,000 at picturesque Clark Field overwhelmed him with applause, Weaver, the former and highly successful manager of the Baltimore Orioles, warned the crowd, "I am going to cry." Instead, he restrained his emotions and insisted he was "lucky" to have had teams good enough to win four American League pennants and six divisional titles. i Bunning, the first pitcher since Cy Young to win 100 games in both leagues, spoke for 28 minutes and had advice for players and owners. But he also had words for the 10-year members of the Baseball Writers Association, who, for the first time since 1971, did not approve any of the candidates on their ballot (Sunday's inductees were voted in by the veterans committee). Speaking on behalf of pitchers Phil Niekro and Don Sutton, Bunning directed a question to the writers: "Do you know how hard it is to win 300 games?" Sutton won 324 games and Niekro 318, but neither did received the required 75 percent of the vote for enshrinement Bunning also took up the cause of slugger Tony Perez, who narrowly missed election.

"He deserves to be here, too," Bunning said. "He's 18th on the all-time RBI list." In his 11th year as a Kentucky congressman, Bunning urged players and owners to come to terms on a new Basic Agreement "Quit messing up the game," he declared. "Get together and work out your labor problems. And get a 10-year agreement" In addition, Bunning said baseball should hire "a real commissioner." Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig has held the position on an interim basis for more than three years. As many players have done before him, Bunning said the players and owners should mutually agree on a neutral commissioner, with both sides funding his office and paying half his salary.

He also insisted baseball, by far, is the best game of the major professional sports. "In football and basketball, the idea is to knock people down," Bunning explained. humility," Weaver observed. "I'm proud of the fact that I was even considered for the Hall of Fame. My 35 years in baseball flew by so fast I didn't realize I was getting older." In a surprise switch, Weaver also had kind words for the umpires.

"I'm serious," he insisted. "Their integrity and honesty is above reproach. In my time alone, they made millions of calls and all of them were right except for the 91 times I disagreed them." Weaver was given the thumb 91 times, believed to be an all-time record for ejections. Also inducted were Bill Foster, a hard-throwing left-hander who pitched mostly with the Chicago American Giants in the Negro leagues; and Ned Hanlon, a field manager in the late 1800s and early 1900s who, among other innovations, pioneered the hit-and-run. GOLF ROUNDUP HORSE Davies charges to 4th LPGA major title Torch Rouge romps to Arlington victory From Tribune News Services Karrie Webb needed only two rounds to reach 11 under par in the du Maurier Classic.

Laura Davies used every bit of the 72 holes to get there. 1 Avoiding the inconsistency that derailed front-runners Webb and Meg Mallon, Davies shot a 6-under 66 in windy conditions Sunday for 4 two-stroke victory in the final women's major championship of the year. "The first three rounds I struggled with my putting. Today they went in," said the 32-year-old Davies, who added the title to previous major victories in the 1987 U.S. Open and 1994 and 1996 LPGA Championships.

She had previous rounds of 71, 70 and 70 on the Edmonton Country Club course to maintain contact with the leaders. "I knew I was five behind starting the final round, but I thought if I could shoot 69 something might happen," said Davies, who earned $150,000 to take the lead on the LPGA money list this year with $626,491. "I'm a great scoreboard watcher and no one was making many birdies out there." Webb shot a 72 and Nancy Lopez closed with a 71 to tie for second. Lopez had a chance to tie Davies on the par-5 18th, but missed her eagle chip and ended up with a par. Buick Open: The old adage about golf tournaments not beginning Eichelberger, 52, who also won the 1994 Quicksilver Classic, shot a 2-under 68, closing with a birdie on the tough par-4 18th after hitting his approach to 3 feet He had a 10-under 200 total to earn $135,000, topping the $127,361 he made in 23 previous events this year.

Colbert, a former Kansas City resident won the tournament in 1991 and 1994 and also finished second in 1992 and 1995. He matched Eichelberger's closing 68. Lee Trevino, who started the day eight off the pace, eagled the par-5 13th to get within a stroke of the leaders at 7 under. But he dropped back with a bogey on the par-3 14th and wound up with a 66 to tie for third with Dave Stockton at 204. Scandinavian Masters: In Kungs-backa, Sweden, Lee Westwood of England sank a 40-foot putt from the fringe on the second extra hole to win a three-way playoff with compatriots Paul Broadhurst and Russell Claydon.

All closed with 68s and 281 totals. Westwood won $179,656. Western Amateur Joel Kribel had been upstaged by Stanford teammate Tiger Woods, the world's No. 1-ranked amateur, until this week in Benton Harbor, Mich. Kribel, 19, of Pleasanton, won the medalist trophy and the championship, while Woods lost in the first round of match play Saturday.

