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I Vikes like tag B9 blasts up Red Sox lead B9 Big 6 grid column B9 Girls cross country preview BIO Sports Day B8 THE DAILY DISPATCH AND ARGUS Tuesday August 28 1990 Eye openers Calcavecchia in HGC field Cardinal trio cleared of charges COVINGTON Ky (UPI) -Three St Louis Cardinals players were cleared Monday of disorderly conduct charges in connection with a fight in this Cincinnati suburb three months ago A Kenton County judge dismissed the charge against pitcher Greg Mathews now throwing for the AAA team in Louisville and then a jury deliberated 30 minutes before finding pitcher Frank DiPino and catcher Tom The 10-year veteran won three other events last year and finished fifth in tour earnings Calcavecchia 30 owns five career PGA wins and has finished among the PGA top 10 money-winners for the last three years He has not won this year but has finished second four times including at Doral where he and three others lost a playoff to Norman Shoot-Out field revised Other new additions to the tournament field include tour veterans Nick Price and Steve Pate Price ranks 31st in tour winnings this (Please see HGC B9) season Monday committed to play in next $1 million PGA affair at Oakwood Country Club in Coal Valley Calcavecchia joins former QC Open champion Payne Stewart as one of two top five money-winners in the field giving credence to tournament longstanding contention that a calendar spot away from the British Open would bring the top players to the Quad-Cities got the Nos 2 and 4 money-winners in your field extremely tournament chairman Tom Robinson said adding the new dates the tour only enticement he added hurt to have a $1 million It hurt the either to have Calcavecchia on hand He is the second winner of a 1989 major to join the field Stewart won the PGA and the tournament could complete a near grand-slam if as expected last US Open champ Curtis Strange signs on later this week While Curt Byrum was holding off a pack of contenders at Oakwood in July of last year Calcavecchia was at Troon besting Greg Norman and Wayne Grady in a four-hole playoff for the first major title of his career By Craig DeVrleze Staff sports writer Last summer Mark Calcavecchia attend the Golf Classic He was busy winning some other professional golf tournament over in Troon Scotland The 1989 British Open champion will be at this HGC however Calcavecchia the fourth-leading PGA Tour money-winner this Frank DiPIno Tom Pagnozzl Pagnozzi innocent The three had been arrested last May when the Cardinals were playing a four-game series in Cincinnati The three said they had come to the defense of a woman who was being harassed by another man and a fight broke out thin Andre signs Lions pact PONTIAC Mich (UPI) Quarterback Andre Ware faced with a choice of throwing passes or possibly tossing the season away signed a four-year contract late Monday night with the Detroit Lions was getting Ware said was a willingness on both parts to get it done I was really getting antsy and they wanted me Ware the seventh player chosen in this A NFL Draft is believed to have agreed to a pact call- ing for $5 million over the life of the contract or about $125 million a year Andre Ware This was far below the more than $2 million a year agent sought at the start of negotiations That figure was recently scaled down to $15 million per season is capable of doing all the things a quarterback should coach Wayne Fontes said going to play Friday (at Cincinnati) at least a quarter and probably a Ware 22 was one of the most prolific passers in NCAA history at the University of Houston shattering the single-season passing yardage during his junior and final season with the Cougars in 1989 He threw 46 TDS last year and his 4699 passing yards eclipsed the previous mark of 4571 set by former Brigham Young quarterback Jim McMahon He runs a 45 40 completed 63 percent of his passes and set all his records without benefit of a senior season JL Bug off With gnats overtaking the field Toronto's Tony Fernandez had to be sprayed The game was eventually delayed as the umpires ordered the roof closed on Toronto's Skydome in hopes of ridding the field of the pesky bugs Story page B9 (UPI) It Thomas Bills finally agree on contract ORCHARD PARK NY (UPI) The Buffalo Bills announced Monday night they have come to terms with running back Thurman Thomas General Manager Bill Polian said Thomas who in 1989 led the NFL in total yards from scrimmage with 1913 agreed to a two-year extension on his already existing contract which has two years remaining welcome Thurman back with open arms and we look forward to continued Pro Bowl seasons from a great Polian said As soon as Thomas signs the new extension he will begin practicing with the team Left tackle Will Wolford is the Bills only remaining holdout McMichael back in Bears' fold LAKE FOREST HI (UPD Defensive tackle Steve McMichael reached agreement with the Chicago Bears Monday signing a one-year contract extension to end an aggravating and expensive holdout McMichael who will enter his 11th NFL season signed an extension through 1992 His base salary for the 1990 and 1991EK seasons did not change reportedly $500000 for the first season but the club did Stv McMlchaal improve bonus clauses for those seasons $42000 training camp fine was upheld sad will be donated to three charities including Memorial Hospital in Chicago happy to be a Bear HI be happy to remain here for the rest of my McMichael said Monday The 32-year-old lineman said to His return come at a better time for the Bears Defensive tackle Dan knees are not holding up well following four preseason games and tackle William Perry injured his ankle Friday in a 20-3 loss to the Los Angeles Raiders concerned for Dan because I know (how he Bears Coach Mike Ditka said Sunday was in a lot of pain after the game (Saturday) I know how much going to be able to I these negotiations playing football will be the easy Michael said In hindsight McMichael said he would have handled the stormy negotiations differently my emotions into it (ne- gotiations) that was my big McMichael said McMichael originally wanted contract renegotiated to $800000 Carrier to start Ditka did designate his defensive starters saying Ron Rivera and Jim Morrissey would be at outside linebacker with Lemuel Stinson and Donnell Woolford at the comers Shaun Gayle will be the weak safety No 1 draft pick Mark Carrier the strong safety i Sugar Ray reluinquishes WBC crown MEXICO CITY (UPI) Sugar