North County Times from Oceanside, California • 19

i )ri i -r mil, Negotiators for baseball players and owners meet separately with federal mediators, though no progress is seen in strike. Page C-5. The stnke couldn't have come at a worse time for the Montreal Expos, who have baseballs best record, Page C-6. pXQ))iU5 Chargers are not These Germans sure know how to tailgate i 4 VI cs kings of the road Remain winless after Giants prevail, 28-20 By Jay Paris Staff Writer 7 VS' ffcX -c said quarterback Stan Humphries. Good thing.

Because waiting for the jet-lagged Chargers are the 49ers on Thursday night. And going 04 is an oh-so-real possibility. But before looking ahead, take a glance at their outing on a cool, windy Berlin night. Coach Bobby Ross didnt erupt after this latest defeat. He stressed the positives, of which there were many.

The negatives, though, were as prevalent as the festive mood this animated German gathering displayed. Rookie Andre Coleman gets the road-trip hat trick honors as he added another fumble to go with his two in the Oilers game. And Saturdays was a game-killer in the fourth quarter. To me, that was the ballgame right there, Ross said. The Chargers were trailing, 21-20, but had the Giants pinned inside their BERLIN Give the Germans this: They dont know much about American football, but they sure know how to party hardy.

At something called the American Bowl here Saturday, many Berliners didnt pay too much attention to the San Diego Chargers 28-20 loss to the New York Giants. What they did like, however, were the pregame festivities. In the storied area known as Maifeld, located next to the stadium where Jesse Owens turned Adolph Hitlers theory of Aryan supremacy into dust, more than 25,000 of the estimated spectators gathered for the biggest tailgate party in Europe. That is, until the Pink Floyd concert next week, said one German who was feeling no pain. Maifeld is an ideal place to hold such a party.

It is the size of four football fields. Its so big that Lawrence Taylor, the former BERLIN The Chargers have called this two-game, trek many things during the past 10 days. But one tag certainly doesnt fit the victory tour. For the second time in less than a week, the Chargers became somebody elses road kill. The Chargers dropped to 0-3 in the preseason Saturday, losing to the New York Giants, 28-20.

An American Bowl crowd of 57,329 at historic Olympic Stadium saw this NFL traveling show again come away empty. Once the first game starts, every preseason game is going to be erased, Giants linebacker, who was here to do some television promotions, couldnt drive it while practicing his golf game. But Maifeld has a place in history. Anytime you see films of those large columns of Nazi troopers marching by candlelight in Hitler's Germany, it occurred at Maifeld. Associated Press Photo Chargers John Carney (3) lifts PAT over Giants reach.

See Chargers, Page C-3 See Scholfield, Page C-3 giwwir lA -c. KMtf jA Hi n-U jt 'UP' i WtfJ0A fe-VitHMUk I Mj.j. 4 i 4 4 1 y- -v ac 1 1 V. ill Best Pal close, but Frankel wins prize of Del Mar third year in row Del Mar Thoroughbred Club The payouts 11. Tinners Way 7.40 7.40 1 2.

a-Best Pal 5.80 5.60 1 3. a-Dramatic Gold 5.80 5.60 By Jeff Nahill Staff Writer Aj fwfc -y A prize for the third year in a row, into victory in the $1 million. Grade I race. Some were saying after the event that the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club ought to just rename it the Frankel Classic next year and hand the affable New Yorker the check ahead of time. Frankel won the race with Missionary Ridge in 1992 and Bertrando last year, but this was by far his most exciting victory.

Im very happy, said Frankel in the winners circle. This is the most gratifying win. All things considered this is the 4 EL MAR The old boy gave it his all, but trainer Bobby Frankel had another $1 million bullet in his bam. That was the result of Saturday's Pacific Classic at Del Mar when Best Pal, the 6-year-old gelding, came up a length short to Tinners Way ($16.20) before 27,000 fans. Tinners Way parlayed a cagey ride by Eddie Delahoussaye, a little more fitness than Best Pal, a suicidal early pace and a masterful trainirfg job by Frankel, who won the $550,000 first 1 f'-4 4 "'W 3 4 See Pacific Classic, Page C4 1 1 i i i X'-J Of I "tySW -'l "jf 4 I I i 7 Speedy pace too much for long list of victims i WS1' -V 1 I By Jim Lindgren Staff Writer f' v' -R i.

i A won the race and $550,000 by tying the Pacific Classic and track record of 1.59 25 set by Bertrando last year No one intended any disrespect or disregard to Tinners Way, jockey Eddie Delahoussaye or trainer Bobby Frankel, but speed, speed and speed were the three most popular subjects after the fourth running of Del Mar's Grade I showcase race. It was incredible," Del Mar Dennis rider Alex Solis said. Every fraction was a Classic best. DEL MAR One after another, trainers and jockeys who failed to win Saturdays $1 million Pacific Classic talked mainly about the incredible pace in the l'-mile race. They were rockin, Slew of Damascus rider Gary Stevens said.

Too fast, too early, was how Bertrando trainer John Shirreffs reacted. Seldom, if ever, did anyone mention Tinners Way, who, it just so happens. ri Staff Photo Scott Varley Tinners Way (8), with Eddie Delahoussaye aboard, pulls ahead of Best Pal (1) and Dramatic Gold en route to win in Pacific Classic. See Pace, Page C4 iesu-7iwweiia Price keeps lead despite day at beach Ten years ago, the Padres and Braves staged a beanball war the participants will never forget By John Schlegel Staff Writer TULSA, Okla (AP) Nick Price dug his feet into the bunker left of the 14th green, his five-stroke lead in the PGA Championship cut to two, facing a sand shot to a slick, spike-marked green. A bogey was likely and a one-time runaway by Price was turning into a shootout under the blistering 96-degree Oklahoma sun in Saturdays third round.

Then, in a matter of moments, Price took control again, blasting brilliantly to 7 feet and rolling it in to save par wrhile playing partner Corey Pavin was making a double bogey and Jay Haas, playing a hole ahead, was making triple bogey. Just like that, Price was back in charge. And largely because of that and a bold birdie on No. 17 Price salvaged an even-par 70 and took a three-stroke lead over Haas and a four-stroke lead over Pavin and San Diegos Phil Mickelson into todays final round. I didnt realize that Jay was making triple, Price said.

The main thing I was trying to do was Perez with a pitch, and the game would resume its natural course. Tit for tat, an eye for an eye. But, on a rainy, muggy day in Atlanta 10 years ago this past week, it wasnt that easy. It was Aug. 12, 1984, and the most notorious beanball battle in recent baseball history was going to last all day long.

I was the second hitter of the game, and I had no idea this was going to string out over the whole day, said Tony Gwynn, then and now the Padres right fielder. But it did last all day, getting Photo Courtesy of Jeff Slate Tony Gwynn, center with brown jersey, comes to the aid of teammate Alan Wiggins. The first pitch of the game was the spark, no question about it From the moment the stitches on the baseball made their imprint on the back of Alan Wiggins jersey, the wheels of a beanball war began turning. That spark didnt figure to ignite a string of brawls that exploded into a virtual riot, but thats exactly what happened. All that was supposed to happen was this: The Padres would retaliate by hitting Atlanta starting pitcher Pascual See Brawl, Page C-5 See PGA, Page -10 A TV.