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4 www40e04A4Abi 2 The Salt Lake Tribune Monday June 25 19IT Wimbledon Buffeted by Winds of Change Opens Today Lay By Steve Wilstein AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON England Times are moving fast too fast for some as Wimbledon opens Monday amid the rush of youth the last stands of the old guard and heretical calls to abandon the lovely lawns for fake grass Egad! Is nothing sacred? Next they'll be talking about throwing out aging champions watch out John McEnroe and doing away with "predominantly white" although Andre Agassi isn't around to press hot-pink power on the good stewards of the All England Lawn Tennis Club Reputations certainly don't guarantee respect as former wunderkinder and defending champions Boris Becker and Steffi Graf are finding out by the beginning of the second week and the men's singles final arguably the most important and certainly the most watched tennis match in the entire year is often played on a surface that is simply not up to scratch" says prominent British tennis writer Richard Evans "It is not the groundsman's fault Grass is just not destined to remain pristine after the likes of Becker and Lendl have roared up and down it for a fortnight like 10-ton trucks" Evans in urging Wimbledon officials to tackle the problem by the end of the century says the "only possible alternative" to grass is synthetic grass preferably one that improves on the sand-based types currently used by many clubs utterly dismisses the hard-court surfaces used at the US and Australian Opens Wimbledon officials may equally dismiss his suggestion or recommendations for changes made by others Can anyone really imagine calling the place the All England Synthetic Lawn Tennis Club? Tradition gets the nod over fashion here For the moment at least the lawns are safe and so are the strawberries and champagne Only old champions are in danger of fading away week and the the most im- Itched tennis played on a scratch" says Richard Evfault Grass is tine after the oared up and 3n trucks" 1 officials to the century ve" to grass is hat improves ntly used by 3es the hardnd Australian ually dismiss idations for inyone really England Syn fashion here wns are safe I champagne ger of fading Christian Miniussi as the Czechoslovakian native and Connecticut resident renews a quest for the only Grand Slam title to elude him Graf seeded No 1 among the women will be trying to regain the respect of the teenie boppers particularly 16-year-old Monica Se les who drubbed Graf in their last two matches the German and French Opens Graf who begins Tuesday against West German compatriot Claudia Porwik won Wimbledon the past two years and has been ranked No 1 since 1987 but her dominance would be imperiled by a loss here The grunting and giggling Se les a Yugoslav who lives in Florida is hardly the only teen to take aim at the 21-year-old Graf Floridian Jennifer Capriati 14 the youngest seed in Grand Slam history at No 12 is taking the leap from the juniors at Wimbledon last year where she won the doubles with Meredith McGrath and reached the quarters in singles Another Floridian Mary Joe Fernandez 18 was playing up to the form that saw her reach the finals of the Australian Open in January where she gave Graf a tough time before succumbing 6-36-4 But she had to pull out of a semifinal at the main women's warmup in Eastbourne last week and her Wimbledon prospects are doubtful But in all the excitement over youth no one should overlook Martina Navratilova who may be making her last serious bid for a record ninth Wimbledon singles title Navratilova 33 is seeded No 2 and appears to have an easy draw with an opening-round match against Sophie Amiach of France Graf Se les and Capriati are all on the other side of the draw Winning at Wimbledon and breaking Helen Wills Moody's 52-year-old record has become a virtual obsession for Navratilova who skipped the Australian and French Opens to prepare for Wimbledon She won four tournaments this year but was trounced by Se les 6-1 6-1 on clay in the Italian Open Navratilova's fellow Czechoslovakian native Hana Mandlikova announced her retirement from singles competition after Wimbledon "I'm like an orange with the juice squeezed out" she said and Navratilova is thinking of hanging up her racket too A victory by Navratilova surely would fulfill her dream and make quitting easier But even a loss and the prospect of having to work harder next year to come back could hasten the end for the player who brought power to the women's game If the winds of change are blowing among the players a thunderstorm may be gathering about the officials of Wimbledon who have managed to balance tradition with progress since they ushered in the Open Era in 1968 There is serious talk of enlarging the Centre Court stands adding a retractable roof or building a new show court nearby with a retractable roof McEnroe who opens Tuesday against Derrick Rostagno called last week for a glass dome to be placed over the courts But perhaps the most radical suggestion would cut to the essence of this most cherished tennis championship: the grass The rain-swollen lawns