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SP ORT Scoreboard; 2D. Baseball; 2D. Outdoors; 5D. Business; 6-8D. Statesman Journal Salem, Oregon Thursday, July 6, 1989 Euro rest Wimmbledlom) semifinsils ctes Evert faces Graf today elite of professional tennis.

He made it official Wednesday by winning a well-played war of nerves against Mats Wilander, 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, on Centre Court at Wimbledon. The victory put him into Friday's semifinals his deepest penetration in a Grand Slam event since 1985, when a loss to Ivan Lendl in the U.S. Open final cost him the No. 1 ranking for the year and precipitated his decline and fall from top of the charts. "I appreciate this a little more than I might have in the past," McEnroe, 30, the No.

5 seed, said. In the semifinals Friday, he plays Stefan Edberg, the defending champion and No. 2 seed, who advanced by defeating No. 8 Tim Mayotte 7-6, 7-6, 6-3 in a match enlivened by a near-epic second-set tiebreaker, won by the Swede 14-12 after a disputed umpire's ruling went against Mayotte. In Wednesday's other quarterfinals, world No.

1 Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker, the two-time champion and '89 favorite, dispatched unseeded Americans to set up a rematch of their 1988 semifinal, Lendl, twice a finalist and five times a semifinalist but never champion here, won 7-6, 7-6, 6-0 over Dan Goldie (former Stanford player), who was hobbled by a pulled hamstring muscle. Becker, who hasn't dropped a set in five matches, blew away Paul Chamberlain (ex-University of Arizona) 6-0. Centre Court. Evert, 34, says this probably will be her last Wimbledon. She reached the semifinals for the 17th time in 18 appearances here with a dramatic comeback Tuesday from a 5-2 third-set deficit to defeat Laura Golarsa 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.

And she seemed thrilled to have assured herself of a curtain call on Centre Court, where she's won three titles. Losing in the quarterfinals on Court 1 to an unseeded opponent was not the way she wanted to go out. "Whatever happens now is icing on the cake for me," Evert said after that match. Gray, 20, who has re-asserted herself as the world's dominant female player while losing no sets and only 17 games in the first five rounds here, seemingly has too much power and athleticism for the aging Evert. Lindqvist, a Wimbledon quar-terfinalist in 1986 but a first-round loser three times since 1983, has never beaten Navratilova and has taken only two sets off her in 11 career meetings.

She once held a match point against her, but that was three years ago. Martina's play has improved as the tournament has progressed the only glitch was a three-set close shave in the second round against Kristine Radford and as well has Lindqvist has been playing, her baseline game isn't likely to deter Navratilova from her appointment with destiny. League Big Time in Little Cameron Quintero of Pioneer's 4 7 Men's play starts Friday From wire reports WIMBLEDON, England -Bolt the doors, bar the gate and hide the women and children. Wimbledon is having a Mac Mayotte attack, blows image Afterf years of sabbat-Pa9e JD icals and sus-mmmmmmm pensions, marriage and children, aborted comebacks and retirement speculation, John McEnroe has returned to the Salem falls short with comeback By Capi Lynn The Statesman Journal After losing to Spokane decisively in three of the past four games, the Salem Dodgers kept game five close Wednesday but Griffey let it slip away hits tWO in the ninth in- Page2D nmg A a loss at Cheme- keta Field. The Dodgers (10-10) rallied to tie it 6-6 in the bottom of the eighth on Brock McMurray's two-run homer.

He drove in Rex Peters, who had singled to start the inning. "It felt good to hit the homer, especially to tie it," McMurray said of his first home run this season. "And I really believed we were going to win it." But Spokane battled back for four runs on three hits and two walks in the ninth off Salem reliever Napoleon Robinson. Dave Staton, who has been the Indians' biggest offensive weapon, homered with one out to make it 7-6. It was Staton's fourth home run of the series.

Robinson said: "I just wasn't hitting the spots. I thought I had him on the ropes. It was a split, but I didn't get it anywhere close to where I wanted it." Staton was 10 of 20 and had 12 RBI in the five-game series. He was 4 for 5 Wednesday. The Dodgers also committed two of their four errors in the ninth inning.

