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Business Legislators seek to control air-cargo board I Page 5 21Ee 14aortlo Thursday July 4 1991 Ratelah NC Section The News and Observer Raleigh NC 4 Wimbledon queen dethroned by a teen Mickey McCarthy Nerves serves Capriati stop Navratilova McEnroe fined $10000 record for verbal abuse 41- For Bryant By STEVE WILSTEIN The Associated Press The Associated Press 51 dv 4- 1t 4i 4N7 4 ii e- ''I '40-4-- my -01 -'r- -t tt41141i ks 17- I Lo ti 4 i gL :4 4i 4 court Capriati 45 became the youngest semifinalist at Wimbledon with a 64 7-5 victory Wednesday over the nine-time champion that spanned two days and tested the mettle of both players "I was totally focused" Capriati said with gleaming eyes and a broad smile "I was so anxious to go out there and play my best tennis I had so much desire in me that I just didn't think about it "No one expected me to win I had no nerves and she had everything to lose" Navratilova 34 admitted she felt shaken from the start to the embarrassing end when she pushed her final serve softly into the net "When you get older you get more nervous" she said "It should get easier but all the other players say the same thing it gets more difficult WIMBLEDON England John McEnroe's wallet took a record $10000 hit Wednesday and so did 46' his bid to improve his image McEnroe was fined by Wimble- don referee Alan Mills for cursing a 4N linesman McEnroe who has sought in recent years to control his temper directed an angry stream of profanities at the official during his fourth-round loss to Stefan Edberg efts on Tuesday McEnroe Grand Slam administrator Bill Babock said the $10000 fine was the largest levied against a player for verbal abuse though bigger fines have been imposed for skipping tournaments and other r7777 k'''iorio7-71: N-1 4 eft WIMBLEDON England Jennifer Capriati so young and winsome with her hair tied in a neat French braid intimidated the toughest women's champion in Wimbledon history Fear gripped Martina Navratilova and broke down her game stroke by stroke until she seemed like an old clunker of a car falling apart The fear could be seen in the gulping breaths she took between points to steady her nerves It was in her eyes and the tight muscles of her shoulders as she served pathetically shallow balls to the boldly charging teenager and double-faulted on match point It could be heard clearly in her weak quavering voice even after they left the stadium a lingering dread that she'd been passed in time as she'd been on the The Associated Press Martina Navratilova bows out See CAPRIATI page 4C See McENROE page 4C Momars iin AL lineup 7333 watch opener IV Former Bull hurls Braves past Mudcats i t040 otorfifm P'sfg ")'' kf11 4- ly 1 1---4---0''1 ''f n-) I eZt Dr: '1r' I'''''7'-' -'3Y0- I 0741144444 44 4 'Aft t4 1::: 7 4::: i0r4) zt 4 i te11 A z)' '4 By BILL WOODWARD Staff writer Henderson Oakland BA 282 Grit fey Jr Henderson Seattle Oakland BA 274 BA FIR 7 HR RBI 32 RBI Alomar Jr McGwire Alomar Boggs Ripken Jr Cleveland Oakland Toronto Boston Baltimore BA 205 BA 201 BA 277 BA 308 BA 348 HR 0 HR 13 HR 5 HR 5 HR 18 RBI 4 RBI 40 RBI 36 RBI 32 RBI 54 307 18 50 HR 4 RBI 22 Fans' votes makes brothers starters in All-Star Game The Associated Press Alomars joined the DiMaggios (Joe Dom and Vince) as the only family with three All-Star members They are the seventh brother combination PP --Ardmeowm A to make the All NEW YORK Once again the Alomars are on the same team This time it's the best worth his wait Steve Bryant would make a lousy newspaper editor He can't meet deadlines But it's another story when you're talking about dreamers Steve Bryant is a major-league dreamer He did it He built a stadium in the middle of nowhere tit first he teased us for a couple of months He promised Five County Stadium would open on April 19 It didn't Then he said it would be May 6 It wasn't Same for May 25 Then he said it would biJune 17 It wasn't '13i1t the dream did come true on it hot Wednesday night July 3 in Zebulon It was a close call Workers scurried around until thoments before the first pitch The parking lot hours before the game was teeming with construction trucks But at a few ticks past eight they played baseball and Bryant's longtime dream came true The Carolina Mudcats drew a cr owd many with baseball in their blood some to satisfy their curiousity But they made it a full house 7333 in all The tans came early the lines snaking considerable length in the parking lot They came to see the