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THE EVENING SUN TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1985 Hois9 owner, troSoes perish in single-engine plane crash B4 7 Sports briefs v' From staff and wire reports A Virginia horse owner and a trainer who worked for him were killed and another trainer was critically injured when a plane taking off from the Woodbridge (Va.) airport crashed into trees just beyond the runway, authorities say. State Police Sgt. K.W. Grant said the four-seater, single-engine plane went down in a wooded area about 10:50 p.m. last night, some 150 yards off the end of the runway.

"The runway is very short there, so there's not much room for a mistake," said Prince William County Police Officer William Cox. A State Police spokeswoman identified the two dead men as George Griffith of Middleburg, and Harrison Eugene Johnson of Adelphi. The name of the critically injured man, who was taken by helicopter from the crash site to Fairfax Hospital, has not been released pending notification of relatives, said the spokeswoman. Chick Lang a spokesman for Pimlico, said Griffith was a horse owner and that Johnson had worked for Griffith as a trainer. Johnson, 45, won the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga in 1973 with a 2-year-old colt, Gusty O'Shay.

Obituaries. Seven-time Indianapolis 500 driver Billy DeVore has died of cancer in a Brownsburg (Ind.) nursing home. He was 74. DeVore was honored in May at the Indianapolis Speedway along with 11 other surviving drivers of the 1946 500-mile race, the first under the ownership of the late Tony Hulman. Auto racer Manfred Winkelhock, 30, of West Germany, who suffered "massive head injuries" Sunday when his car slammed into a concrete barrier during the Budweiser GT endurance race at Mosport Park, Ontario, died yesterday in Toronto.

Pam Shriver has never had an easy time beating Ros Fairbank and things did not change in the United Jersey Bank Tennis Classic. The top-seeded Shriver rallied from a second-set deficit and then captured the final five points of the tiebreaker to post a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) victory over Fairbank in the second round of the $150,000 tournament last night. "I knew it was going to be tough," said Shriver. "In a lot of recent tournaments she has been seeded. She has beaten me before and has the kind of game that can give me trouble." Shriver held a 3-1 edge over Fairbank in career matches, but the loss had come on a cement surface like the one being used at Ramapo College (N.J.).

Jo Durie of England scored the first upset, defeating No. 11-seeded Peanut Louie of San Francisco 6-1, 6-1. Indoor soccer. The San Diego Sockers have reacquired forward Julie Veee, who was left without a team after the termination of the Las Vegas Americans franchise. Veee was signed to a three-year contract Terms were not disclosed.

He was sold by the Sockers to the Americans last year and scored 50 goals and 21 assists in 39 games during the past Major Indoor Soccer League season. The courtroom. John "Hot Rod" Williams, out of place socially and scholastically at academically elite Tulane University, was an easy dupe for classmates seeking to make quick money by fixing basketball games, defense lawyer Michael Green of Chicago argued yesterday. Green said that Williams' only friends among the children of high-income families at Tulane were the members of the basketball team, so he may have acted as if he were going along with a scheme to shave points against Southern Mississippi and Memphis State. Gary Kranz of New Rochelle, N.Y., the Tulane student identified as the prime organizer of the point-shaving scheme, was scheduled to testify today.

Williams is accused of three counts of conspiring to fix basketball games and two counts of sports bribery, charges carrying a possible maximum penalty of 17 years in prison and 35,000 in fines. The trial, which began Monday in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court before District Judge Alvin Oser, is expected to last at least through Friday. Lee Trevino will captain the 1985 United States Ryder Cup team which will include PGA Champion Hubert Green and Tour money leader Curtis Strange. 1 FIRST 3 YO op; 1 116 mi. Judge Whaley (Ramirez) 17.80 8.40 4.80 Sir Big Rock (Miller) 4.80 2.80 Loyal Knight (Delgado) 2.40 Off: 1.01.

Time: 1:45 25. Keshene, Willie Dee, Pete's Present, Longway, Mary's Brother also ran. Exacta (5-4) paid $89.60 SECOND elm. 3 YO up; Fils. mares; 6 furs.

Yankee Panky (Ladner) 6.80 4.20 3.40 Just De Lullaby (Miller) 9.00 3.80 Dancer's Ribet (Hutton) 5.80 Off: 1:29. Time: 1:12 45. Kisses Full, Salad Girl, Insolent Moon, Easy Venus, Granda's Jenny, Scotch Isle, Lucky Flush also ran. Scratched Gusteah. Exacta (3-7) paid $54.00.

