The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 19

THE NEWSTRIBUNE Mistakes cost Mariners The Mariners repeat a recurring theme too many mistakes In an S3 lose at Detroit CS Tbdqr Seattle at Detroit 4:05 pjn Ch 11 1000AM Ichiro left returns Me notes CS SATURDAY AUGUST 21 2004 WWWTRIBNETCOMSPORTS LONGACRES MILE DRAW 10 WEATHER 12 miiieicmsiivmiw rr I- i TV -v -VVp Sv 'S us -s 7' 5 's 6 rfrf I -S t'-'i 14 100 fly: Edges Crocker for fourth individual gold then gives up relay spot Bir Michael Dome Nowaday 71 ATHENS Greece Just when it seemed impossible that anyone in the Olympic swim meet could upstage Michael Phelps someone did Michael Phelps Which figures The guy who has made people shake their heads all week (fid it one more time Phelps was stunning in the pool as usual with a come-from-behind victory over Ian Crocker in 100-meter butterfly Phelps finished in S12S seconds Crocker in S129 Both men broke the Olympic record Phelps set in qualifying the day before of 5161 The effort gave Phelps five gold medals and seven overall leaving him one away from tying Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin (1980) for most medals in one Olympic Games After the win Phelps had one event remaining: 400 medley relay the last event of the meet and a race the United States has never lost Both Phelps and Crocker knew Friday night's winner would swim the butterfly leg on the relay Then came the stunner About two hours after the race concluded Phelps announced he had decided to let Crocker swim the relay "We came into this meet as a Phelps said "Well leave here as a The decision will not affect Phelps' chance of tying Dityatin Because Phelps swam the relay in Friday morning's qualifying heat he will receive whatever medal the team earns But his gesture was Olympian: Sportsmanship and friendship trumped ego and self-interest Phelps said he relinquished his spot for two reasons: He wanted to give Crocker another chance after his poor performance in the 400 freestyle relay Sunday That effort led to a third-place finish by the Americans and the bronze medal that cost Phelps his chance at Mark record of seven gold medals in one Games The second reason cited by Phelps was that the relay would bis faster Hicks takes her shot revels in Athens experience ATHENS Greece -To be honest right up front as demanding as it is on the nerves and as much as it tequires unwavering mental discipline and technical precision the shooting competition is not the most compelling of spectator sports But nobody dares heckle the competitors It turns out they do that to themselves Morgan Hicks of Roy represented the United States in the 50-meter three-position event Friday morning and placed 12th in the qualifying round Although it was just the third international event of her career the Murray State University student was two points out of an eighth-place finish that would have advanced her to the finals And in shooting two points may have been misses that totaled the width of a few eyelashes But to finish that well she had to lecture herself during a string of nine (subpar) scores and she rallied with five consecutive Frustrated she stopped shooting and appeared to be gnawing a chunk out of the stock of her rifle A couple of deep breaths later she was back on target really told myself this is the Olympics this is something you've worked so hard for You will not leave this match being upset about this'" she said "Really I kind of kicked myself to get my rear in gear and I finished pretty solid It was a little too late but I tried hard I really Teammate Sarah Blakeslce of Vancouver Wash finished 20th Thirty-two of the best shooters gathered at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Center on Friday (Attendance: relatives) 1 If you expected them to plink tin ducks you are a few stages behind in the development of the sport The targets are electronic and results are shown on monitors The bull's-eye SO meters away is smaller Please see Being C9 jfrrX! 1 1 if a1 rvyafe-iSf 5" t-'' 333 -s MM TIRRIU THE ASSOCIATED PRESS gold medal in Athens matching Math Spitz V- i' s'r S-Va 1 rtJrv v-: -fT ar 'nVj 1 7 1 4 'if iy Michael Phelps celebrates his victory in Seahawks exhibition today: Denver at Seattle 7pjn KONG 710AM Important game? Depends on which player you ask John McGrath C3 joyable TVo Augusts ago Denver spanked Seattle by a 31-0 count Hie score was 14-0 after six minutes and 21-0 heading into the second quarter Seattle's starting offense managed 11 yards in three series against a collection of Denver backups Please see Isahawfca C3 fes my? iv I 44'f I -V fv -R the lOOmeter butterfly his fourth individual Ryan Moore tees off at No 8 Moore was brilliant with his putter in a quarterfinal win Zapp drives in nine as Rainiers beat Grizzlies Thcoma Rainier first baseman AJ Zapp has a career day going Sfor-5 with nine RBI in an 11-7 win over the Fresno Grizzlies Zapp hits a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning at Cheney Stadium C9 I rormorv injmpKm connci no columns kom Athens by Dan BoUnd xhttptribnateantaportsetympk Seahawks race old adversary in exhibition versus Broncos Masterful putting puts Moore into semifinals bvemkbmano For The News Tribune MAMARONECK NY If there had been one area of Ryan Moore's game heading into the US Amateur that he felt needed some work it was putting So much for that Moore put on a show Friday on Winged Foot's suddenly linoleum-es-que greens and wore down Jason Hartwick 3 and 2 in a quarterfinal match Moore whose previous best showing in a US Amateur was a quarterfinal appearance in 2002 plays Jeff Overton this morning at 7 PDT Chris Nallen of Hackettstown NJ plays Luke List of Ringgold Ga in the oth- Please see Phelps C9 US Amateur Today: Semifinals 1 pm ESPN2 er semifinal at 7:15 "I felt great over the putter said Moore a 21-year-old UNLV senior from Puyallup who three-putted just one green "I hit some really solid putts all the way around Short putts long putts my speed control was great I fed really comfortable with my putter now and in match play that's what you have to Combine stellar putting with his accuracy off the tee precise long irons and Please see UJ Am C12 Huskies Cougars still in search of answers Casey Paus left has dose competition for the starting quarterback job at Washington which continues to look for depth at wide reoeker C9 a Washington Safe's offense has struggled but la malting strides G9 By Msu Sando The News THbune An old enemy is coming to town for a little sparring session tonight The Denver Broncos tormentors of the Seattle Seahawks when the NFL rivals shared a division wouldn't mind leaving Qwest Field with their fint exhibition victory in three tries this summer These so-called preseason games generally mean little but the Broncos aren't used to losing them Since coach Mike Shanahan arrived in 1995 the team has lost no more than two exhibitions in a season The Seahawks have done their part to make the recent summers en- BOTTOM LINE Champ series will stay put in Portland Driver Jimmy Vbsser ritfit Hkefy wil return to the Northwest next summer as the Champ car series and the dty of Portland haw agreed to a new three year deal to retain the dreuffs Oregon stop Motor sports notes C2 rr aw mn ka4si.