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MondayMay 301988Star Tribune Strange fires a 67, wins Memorial by 2 THE FACT THE DESTDET The Los Angeles Dodgers continued to pay Pedro Guerrero during his four-day suspension for throwing a bat. Based on his $1 .7 million salary and a 172-day season, that's a $39,536 paid vacation. The Twins try to make it nine victories in row and retain their newly won hold on second place in the West when they open a series against the third-place Texas Rangers at 1:15 this afternoon at the Metrodome. PAGE 7 Associated Press Curtis Strange fired a 5-under-par 67 Sunday to win the Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio, by two strokes Best-laid plan of maestro, men goes awry (T for his second victory of the season. Strange twice trailed by one stroke and once blew a three-shot lead in a three-way struggle with South African David Frost and Hale Irwin.

Strange, the PGA Tour's leading money-winner in 1985 and '87, took command with a bunker shot that set up a 2-foot putt for birdie 4 on the ISth. He didn't trail again and got the 14th victory of his 12-season Tour career with a 14-under 274 on Jack Nicklaus' Muirfield Village Golf Club course. The victory was worth 1 60,000 and boosted Strange's earnings for the year to $362,965. He moved into the track and field evokes decades-old memories of the world-class athletes who competed on Bud Winter-coached teams. One of the first was sprinter Ray Norton, who carried the "world's fastest human" title into the 1960 Olympic Games at Rome, where he was beaten soundly.

Next came Dennis Johnson, a Jamaican sprinter who ran four 9.3-second 100-yard dashes and a 9.2 in 1961. At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Tommie Smith, Lee nell, up near the altar, saying a prayer and lighting a candle. "I waited until he left. Then I went up to the altar and lit two candles. And then I blew his out.

After we won the game I went back and lit his candle. I didn't want anyone to think I was evil." Closing the book San Jose State's dropping of Associated Press Evans, John Carlos and Ronnie Ray Smith won more medals five than 75 percent of the countries participating. In 1979, someone figured out that San Jose State athletes were involved in 43 world records. Knife guys finish first Fired Atlanta Braves manager Chuck Tanner and his successor, Russ Nixon, aren't exactly the best of friends. Tanner hired Nixon as the Braves' third-base coach in 1986, then fired him after last season.

It seems Tanner thought Nixon was a threat to his job. "The guy who put a knife in my back got the job," Tanner said after he was fired last Sunday night. "The guy I fired got everything he wanted." Said Nixon of being fired by Tanner: "I just didn't fit in. It certainly wasn't my ability. It doesn't bother me.

Consider the source. I just saw through all his talk." Rolling thunder Former Gopher Kevin McHale, on the three-pointer that saved Boston in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference playoffs: "When I let it go, I said to myself, 'That's going in." And it did. The key to my basketball success is never thinking. It's like the Bob Dylan line: 'Don't think twice; it's all McHale and Dylan both are natives of Hib-bing, Minn. Chicago shakeout? Mary Frances Veeck, widow of former Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck, on the possibility of the team moving to Florida: "For the last five years, I have been saying privately that the real movers and shakers in this town couldn't care less whether the Sox stay or go.

I think Chicago is happy with the Bears, the Cubs and Michael Jordan." Compiled by Garr Kluender When Jim Hanifin, general manager of the Boulder (Colo.) Philharmonic Orchestra, heard that 20,000 tickets were sold for a Chicago concert conducted by Bears legend Walter Payton, the ringing of a cash register became music to his ears. Hanifin set up a concert in which the 100-member orchestra would play hits from the Beatles, "Star Wars" and Bruce Springsteen in full orchestration, with five members of the Denver Broncos on the podium. Among the Broncos who were committed to appearing were Vance Johnson, Ricky Nattiel and Mark Jackson the Three Amigos Keith Bishop and Steve Watson, with proceeds to benefit the Broncos Youth Foundation's efforts to combat substance abuse. But only 40 advance tickets were sold for the concert, which was to have been held Saturday at the University of Colorado Events Center. Billed as "The Denver Broncos Classical Rock Concert," it also was the -first scheduled Boulder Philhar-'monic Orchestra concert to be canceled in 32 years, Hanifin said.

