The Herald from Rock Hill, South Carolina • 11

4 Baseball 2B Scoreboard isb Businoss finance i The Monday September 3 1990 "3 Emitardlt tames Mack1 Takes another Southern 500 By WILL PARRISH HJaB nmmwomwm DARLINGTON The in continued to have his way at the in on Sunday afternoon But the old girl did give him a little slap Dale Earnhardt the moat dominant driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit this season survived a hard brush with the legendary second-turn wall at Darlington International Raceway and win his second straight Southern 500 It was third straight win on the 1366-mile ribbon of asphalt that ft nicknamed Lady in and the track Tough To and sixth in the last 10 events The victory his seventh of the season come without Us moment got a little fresh and the old girl reached out and slapped me for Earnhardt said about his 'encounter with the wall on lap 133 get me real hard but she got my attention and I raced her with respect the rest of the From there Earnhardt was able to bide his time stay clear of trouble regain the lead after a series of green-flag pit stops for good on lap 214 of the 367-lap event and hold off Ernie Irvan who was gunning for his second straight win of the season -Earnhardt who picked up $205350 in prize and bonus money became rare the fifth driver to win back-to-back Southern 500s in 41 years He Joins David Pearson (78-77) Cate Yarborough (73-74) Bobby Allison (71-72) and Herb Thomas (54-55) in that elite dub It was also the second time he wept both races in a season at the track having won both the Tran- Slavs tasks Hsrald Greg Sacks (in car 17) gets tangled up with Bobby Hillin (car 8) in Turn 2 of Sunday's Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway Hut Strickland (car 12) and Brett Bodine (car 26) were able to avoid the crash but not by much Dale Earnhardt won his second straight Southern 500 while Ernie Irvan took second and Alan Kulwicki third South 500 and Southern 500 back in Earnhardt who started from the 1987 pole was running in fifth position Cj5fltQfiiiiisber Dale Earnhardt Chav'4 1 2 Em to Chevrolet i £3 Alan Kulwicki MFordji Bill Elliott- aeswHsvuieheiiMMse 5 Harry Gant-iOWamoHto I 6 Mark Martin: -i Ford we mw is mw mi HHMNMHffH wi ws when he had his brush with the waU It came after he changed aU four tires during a caution flag that was brought out when Phil Parsons scrapped the waU on the front stretch on lap 119 were pretty good at the start of the race but that set (ft tires we pit made us real Earnhardt who became the EARNHARDT page 4B era iiwiiv eewewaseaaeeeaeeea raperwer 7 Ricky Morgan ShephenL2661 8 Geoff Bodlno4FMk8 Kyle Petty2618 CbeTpoint 1 Mark Martin 2 Dale Earnhardts 3169 mm mrmwm mi MwiiMin3143 3 Geoff Bodlne2982 4 Rusty Wallace 2962 5 Bill Elliott-'m2761 6 Ricky RuddrJ 2695 1 to resign $9 Derrika Cope ChevrotetT 9 Ernie lrvanM--2587 10 Brftt BodlneuU BuicklO Ken SdiraderUw 234 a Si I aia hi is back at WlllPcrriih HaraM sports writer So close sofar uotes notes and observations from a typical Sunday afternoon of racing at Darlington International Raceway Winner Dale Earnhardt tried to be as good natural as tossibte about missing out on the 1 million Winston bonus but the disappointment could be seen in his eyes Winston pays $1 million any liver that wins three of four seated The Daytona 500 1 lie Winston 500 Hie Coca-Cola 600 and The Southern 500 Earnhardt was within of mile of victory at Daytona when a piece of ebris punctured a tire and knocked him to fifth He then went on to win The 500 and Southern 500 and that was good enough for $100000 "We know we could have won it and should have won it" he said "But should have pay and fifth win a sad thought but it will be there again neat year and be here after Earnhardt did win $205350 for the afternoon of work and that gives him $1445780 for the year nd there's another $1 million at he end of the season if he wins the Winston Cup points champi- So ft is a little hard feeling sorry for him Ernie Irvan is a star on the rise in NASCAR Irvan earned the reputation erf nngrecklesswhenhe srea wild wreck at Darj while trying to pass leader Ken Schrader in Turn 4 even Uiough be was 10 laps down It seems in NASCAR drivers are reckless untft they establish hemselves Darrell Waltrip and )ale Earnhardt make a lot of friends early in their careers when they tried to charge established veterans like