gleamed during a brief spell of sunshine last week each court looking just right for the start of play But the nag say critics is that by the end of the first week the courts will begin to look scruffy "No matter how perfect the climate the Centre Court almost invariably looks a mess Becker a three-time Wimbledon winner finds himself the mere second seed behind Ivan Lendl who hasn't won here in 10 attempts Becker at least will have the honor of opening Monday's play on the lush fresh turf of Centre Court taking on a late and no doubt trembling qualifier Luis Herrera of Mexico Lendl opens on Court 1 against Argentina's Mets Sweep Phi is on Teufers Hit Hit Earnhardt Holds Off Irvan for Miller 400 Win I i I i (' I tr''''' hi 41c---wrat-1 'i1': 6 c4-: 1 1: ci 05 -1 it -1'4-7' ff flie-3 4----0--f 'i-'41 --i al Ctl''' otti I 10 rii 4 4tor ek-5e r1 Or' :47 A -04 l't it I "00p Art 1 Fl-s 441111 i )k'v -I i''k Pirates 5 Expos 3: At Montreal Stan Belinda escaped a bases-loaded no-out jam in the ninth inning for his first major-league save and the Pirates beat Montreal to end a five-game losing streak and reclaim first place in the NL East from the Expos Neal Heaton who worked six innings won his 10th game for the Pirates tying Frank Viola for the league lead in victories Cubs 3 Cardinals 2: At Chicago pinch hitter Hector Villanueva singled home the winning run with two outs and the bases loaded in the 10th inning as the Cubs snapped a three-game losing streak Ryne Sandberg who earlier hit his league-leading 21st home run started the two-out rally with a single followed by a single by Mark Grace and an intentional walk to Andre Dawson Villanueva batting for Marvell Wynne singled to center on an 0-2 pitch Braves 11 Padres 10: At Atlanta Andres Thomas led off the 12th inning with his second home run of the season and the Braves seesawed past Tribune Wire Services Pinch-hitter Tim Teufel wasn't a bit surprised when manager Bud Harrelson asked him to be the hero in the ninth inning Teufel's two-out two-run single capped New York's dramatic three-run rally in the ninth and the Mets beat the Philadelphia Phil lies 6-5 Sunday for their sixth straight victory It was the Mets' 13th victory in their last 15 games "I looked around the bench and I was the only one left" Teufel said "I saw four pitchers and I think they wanted to hit before me David Cone is hitting near 300" "You always root for the guys who don't get a chance to play" said Harrelson who is 16-7 since taking over for Davey Johnson "We used everybody" Teufel batting for pitcher Jeff Innis singled to center to give the Mets a three-game sweep and a 5-0 homestand New York trails first-place Pittsburgh by two games after trailing the Pirates by 912 on June 7 the Padres in a fourhour 15-minute game San Diego made it 7-7 in the ninth on Mike Pagliarulo's two-out RBI double The Padres went ahead in the 10th on pitcher Dennis Rasmussen's three-run pinch double but Jeff Blauser tied it with a three-run pinch homer in the Braves' half Reds 10 Dodgers 6: At Cincinnati Chris Sabo's three-run homer capped a six-run sixth inning against Fernando Valenzuela and led rough-and-tumble Cincinnati to a victory over Los Angeles The Reds' style of play was best typified by "Nasty Boys" reliever Norm Charlton who got his second save after thrilling a River-front Stadium crowd by colliding hard with Los Angeles catcher Mike Scioscia to score a run in the seventh inning Astros 8 Giants 2: At Houston Bill Gullickson drove in two runs and Franklin Stubbs hit a two-run homer as the Astros defeated San Francisco which has lost four of five Gullickson gave up eight hits in 823 innings before Juan Agosto got the final out ar 15-minute it 7-7 in the ilo's two-out went ahead Rasmusuble but Jeff ree-run pinch If it Cincinnati 'Omer capped ainst Fernan1 rough-andvictory over style of play sty Boys" re-who got his ling a River-by colliding catcher Mike the seventh Houston Bill vo runs and o-run homer an Francisco 'e Gullickson '3 innings be? final out Press Photo Braves shortstop Andres Thomas puts the tag on Padres' Roberto Alomar but since the ball is loose Alomar is safe Tribune Wire Services Dale Earnhardt knew Bill Elliott was going to win Sunday's Miller 400 unless something bad befell the leader Earnhardt didn't gloat when it happened "It wasn't good or bad I didn't cheer or anything" Earnhardt said after winning the race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn Mich "I just gave a sigh of relief Bill 'looked like he had us covered "Then I knew there was the No 4 car Ernie Irvan left to race It wasn't over" Elliott led 102 of the 200 laps on the two-mile high-banked oval and 'appeared ready to wrap up his first victory of the year with ease But a plume of smoke from the rear of the car signaled the end of his race on lap 186 Earnhardt's Chevrolet Lumina inherited the lead when Elliott's engine blew but Irvan drove his Oldsmobile Cutlass into the top spot on lap 188 and held Earnhardt off for eight laps Finally however the more experienced driver asserted himself Earnhardt moved on top to stay at the finish line on lap 195 and holding off Irvan the rest of the way to win by just 014 seconds