"I am at a total loss to understand where we messed up," he said. "If Steve Watson can't draw 15,000 women, there's something wrong." Hanifin said he will contact a Denver polling firm to conduct a survey to find out why the show didn't attract a crowd. Altared game plan The latest story from former Gophers coach Lou Holtz, reports the Boston Globe, is how Notre Dame managed to beat Boston College last fall. "The morning of the game," said Holtz, "I went to the chapel on and as I was coming in, I spotted their coach, Jack Bick- i O- 1968 Trltxjni Mxlll SarWctl, inc. No.

6 spot on the all-time money-winning list with $3,478,454. Irwin, 42, who led through the second and third rounds, chipped in from 30 feet for a birdie on the final hole to tie Frost for second. Irwin had a closing 70, Frost a 69. Frost, who last year led the American tour in scoring average, has not won in four seasons in the United States. He now has seven runner-up finishes.

Rookie John Huston and Andrew Magee tied for fourth at 282. Greg Norman was in a group of six at 283. Corning Classic Sherri Turner shot a 2-under 70 to win the $325,000 LPGA tournament in Corning, N.Y., for her second straight victory. Coupled with a victory last week at the LPGA Championship, her first in five years on the tour, this gave Turner the first back-to-back triumphs on the tour this season. She had a four-round total of 15-under 273 to earn $48,750.

Turner said she'll take this week off. "I have been tempted to play (in the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic), but I'm going to stick to my game plan," she said. "I've played five tournaments in a row and that's my limit." Korea's Ok-Hce Ku, who battled Turner for the lead during most of the final two rounds, and JoAnne Carner, who had the day's best round, a 66, finished two strokes back. Sunwest Bank Senior Defending champion Bob Charles chipped in from the back fringe of the green on the final hole for a 3- Curtis Strange celebrated after, sinking a birdie putt on the 17th, green during the Memorial. under 69 and a two-shot victory over Orville Moody in the $275,000 tournament in Albuquerque, N.M.

Charles became the first back-to-bacic winner this year on the Senior Tour, with two 35-foot birdies down the stretch. Charles' ability to handle the strong winds that swept the par-72, yard Four Hills Country Club course insured his second straight victory. Charles, who earned $41,250, opened a two-shot lead when he holed a 35-foot putt from the fringe on the par-4 16th. Moody had a final-round Volvo PGA Seve Ballesteros finished with two birdies for a 1 -under 71 and a one-stroke lead after the third round of the $561,000 tournament in Went-, worth, Pointe Royal Invitational Rod Curl won the ProGolf Tour tournament in Branson, by four strokes with a 6-under 64 for a 72-hole total of 267. Tom Lehman, an Alexandria, native, was sixth with a 68274.

San Diego Padres first baseman John Kruk on the firing of Larry Bowa: It wasn't Larry, 33 WH it was us. We aren't that good of a team. The way we're playing, even God 5 mum HiB couldn't come in and help us. Waltrip wins race for 4th time -From News Services '-Darrell Waltrip held off a nine-lap tnreat by Kusty Wallace at rjnar-lotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Sun- -Jay to become the first four-time of the NASCAR Coca -Cola 600. Waltrip, posting his first victory of the season, took the lead in NAS-CAR's longest race on lap 369, passing Brett Bodine.

Some of challengers began heading for iA -the pits in the final 30 laps. On lap 387, Geoff Bodine's Chev- -relet rolled to a stop in the fourth bringing out the record-tying ii 4i Ann i -loui bauuuu i lay ui mo tuu-id(j Trace. When the green flag came nr Inn OCM Afalrin knnl Wallace to the finish line with Alan Kulwicki and Brett Bodine giving chase. Kulwicki was third, Bodine was fourth and pole-sitter Davey -son was fifth. Waltrip won his Tony Dorsett 'previous three Coca-Cola races Dawn Coe.

$2,134 75-71-74-69289 Judy Dickinson, $2,134 70-78-71-70289 Pat Bradley. $2,134 69-77-72-71289 Kim Williams. $2,134 74-70-72-73289 Heather Farr, $2,134 71-72-73-73289 Myra Blackwelder, $2,134 74-72-70-73289 Terri Carter, $2,134 78-68-69-74289 Cathy Morse. $2,134 68-73-73-75289 Heather Drew, $1,728 74-68-76-72290 Penny Hammel, $1 .727 77-69-71-73290 Kay Cockerill, $1 ,492 73-73-76-69291 Joan Pitcock, $1 ,492 77-71-73-70291 Meg Mallon. $1,492 78-70-72-71291 Theresa Hession.

