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3 ri 12 Monday, August 4, 1986 Rocky Mount, N.C. Telegram Kite wins western a i two i 1 "i (b-ame in playoff 1 ST" A Cowboys' Downs, Scott stop Bears' Dennis Gentry (29) Bears whip Cowboys 1 Mi Jh (AP Laserphoto) had come to see. He did not let them down. The second-year defensive tackle helped the Bears pick up where they left off last season, when they lost just once and had the NFL's dominant defense. Chicago sacked Dallas quarterbacks three times and pressured them constantly.

The Bear defense scored the game's first touchown on a 48-yard runback of a fumble recovery by strong safety Dave Duerson, and Perry then capped the performance with his TD. Steve Fuller, who replaced Jim McMahon at quarterback to start the second quarter, directed a drive to the Cowboy 1-yard line, going the final 16 yards on a rollout. Ditka then inserted Perry at running back. Fuller handed the ball to the Fridge and when no hole opened, Perry just kept pushing until he was over the goalline. imi' WEMBLEY, England (AP) On a night when the "Star-Spangled Banner'! was booed, soccer songs filled the air and a streaker hit the turf why shouldn't a 308-pound running back score a touchdown? Actually, William "The Refrigerator" Perry's one-yard scoring strut was among the more commonplace events Sunday as pro football returned to Britain.

The Chicago Bears beat the Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in an NFL exhibiton opener billed as American Bowl '86, the latest attempt to show England what big-time football is all about. More than 82,000 fans, including a large group of Americans but comprised mainly of soccer- and cricket-loving Britons, packed Wembley Stadium for the match, and they saw the best and worst of the sport. The best was on defense. The Bears, last year's Super Bowl cham-, pions and the overwhelming crowd By CLIFTON BARNES Sports Editor WHITEVILLE Post 58 was certainly glad to get back to Rocky Mount Sunday after losing its second game to Whiteville Saturday night. But rain postponed Sunday's game to backup Game Three to tonight at 8 p.m.

at Municipal Stadium. It was the second rainout of the series, uhirh miiit hp rnmnMed bv Fridav. The state championship series is 'clarorl rucrin nn Sntnrnav Caldwell County captured the American Legion Western championship Sunday with a four-game euiaan nf ped Kernersville 10-5 on Saturday, then rolled 14-4 on Sunday. The first two games of the American Legion Eastern final series in Whiteville may be more costly than just the two losses for Rocky Mount. Post 58 lost lead-off batter and center fielder Anthony Brown to injury in Game One's 5-4 loss, i But the biggest loss may have been after blowing a 2-0 lead and losing 3-2 Saturday night.

Rocky Mount, which breezed to victory most of the season, may have lost its confidence. Although Whiteville, now 21-10, is obviously a good ballclub, Post 137 is not considered to be as strong as it was last season. Whiteville won the state title in 1985. Rocky Mount, 22-5 going into the series, has played and beaten several strong teams this season. But hey, this is Whiteville.

Rocky Mount lost the controversial Eastern finals last year to Whiteville as nothing seemed to go right. Things aren't going well this year either. Close calls have indeed gone to Whiteville. But is it a jinx? Rocky Mount coach Jerry Carter said it is only a jinx if his players believe it to be. The Post 58 players were in disbelief in the dugout after blowing Game Two's lead.

Some were comparing the series with last year's. Some were comparing Game Two with One, which was highlighted by another controversial call that aided the Whiteville win. The players seemed disjointed and almost frantic in the dugout as if fate were against them. Post 58 fans seemed to have gotten the impression that everybody, including the umpire, is against Rocky Mount. "I understand why nobody wants to come here and play Whiteville," one fan yelled.

The players hear these things. Fans will be fans but maybe the Post 58 players are so involved in the surroundings and the self-pity that they forgei'to concentrate on hitting the ball. "Five of our first six hitters are seniors," Rocky Mount assistant coach Moe Bauer said. "They need to take over and lead us out of this." Three starting seniors Mike Morris, Hank Jones and Jeff Morgan have failed to get a hit in the two games. Post 58.

in fact, has only produced Media blitz 8 p.m. BASEBALL: Chicago White Sox at Boston WTVD Ch. 11, WNCT Ch. 12) OAK BROOK, 111. (AP) Tom Kite, so often denied victory by bizarre quirks of golfing fate, was all but bewildered when he became a beneficiary.

