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i "ft 1 1 Irwin revises U.S. Open history a little and put it in the bunker. But actually that wasn't too bad. I had a little bit of a downhill lie in there (the bunker), and I just hit it a hair heavy. It came up short, and I couldnt get the putt to go down in the hole.

Irwin, meanwhild, took care of business at No. 18 with a workmanlike par. Suddenly the match was tied for the first time since the fifth hole. In the first sudden-death hole, both hit good drives. Donald was 115 yards from the flag, with a brisk wind behind, but he hit up weakly.

His ball spun back 30 feet from the cup, leaving him little chance to make birdie. And he didn't. Irwin, meanwhile, coolly arched his approach 8 feet past the pin. After Donald missed his birdie try, Irwin slammed the trophy case shut with his putt. Donald said later he felt the long day was about to end as he stood on the No.

1 tee for the second time. Please see OPEN: C2 weeks ago that I won the U.S. Open. My wife can verify that. I was able to make that dream come true.

His driver threatened to make his dream only a dream. Irwin missed six of 14 fairwa; He hit just 12 of the first 18 greens in regu! tion. With only three holes remaining, Irwin was two shots behind Donald. He had birdied the par-5 14th to match Donald's birdie. When he birdied the 16th after a superb 2-iron shot to 6 feet of the pin, he had trimmed Donalds lead to one shot.

At No. 18, sensing the Open title was oh-so-close, Donald self-destructed. He yanked his tee shot into the gallery in the left rough. He hit his approach into a greenside bunker. He came out weakly, leaving himself a 15-foot putt, then missed the par when his roller slid by the right edge of the cup by half an inch.

It was just a routine, lousy-looking bogey, Donald said. Actually, I had a good break over in the rough. I had a good lie and an opening through the trees, but I hooked it Donalds bad shot turns playoff tide By George White Orlando Sentinel MEDINAH, III. Golf historians are fond of saying that U.S. Opens are not won they are lost.

Hale Irwins triumph on the 19th hole of Mondays playoff at once proved and disproved the history books. A golden moment was lost by Mike Donald, who stood on the 18th tee needing a par to author one of the warmest moments in golf history. Instead, golfs ultimate foot soldier bogeyed, giving both himself and Irwin a 74 in regulation and sending the Open into sudden death. But as certainly as Donald lost it, Irwin at 45 the oldest to do so won it. Hoping to win this championship for the third time in his 23-year-career and his first since 1979, Irwin birdied the first playoff hole with an Outstanding iron approach and a precise 8- I V.

foot putt. It ended a day of frustration for Irwin, 45, who had been a virtual golfing recluse from 1985 through 1989 as he concentrated on his golf-course architecture business. Returning to the tour full time this year, he was one of the U.S. Opens most surprising winners, especially on a day when his game was far from Open-caliber. I just kept pecking away told myself to keep going, keep going, Irwin said.

I can tell this now I had a dream a couple of AP photo Thrill of victory Hale Irwin celebrates win. EWU cuts 4 two sports; audit ends Eastern Washington University Monday reaffirmed its decision to drop baseball and wrestling as inter-! collegiate sports. The decision, called final in a statement released by the school, is effective this fall. This decision comes after a ful and thorough analysis of our fi-! nancial situation in athletics, said' Dr. B.

Dell Felder, interim Eastern, president. We are disappointed that; the universitys resources are not sufficient to continue the sports. We are optimistic, however, that, this action will make it possible for; Easterns other sports to succeed. Dr. Darlene Bailey, EWU athletic-director, recommended elimination of the two sports in late May after she was directed to present a balanced budget for the 1990-91 intercollegiate program by June 1.

She made the ref commedation in order to projected $175,000 budget deficit. Easterns Athletic Policy Board (APB) reviewed the recommendatidij earlier this month. In a report to Dr: Felder, APB chair Jim Hanegan suggested another review of the budget to see if baseball and wrestling could be retained. However, he said the feeling of the APB was that the two sports should not be continued at the expense of the other programs. Dr.

Felder said a number of factors led to the baseballwrestling decision: The EWU Board of Trustees voted this spring to continue the universitys participation at NCAA Division 1 level. A balanced budget was mandated by the Board. Baseball and wrestling are the only two sports at Eastern which were part of the Big Sky Conference. Both baseball and wrestling needed additional money in order to be competitive. The 7 Vi baseball scholarships now awarded to athletes will be honored.

i EWU officials also announced that they had found improper accounting procedures in the mens bas1 ketball program, but no misappropri: ation of funds. The audit that began in early May focused on money advanced to former head basketball coach Bob Hofman for team meals and lodging. The audit concluded that travel receipts were not properly completed, unused cash advances were not returned in a timely matter, and Hof-mans requests for cash advances were unreasonably high. Athletic Director Darlene Bailey said none of the paperwork infractions were NCAA violations. Staff photo by Kit King Spokane Indians catcher Jim Elliott tags out Yakimas Garrett Beard in the third inning after a relay throw by right fielder Darius Gash.

Olsons debut false start for Indians But, in your first game, you dont know what to expect. A guy could have thrown a no-hitter, you never know. You can see theres a lot of talent on this team. It was a real exciting game. the only thing Im not happy with is that we lost, Glynn said.

We played hard, we hustled and we stayed in the game. The Indians held early 2-0 and 6-2 leads, but the Bears Yakimas first pro team since 1966 poured over five runs on five hits in the fifth inning and four more on five hits in the sixth. Spokane starter Mike Bradley walked the first two batters he faced on nine pitches, but escaped unscathed before his teammates Please see INDIANS: C3 the Indians, the Bears are loaded with veterans of one or two seasons of pro ball, and they played like it. You could tell, said Mieske, a U.S. national team member last year.