$1 ,492 79-68-73-71291 Missie McGeorge. $1 ,492 74-73-73-71291 Connie Chillemi. $1,232 77-69-75-71292 Alice Miller, $1,232 72-75-74-71292 Joan Joyce. $1 .232 69-77-74-72292 K. Baker-Guadagnano.

$1,053 76-72-75-70293 Missie Berteotti. $1 .053 73-69-77-74293 Robin Walton, $1 ,053 75-70-73-75293 Martha Nause. $882 74-73-77-70294 M. Spencer-Devlin. $882 73-74-74-73294 Kim Bauer, $882 72-73-75-74294 Jane Geddes.

$881 75-70-72-77294 Mitzi Edge. $760 73-72-71-79295 Nina Foust. $668 75-72-76-73296 Chris Johnson, $668 74-71-76-75296 Lynn Adams. $667 77-71-71-77296 Amy Read, $553 74-71-75-77297 Nancy Taylor. $553 73-70-77-77297 Adele Lukken, $552 75-70-75-77297 Janice Gibson, $552 73-70-76-78297 Cindy Mackey.

$492 73-75-77-73298 Marlene Hagge, $492 73-74-73-78298 Gina Hull, $443 73-75-78-73299 Robin Hood, $443 78-68-77-76299 Janet Anderson, $443 74-71-76-78299 Kris Monaghan, $443 74-74-72-79299 PGA SENIORS SUNWEST BANK TOURNAMENT FinalAlbuquerque, N.M. Final scores and prize money Sunday in the $275,000 Sunwest Bank Senior PGA tournament, played on th par-72, Four Hills Country Club course. Bob Charles $41 .250 69-68-69206 Orville Moody $23,850 69-67-72208 72 69-71212 Rate Botts $17,975 74 69-69212 Ben Smith $10,800 69 73-71213 Bob Brue $10,800 74 72-67213 Tommy Aaron $10,800 74-72-67213 Don Massengale $6,710 70-71-73214 Gene Mitchell $6,710 74-67-73214 Lou Graham $6,710 69-73-72214 Bob Boldt $6,710 73 69-72214 Ray Beallo $6,710 75 71-68214 Art Wall $6,710 71 72-71214 Charlie Siflord $6.710 71-71-72214' Bobby Nichols $4,750 70-70-75219 Jimmy Powell $4 750 74 70-71 215" Al Geiberger $4,750 72-74-69215 Gene Torres $4 062 75 71-70216 Bob Erickson $4,062 70-72-74216 Jerry Barber $3,425 71-72-74217 Pat Schwab $3,425 74-68-75217 Art Silverstrone $3,425 74-70-73 21 Phil Rodgers $3,425 74-72-71217 Harold Henning $2,900 72-71-75218 Jim Cochran $2,900 72-73-73218 Chick Evans $2,900 73-74-71 21 i Chuck Mehok $2,437 73-70-76219 Al Chandler $2,437 75 70-74219 Larry Mowry $2 437 72 75-72219 Joe Jimenez $2,437 73-73-73219 Aglm Bardha 1 25 76 7 1 -73 220 Dick Howell $1,912 70-71-60221 Peter Thomson $1,912 69-75-77221 Alton Duhon $1,912 74-71-76221 Howie Johnson $1,912 76-75-70221 Fred Hawkins $1,537 72-71-79222 Gordon Jones $1,537 71-79-72222 Homero Blancas $1,537 77-74-71222 George Lanning $1,637 76-77-69222 George Bayer $1 537 71 74-77222 Charlie Owens $1 537 77 r7-68 222 Jack Fleck $1,237 77 '2-74223 J. Whittenton $1,237 77-72-74223 Ken Still $1 ,025 72 '5-77224 Ouinton Gray $1 025 77 72-75224 John Frillman 1 025 73 77-74224 Roland Stafford $1 025 75 77-72224 Joe Lopez $1 .025 78 77-69224 J.C. Goosie $875 73 75-77225 Dick Rhyan $875 73 76-76225 Jim King $875 73 77-75225 Mike Fetchick $581 77-76-73226 John Brodie $581 76 75-75226 Bill Johnston $581 78 76-72226 Don Klein $581 78 76-72226 Doug Ford $500 75 77-75227 Kel Nagle $500 78 71-78227 Joe Campbell $500 73-77-77227 Pete Hessemer $500 79-76-72 227 Doug Dalziel $500 74 75-79228 Earl Boles $500 74 77-77228 Gordon Waldespuhl $500 78-75-75228 Lawrence Cese $500 74-80-74228 Dow Finsterwald $500 76-79-75230 Freddie Haas S500 85 71-75231 Peter Camell $500 80-72-79231 Tom Nielsen $500 80-74-79233 David Allaire $500 77-79-77233 Jacky Cupit $600 76-81-78235 Tommy Bolt 73-78 WD Ted Kroll 74-79 WD Oale Douglass DQ PGA MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT FinalDublin.