"It makes no sense." he said after a massive collapse of ihe other contenders put him in position Sunday to win the Western Open golf tournament. "I don't understand this game. I suppose when I die still won't understand this game," Kite said. "There are times when you go into the last round with the lead, and play your heart out and shoot a good score and somebody has one better and you lose. "Then, maybe on the very next week, something like this happens.

It just makes no sense." But it made him a winner again. Kite, nine shots back at one point in the last round, pulled himself together and beat the brutal Butler National Golf Club course with the best round of the day, a 4-under-par 68. Then he sat around for a cpuple of hours waiting for someone to beat his four-day total of 2-under-par 286. Fred Couples and South Africans Nick Price and David Frost, who finished birdie-birdie, eventually tied Kite and forced a playoff. Kite, so frequently a contender but so infrequently a winner in the last six years quickly solved that tangle.

He hit a sand wedge second shot to within four feet of the flag on the first playoff hole and rapped the putt into the back of the cup for a winning birdie. Western Open leaders Tom Kite. $90,000 Nick Price, 37,333 Fred Couples, 37,333 David Frost, 37,333 Bruce Lietzke, 16,950 Greg Norman, 16,950 Dick Mast, 16,950 Bobby Wadkins, 16,950 Leonard Thompson, 16,950 Danny Edwards, 12,000 -Mark PfeU, 12,000 George Burns, 12,000 Tom Byrum, 12,000 70- 75-73-68-2H6 71-71-73-71-286 708-73-75-286 74-66-71-75-286 74- 70-73-70-287 71-74-72-70-287 69-73-72-73-287 69- 69-74-75-287 71- 73-69-74-287 75- 72-73-69-289 72- 71-73-73-289 71-70-71-77-289 70- 70-72-77-289 OS Angeles won its seventh straight game. Cincinnati lost for the sixth consecutive time. The Dodgers matched their longest winning streak of the season by sweeping the three-game series from the visiting Reds.

Padres 5, Astros 1 Steve Garvey and Graig Nettles hit consecutive home runs that led San Diego over Houston and broke the Astros' three-game winning streak. Phillies 6, Cubs 2 Mike Schmidt hit a three-run homer that broke an eighth-inning tie and sent Philadelphia over Chicago. The Phillies raised their record to 52-50, the first time they've been two games over .500 since Sept. 29, 1384. Braves 4, Giants 2 David Palmer and Gene Garber combined on a six-hitter, helping Atlanta end its four-game losing streak.

Pirates 3, Cardinals 0 Rick Reuschel tossed a six-hitter for the 20th shutout of his 15-year major-league career as Pittsburgh beat St. Louis. Reuschel, 7-12, struck out five, walked one and did not allow a runner past first base. Exp Ghisox rip Tigers; sweep Arr.criccn Lsnlcn 12 hits. The only player with more than two hits is Donnie Bobbitt, who is3-for-6.

Rocky Mount has been averaging 10 hits per game with a batting average of .315. Against Whiteville, Post 58 is hitting only .162. "We didn't hit when we needed to." Bauer said. "We're not taking advantage of the few opportunities to score." Rocky Mount players hit the ball hard several times in Game Two but either it went directly to a player or speedy Chris Threadgill ran it down in the outfield. "We did hit some hard ones and they were caught," Bauer said.

"But we can't let that get us down." Bauer said the leadership needed could come from anybody. "We've got 12 men capable of playing," he said. "On a given night, any one of them can pick us up." Pitcher Phil Bryant was almost that player in Game Two as he gave up seven hits while striking out four and walking four. Bryant also singled with two outs on two occasions to keep rallies alive. But both times, Rocky Mount came up short.

Post 58 led 2-0 going into the sixth but a fielding error by Mike Morris at third opened the door. Whitevilie's Joe Reaves reached on the error, went to second on a passed ball and scored on a double by Robbie Watts. With one out, a sacrifice fly by Steven Bright tied the score at 2-2. In the eighth, Whitevilie's Threadgill made two good running catches on long hard drives by Shelton Grant and John Adams. In the bottom of the inning, another error at third by Morris to start the inning prooved costly.

Again it was Reaves who got to first. Watts singled before Herman Jones brought Reaves home on a sacrifice fly for the winning run. "I hope he can overcome them (the errors)," Bauer said of Morris. "You have to go right back out and play." In the first inning of Game Two, it appeared that Post 58 had overcome the first-game loss. Mike Davis led off with a single, then stole second.

