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PORT Scoreboard; 2F. Baseball; 3F. Golf; 3F. Tennis; 4F. Statesman Journal Salem, Oregon Monday, June 26, 1989 woods Foyndl one wn mrassioow By Howard Wilkinson Gannett News Service CINCINNATI Pete Rose won a battle Sunday against baseball commissioner A.

Bartlett Giamatti in Hamilton County Prevents Giamatti from holding a disciplinary hearing against Rose that was scheduled to start this morning in New York. The decision says the hearing would be "futile, illusionary and the outcome a foregone conclusion." Prevents Rose from being disciplined either by Giamatti or the Reds. Keeps Rose as manager of the Reds. Nadel said he will hold a hearing on a preliminary injunction, the next step in Rose's lawsuit against Giamatti, at 10 a.m. July 6.

If Nadel were to grant a preliminary injunction, the next step would be a permanent injunction barring Giamatti from holding the hearing. Then, Rose's lawsuit against Giamatti could go forward. The lawsuit asks that the charges be tried in Nadel's court and asks for puni- Giamatti issued a statement from his New York office saying he would contest the matter. "I regret the judge's decision," he said. "I have absolutely no prejudgment or prejudice regarding Pete Rose." Giamatti's lawyers would not talk about their next move.

But Major League Baseball has several routes lawyers could take to circumvent Nadel: Asking the Ohio Supreme Court for a rare Writ of Prohibition, which would wipe out the temporary restraining order and stop Nadel from doing anything further in the case. Asking Nadel to consolidate the hearings on the preliminary and permanent injunctions so the issue could be resolved and, if Nadel sides with Rose again, the commissioner could appeal im mediately. Nadel said the strongest evidence for Rose was an April 18 letter Giamatti sent to judge Carl B. Rubin, who was to senr tence Ron Peters on drug trafficking and tax evasion charges. Peters is one of Rose's chief accusers.

Nadel, holding up a copy of the letter, said Giamatti's comments saying Peters had provided truthful and forthright evidence in the Rose investigation showed that Giamatti had judged Rose. John Dowd, baseball's chief investigator, testified Friday that he wrote the Giamatti letter and asked the commissioner to sign it. He insisted Giamatti had told him repeatedly he would not make up his mind about Rose until Rose had a chance to refute the charges. Ryan flirts with no-hitter Page 4F tive damages. Suited up for an afternoon game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Rose watched the court proceeding on television in his Riverfront Stadium office.

He said on a pregame radio show that he was happy about Nadel's decision and that he will testify at the July hearing. "I'll be happy to go on there," Rose said. "I think a lot of things are going to come out in the next two weeks." Rose said that if Nadel had ruled against him, "We heard Giamatti would have suspended me; we heard that I might be fired." Common Fleas Court, but the war is just beginning. Rose will have a 14-day delay in facing Giamatti on charges he bet on baseball, Nadel said, because the commissioner has prejudged the Cincinnati Reds' manager. In an unusual court Pete Rose session, Nadel issued a two-week temporary that: restraining order Leader of the pack Yugoslav ready to join Blazers i If ojJr.

Pfl MWillWWWmV LJ -c team for me since I hear they are having problems with Terry Porter, who might leave the club. If Porter goes, I would be the only real guard on the team." Harry Glickman, Trail Blazers' president, said Porter would remain with Portland. "Porter is not going to leave the club," he said. "We do have to extend his contract, and we will do so." He also said the team would like to have Petrovic. "We would like to see him someday play for the Trail Blazers," Glickman said.

Petrovic, who twice has been selected as Europe's best player, said he was leaving Wednesday for the United States to see what Portland can offer. "Playing in the NBA is a great challenge for me," he said. Petrovic averaged 30 points per game for Real Madrid. He had a high of 63 points in Real's 117-113 victory against Italy's Snaidero in the final of the European Cup. Leaving for the U.S.

today is Vlade Divac, Yugoslavia's All-Star center. He is expected to be chosen in Tuesday's NBA draft. The Associated Press ZAGREB, Yugoslavia Yugoslav star Drazen Petrovic, considered the best guard in Europe, said Sunday he might join the Portland Trail Blazers. Petrovic, 25, who plays for Real Madrid, said at the European Basketball Championships that Portland was willing to buy the rest of his contract from the Spanish team. After last year's Seoul Olympics, where Yugoslavia lost to the Soviet Union in the final, Petrovic signed a four-year contract with Real Madrid, reportedly for $1 million.

