Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 14

8E, Statesman-Journal, Salem, Sunday, March 29, 1987 Bradley, Pulz lead 90,000 to attend Wrestlemania Oannatt Hmw Sarvica PONTIAC, Mich. The Wrestlemania people will be counting their tickets and cash today. "It's an absolute sellout," Basil DeVito, vice-president of marketing for the World Wrestling Federation, said. DeVito had estimated that the match 1 p.m. PST today at the Pontiac Silverdome, near Detroit would draw 88,000 spectators and three million close-circuit viewers.

Now he's cut the closed-circuit figure to one million, but expanded the live-gate total to That easily sets the record for an indoor sports event if wrestling counts as a sport. The previous total was 81,000 for a Super Bowl at the Silverdome. PHOENIX (AP) Pat Bradley went back to the putter that earned her player of the year honors in 1986, shooting a course record to tie Penny Pulz for the third-round lead in the $300,000 LPGA Turquoise Classic. Bradley shot a 6-under par 67 on the Moon Valley Country Club course and is at 3-under-par 216 after three rounds. Pulz, who began the round with a two-stroke lead, shot 75-216.

Dawn Coe, a fourth-year pro seeking her first career win, shot even-par 73 and was one shot back at 217. Cindy Ferro, who started the day second to Pulz, dropped two strokes to the leaders with a 4-over 77. Bradley started eight shots off the lead, but the 13-year veteran took advantage of every birdie opportunity en route to her best round of the year. Seeking her third career victory, Pulz enjoyed also success with her putter. Charles leads by 7 shots SIMI VALLEY, Calif.

Bob Charles, a left-hander from New Zealand, shot a second straight 67 Saturday and opened a seven-stroke lead heading in today's final round of the $250,000 GTE Seniors Classic. Charles is at 134. Australian Bruce Crampton and South African Harold Hen-ning are tied for second place. Charles pulled away on the back nine, carding birdies on five of the last eight holes. By Mike Hughes Oannatt Naws Service PONTIAC, Mich.

It was a dying business, a sign of older and messier days: large, sweaty men bumping into each other, emitting groans or bleeding. In an era of high-tech pleasures, this was old-fashioned; everyone knew wrestling was dead. And then something happened. Today, an estimated 90,000 people will pack the Pontiac Silverdome, near Detroit, to watch "Wrestlemania III." Another million or so will watch it on closed-circuit TV, with others trying pay-per-view TV or home video. In addition, the wrestlers also are on cable TV, in syndication and on a CBS cartoon.

Some weeks, they also get a Saturday night spot on NBC. "We get the best ratings any network has had at 11:30 p.m. (Saturday) in eight years," Basil DeVito, the World Wrestling Federation's vice president of marketing, said. The winning formula seems to be partly blarney and Barnum, partly cunning and charisma. And it's mostly Vince McMahon.

The son and grandson of fight Terry Hogan was transformed into wrestler Hulk Hogan. For three years, he's borne the WWF championship. Even villains like "Rowdy" Roddy Piper have become popular. Piper said he was a 16-year-old street punk and petty crook when he started wrestling. Today, he's rich.

"It's been good for me," he said. "Here I am, a guy who can stand up for principle." The new characters kept arriving. There were heroic ones like Junk Yard Dog and dastardly ones like Nikolai Volkoff, who sings the Russian anthem rather badly before each match. The new gimmicks arrived. But how do you top a battle between 20 men in a cage? Or a grudge match in which the winner gets Elizabeth, the gorgeous manager? The fast-tongued Bobby "The Brain" Heenan took over Andre's career.

He turned him bad, then lured Hulk into today's grudge match. So their war will be settled in the ring today. People will roar, money will fly and P.T. Barnum's soul will soar. The next step was lining up TV on every tier.

But one other key element was needed. In the slow days of wrestling, a French immigrant battled in the hinterlands. He called himself Andre the Giant and claimed to weigh more than 400 pounds. Today, he's a WWF mainstay; he claims to be 525 pounds. That extra 100 pounds is like the six inches P.T.

Barnum regularly hacked off Tom Thumb's height. It sells tickets. A semi-employed actor named promoters, McMahon launched the World Wrestling Federation in 1963 and tried a different approach. There would be less bloodshed and more physical demands. In the old days, oversized men could simply grapple and groan.

"It used to be that guys would hold a headlock for three, four hours," Classy Freddy Blassie, then a wrestler and now a manager, said. "You could go out and get dinner during that time." Those days are gone, DeVito said. "There's much more leaping and flying around," he said. SPECIAL! LAWN MOWER TUNE UP 29 Clean air breather, sharpened balanced blade, steam cleaned mower. For Senior Citizens: Free pickup delivery within city limits.