erector-set stadium sitting cocksure on an old tobacco field Even the most famous farmer in Iowa came to see the show His name is Don Lansing and it was his farm that was immortalized in the movie "Field of Dreams" But when all was said and done it was Steve Bryant's night It was his dream to bring baselall long gone almost for some 20 years back to County He did it against long odds There was opposition Bryant wanted to hang out the play-ball sign at a site near Stadium I But Miles Wolff then the owner of the Durham Bulls invoked the rule meaning Bryant's wouldn't be playing within 135 miles of the Bulls' kingdom 0 So Bryant walked off 37 miles himself standing in the of a field a couple of swings 'from US 264 To make a long story short Bry ant persuaded the city fathers of to ante up $2 million He would put up the rest and they would build Five County Stadium 1' together always had doubts" said pausing in the midst of a harried day we never gave up on the idea We wanted to bring baseball back to Wake County and sur: rounding areas The idea struck I me four years ago and we just didn't give up" Bryant saying he had been get: ting by on just two hours' sleep the last couple of nights said the sta: dium would continue to add im- provements "This is just the first phase We want it to be a modern park but at the same time we want the fans to enjoy the charms of old-style I stadiums We hope to have 10000 0 seats eventually But we need very much to get some funding help from Wake County This is a key" But for the moment Bryant was sorting out his dream "All this hasn't really hit me yet" he said a few hours before showtime "We got through a lot 'ottps and downs "Sometimes we weren't sure we would get through it But it was worth it I think the stadium is prettier than we envisioned" The pregame ceremony was brief with Bryant and Southern 4 League president Jimmy Bragan making a few remarks They started playing Mudcat baseball at 8:09 Not everybody got a seat Too many people too few seats But never mind you can come back Five County Sta stium will be around for a while Steve Bryant will see to that Inside Sandy and i ---to-- 77 Star with tJeoaeaa in Roberto Alomar vv the American esit DiMaggio in 1941 "It's a big thrill League on Wednes- 7 i' day became the 1 tH: not just for me and first brothers elect 4e Roberto said "I al- ed to the All-Star wS ahnodl ye family a fmo ri 1 ym Game's starting k'- 1 lineup since the i A ways dreamed of balloting was re- I161011: playing with Sandy turned to the fans in the major in 1970 leagues and 1 The All-Star I thought this season Game will be -94447 I'd only get a played at 8 pm chance to play EDT Tuesday at against him But he The Associated Press the SkyDome in To- was the designated ronto Pitchers and Ken Griffey Jr was the AL' hitter when we reserves will be n- leading vote-getter played Cleveland --7'-- -t 7: 4 r' Iiiio' i': 4: g': -4 l'l '4 $17' 1j ')1 111 i'- esz i i i LzJ 17: I i-li: '1 -'t 1 1filZielr1 11114-ii''' 7 i If if '1 1 4 'il 1 if' 1''' k' lit i1 fi''' I 5- 04r2 --1' I i I rit '44 41' '7 7 1 I 111-7ti-'! 1 :14 If 7 I ii -1 1 i i'Y '1 I I pri i "-1'' 1 I el' ----r' --'-i-- 3'11 f'1'' flit 4::::::: 'l i i z4 ti i 10 i'1 ali1' --'-t sr 4'' '4! 44: ''7' 4 i fli P- 1 rt 14 7 The Carolina Mudcats threw a grand opening on Wednesday but: David Nied and the Greenville Braves spoiled the party Nied making his third start since moving up to Greenville: picked up his first Class AA: victory striking out 10 in 7V innings and combining with Bill Taylor on a four-hitter as the G-Braves topped the Mudcats 6-1 in the Five County Stadium open-A standing-room crowd of 7333 jammed the 6000-seat stadium' near Zebulon and hundreds were turned away as the fans came in force to see the first professional baseball game in Wake County since 1971 There were pregame ceremo-: nies and postgame fireworks but the drama on the field centered on Nied 23 a right-hander Nied 1-1 carried a no-hitter into the sixth when he gave up the first two Mudcats hits and surrendered an unearned run He left in the eighth after giving up three hits walking three and striking out 10 "I've been struggling to get a win but I've been pitching well since coming up" Nied said really wasn't thinking about the no-hitter "It didn't go that long and I didn't think I would finish up anyway as hot as it was" Nied 8-3 with a 156 ERA for the Durham Bulls has been even more effective in his three starts in the Southern League In 19 innings the 14th-round pick from Duncanville