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T'T1 cm BASEBALL AUTO RACING SPORTS South Bond Tnbune Saturday, Juno 1 1 991 D3 DRIEFS Sutton sizzles to 65, leads Kemper Open Coughlins confidence brings plate success abled him to use the whole field now Kevins jumped up tremendously, said Sox manager Tommy Thompson of Coughlins batting average. He puts the ball in play and gives the ball a chance. Mark (Haley) has been working with Kevin on pulling the ball and hitting with authority Kevins only 20, said Thompson Hes gomg to get better Hes a smart player and hes gomg to get better defensively Coughlin would like to develop more power Power is probably my biggest weakness, said Coughlin. Right now, opening my stance, Im able to pull the ball and I feel like have a little more power. I think the big thing is lifting weights and being more selective at plate, getting a pitch I can drive and let it fly AP Photo By CURT RALLO Tribune Spofts Writer SOUTH BEND Kevin Coughlin didnt look like a 300 hitter in the part of the season for the South Bend White Sox In fact, Coughlin didn't look like a 200 hitter.

But now. the South Bend outfielder is putting up numbers that would make baseballs best hitters envious Coughlin was hitting 147 after 24 games (10-of-68) In his last 18 games, the 20-year-old from Damascus, Md, is hitting 455 (25--gf-55) to raise his batting average 'to 292 overall I think my confidence is really high, Coughlin said. "In the beginning of the season, I was struggling and my confidence level was low Now that my hitting is coming around, each game Im more and more confident Everywhere Ive played at. Ive been a slow starter, Coughlin said It just takes a while to make the adjustment I try to stay positive about myself and try not to get down on myself Ive been in that situation before and 1 always come out of it Coughlin believes that winmng the headame is vital to winning on the field Hitting is probably just as much mental as it is physical," Coughlin said Coughlin has also made physical adjustments I predommantly start against nghties," said the left-handed hitting Coughlin. (South Bend hitting coach) Mark Haley me helped out hitting against lefties (Haley) opened my stance up, and that helped a lot.

said Coughlin I had a closed stance, and lefties were burning me up on the inside pitch Coughlins open stance has en Indy 500 winner Rick Mears wipes sweat from his face after a practice run Friday at the Miller 200 in Milwaukee Michael Andretti still has Miller 200 regrets Associated press Hal Sutton shot a 65 on Friday to the halfway point of the Kemper Open at Potomac, Md at 11-under 131. Sutton's mark is a tournament-record, and he is one stroke ahead of Greg Norman and Billy Andrade Sutton, vying for his first tournament victory since 1986, had three birdies and an eagle over the final seven holes He has 10 birdies and just one bogey in two trips over the TPC at Avenel course Norman, who started on the back rune, had eight birdies in a round of 65 But he missed a chance to share the lead when he hit into the rough on No 7 and took a bogey Finishing around six hours after Sutton and Norman, Andrade shot a 64 to tie a tournament record held by several golfers He had an eagle and two birdies over the first five holes, then returned after a 47-min-ute lightning delay to get four birdies over the last six holes Bob Gdder, who shared the first-round lead with Scott Gump, was tied with Bill Cochran at 133 Howard Twitty was among a group of rune players at 134, and Gump was one of three players at 135 Despite the intense heat, the players had their way with the course for a second straight day Jeff Sluman shot a 64, eight players had 65s and five shot 66s Rookie Michelle bstill not only made the cut for a change, she held the second-round lead at the LPG Rochester International in Rochester Estill, who has missed the cut in nine of 12 tournaments this year, shot her second straight 4-under par 68 Friday to lead veterans Chris Johnson, Beth Daniel and Colleen Walker by one stroke Bob Charles switch from contact lenses to glasses switched his putting fortunes on Friday at the NYNKX Commemorative in Scar-borough-on-Hudson, Charles shot a 6-under 64 King him with Rocky Thompson the mavor of a small Texas town, for the first round lead in the Seniors event hi Chi Rodriguez, who leads with Senior lour with four victo ries and $400,333, was a stroke behind at 65 along with Billy asper, Bruce Crampton, Walt Zembnski, and Bob Betley Defending champion Lee Trevi no had a 66 after arriving in New York at 3 a Friday He was in the Texas the night before to attend the high-school graduation of his daughter, Troy Trevino also rushed his final putt on the 18th green to avoid the heavy rains which suspended play for 1 hour, 45 minutes on the par-70, Sleepy Hollow Country Club Also at 66 are Ralph Tern, the ex New York Yankee pitcher. Chuck Workman, Bob Wynn. Dale Douglass, Charles Coody, Tom Shaw, Gordon Jones and Jack Kiefer In all. 46 of the 78 competitors were at par or better the 54 hole event BOXING: Donovan "Razor Ruddock named instead of talked Friday, which was UK with Mike Tyson "The best thing for him is to stav in training and train hard.