Grant, the next batter, singled to drive in Davis. With one out, Bobbitt drove in Grant with a sacrifice fly to right. But Whiteville pitcher Ken Nance, 5-2, settled down to strike out six and allowed only four more hits in going the distance. Rocky Mount pitchers Tim Wilson, 8-1, and Phil Bryant, 4-1, each got their first losses of the year against Whiteville. "Being behind O-2 is not the end of the world," Bauer said.

"Whiteville was behind 0-2 in one series and came back to win it." Being down two games to none means Rocky Mount cannot win the series without going back down to Whiteville for a sixth and possibly seventh game. Adams is expected to start on the mound tonight against Whiteville, which plans to go with Watts. Bobbitt is set to pitch in Game Four for Post 58. lye ca sports six times and playing what she termed "some spectacular golf" despite a string of pars, claimed a one-shot victory over Pat Bradley and Chris Johnson. 1 Bradley never regained her momentum after a one-hour suspension of play caused by lightning.

Third-round leader Debbie Massey' was victimized by a "stupid, low fade" and bogeyed three of her final four holes. Johnson hit only eight greens all day. Alcott's steady 70 gave her a total of 5-under-par 283. Mayotte wins Paine Webber BEAVER CREEK, Colo! (AP) -Tim Mayotte celebrated his 26th birthday on Sunday by breezing past Paul Annacone in the Paine Webber Invitational to claim the $25,000 first-prize chec in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Mayotte, who advanced to the finals of the $125,000 tournament by knocking off defending champion Jimmy Connors on Saturday, relied on his ability to get his first serve in, while Annacone had trouble with his the entire match.

Ottinger wins Busch 200 HAMPTON, Va. (AP) L.D. Ottinger broke a seven-year victory drought Saturday night when he led the filial 119 laps en route to a win in the. Busch Country 200 NASCAR Grand National stock car race. Ottirger, NASCAR's Sportsman champion in 1375 and 1976, earned $4,030 for the win on the Langley Speedway ovaL Driving a Poniiac, Ottinger, 48, of i favorites, forced four turnovers and shut down the Cowboys offense whenever it got near the goalline.

The Cowboys, meanwhile, held the Bears to 251 yards total offense. The worst was a gaggle of mistakes that are common in prseason games, especially the first one, but which left portions of the crowd chanting, "Boring, boring," toward the end. "Ah, they're different," Bears Coach Mike Ditka said of the English fans. "They're entitled to their own opinions, though." Tom Landry, the Cowboy coach, said the fans had reason to get down on his team. "It wasn't as good a game as I thought we'd he said.

Of all of the players on the field and practically all of the 80-pls members of each squad saw acton Perry was the one many of the fans leagues as the two teams set a modern major-league record with 16 fifth- inning runs. The previous AL record for fifth-inning runs came when the Yankees outscored the Washington Senators 14-0 on July 6, 1920. The National League mark was set June 3, 1890, when Brooklyn scored 11 runs to five for New York. On April 16, 1953, Philadelphia outscored Pittsburgh 9-6 for the modern NL record. Blue Jays 6, Orioles 4 The score was tied 4-4 when Buck Martinez opened the Toronto seventh by drawing a walk.

One out later Tony Fernandez hit the first pitch from Mike Flanagan over the left-field fence for his sixth home run of the season. Mariners 6, Angels 3 Alvin Davis hit a two-run single in a four-run first inning against rookie Ray Chadwick as California saw its lead over Texas in the AL West trimmed to two games. Chadwick, making his second major-league start, failed to retire a batter and was more together." Usher said the owners could take one of three courses of action. They could stop operations, suspend them for one season or begin their fourth year of play first in the traditional fall season. Erving to Utah? PHILADELPHIA AP) Pro basketball faas should know Monday whether Julius Erving will enter the.

Hall of Fame through Philadelphia or Salt Lake City. Erving, a free agent after 10 NBA seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, has been considering offers from the Sixers and the Utah Jazz. He told The Philadelphia Inquirer Saturday he would give Sixers owner Harold Katz and Jazz owner Larry Miller of his decision on Monday. If Erving lets Miller present an offer sheet, the 76ers would have 15 days to match the offer or lose the 36-year-old veteran, known to his fans as "Dr. WE RENT Scaffolding Scaffolding Rollers Scaffolding ih'l'ti Jocks Sand Blasting Equipment RENTAL-TOOL" COMPANY Kwy.

