The Gazette from Cedar Rapids, Iowa • 19

Sat, July 23. 1994 INSIDE Fine Print, 4C fl Money-Farm, 5C fl Stocks, 6-7C Fun returns for Boros Guy Boros Play improves Davies cards 68, slips into contention LAKE ORION, Mich. (AP) Somebody finally made a charge at Helen Alfredsson, yet she still increased her lead in the U.S. Womens Open and set another record. The native of Sweden shot a 2-under-par 69 Friday for a record 36-hole total of 10-under 132.

That was good enough for a Pain from fathers death subsiding SUTTON, Mass. (AP) Guy Boros, a big man like his father was, sat composed and relaxed. He talked golf talk how the Wmd was whipping up and how far his birdie putts traveled. Golf was becoming fun again. He could walk the fairways focusing on his game, not on the loss of his father.

Julius Boros, winner of 18 PGA tour tournaments, was 74 when he suffered a fatal heart attack May 28. Guy Boros, a University of Iowa graduate, is 29 and his fathers career path. His 69 in Fridays second round of the New England Classic put him in contention with an 8-under-par 134. Im trying to do something (my father) did, said Boros, a non-winner in his first full year on the PGA tour. If I win half the tournaments he did, Id be very happy.

He shot 63 in another second round, his best score of the year. It came May 27 at the Southwestern Bell Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas. His father. U.S. WOMENS OPEN The driver was working very well, said Davies, who eagled No.

8. I hit a big drive and a sand wedge. It took two bounces and went into the cup. Tomorrow, I expect to hit a driver at every' opportunity. An afternoon rain delay of two hours and eight minutes left 15 players on the course when play was halted at 8:06 pm.

Iowa time. Those players were to report at 6:30 a.m, today and complete their rounds before the cut and start of the third round. Alicia Dibos, who was five under through 14 holes, was most notable among those players. Michelle Estill and Patty Sheehan were at 137. Estill shot 68 and Sheehan 71 in the second round.

Pamela Wright put together Turn to 3C: Open who won that tournament twice, died the next day, and Guy was told before teeing off. My mom asked me to play, he said, so he completed the tournament, finishing with a 71 and 74 and tying for 22nd place. But since my dad passed away, its been hard playing golf. He missed three of the next four cuts, but last weekend tied for third at the rain-shortened Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic. Im having a little more fun playing, said Boros, who is 83rd on the earnings list with $138,508.

1 still think about my father. Im sure I always will, but now its more happy thoughts. Im not as depressed. Score list, Page 4C four-stroke lead over Englands long-hitting Laura Davies when play was halted by darkness. Davies fired her second straight 68, rolling in a par putt on 18 just as darkness fell over the Old Course at Indianwood Golf and Country Club.

Davies, winner of three LPGA events this season and the tours top money-winner, won the Open in 1987 before joining the LPGA. AP photo Helen Alfredsson of Sweden reacts to a birdie on the 1 8th hole Friday at the U.S. Womens Open in Lake Orion, Mich. JasInMgltolnl IfiltiDInlMOS POT uteaMkhw- By Jeff Johnson Gazette sportswriter DUBUQUE Who has the last remaining Metro baseball team alive in the postseason? Cedar Rapids Jefferson? Nope, already beaten. Linn-Mar? Been eliminated.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy? Ditto. The right answer? Cedar Rapids Washington. Staring elimination in the eye, the unsung Warriors battled for a two-out run in the top of the Wildcats overpower Marion By Bob Hilton Gazette sportswriter Her team stranded a dozen baserunners in six innings but Maquoketa Valley softball coach Donna Wheeler didnt seem the least troubled. The Wildcats vanquished Marion, 8-3, in a Class 2A regional tournament quarterfinal Friday Celtics acquire Wilkins BOSTON (AP) Free agent forward Dominique Wilkins, the ninth-leading scorer in NBA history, agreed to a three-year contract with the Boston Celtics on Friday. It feels great, Wilkins said from Chicago, where he is practicing with Dream Team II, which will represent the United States at the World Championships in Toronto next month.

Just the tradition alone there gets you ready to play. I always loved playing in the Boston Garden and now Ill be playing there all the time. Celtics President Red Auerbach confirmed the deal Friday night. M.L. Carr, hired as the Celtics' head of basketball operations last month, and Jan Volk, his assistant, met with Wilkins on Friday in Chicago.

