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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Saturday July 5 1986 15A Lendl Becker In Finals US Basketball Team Opens Play for the sport Security is expected to be heavy during the championships and particularly surrounding the US team which begins play today in Malaga on the southern Costa del Sol scene of recent bombings by Basque separatist terrorists to discourage tourism to Spain The US team meets China Sunday The US roster: Guards Tommy Amaker 6-0 Duke Tyrone Bogues 5-3 Wake Forest Steve Kerr 6-3 Arizona Kenny Smith 6-3 North Carolina Forwards Dave Butler 6-6 Cali- Pram Stiff Reports MADRID The US basketball team featuring three ACC guards meets Ivory Coast today in the opening of the 10th World Basketball Championship Tommy Amaker of Duke Kenny Smith of North Carolina and Tyrone Bogues of Wake Forest earned spots on the US roster that also includes Georgia Tech forward Tom Hammonds and Navy center David Robinson The team is coached by Arizona's Lute Olson Georgia Bobby Cremins is an assistant coach Round-robin competition in seven Spanish cities involves 24 national teams including the Soviet Union defending world champion Teams are divided into four groups with Italy West Germany Puerto Rico and China competing in the group with the US team The finals will be held in Madrid July 17-20 The number of teams participating is nearly double that of the previous limit of 14 Spanish organizers say the wider field allows more teams to participate and provides greater promotion H- 4 v-v- Smith Bogues fornia Sean Elliott 6-8 Arizona Tom Hammonds 6-8 Georgia Tech Armon Gilliam 6-8 Neva-da-Las Vegas Derrick McKey 6-7 Alabama Centers David Robinson 6-11 Navy Rony Sei-kaly 6-9 Syracuse Charles Smith 6-10 Pittsburgh Baker Experiences Worst Daytona Disappointment Continued From Page I2A doubts about his ability to win close matches hard serve and all-around powerful game gave Lendl all he could handle in the match that lasted three hours 26 minutes told myself may take a half hour it may take an hour it may take until tomorrow but give in because the guy got four straight points against Lendl said That came in the fourth-set tiebreaker when Zivojinovic who also reached the semifinals of the Australian Open last year reeled off the first four points Then after Lendl won his first point of the tiebreak the 6-6 Yugoslav won the next three points to take the set and level the match at two sets apiece In the seventh game of the fourth set Zivojinovic threatened to quit playing when David Howie overruled a line call and gave Lendl an ace to pull the game to deuce Referee Alan Mills and supervisor Ken Farrar went on to the court and told Zivojinovic who had sat down in his chair to continue to play Against Leconte in the other semifinal match Becker had the aces in his hand and he used them to advantage never dropping his serve in the match only victory came in the third-set tie-break which he won 7-4 WIMBLEDON RESULTS Semifinal Singles Bom Back (4) West Germany 6 Mann Leconte (7V Franca 6-2 5-4 5-7 (4-71 6-3 Han land Cnchoaio-akia 4 Slobodan Zivoynovic Yugoslavia 5-2 5-7 5-7) 6-3 6-7 11-71 5-4 Semifinal Doubles Martuu Navratitova-Pam Shrtvar Eke Burgn-Aosafyn Fair Dank South Afnca 6-4 6-3 Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals Emiho Sanchez Soam-Bettma Bunge West Germany John FrtzgerakJ-Ekzabeth Smyhe AustraM 6-7 7-5 6-4 Semifinals Ken Flach-Kathy Jordan Michael RobartsorvEtna Ret nach South Afnca 7-5 5-4 Heinz Guenthardt Swtzer land-Marttna Navratilova 6mko Sanchez Spem-Bettmt Bunge West Germany 7-6 (7-0) 6-3 Men's Over 35 Semifinal Singles Jaime Fof (Ij Chile Marty Riasaen (4) 5-2 4-5 5-4 Tony Roche Australia BoD Lutz (2) 6-2 6-2 Doubles Semifinals Cohn Dibley Austraha-Jaime FdW Chile Bob Hewitt-Frew McMillan South Afnca 5-3 6-4 Marty Riessen-Sherwood Stewart Owen Oawdson-Ken Rosewal Australia 3-6 5-3 7-5 (7-4) Quarterfinal Singles Tomas Carbonnefl (12) Spain Petr Korda Czechoslovakia 7-5 Eduardo Velez (4) Mexico Chris Bailey Britain 6-2 5-3 Doubles Quarterfinals Tomas Carbonnefl Spam-Petr Korda Czechoslovakia Omar Camporese-Eugemo Rossi Italy S-7 6-3 5-4 Shane Barr Austraiia-Hubert Karrasch Canada Fk-rentmo Anda-Javier Sanchez Spam 5-4 5-3 Amaud Boetsch-Siephane Grenier France Patnch Flynn Aus-Iralia-Brett Steven Hew Zealand 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 (7-5L Girls Quarterfinal Singles Leila Mesh Soviet Union Ann Devnes (14) Belgium 5-3 2-6 6-2 GisefeMtrofl?) Brazil Radka Zrubakova Czechoslovakia 6-0 3-5 5-0 Nataha Zvereva Soviet Union Wiltrud Probst (4) West Germany 5-4 5-2 Doubles Quarterfinals H-Soon Kim South Korea-Jenmfer Saber on Philippines Sue McCarthy-Anne Srmpkm Britain 6-4 54 Michelle Jaqoard-Ltsa 0 Neil Australia Giseie Fine Brazk-f dmque Martin France 6-3 5-3 had the race