Good with coupon only. ELMER'S ROADSIDE REPAIR Call 364-7558 UO track teams win J' FRESNO, Calif. (AP) Led by their distance runners, the Oregon Ducks easily outscored Fresno I State and Boise 1986 MODEL i 0 0 I II I I I I Jl II II II I I lJ I 1111 I 1 4 I I State in a I three-way men's track and field meet Sat- urday. Oregon scored 98 points, Fresno 64 and Boise J- rare A The Oregon i ii ii ii ii ii i HUFF 'MADE IN USA IN CARTON PRICES HUFFY STU THOMSEN BOYS' 16" BMX HUFFY Panda Pal GIRLS' 16" SIDEWALK White with Lilac Frost overspray, Jr. Hi-Rise handlebars, basket, fenders and training wheels.

HUFFY BOYS' 20" RACING 45 Candy Apple blue. Thunder BMX frame with tubular fork. Single speed with coaster brake. 2.125" gumwall tires. HUFFY 314 26" TEN SPEED Gloss black, lightweight frame, stem mounted shifters, dual sidepull calipers with extension levers.

Men's or ladies' models. HUFFY 626 26" TWELVE SPEED White with black overspray lightweight frame, black front rear sidepull brakes with extension levers. Men's or ladles' models. HUFFY BOYS' 20" RACING 10 Arctic white, Thunder BMX frame with tubular fork. Single speed with coaster brake.

Black quilted racing saddle. SIDEWALK Arctic white frame with black Jr. BMX handlebars. Racing saddle. 00 REG.

women team oiraen competed against Fresno State and won 85-61. I UO's Dan Nelson won the men's steeplechase in 8:46.70, Harold Kuphaldt took the 1,500 meters in 3:46.31. Oregon's J.J. Birden won two events, the long jump at 25-2 and the 110 hurdles in 14.3. I Fresno's Doug Fraley, a two I time indoor NCAA pole vault champion, cleared 18-7V4, the best collegiate mark this year.

In the women's meet, Oregon's I Stefanie Hunter won the 100-, meter dash in 11.9 seconds and I the 200 in 23.6. Men FRESNO STATE Oregon 98. Fresno State 64, Boise State 38. Oregon 95. Fresno State 66; Oregon 116.

Boise State 39; Fresno State 99, Boise State 64. Hammer-finch, U0, 21 1 -7; Pfeifter, U0, 202-1 1 Ostrom, FSU, 200-9. LJ-Birden, U0, 25-2; Kemp, BSU, 24-1; Nelson, FSU, 1 23-8K. 400m relay Oregon (Birden, Lanning, Green, Hoskins) 41.15; Boise State 41.15. 3, Fresno State 41.75.

HJ-Kemp, BSU, 7-4; Richardson, FSU, 6-8; Owen, BSU, 6-8. Jav Seidmeyer, FSU, 225-9; Doupnik, U0, 213-2; Skip-, per. U0, 211-8. Steeplechase D.Nelson, U0, Bennion, U0, Kimball, U0, 8:58.45. Shot-Muse, BSU, 61-814; Bender, FSU, 61-5; deSouza, UO, 60-8.

1,500 Kuphaldt, U0, Dunbar, U0, Bal-i ley, U0, 3:48.74. i 110 HH 1, Birden, U0, 14.3; Green, U0, 14.4; Brown, BSU, 14.4. 400 Walker. FSU, 47.2; Williams, U0, 47.4; Weber, FSU, 49.0. 100-Jones, FSU, 10.45; McCoy, FSU, 10.74; Hoskins, U0, 10.81.

TJ-Lawrence, BSU, 51-7U; Archie, FSU, 61-5; Williams, U0, 51-2. Dis Muse, BSU, 182-0; Budwig, FSU, 163-10; Robertson, U0, 157-10. 800-Anderton, U0, Kuphaldt, U0, Nunez. BSU. 1:61.60.

400 IH Lanning, U0, 51.98; Daves, FSU, 52.59; Gold- wasser. BSU. 52.98. 200 Walker, FSU, 21.47; Dannis, U0, 21.56; McCoy, FSU, 21.60. PV Fraley.

FSU, 18-7H; Krupilski, FSU, 16-6; Mours, U0, 16-0. 5,000 McGuIrk, U0, Jones, U0, 14:22.73: Sabag, U0, 14:34 62. i 1 .600 relay Oregon (Dunbar, Anderton, Williams, Lanning) Fresno State, Boise State, 3:18.22. WOMEN Oregon 85. Fresno State 61.

I Shot Brown, U0, 49-8; Shepherd, U0, 44-06; Blockton, FSU, 43-68 U0, Johnson, U0, Ogas, FSU, 17:1386. 400m relay Fresno State (Freow, Edeh, Newton, Boul-" ware) 45.77; Oregon 46.49. 1 U0. Petersen, U0, 4:31 Quam, U0, 4:34.34. 100 O'Brien, U0, 14.28; Thorsland, U0, 14.43; Budwig, FSU, 14.80.

