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o) Sports State Mid-Am preview. 2B Sportscope 3B The Baseball Page 4B Pro football roundup 5B Great Falls Tribune Thursday, August 16, 1990 iiUiollaiid slays the Giants JVC Phillies' left-hander no-hits his former teammates A record 8th SAN FRAN PHILA ob bl ob bl Porker cf 3 0 0 0 Dvkstrocf 4111 Andrsn 2b 3 0 0 0 Daulton 3 2 12 Downs 0 0 0 0 VHoves If 2 0 0 0 WCIork lb 3 0 0 0 Murphv rf 4 0 0 0 Mitchell II 3 0 0 0 Kruk lb 4 12 1 MWIms 3b 3 0 0 0 Herr 2b 3 110 Litton rf 3 0 0 0 CHoves 3b 4 0 11 Kennedy 2 0 0 0 Thon 4 110 Bathe Ph 1 0 0 0 Mulhlnd 3 0 11 Urlbess 3 0 0 0 Robinsn 2 0 0 0 Kingerv cf 0 0 0 0 GCartr ph 10 0 0 Totals 27 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 1 dented sixth no-hitter to beat Oakland on June 11. Oakland's Dave Stewart and Los Angeles' Fernando Valenzuela made baseball history on June 29 by pitching no-hitters on the same day in each league. Less than 24 hours later, Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox on July 1 but lost 4-0 at Comiskey Park. On July 12, Melido Perez of the Chicago White Sox, the brother of Pascual, pitched the record-tying seventh no-hitter of the season, a rain-shortened six-inning victory at Yankee Stadium.

Mulholland, who tossed the seventh no-hitter in Phillies history, came along with Hayes and pitcher Dennis Cook in the trade for Bedrosian on June 18, 1989. Mulholland struck out eight and walked none in making baseball history against his former team. "A lot of those guys are good friends of mine," Mulholland said. "I hope they don't feel disgraced." Mulholland was a compensation pick by the Giants in the June 1984 amateur draft for Detroit's signing Darrell Evans. He made it to the majors for the first time in 1986.

IV: 1U felSu i Philadelphia's Terry Mulholland leaps into catcher Darren uaunon arms arter no-nittmg ban Francisco Wednesday. wild leave CSU's Bruce wheezing By RALPH BERNSTEIN AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA Terry Mu-lholland knew he had baseball history as soon as Charlie Hayes caught the ball. Mulholland pitched the record eighth no-hitter of the season Wednesday night as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0. "You can't realize what went through my mind when he caught that ball," Mulholland said. "It was such a rush of emotion.

I'm not usually an emotional guy, but I knew the significance of that." Mulholland knew he had just become an important part of the season of the no-hitter. The season's eighth no-hitter surpassed the modern record of seven set in 1917 and 1908. Mu-lholland's no-hitter was the first this century by a Phillies pitcher in Philadelphia, and also was the first nine-inning no-hitter in the 20 seasons of Veterans Stadium. Ironically, Hayes' error in the seventh inning cost Mulholland a shot at a perfect game. Rick Parker led off with a routine grounder that Hayes fielded easily, but he made a Dodgers extend streak By CURT BACKA Tribune Correspondent The Great Falls Dodgers continued their winning ways with pitching and defense Wednesday.

The Dodgers won their 12th straight victory with a 3-1 decision over the Medicine Hat Blue Jays at Legion Park. The Dodgers took advantage of five hits and used solid defense and the pitching of David Baumann to record the win. "We were a little flat coming out tonight after last night's game," Dodger skipper Joe Vavra said. The Dodgers were coming off an exciting 6-5 12-inning road win over the Billings Mustangs Tuesday night. Mike Busch's home run in the 12th kept the win streak alive.

Baumann, who has only given up one run over his last 12 innings, had pinpoint accuracy Wednesday. The right-hander pitched 7 innings of shutout ball and gave up six hits before giving away to Brian Pi-otrowicz, who recorded his seventh save. "I wasn't sure I was going to make the start tonight," Baumann said. "My back has been hurting me and I came in a took some treatment from our trainer." The Dodgers picked up two runs in the fourth inning. Garey Ingram led off with a double and Mike Busch followed with a walk.

Ira Smith moved the runners over with a single. Keoki Farrish ripped a San Francisco ON 000 000-0 Philadelphia 100 032 00x- E-CHaves. DP-Phlladelphla l.LOB- Philadelphia S. 2B-Dvkstra, Kruk. HR Daulton (10).

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What the heck, I'll take the error." Mulholland finished the no-hitter Another win MED. HAT Roberts If Hvers lb Bowers cf Bottle 3b Harms dh Septimo rf Garcia Coolbaugh ss Choote 2b GREAT FALLS ab bl ab bl 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 110 4 0 11 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 10 Mondesi rf Maurer ss Ingram dh Busch lb Smith If Andrews If Farrish cf Bohringe 2b Watts 3b Mevers 3b Lund Frouhofer2b Blackwell rf Totals 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 3 110 3 10 0 3 12 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 10 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 2 Totals 35 1 1 Med. Hat 000 000 010-1 Great Falls 000 201 OOx-3 E-Coolbaugh 2, Battle 2. DP-Med. Hat 1.