Texas has given up 10 hits one earned run (047 ERA) walked six and struck out 28 Taylor entered in the eighth after Nied gave up a one-out single to Darwin Pennye a hit that extended Pennye's hitting streak to 16 games and a walk to Greg Edge Taylor's first hit to Kevin Young produced a double-play grounder and the Braves were home free "He just beat us" Mudcats manager Marc Bombard said "We didn't play that well defen- sively "You'd like to win it when it's an opener But tomorrow's another day" Al Martin baptized the 24-foot outfield wall around the new park so I never got to steal on him" Sandy Jr a strapping 6 feet 5 and 215 pounds said: "It's quite an accomplishment It's history We talked about being in the big leagues together sometime But we never talked about being in an All-Star game together" Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs was elected the National League second baseman and led all vote-getters with 2526747 Sand nounced today by managers Lou Piniella of Cincinnati for the National League and Tony La Russa of Oakland for the American League Last year Sandy Jr of the Cleveland Indians became the first rookie catcher voted to the starting team and Roberto was selected as a National League reserve with San Diego The second baseman's offseason trade to Toronto put both brothers in the same league Add their father Sandy who was on the AL team in 1970 and the The Assoctoted Press Ryne Sandberg of the Cubs led all vote-getters See ALOMARS page 3C -777577E flipeoTh' 0 1 Ay-: J0 'A' '4I ee7s) 7 44Itz rp it- ---fi Wikatotge I 47trs Iv'tht 4ae A Dawson Chicago BA 282 HR 11 RBI 42 Sabo Smith Cincinnati St Louis BA 274 BA HR 12 HR RBI 37 RBI Strawberry Gwynn Los Angeles San Diego 306 BA 224 BA 0 HR 7 HR 29 RBI 26 RBI Santiago Clark Sandberg San Diego San Francisco Chicago BA 252 BA 291 BA 300 HR 7 HR 13 HR 13 RBI 36 RBI 57 RBI 44 359 2 46 See MUDCATS page 2C Study shows black athletes less likely to graduate The Associated Press athletes transferred or dropped out in their first two years the study said But nearly as many black athletes 383 percent left school in their fourth or fifth year as did the number who dropped out the first two years "We found that blacks are less well-prepared" Petr said "This is the first time we have quantified those differences" Black athletes while posting lower grade point averages in college preparatory classes and lower scores on the standardized SAT and ACT entrance exams graduated at higher rates than white athletes who scorcht similarly Kevin Messenger sports information director at University of the Pacific in sive look at graduation broken down to race sex and sport revenue or non-revenue" Petr said Black athletes graduated at a 266 percent rate compared to 522 percent for whites and 457 percent for all athletes in the study The women's rate was almost 54 percent compared with the men's 423 percent "It's educational literature a sort of learning tool" Petr said "The main finding is simply an indexing of test scores and grade-point averages The study is better than any other single predictor we've tested in the past" Dropout and transfer rate of whites decreased as they progressed through school meaning 558 percent of the white Stockton Calif said he couldn't comment on the NCAA study but offered some of the school's own statistics Among basketball players who entered the school between 1980-81 and 1984-85 Messenger said three of nine minority students graduated and 19 of 20 white students graduated An additional seven white students entered the school during that time but transferred The NCAA study said one in four athletes graduated in four years but only 92 percent of all blacks graduated in four years And while more than half of the white athletes graduated 282 percent left school in good academic standing and 196 percent in less than good standing OVERLAND PARK Kan Nearly twice the number of white athletes as black athletes graduated from college the past five years according to a study released Wednesday by the NCAA "This study is the tip of the iceberg" said Todd Petr assistant director of research for the NCAA "We felt this type of analysis would best support what many colleges have believed all along" The findings are the first part of an academic study of 3288 athletes from 85 Division I schools who entered college in 1984 and 1985 "This is a unique study It's a comprehen MI Colleges 3C Dave Hart in running for Pitt job a Caulton Tudor 3C 4 4 ScoreboardRadio-TV 4C Cityline: 549-5100 0 1 1.