Daily Double (5-3) paid $105.60. Associated Press TONGUE-TIED: Twins' second baseman Tim Teufel throws out Oakland's Alfredo Griffin in the first game of the their double-header. Jackson slams 521st home run, ties Williams, McCovey at No. 8 Daseball roundup Mcarines nix Meyers' request From staff and wire reports Running back Eddie Meyers, in training camp with the Atlanta Falcons for the fourth straight year while on military leave, has been denied a request by the Marine Corps that would have allowed him to play in the National Football League this season. Meyers, a first lieutenant and supply officer at Camp Pendleton, requested an extended six- I -f Associated Press Along with round-number milestones like 20, 30, 400, 500 and 3,000, baseball has numbers whose importance comes from the stars who stopped there 56, 61, 714, 755 and 4,191.

Reggie Jackson has reached 521. Jackson entered a new class of baseball royalty with his 521st career home run last night, but in a losing cause. The California Angels lost the first game of their doubleheader 6-5 to the Seattle Mariners. The Angels won the second game 4-3, with Brian Downing hitting a two-run home run. At age 39 and in his 18th major-league season, Jackson now is tied for the No.

8 spot on the all-time home run list. "If I continue to play well, if I continue to swing the bat well, the home runs will take care of themselves. Right now I'm concerned about playing winning baseball" said Jackson. "I'm not looking at who I'm passing or who's ahead of me as I'm climbing the ladder." Five hundred and twenty one is the number of home runs Ted Williams hit. It's also the number hit by Willie McCovey, the only man not enshrined in the Hall of Fame besides Jackson to have hit 500 home runs.

McCovey becomes eligible next year. His 521st was Jackson's 96th home run with the Angels. He hit 254 with the Kansas City and Oakland A's, 27 with the Orioles and 144 with the New York Yankees. Jackson's 521st home run came on his career at-bat Williams hit 521 in 7,706 at-bats, and McCovey in 8,197. Jimmy Foxx, with 534 home runs, and Mickey Mantle, with 536, are well within Jackson's reach.

After them the list leaps to 573 and Harmon Killebrew. The only players in baseball history with more home runs than Reggie Jackson are Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Killebrew, Mantle and Foxx. Jim Slaton won for the first time since May 19 in the second game. He pitched six innings and was followed by Luis Sanchez. Sanchez did not give up a hit over three innings for his first save this year.

The Angels' Rod Carew advanced on an all-time list of his own. His four hits in the double-header left him with 3,009 hits. He moved ahead of Al Kaline into 14th place on the all-time list. Lou Brock is next in line with 3,023 hits. The game had an official attendance of 57,095, the second largest in Mariner history.

A local corporation bought 51,000 tickets as a show of community support for the financially troubled Mariners, then sold them for one or two dollars apiece. YANKEES 10, WHITE SOX 4 At Chicago, Ron Hassey hit two home runs and Phil Niekro registered his 295th career victory as New York rolled over Chicago. Hassey's second home run of the game triggered a seven-run seventh inning that broke a 3-3 tie. The victory was the Yankees' seventh straight, and it cut Toronto's East-leading lead to six games. Niekro, 11-9, gave up seven hits, two of them home runs to Ron Kittle, TWINS 4-5, A's 3-4 At Minneapolis, Bert Blyleven threw a four-hitter to give Minnesota the opener over Oakland, In the second game, newly-acquired Steve Howe, who signed a Twins' contract Sunday, shut out the A's in 3Vt innings of relief to earn his first victory of the season.

Blyleven, 11-12, went the distance for the 17th time this year, most in the majors. His 143 strikeouts lead the league. BREWERS 4, TIGERS 3 At Milwaukee, Earnest Riles collected three hits and drove in what proved to be the decisive run with a single during Milwaukee's three-run eighth inning. Detroit helped the Brewers' cause with two eighth-inning errors. Milwaukee starter Jaime Coca- nower pushed his record to 3-1 by allowing seven hits in eight innings, and Rollie Fingers earned his 14th save.