Richard Petty Cale Yarborough and David Pearson Now Waltrip and Earnhardt are considered drivers who like to race hard and respect-will come soon Two drivers who in a very talkative mood wore Ken Schrader and Morgan Shepherd who got together twice in Turns 1 and 2 According to Schrader Shepherd squeezed him into the wall on lap 24 causing some front end damage Schrader stayed in the garage area for 48 laps then returned to the track On lap 79 Schrader and Shepherd got together again but this time ft was Shepherd who hit the wall Schrader then pulled his car behind the pit wall for the restoftbeday I really want to say anything" Shepherd said when asked about the incidents was a bad deal but better off not saying anything just a shame because everybody works so hard then have somebody do what the 25 car did to Schrader also had nothing to say The Lady in Black may have Just slapped Earnhardt hit brushed the wall on lap 133 but it delivered a knock out punch to several drivers HB Bailey was knocked out on lap 39 Jimmy Means and Chad Little on lap 91 Greg Sacks and Bobby Hillin on lap 227 and Butch Miller on lap 229 Michael Waltrip Kyle Petty Mark Martin Jack Pennington Phil Parsons and Brett Bodine all survived incidents Means and Little were knocked out when they ran into oil from Richard Petty's blownen-gine and then erupted said Petty looked in my rear view mirror and saw those two cate wipe out" 1 Davey Allison and Irvan got together on the pace lap and Allison took full blame iV WIN ParvM'B oohMMi ippwi Bvsvy MwffMjf Ml I VIM IralMa And ft allowed him to pick up 35 points on Mark Martin in the Winston Cup points race Martin who ted by 61 points when the race started now leads Earnhardt 3180-3143 Alan Kulwicki finished third BUI Elliott was fourth and Harry Gant was fifth Rounding out the top 10 were Martin Ricky Rudd Geoff Bodine Derrike Cope and Brett Bodine -V) Vi'" the first set after she took a 4-1 lead for the set at 5-4 nervous playing a stadium court done so well She playing more confidently second set but in the final set when twice to fall behind saved the match back but then critical shots a forehand cross-court by Maleeva that and a forehand that on match point net cord popped in back on the match in her eyes ran hugged her husband walked sadly to dazed look hi her four-time US Open began the year by out of the Australian his temper in check blowup over a line Inside: 2B The New York tats completed a 6-0 home stand and a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a filM victory over'' the' Giants Harold Baines hit his first home run in 5 an Oakland Athletics uniform to help the Atheltics defeat the exas 3San9ere-2 Sunday 3B A delegation from the ACC led by comissioner 1 Gene Corrigan visited the campus of Florida State Sunday hoping the A Seminoles Ajoin their conference 4 a 1 V' t- 4B Jim Gallagher rolled in an eight-foot putt for birdie In the first playoff hole to life? win the PGA Greater Milwaukee Open Sunday WW threatens AssoclatBd Pms PHILADELPHIA National League president Bill White threatened to resign if Commissioner Fay Vincent give him full support in his dispute with the umpires according to a published report want the commissioner to get the facts and then I want a statement from the commissioner This is a time to take a stand to find out right and wrong telling the truth and White said in Sunday's final -edition of The Philadelphia Inquir- er If he receive the full support of highest officer White said goodbye going He also challenged Richie Phillips the head of the union over their contradicting accounts (ft a meeting last week with umpire Joe West Richie is right and lying I should resign as president of the National White said right and lying Richie should resign I have lied I be allowed to hold this office If he has lied (then) in my rote as president of the National League I deal with him Our jobs should be on the line willing to put my word up against his in any way they want to do it go before the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) take lie detector tests Vincent who met with White on Friday did not want to say much about the matter trying to be helpful" he said Sunday complicated and White in his second year as league president met last week 1 with West and Phillips Afterward West and White gave contradicting of what was said Phillips accused White of