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Battle could not handle the shot, allowing Ingram to come in with the game's first run. After Burgess Watts struck out, Ed Lund's sacrifice fly drove in Busch. The Dodgers picked up a single-run in the sixth thanks to the hustle of Ira Smith. Smith led off the inning with a single, stole second, moved to third on a ground ball by Farrish, and scored on a wild pitch by Blue Jays starter Paul Spoljari, whose record fell to 3-6 with the loss. Dodger notes: Dodgers' infielder Tim Griffin left for Los Angeles Sunday to undergo shoulder surgery.

His place on the roster was filled by Helms Bohringe. Bohringe was moved over from Yakima in the Northwest League. Bohringe drew a walk and played the ninth inning in Wednesday's baseman Burgess Watts, who was hospitalized after being hit in the chest by a pitch in the 12th inning of the Dodgers' victory Tuesday, played Wednesday and went 0-for-2. The Rams went 5-5-1 in their first season under Bruce after winning only one game the previous year. In the Pac-10, Southern Cal will be seeking its fourth straight conference title.

But the Trojans must overcome the loss of defensive stars Junior Seau and Mark Carrier, who decided to skip their final year to enter the NFL Leading the Southern Cal offense will be sophomore quarterback Todd Marinovich, who threw for 2,578 yards last season, and Rose Bowl MVP Ricky Ervins, who led the Pac-10 in rushing with 1,395 yards. Arizona, Oregon and Washington which finished in a three-way tie for second last season could challenge for the title. Traditional power UCLA will try to rebound from a 3-7-1 season, its worst record in 18 years. The Big West Conference will feature something old and someone new: Fresno State is favored to win its third straight conference title and George Allen returns to the college ranks after a 34-year absence. Allen, 72, is trying to turn around the program at Long Beach State.

Although he had 12 straight winning seasons in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins, Allen hasn't been a college head coach since he guided the Whittier Poets in 1956. in the ninth by retiring pinch-hitter Bill Bathe and Jose Uribe on grounders and getting pinch-hitter Gary Carter on a hard line drive that Hayes backhanded in fair territory. "I'm just happy to have Charlie over there," Mulholland said. "He makes those kind of plays." Mulholland (7-6) came to the Phillies last season from the Giants in trade for reliever Steve Bedrosian. He entered Wednesday's game with a 4.34 earned-run average.

"Our hitters said they couldn't pick up the ball," Giants manager Roger Craid said. "He was in command the whole game. He got better as the game went on." The only other no-hitter in Veterans Stadium history was by Pascual Perez of Montreal on Sept. 24, 1988, a game shortened to five innings by rain. "I was getting a little bit of a jelly leg," Mulholland said.

"I didn't feel comfortable." The 1990 no-hit parade started on April 11 when California's Mark Langston and Mike Witt combined to beat Seattle. Randy Johnson then pitched the first no-hitter in Seattle history, beating Detroit on June 2. Nolan Ryan pitched his unprece West is WAC's offenses By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer The wild, wild West is alive and well in the Western Athletic Conference. The wacky WAC was college football's top offensive conference in the 1980s, featuring a freewheeling style that confounded defenses and delighted fans. In five of the last 10 years, a WAC team has led the nation in total offense.

During that time, the league also produced 14 players who led the country in one offensive category or another. It's unlike any other league. Just ask Earle Bruce, who spent nine seasons at grind-it-out Ohio State before moving to Colorado State. "When I think of football scores, I think of 21-17, 14-10. It's hard for me to think of winning games 48-47," Bruce said.

Offensive diversity is a trademark of the WAC, which stretches across four time zones, from El Paso, Texas, to Honolulu. The league features the wishbone, the run-and-shoot, teams that pass almost every down from a pro set and a dizzying array of formations. "I've seen two backs, then one back and finally no backs," Bruce said. "I haven't played too many teams that don't use a running back, but you see that in this league. It makes you wonder what they're going to do." There also are some excellent defensive players in the WAC.

They just tend to get overlooked. "We've been ranked among the top 20 defenses nationally, and so have Wyoming and Hawaii on oc- By CHUCK MELVIN AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND The New York Yankees, never short on melodrama under George Steinbrenner, are taking their act to Broadway without him. Steinbrenner on Wednesday chose Broadway producer Robert Nederlander to succeed him as managing general partner, complying with Commissioner Fay Vincent's order that The Boss get out of baseball by Monday. Nederlander was approved unanimously by the Yankees' limited partners. He will be the interim chief of the franchise until he is approved by three-fourths of the American League teams and a majority of National League teams, a process expected to take about a month.