Tyson said "I'm gomg to kill this guv Tyson got together with promoter Don Kmg to hype his June 28 rematch with Ruddock, but Rud dock, training in Florida, was a no show on his end of the scheduled satellite exchange Kmg, as usual, wasnt at a loss for words, but Tyson toned down his rhetoric considerably from changes earlier this month when he called Ruddock a transvestite and questioned his sexual preferences Still, Tyson made it clear then' was no love lost between the heavyweights "To be honest with you I tolallv have no respect lor Razor Ruddock as an individual." Tyson said FOOTBALL: Herschel Walker and the Minnesota Vikings are hav ing more than a little problem in their contract negotiations Theyre hav mg 1,250,000 big prob lems equaling the number of dol lars the two sides are apart in de termining the running back-s base salary And because they apparentlv wont get together, both sides sav the issue is headed for arbdiation Walker, 29, had a base salary Iasi season was $1 mdlion and the addi tional $1 25 million he got from Dal las to accept the 1989 trade to Mm nesota was clearly an inducement and a reporting bonus Walker is asking for $2 25 million annually LSU and Fresno St. win in first round ROUNDUP The run also apparently ended the problems Mansells Williams-Renaut machine had been having with the semi-automatic gearbox Ferrari driver Jean Alesi, from France, was second quickest, just over two-tenths of a second behind Mansell Current Formula One champion Ayrton Senna, who has won all four races this year, could only manage third his McLaren Honda The Brazilian was eight-tenths of a set ond slower than Mansell Roberto Moreno, who had been quickest in the morning prat lice couldnt quite repeal his success in qualifying, but his fourth fastest lime gave a boost to the Benneton-Ford team With the forecast of a warm, dry day today, the final lineup could change dramatically But with four different cars the top positions and Senna relegated to third it appears that Sundays race could prove especially interesting if it rains NASCAR BUD 200: Dave Mader III won his first pole of the season Friday in qualifying for todays NASCAR Grand National Budweiser 200 stock car race Mader ran a 142 518 mph lap in a Buick on the 1-mile oval at Dover Downs International Speedway Krme Irvan, a Winston Cup driver, took the second starting spot at 141 883 mph in a Chevrolet Robert Pressley, David Green and Dale Jarrett filled out the starting five. Im terribly excited for the team, said Mader, whose team formed recently For our third attempt at a race to have a pole is wonderful. Im just flabbergasted that things have come together so soon SOUTH BEND SPEEDWAY Racing at the South Bend Motor Speedway was rained out for the second consecutive Friday. Tonight action will resume with the Demolition Derby.