unprecedented lack of support for and asked Vincent to step in to resolve the matter i The meeting focused on an Aug 22 incident in which West ejected Phillies outfielder Von Hayes for -criticizing another umpire raring a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers The Phillies also claimed that West has been too rough with players For example during a UMPIRE page 4B 'V'-' NEW YORK Mac magic is alive in the US Open but Martina isgone John McEnroe came out roaring his racket spinning winners and his voice barking at officials Four hours and 20 minutes later after a noble comeback and five-set triumph over a usually tireless Emilio Sanchez McEnroe seemed as if he were about to float off the court No one would have been amazed if he did after watching him at age 31 unseeded and on the edge (ft retirement recover his skills and find enough energy to beat the No 7 Sanchez of Spain 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 4-6 6-4 63 Sunday to reach the quarterfinals 'Four-time champion Martina Navratilova a victim of a vanishing nrve and a machine-like ground-stroke game by No 9 Man-uela Maleeva-Fragniere lost 7-5 36 63 to make her earliest exit here since 1980 Maleeva the oldest of three sisters on the tour reached the quarters here for the third straight year and will next play No 8 Mary Joe Fernandez serve failed her in OPEN page 4B and then served She seemed oddly too carefully on where she has asserted herself in the wavered again she was broken 63 Navratilova briefly by breaking went down on two brilliant running for a winner made it 3640 Navratilova mishit The ball hit the the air and fell side to end Maleeva tears across court and Navratilova her seat with a eyes- McEnroe a champion who getting thrown Open held after an early call Steib fosses first no-hitter the ninth four times before and he lost three of those with two outs in the ninth' This time Jerry Browne dosed it out by hitting a line drive to Junior Felix in right Stieb wiped his brow raised his arm and was mobbed by his teammates as the crowd (ft 23640 many of them Toronto fans who had made the five-hour drive to Cleveland gave him a standing ovation Stieb (17-5) struck out nine and walked four becoming the first Toronto pitcher ever to pitch a nohitter The 17 victories matched his career high accomplished three times before Cleveland was last held without a hit by Dean Chance of Minnesota on Aug 25 1967 The last no-hitter pitched in Cleveland Stadium was Len perfect game against Toronto on May 15 1961 no-hitter was the ninth in the majors this year a record not that tough to get one this he add why I got r-' On Sept 24 1988 Stieb had a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth in this same stadium before Julio Franco hit a routine ground ball that took a bad hop over the head (ft second baseman Manny Lee for a hit want a ground ball this Lee said wanted to see a fly ball I want that to happen hitters agreed that Stieb was less than awesome The no-hitter came against a team that has lost seven straight way been playing to see that happened I guess probably sunrise too many Phelps said seen him throw better been so dose so many times I guess ft was bound to happen" Stieb also test no-hitters with one out to go against Baltimore on Sept 30 1988 (Jim Traber singled) and New York on Aug 4 1989 He had a perfect game against the Yankees before allowing a double to Roberto Kelly' CLEVELAND Dave Stieb has always been good enough to throw a no-hitter Just never lucky 1 enough His luck changed Sunday when he pitched his first noJutter After coming so dose so often four times he went into the ninth inning Stieb did it leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the Cleveland Indians 3-0 V': real nervous been there quite a few Stieb said almost matter-of-factly was struggling with my control a little bit the whole game They helped me out by swinging at some balls in the dirt I could have been in some more Jams nl much better stuff the other times much better control I always knew ft took a lot of luck to get a Cleveland come dose to a hit against the 33-year-old righthander The closest call was Ken hard grounder down the rightfield line In the eighth inning which was foul by several feet Stieb had taken nohitters into Dave Stieb (center) ie congratulated by his Blue Jays teammatea after pitching a no-hitter Sunday I I.