The Independent-Record from Helena, Montana • 11

The Independent Record, Helena, t-nday, August 'M, 198739 DdWO Mp (a ft Helena falls 7-6, but Medicine Hat trips up Billings By GORDY PACE elenas offense sputtered for all but one inning Thursday night as the Brewers dropped a 7-6 Pioneer League game to Great Falls, but the Brewers got some help from Medicine Hat in the race for the Pioneer Leagues Northern Division title. The Brewers magic number is now two after Billings fell to Medicine Hat 7-2 Thursday night to remain a game-and-a-half behind Helena. Great Falls moved out to a 4-0 lead after 3 Vi innings as Dodger starter John Wanish allowed just one hit in the first three innings. Helenas only hit early in the game was by Tim Raley, who twisted a knee while he was on the bases and had to be replaced in the outfield by Tony Boze. An earlier Brewer injury may have been even more significant to the outcome of the game, though, as starting pitcher Chris Johnson left after just one inning of action.

Johnson, who has not been beaten this season, suffered from a twinge in his throwing elbow and left the game after a few warm-up tosses in the second. The homd half of the fourth was the only inning that the Brewers could get anything going they got it going six runs on six offensively, bi in a big way in sports THE HELENA BREWERS will host the Great Falls Dodgers in Pioneer League action tonight at 7 p.m. at Kindrick Legion Field. It will be the last regular-season home game for Helena. In short BOBBY WADKINS tied a record on the way to a 6-under-par 64 and a three-stroke lead in the first round of the $800,000 World Series of Golf in Akron, Ohio.

Wadkins, 36, not yet a winner in 13 seasons on the PGA Tour, qualified for this elite event with a victory in Japan last year. He tied a tournament record, set in 1977 by Tom Weis-kopf, with a string of four consecutive birdies beginning on the ninth hole. JOEY SINDELAR shot a record-tying, 8-under-par 62 to claim the first-round lead in the $450,000 Provident Classic in Chattanooga, Tenn. Sindelar missed only two greens and had no bogeys as he shot matching 31s on the front and back nines at the par-70 Valley-brook Golf and Country Club course. Sindelar, holds a two-shot edge over Morris Hatalsky, Bill Sander and Tim Simpson.

hits. Three of thosk hits were for extra bases, including a three-run home run by Vilato Marrero that started the seining barrage. After a single by Oreste Marrero, Mike Guerrero tripled down the right-field line to tie the game at 4-4. Bryan Foster gave the Brewers the lead with a single to left-center, and then scored what would be Helenas last run on a Dave Nilsson base hit. Great Falls didnt waste any time coming back as Billy Argo led off the next inning with a triple and scored on a ground out.

The Dodgers took the lead back for good in the sixth with three straight hits, including back-to-back doubles by Frank Mustari and Steve Green. Greens double off of Angel Miranda to right-center scored the tying and go-ahead runs. Bobby Wadkins I 1 ST it vV 4si -a tf'1, A Zk ii Jp' i -4iH Jr A 4 I 'X i Vr? Helenas Vilato Marrero (21) is greeted at the dugout by teammate Mike Guerrero after Marerro hit a three-run homer. (Staff photo by Roy Pace) (More on BREWERS, page 4B) Somifth Ibfemiks Podir! i 'ig. til9 Wathah wins in debut as K.C.

manager y. mmr 4 By Tie Fre' NL East, race remains tight X' AMATEUR KAY COCKERILL eagled the 16th hole with a 35-foot putt and birdied the 17th as part of a 3-under-par 69, taking a one-shot lead in the first round of the $250,000 World Championship of Womens Golf in Buford, Ga. MEDALIST SCOTT GUMP took the early spotlight at the 87th U.S. Amateur Championship in Jupiter, Fla. as he trounced Orrin Vincent HI to remain in the chase for the oldest golf title in the United States.

Gump, of Merritt Island, defeated Vincent 6 and 5 and was joined by two-time U.S. Amateur champion Jay Sigel, 1986 semifinalist Bob Lewis and 1986 medalist Len Mattiace as notable first-round, match-play winners at the Jupiter Hills Club. The youngest player left in the tournament, Harry Rudolph III, a 17-year-old high school junior from LaJolla, also won. The medalist from this years U.S. Junior Amateur defeated Clemson University Coach Larry Penley 2-up.

SWEDEN'S MATS LANNER fired a 9-under-par 62 to set a course record and take an early lead in the $71,000 German Open golf tournament. In second place of the opening round were Englands Denis Durnian and Spains Antonio Garrido, both with a par 64. South Africas Mark McNulty shot a 65. SECOND-SEEDED JIMMY CONNORS took only 52 minutes to beat Jimmy Arias in straight sets in the first round of the $150,000 Norstar Hamlet Challenge Cup in Jericho, N.Y. In another first round match, Paul Annacone eliminated sixth-seeded Joakim Nystrom of Sweden at the Syosset Tennis Academy.