Kribel, an honorable mention All-American as a Stanford fresh- Summer Soecials! 1 AA i. Wfc SHORT 1 LEARN iu By Neil Milbert Tribune Staff Writer Bobby Frankel knew best. Torch Rouge's unexpected way of winning Sunday's Arlington Handicap was the way the trainer believed he had to run to be successful. Joining Edmund Gann's Torch Rouge in making the expedition from California was Khalid Abdullah's horse Raintrap. Because the Frankel-trained thoroughbreds had different owners they were separate wagering entities.

Raintrap was the most accomplished of the six starters in the lVi-mile grass race, and the horse-players made him the 1-2 favorite. Although Torch Rouge had a creditable record it didn't hold a candle to that of his stablemate. Chris Antley, riding Raintrap for the first time, checked out the past performances of his adversaries and concluded that his horse was the only front-runner. "No," Frankel told Antley. "Torch Rouge will have a lot more speed because he has been coming off shorter races.

If you get the lead, fine. But if you don't, tuck in behind Torch Rouge. Don't go head and head." Antley remained convinced that his mount would be the one to catch. "Believe me, I wanted the AUTO OVA-'V AP photo Laura Davies hoists her trophy after winning the du Maurier Classic by two strokes with a final-round 66 Sunday. man, defeated Australian Brett Partridge 2 and 1 in the championship match.

In the morning semifinals, Kribel beat another Australian, Steve Allan, 3 and 2, while Partridge eliminated Charles Warren of Columbia, S.C., 4 and 3. The only other medalists to win the championship in the 28 years the tournament as been at Point O'Woods are Phil Mickelson (1991), Scott Verplank (1985), Rick Fehr (1982), Curtis Strange (1974) and Ben Crenshaw (1973). "To win with so many other great champions on that trophy means a lot," said Kribel GAME EXPERIENCED Personal video To Keen 50 TAKE $20 OFF 6 Chicago Area Locations 708-393-4567 JT ii Mi tr. AP photo Former Orioles manager Earl Weaver is inducted Sunday in the baseball Hall of Fame. RACING lead," he said.

"When we broke I popped my horse on the shoulder to try to make the lead. But Mark Guidry and Torch Rouge were there already. After the first 9, 10 strides Mark's horse was a half- length in front Frankel was right and I was wrong. I wound up exactly where he wanted me. "At the three-eighths pole I thought I was sitting on a win- -ner." Again, Antley was mistaken.

Torch Rouge stayed out front all -the way and won by 2V lengths. -But Raintrap lost his zing in the stretch and finished fourth behind Sentimental Moi and Volochine. "My horse broke well and he relaxed," said Guidry. "The other horse Raintrap came to him at the half-mile pole, but I had too much horse. Turning for home I asked him to run and he went to cruising." Clocked in 2:03 15 on firm turf, Torch Rouge ($12.80, $6.20 and $5.20) recorded his third straight victory.

In his other victories, he struck from off the pace to win a 1 116-mile allowance race at Hoi- lywood Park and came from seventh to capture the Grade in Lau-rance Armour Handicap, a 1-mile race at Arlington. Sunday's victory was the second in three years in the Arlington Handicap for Frankel, whose Fan- more won it in 1994. RACING a chance until 1990, when he raced with the Wood Brothers as injured Neil Bonnett's replacement Another break came when former Washington Redskins coach and car owner Joe Gibbs hired him, and he won Daytona for Gibbs in 1993. The third opportunity came when he quit Gibbs after the 1994 season and joined Robert Yates as a replacement for the injured Irvan in 1995. "To know where I came from, this is very gratifying," said Jarrett, who remembers watching the Indy 500 on closed-circuit television with his father.

"This is the day I'll always have and cherish. I'll never forget this moment no matter what else should happen in my career." Jarrett's father, Ned, also was taken by emotion. He is a commentator for NASCAR and described the final lap for a national television audience. "I was more nervous today than I have ever been before and probably more choked up," said the father. "It's hard to put into words.

I never thought there would be a Jarrett who would win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway." With 12 races remaining on this season's circuit, the contest for the driving championship is still up for grabs. Labonte's third-place finish at the Brickyard, coupled with Jeff Gordon's early departure and 37th-place finish, put Labonte in the lead with 2,792 points. Seven-time winner Dale Earnhardt, whose car finished 15th with relief driver Mike Skinner behind the wheel, is in second place 61 points behind. Jarrett is in third and Gordon, the Brickyard pole qualifier whose tire went flat sending him into the wall, dropped from first before the race to fourth, 104 points behind Labonte. Jarrett points to collecting NASCAR $1 million bonus You can spend a little MORE on your hair transplant and no one will notice.

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