Crashes will start at 7 p.m FRENCH OPEN S.B. Sox hurt by rain again PEORIA, 111 South Bends scheduled Midwest League game at Peoria Friday night was postponed due to rain The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader today TONIGHTS GAMES WHO South Bend White Sox (22-24) vs Peoria Chiefs(16-31) WHERE: Memen Field Peoria III WHEN: Two games beginning at 6 PROBABLE STARTERS: Jon Jenkins (3-4) and Kevin Tolar (4-O) vs Jason Doss (4-3) and Tyson Godfrey (1-5) GAME NOTES: Last night postponement was the fourth weather related cancellation of the season for the White Sox South Bend must also make up two games in Kenosha June 14 and 15 Jenkins blanked Springfield on three hits over eight innings to earn a victory in his last start COLLEGE SERIES said. Early when he needed to he played hard and worked out of jams. Florida State scored single runs the second, fifth and seventh. Kenny Felder doubled home Chris Roberts in the second, Ty Mueller doubled and scored on Link Jar-retts sacrifice fly in the fifth and Mueller hit his 11th homer of the year in the seventh.

Coach Bob Bennett said a talk with Jones in the seventh almost led to a pitching change. He said he was gettmg tired, Bennett said. I told him to get the last guy, then go in and get a drink and cool off. Good pitchers finish games. I felt a little uncomfortable the last couple of innings when Bobby said he was starting to get tired, Bennett said.

He felt his bullpen could have finished the job but wanted Jones to finish. Mouton was a one-man wrecking crew for LSU, which beat its SEC rival for the fifth time in seven meetings this season. He crushed his first homer off John Burke (8-5), who lasted four innings. Mou-tons blast cleared the 20- foot center-field wall 420 feet from home plate. Mouton said he had read some articles that he was not the home run hitter that he was expected to be and was not produemg for his team.

Tonight was my wakening night, Mouton said. I hope to keep it up all senes. Pat Garrity also homered off Burke after Mouton singled and scored on a sacnfice fly in the fourth. frfWVWWAAMUAXMWAMAWA Sports Cards Stuff i Weekly Sports Hat Specials! 716 Lincolnway Ok cola, IN 1 Cam oo over Chackvon 674-0707 from Page D1 chez Vicano won in straight sets Katerina Maleeva, seeded Uth, lost to Kina Retnach of South Africa The Connors-Chang match was a dramatic contrast of styles and personalities. Connors bantered with the crowd and clowned with ballboys, while the stoic Chang tried not to notice.

A panting Connors careened toward the stands after a long first-set point, his tongue wagging in exhaustion. Bonjour Madame, he blurted out, handing a shocked woman the ball. Connors continually joked with old rival Ion Tiriac, sitting a courtside box. He mimicked the ballboys and chided his racket after misses. When a portable phone Associated Press Michael Andretti admitted hn day he still feels pangs of frustra tion when he thinks about the finish of last year's Miller 200 at Wisconsin State hair Park Speedway in MUwaukee Andretti dominated the race on the one-mile oval, but wound up finishing second to A1 Unser Jr after running out of fuel two laps from the end and being forced to make a quick pit stop "I think that was one of mv most disappointing moments in racing Andretti said between practice ses sions for Sundays 200 lap event We had been very competitive in all the races before that, but were dropping out for different reasons, and then were leading this one nearly all the way and run out of gas for no reason at all The elder son and teammate of longtime Indy-car star Mario An dretti said the Newman Haas team learned something from that situation Two things happened I didnt know we were in trouble (on fuel) until 50 laps to go, and on the last (scheduled) pit stop there was about half a gallon (of fuel) that didnt get in the car," he said "If that fuel had gotten in the car, I would have finished the race Now, our procedures are different I know all the time where I am on fueL If I had known (last June) that we were in trouble on fuel, I could have saved it from the start The car was so dominant that I could have just slowed the pace a little and still won it Andretti who went on to finish second to Unser in the PPG Cup points, is off to a similar start this year He has been very strong but has faded to win in the first four races, running second to Rick Mears in last Sundays Indianapolis 500.