Manager Tom Beyers said, "We turned a small thing into a big inning, and they blew the game open." Salem pitchers continued to struggle, giving up 12 hits, walking seven and striking out five. Five of the Indian's 10 runs were walked or hit batters. McMurray said: "It goes back to getting good pitching one game and not hitting and getting the hits another game and not pitching well. We're just not molding together." The Dodgers had 11 hits for their largest production of the series. Beyers was frustrated after his club's third straight loss.

"That's the toughest one to lose because the rest we pretty much got our butts kicked," he said. "They challenged us on the bases, and we obviously didn't execute defensively at the end." The Indians recorded seven stolen bases in seven attempts. The Dodgers led 3-1 through five innings and 3-2 after six, but Spokane pushed across three runs in the seventh on three hits and two walks. "In this league, a three- or four-run lead is no big deal whether we have the lead or they have the lead," Beyers said. Salem begins a five-game road trip at Bend tonight.

''V ft ft 1 -v I 'J ysjj Joe DeveraStatesman Journal steals third base before Keizer's Justin Pratt can tag him. By Mike Davis Gannett News Service WIMBLEDON, England -Chris Evert is just happy to be here. Steffi Graf doesn't figure to let her hang around much longer. Martina Navratilova won't be happy until she gets her record ninth singles title. Catarina Lindqvist doesn't figure to stand in her way.

That's the outlook for the Wimbledon ladies singles semifinals, which will be played today on Pioneer rolls to 6-1 victory against Keizer Rodney Sauseda and Armando Martinez each hit home runs, while Sean Whorton pitched a two-hitter as Pioneer defeated Keizer 6-1 Wednesday in a Little League tournament at Salem's Holland Youth Park. The teams played in the major division of the Little League Tournament of Champions. Whorton struck out 11, including fanning the side in the fourth inning. The lone run against him came in the fifth. That was also when Scott Cloyd doubled for Keizer's only extra-base hit.

Sauseda hit a two-run homer in the second inning, giving Pioneer a 3-0 lead. Then, in the fourth inning, Martinez hit a three-run homer to make it 6-0. Martinez also had a triple in the third inning. Keizer had several runners, but it left 11 on base, while Pioneer, which had six hits, left five on base. Cloyd struck out seven in four innings for Keizer, and Cameron O'Shea fanned four in two innings of relief.

Spotlight: Barry, The Associated Press PITTSBURGH Bobby and Barry Bonds became baseball's father-son career home runs leaders Wednesday night when son Barry hit a three-run, pinch-homer in Pittsburgh's 6-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants. Bobby and Barry Bonds have teamed for 408 homers. Barry Bonds' homer was the 76th of his four-year career. Bobby Bonds, a former All-Star outfielder with the Giants, hit 332 homers in his 14-year career, which ended in 1981. All-Star include Schmidt won't play; Canseco will start for AL The Associated Press NEW YORK Mike Schmidt and Jose Canseco proved again that when it comes to All-Star voting, popularity counts more than productivity.

Schmidt, retired since May 29, and Canseco, disabled all season, were elected Wednesday to start in next week's All-Star Game. Schmidt became the first retired player elected. He is ineligible to play because he is in inactive, but he will be introduced in pregame ceremonies. Schmidt, seventh on the all-time home run list, won the closest race at any position, holding off Cincinnati's Chris Sabo by 16,136 votes as the National League's third baseman. Schmidt was batting .203 with six homers and 28 RBIs when he retired.

NL President Bill White and All-Star Manager Tom Lasorda of Los Angeles will pick a replacement for Schmidt. A starter does not have to be announced until ga-metime. All reserves and pitchers will be announced today. But Canseco can play and plans to do just that. Last year's American League MVP, he has been out since spring training with a fractured wrist.

He is playing for Oakland's Class AA Huntsville team on a rehabilitation assignment. He is hitting .227 (5-for-22) for Huntsville. He has no extra base hits, two RBI and a stolen base. Other All-Star facts: First baseman Will Clark of San Francisco led all vote-getters with 1,833,329 and will make his second start. Outfielder Bo Jack- Windsurfing More than 300 of the top windsurfers in the world will blow into the Columbia River Gorge on Friday for the sixth annual Gorge Pro-Am boardsailing championships.

The competition will be held at Marina Park in Hood River. Admission is free for spectators, but there is a $1 parking fee. Amateurs will compete beginning at 2 p.m. Friday through Tuesday for more than $10,000 in prizes and equipment. Beginning Wednesday, July 12, through July 15, the top professionals will compete for $30,000 in cash prizes.

