Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 37

tiieSunHerald SECTION B3- WEDNESDAY JULY 29 1987 y- FOR THE RECORD D-2: LOCAL CALLS D-4: SHORT STOPS oD-5: BUSINESS D-8 us KGKLiaiTSEY away I By TDM CARAVAN brother He read all the putts for his sister and she put most of them in the hole especially in the playoff Davies had her nerves tested on the first three holes where she sank putts of four three and six feet to save par and keep her tied even with Okamoto and Carner That changed at the fourth hole for" holing out Davies earned $55000 for the victory her first in the United States She was the leading money winner on the European tour the past two years Okamoto and Camer each earned $23824 Davies had a lot of help with her putting all week from her caddie Tony who also is her 26-year-old third US Open title and end a two-year victory drought Davies actually had five good rounds at Plainfield and was the only player in the 153-woman field not to go over par during the tournament would have to say my putting was it for me this said Davies who on Thursday begins defense of her British crown in Cornwall England week has been my best know what it means yet I was just out there having fun and this turned out to be one of the greatest rounds of golf in my Okamoto had a 1 -over-par 73 in what amounted to the fifth round of the rain-delayed golf tournament that stretched over six days at the Plain-field Country Club The 48-year-old Carrier an LPGA Hall of Famer had a 74 as she failed in her quest to win a ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER EDISON TOWNSHIP NJ Laura Davies sank three long putts Tuesday for a 1-under-par 71 and won the the longest-ever US Open in an 18-hole playoff with Ayako Okamoto and JoAime Carrier reckon I am the happiest person in the world right said the 23-y ear-old British Open champion The Sun Herald Please see DAVES D-d Babes By SpOrTS WRITER BAY ST LOUIS Mark Logan was looking for a fastball in the sixth inning but not necessarily a home run Logan received the fastball and crushed it driving the ball over the right-fieki fence to lift Bay St Louis to a 4-3 triumph over Gulfport and the state championship in the Mississippi Senior Babe Ruth Tournament The mammoth solo shot was second homer of the tournament and his third this season was looking Logan said of the two-ball one-strike offering by David Bain was just trying to hit it back through the middle really Just get on blast completed the comeback for 38-10 Bay St Louis which trailed 2-0 after first inning Please see BAY D-2 CHUCK BEST5UN HERALD PHOTOGRAPHER Gulfport first baseman Chris Yeager atretchea for the ball as Ronnie Reynolds runs past the base Reynolds was called out Soccer gels attention in Mississippi occer may not be as as baseball bas-ketball or football in the United States but purists will teD you it is by far the most popular sport in the entire world and is rapidly gaining Support in this country One of the reasons for the popularity of the game is that players have to be big mid strong to participate as long as they have agility quickness and the desire to play- Central America South America and Europe have long been addicted to soccer Spectators take the sport seriously filling the stands to cheer for their favorite team For years soccer was almost totally ignored in the United States Such is no longer the case As you know the Mississippi Association of Coaches annually hosts All-Star Week in Jackson Until the last five years football and basketball games were the focal points and dominated All-Star Week festivities Soccer has now entered the picture Last Saturday the fifth annual Mississippi All-Star Soccer game was conducted at Mississippi Robinson-Hale Stadium and more than 2000 fens watched the North and South teams battle to a 3-3 tie The basketball and football games will be played this Saturday Dieter Miller of Mercy Cross High School was one of two coaches for the 16-man South soccer squad Kevin Manton of Brookha-ven was the other David Forsythe of Jackson St Andrews and John Wooten of West Point piloted the 17-man North team Only seniors who had completed their high school work were eligible to participate Eight members of the South roster were players from the Gulf Coast area and a couple of the locals were responsible for all three South goals Tim Bruni of Gulfport High scored twice and Todd Langiinais of Ocean Springs who assisted Bruni on one of his goals got the other In addition to Bruni and I-angtinais other local players for the Rebels included Steve Broussard of Ocean Springs Scott Bond of Pascagoula Paul Roithmayr of Our Lady of Victories Cooper Caillavet of Mercy Cross Jeff Bringle of Long Beach and Jonathan Clark of Bay St Louis had one man less than the North because one of our players failed to report" said Miller who saw his team rally to gain the tie on a goal by Bruni in the final four minutes The soccer teams re- ported to Mississippi College last Wednesday and worked out twice a day before the 7:30 pm Saturday affair was very impressed with the said Miller the former Mercy Cross athletic director who continues to serve the school in the financial office as a teacher and soccer coach could tell they had been well coached and knew what they were doing on the added Miller Bruni a 5-4 150-pounder was the recipi- ent of the William Winter Trophy that is awarded to the player excelling in aca- Please see UGHTSEY D-3 Collier signs with Ottawa By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OTTAWA The Ottawa Rough Riders have signed quarterback Reggie Collier of for a three-week tryout the CFL dub announced