In that race, Andretti nearly lapped the rest of the field in the early going before a slowly deflating tire threw off the handling of his car and forced an early pit stop. CANADIAN GRAND PRIX: Nigel Mansell showed his mastery on a damp track Friday to win the provisional pole position for Sundays Canadian Grand Pnx The Briton, who finished second at the Monaco Grand Prix two weeks ago, recorded a time of 1 min 35 065 secs (104 241 mph) about two-thirds the way through the session as the track began to dry out. ALL STAR WINCED SPRINGS CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS Sun. Nite, June 2nd $4,000 To Win Street Stocks Korcor.io SPEEDWAY Races Every Sun. Nite Ph.

317459-3877 I I I I I Sat-SunAfterJ 1 PM 2 Green Fees Cart $40.00 (ishoim)I OMAHA, Neb (AP) Local fans cant wait to see Creighton University in the College World Series for the first time They didnt have to wait long for the first upset of the tournament, either Eighth-seeded Fresno State downed top-seeded Florida State 6-3 Friday on Vernon Spearmans bases-loaded triple and Bobby Jones eight-hit pitching in the first game of the NCAA Division I baseball championships. In the second game, Lyle Mouton put on a power show for fourth-seeded Louisiana State in an 8-1 whipping of Southeastern Conference rival Florida. Mouton hit his 11th homer of the season, a shot over the center-field wall in the first and added No. 12, a grand slam off the scoreboard in left-center, in the seventh Omaha-based Creighton, the seventh seed, is matched with second-seeded Clemson in todays first game. No.

3 Wichita State meets No. 6 Long Beach State tonight in the last of the first-round games. Spearmans bases-loaded triple in a four-run fifth inning ignited Fresno State. Philip Romero singled home Spearman and chased Florida State starter Roger Bailey (113). It was a bad pitch," Bailey said of Spearmans triple.

The wheels fell off in the fifth because of mistake pitches. Spearman, who bats ninth but had three hits, said he knew the bottom of the order would contribute. We feel that every game we re able to contribute, Spearman said. Brant Brown, Chris Falco and Spearman had six of Fresno States nine hits and drove in five of the six runs. Falcos two-run homer in the sixth gave Jones a cushion.

The win advances the Bulldogs (42-21) to Sundays winners-bracket game against Louisiana State (52-18). Florida State (57-13) fell to the losers bracket to meet Florida (49-20) Sunday in an elimination game. Jones picked up his 16th win against one loss to become the win-' ningest pitcher in college baseball this season. The complete game was his 17th of the year. Jones lived up to his billing, Florida State coach Mike Martin SALE on all storage barns! 12 MONTHS SAME AS CASH OR $100 CASH REBATE with approved credit rang near the court, he instructed umpire Rebeuh "Tell my wife I being good Chang, meanwhile, went about the busmess of tennis Sometimes its difficult not to laugh when Jimmy does what he does, he said "I was aware of it.

but it didnt bother me The difference between the two players extended to the visitors box, where Chang's parents sat in shock as Connors rallied to win the fourth set and the crowd around them rose in excitement Connors' friends drank beer and cheered wildly at his points Changs brother, Carl, drank Per ner and calmly said, "Nice shot Michael 12 x8 $999 Built in your Yard Grass Trimmer GT-1100A Sale $139 99 Reg $164 99 South Bend CHANDLER SALES SERVICE MYERS DEER COUNTRY 1 1 9" Power Blower sale 139" Your cost after $20 mail-in rebate Reg. $159 99 Save $20 tags a tags a BROOKWOOD GOLF CLUB p- under new management Michigans 13th Ranked Public Golf Course GET AQUAINTED SPECIAL! CS-280E Reg. $199.99 1 79" save 20 HC-1500 Reg. $259.99 239" Hedge Clipper save 20 MlckHetoury YARNS HOOVER HARDWARE Mlehaweka Mon-Wed-Fri 7 AM to 2 PM 2 for 1 Green Fee IRISH FANS! South Bend tribune Irish Sports Renort THE NO 1 PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO NOTRE DAME SPORTS BY AMERICA MOST EXPERIENCED FIGHTING IRISH REPORTERS. ONLY $28.00 PER YEAR.

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