Portland 200: Michael Andretti charged to the lead at the start and then held off a challenge from his father Mario to win the Budweiser-GI Joe's 200 on Sunday in Portland Ore his second Indy-car victory in as many weeks The younger Andretti led all but three laps falling briefly behind his father only because of pit stops Scrappy White Sox Sweep A's With Pasqua's lOth-Inning Homer )mer Tribune Wire Services After the Athletics' lost weekend with Chicago the A's woke up to the sobering reality that they had let their firm grip on first place slip away "They outplayed us three days and they won three" A's Manager Tony LaRussa said Sunday after Dan Pasqua's lOth inning home run gave the White Sox a 3-2 victory over Oakland "It makes us understand now what we have to do" Pasqua led off the inning with an opposite-field shot giving the White Sox a three-game sweep of Oakland that moved them to within one game of the A's "I don't know about this business of being a contender" Chicago Manager Jeff Torborg said "Don't forget this is only June but this club is not a fluke" cord 23 hits Kansas City's 23 hits also were an American League high for the year Blue Jays 8 Yankees 3: At Toronto George Bell hit two home runs giving him five in his last four games as Toronto kept its lead in the AL East Bell started a four-run rally in the second inning with a leadoff homer off Chuck Cary (4- 3) He added a two-run homer in the third his 17th of the season Red Sox 2 Orioles At Boston Dwight Evans who homered twice the previous day drove in both runs with a home run and a sacrifice fly as the Red Sox swept the three-game series Greg Harris (7-3) gave up five hits in eight innings and Jeff Gray got his first save Indians 9 Brewers 5: At Milwaukee Chris James had four hits and four RBIs and John Farrell got his first victory in six weeks After taking a 1-0 lead in the first on James' run-scoring single the Indians chased Milwaukee starter Mark Knudson (5-4) during a four-run second James capped the rally with a two-run single off reliever Randy Veres Angels 10 Tigers 2: At Anaheim Calif Chili Davis Kent Anderson and Lance Parrish homered to lead the Angels Kirk McCaskill (6-3) limited the Tigers to four hits and two unearned runs over seven innings Mariners 11 Rangers 5: At Arlington Texas Dave Valle had a three-run homer among three hits and added four RBIs to tie a career high and Harold Reynolds had four of Seattle's season-high 18 hits as the Mariners beat Texas Us and John weeks After James' run- 1 Milwaukee a four-run ith a two-run Calif Chili Parrish ho- (6-3) wo unearned igton Texas among three career high Seattle's sea- at Texas Pasqua a left-hander drilled an 0-1 pitch from Oakland starter Dave Stewart over the left-field wall for his eighth homer It was the A's first extra-inning loss this year and Chicago's first sweep of Oakland since April 1988 Ironically Stewart had already started icing his arm after the ninth inning because the A's were trailing 2-0 But Dave Henderson hit a two-run two-out homer that tied the game and sent it into extra innings "It's nobody's fault but mine sending Stewart out to pitch that 10th inning after he had already started to ice down" LaRussa said Royals 11 Twins 2: At Minneapolis Jim Eisenreich had a career-high five hits including a two-run single during Kansas City's seven-run third inning and Minnesota allowed a club-re Argentines Stun Brazil Dutch Fall to Germans Trappers Sweep Butte With a 20-2 Drubbing DON'T FRY THIS SUMMER! ft -) AA sl RY i 0 ER ') 1 i- 1 4 ii vic' istr' )J tit 111' Now's the time to get great central air conditioning! 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some more" And then he gives the pass that produces the miracle Train conductors and controllers risking possible prison terms began a nationwide 24-hour strike Sunday The wildcat strike was called by workers who have broken away from the official union and threatened to disrupt service to and from Milan and Turin The state-run railway guaranteed at least 50 percent of long-distance passenger trains would run In Bologna more than half of the 8000 English fans expected for Tuesday's game with Belgium don't have tickets according to the English Football Association's travel club "We've come all the way here and now we don't know if we'll get a ticket" said Carl Kirby 20 of Nottingham "If we can't get a ticket from the FA we will have to go to the Italian sellers and pay a lot more money for expensive seats It's a ripoff "That could well lead to trouble" As it is authorities in Bologna are beefing up security to unprecedented levels awaiting the notorious troublemakers among English fans Continued From D-1 other day like Sunday The third inning was their undoing when the Trappers took advantage of three Copper Kings errors and four hits to break the game open Salt Lake left-fielder Dennis Kidd led off with a single then moved all the way to third base after a wild pick-off throw by right-hander Brian Kidd scored on a ground out oy Mike Moberg Rod Bargas walked and stole second base Then with two first baseman Butch Harris reached first on a throwing error by i third baseman Miguel Casetellano With Bargas