LJ Thorsland, U0, 19-8W; Goodrich, U0, 19-74; Salary, FSU, 18-8. 400-Edeh, FSU, 53.8; Settertiolm, U0, 54.7; Church. U0, 56.4. Jav-Healy, FSU, 148-1; Beemer, U0, 141-8; Gran, U0, 139-8. HJ-Mendonca, FSU, 6-014; Olson, FSU, 5-4; Mariscal, FSU, and Srubek, FSU, 5-4.

100 Hunter. U0, 11.9; Newton, FSU, 11.9; Boulwara, FSU, 12.1. BOO Faure, U0, Jones, FSU, Morris, U0, 2:13.09. 400 H-Stavrianoudakis, FSU, Otlerstedt, U0, White, U0, 1:04 30. 200 Hunter, UO, 23.6; Newton, FSU, 23.8; Blake, FSU, 25.2.

TJ-Compton, FSU, 40-2; Goodrich, U0, 39-61; 38-11. Die Barnes, FSU, 186-0; Whitlock, U0, 151-0: Blockton, FSU. 148 0. 3,000 Wessall, U0, Wilson, U0, Ogas, FSU, 10:06.01, I 1600 relay Fresno State (Blake, Edeh, Slavmnoudakis, Newton) Oregon. 3:48.23.

REG. 69.99 REG. 04.99 I LI 74.99 fere? rcoiua frara7 nsra Haaww 00 CRUISE 30- imAMr-- Ls Features resume, BJSSS ftflOln kit tJZ'! (v- 21 Fits most vehicles. 75 PC. 888S0QOQ6 flflfiflSBOQO ftfobi II xpgpKmnqq toolset Qmqq IFF rlii and2 drive IV II VrtStfL figW Tlll0V Forged for strength.

If HrlTTVl iMlV Ik nSJ If Tm155 1" I1 Fully hardened. L-FU REG. If Vfe JNi-J 1 1 LJ JJL 89.99 Nlckle chrome plated, I I 49.99 1 1 1 1 tSSlr CUSTOM ACCESSORIES 1 1 MOTHD SMl II WimM -HI-BEAM sstanp LiSPOTUGHT -W Mm. 1 v-mzsr "1 1 rwniisr Autolite VZm nr champion iWl coiled cord. Complete with 1 1 rrrnin II w5Tw.J wTm ffSU mounting bracket screws.

5vt5? MOBIl 1 II sparkplugs LMf'Jr nnn II uurW11 nnp SPARK PLUGS STANDARD RESISTOR Ml UEA, ss STANDARD RESISTOR ill zzn MH. Also in Sports BASEBALL CLINIC High School baseball coach Vic Backlund will conduct a baseball clinic for Keizer Little League managers and coaches today at 2 p.m. at McNary High School. TRACK FIELD CLASS The Boys and Girls Club of is offering a track and field skills class every Friday in April for boys and girls ages 7-18. Instruction begins April 3 at 4 p.m.

Riideri with niwi Html lor Alio In Sporli should mall Iht Information lo Alio In Sporla, Sliliimin-Journal, P.O. Bo 13009, Solom, 07301, VANCOUVn 6918 N.E. Hwy. 99, (206)69541009 11808 SUMMplaln (206)254-2015 LONCVKW 1224-15H1 (206)423-6000 COWAU2350N.W, 9th St, 752-3411 ALIANV2105SontlamAv 967-7700 THE DAUB 1413 6th, 296-2108 KND H628N.E. 3rd, 382-4288 OKGON CITV 19203 Mdolla 655-9676 DQAID (13145 SW.

Pacific Hwy 620-0628 KAVHtON 30S0 S.W Cedar Hill) 643-9666 miStOM 1050 aw. Baseline, 648-0517 McMWNVIUl (436 N. State Hwy. 99, 434-4347 tm 3863 Cornmerclal St. II 399-9969 1 136 Lancaitef Dr.

N.E., 399-7836 I0SHUN mm Garden Valley 673-7115 OtriAND 31M N. iombara, M-im 18120 S.E. Stark 667-1400 8310 S.E. DMlon, 777-3933 30 S.E. Grand Av 232-9145 6915 N.E.

Sandy 281-7833 10355 N.E.HOIS8V, 253-2056 10721 S.E 82nd, 662-1651 OAK SWVI 15621 SI McLaughlin 654-7704 PI MON-FRI 8am to 9pm SAT 8am to 8pm SUN 9am to 6pm Except Grand Ave: Mon-Sat 8am to 7pm, Sun 9am to 6pm II MKk 111 I'll i.