The Times Herald from Port Huron, Michigan • Page 9

1 is SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 19890 TIMES HERALD SECTIONS Coming Sunday: Times Herald sportswriter Bob Kourtakis and photo editor Ralph Polovich will be on Lake Huron to watch today's Offshore Grand Prix Powerboat race. Look for complete results. INSIDE: BASEBALL: Cubs snap losing skid2B GOLF: Sheehan leads LPGA tourney2B BASKETBALL: Ex-NBA star Johnson arrested2B FOOTBALL: Complete NFL results3B LS odds Dose again, 1 3-7 (IS7 Powerboaters ready to run LIONS WATCH FRIDAY: Seahawks 13, Lions 7. PRESEASON RECORD: 0-3. NEXT GAME: 9 p.m.

Saturday at Los Angeles Rams. TV: 2. SCOn ALBERT TODAY IN SPORTS SEATTLE The new Silver Stretch remains to look like the Detroit Lions offense of old ineffective. The 0-3 Lions lost to the Seattle Seahawks 13-7 Friday night. Carl Painter scored on a one-yard run with 7:45 left in the game to pull the Lions close.

But a final drive came up short, and the Seahwaks successfully ran out the clock. Bob Gagliano moved the Lions effectively in the fourth quarter, leading the 66-yard scoring drive. Rookie quarterback Rodney Peete played the entire first half and part of the third quarter. Though he didn't put any points on the board, he did play well. Peete, who was seven-of-20 passing, was victimized by dropped passes and subpar blocking from the offensive line that stalled every drive.

The Lions had Krieg to fullback John L. Williams that took the ball to the Detroit 15. Detroit was given a golden chance to get on the board midway in the second quarter when linebacker Jimmy Williams stepped in front of a horribly un-derthrow Krieg pass and returned it 26 yards to the Seattle 20. But after a holding penalty wiped out a first down, Eddie Murray was called on to attempt a 36-yard field goal. He missed.

It marked the seventh time the Lions had been inside the 20 during the preseason scoring just 13 pointsfrom those opportunities. Seattle added a 36-yard field goal by Ian Howlfield with 21 seconds remaining in the half. Elroy Harris made it 13-0 with a one-yard touchdown run with 1:52 left in the third. Detroit concludes its pre-season schedule next Saturday at the Los Angeles Rams. By BOB KOURTAKIS Times Herald The talk and waiting is over.

It's time to race. The 3rd Annual Blue Water Offshore Grand Prix begins at noon today in lower Lake Huron. Between 30 and 35 boats are expected to compete in the 70-mile triangular course, which will run east towards the Canadian shore and north up to Lakeport. It is a new course from last year, but race director Bob Greene said it will provide improved sightlines for spectators. The best place to watch the race will be Lighthouse Park.

The lineup inlcudes a host of local favorites and national standouts. Among the boats who race on the national circuit will be Team Showdown (Missouri), Team Skater (Ohio), and Chairman of the Board (New York). The 1988 Rookie of the Year, Mike Novik, will also race with his boat, First-A-Fence. Locally, Bob Baker's Double Force, Lee Kelly's Captain Ken McMartin's Moonraker, Bill Reich's High Voltage and Tony Currier's Team Sunsation compete. just three first downs in the first three quarters.

The Seahwaks struck first and took a 3-0 lead on Norm Johnson's 44-yard field goal with 1:18 left in the first quarter. The 50-yard drive, which ate up almost eight minutes, was sparked by two first-down catches by Brian Blades and an 18-yard pass from quarterback Dave Red Sox sweep blundering Tigers TIGERS WATCH FRIDAY: Red Sox 4-11, Tigers 2-3 RECORD: 47-83. STANDINGS: 7th, 22V, games behind Orioles. NEXT GAME: 2:20 today vs. Red Sox.

BOSTON (AP) Dennis Lamp doesn't know why he's 11-0 against the Detroit Tigers. "The winning streak is just one of those things that I try not to even think about," Lamp said Friday night after helping Boston complete a 4-2, 11-3 sweep of the Tigers. "Believe me, it hasn't been easy. It just seems I get runs in key situations against the Tigers. But you can't take any team for granted in this league." Lamp, 2-1, relieved with the bases loaded in the fourth inning of the second game and pitched 3 2-3 innings.

He allowed two runs and four hits. Mike Smithson did a lot better in the first game. He allowed one run in seven innings, even though he had the flu and felt rotten. "Every time they swung and the ball hit the bat, it felt like they were hitting me on the head," Smithson said. Boston, six games out in the American League East, has won four straight.

Mike Greenwell drove in four runs and Jody Reed had three hits in the second game. Reed went 6-for-9 in the doubleheader. Detroit made eight errors in the doubleheader, including five in the first game. "I don't know what I could possibly add to what you saw out there," Tigers manager Sparky Anderson said. In the second game, Burks snapped a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning with an RBI single off Kevin Ritz, 3-2.

Mike Greenwell followed with a run-scoring single and Boston then opened it up with four runs in the sixth. The Red Sox sent Detroit, 18-16 on the road, to its sixth straight loss. Dennis Lamp, 2-1, relieved with the bases loaded in the fourth and pitched 3 2-3 innings. Doyle Alexander, 5-15, gave up 10 hits and four runs in six innings Please see TIGERS, Page 3, this section -7 7 Yzerman merits same contract as Lemieux Steve Yzerman probably smiled a bit over breakfast Wednesday when he read the morning newspapers from his Bloomfield Hills' home. There it was, in big headlines: "Lemieux signs $12 million contract." It's not that Yzerman, the best hockey player to wear a Detroit Red Wings' uniform since Gordie Howe, is a financial consultant for Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux.