standing on third strolled to second base because neither Copper Kings shortstop Jon Shave or second baseman Penn covered second base Schifman's bloop single scored Bargas and jlarris putting the Trappers ahead 5- 0 But the Copper Kings were just into the act After John Urcioli walked Ed Garclyk blooped another ball into center field The hit scored Schifman and another error let Harris and Garczyk score This time Butte catcher Victor Reyes threw the ball into deep center field while tryng to catch Garczyk going to second base Sheetz gave up seven hits and six Tuns (just two were earned) and suffered his first loss of the season But he wasn't the only ineffective Copper Kings pitcher Right-hander Bobby St Pe gave up Tour runs (two earned) in two-thirds of an inning of mrork left-hander Scott Erickson was tagged for two runs in 123 innings Steve Surico suffered through a two-inning three-hit six-run (five earned) nightmare and Tim Wells mopped up with a one-inning two-run effort The beneficiary of the Trappers outburst was right-hander Willie Ambos who ran his record to 2-0 with five innings of work He scattered three hits and gave up just on run on a fourth inning double by Todd Guggiana "Thankful that's all you can be" said Ambos "I threw 54 pitches in five innings and get a 'W' I'm not going to ask any questions" Right-hander Dave Alexander picked up where Ambos left off holding the Copper Kings to just two hits and one run over the last four innings The blemish on his day was a ninth-inning solo homer by Castellano Switch-hitting catcher Ken Briggs who went 3-for-5 Sunday hit his second homer in as many nights with a three-run shot to left field The blast from the right side of the plate helped the Trappers to a five-run sixth inning Briggs was batting left-handed when he homered Saturday Trappers Plates Moberg finished with two hits and two RBIs Kidd third baseman Torn Duffin and Garczyk each hod two hits Bielski and Harris each hod two RBIs Harris corning on a pair of sacrifice flys A sun-baked crowd al 3918 enioyed the win The Trappers begin a seven-game rood trip Monday night at Butte The trip includes 0 pair against the Copper Kings three games at Idaho Falls and a pair against the Gate City Pioneers in Pocatello The Trappers return to Decks Reid Monday July 3 to take on the Great Falls Dodgers 11111111 I 11111 111 111111111111 1s We're not comfortable until you are 1 1140 tineta IptaltSMiL Press Meta West Germany's 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Call for a prompt courteous free estimate re control SEER tilable or JR irteous 7- By Steve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer EVANSTON Wyo Undefeated So Long Pal learned a little about traffic problems Sunday afternoon at Wyoming Downs As a result he's now been defeated After being knocked off stride in the turn and checked in mid-stretch So Long Pal found his gallant effort wasn't enough to beat 12-1 long-shot Baba Jet in the $3500 Sophomore Handicap Ridden by Tome Day Baba Jet raced into contention down the backstretch drew clear at the top of the stretch and held off So Long Pal by a neck for his second win in three career starts Baba Jet covered the six furlongs on a lightning-fast track in 1:09 15 So Long Pal ridden by Val Brinkerhoff was a half-length ahead of third-place finisher Missy Patton So Long Pal entered the race with three straight wire-to-wire wins at recognized tracks Surprisingly though he was only co-favored in the betting (2-1) with the Keith Bennett-trained entry of Stalwart Darling and Dust Bitter Dust Bitter is still a maiden Stalwart Darling was coming off a narrow win in a cheap allowance race for non-winners of two But maybe the crowd knew what was going to happen to So Long Pal who broke from the No 9 post Explained Brinkerhoff "He broke right with 'em but there was no sense going eight-wide so I dropped back so I could get over the fence and save ground" The strategy seemed fine With Baba Jet and 9-1 outsider Pots Sum Pa Pride forcing a :21 25 pace So Long Pal seemed to be in good position even though he trailed by about eight lengths into the turn Asked about the quick fractions Baba Jet jockey Day said "We were going a little rapid but he didn't think we were going too fast He liked it" Meanwhile So Long Pal started picking up horses Then he got caught in traffic "1 got knocked sideways once" Brinkerhoff said Entering the stretch Baba Jet had put away Pots Sum Pa Pride and opened a clear lead So Long Pal however wasn't finished Brinkerhoff got him in gear again and maneuvered through traffic But the unlucky trip wasn't over When So Long Pal finally got clear he found himself directly behind Baba Jet At the eighth-pole Brinkerhoff had to check his horse and move inside "He lost quite a bit of momentum" Brinkerhoff said Still the fast fractions started wearing on Baba Jet So Long Pal managed to get within a neck of the weary leader but he ran out of race track "You're always worried about a horse like So Long Pall" said Day "But he came to me too late" Sighed Brinkerhoff "The traffic cost me today" Nobody could argue Allompson gezSons 255-4000 pson 0 Serving Salt Lake since 1959 1959 Momm1.