Tuesday Collier 26 had been cut by the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL The 6-foot-4 205-pound graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi also played wide receiver and slotback for Dallas He started his professional career in 1983 with the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League But seven games into that first season he damaged the cartilage in one knee The Riders already have sophomore starter Todd Dillon and veteran backup Joe Paopao listed as quarterbacks along with rookie Jeff Wicker-sham However Wickersham has-been on the injury or reserve list since training camp After winning two of its first three games under Dillon Ottawa has lost two straight to slip from second to last place among the four Eastern Division teams Daren Gilbert begins stretching exercises at the Saints training camp Monday Saint OT Gilbert works from the depths Mayes Gray run for the top D-7 By AUSTIN WILSON ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER HAMMOND La It was the most embarrassing episode of Daren football life and determined to make people forget it Gilbert a New Orleans Saints offensive tackle drafted in the second round in 1985 spent his rookie year as a backup to Dave Lafary Last year first-round draft choice Jim Dombrowski vaulted over him on the depth chart ami beat out Lafary for the starting job When Dombrowski broke his foot in the third game of the 1986 season Gilbert was in such pom1 physical condition that free agent Bill Contz then newly acquired off the waiver wire started ahead of him with only two days of practice Dombrowski is healthy now and Contz who finished last season as the starter is due to report with the veterans on Thursday leaving Gilbert in a fight for a roster spot before he can even think of challenging for the starting job all capable of playing the position a matter of who the coaches feel should get said Dombrowski a University of Virginia product competition is good for the Time may be running out for one of the contenders however think that if Daren is going to be a player in this league going to have to show something in this coach Jim Mora said mean that have to be a Pro Bowler or even a starter but he will have to show something This is his third Gilbert plans to do just that I UI have the attitude now that I had before I came in the said the 6-foot-6 275-pound-er out of Cal State-Fullerton He recalled the first practice session after Dombrowski went down throw up but I was Gilbert said had to reach deep down inside of myself and decide whether I was going to be just content or whether I was going to change Td like to put all of that behind me Hke to show the coaches the fans the administration that they waste a 1985 second-round pick on Daren Gilbert" He said he worked hard in the offseason strictly adhering to the regimen of strength coach Russell Patemostro Mora said it appears Gilbert is in pretty good shape He knocked about two minutes off his time in the lVmile run and about 25 pounds lighter than he was last year at camp expect him to show it on the football field Mora said has always been a good athlete good quick feet and he can run But I 1 Please see SAINTS D-2 mm Drug tests commtt-fe ment to stoing: sJ drug abuse Jim Dombrowski goes through paces Angels sign Buckner William Carey forms four-year soccer team Sr SPORTS WRITER the Red Sox are responsible for paying the bulk of his $800000 salary Buckner had six game-winning RRJ for the Red Sox this season He has 78 hits in 286 at-bats with six doubles one triple and two homers He drew 13 walks and strode out 19 times Buckner who has 2542 hits in hfa big-league career reportedly had alsb considered playing for Texas Minne1 sota and OaklaixL Buckner first appeared in a big-league game with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1969 and played for the Dodgers until being traded with in-fielder Ivan Dejesus and pitcher Jeff Albert to the Chicago £ubs in exchange for outfielder Rick Monday and pitcher Mike Garman in January 1977 school win play a complete college schedule In the inaugural season last year the team played mostly chib teams that were teams not affiliated with colleges and they posted a 5-10 Stovall said this year we will have a complete varsity program competing for NAIA national Stovall has all the credentials to be a top college soccer coach He has 10 coaching experience in youth activities He is currently the coach of the Coke Express an under-16 youth By THE ASSOCIATED PKESS ANAHEIM Calif Veteran first baseman Bffl Buckner released by the Boston Red Sox last week signed a contract with the California Angels on Tbesday Buckner 37 and playing in his 18th mqor-league season was to be in uniform for the Angels on Tuesday night at Oakland Buckner was hitting 273 with 42 runs batted in for the Red Sax when he was placeed on waivers Thursday to make room for Sam Horn who was recalled from Pawtucket farm dub Buckner who brought a 292 lifetime batting average into this season cleared waivers and became a free agent Because he cleared waivers A big step in Mississippi Gulf Coast soccer will be taken this fall when William Carey on the Coast enters the collegiate ranks by making soccer a full four-year varsity sport Gulfport's Doug Stovall has been hired as the soccer coach at Carey and has already recruited 10 high school seniors to go along with 12 returnees from last season He also has collected several players from foreign countries and has a couple of transfers from Belhaven College who will be redshirted this season will be the first year our Please see D-3 Doug Stovall it rf 4 VhA.