Ohio Final scores and prize money Sunday in the $1 million Memorial tournament, played on the par-72, Muirfield Village Goll Club course. Curtis Strange, $160,000 73-70-64-67274 David Frost, $76,220 69-70-68-69276 Hale Irwin, $78,220 70 68-68-70276 John Huston, $39,115 69 70-72-71282 Andrew Magee. $39.1 1 5 70-70-68-74282 Jay Haas. $26,881 72 7'S-69-67 283 Lanny Wadkins. $26,881 79-66-71-67283 Peter Jacobsen.

$26,881 68-74-72-69283 Greg Norman, $26,881 71-74-67-71283 Scott Hoch, $26,881 74 7 1-64-72 283 Payne Stewart, $26,881 72-69-67-75283 Chip Beck. $1 8.970 72 76-69-67284 Nick Price, $18,970 74 6-71-72284 Paul Azinger, $18,970 72 69-71-72284 Tom Kite, $15,833 69 70-73-73285 Fred Couples, $1 5.833 72 7 J-68-73 285 Scott Verplank, $15,833 73-69-68-75285 Mike Hulbert, 74 71-72-69286 Bobby Wadkins. $1 2 283 71 76-74-66287 John Mahaffey. $12,283 68-73-73-73287 Fuzzy Zoeller. $12,283 72-70-69-76287 Craig Stadler, $8,978 78 71-72-67288 A.

Weibring, $8,978 70-75-71-72288 Mark Wiebe. $8,978 75 71 -70-72288 Steve Pate, $8,978 70 74-71 -73288 Larry Mize. $8,978 71 74-70-73288 Larry Nelson, $8,978 73 69-72-74288 Mark McCumber. $6,758 74-73-75-67289 Doug Tewell. $6,758 74 73-74-68289 Mark Calcavecchia.

$6.758 73-75-71-70289 Dave Rummells, $6,758 72-70-74-73289 Tom Purtzer, $6,758 72 70-73-74289 Roger Maltbie, $5,863 73 72-70-75290 Scott Simpson. $5,863 71-73-69-77290 Jay Don Blake, $5,012 73-76-71-71291 Donnie Hammond, $5,012 73-72-74-72291 Gary Koch, $5,012 73 75-70-73291 John Cook, $5,012 72 73-73-73291 Ed Fiorl. $5,012 73 72-70-76291 Hal Sutton. $5,012 75 70-69-77291 Robert Wrenn, $3,837 74 74-72-72292 J.C Snead, $3,837 72 71 -76-73292 Tom Byrum, $3,837 74 70-73-75292 Clarence Rose. $3,837 70-73-74-75292 Bruce Lietzke.