It's the trickle-down effect, and Yzerman should benefit most from the Lemieux deal. Other than Lemieux and Los Angeles' Kings' superstar Wayne Gretzky, no other National Hockey League player earns more than $1 million a year. Yzerman, who is considered in the same class as the million-dollar boys on the ice, should join the two in bank accounts. Gretzky is the highest-paid player in the league, signing a $20 million contract over eight years last September, a yearly income of $2.5 million. Lemieux's deal last year was worth $12 million for five years $2.2 million a season.

By contrast, Yzerman last year made between $450,000 and $500,000. The dollar figures are a lot farther apart than the hockey statistics. Yzerman, the Red Wings' captain, carried the team to its second straight Norris Division regular-season championship last year. Without Yzerman's offense, the Wings would have finished second or third. Simply put, Yzerman was the bright spot on a team full of merry-go-round outlaws.

The six-year pro had 65 goals and 90 assists for 155 points last year for Detroit. Lemieux led the league with 85 goals and 114 assists for 199 points. Gretzky, the league MVP, finished with 54 goals and 114 assists for 168 points. Yzerman, third in the league scoring race, won the Lester Pearson Award as the players' choice for MVP. So if you look at the stats, and they are comparable, it seems time for Red Wings' owner Mike Ditch to give Yzerman a raise.

Ilitch, also owner of Little Caesars Pizza, is known for paying players top salaries (remember Warren Young and Ray Staszak). And now that Yzerman is performing like Gretzky and Lemieux, he should be compensated accordingly. Now that Lemieux has inked his deal, Yzerman deserves his asking price. Pay up, pizza man. Prober! in uniform? Detroit's troubled winger, Bob Probert, may not receive any jail sentence for crossing the border with cocaine in his jockey shorts.

Probert was arrested for smuggling narcotics into the United States, but last month pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of importing cocaine. At that time, the judge said: "I reserve the right not to impose a jail term." No jail term? Probert, who at one time was facing 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine before the plea bargain, may be a free man. He still faces the possibility of one year in jail and the deportation from the United States, but don't be surprised if the judge wipes out the jail term at the Sept. 26 sentencing. And if that happens, Probert, who is at a substance-abuse center, can petition for a return to the United States and play hockey again? It's a thought.

Scott Albert It Iht Tlmo Herald sport copy editor. Reds adjusting to post-Rose era CINCINNATI (AP) -Tommy Helms felt lost. Rob Dibble was depressed. And Pete Rose's photo was gone replaced by one of Schottzie. Change was in the air Friday on Day 1 of the post-Pete era at Riverfront Stadium, as the Cincinnati Reds got used to life without their former manager.

Most of Rose's personal belongings had been removed from the manager's office he vacated after receiving a lifetime ban Thursday. The red door had tape marks from Rose's name plate. "He still has some of his things here," said Helms, the interim manager and close friend of Rose. "He was in earlier today to pick things up. "I didn't feel comfortable coming in here today.

After our meeting, I went into the Please see ROSE, Page 3, this section Th Associated Prsss Detroit shortstop Alan Trammell tries to recover after hobbling a groundball in the seventh inning at Fenway Park Friday night. The Tigers made five errors and were beaten by Boston 4-2. Little leaguers prepare for World Series final nr i i 'fa it' Valvano fired as AD at N.C. St. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.

(AP) -North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano, who was asked Friday to quit as athletic director at the university, said he has felt like an outlaw with the news media playing the role of the posse. "They're waiting for the jailhouse scene, where they escort me out in handcuffs," Valvano said Thursday. "I feel like Dillinger." Friday, University of North Carolina system President CD. Spangler told the Board of Governors that Valvano should resign from as athletic director. "I did not seek the job," Valvano said.

"If I were asked to step down, I would do so in the Please see VALVANO, Page 3, this section Bridgeport, defeated the power-hitting Western Regional champion San Pedro, 6-3 Thursday in the semifinal game. Kaohsiung won the World Series' foreign bracket. The Far Eastern champion earned a spot in the final with a 13-0 victory over Latin American champion Maracaibo, Venezuela. Kaohsiung, a southern port city with 3 million people, has won its previous two appearances in the World Series, in 1974 and 1977. "We haven't won the championship for a long time," Manager Wu Chin-ing said through a translator.

"If we win, there will be a tremendous welcome party." The final, to be nationally televised, begins at 4 p.m. Chris Drury, a 5-foot-lMi, 126- WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -Little Leaguers from Trumbull, face a daunting task when they play Taiwan in the 43rd Little League World Series championship Saturday. Taiwanese teams have won the past three Little League World Series, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, reached the final this year by outscoring the opposition 22-4. But Trumbull manager Tom Galla said his players have been giant-killers in the past.

"They're relaxed," Galla said Friday. "We played a New Jersey team that made the Taiwanese team look small." Trumbull, the Eastern Regional champion, reached the championship by winning the U.S. bracket in the eight-team tournament. Trumbull, a suburb of Th Nhi Taiwan's Lee Chien-Chih and Connecticut's Chris Drury skake hands at the Little League World Series Friday. The two will be the starting pitchers In today's final game.

pound right-hander, is scheduled champion Davenport, Iowa, to start for Trumbull. He was Marietta, was the last the winning pitcher in a 4-3, American team to win the World first-round victory over Central Series, in 1983..