He knows what it takes to put good talent together, Wilkins said of Carr. They showed interest in me for awhile. It didnt just happen overnight. Weve been moving right along. Wilkins, 34, was traded in February to the Los Angeles Clippers by the Atlanta Hawks for forward Danny Manning.

He made $3.5 million last season and became an unrestricted free agent on July 1. "I had a great year despite the senseless trade, Wilkins said. I had a great year. Im feeling as good as Ive felt in my career and now I think Ill end my career with the Celtics. Im happy to be there.

AP photo Dennis Mitchell of the U.S. (245) wins the 1 00-meter dash in 9.94 seconds in front of fellow American Jon Drummond (226) and others Friday at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway. Kenyan shatters 1 0,000 mark TRACK AND FIELD OSLO, Norway (AP) William Sigei of Kenya shattered the world record with a time of 26 minutes, 52.23 seconds at the Bislett Games on Friday. It was the 60th world record since 1924 at the famous wooden stadiums world record track. Sigei cut more than six seconds off fellow Kenyan Yobes Ondiekis old record.

Ondieki set the old standard here last year with a time of 26:58.38 as he became the(first man to break the 27-minute barrier for the grueling race. Dennis Mitchell turned in another sterling performance, leading from the start to win the 100 in 9.94 seconds fpr the second fastest time of the year and a new Bislett stadium record. Mitchells time was just nine hundredths of a second off the world mark that fellow Ameri- can Leroy Burrell set recently at Lausanne, Switzerland. Jon Drummond, who beat World and Olympic champion Linford Christie of England in London a week ago, made it a U.S. double.

Burrell, preparing for the Godwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia, did jiot race. Sigei, who was second behind Ondieki here last year in 27:16.81, broke away from the pack with nine laps left of the race, held in near-perfect weather conditions. Two-time Olympic heptahlon champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee won the womens long jump at 24 feet, inches. Heike Drechsler of Germany was second at 23-11.

SOFTBALL night at Cedar Rapids Kennedy. In the opener, Vinton-Shellsburg edged Anamo-sa, 3-2. The Vikettes (18-23) take on Cascade which at 31-21 has the best in the field at 6:30 tonight. Maquoketa Valley (23-17) faces LaPorte City Union (22-15) at 8. The winners meet Monday night at a site to be determined, for the regional title and a state tournament berth.

Maquoketa Valley totaled 10 hits off two Marion pitchers, and was assisted by seven walks and three Indian errors. Our biggest strength is hitting, Wheeler said. Our girls are power hitters. We had seven home runs out of the park this season. Were very powerful.

Asked before the game whether her team was Turn to 2C: Marion PREP BASEBALL seventh inning to tie thte game and later scored two more runs with two out in the top of the eighth for a 3-1, Class 4A district final victory over Dubuque Wahlert Petrakis Park. Washington (18-15) seeks a berth in next weeks state tournament in Marshalltown when it faces Waterloo West in a substate final tonight in Cedar Falls. The Wahawks beat the Warriors in a pair of one-run games a week ago. Wahlert ended its season 13-19. That was fun, Washington Coach Rick Netolicky said.

Im proud of the way the kids played. They stuck to it, stuck to their guns and did a great job. This one was a pitchers dual from the start. Warrior starter Bryan Stroh breezed through the first four innings, retiring 13 batters in a row at one point. His counterpart, Jeremy Koopman, was also tough, allowing four hits through the first six innings.

Wahlert struck first with a two-out rally in the fifth. Koopman singled, Todd Jobgen walked and sophomore Jason Meyer came through with a flair to right field that fell in for an RBI double. I think I made two bad pitches all night, Stroh said. The pitch that drove in the run Id throw every time again. It was just a lucky hit.

I was really going to be upset if that was what decided the game. It looked for sure like it would. Koopman retired the first two Warrior batters in the top of the seventh and got No. 9-hitter Sol Jensen to hit a slow roller up the middle. Unfortunately for Koopman, Jensen beat it out for a hit, setting up Washingtons KG AN lands 35-game NFC package president and station manager at KGAN.