One of the Yankees' 18 limited partners, Nederlander is president of the Nederlander Organization, which owns 30 theaters in the U.S. and Britain, including 1 1 Broadway theaters. He has economics and law degrees from the University of Michigan, where he was a member of its Regents for 16 years. His family is the second-most powerful in American theater, behind the Shuberts. The Ne-derlanders have presented such Broadway hits as "Annie," "Nicholas Nickleby" and "La Cage aux Folles," but also lost $5.3 million on the 1989 production "Legs Diamond." Steinbrenner was an investor in many Nederlander shows, including "Legs Diamond." "Robert is a dear friend of my AP Photo Jones' star was bright By Tribune Staff The San Diego Padres didn't used to be the biggest underachieves in baseball.

No sir, they used to be just bad. Brutal. Pathetic. From 1969 through 1974, the Padres averaged 59 wins and 101 losses per season. They went through some pretty good managers too.

Guys like Don Zimmer, John McNamera, Preston Gomez, and later on, Roger Craig. Early offensive stars like Nate Colbert, Ollie Brown and See JONES, 2B important thing. I've always said, anybody who's a CEO for a company should get out afer 10 years. Besides, my involvement in the U.S. Olympic Committee, that really is the most important thing in my life now other than my family." Steinbrenner said it's still possible his son could assume control in the future, and Nederlander said he would welcome greater participation from Steinbrenner's sons, Hank and Harold, and son-in-law, Joseph A.

Molloy. Hank runs Steinbrenner's thoroughbred business in Florida and Harold is an undergraduate at Williams College. Molloy is the Yankees' secretary-treasurer. "The Nederlander family and the Steinbrenner family have been dear friends for 25 years. We continue to and will value our longstanding friendship," Nederlander said.

"The New York Yankees remain one of the greatest franchises in the world of sports. I expect that position of prestige to continue." Steinbrenner headed a group that bought the Yankees from CBS Inc. in 1973 for $10 million, and the Nederlanders were part of that group. The team is said to be worth about $250 million now. Steinbrenner owns 55 percent of the stock but has been ordered to reduce that to less than 50 percent by August 1991.

Vincent withheld personal judgment on the selection of Nederlander. "I'll have to wait and learn more before I have a comment," he said in St. Louis. Steinbrenner picks Nederlander to run Yankee ship Third in a series casion," Brigham Young coach LaVell Edwards said. "But there'll never be a bunch of us up there because of the kind of offense we play.

We play the most exciting, most wide-open offenses in the country. "WAC teams will move the football against anyone, I don't care who they play. Air Force moves it on Notre Dame, we move it on Miami." The league was once dominated by Brigham Young, which won or shared the WAC title for 10 straight years from 1976-85. But other schools have broken through in recent years, with San Diego taking the title in 1986 and Wyoming winning the following two years. This year, the leading contenders include BYU, Hawaii and Colorado State.

BYU features quarterback Ty De-tmer, considered one of the preseason favorites for the Heisman Trophy. Detmer had an amazing sophomore season, passing for 4,560 yards and 32 touchdowns and leading the nation in passing efficiency. Hawaii returns 12 starters from a team that went 9-3-1, routed BYU and went to the Aloha Bowl. "I think we've got a solid foundation to build on," coach Bob Wagner said. Colorado State was one of the most improved teams in the country last season, and 17 starters are back.

family's," Steinbrenner said. "He is family, as far as I'm concerned. I'm very pleased with the action of the partnership." Vincent on July 30 ordered Steinbrenner to relinquish control of the Yankees because of his dealings with gambler Howard Spira. Steinbrenner paid $40,000 to Spira for information about former Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield. The 57-year-old Nederlander was Steinbrenner's third choice as a successor.

He first offered the job to his 33-year-old son, Hank, but Hank said no. Vincent blocked the second choice, Yankees executive vice president Leonard L. Kleinman and ordered him to appear at a hearing Sept. 6 because of possible involvement with Spira. "It wasn't a third choice at all," Steinbrenner said.

"My son was the first choice. The rest of the people who were considered were right together." Angered by the commissioner's veto, Kleinman said he is considering legal action. He said he doubted oY I that Vincent could conduct an impartial hearing. "There's no question in my mind that the commissioner's only intent in going forward with the hearing is to destroy my relationship with the Yankees," Kleinman said. If he had been nominated, Kleinman said he would have had the support of partners holding 80 percent of the Yankees stock.

"The commissioner has destroyed that unique business opportunity, to hold the most prestigious job in baseball," he said. Fifteen of the partners attended the meeting at a hotel at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Lester Crown, a Chicago industrialist, and his sons Daniel and James were not there because of a death in the family. Two of Nederlander's brothers, James and Harry, are also limited partners. James was part of a group that tried to buy the Cleveland Indians in 1981, but that deal fell through.

Together, the brothers own 6 percent of the Yankees' stock. "I have great confidence in Robert," Steinbrenner said. "He comes from a family that's been associated with mine for 25 years in the show business end. As far as I'm concerned, I couldn't have had a better man. My son Hank told me that he just wasn't interested." Later, as he prepared to board a flight to New York, Steinbrenner said: "This isn't a great letdown, though it's perceived by people to be that way.

After 17 years as a general partner, as long as my family keeps control, that's the Tribune File Photo George Steinbrenner won't be top gun of the New York Yankees past Aug. 20, and he nominated Robert Nederlander as new managing partner Wednesday. 5 I.