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Two of JUHNSUNdTY PRESS Tm-day August 27 1991 page 15 tracks best sidelined The Associated Press TOKYO Injury and exhaustion forced two of the world's best athletes out of events at the World Track and Field Championships Jackie Joyner-Kersce considered the world's best female athlete ended her championships in agony Monday when she strained her right hamstring while competing in the 20C meters of the heptathlon She was leading the event at the time ol her injury Leroy Burrell who had his 100-meter world record broken on Sunday by Carl Lewis in the fastest race in history failed to make it through the second qualifying heat in the- 200 meters He cited exhaustion for his poor time Joyner-Kersee the 1988 Olympic champion in the long jump and heptathlon had already won the long jump gold here on Sunday even though she sprained her right ankle In the 200 she Kersee led the heptathlon by 165 points with 3130 points after three eVents "We were going for 7100 or 7200 points shu said "An athlete like Jackie has only one person to compete against and thats herself" Bob Kersee said "So when you go into something like this you have to decide whether youre going to go for it or play it safe "We decided to go for it" Joyner-Kersee said the injury Sunday may have led to the hamstring pull "In the 200 I got out well and tried to accelerate she said "But I felt the muscle in the right hamstring catch and it didnt let go I couldnt keep my balance "It's disappointing frustrating You work all year for something and then but I know its not a career-ending injury" Burrell the silver medalist in the 100 and among the favorites in 200 finished sixth in his heat and failed t6 advance to the semi finals His teammate Michael Johnson the favorite had the fastest second-round time 2005 seconds "My calf was bothering me" Burrell said "I did not feel well in the warmup I had cramps in mv legs I was tired "1 thought I was up to it I just didnt have any gas There were five gold medals awarded Monday Kenny Harrison won the third gold for the United States taking the mens triple jump with a leap of 58 feet 4 inches best in the world this year Leonid Voloshin Of the Soviet Union was second with a career-best 58-3 and American Mike Conlev was third at 57-9! i The Soviets won two golds and took the overall lead with four golds and 13 medals Lilia Nurutdinova outfought Pan Am Games champion Ana Quirot of Cuba down the stretch and won the womens 800 meters in 1 minute 5750 seconds Angels fire Rader hire Rodgers behind the Twins Rader under contract through the 1992 season was let go despite the Angels' three-game sweep of the Red Sox that left them 13 games behind Minnesota entering Monday nights game against the Tigers The 47-year-old Rader is the seventh manager to be fired this season while Rodgers is the first of the group to be rehired Other managers fired this season were the Indians John McNamara Don Zimmer of the Cubs Nick Leyva of Phillies John Wathan of the Royals and Frank Robinson of the Orioles The Angels won eight of their final 13 games under Rader but it was their inability to beat the three-time division champion Athletics who won 12 of 13 games against California Angels general manager Dan OBrien who signed a contract-extension Monday through 1994 Butts ends holdout with hefty fine due SporOs EsirBeffs Elizabethtons Guardado hurls no-hitter Elizabethan's Eddie Guardado bounced back from his worst start of the year to pitch a no-hitter Monday night as the Twins defeated the Pulaski Braves 5-0 at Joe Baseball OBrien Field Guardado (8-4) faced 29 batters while walking two and striking out 10 against Pulaski 'the Appalachian Leagues Southern Division champions Guardado who had entered last Thursday with a team-leading 126 ERA allowed nine earned runs in 4'A innings at Kingsport Leading the offensive attack against the Braves was Steve Hazlett who went 2-for-5 with three runs Tim Moore Pedro Grifol and David Garrow had RBls for the' Twins The teams meet again tonight at 7 0 The Cincinnati Reds activated Eric Davis on Monday and recalled outfielder Chris Jones from Nashville for the fifth time this season Outfielders Glenn Braggs and Reggie Sanders were -each put on the 15-day disabled list both victims of a weekend series with the New York Mets Sunders has a mild shoulder separation from a home plate collision Friday night Braggs pulled his right hamstring running out an infield hit Sunday night in New Vork Davis was hitting 258 with 10 home runs and 28 RBI in 70 games before going on the disabled list July 31 because of chronic exhaustion 0 Braves relief pitcher Marvin Freeman following prolonged treatment for a herniated disc in his lower back will have surgery for removal of the damaged disc the team announced Monday The surgery vill be performed Friday at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta by Dr Lee Kelley a back specialist and Dr Joe Chandler team orthopedist Freeman on the disahled list since Aug 18 was 1-0 with a 300 ERA and one save in 34 appearances 0 Darryl Strawberry who batted 565 and drove in 13 runs for the Dodgers last week was named National League player of the week on Monday Strawberry hit four homers scored five runs and stole a base in six games for Los Angeles Walt Terrell who pitched two complete-game victories for the Tigers was named American League player of the week Terrell beat the Mariners 4-3 and shut out the White Sox 5-0 In