The Herald from Rock Hill, South Carolina • 14

Earnhardt started fourth said after crawling out of Ms Pontiac Mew up Mg time It burned a bearing and kicked a rod out the side the first car out in a 4gcar Add I'd say that pretty well eliminates us from the champion- Cope fatehed ninth Said Irvan who won for the first time fat Ms career lari Saturday at Bristol Term: juri out ran us at the end I ever get dose enough to if we could pass Mm 1 ve or not hmiTacMnU ble-A Southern Leagm wound Saturday FORT Mill The 1900 Do season up Charlotte Knights owner Georgb Shinn announced Thursday hfr quest for a major league fraadrisq But Shfam and Knights prerideqt Roman Gabriel are still looking intently at next season hs the year of a possible Cliss AAA team done most of the legwork on what we have to do to go out anfl get (a Clan AAA' said Gabriel taking the from page IB all-time leading money winner with $11190358 uid jut tried to over oompemate for it I forgot where we were for a second' It hurt the chassis but we had "to suffer until the next caution That came on lap 155 when rookie "Jack Pennington spun between turns three and four to bring out the seventh of 10 caution flags FYom there the Iran changed hands between Irvan Geoff Elliott Dale Jarrett Michael Waltrip Rudd and Earnhardt Earnhardt moved himself into contention with a 211 second green flag pit stop on lap 300 and moved "into the lead for good when Rudd "pitted on lap 312 Irvan who led four times for 70 laps found himself nearly a straight away behind Earfnhardt think Ernie burned his tires a 'little bit when he got so far behind" Earnhardt said But Earnhardt said he was also Umpire From page IB bencbnclearing brawl in a game against the Mets in New York West threw Phillies pitcher Dennis Cook to the ground White didn't comment on the meeting after it ended but West said White told him he handled the Hayes situation correctly He also said White was considering telling umpires to stop trying to break up fights between teams left Darlington lari time with a lot of people asking if we were ready to Irvan said referring to a wreck heJriggered while racing the leader hardwhile 10 laps down think we proved today that we con run Darlington with tye best of And right now Earn-hardtspecially at Darlington he read them the next (fay in a newspaper At that point he said he frit he had no choice but to set the record straight want Joe West to lie and sets policy for Nafibnal he said £riwhite said his reputafionfe on the line west acts as peacemaker1 At Chicago Sunday umpire Joe Date Earnhardt waves hrtxifs his carinVictotylane ra Gallagher claims first tour victory A having tire problems of his own "The car started vibrating real bad over the last 20 laps or Earnhardt said "I thought we had a tire equalising" Richard (car owner Rich ard Childress) kept telling me my lap times were steady so we just decided to stay out there "The whole time it frit like I had nwuthing ongM pnrffy (he fir and was dragging it" Part of Sunday was $100000 put up by Winston to the driver who won two of the four major races Earnhardt won the Winston 500 at Talladega AU Two other defendhig prints champion Rusty Wallace (Coca Cola 000) and Derrike Cope (Daytona 500) had a chance at the $100000 bonus bid for that bonus and more importantly his run at a second straight Winston Cup points championship went up in smoke on lapis motor just Wallace After learning about com- merits White issued a statement saying he had told the umpire he 1 did not approve of the ejection of it approve Hayes and that he had ordered only West to refrain from touching players while trying to stop fights White said he wanted to resolve the Hayes dispute quietly and that he told West not to discuss the meeting He said he learn about the comments until Pro golf victory hit his first two shots in bunkers and bogeyed the final hole to finish 16-under Hill wins in sudden death INDIANAPOLIS Mike Hill Mnfied the first hole of sudden death to best Bruce Crampton in the GTE North Seniors Classic second shot on the par-4 364-yard 16th hole landed three indies from the cup He tapped in for the birdie in Ms firrinever PtayoH- approach landed beyond the green and Ms third shot skidded past the cup leaving him a long putt tor par Hill got into the playoff by shooting a 4-under a tor 54-hole total of 201 15-under on the 6ftS-yardlayduL Trailing by a stroke Hill Mrdied the 412-yard 17th hole to tie CTamip-ton who shot 68 at Broadmoor Country Club CTampton missed