"I was told that Portland is willing to buy the rest of my contract with Real," Petrovic said. "If the two teams reach agreement, I'm willing to join the NBA." The 6-foot-5 Petrovic said he was asked to join Portland before signing with Real Madrid. "But the financial offer by the Trail Blazers at that time was much smaller than Real's," he said. "Now Portland is willing to give much more. "I think Portland is a very good Joe DeVeraStatesman Journal The rest of the field for the Portland 200 spent most of the day chasing Emerson Fittipaldi as he won for the third time this year.

Fittipaldi gets unconventional victory Salem moves back into first-place tie Portland 200 Top 10 1. E. Fittipaldi, $81,160 2. Bobby Rahal, $65,680 3. Arie Luyendyk, $50,200 4.

Teo Fabi, $42,460 5. Scott Pruett, $38,340 6. Michael Andretti, $26,720 7. Raul Boesel, $30,100 8. Rick Mears, $26,480 9.

Pancho Carter, $22,860 10. AlUnser $22,136 nice to have that feeling, but as you know, there are very many good teams." Fittipaldi won by 20.36 seconds about one-third of a lap despite taking three pit stops. Rahal and third-place finisher Ari Luyendyk, who was another 40 seconds back, took two pit stops. Fittipaldi praised his crew, which got him out of the pit on his final stop in 13.75 seconds. That helped him stick close to Mears, who led by 10.01 seconds on lap 69 and by 9.4 seconds moments before he stopped on lap 71, out of fuel.

Mears later resumed the race, but by that time Fittipaldi was in command. The only suspense was whether he had enough fuel. A record crowd of about 60,000 watched with anticipation as Fittipaldi coaxed his Penske PCl8-Chevrolet around the final four laps at Portland International Raceway. The car appeared to sputter once, but Fittipaldi said he didn't notice anything. "I just know they kept saying, 'Save fuel, save he said about his pit crew.

There were two key moments for Fittipaldi, who led 62 of the 104 laps. At the end of the 14th lap, he passed pole-sitter Teo Fabi heading into the chicane. Fittipaldi, who qualified second, had wondered Saturday whether his Chevrolet engine had enough power to beat Fabi's new Porsche. He got his answer. "The car ran beautifully all day," he said.

Also crucial was a cautionary period midway through the race. That enabled Fittipaldi to take a pit stop without losing much ground, and it saved on fuel. By Bill Purcell The Statesman Journal PORTLAND Emerson Fittipaldi didn't take the traditional victory lap after winning Sunday's Portland 200. His car ran out of fuel. Instead, runner-up Bobby Rahal gave Fittipaldi a ride to the pits on the side of his car.

"I ran out of fuel on the slow-ing-down lap, and I was very pleased," Fittipaldi said. "Then I just got a beautiful ride back to the pits." Rahal said, "It would be an empty victory circle, so I had to pick him up." Indeed, the victory circle is where Fittipaldi belongs this Indy-car season. He won at Indianapolis last month and at Detroit last weekend. A former Formula I Grand Prix champion, Fittipaldi is in the driver's seat to complete a Spins cause trouble Page 4F rare double with an Indy-car championship. He has 86 points to runner-up Rick Mears' 70.

Fittipaldi said: "We're working very hard to be successful, but it is very easy to lose. It's hands of the Athletics. A loss would have left the Dodgers two games out of first and tied with Eugene (5-5). Beyers said: "It would have been real tough to go on the road with a three-game losing streak. We played well tonight." The Dodger bats came alive for 14 hits, five for extra bases.

Chris Morrow, leading the Northwest League in hitting at .476, had three RBI, two runs and two hits, including a two-run homer. Brock McMurray added two hits and two RBI, and Rex Peters had three hits. Salem (6-4) entered the game hitting .325 as a team, leading the Northwest League. Beyers said Morrow's performance didn't surprise him. "He's swung the bat well all season," he said.

"If our guys keep hitting well like they've been doing, we'll keep it together as a team." Salem took the lead for good in the first inning. With two outs and no one on base, Peters singled to left, and McMurray singled to right scoring Peters with the help of Steve LeMuth's fielding error. Morrow followed with his first home run of the season. Ahead 4-1 in the fifth inning, the Dodgers erupted for six runs as the first six batters reached base with hits. Only two Salem, players failed to hit safely in the game.

By Marc Schlotthauer The Statesman Journal The Salem Dodgers reclaimed a share of first place in the Northern Division of the Northwest League on Sunday, defeating the Southern Oregon Athletics 10-1 at Chemeketa Field. Winning pitcher Ramon Ta-veras (2-0) turned in his best performance of the season, allowing three hits and one unearned run through six innings of work. More importantly, Taveras struck out six and walked only one batter, throwing a total of 27 called balls against 22 Southern Oregon batters. Salem manager Tom Beyers said he was impressed with Taveras' outing. "That's the best I've seen him throw," he said.