301 North 446-4027 knocked out after allowing four singles and a walk. i Rangers 7, Brewers 6 Pete O'Brien drove in three runs with a homer and double to offset two home runs by Milwaukee's Rob Deer and a two-run shot in the ninth inning by Ernest Riles. In his last four games, O'Brien has three homers and 10 RBIs, nine of them in his last three games against the Brewers. A's 5, Twins 4 Jose Canseco, who earlier hit his first home run in 17 games, doubled home Bruce Bochte with two out in the 11th inning as Oakland ended a four-game losing streak. NATIONAL LEAGUE Next stop, National League playoffs for the joyriding New York Mets.

The Mets continued to coast Sunday, beating Montreal 4-3 in 10 innings for a three-game sweep that knocked the Expos out of second place in the NL East. Dodgers 2, Reds 1 Orel Hershiser and Ken Howell teamed on a four-hitter as Los PJ mm AYNES 0SE Elder talzes Seniors tournament YDRAULIC FITTINGS By The Associated Press Slumping players often go from the major leagues to the minors. Russ Morman did it the other way. "I was just glad to break out of a slump. I hadn't had a hit in about a week-and-a-half," -Morman said Sunday after a spectacular debut in which he went 3-for-4 and became, the second player in history to collect two hits in an inning in his first big-league game as the Chicago White Sox battered the Detroit Tigers, 10-1.

The 24-year-old Morman, brought up from Buffalo of the Class AAA American Association to replace injured first baseman Greg Walker, singled in his first at-bat in the second inning. Red Sox 5, Royals 3 Wade Boggs broke a tie with a two-run single off Charlie Leibrandt in the seventh inning and Jim Rice drove in two runs with a homer and sacrifice fly as Boston stretched its AL East lead to 4V2 games over Baltimore and, New York. Boggs also had a first-inning double. Yankees 12, Indians 8 Rickey Henderson's three-run homer highlighted a 10-run outburst Newport, posted an average speed of 66.464 mph as he recorded a two-second victory over Brett Bodine, who was in an Oldsmobile. Rounding out the top five were Jack Ingram and Dale Jarrett, both in Pontiacs, and Tommy Houston in a Buick.

USFL owners meet today NEW YORK (AP), Divided in opinion, USFL owners meet today to decide the fate of their troubled league. But only a sweeping mandate to continue from all eight owners will keep the USFL in business, according to Commissioner Harry Usher. "It won't really be a vote," Usher said. "It's a decision the league will have to make. If it's five to three to play, you can't play with five teams." If pre-meeting reports are accurate, owners are split exactly in half on continuation.

They show the vote as 4-4, with New Jersey, Tampa Bay, Orlando and Arizona pushing for continuation, and Baltimore, Birmingham, Jacksonville and Memphis leaning toward one of the other alternatives. "The unique thing about the USFL," said Baltimore president Carl Peterson, "is that we always seem to come out of these meetings 64 Wood A Slrak Barn Cum-lor, IWh Carolina Phone: (23-057 Haliwiy brtio Tarboro and bVlhrl on Hwy.64 MONDAY-SATURDAY OPEN AT 5:0 DAILY SPKCIALS 3.W Rounder 4.99 Shrimp 3.29 ALL Mill EAT! SCARBOROUGH, N.Y. (AP) -Lee Elder shot a 2-under-par 68 Sunday to finish with a 54-hole tournament record of 11-under-par 199, as he successfully defended his title in the $250,000 Senior's Merrill Lynch-Golf Digest Commemorative at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club. Elder is the first player on the tour to defend a championship since nold Palmer captured the Senior Tour's Players Championship in 1984 and 1985. Chi Chi Rodriguez, who started Sunday at 135 tied with Gene Littler four strokes behind Elder, birdied the par-4 final hole for a 66 to finish second at 201, Northern Nash practice Northern Nash athletes interested in playing varsity or junior varsity football this season should report to the school today at 6:30 p.m.

Students in grades 10-12 are eligible. High school football practices officially began Friday across the state. Alcott wins LPGA DENVER (AP) On paper, it looked rather boring, a bogey-free 2-under-par 70 that didn't so much overtake the leaders as outlast them. Amy Aleott, perhaps more than anyone, knew that patience was the quality demanded most by a year-old, wind-swept course such as Lone Tree Country Club. "You must be more patient than usual here, because your shots won't always turn out the way you think," said Alcott, $45,000 richer after winning the $300,000 LPGA National Pro-Am on Sunday.

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