the two wins he struck out a total of nine and walked seven 0 Bo Jackson trying to work his way back to the American League singled twice in four at-bats Monday night for the Birmingham Barons in a Southern League game with Charlotte Jackson leading off his last three times at the plate hit a sharp single between third and short in the seventh and went to third on a single and-a groundout before being stranded In the ninth he hit a high bouncer past the shortstop then left the game in favor of a pinch runner Jacksons hits werent enough for the home team which lost 1-0 to Charlotte Jackson hit the ball sharply three times once back to the pitcher and once just outside first base before getting his first hit Big Ten jamboree to be held Thursday The Big Ten Conference jamboree will be held Thursday at Sullivan North in Kingsport at 7 pm Action gets underway with Dobyns-Bennett taking on Science Hill Football The second game will also feature the In- dians as D-B takes on Elizabethton Contest three will match Sullivan East and Sullivan Central while contest four pits Tennessee High and Volunteer Sullivan North and Daniel Boone will square off the in the final contest Sullivan South who will visit Morristown East on Friday will not participate in the jamboree 0 The Inter-Mountain Conference jamboree will be held Thursday at Burley Stadium in Greeneville at 7:30 pm Action begins with Greeneville against David Crockett followed by Morristown West and Cherokee and Jefferson County versus Cocke County Morristown East will not compete since it will open its season the next night hosting Sullivan South Passing and kicking competition as well as cheerleading competition will follow the game action Admission is $3 0 Since Miami Hurricanes quarterback Bryan Fortay is not starting hes finished Fortay who last week lost his battle with Gino Torretta for one of college football's- most glamorous jobs quit the team Sunday and said hell transfer to another school need a chance to play Fortay said "I need a place that wants me to be their quarterback that wants me to run the show Fortay a third-year sophomore from East Brunswick NJ said he visited Sunday with officials from four schools he is considering He declined to name them but said two are in the Big East Conference and none is in Florida Fortays father Peter said Sunday that Rutgers is among several schools his son is considering 0 Robert Smith who blasted the coaching staff when he quit the Ohio State football team last week met with athletic director Jim Jones on Monday morning in what could be the first step toward rejoining the team After the meeting Jones decided to cancel his plans to depart with the mens basketball team late Monday afternoon on a European exhibition tour Smith who broke Archie Griffins school record for freshman rushing yardage last year quit the team Friday and called for the dismissal of head coach John Cooper and offensive coordinator Elliot Uzelac Smith said the coaching staff had little regard for players safety and academics Rudd moves in on Earnhardts lead Ricky Rudd has moved to within 60 points of Winston Cup points leader Dale Earnhardt as the NASCAR circuit moves to the site of Rudds last victory With nine races Auto racing remaining in the season Rudd trails Ear- nhardt 2995 points to 2935 The difference could be as few as 13 finishing positions in a single race "And now were heading to a speedway where we ran really well and won back in April and a speedway where Earnhardt has run really well in the past said Rudd who is looking for his first national cham-pionsjhip "It ought to be interesting Darlington SC Raceway hosts Sundays Southern 500 NASCARs oldest superspeedway race and one Earnhardt has won three of the last four years Darlingtons last Winston Cup race Aprils TranSouth 500 was won by Rudd Mark Martin who challenged Earnhardt for the 1990 championship before falling short by 24 points is now third in the standings with 2820 points Cartwright gets three-year deal with Bulls Bill Cartwright signed a 3-year deal with the Chicago Bulls Monday ensuring that the starting five from this years national championship team will return for the Basketball 1991-92 season Cartwright 34 told a news conference he hopes to finish out his career in Chicago The Bulls reportedly will pay Cartwright $21 million in each of the next two seasons and up to $24 million in the third year of the pact depending on the amount of time he spends oh the roster Cartwright earned $15 million last season "Im thrilled to be back and Im looking forward to a 70-plus-win season and hopefully we can do this thing again Cartwright said He said he had an offer from another team but would not reveal which one Cartwright had talked with the Milwaukee Bucks and possibly others Seles thinking of fashion at US Open Monica Seles first-round victory in the US Open was so easy that it didnt take long before she turned her attention to the clothes shell wear in future matches "I Tennis talked to Fila and gave them three or four ideas that are very different I think I shocked them a little bit Seles said after her 6-2 6-0 victoiy over Nicole Arendt "Sometimes its good to have a little fun with the clothes I think it makes you play better In the second week I would love to do something Seles seeded second behind Steffi Graf dressed traditionally in her opening match against Arendt which lasted 48 minutes as Seles won the last nine games But Andre Agassi wearing cherry red and