Ray Leonard has renounced his WBC super-middleweight crown because he is well under the weight for the division WBC President Jose Sulaiman said Monday Sulaiman who accepted decision in a phone conversation with the champion from his hotel room in Las Vegas issued a statement from WBC headquarters in Mexico City Sulaiman who referring to Leonard as of the greatest champions of all times and the pride of the had anticipated a decision on the part of the fighter who last defended the title in December Sugar Ray Leonard WBC sources said Leonard decided to give up the super-middle-weight title and go for the junior middleweight crown currently held by Terry Norris of the United States Leonard Has held world titles in five weight divisions: WBC and WBA welterweight WBA super-welterweight WBC middleweight WBC super-middlewight and light-heavyweight Leonard is 37-1-1 as a professional losing only to Roberto Duran final two holdouts signed Race tightens: Angels blow 6-1 lead By John Marx Staff sports writer Things are getting tight these days for the Quad-City Angels skin tight After leading 6-1 early in the game the gang from! Gaines Street lets one get away I dropping a 7-6 de- cision to the Burlington Braves on a muggy Monday along the Missis- The lo cou-' pled with Cedar 12-6 whipping of Waterloo tightens the race for the Southern second-half crown to just Vi-game advan manager Don Long said of Burlington reliever Rick Slomkowsld Slomkowski entered the game trailing 6-1 shut the Angels down on two hits over five innings and eventually picked up the pitching victoiy right side had trouble but the lefthanders hit the ball pretty good We just hold a 6-1 From the way the Angels started the night it looked as though Burlington would be the victim of the record-breaking win The Halos hit starter Scott Grove with a three-spot in the home half of the second Singles by left fielder Bobby Jones third base-man Corey Kapano an error by Grove and a two-out single by right fielder Edgal Rodriguez had Q-C (Please see ANGELS B9) tage Q-C know we are in the playoffs but we want to win this said Q-C starting pitcher Flli Martinez who left game with a 6-1 lead had a little setback tonight but get on track tommorrow and get it right The defeat drops the Halos to 43-24 for the half while Burlington moves to 35-32 The Angels remain one game short of breaking the franchise record for most wins in a season after tying the mark of 79 Sunday The Angels have already clinched a spot for the playoffs with a wild card berth thought the guy that came in gave us a different look something we had trouble adjusting Q-C SANTA CLARA Calif (UPI) The startini nally in place for the San Francisco 49ers a came to terms team officials said intact and ready to center Jesse Sapolu said Monday after reaching contract terms along with starting guard Guy McIntyre Both signed two-year contract extensions through the 1992 season although both said no new money was added to their current contracts McIntyre will earn $425000 this year and Sapolu $276000 Extension terms were not disclosed Barring injuries the starting offensive line will be Sapolu at center McIntyre and Harris Barton at guards and Bubba Paris and Steve Wallace at tackles I BASS Masters winner gets RICHMOND Va (UPI) Rick Clunn a 44-year-old professional fisherman from Montgomery Texas became the first angler to win equivalent of a Super Bowl four times He won the 1990 BASS Masters Classic with a spectacular last-day catch after starting the final day of competition in 10th place The five fish he landed Saturday weighed 18 pounds 7 ounces giving him 34 pounds 5 ounces from the 15 bass he had landed in three days Thatpushed him past first- and second-round leader Tommmy Bif-fle Biffle of Wagoner Okla could find only one bass in the James River Saturday and wound up second at 27 pounds 6 ounces Clunn won in 1976 1977 and 1984 and was the 1988 Angler of the Year He entered this tournament with career winnings of $502000 second on the all-time winnings list Clunn earned $50000 for his victoiy although endorsements connected with the title usually translate into $1 million for the winner The rest of the $150000 purse was split between the other 40 competitors Annual rolle bolle tourney Monday The annual DispatchArgus Rolle Bolle Labor Day tourney will be held Monday at Stephens Park in Moline starting at 8 am Entry fee is $2 per person There will be a mixed draw from the field with each team consisting of two men and one woman depending on the makeup of the field The tourney is expected to conclude by 11 am Monday to begin US Open titles in impressive fashion Becker faced with a difficult opening day opponent in Juan Aguilera ranked 19th in the world responded in championship style by posting a 7-5 6-3 6-2 victory over the 28-year-old Spaniard Graf seven months removed from her last Grand Slam crown faced a different kind of obstacle than her countryman enduring two rain delays before completing a 6-1 6-1 rout of Canadian qualifier Maureen Drake Graf the No 1 woman player did suffer the indignity of dropping her service once before capturing her 11th consecutive match since losing the Wimbledon semifinals to Zina Garrison Becker mindful of his first-round loss to Goran Ivanisevic in the French Open as well as a defeat to Aguilera in the Hamburg final in May stumbled only slightly before closing strong After breaking for a 3-2 edge in the opening set Becker fell behind 5-3 But he swept the next four games to take the set felt this year much better than any other year even with the rain Becker said of his return to Center Court where he defeated Ivan Lendl in the 1989 final This was only second appearance at the US Open the first since 1984 and Becker commented "He played many hard court tournaments and I hope play many Becker delivered only two aces but put in 66 percent of his first serves and totaled 11 service winners Eighth-seed Brad Gilbert survived a 3-hour 2-minute dual with 1988 Open champion Mats Wilander rallying from a 2-5 fourth-set deficit for a 6-4 3-6 6-3 7-5 triumph The Swede has lost in the first or sec--ond round of his last five tournaments Graf had won eight of nine Grand Slam titles before failing in the French and at Wimbledon but she since has had sinus surgeiy and says she is back in top form Monica Seles put everything she had in this shot Monday against Elena Eampoulova in opening-round action of the US Open Seles had an easy time cruising to a 6-0 6-0 win in 44 minutes (UPI) 1.