won This hurts the worst of any I've ever lost it would have been my first victory with my own team which includes my two sons Bryan and Brandon in the Buddy Baker By TOM HIGGINS Stiff Writer DAYTONA BEACH Fla Seemingly on the verge of a dream Firecracker 400 victory Friday Buddy Baker instead has another horror experience to haunt him in nightmares The big NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver from Charlotte and Lake Norman has known both delightful joy and deep disappointment mostly the latter at Daytona International Speedway in a career covering almost 30 years But experience in the Independence Day classic by reckoning is the worst With just eight laps 20 miles to go in the 160-lap race Baker 46 was leading and pulling away Then just ahead of Baker's Olds smoke showed from Dale Chevrolet almost a lap down car spun and so did the Ford of Connie Saylor Baker got by Earnhardt in good order but in eluding careening car he slammed into the outer concrete wall The impact bent sheet metal in on the tires and damaged the toe-in of the steering Tim Richmond flashed by in his Chevrolet en route to eventual victory Although Baker was able to finish he wound up 14th and caused both tires to take hold on restarts (after caution periods) When I got on the throttle my right rear tire would It was on a restart with three laps to go that Richmond spurted ahead and was never challenged "To have won would have been sensational but considering everything' that happened this week this is a pretty good way to wind Marlin was referring to a $5000 fine against Ellington for an Illegal device on the car before time trials Wednesday Also achieving his best finish ever was third-place Bobby Hillin really got some breaks today 'cause I was behind a lot of the things (accidents) happening on the track The car work too good in the corners but the crew kept adjusting all day and kept me near the front really tickled with our Despite some frightening close calls cars spinning directly in front of fast packs only one driver was injured Friday And that was Winston Cup point leader Earnhardt about had my car saved then it really got crossed up and went back up the banking and hit the wall said Earnhardt Navratilova Seeks Title downcast in the garage area rather than in the Daytona victory lane where he celebrated his last victory three years ago after the Firecracker 400 of had the race won said Baker the anguish apparent in his voice "This hurts the worst of any ever lost it would have been my first victory with my own team which includes my two sons Bryan and Brandon in the crew" Baker in partnership with Gaston County textile executive Danny Schiff formed the team in 1985 almost knocked out right added Baker "I hit the wall pretty hard and the force of the lick caused my head to hit something inside the car I'm a little addled right now so maybe I ought to not say anything else Later Baker the 1980 Daytona 500 champion commented consolation is that the fans and everyone concerned knows that got a class racing team now and that we will be a factor in the future got a real young team including my boys and we're learning and getting better all the time it is my team and everybody is so young and eager this definitely would have been the best victory of my Instead though the track known as the Big denied the driver known as BB his dream Sterling Marlin made a stirring run for second place the best showing of his Winston Cup career might could have won except for one said the drawling Tennessean driver of Hoss Chevrolet who qualified at a track record 203666 mph problem was that Tim Richmond had a rear gear that vratilova has won their last four meetings They include their last grass-court encounter in the semifinal of the Australian Open when she came from a set down to win 6-7 6-1 6-4 Mandlikova wants to make up for her performance against Lloyd in her previous Wimbledon final five years ago "I think grown up a little since my final here in 1981 1 can handle things differently from five years ago" she said I was too excited about getting (to) the finals I lost my concentration absolutely I do that Richmond Rally Pulls Out Bizarre Firecracker 400 Continued From Page 12A excited because I think playing well" Navratilova said serving better than I have in a very long time my seventh final and really excited to be here never lost a final here" In the semifinal she gave a tennis lesson to 1 6-year-old No 10 seed Ga-briela Sabatini crushing the Argentine 6-2 6-2 Navratilova and Mandlikova have clashed 24 times Navratilova has won 18 and Mandlikova six the last 12 meetings in either a final or semifinal "I am confident after the US Open and beating Chris here is Mandlikova said as I said at the US Open I have to play against a serve-and-volley player and going to get tough for me" Although Mandlikova triumphed at Flushing Meadow Na NASCAR Performance Chart ATTENTION! Cosmopolitan Spa Members Honored at All 5 Locations of American Fitness Try Us Out Today! 