Our station really, really goes after sports franchises in a big way. Its part of our history. Fitzgerald said hes glad KGAN was able to work out a deal with Fox. We didnt think it was fair to (Eastern Iowa) fans to miss the games because we werent able to meet our commitment with the new tower, he said. I think its the best for Fox, the best for the NFL and the best for us, really, because our fans arent mad at us.

Fitzgerald hopes the tower will be in place by October and thinks KOCR will be televising the NFC next season. Theres no way we can get the tower up for the season, Fitzgerald said. We started in April to get everything done, but it just wasnt in the cards we had to get the tower up to reach enough people. KGAN begins its NFC broadcasts Aug. 12 with a pre-season game between Denver and San -Francisco.

The 35-game package includes four pre-season games, 28 regular-season games and three playoffs. Throughout the season, KGAN will televise 10 Chicago Bears games, eight Green Bay Packers contests and four Minnesota Vikings games. The regular-season begins Sept. 4. Were thrilled, said Bill Anderson, vice Gazette staff report KOCR-TV General Manager Jerry Fitzgerald was looking forward to broadcasting National Football Conference games this fall, but now hes just glad that the fans are going to be able to see the games.

KGAN-TV of Cedar Rapids, a CBS affiliate, announced Friday it had worked out a deal with Fox Television to broadcast 35 NFC- games, including NFC playoffs. In December, Fox Television outbid CBS for the NFC package. Fitzgerald said KOCR, a Fox affiliate located in Cedar Rapids, simply cant reach enough of an audience without its new tower in place. dramatics. Freshman courtesy runner Ross Meyeraan promptly stole second and scored when Mark Tack laced a 2-2 fastball in the right-center field gap for a game-tying double.

If you have a doubt in your mind, youre not going to come Turn to 3C: Wash I iiwibuWi lilittoinr im 'imirmrUlMif ilniw mtrmrinrri vnt in TELEVISION Golf British Senior Open, final round. 9 am. ABC; U.S. Womens Open, third round. 1 p.m.

ABC Baseball Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs. 1 m. WGN; Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals. 1 .05 p.m.

TBS Wide World of Sports Goodwill Games. 3 30 p.m. ABC Bicycle Racing Tour de France. 4 pm. ESPN Complete listing In Fine Print EVENTS IN THE AREA Regional softball Linn-Mar vs.

Dubuque Hempstead at Dubuque Senior; Jefferson vs. Senior at Senior; Praine vs. Burlington at Muscatine; LaSalle vs. North Linn or Iowa City Regina at Center Point. Midwest League baseball Burlington at Kernels, 7 pm.

Legion baseball Conrad vs. Blue at Kirkwood (2), 1 p.m. Dog racing At Dubuque Greyhound Park, 1 7:30 m. Complete listing In Fine Print Bullets dealing for Pippen WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Bullets are seeking a trade with the Chicago Bulls that could bring forward Scottie Pippen to Washington, team sources said. According to a report in Fridays Washington Times, the Bullets are ready to send No.

1 pick Juwan Howard, guard Rex Chapman and forward Don MacLean to Chicago for Pippen and possibly center Will Perdue. We have made it clear to Chicago that we continue to have a very sincere interest in Scottie Pippen, Bullets General Manager John Nash said. "Scottie Pippen is the best player in the league at (small forward), and i any time you have a chance to acquire that I caliber of player who is still in his prime, youve got to seriously pursue it Kernels go OT for victory CLINTON After blowing leads three times, the Cedar Rapids Kernels scored two two-out runs in the top of the 15th, then held on to beat the Clinton Lumber Kings, 11-10, Friday at Clinton for their fifth win in six games. With the score tied 9-9, Derrick Vaughn smacked a two-out double to the wall off loser Dennis Gomez (0-1). Aaron Guiel then drew an intentional walk to bring up Jamie Burke, who grounded to short.

But Clintons shortstop threw the ball away on the play to first and Vaughn scored the go-ahead run from second. Tony Moeder then singled home Guiel. QUOTE OF THE DAY El "In America, nothing less than gold is going to satisfy the sporting thirst. George Raveling, coach of the U.S. mens basketball team competing in the Goodwill Games.

TRIVIA QUESTION Who holds the all-time record for career victones on the LPGA Tour? Answer In Fine Print C' i 4 I.