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ail' Monday August 24, 1987 The Post-CrescentAppleton-Neenah-Menasha, Wis. Sports Murphy improves his stock in Redskins game By Jim Egle Special to The Post-Crescent "I hope I'm here, and I hope they want me here. I can iust go out there and do what Mark Murphy can do and hope for the best." Mark Murphy Green Bay Packer safety a block by tight end Clint Didier and hit Griffin, who was trying to sweep to the left side. "Those are the kind of plays you get used to seeing Mark make when you see a lot of film of him," Jauron said. "He's got enthusiasm.

He likes to play. He enjoys being out there, and he missed a year and now he enjoys it even more." Jauron said Murphy didn't seem to be hindered by his left foot. In February, it was discovered that Murphy had had a stress fracture in his left ankle. "I've got a little soreness in it, but it's nothing that's serious and I don't feel it's hindered me at all," Murphy said. Murphy said he didn't know if his performance helped convince Packers' coaches to keep him in the starting lineup.

"I hope I'm here, and I hope they want me here," he said. "I can just go out there and do what Mark Murphy can do and hope for the best." Another safety, rookie free agent Chris Mandeville, had a solid game against the Redskins. Mandeville, who played college football at the University of California-Davis, had six unassisted tackles. MADISON In his return as starting strong safety of the Green Bay Packers, Mark Murphy didn't hurt his chances of winning back that role for good. Murphy, the Packers' starting strong safety from 1983 through 1985, missed the entire 1986 season.

He suffered a foot injury on the first day of camp and spent the year on injured reserve. In Murphy's absence, Tiger Greene got a chance to play. Greene started the last 10 games of 1986 and played well enough to earn the starting job at the beginning of this year's camp. The battle at strong safety has been one of the Packers' best throughout training camp. But Greene suffered a hamstring injury during last Wednesday's practice and did not make the trip to Madison for Saturday's 33-0 loss to Washington.

Murphy started and had four unassisted tackles in the first half. "From the way it looked up on top, it looked like Murph had a good game," said Dick Jauron, the Packers' defensive back-field coach. "Mark's had a good camp, anyway. I think he helped himself." In the second quarter, Murphy knocked down a third-down pass intended for tight end Alfred Jenkins, forcing a Redskins' punt. Murphy's first tackle resulted in a 3-yard loss for Redskins running back Keith Griffin in the first quarter.

Murphy shed Mark Murphy Kieferwill return to roster soon Molitor can rest for day By Rick Gano Associated Press writer 1 (V V- league list. During his streak, Molitor is batting .419 with 67 hits in 160 at-bats. As the Brewers' designated hitter and leadoff man, Molitor was hitless in his first two at-bats Sunday before lining a first-pitch single off lefthander Charlie Leibrandt. He eventually scored a run to give the Brewers a 5-4 lead before Danny Tartabull's 22nd homer tied it for the Royals in the sixth. Milwaukee then scored twice each in the sixth and seventh innings and once again in the eighth behind the bats of Greg Brock and Bill Schroe-der, who had four hits and th ree RBIs each in a 17-hit attack.

"When you get the hits with men on base that gets me pumped. It also gave us some breathing room," said Schroeder, who got a rare stolen base, his fourth of the season, and scored the go-ahead run in the sixth on reliever Bob Stoddard's wild pitch. Schroeder also doubled with the bases loaded in the seventh. Kansas City had a 4-0 lead early, two coming on George Brett's 16th homer in the third, but surrendered it when the Brewers scored four in the fourth off Leibrandt two on Brock's bases loaded single. The fourth run scored when Brock raced home from third as Leibrandt fielded Ernest Riles' grounder and after looking at Brock, threw to first.

Milwaukee's Jay Aldrich, 3-1, got the win with 3 l3 innings of scoreless relief while the loss went to Stoddard, 1-2. "We messed up a lot of plays. It was the worst game we played fundamentally the whole said K.C. Manager Billy Gardner. MILWAUKEE Nearly six weeks have passed since Paul Molitor began a hitting streak that stands at 38 games.

Today he relaxed at home and tried as impossible as it might sound to leave the streak, the game and the hype at the ball park. All three will still be there when he and the Milwaukee Brewers return from an off-day to begin a 3-game series Tuesday against the Cleveland Indians. "I'll spend a nice, easy relaxing day with the family," Molitor said Sunday after his fifth-inning single kept the streak alive in a 10-5 win over Kansas City. "We've had a tough grind since the All-Star break, it's only the second day off since the All-Star game. We're talking about a 5- or 6-week period with only one day off." He said the 1-day respite "shouldn't affect" the streak one way or the other but admitted he wouldn't be able to remove it entirely from his thought processes.

"I don't think you can totally forget about it. I'll see it in the newspaper and I'm sure I'll talk to family members. It'll be there," he said. "But I don't have to worry about going to the park and extending it. I can put it off until Tuesday night." Molitor is only two games away from tying Ty Cobb, who hit in 40 straight games in 1911.