black was upset in the first round by Aaron Krickstein leaving Seles with an opportunity to create some fashion trends of her own "Id like to bring new things into tennis new clothes and new rackets said Seles Compiled from staff and wire reports was coming around the curve in the lead when her hamstring buckled She staggered for several steps threw her head back and her hands into the air and dropped to the track in paid She received instant medical attention and was taken from the track on a stretcher to a medical room at National Stadium With her husband and coach Bob Kersce and brother and sister-in-law A1 and Florence Griffith Joyner at her side US team doctors examined the leg "She has a Grade 2 strain of the hamstring muscle Dr Bob Forester said "She should be walking comfortahly in a day or two jogging in four weeks and sprinting in six weeks" The injury not considered serious knocked Joyner-Kersee out of a possible second world gold medal in the heptathlon She won golds in the heptathlon and long jump at the 1987 World Championships1 Before tjie injury Joyner- Tm going to come in here listen to my coaches and keep a wide-open mind Buck Rodgers wide-open mind I think there are some outstanding players on this club Why its not a contender I dont know I dont expect to be a quick fixer Im going to be around here for a while The Angels moved into first place by one percentage point over the Twins with a 44-33 record on July 3 but then lost 19 of their next 27 games to fall into last place on Aug 4 with a 52-52 record California has been in last place since with a low point coming last Thursday when a 2-1 loss to Oakland put them 15 games -MMMOk 1WIMWMIH Darryl Talley never plan to be an extortionist Talley said Monday 'T cant understand that "The other thing is I'd like for somebody to look up in Websters Dictionary and tell-nie the meaning of negotiation he added "I thought that both sides were allowed to present their particular sides and then we talk about it rather than saying 'Hey this is it this is the end of it Talley who led the Bills in tackles last year said that during the entire course of negotiations Polian only made two contract offers "We countered both offers and at the end of the second offer he called us up and said that was it its over he Said for his 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that nearly won the 1989 Super Bowl with San Francisco Ron Brown 30 a gold-medal winner in the relay in the 1984 Olympics and once the leagues best kick returners with the Rams He was cut by the Raiders NO 1 to GONE Linebacker Anthony Bell the fifth overall pick in the 1986 draft was cut by the Cardinals Bell was a symbol of the bad drafts that have left Phoenix at the bottom Other former No Is to go in- eluded quarterbatk Chuck Long of the Rams wide receiver Kenny Jackson by Philadelphia defensive lineman Jason Buck by Cincinnati Terrance Flagler by San Francisco and defensive end Bob Buczkowski by the Seahawks PLUS The Eagles cut Anthony Toney their starting fullback the past five years The Browns cut three former starters linebackers Johnson and David Grayson and center Greg Rakoczky The Seahawks cut wide receiver Paul Skansi a third-down specialist during his 9-year career The Saints cut Lonzell Hill who had 66 catches in 1988 and 48 in 1989 But he played little- said Rader took the bad news as well as could be expected 1 dont think he was surprised at least I didn't get that feeling O'Brien said "He reacted very well He said he understood Any other conversation he and' I had was personal "Anytime you make a change its an extremely difficult thing to do Im delighted that Buck Rodgers is here Im delighted and excited hes our manager Despite rumors of a managerial change which circulated for several weeks O'Brien and Rodgers both said the decision to make a switch wasnt made until the past weekend "This is something thats developed over the last 48 hours basically Rodgers said "I talked to a number of ball clubs it wasn't as many as people advertised it was a couple When it came down to the nitty-gritty the Angels were my choice The break in the impasse came last week when Butts hired agent Leigh Steinberg who has a policy of never keeping a player under contract out of training camp Steinberg and Beathard met at Beathards home Sunday night Steinberg then went to Butts home to meet with the running back Steinberg called Beathard at 1:40 am to tell him Butts would report Monday "There are no changes but its a still a sensitive area with Marion Beathard said "I dont want it to come across that we pounded Marion down and got him in Thats not the way we look at this "Well see how Marion plays this year Were confident hes gojng to have another good season and see what happens then Beathard said "I think every player on this team is going to feel much more confident of our chances now that Marion is in Steinberg said he and Butts "did not ask for nor did the Chargers offer any adjustment to the compensation "Ive known (owner) Alex Spa-nos and Bobby Beathard a long time and I know they will com-penstate Marion fairly Chuck ong was cut in favor of veteran Mike Pagel Mike Elkins of the Chiefs was cut along with Scott Campbell of the Falcons a perennial backup Rick Strom the backup to Bubby Brister last season with the Steel-ers and Turk Schonert of the Jets But Matt Cavanaugh retained his job as the Giants third-stringer beating out Mike Perez the starter for Frankfurt of the World League