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(0 Scorecard 2d Briefs! it i 3C I NEWS-PRESS" i FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1988 SCOHES AMERICAN LEAGUE Tigers 8, Athletics 1 Orioles 6, Rangers 0 Angels 7, Indians 1 The NBA world according to Lane Los Angeles Times News Service DEST DETS Shark and tarpon fishing on the Calooshatchee and off of Sanibei Island is great2C homers The Detroit Tigers slug 5 home runs to defeat the Athletics3C 1 Outdoors Mil foSn TwDims dooTniDimaG All-Stare NATIONAL LEAGUE Reds 5, Phillies 2 Pirates 2, Padres 0 Game stories3C AL's Kelly picks By The Associated Press NEW YORK The defending World Series champs, the Minnesota Twins, and the team which has gone the longest without a World Series appearence, the Chicago Cubs, dominated all-star reserves named Thursday. Twins manager Tom Kelly named five of his players to the American League roster for Tuesday's all-star game in Cincinnati. Kelly picked pitchers Frank Viola and Jeff Reardon, catcher Tim Laudner, third baseman Gary Gaettl and outfielder Kirby Puckett. No Twins were selected to a starting position by fan balloting. The Cubs, who haven't been in the World Series since 1945, had two starters voted to the game second baseman Ryne Sandberg and right fielder Andre Dawson.

On Thursday NL manager Whitey Herzog of the St. Louis Cardinals named four more Cubs to the squad pitcher Greg Maddux, shortstop Shawon Dunston, third baseman Vance Law and outfielder Rafael Palmiero. The Twins' Puckett tried to divert atten Associated Press rn 17 I I Jj AL reserves Cctchan Tim Laudner, Twins InfleMers: George Brett, Royals; Gary Ozzle Guillen, White Sox; Carney Lansford, Athletics; Don Matting-ly, Yankees; Johnny Ray, Angels; Harold Reynolds, Mariners; Cal Ripken, Orioles 1 OirtftoMew Mike Qreenwell, Red Sox; Klrby Puckett. Twins. Pitchers: Doyle Alexandr, Tigers; Roger Clement, Red Sox; Dennis Eckersley, Athletics; Mark Qubteza, Royals; Doug Jones.

Indians: Dan Plesac. Brewers: Jeff Reardon. Jeff Russell Rangers; Dave shod, Blue Jays; Frank viola, Twins. KL reserves Catcher: Lance Pafrish, Phillies. Inflelders: Shawon Dunston, Cubs; Andres Galarraga, Expos; Barry Lar-ktn, Reds; Vance Law, Cubs; Gerald Perry, Braves; Chris Sabo, Reds; Robbie Thompson, Giants.

Outfielders: Rafael Palmeiro, Cubs; Willie McGee, Cardinals; Andy Van Slyke, Pirates. Cone, Mets; Mark Davis, Padres; Dwlght Gooden, Mets; Kevin Gross, Phillies; Orel Hershiser, Dodgers; Danny Jackson, Reds; Bob Knepper, Astros; Greg Maddux, Cubs; Todd Worrell, Cardinals. 4-A erome Lane, the University of Pittsburgh forward who passed up his senior year to make himself eligible for the NBA draft, had a few things to say after being picked in the first round by the Denver Nuggets. I "The Nuggets have some real old players. Yeah, maybe I can make room for myself." "I was hoping to be drafted by Cleveland.

I wanted to go to the Cavs real bad. They picked Randolph Key s. I couldn't believe that, man." I "I love the physical play in NBA basketball. I love it, love it I live on physical play. I don't believe the game should be played with a finesse-type situation.

I love physical play. Love it" "Charles Barkley is a pretty good player, but I know I'm better than him. I don't like the way he conducts himself." How's that? "He talks too much." Add Lane: Said Marty Blake, director of scouting services for the NBA: "He probably should have stayed in school." Dave LaPoint of the Chicago White Sox, who has played on six teams, picked a team of favorite players for the Detroit Free Press. A few selections: Keith Hernandez (St Louis): "A complete player who never shuts up." Alan Trammell (Detroit): "Never had a meal without wearing some of it home." Manny Trillo (San Francisco) "Sings at theplate. I Chill Dl vis (San Francisco): "Only man to break bar.

over knee." Gorman Thomas (Milwaukee): "Best bat and helmet thrower ever; set my bar money on fire." Add LaPoint: He picked Peter O'Malley as his favorite owner, saying, "He brings in 3 million people a year, has free beer for the players and gives them a free cruise at Christmas." On why his favorite charter airline is Ozark: "Beer on every fifth seat." Trivia Time: Who is the only pitcher to be named most valuable player in the league two years in a row? (Answer below.) Said Lee Thomas, Philadelphia's new director of personnel, after the club had extended Manager Lee Ella's contract through 1989: "I think he's the guy to get this club moving The Phillies proceeded; to lose two stralghttoAtlanta. i From the Providence Journal-Bulletin: "According to sources in the Dodger organization, the clique around General Manager Fred Claire is openly talking about who will replace Tom Lasorda after this season, as if Lasorda's leaving is a fait accompli. "Claire and Lasorda have had a testy relationship since Claire replaced Al Campanis last year. Apparently, Lasorda does not fit the button-down image Claire feels the Dodgers should have as manager. No wonder Claire is called Mister Rogers behind his back." Tommy John of the New York Yankees, on Billy Martin: "He treated me and my wife great, but he didn't understand pitching." Trivia Answer Hal Newhouser of Detroit He won American League MVPs after going 29-9 in 1944 and 25-9 in 1945.