RANGERS 5, BLUE JAYS 4 At Arlington, Texas, -Wayne Tolleson drove in Steve Buechele with a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning to push Texas past Toronto. Dwayne Henry picked up the victory in his first major-league appearance, and designated hitter -Cliff Johnson hit a three-run home run in the Ranger eighth. ROYALS 3, RED SOX 2 At Boston, Mark Gubicza, who started the season with five straight losses, earned his ninth victory in his last 11 decisions and Dan Quisen-berry got his league-leading 26th save, as Kansas City improved its record to 16-7 since the All-Star break. National League CARDINALS 8, PIRATES 1 At St. Louis, John Tudor gave up five hits over eight innings for his 14th' victory in his last 15 starts, and Darrell Porter hit a three-run home run to cap a five run fifth inning that helped St Louis defeat Pittsburgh.

METS 4, PHILLIES 3 At New York, Sid Fernandez matched his career high for strikeouts with 13 as he pitched a one-hitter into the ninth inning. However, Fer- nandez, 22, had to sweat out the ninth when reliever Rog- er McDowell gave up a three-run home run to Philadel- -phia's Glenn Wilson. Keith Hernandez drove in three runs and Wally Backman had three hits and scored three times to lead New York. DODGERS 3, BRAVES 0 At Los Angeles, Rick Honeycutt, 7-10, surrendered just two singles over six shutout innings before Tom Niedenfuer came on to get his 10th save as Los Angeles defeated Atlanta. Enos Ca-' bell singled home two runs in the fifth inning against Rick Mahler, who fell to 16-10.

The Dodgers now have 18 team shutouts, a major-league high. Los Angeles, which has a team earned run average of 2.88, has not permit- ted an earned run in 34 innings and has a 57-1 record with a lead entering the ninth inning. PADRES 2, REDS 0 At San Diego, reliever Lance McCullers, recently called up from Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League, pitched 2Vi innings in relief of start-' er Mark Thurmond to preserve San Diego's shutout over Cincinnati and earn his first save. Cullers' effort against the struggling Reds, who have scored three runs in their last 41 innings, saved the game for Thurmond, who was starting for the first time since July 11. CUBS 8, EXPOS 7 At San Diego, Chicago's Thad Bosley hit two home runs, including a two-run game-winner in the eighth inning, as the Cubs broke their seven-game losing streak with a victory over Montreal.

Bosley, who leads the league with 13 pinch-hit, had five RBIs. 1171 notebook a six-time Pro Bowl selection for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, will miss the entire 1985 season while pursuing treatment for a herniated disc in his lower back. Selmon said yesterday that instead of submitting to microsurgery recommended by the Bucs, he intends to follow a non-surgical rehabilitation program that probably would include chiropractic manipulation, traction and exercise. WASHINGTON John Riggins is not only the oldest running back in the league today he's the richest. Riggins, 36, the workhorse of the Washington Redskin running game, ended months of speculation concerning his future plans yesterday as he put his name on a one-year contract.

Sources say it will pay him $850,000, which would be the most money ever paid an NFL running back in one season. Seven months ago, in the wake of the Redskins' playoff loss to the Chicago Bears, the fifth-leading rusher in league history wondered aloud whether his 13-year career had ended. Plagued by a nagging back injury, Riggins was forced to the sidelines for three games last year. His nights were spent in a hospital bed in traction as he prepped for the playoffs. "During the season I started to see the light at the end of the tunnel," Riggins said during an interview with WDVM-TV in Washington.

"There were times, a week or two, if I could have possibly thought of a way of graciously bowing out at that time the idea went through my mind." CHARLESTON, 111. Coach Jim Hanifan of the St Louis Cardinals says it will take wide receiver Pat Tilley all of five minutes to fit back into the club's offense. Tilley, a nine-year veteran and former Pro Bowl performer, agreed to a one-year contract yesterday and joined training camp today. month leave in April in an effort to play with the Falcons in 1985. He said he offered to make up the time at the end of his five-year military obligation in May 1987.

The reply, Meyers said from the Falcons training camp, was "a flat no" from the commandant's office of the Marine Corps in Washington. Meyers, 26, was selected as a free agent by the Falcons in 1982 after a career at the U.S. Naval Academy. He set a school records for rushing for 198 yards in a single game, 1,318 yards in a season and 2,935 yards in his three-year career. Meyers is taking his standard leave for the fourth consecutive year to train with the Falcons.

He must return to Camp Pendleton following Atlanta's Aug. 24 exhibition game against the Green Bay Packers. "We felt last year when he went back to the Marines that he could have made our team," said Falcons General Manager Tom Braatz. "If he wasn't obligated to the U.S. Marines, he would probably play in the NFL." HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.