who has been cut twice before by New York QUARTERBACKS II New Orleans coach Jim Mora named Bobby Hebert a holdout all of last year to start against Seattle over Steve Walsh the starter last year after being obtained from the Cow'boys ATTENTION GOLFERi I No Location No Location No location I located ((Unites norfiol Rogers on 94 appn I hour drive from Tn-Cilies area is a challeng Irtumpanship iShole public gol! cause Unarmded Youvo Gotta Get Up Early! Early Bird Sped Coupon Good Mon-Fn 8-10 am only (t I Holidays) $12 iax Green and Can lee 18 ho per person 2 people lo can only I Along with our olher low prices Camelot introducing this early bird special lo increai I play during our guielesl lime (8-10 ar Weekdays) Ep 8 31-91 Camelot Golf Course I Rogersville Tennessee L27274OT 466 272-902 The Associated Press ANAHEIM Calif The Angels who fell from first place to last in the AL West in a month fired manager Doug Rader and replaced him with Buck Rodgers Rodgers fired as manager by the Montreal Expos on June 2 signed a three-year contract on Monday to take over a team that has1 failed to win a division title under Rader despite the acquisition of such stars as Dave Winfield Mark Langston and Gary Gaetti "This is kind of a dream come true coming back to a place where you were born-type thing said Rodgers a member of the original Angels in 1961 "Theres always bitter-sweet to every managerial change I got the bitter about three months ago Its sweet for me today "Im going to come in here listen to my coaches and keep a Bills Talley reports but disgruntled The Associated Press ORCHARD PARK NY Pro Bowl linebacker Darryl Talley ended his holdout and returned to the Buffalo Bills Monday But as the team -closed its training camp Talley sounded like anything but happy "Im coming back to play football because of my teammates and the fans of Buffalo Talley said who will play out the last year of his existing contract While refusing to characterize his mood after the holdout failed to get his contract renegotiated it was clear Talley was upset about some of the things Buffalo general manager Bill Polian said during the negotiations Last week Polian said Talleys agent Vern Sharbaugh had rejected what Polian said was the Bills "best and final offer on a new deal That deal reported would have increased Talleys salary from $600000 to around $800000 Polian said at the time that he had broken off negotiations on a new deal an said he was not going to give into extortion "First of all Im not an extortionist neither is my agent and I Cuts (Continued from Pagp 13) kicker The Vikings also cut receiver Leo Lewis an 11-year man and running back Darrin Nelson a 10-year man who had returned after being dispatched in the Herschel Walker deal Linebacker Jerry Robinson a 13-year-veteran cut by the Raidaers He goes all the way back to the Eagles 1980 Super Bowl team Defensive lineman Andre Townsend 29 a part-time starter on the Broncos three Super Bowl teams in 1986 1987 and 1988 Guard Billy Ard a starter on the Giants 1986 Super Bowl team He was cut by Green Bay could be reactivated after the roster is set The Packers also cut Mark Lee a starting cornerback for the Packers for most of his 12-year career Eddie Johnson an 11-year veteran who was once part of one of the NFLs best linebacking corps with the Browns David Galloway once the Cards best defensive linemen cut by -the Broncos Eleven-year defensive end Mike Bell cut by the Chiefs Disgruntled strong safety Terry Kinard and kick returner Gerald McNeil by the Oilers Running back Stanford Jen- nings of the Bengals best'known I The Associated Press SAN DIEGO Running back Marion Butts ended his 40-day holdout and reported to the San Diego Chargers on Monday richer in principle but poorer by more than one-fifth of his salary Butts took his physical and said hell be ready to play in the season-opener Sunday in Pittsburgh if the team decides to activate him However coach Dan Henning has said that even if Butts reported jn time Rod Bern-stine would still be the starter Sunday Butts scheduled to make $250000 this year was fined $1500 a day The total reached $60000 "I didnt really gain that much said Butts who gained a team record 1225 yards in 14 games last season "I stuck to my principles That was the most expensive principle Ive ever had Both of us won because Im in Thats the way I look at it Butts had maintained that general manager Bobby Beathard promised last year that he would rework the 4-year contract he signed last year Beathard denied making that promise and Butts held out and had only three catches last season QUARTERBACKS Anthony Dilweg who was the NFC player of the week a year ago after throwing for three touchdowns in the Packers 1990 opening day win over the Rams was cut by Green Bay "I still think Ill be a starter in this league'some day he said Stoudt was cut by the Cowboys the day after Dallas obtained Steve Beuerlein form the Raiders Rookie Bill Musgrave was also released although he could come back to the developmental squad if he clears waivers Evans whose release leaves rookie Todd Marinovich as the Raiders' only backup to starter Jay Schroder could be reactivated when the roster is set "You take some chances and hopefully they will work out for you coach Art Shell said "Todd Marinovich is our No 2 quarterback and if we have to go out and get a No 3 well do that 7 A 9 45 A Ntom-Fri (except Holidays) $16 Green Can Fee 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