Sunday, July 16, has been set aside as a contingency day, if finals are not completed July 15. Bobby Bonds Bobby Bonds Barry Bonds The Berras Yogi with 358 homers and Dale with 49, the Bells Gus with 206 and Buddy with 201 teamed for 407 homers apiece. choices a retiree All-Star facts THE GAME What: National League All-Stars vs. American League All Stars. When: Tuesday, July 11.

Where: Anaheim, Calif. Television: Pre-game begins on NBC (Channel 8) at 5 p.m. Vin Scully and Tom Seaver will be the announcers. THE STATISTICS Statistics through July 5 tor the starters in the 60th All-Star Game, to be played July 1 1 at Anaheim, Calif. National League AB HR RBI AVQ Santiago, S.D...

247 21 60 5 30.243 1B Clark, S.F 296 55 99 13 59.334 2B Sandberg. Chi. 292 42 77 10 33.264 38 Schmidt. 148 19 30 6 28 .203 SS Smith, St.L 273 39 79 1 31 .289 OF Mitchell, S.F... 291 54 85 27 75 .292 OF-Strawberry, Y.

228 31 51 18 37 .224 OFGwynn.SD 329 50 117 4 35.356 American League AB HR RBI AVQ Stlnbch, Oak 255 20 82 4 26 .322 1B 239 36 58 15 48.243 2B Franco, Tex 297 40 100 10 61 .337 3B Boggs. Bos. 300 49 97 2 35 .323 SS Ripken. Bal. 325 46 92 10 48 .283 OF Jacksn, KC 293 51 78 20 56 .266 OF Pucket, Min.

327 40 110 5 44 .336 OF Cansco, Ok. 0 0 0 0 .000 ALL-STAR BONUSES Players earning bonus money for gaining election to the All-Star game: $50,000: Wade Boggs, Boston, 3b $25,000: Julio Franco, Texas, 2b; Tony Gwynn, San Diego, of; Bo Jackson, Kansas City, of; Kevin Mitchell, San Francisco, of; Kirby Puckett, Minnesota, of; Benito Santiago, San Diego, Terry Steinbach, Oakland, Dar-ryl Strawberry, New York Mets, of $20,000: Mark McGwire, Oakland, 1b $10,000: Ryne Sandberg, Chicago, 2b. son of Kansas City got the most in the AL with 1,748,696 and will make his first appearance. Darryl Strawberry of the New York Mets won a spot in the NL outfield for the fifth time, but will not play because of an injured toe. starts Friday The 1988 competition drew a field of 300 racers from 20 countries.

More than 64,000 spectators watched the nine days of competition. Robby Naish, a five-time windsurfing world champion, will be back to defend his Pro-Am title in the men's professional division. Janet Lenaburg, a Hood River resident, edged Anick Graveline for the women's professional title in 1988. Naish is expected to be challenged by Mike Gebhardt, an Olympic bronze medalist at the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea, and a first-time Pro-Am competitor; Anders Bringdal of Sweden; and Phil McCain of Australia. Scores I American League: New York 9, Detroit 1 Chicago 4, Cleveland 2 Baltimore 5, Toronto 4 Seattle 7, Minnesota 3 California 2, Texas 1 Kansas City 12, Oakland 9 Milwaukee-Boston, ppd.

rain See roundup, Page 2D I National League: Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 2 San Francisco 6, Pittsburgh 4 Montreal 7, Atlanta 5 Chicago 5, San Diego 3 Houston 6, New York 5 St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 2 See roundup, Page 2D I Northwest League: Spokane 10, Salem 6 a I SS I' Joe DeveraStatesman Journal Pioneer's Sean Whorton throws to first after fielding a bunt. Fee to join: $12.50 for couples, $7 for singles and $2.50 for juniors. For more information: George Goetzelman, 362-2947. mini Lniu.iujii.iiii Hot spot: Slide show on Peru Outdoors Rivers What's hot: A monthly meeting of the Willamette Agate and Mineral Society Inc.

When: 8 p.m. today. Where: Pringle Park Community Center. Who: The public is invited. There is no charge.

Featured attraction: A slide show by Bob and Louise Lucas, worldwide travelers. They will show slides on their trip to Peru featuring the Amazon River. About the club: The Willamette Agate and Mineral Society Inc. is about 40 years old and currently has some 80 families as members. Fisherman's river summary as provided by the National Weather Service: Station Ft.

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