"I'm real happy with our staff, they've all got good stuff. It's just a matter of them going out there and throwing strikes and challenging the hitters." Salem pitchers walked 10 batters Saturday in a 3-2 loss. Taveras' fastball was consistently clocked at just under 90 mph, and he was throwing as hard as 93 mph in the first inning. Dodger relievers Bill Bene and Napoleon Robinson in three innings combined to allow two hits and one unearned run. The victory enabled Salem to avoid a three-game sweep at the Wimbledon starts with lack of clear favorites But they have labored somewhat this season, and there is no predicting who could come from obscurity, like a Michael Chang, the improbable French Open victor against Edberg who now seeks to acquire credentials on grass.

Martina Navratilova, 32, the No. 2 women's seed, said she is as fit as she ever has been for Wimbledon after winning two grass-court tournaments in the past two weeks. seed, is playing so well she did not bother to practice Sunday. Pavel Slozil, her coach, said, "No reason to." But Graf is no longer considered invulnerable after her loss to Arantxa Sanchez in the French Open final. Beyond them it is a jumble.

Defending champion Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker, last years' runner-up and a two-time champion, are the more realistic favorites among the men. The Washington Post LONDON The courts of Wimbledon are an immaculate, anticipatory green, and the weather is perfect. But when The Championships begin today, the clouds will somehow know and suck this way, and the field will lament the queer bounces on these deceptively geometric tennis courts that never play as neatly as they look. There is a noticeable lack of order in the men's and women's singles draws. If there are favor- McEnroe drops threat Page 4F ites, they are shaded ones with blurred edges, as even the top seeds seem unsure things.

Men's No. 1 seed Ivan Lendl has said before he will win this tournament someday or die trying to, but has yet to prove he won't do the latter. Steffi Graf, the top women's Scores Outdoors Today's spotlight: Jose Canseco Hot spot: Open Heart Open Rivers Gannett News Service OAKLAND, Calif. Right fielder Jose Canseco of the ff -4. i WW National League: New York 5, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 5, St.

Louis 3 Houston 12, Atlanta 6 Montreal 5, Chicago 0 Los Angeles 7, Cincinnati 0 San Diego 10, San Francisco 7 See roundup, Page 3F American League: Minnesota 7, Boston 0 Milwaukee 3, Chicago 1 New York 5, Kansas City 4 Oakland 6, Toronto 3 California 7, Baltimore 6 Seattle 5, Detroit 3 Texas 4, Cleveland 2 See roundup, Page 3F starting lineup Wednesday. Canseco, who is recovering from May 10 wrist surgery, said he figures to be in Huntsville 10 days. Last year's American League most valuable player said he wants about 50 at-bats before making his return to the major leagues, which could be at the All-Star game in Anaheim if he's ready. Canseco, who has not played in the majors this year, earlier had a short rehabilitation stint at Huntsville before reinjuring himself. What's hot: Tenth annual Open Heart Open, a benefit golf tournament for heart research.

When: No host lunch, 11 a.m.; shotgun start, noon; no host social, 5-6 p.m.; dinner, 6 p.m. Where: Wane Hills Country Club, 3376 Country Club Road South, Salem. Cost: $125 per player and $175 per couple; $25 for each additional dinner guest. The tournament includes a banquet and Nike windbreaker, in addition to 18 holes of golf. Guest speaker Richard Oakland Athletics will take the next step toward rejoining the team when he departs Tuesday for the A's Class AA farm team in Huntsville, Ala.

Fisherman's river summary as provided by the National Weather Service: Station Ft Chg. Corvallis (Willamette) 0.4 0.0 Albany (Willamette) 2.8 0.0 Mehama (N. Santiam) 3.1 Jefferson (Santiam) 2.5 Salem (Willamette) 5.2 Oregon City (upper) 3.0 Oregon City (lower) 3.5 -1 .0 Estacada (Clackamas) 1.3 Sandy (Sandy) 8.5 0.0 Tillamook (Wilson) 2.0 Beaver (Nestucca) 3.1 0.0 Siletz (Siletz) 2.6 Tidewater (Alsea) 1 .7 Mapleton (Siuslaw) 3.5 0.0 See fish forecast, Page 2F Ross, a Portland television personality. Featured guest: Evelyn Smith, Salem. Contact: 581-3233.

Jose Canseco He is expected to be in the I i.