To them, it didnt seem like their first game. They came in and looked relaxed. The way they swung the bats, you could tell theyre not uptight at all. They waited for their pitch, and they hit it. Theyve got a good team.

So does Spokane, Mieske and Glynn are certain. We did a lot of positive things, Mieske said. The guys hit the ball pretty good. Other things we didnt do well, we will do well our defense, and we walked a lot of guys (seven). Western Michigan, singled in a run in his first at bat.

He also scored two runs and gunned down two runners at the plate and one at second base. He might have nailed another at second, but he fielded the ball off the fence and fired it in so quickly that shortstop Bill Meury did not appear ready to make the tag. What an impressive night he had, Spokane manager Gene Glynn said. Not only did he show arm strength, but his accuracy. Youve got to give a lot of credit to Jim (catcher Jim Elliott), too.

A lot of times you dont see the catcher hang on to the ball and make that play. Of course, Elliott was helpless on 14 other occasions at preventing Yakima runs. Unlike By Howie Stalwick Staff writer Kurt Olson waited 10 months to celebrate the start of his pro baseball career and ruin the start of the Spokane Indians season. Olson pounded out five of Yakimas 19 hits in a 14-8 Northwest League romp at Indians Stadium. The Monday night slugfest was observed by a sellout throng of 9,526 the largest opening day crowd in Spokane history.

Olson, a free agent out of Indiana University, signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers last August. He scored three runs and drove in two in a debut matched only by that of Spokane right fielder Matt Mieske. Mieske, twice a third-team All-American at MORNING REVIEW BASEBALL C1.C3 Jackson HR helps Royals past Ms Seattle gets Jones for Coles American League Baltimore 7, Boston 2 Detroit 7, Oakland 2 Milwaukee 4, New York 2 Kansas City 6, Seattle 2 California 4, Chicago 1 Texas 7, Minnesota 1 National League Montreal 5, Chicago 1 St Louis at New York, ppd, ram Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, ppd, ram San Francisco 2, San Diego 1 Los Angeles 5. Houston 2 son. Jones, 29, batted .229 with four home runs and nine RBI in 50 games for the Tigers.

Coles, who has played in the major leagues since 1983, played with the Tigers in 1986, when he batted .273 with 20 homers and 86 RBI. Associated Press DETROIT The Detroit Tigers traded outfielder Tracy Jones to Seattle for Mariner third baseman Darnell Coles, the club said Monday. Coles, 28, batted .215 with two home runs and 16 RBI in 37 games for the Mariners this sea Davis, who had won the 1960 Pacific Coast League batting championship for Spokane, homered against the Braves TV HIGHLIGHTS 11:55 a.m.: World Cup Soccer, US vs Austria (TNT 11). 2:05 p.m.: Baseball, Cincinnati at At- lanta (TBS 12) 4:30: Baseball (ESPN 9) 5:10: Baseball, Cincinnati at Atlanta (TBS 12) 5:30: Baseball, Seattle at Kansas City (KSTW23) 7:30: Baseball (ESPN 9). 9: Boxing, Solis-Vasquez, feath-' erweights (USA 8) SPORTS LIST If they were run as fast as Indy 500 qualifying time Boston Marathon 6 mm 58 seconds 2 Kentucky Derby 19 9 seconds 3 100-yard dash 9 seconds 4 Full-court fast break 284 seconds Based on Emerson Fittipaldi 1990 lap time of 22S 301 mph SOUnCC.Ttw Boston GM QUOTABLE Gubicza walked three batters in the first inning, forcing in a run, before settling down.

Kevin Seitzer went 4-for-4 and scored -three runs and Danny Tarta-bull got three hits, including a two-run double. Jackson homered for the second straight day after not hitting a ball over the fence since May 21. Gubicza (4-6) pitched 6 innings and won his seventh consecutive decision over the Mariners since Sept. 28, 1987. He is 12-3 lifetime in 16 starts against Seattle, the team he has beaten most in his career.

Mark Davis relieved Gubicza and gave up an RBI single to Alvin Davis in the seventh. The Mariners left the bases loaded and Jeff Montgomery pitched the last two innings. Erik Hanson (6-6) was charged with six runs in innings. Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. Bo Jack-son may be done experimenting.

Jackson homered for the second straight day, hitting a three-run shot that carried Mark Gubicza and the Kansas City Royals past the Seattle Mariners 6-2 Monday. Im into my 500th stance, said Jackson after homering in back-to-back games for the second time this season. Ive been through a lot of stances this season. I picked out one this afternoon that Im comfortable with and it worked for me. The home run came off an inside pitch that I normally would not hit in my old stance, but I put the bat on the ball and muscled it out.

I Bos home run was the big hit, Manager John Wathan said. We are "I say what I think I ted the truth, and there are times when you are not supposed to teN the truth Basketball star Charles Barkley, who was the top vote-getter on the NBA All Interview team A LOOK BACK starting to get a few of those big home runs now. We know we are not going to get a lot of home runs, but it is nice to get some with men on base." Gubicza continued his domination of Seattle with nine strikeouts in his first start since he had to leave a game in California last week after the first inning because he aggravated an old rib-cage injury. I had real good stuff, Gubicza said. Ive had a good slider, but this was one of the first games I was able to throw the fastball where I wanted to." June 19, 1973: Pete Rose of the Reds and Willie Davis of the Dodgers collected their career hits Rose singled against the Giants and.