Quotebook: General Manager Donnie Walsh of the Indiana Pacers, on Kentucky guard Rex Chapman, a disappointment in Olympic tryouts before being drafted by the Charlotte Hornets: "He suffers from people feeling he's the next Jerry West. He'd be doing fine as the next Danny Ainge." Starr's son found dead By The Associated Press TAMPA The badly decomposed body of Bret Michael Starr was found Thursday in a suburban Tampa house leased by his father, former NFL quarterback and coach Bart Starr, police said. Bart Starr summoned police after he arrived at his 24-year-old son's house Thursday morning, discovered a foul smell and couldn't get in, said i Hillsborough Capt Gary Terry. "He notified us because he couldn't raise anybody at the house and deputies responded with him," said Terry, adding there were no obvious signs of trauma to the body such as bullet or knife wounds. "The place was locked up tight The body was lying on the floor in a dining area that opened into a backyard.

It had been there an estimated two to four days and the air conditioning was off," said sheriffs spokesman Jack Espinosa. He said there was no identification on the body. Authorities said they would have to await an autopsy report to find out how the younger Starr died. Is this right way to pick a team? By The Associated Press NEW YORK It's a controversy that is as much a part of the All-Star Game as the game itself: do the best players make the starting lineups? Consider some of the starters selected by the fans this year. At second base for the American League is Milwaukee's Paul Moli-tor, a solid .300 hitter.

But he has not played at second since last season. Vince Coleman of the St. Louis Cardinals was chosen as a starting outfielder. Coleman is batting .282 with 45 stolen bases, but is he having a better season than teammate Willie McGee, a .320 hitter who finished fifth in voting? How about the starting catchers: Gary Carter for the National League and Terry Steinbach for the American League? Carter is batting .245 and has not homered since May 1 6. Steinbach is hitting just .217 with four See PICKS, page 3C dry ypn Market toughens biitlafew By DAVID LEON MOORE Gannett News Service fter winning Most Valuable A Player honors in the Super Bowl, Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams A.

waited for the phone to ring. He was ready to sell Big Macs and diet Cokes. Maybe a classy automobile. Maybe debut a Doug Williams line of footballs or shoes. But the phone never rang.

At first, he wondered why. Then, he stopped wondering why. He knew why. He was the wrong color. "You don't have to be a Phi Beta Kappa to figure out some things in this world," says Williams, the first black to play quarterback in the Super Bowl.

"What if the shoe had been on the other foot? If (Denver Broncos quarterback) John Elway had won the Super Bowl, what do you think he'd be doing?" TV commercials? "You're darn right," Williams said. "Most America knows that. They'd be knocking his door down." He also is being hurt by a general trend affecting athletes of all colors. Few team-sports athletes are having their doors knocked down these days. Big-money endorsements for athletes are increasingly reserved for team-sports superstars such as Michael Jordan and Jim McMahon, or individual-sports stars such as Arnold Palmer and Chris Evert For football, basketball or baseball players, opportunities are drying up.

Even bread-and-butter shoe contracts that routinely lined the pockets of run-of-the-mill team players in the early 1 980s are disappearing. "The bloom is off the rose with the superstar endorsements," said Don Smith, a New York-based sports marketing consultant, Added Halg Megerian of Advantage International, a sports marketing and management firm: "These things run in cycles, and it's a down cycle for the big endorsement contracts for athletes. The phone isn't ringing for a lot of white guys, too." One reason, Smith said, is that companies are questioning the believability and integrity of the professional athlete of the '80s. "When an athlete says I sleep on this mattress every day or I use this product every day, consumers just don't believe that crap," he said. "There's a feeling in corporations that to sign some superstar guy for $250,000 or $500,000 is a waste of money unless they're really, really sure they can make the investment translate to consumer reaction.

And it just doesn't See DEALS, page 3C Deal five of his own tion from his manager selecting five Twins as reserves. "If anybody knows T.K. (Tom Kelly), they know he's not that kind of manager (who would choose his own players if they didn't deserve it). Check the numbers and see," Puckett said. Joining Minnesota's Viola and Reardon on the AL pitching staff are Boston's Roger.