Both matches were played indoors due to constant rain. ABOUT A DOZEN PICKETS marched in the rain in front of the baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroths office to push their case for two postseason all star games to honor Jackie Robinson. The organization would like to promote games on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 in New York, matching major league stars from the east against a team from the west, with proceeds donated to charity.

THE NEW WIFE of Houston Rockets player Ralph Sampson has hired attorney Marvin Mitchelson to handle her possible divorce from the basbetball star. Mitchelson, hired by Alieze Dial, met with Sampsons representatives Thursday and said the parties will continue to explore the alternatives over the next few days. The Houston Post reported today. The couple married about eight months ago and she is five months pregnant. The possibility of reconciliation is still open, Mitchelson said.

We should know more by Monday. In any potential divorce case, I always explore reconciliation first. I prefer to go in stressing the positive." I Atlantas Albert Hall is tagged out at second on a steal attempt by Chicagos Shawon Dunston. TTitisas tact game', as manear of City Royals was more of 9 reunion Can a dJsut-" On Thurs-y slta-noco, the Royals fired Lilly Gardner as manager and namsd as his replacement ter th -rest of this sessea t-'ier coach Hal McIUie turned the job dOWflU i I Wathan, 37, played catcher and outfield for the Royal from 1976-CS and was man- ager of their Crrs AAA Omaha team this For one c' -7. i.ooo as a hig-idr- masagsr thanks to a fermer room- A yJ'4 A George Brett fcomered with two outs in the bottom of toe 10th inning to lift Kansas City over Texas, 3-2.

Brett hit his 17th homer on a 2-1 pitch from reliever Dale Moborcic, 6-4, wbo came off the disabkd list earlier in the day. John Davis, 3-0, pitched 1 i-3 innirgs for toe SAN DIEGO (AP) Montreals Bryn Smith wasnt sure he could pitch at all when he took the mound. Then inspiration got the best of him. Spurred on by a come-from-be-hind victory 24 hours earlier and the race in the National League East, the right-hander overcame a sore shoulder and became just the second Expos starter to win this month. Smith, who had elbow surgery in the off-season and hadnt started in eight days because of an aching shoulder, checked the San Diego Padres on four hits over five innings Thursday night for a 3-0 victory.

The shoulders basically kind of worn down. Now, its back in the rebuilding phase, said Smith, 8-6. It seems to be coming back real good. There was no pain. Smith, who hadnt won since July 29, said he and Expos Manager Buck Rodgers had decided prior to the game to pull him after five innings.

The main thing was to find out if I could pitch, Smith said. The last two times out I was giving up five runs a game. I was This is an important road trip, Rodgers said. Well know at the end of this trip whether were a contender or not. The Expos moved on to Los Angeles where they begin a three-game series against the Dodgers tonight.

They face San Francisco and Atlanta before returning home to meet the Cardinals. Rodgers said the team went into the game fired up by its come-from-behind win the night before. The Expos scored three runs in the ninth inning Wednes- not doing myself or the team any good. Elsewhere. Atlanta beat Chicago 5-2 in the first game of a doubleheader.

Chicago led the nightcap 8-6 when it was halted by darkness in the eighth inning. No other games were scheduled in the NL. The only other Montreal starter to win this month was Dennis Martinez, who beat New York on Aug. 10. Rodgers was thrilled with the victory, which gave the three-game series to the Expos, 2-1.

It pushed the third-place Expos within five games of St. Louis and a half-game of New York. (More on RACE, page 5B) KirEc Timmer waived by New York Jets ii Jt Kirk Timmer, a 1982 graduate of Jefferson High School and a four-year starter at Montana State University, has been waived by the New York Jets. The National Football League team made the announcement Thursday. Timmer, a 6-foot-3, 237-pound inside linebacker, was an llth-roynd pick by the Jets in the 1987 draft.

He was listed as a third-string linebacker on the Jets defensive charts. Playing ahead of Timmer on the left side were three-year veteran Tory Benson, University of Pittsburgh, and Kyle Clifton, a four-year player out of TCU. Clifton has been starting at inside linebacker with the Jets during the preseason, but is expected to move back to his normal position before the regular season opener. Timmer saw action in both Jet preseason games. Against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers he had three solo tackles and versus Philadelphia he was credited With one assist.

The jets had 12 linebackers in camp and are expected to keep seven. One veteran, Lance Mel, is currently on the disabled list but is expected back shortly. Besides Timmer, the Jets also selected two other linebackers in the early rounds of the 1987 draft. Alex Gordon, from Cincinnati, was taken in the second round and Onzy Elam, out of Tennessee State, went in the third round. The Jets are currently 1-1 in the preseason and face the Super Bowl champion New York Giants Saturday night in East Rutherford, N.J.

notice if you will, gentlemen, the side of the referee that has been sprayed with new improved Timmer.