George Sisler with a 41-game streak, Pete Rose with 44 straight and Joe DiMaggio at 56 straight games top the major vy .1" By Rick Gano Associated Press writer MILWAUKEE Milwaukee Brewer Manager Tom Trebelhorn says that infielder Steve Kiefer, sent down to the team's Denver farm club when pitcher Bill Wegman was reactivated, will be back on the roster next month at the latest. Kiefer will be called back to Milwaukee in September when major- Brewer notes league rosters can expand to 40 players, the Brewers said. "He'll be back, barring problems in the infield and then he'd be back before then," Trebelhorn said. Kiefer batted .331 with 30 homers and 87 RBI in 83 games at Denver before he was called up at the All-Star break. With the Brewers, he batted .202 with five homers and 17 RBI in 28 games.

Trebelhorn will use Ernest Riles at third base. Riles and Kiefer had alternated at that position but Riles had been the more consistent player the last several weeks. "Kiefer produced runs well. His RBI and runs scored were excellent," Trebelhorn said. Wegman, 8-10, had been on the 15-day disabled list since Aug.

7 with a strained right shoulder. He was Milwaukee's starter Saturday night against Kansas City. Trebelhorn was ejected from the middle game of the Brewers' series with Kansas City and later said it was the only way he could handle a call by first base umpire Ted Hendry. "I told him you're going to have to throw me out of here because I won't stand for that call," Trebelhorn said Sunday. Hendry called Paul Molitor out on a "bang-bang" play at first base in the ninth inning Saturday night and Trebelhorn raced to the field to argue before he was tossed.

K.C. shortstop Ross Jones had made a brilliant play behind second to grab Molitor' hard bouncer and his 1-hop throw, according to a replay, was late. "The shortstop made a marvelous play but Paulie beat it. He was there with the ball this far from the glove," Trebelhorn said, extending his hands apart. After Trebelhorn was ejected a stretcher came hurling out of the Brewers' dugout, but no one was taking credit for its appearance on the field.

But Trebelhorn said the call did not cost the Brewers in their 8-7 loss as much as several other near-misses and his own handling of the pitching staff. Paul Molitor 's consecutive game hitting streak stretched to 38 Sunday with this single off Kansas City's Charlie Liebrandt. (AP) Molitor must stay healthy to have shot at title By Tom Kaeser Of The Post-Crescent winning streak in April prepared the team to shake off the distractions. "We've already been through some pressure situations this year," said Deer. "We've become a good team through good times and bad times.

There isn't a guy in here who is afraid of pressure. Deer said Molitor has given the Brewers, who have won 7 of their past 11 games, a rallying point. Molitor's streak accounted for a brisk business at the County Stadium ticket windows. "We're getting people at the windows and that's fantastic for any city," said Brewer owner Bud Selig. The Brewers expected a crowd of 10,000 for Tuesday's game against the Cleveland Indians but jumped the figure to 18,000 after Molitor extended his streak on Sunday.

said. "It's kind of foolish to think 35 or 40 games down the road." Greg Brock, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers before coming to the Brewers this season, feels the commotion surrounding Molitor would be much worse if he played in Los Angeles. "We'd have to dress in the press room and the press would be in the locker room," said Brock. "He's beginning to see what LA is like." Brock is pulling for Molitor to break Joe Di-Maggio's record but he is realistic about the possiblity. "There are a lot of guys pulling for him, but I don't see how he can do it," said Brock.

"If anyone can do it though, Paulie is the kind of guy who can. I personally don't see how anyone can hit in over 10 straight games." Rob Deer feels that the Brewers' 13-game ances. The Brewer designated hitter noted that the pressure began to build when he didn't get a hit in his first two at-bats. "The streak survived one more day," sighed Molitor. "As the game goes on, it gets more difficult.

It's a great feeling when you see the ball go into the hole and you know it extends the streak." Molitor, who has hit at a .419 clip during his streak, needs to stay healthy the rest of the year to qualify for the American League batting title. Molitor, who is hitting .371, needs to average a little over three at-bats in the Brewers' 38 remaining games to be in contention for the batting crown. Boston's Wade Boggs led the league going into Sunday's game with a .362 mark. "It's possible that if I play regularly the rest of the season, I will qualify, but you never know with my history of injuries," Molitor MILWAUKEE Paul Molitor planned a respite from his hitting streak today after adding the 38th notch to his bat Sunday. Molitor has played in 20 straight games since the Milwaukee Brewers last day off on August 3.

Molitor has played in all but one game since the All-Star game July 14. I'm looking forward to the day off, said Molitor. I don't have to worry about going to the park and extending it (the streak). It will be nice to get away from the park and away from the game for a day. Charlie Leibrandt became Molitor's latest victim when Molitor cracked a single in the fifth inning Sunday after Leibrandt had retired him on fly balls in his first two appear Brazil upends U.S.

for the gold Running Reds steal Foxes blind fire ---r, INDIANAPOLIS (AP) In the end, the one gold medal the United States counted on was not theirs. The Pan American Games, which shut down Sunday, were punctuated throughout the 16-day run by American winners in practically everything from archery to yachting. But on the last day, the U.S. men's basketball team ended things on an exclamation point. They lost! Right there in Market Square Arena, 12,000 people mostly startled Hoosiers watched Brazil chew away at a 14-point halftime deficit and beat the Americans 120-115.