The New York Jets, trimming their roster to 93, waived five men and put two more players on the National Football League's injured reserve list. Placed on waivers were place-kicker Phil Ellis, cornerback Derrick Franklin, punter Eric Kaifes, quarterback John McCarthy and DORSETT: Would like to go to either Pittsburgh or Miami. center Tom Schaefer. Defensive back George Floyd and running back Ronny Cone were put on injured reserve. DALLAS Dallas Cowboys' holdout running back Tony Dorsett says he has told team president Tex Schramm that the team should consider trading him before the regular season begins.

Dorsett and Schramm met briefly during the past weekend and Dorsett says he is no closer to reaching a contract agreement now than he was two weeks ago. Schramm confirmed that Dorsett asked for the trade. "He keeps saying he's been embarrassed and that he might be better off somewhere else," Schramm said. "But I told him you don't just pull down the curtains on a bad experience because you're traded to another team." If traded, Dorsett said he would prefer to play for Don Shula with the Miami Dolphins or the Pittsburgh Steelers, who play only 20 miles from his hometown of Aliquippa, Pa. TAMPA, Fla.

Lee Roy Selmon, I Orioles facing a true test of character Drug incident gets jockey suspended Will the bitching and moaning start? Will the Orioles play the rest of the season on cruise control, or will they try to make this year's finish as respectable as possible? "Last year was the first year for me that we were out of a pennant race," said Ripken. "All of a sudden, you realize you can't win it. A lot of goals can then turn from team goals to personal-type goals. "Now the realization that we're running out of time is hitting us. It's hitting me But you have to keep telling yourself: 'We can do it.

We can do if "The frustration is coming out everywhere," said Martinez. "I been here nine years, and it's the worst I've seen it. There are some players talking behind other players' backs. There are some cliques forming. "We'll have to see how everybody reacts to the rest of the season, if we stay as far back as we are.

Yes, that will be the true test" And the test already has begun? know whea to Martinez elected not to follow protocol. Even before acting manager Cal Ripken Sr. reached the mound, there was Martinez, sprinting for the dugout as if he had a plane to catch. In baseball parlance, it was called "showing up the manager." Martinez admits it was the wrong thing to do. Ripken Sr.

seethed over the incident Weaver called a clubhouse meeting to discuss it But if ever there was a classic example of frustration eating at a ballclub, it occurred on that simmering Sunday in Texas Stadium. Still, a funny thing happens when you talk about this frustration with the Orioles. Many of them deny seeing any signs of frustration. Weaver says he hasn't really noticed any. But yesterday there were a few notably Ripken and Martinez who sensed the coming weeks would ojffer a true test of character for this team.

COWHERD, From Bl Weaver was tossed out seconds later when he argued on Dempsey's behalf. To umpires, of course, this is somewhat akin to having Charles Manson show up as defense attorney. But the tone had been set. A half-season of frustration was catching up to the Orioles. It got even worse in the fifth inning.

With a 6-4 lead and the tying run at the plate, Dennis Martinez was relieved by Sammy Stewart Martinez, who had not won a start since July 4 and was one out away from qualifying for a victory, did not take the news of Stewart's arrival well. Protocol calls for the pitcher getting the hook to hang around and look properly remorseful. After a few brief remarks with the manager, he is then supposed to quietly vanish from the scene. do you know when to leave?" says Mike Flanagan. "Instinct Let's say you give up five run? in an inking You sample was sent to the Maryland Racing Commission's drug-testing laboratory at Laurel.

Results of the test are expected to be known today. Under a new commission rule, which took effect July 1, drug tests must be taken by any jockey if the stewards believe there is "reasonable cause" to order one. At the harness tracks, drivers are subject to random sampling by the stewards. BaboolaL according to sources, had been reported to the track security agency, the Thoroughbred Racing and Protective Bureau, several times during the last few months for his erratic mood changes. The stewards refused to comment on the suspension.

Baboolal resumed riding this winter after being suspended for 10 years for his involvement in the St. Valentine's Day Triple race fix at Bowie in 1975. Baboolal was an unindicted coconspirator and received immunity from prosecution for his role as a witness. Baboolal's suspension will last until after a commission hearing, should he request one. By Ross Peddicord Evening Sun Staff Jockey John Baboolal, 35, was suspended from the grounds of all state racetracks yesterday after reports of his involvement in a drug-related incident at Pimlico.

The Board of Stewards ordered the suspension after receiving a report that Baboolal had drug paraphernalia among his belongings in the jockeys' room at the track. The stewards ordered Baboolal to take a urine test yesterday morning in thtf track's detention barn, and the.