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"It could have been 6-1, 6-1 (in the last two sets) but instead it went 6-4, 6-4," said McEnroe, who is seeded 16th, his lowest ranking in the Open since 1977. "That's a great waste of energy, especially in a major like this when you want to get off the court as Hi bkkw VMfei I BBBBaaauti 'Jbbbb tap winona APPALL flpiCAN LEAGUE Chicago 4, Detroit .1 Cleveland 4, Kansas City 1 Milwaukee 6, Toront Texas 8, Minnesota 6 N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, Baltimore at California, (ny Boston at Oakland, (n) ImONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 4 Los Angeles 4, Montreal 2t N.Y. Mets 1, San Diego 6 St. Louis 9, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 7, San Francisco 5 minutes.

"I've been playing a lot of 'jttppes this year not to lose, and I'm determined not to do that at this tournament," Navratilova said. fa the first big upset of the tournament, 183rd-ranked Kim Stein-metz shocked eighth-seeded Natalia Zvereva 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. "Definitely, all the pressure was on her," Steinmetz said. "She made a few errors today that really Mpd me." Wilander, the Australian and French Open winner, beat former NCAA champion Greg Holmes 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in a match that was sus- Houston 7. Chicaao 4 Mian's Stefan Edberg returns a shot in Stefan Jdberg returns a shot in Wea see U.S.

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"tf they had any guts they'd tell me to my face." Pocklington and his wife; Eva, were field hostage in their home by a gunman in 1982. Pocklington was wounded when police stormed the hcijsetbarftf the hostage-taking. I 'Brow HI IClaQlr '-V Am mrnW''- WFQk mm HP Jil ax a Espy's HR tips Twins in ninth Associated Press 1 Wt4t IlH ll aa am. ra Aal Vikings cut 8, sign Coffman Associated Press EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn, The Minnesota Vikings, moving to get down to the NFL's mandatory roster limit of 47 players, on Tuesday waived eight players but later sigrwps tight end Paul Coffman. Vikings spokesman Merrill Swanson said those waived were linebacker Sam Anno, defensive end Stafford Mays, linebacker Joe Cain, tight Mf Riley Walton, wide receiver Reggie Ward, guard Randy Rasmussen, tight end Brad Beckman and safety Jamie Fitzgerald.

Coffman, recently waived ty the New Orleans Saints, was ARLINGTON, Texas Cecil Espy's two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Texas Rangers an 8-6 vic- wry over the Minnesota Twins TiWii ami mtiiirmFm over the Minnesota Twins past Jays Associated Praap MILWAUKEE Rob Deer hit two homers and drove in five runs and Teddy Higuera won his fifth straight game as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-2, Tuesday night. Deer hit his 19th homer with two outs in the fifth, a 410-foot drive to left-center field off starter Jeff Mus- imm mmmMk jfe- mmm signed after 4 p.m. The Vikings will have to cut somebody or place a player on injured reserve today to get back down to 47. Tuesday night. Espy hit a 1-1 pitch from reliever Juan Berenguer, 8-4, to make a winner of Ed Vande Berg, 1-1, who pitched the ninth.

Scott Fletcher went 5-for-5, equaling a Rangers record. Bobby Witt was seeking a club-record 10th straight complete game for Texas but left after eight innings allowing six runs, six hits and eight walks. Witt threw 150 pilches, Minnesota took, a 6-5 lead in the fifth, after trailing 50, on Kent Hrbek's two-run homer. It was Hrbek's 25th homer but first against a West Division opponent this season. Texas tied the score 6-6 in the sixth on Ruben Sierra's sacrifice fly.

Sierra came within a few feet of a grand slam homer but the drive died at the base of the center-field wall. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Coffman, who played tor Kansas State, was with the Green Bay Packers from 1976 through 1986 and Kansas City last year. MKMUi, 5-3. The homer, following a single by Robin Yount, broke a 1-1 tie. i'iij Deer then lined a three-run homer to straightaway center in the seventh off reliever Duane Ward, giving the Brewers' outfielder five homers and 13 RBIs in his last nine games.

Higuera, 12-8, allowed eight hits and two runs in 7Vb innings and Chris Bosio finished. Associated Press Minnesota bobbles a mate Randy Bush moves in to help during third-inning action Tuesday in Arlington, Texas. Kirby Puckett (left) Cecil Espy as team centerfielder hit by Texas' Senior will be the key for Rambler runners leadership Shaw cut from basketball team Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Brian Shaw, the first-round draft choice of the Boston Celtics, was the final player cut Tuesday as the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team reached its 1 2-player limit.

Shaw, the Pacific Coast AjUUMIMliM expects good results from this season. Hanson would like to see high finishes from his teams in Thursday's season-opening invitational, but he doesn't place much emphasis on team finishes in the early going. "It's nice to do well at the beginning, but how we do at the end of the season is important. The main focus of our season will be the conference, regional and hopefully, state tournaments," he said. "Our senior leadership should provide the extra edge for our team.

They've been through it (regional and state meets) and know what has to be done to return there." Winona Cotter cross country schedule state meet. "t's always tough to repeat. But, barring injuries, we'll have a good team again. Hopefully, we'll be there," he said. Elgin-Mill vi lie.

last year's state runners up, and Lake City along with Winona Cotter will probably be the teams to watch in Region 1 A. If the Ramblers do not return to the state meet, Hanson will not be upset. "Sure I would like to win, but as long as the runners are enjoying themselves, we will have a successful program," he said. Hanson doubles as the girls' coach and expects that team to be much improved. "We were real young last year, and we Will be again this year.

Jenny Schneider, Jenny Kukowski and Carie Edwards, our top three runners, are all participating for their first time," he said. Heather Cichanowski, Rachel Schumacher and Jamie Bilicki are other runners Hanson year coach Kevin Hanson, whose clubs opens Thursday at the Stewartville Invitational. Brickner, Tomashek, Ali Omar and Spring will be the runners Hanson expects to complete the group in his strong team-pack running philosophy. Hanson's coaching strategy is similar to the one he ran in as a member of the 1982 Winona High team which won the Class A A state title. Similar to Jim Film, his coaching counterpart at WSHS, Hanson likes to have his runners run together as.

a group. However, Hanson expects Edwards and Mahdi Omar to run. in front, while having the others finish seconds apart. "I would like to have them stay together, with the slow ones picking up the pace, rather than slowing the top runners down," Hanson said. Despite the experience on the team, Hanson expects a tough time returning to the mmmmm ff ill infill iiiipKSWiwiisp' Winona Daily News Senior leadership will be the key to the Winona Cotter boys' cross country team this season.

As the Ramblers try to improve on their ninth-place showing at last year's Minnesota State High School League State Class A meet, they will rely on seniors Jim Brickner, Dave Edwards, Mahdi Omar and Steve Tomashek, junior Ali Omar and sophomore Francis Spring. Edwards, who finished 10th in the team competition and 16th overall in the state meet a year ago, should continue as the Ramblers' top runner. Mahdi Omar will replace Neil Mulrooney, who graduated, as, their No. 2 man. "They probably will be just as good as last year's top two runners," said second- year last season at Cal-Santa Barbara, was caught up in the numbers problem at guard.

Shaw was the best rebounder of the group but his floor leadership never really showed during the eight exhibition games the Olympians played against teams comprised of. '-i players from the NBA. 1 rt Stewartville Invitational; at Elgin Millville In vitational 15 at La Crosse Logan Invitational; at Rochester Mayo Invitational; 30 at Rochester Lourdes Invitational a at Lewiston Invitational; 8 at Prairie du Chlen In vitational; 1 at HVL meet (Rochester;.