$3,837 76-70-71 -75292 Jett Sluman, $3,837 72 71-72-77292 Aki Ohmachi, $3,837 69 73-72-78292 David Canipe, $2,977 74 4-74-71293 Ben Crenshaw. $2,977 75-71 -75-72293 Bill Sander, $2,977 76 0-73-74 293 Rocco Mediate, $2 977 69 5-73-76 293 Buddy Gardner, $2,977 72-73-71-77293 Kenny Knox, $2,784 76 Z3-73-72 294 Gil Morgan, $2,784 76 73-73-72294 Mark $2,784 72 70-80-72294 Jim Hallet, $2,784 69 '9-7 1 -75 294 Joey Sindelar, $2,7 84 70 '3-74-77294 Gregory Ladehofl. $2,693 73-72-76-74295 Wayne Levi, $2,693 76 72-71-76295 Denis Watson, $2,693 76-68-74-77 295 Bob Tway. $2,648 74 M-76-72 296 Don Pooley. $2,648 78 72-70-78296 Howard Twitty, $2,603 73 75-72-77297 Chris Perry.

$2,603 73 74-73-77297 Fulton Allem. $2,603 71 70-73-83297 Sam Randolph, $2,570 74-74-74-76298 Curt Byrum, $2,543 74 75-74-76299 Dan Forsman, $2,543 75 73-74-77299 Steve Jones, $2,51 5 74 73-78-75300 Fred Wadsworth, $2,500 76-73-78-74301 Johnny Miller, $2,500 74-74-78-75301 Richard Zokol, $2,500 73-75-78-75301 Tim Simpson, $2,500 76 73-76-77302 Roger Mackay 72-75-80 WD LPGA CORNING CLASSIC FinalCommg, N.Y. Final scores and prize money Sunday in the LPQA Corning Classic, played on the par-72, Corning Country Club course. Sherri Turner. $48,750 71 -63-69-70273 JoAnne Carner, $26,000 74-70-65-66275 Ok-Hee Ku.

$25,999 69-64-71-71275 Patty Sheehan. $1 7.062 67-70-73-69279 Jerilyn Britz, $13,812 70-71-69-70280 Martha Foyer, $1 1 ,375 72-70-70-70262 Sally Quinlan, $8,558 71 -73-70-69263 Kathryn Young. $8,558 73-66-74-70283 Mei-Chl Cheng, $8,558 73-69-71-70283 Laurel Kean. $6,035 70-73-69-72284 Debbie Massey. $6,035 77-68-67-72284 Dottie Mochne, $6,035 74-70-68-72284 Betsy King, $6,034 69-69-70-76284 Trish Johnson, $4,621 74-69-73-69285 Vickl Fergon.

$4,620 78-69-68-70285 Jan Stephenson. $4,620 69-72-72-72285 Rosie Jones, $4,620 71-67-72-75285 Pattl Rizzo, $4,689 69-70-77-70286 Amy Alcott, $4,689 70-70-76-70286 Alice Ritzman, $3,689 76-69-69-72286 Lorl Garbacz, $3,689 72-74-68-72286 Lauri Peterson, $3,688 68-73-71-74286 Colleen Walker. $3,688 71-69-71-75286 Sandra Spuzich. $3,085 74-73-72-68287 Lynn Connelly, $3,085 77-71-70-69287 Sherri Steinhauer, $3,084 67-75-72-73287 Donna White, $2,695 75-71-73-69288 Amy Benz, $2,695 72-71-75-70288 Deb Richard. $2,695 76-72-69-71288 Denise Strebig.

$2,695 74-73-70-71288 Shirley Furlong. $2,694 73-70-73-72288 1 '79 and '85. Rick Wilson, who started 10th but Normandale eliminated in nationals Tim Romaine drove in four runs Sunday as Brookdale, N.J., beat Normandale 15-6, ousting the Lions from the National Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colo. Loser Brian Van Bergen (3-2) went four innings. Saturday night, Mike Hol-zemer (14-0) gave up three hits in seven innings and second-ranked Seminole, held on for a 10-8 victory over Normandale.

Three relievers were tagged for six runs as Normandale closed to 10-8 in the eighth inning. Loser Brian Fizel (9-1) yielded four runs in five innings. Brian Kallestad drove in three runs and Chris Gnetz drove in two for Normandale. North Hennepin used two suicide squeeze bunts in the bottom of the seventh, after Mankato Bethany hit two homers and scored five runs in the top of the inning, to win 12-11 in the finals of the state community college conference baseball tournament at Willmar. The Norsemen, beaten 6-2 by Bethany in the first round, came back through the losers' bracket, then avenged that loss 15-5 to force the deciding game.