Clemens, Kansas City's Mark Gubicza, Toronto's Dave Stieb, Detroit's Doyle Alexander, Oakland's Dennis Eckersley, Cleveland's Doug Jones, Milwaukee's Dan Plesac and Texas' Jeff Russell. The AL reserves: Kansas City's George Brett, Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Chicago's Oz-zie Guillen, Oakland's Carney Lansford, New York's Don Mattingly, California's Johnny Ray, Seattle's Harold Reynolds. First time selections to the NL squad are New York's David Cone, San Diego's Mark Davis, Philadelphia's Kevin Gross, Cincinnati's Danny Jackson and St. Louis's Todd Worrell. Rounding out the nine-man NL staff are New York's Dwight Gooden, Houston's Bob Knepper and Los Angeles' Orel Hershisher.

Charlcme Rangers win in 11 Box 2C By PAUL HARRIS News-Press Staff Writer And today's hero is Fred Samson. The Charlotte Rangers are making a habit of winning games in their last at-bat. On Wednesday, it was catcher Bill Haselman with a home run with two out in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Lakeland Tigers, 1-0. Thursday night it was third baseman Fred Samson who singled in right fielder Sam Sosa in the bottom of the 1 1th to give the Rangers a 3-2 win over the Winter Haven Red Sox. The win raises Charlotte's record to 11-6.

WinterHavenis4-12. "Originally Bobby (Manager Bobby Jones) wanted me to bunt and I fouled it off," Samson said. "But the second time he didn't give it (the bunt sign) to me." Samson played a part in sending the game into extra innings. Winter Haven reliever Bobbie McGowan, who gave up the game-winning hit was brought in to face Samsom with the Red Sox leading, 2-1, the bases loaded and none out in the ninth. McGowan promptly walked Samson on five pitches to tie the contest.

But that's all the damage the Rangers could do in the ninth. Shortstop Rey Sanchez hit a grounder to shortstop David Milstein, who fired to catcher Livio Padilla to force Sosa out at the plate. Center fielder Alex Marte then hit a bouncer back to McGowan that turned into a 1-2-3 double play to end the inning. "Is that weak or what?" Jones said. "The first hitter walks and we can't score one run." That's not a new trend.

In the past five games Charlotte is hitting .162, or 25-for-154. The amazing thing is that the Rangers have won three of those contests. So things looked bleak when the Red Sox scored on a double play in the second inning and took a 1-0 lead. But the Rangers tied it in the sixth when left fielder Juan Gonzalez lined his sixth home run of the year over the left-field wall off Winter Haven starter Charles Wacha. The game stayed tied until the top of the ninth, when Sox left fielder Erik Laseke hit a slicing liner down the right-field line.

Sosa tried unsuccessfully to make a diving catch, and the ball rolled past him to the wall. Laseke ended up with a triple and scored one out later when first baseman Vinnie Degifico singled to right But Charlotte wasn't dead yet. Catcher Darren Loy lead off the ninth with a pinch single to left. Sosa then reached when nobody covered first on his sacrifice bunt and Bernardo followed with a single to right that chased reliever Tony Moseley. McGowan then came on and walked Samson.

David Lynch (4-2) got the win in relief of starter Terry Mathews. Mathews pitched nine innings, allowing one run. He came into the game tied for the lead in victories in the Florida State League with 10. He has lost three. Washington Redskin quarterback Doug Williams fresh from his record-breaking performance in the Super Bowl XXII, has waited for the advertisers to call, but so far has received only a couple of offers.

The top ten These sports figures made the most money from endorsements In 1987: 1 1. ARNOLD PALMER, $8 million. Top deals: Hertz, Paine Webber, Pennzoll, United Airlines, Sears. 2. JACK NICKLAUS, $8 million.

Top deals: Bostonian Shoe Hart Schaffn-er Marx, Optlque Du Monde, Pine Hosiery Mills, Warnaco. 3. BORIS BECKER, $8 million. Top deals: Puma, Coca-Cola, Polaroid. 4.

GREG NORMAN, $4.5 million. Top deals: Reebok, Spalding, Hertz, Qantas Airlines. 5. MICHAEL JORDAN, $4 million. Top deals: Nike, Wilson, McDonalds, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet.

6. IVAN LENDL, $3 million. Top deals: Avis, Seiko, Adidas. 7. JOHN MADDEN, $3 million.

Top deals: Ace Hardware, Miller Lite, Ramada, Exxon, Canon, Greyhound. 8. JIM McMAHON, $3 million. Top deals: Taco Bell, Kraft Foods, Honda, Adidas. 9.

DENNIS CONNER, $2 million. Top deals: Rayban, Sperry Topsider, Wrlg-ley's, Disney, Merrill Lynch, Ford, Pepsi. 10. CHRIS EVERT, $2 million. Top deals: Upton Iced Tea, Wilson, Converse, Ellesse, Rolex.

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