Oscar Schmidt took the biggest bites, scoring 46 points, 21 of them from long range. When it was over, the camera panned to a sobbing Schmidt, lying flat on the court under the basket. There were more weeping Brazilians hugging each other and a few one has done anything like this to beat the Americans in their own house," said Jose Medalha, a Brazilian assistant coach. "Americans will never forget it." The United States took a 77-62 lead with 17: 16 to play on a rebound dunk by Robinson. But on the play he was assessed a technical foul for hanging on the rim.

With Robinson, who finished with 20 points, on the bench, Brazil went to its basic offense Schmidt. The United States had its last lead at 96-95, on two free throws by Keith Smart with 7:41 to play. Marcel Souza then connected on a 3-pointer and Brazil never trailed again. In the medal race, the United States never trailed anyone. The final count: 369 medals more than double the medals of runner-up Cuba, which Continued on page 4 Pan American Games doing a victory lap around the arena, their flag raised high.

Then there was Danny Manning sitting on the bench, staring straight ahead. It was hard to believe this was the same team that beat five others by an average of nearly 30 points. It had its hands full with Puerto Rico, but still won by five points. The U.S. women fared better, beating Brazil 111-87 Sunday for the gold.

But for the U.S. men, the loss was not only devastating, it was historic. The Americans haven't lost at the games since 1971, when Brazil won. They owned eight of nine Pan Am golds and a 34-game winning streak. "In all the history of world basketball, no Brazil's Oscar Schmidt, left, andJoao Vianna celebrate the upset of the U.S.

men 's basketball team. (AP) Lansford stays cool and collected in Rams'win By Gary Shriver Ot The Post-Crescent The 250 fans at Sunday's contest between the Appleton Foxes and the Cedar Rapids Reds must have done a double take to make certain they were at Goodland Field, not Wisconsin International Raceway. The two teams burned up the base-paths for a combined 12 stolen bases, seven by the Reds just one off the Midwest League record as the Reds posted a 10-6 decision over the Foxes. Despite the loss, the Foxes gained a half-game in the race for the wild card spot because of Waterloo's doub-leheader loss to Wausau. Appleton is two games behind Clinton in the race for a wild card playoff berth.

Clinton split adoubleheder with Springfield. The stolen bases had a hand in the Reds' 5-run first and 2-run seventh and the Foxes' 1-run first and 2-run second. "We didn't run much at the start of the season, but we've done so lately because we haven't been hitting," said Reds' Manager Paul Kirsch. "The running not only gives us a chance to put runners in scoring position, but it has also seemed to open up the field for us and helped our hitting." Appleton starter Dennis Moeller didn't make it out of the first inning. Continued on page 2 "I was real relaxed and confident, and I feel playing six years in the league lets me be that way," Lansford said.

"It is fun to go out there and show off like this once in a while." The victory kept the Rams' exhibition record perfect at 3-0, while the Chargers fell to 1-1. Eagles 19, Patriots 13. In Foxboro, Philadelphia's Matt Cav-anaugh and Paul McFadden played key roles as the Eagles battled from behind to beat New England. Cav-anaugh led two scoring drives, including the winning touchdown in who joined the Steelers four games into the 1986 season, will receive $475,000 in base salary, reporting and signing bonuses this season and in 1988. is Former University of Texas receiver Johnny "Lam" Jones, who was recently waived by San Francisco, tried out Sunday with the receiver-seeking Dallas Cowboys.

The ex-New York Jets wide receiver has been troubled by hamstring injuries in recent years has not caught a pass in an NFL game since 1984. overtime, and McFadden kicked the field goal that sent the game into the extra period. "I needed that," said Cavanaugh, the backup quarterback who completed 13 of 20 passes for 164 yards despite sitting out the first three quarters. "They (the Eagles) were talking trade and they had their doubts about whether I can perform or not. I've got to be consistent like that." Junior Tautalatasi scored on a 4-yard run 3:11 into overtime, capping the winning 79-yard drive.

In late Saturday games, Frank Reich threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Bob Williams with 28 seconds remaining to give the Buffalo Bills a 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Raiders. Tony Dorsett rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown in the opening nine minutes as the Dallas Cowboys came back from a shutout loss in their opener to beat the San Francisco 49ers 13-3. Running back Earnest Jackson has reached terms on a 3-year, $1,472 million contract that reportedly will make him the Pittsburgh Steelers" highest-paid player. Jackson, a fifth-year running back By The Associated Press Staying cool in a pressure situation is just part of Mike Lansford's job. "I was not nervous," Lansford said after kicking a 30-yard field goal with four seconds left to give the Los Angeles Rams a 23-21 exhibition victory Sunday night over the San Diego Chargers.

"Even though it's pre-season, it can never hurt to make those kinds of kicks," added Lansford. He also had first-half field goals of 31 and 52 yards, making him 5-for-5 in field goal attempts this preseason..