Georgetown of Kentucky (40-10) had a six-run first inning in ousting Winona State 10-3 in the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. Winona State (36-18) made six errors, three in the first inning. Leif Carlson won the all-around with 55.75 points and the Minnesota team of Jay Adams, Mark Ambroe, Carlson and Glenn Hill, all of Bloomington, was second to Nebraska at the national high school gymnastics championships in Fort Worth, Texas. Hill and Carlson were 1-2 in the pommel horse and Hill also won the parallel bars. was charging toward the first vic- nor Holm as three-time Olympians.

Meagher's 1 :01 .40 in the 1 00 butterfly was 1 .5 seconds slower than the 1 :00.1 0 by winner Catherine Plewinski of France. The meet ends today. Boxing Canadian Don Lalonde retained his WBC light heavyweight title by stopping hometown favorite Leslie Stewart in the fifth round of a scheduled 12-round bout in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Lalonde is 31-2 with 26 knockouts. Former WBA champion Stewart is 26-3.

IBF middleweight champion Frank Tate (23-0) injured his right hand but scored a 10-round unanimous decision over Sander-line Williams (22-6) in Houston, Texas, in a final tuneup before defending his title in late July against Mike Nunn in Las Vegas. Etc. Lisa Longaker pitched a six-hit shutout and Janice Parks doubled home two runs as UCLA defeated Fresno State 3-0 in Sunnyvale, giving the Bruins their fourth NCAA Division I soft-ball title, after Fresno State beat UCLA 2-1 to force an extra game. Greg McMurtry doubled home Darrin Campbell in the eighth inning to give Michigan (48-18) a 7-6 victory over Penn, ousting the Quakers from the NCAA Central Regional baseball tournament in Austin, Texas Southern California overcame a six-run deficit to edge host Fresno State 18-17 in the winners' bracket of the West I Regional. Winston Aglin scored two goals as Jamaica beat Puerto Rico 2-1 in San Juan to advance to a second-round match with the United States in qualifying for soccer's 1990 World Cup.

Favored Mack Lobell, driven by all-time leading money winner John Campbell, led from start to finish to win the $350,000 Elitlopp harness race by a length in Stockholm, Sweden, In his first start outside the United States. Mack Lobell became the first American-owned trotter to win the race since Joe O'Brien won with Fresh Yankee in 1969. rory oi ms career, sustained a tire in the backstretch on -lap 352. His car bounced off the outside wall and caught fire, bringing out the caution flag for 10 laps. He was not injured.

I Prost is Grand Prix winner -Trance's Alain Prost led all the -ay to win the Formula 1 Grand -rrtx of Mexico City in 1 hour 30 fhinutes 15.737 seconds. Another McLaren-Honda driver, Ayrton Senna of Brazil, was second, 7.104 snnnnris hnhinri Prost. Cowboys president Tex Schramm said he thinks the disgruntled running back wilt be going to Denver. Dorsett, 34, was overshadowed last season by another former Heisman Trophy winner, Herschel Walker. The Denver contract reportedly would pay Dorsett $500,000 each of the next two years and about $20,000 per year toward an annuity.

Dorsett, interviewed in Austin by a Denver television station, talked as if he already was a former Cowboy. "I've had a lot of fond memories here," he said. "This is just a new chapter in Tony Dorsett's football career. I don't think I'll be looking back." Swimming Mary T. Meagher, seeking to become only the third American woman to make three Olympic swimming teams, was third in the 100-meter butterfly and eighth in the 200 freestyle at the 28-nation Sundown to Seoul meet in Boca Raton, Fla.

The 100 butterfly world record-holder, who won three gold medals at the 1984 Olympics, would like to follow Jill Sterkel and Elea UProst averaged 1 18.19 mph. Willy T. Ribbs, driving a Ca-t fnaro, won the third round of the Trans-Am series at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. -Tommy Archer of Duluth won the Corvette Challenge, a series for virtually stock Corvettes. football Dbrsett headed for Denver? Dorsett has agreed In prin- Iciple to a plan that could make 1 -riim a Denver Bronco, according "to Broncos coach Dan Reeves and Dorsett's financial adviser, Bill Love of Austin, Texas..