12 Ken 8chradar 13 Jody Ridley -ItO-150--OldamobJIaw 160 159 Ford 159 Ford r1M Pootmo 159 Otdnobtm 169 Pontiac 159 OPEN MON-FRI TIL 7 SAT TIL 6 14 Buddy Biker 13 Bobby It BM Eliott 17 Cole Yarborough it Mike Waltrip IB Ttrry Labonte 20 dvt Mercia Continued From Page 12A displayed on Lap 158 and Richmond got a big jump on the challengers in line behind him Sterling Marlin Darrell Waltrip Bobby Hillin and Ricky Rudd When the lapped cars of Elliott Allison and Yarborough drafted into line behind Richmond his victory was essentially assured The other leaders faced passing that traffic to catch him Richmond finished 139 seconds ahead "I pretty well knew I was going to win then when the lapped cars fell in behind said Richmond after his first major triumph at Daytona gave the Hendrick Mo-torsports team of Charlotte a Winston Cup sweep at the famous track this season teammate Geoff Bodine took the Daytona 500 in February "But before the wreck Well I believe I could have beaten Buddy He probably would have won the race if he run into that Baker agreed: had the race won I was pulling away and my car was handling better I had Dale cleared then the 64 car spun for some strange reason "This one hurts worse than any ever come close to winning and then Marlin took second in his Chevy and Hillin was third in a Buick for the best finishes of their Winston Cup careers Indicative of the wackiness of the 400: None of the top 10 in the running as the race wound down ever had won a Winston Cup event at Daytona Baker finished 14th and was followed by three of the drivers who through their own fault or their crew's made the pit stop error Allison Elliott and Yarborough That development which drastically changed the complexion of the race occurred on Lap 133 as the yellow showed for Rodney spin off Turn Four Earnhardt Elliott Allison and Yarborough running at the front had made regularly scheduled stops a few laps earlier but as the caution period began they immediately whipped Into the pits again too soon Marlin coming up fast behind them made his regular stop When he stayed on the track and went by with the four cars sitting on pit road they were lapped Had the four gone around one more time under yellow before coming In have been OK made a mistake Somebody (Marlin) was a whole lot further ahead (and got back around quicker) than we said Allison When the stop came it appeared the chief victim was Earnhardt who had led nine times for 69 laps and appeared to have the only car as fast as Baker led four times for 31 laps Richmond three times for 17 including the final eight Richmond winning for the second time this year and the sixth in his career showed early power then fell back trailing by 20 seconds after 75 laps because of the windshield woes On Lap 88 the opportunity to change came The crew performed the task quickly and Richmond was in the hunt the rest of the way MU 21 Rick Wilson Oldwnobim 158 22 Richard Potty Pontiac i 156 23 Jin Sluter -155 24 Jimmy Mama Pontiac 155 25 0 McDuffie Ford 26 Grant Adcox 9845 8615 Running 6645 -Running 11680 Running 19675 6975 3620 10320 Running 8455 Running 3045 Running 6595 Running 6595 -Running 6210 Running 5790 Running 2195 Engine 14895 -Running 5100 -Engine 9995 4860 Engine 10645 2020 -Clutch 2045 1970 -Engine 1945 Engine -Engine Wreck Wreck 2120 1895 2625 1645 1870 1420 1 S4 151 160 -147 145 143 130 Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet Ford Chevrolet Chevrolet 27 Dim Earnhardt 26 Pincho Carter 29 Qeofl Sodlno 30 Connie Siytor 31 Harry Gant 32 Rodney Combi 33 Doug Heveron Chevrolet 106 34 Kan Ragan 92 35 Eddie Blenchwim Chevrolet 83 34 Barmy Paraona Oldimoblle 76 37 Morgan Shepherd Bute 50 38 Tommy 33- 39 Greg Sna Chevrolet 33- 40 Chet Fillip 14- 41 Ron Pontiac 13- 42 A-J Foyl MORE THAN 5000 SUMMER SUITS SPORTCOATS SLACKS FURTHER REDUCTIONS THIS WEEK that omDacionWoo "jjl e'con ndov Engine 1820 SfcVENOW fO THE HOT 0 $100 95 UP TO $15995 2-PC SUITS TENNIS RACQUETS NOW ON SALE AT SPORTS STATION USA 129 14995 10995 2 PCSUTS IXTIRE REMAINING SUMMER SUITS FURTHER REDUCED Hundred! and hundreds 0 this season's new suits never before considered for any sale including all Summer Bill Bloss PBM Sonsobelt ond Countess Mora Suits BLACK MAX II Reg 11999 SALE BLACK MAX PRO Reg 11699 SALE $95" $3799 3500 4795 Up to 6500 BLACK MAX Reg 8999 SALE 200 Reg 14999 SALE $99" Regu'0' Volu Op 39 Also the BLUE MAX reg $69" NOW $55" And the MAX LT reg $59" NOW $47" SALE ENDS JULY 13th SUITS your sports professionals CHARLOTTE LOCATIONS: SHARON SHOPPING CENTER 4722 SHARON ROAD AMITY GARDENS SHOPPING CENTER 3900 INDEPENDENCE BLVD I LWORTH 1533 South Boulevard at Park A ve 3 FREE STORESIDE PARKING CZ.