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Friday June 24 1988 -go-round resumes may really be gone for good no matter how much Steinbrenner twists his thinking Then again "If you had told me Billys out and Lous in I wouldve said 'Nah thatll never happen Yankees first baseman Don- Mattingly said "You would think Ive learned here to expect the unexpected but some things are still a suirorise The Yankees leading the American League East for most of the year just finished a 2-7 road trip and fell out of first place when they lost each of their last three games to Detroit in the Tigers final at-bat Piniella took over for Thursday nights game' against Cleveland "Im not an interim manager I can tell you that Piniella said "I expect to be here a good while Piniella was given a contract extension by Steinbrenner but he did not reveal the terms Martin was offered reassignment to another job but neither that job nor Martins inclination to take it were immediately known Martin was not at Yankee Stadium and was not available for comment In other moves pitching coach Art Fowler a close friend of Martin third-base coach By Ben Walker AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK Here we go again Billy Martin has been fired Does anyone care anymore? They do at Yankee Stadium where the bizarre is routine Martin has come and gone come and gone come and gone come and gone and come and gone and its still a surprise "Things change quickly around here understated Lou Piniella who replaced Martin as manager of the New York Yankees on Thursday Piniella had been kicked upstairs to general manager last year to make room for Martin but resigned that job May 29 Now Piniella is back for the second time and Martin is gone in the 15th managerial move made by owner George Steinbrenner since he bought the team in 1973 An hour after Martin was dismissed the oft-asked question was being asked again: Will he ever return? Martins plaque in Yankee Stadiums monument park a place reserved for the likes of Gehrig Ruth and DiMaggio proclaims Martin "A Yankee Forever This time though might be different He Clete Boyer and "eye-in-the-sky coach George Mitterwald were reassigned Stan Williams replaced Fowler in the 22nd pitching coach change under Steinbrenner and Gene Michael took over for Boyer First-base coach Mike Ferraro bullpen coach Jeff Torborg and batting coach Chris Chambliss will remain with the club in their current capacities "Here I am back in the frying pan again Piniella said "But Im back where I belong back on the field Steinbrenner was expected to arrive at the ballpark later in the evening "I feel terrible about what happened to Billy but what can I do? Piniella said "In fairness to him there were a lot of injuries Piniella said he was in Albany NYthis week with the Yankees Class AA club He said he spoke to Steinbrenner on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday Piniella led the Yankees to a 479-145 record in the 1986 and 1987 seasons but Steinbrenner became angry with him and did not speak with him for weeks at a time Piniella joins Martin Michael and Bob Lemon on the list of those with at least two managerial terms under Steinbrenner AP LaserPhoto Billy Martin right will be relieved by Lou Piniella McEnroe oft tf big event Season i in doubt for Kings By Rick Sheek Press Sports Writer Playing in the summer doesnt seem to be working out for the Atlantic Coast Professional Football League In its first year of existence the league is struggling Two teams Baltimore and Richmond have folded The Tennessee Kings based in the Tri-Cities were forced the play the Carolina Redbirds for the second straight week last Saturday' And after fallling to 0-2 with a 31-25 loss the future is uncertain for the Kings and the ACPFL in general "They might end up moving to the fall Larry Rose Tennessees head coach said of the league "WeTl know something this weekend The league commissioner and the owners of the four remaining teams are to meet and decide the ACPFLs fate Meanwhile the Kings will host the Atlanta Vikings in a non-conference game Saturday night in Memorial Stadium Rose said the problem Baltimore and Richmond had was finding a stadium to play in "Some of them especially the northern teams are having trouble getting facilities he said "Theyre doing maintenance on them Last week the Kings were scheduled to head north to take on the IJew Jersey Cougars At the same time Carolina was supposed to host defunct Baltimore And so that Carolina could play the ACPFL asked the Kings to travel to Raleigh while New Jersey played New England which had an open date "It was kind of short notice Please see KINGS Page 36 Before he took a two-year leave from Wimbledon McEnroe was well known for arguing with officials He did it again Thursday when he questioned the two biggest calls of the match both of which went against him But his outbursts contained none of the profanity that earned him his badboy reputation The crowd appreciated the change and showed it with their applause But McEnroe felt that bottling his emotions may have also put a lid on his instinctive style of play "Im trying to fire up but its hard he said "Everything I do is so carefully looked at here that it becomes a big deal McEnroe was the fifth mens seed to be eliminated from the tournament and third of the day Earlier American Jim Grabb upset llth-seeded Anders Jarryd of Sweden 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-0 "Ive had some other wins over big names but the venue of this one is a little more attractive said Grabb ranked 63rd in the world Also knocked out of the tournament was No 13 Emilio Sanchez of Spain a 7-6 6-3 3-6 0-6 6-1 loser to Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia It wasnt all upsets on a hot sunny day at the All England Club Fifth-seeded Jimmy Connors a two-time champion beat Australian teen-ager Jason Stoltenberg 7-6 6-3 6-3 and second-seeded Mats Wilander seeking his third straight Grand Slam title beat Glenn Michibata of Canada 6-2 7-6 6-4 Other second-round winners included third-seeded Stefan Edberg No 9 Miloslav Mecir and No 16 Slobodan Zivojinovic By Rick Warner AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON England In his glory days John McEnroe played some of his greatest tennis on Centre Court at Wimbledon On Thursday it was the scene of some of his worst McEnroe playing in the grass-court Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 1985 blew set points in the first and second sets and lost to Australian Wally Masur 7-5 7-6 6-3 in a second-round match that featured disputes over two crucial line calls "If thats the best Ive got to give I quit tomorrow" said McEnroe who won the tournament in 1981 1983 and 1984 "It was a disgusting effort I wouldnt have won the womens tournament the way I played today McEnroe was hoping to show that at 29 after two years as a part-time player he still has what it takes to win a major tournament But his dream was shattered by Masur a 25-year-old grass-court specialist ranked 64th in the world McEnroe has won seven Grand Slam tournament titles the last the US Open in 1984 His loss to Masur extends to nine the consecutive Grand Slam events in which he has competed without a title "It just shows me how much more I have to overcome McEnroe the No 8 seed said "Its just not the guy on the other side of the net Masur who had never won a set from the American in three previous matches admitted he didnt beat a "vintage John McEnroe "His concentration was sporadic throughout Masur said "Especially ini the first set he served three double-faults in one game Low paces Martinsville to win over Cards Twins Tatarian settling in If 5 Hl fx jP I 4 Iv fcrv 1 1 A' By Dan Pever Press Sports Writer ELIZABETHTON When shortstop Dean Tatarian signed late and left Queens NY to join the Elizabethton Twins in mid-season last year he was nursing two black eyes and a broken nose Who was this guy some kind of inner-city gang punk tiying to play an organized game? "Everybody thinks New York is a really weird place anyway the good-natured 19-year-old "Dino said "I think they thought What the hell nice make-up job' "I got hit in the face with a baseball playing for a sandlot summer team The first thing they told me to do when I got here was to drop my drawers for a urine test I didnt know what they wanted me to do All these guys are staring at you I guess I did look pretty brutal Tatarian a 6-foot-2 180-pound all-New York City high school shortstop for three years did not sign until the first week of July Drafted out of Beiyamin Cardoza HS he was considering an almost 90-percent ride to Miami University and an offer to play two years at Miami Dade North Junior College where he could be drafted again "I was waiting to see if the Twins could come up with a better offer Tatarian said "You can be the guy who gets the biggest signing bonus of anybody but you still have to go out and prove it on the field Now that youre in it everybody's equal" Although Tatarian soon became one of the cen-Please see DEAN Page 36 Carrying a wooden bat shortly after the game ended the 17-year-old Lowe commented "in bigb school with the aluminum bats you can wait for the ball With these (wooden bats) you've got to be ready to swing faster Golden 22-year-old pitcher out of Gettysburg (Pa) College was tbe losing pitcher Golden said about his bad first inning 1 got the ball up too much Lowe said he had hit a fastball off Gollden for one of two triples yielded by the Pine Bush native The other was Churchills first-inning three-bagger The Phillies had 12 hits the Cardinals 10 including Stephens homer and doubles by Jeff Shire-man and Tim Pettengill Cardinal manager Jorge Aran-zamendi said "we ran Hie bases real bad Aranzamendi commended De- Ivan Corry the second of four Cardinal burlers "Corry threw the ball well he said After starter Golden and Corry Aranzamendi sent in Philip Go- guen and left-hander Dan Hitt who had a save in Tuesdays opening night 9-5 win over Kingsport here Twins fall28 By Jimmy Smyth Press Executive Sports Editor Chris Lowe playing for the Martinsville Phillies in his hometown tripled in the second inning singled in the sixth and drew walks in the first and eighth innings to spark his teams 5-3 victory over the Johnson City Cardinals Thursday night at Howard Johnson Field Lowe who played his senior year of high school ball at University High started the three-run first for the Phillies by drawing a walk off Cardinal starter Brian Golden that was followed by three singles and a triple by Tim Churchillfresulting in a quick 3-0 lead 1 Lowe with one out in the second inning tripled to right-field and scored on Nick Macalu-sos groundout to second to expand the lead to 4-0 1 The biggest threat to the Martinsville lead came on John Stephens two-run homer over the right-field barrier in the second inning The Atlanta Ga native who is a graduate of The Citadel drove in Bill Decker who had singled The Phillies added a fifth run in the top of the ninth inning af- Dean Tatarian junior years and said hed also considered going to Happy Valley before deciding on University High Ive got a lot to learn Lowe said "and Im getting a lot of good instruction He attended a tryout camp where he worked mainly on his speed Lowe struck out in the fourth inning "I think it was a slider or a-curve t(iat broke he said maintaining the kind of speed that had' impressed the scouts and the Phillies who had picked him in the early portion of the June amateur draft Lowe said that his father Lonnie Lowe had early-on told him to "protect the plate put it in play and run I keep that advice in my mind Lowe transferred from Science Hill after his sophomore and the area where he lives 1 "All winter long I've been pre- Earing myself with workouts to elp me get a chance to play professionally I hit over 300 balls a day all winter Ive-come out here (Howard Johnson Field) with some of my friends from University High and hit balls and worked on my speed On Thursdays triple Lowe wasted no time on the base paths i ter the Cardinals had narrowed the lead to 4-3 First baseman Randy Berlin beat out an infield hit and advanced on an error and a fielders choice before Greg Carmonas fielders choice scored Berlin Lowe who had played in three previous games as the leadofTbat- ter with the Phillies this season said he felt no pressure playing for the first time professionally in.