a chance to win on the 18th when his birdie attempt from the fringe stopped on the edge of the cup Daniel leads LfcA Rail SPRINGFIELD DL Beth Daniel had six birdies for a 69 and tied Martha Nause for the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Rail Charity Classic Daniel the defending champion finished with a 36-hole total of US Sunder Nause had an eagle on the par-5 llth fade on the way to a 67 the lowest round of the day 1A HLAC A Rotund's Rridm A McLamb Drywl 11' A Fog1 NSs Us 11 Ed 10 SunanariaM TnaUng I A Dunti 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Rooikig 11 Arao FtonaW A TonMkaak During 11 Gtoidrii to Mirchanli Wnk A Tamahaak TMkig A toto Cenakue-an A Heetoa IA Surtaaf Sriiaga A Tarya 7 FRANKLIN Wis Jim Gal- lagher rolled in an $-feoter forpar on the first playoff hole Sunday and won the Greater Milwaukee Open when Ed Dougherty and Billy Mayfair missed putts to tie Gallagher getting Ms first tour -'victory teed off first in the playoff on the par-3 17th hole and was the one of the trio to reach the green He then 2-putted for par and what turned out to be a $182000 first-place prise Dougherty hit his tee shot iq the bunker chipped it out and missed It his putt from riMUt feet Mayfair -who had a 1-ahri lead before -a bogey on the final-hole of tkin hit Ms tee shot pari the green 'chipped back pari the brie and then -missed an 8-ftoter i The trio each seeking to win for the jirri- timfe' finished tied at 17-under 371 to force the fourth playoff in GMO history Mayfair had a final-round 68 and Gallagher and Dougherty 66a Ray Stewart the leader through 1 the first three rotmds missed the playoff when like Mayfair he bogeyed the final hole He finished at 16-under along with Scott Hoch and Steve Lowery Mayfair the 1907 US Amateur champion bird- led No 16 a par-5 to gain a share of the lead Then hie Mt Ms tee shot on the par-3 220-yard No 17 to within a Toot of the cup tapped it in and took the lead with Gallagher and Dougherty watching from the clubhouse But on the final hole Mayfair Mt Ms toe shot on 18 into the right bunkef and hit out just short of the "green From there ft took him three shots for i par and a tie Stewart also without a tour Unsnaded John McEnroe showed hit old form in surviving a grueling firm-set match with seventh-seeded Emilio Sanchez of Spain Surfday at the US Open 2f2etetoi5rilpuS for the Triple-A expansion (198Sp and have sent in a $5000 aon-re-fundaMe filing fee hard to put percentages oh our chances of getting a Triple-A team (for next season) because we control that If we controlled and could go out and get one then say 100 percent But we control it say pur chances are about 40 percent but each day thatgejjs We have to know by the 15th of September if we can get ft TriplaA team for next year Major league teams start assigning their PDC (player development contract) agreements on die i Two cunent Class AAA franchises mentioned most often as posri-biltties for Charlotte are the New York Tidewater (Vs) dub MIW and the Texas Oklahoma City Okla Rumors persist that should the Tidewater franchise move ft may head tor Virginia Beach' Vs Bqt Oklahoma SBers might stHl be available 1' City (ownerp) might be interested in idling if thqr couM keep aotne interest fat the team Gabriel said be interested ft they want te come here and own the team and we were the landlords and rented them the 1 Gabriel is also the president add Shinn the owner of the Gastonia dub in the Ossa A South Atlantic League Gastonia is affiliated wife the Texas Bangers The Knights still have two years remaining on their working agreement with the Chicago Cubs pef-ent team of the Class AA Knighta very happy with our working relationship (with the Gabriel said haven't had a competitive dub on the field the lari two years but hopiqg our time Is coming do have an agreement wife the Cubs that if we are able to bririg in a Triple-A team then the Cubs would have first option to move their Triple-A dub But I think going to happen We can get but from our PDC wttftthe Cube We would have to relocate the DouMeA team and make sure the Cubs and (president) Jimmy Bragan of the Southern League tre happy with Voters in Dee Moines Iowa of the AAA team recently approved a $86 miinmi plan to rebuild 7600eeat Sec Taylor Stadium hnne of the American Association I-Cubs The Iowa owners were said to be prepared to sdl or move the team if the referendum had failed Should Shim not be able to purchase Class AAA team for next year then the Knights organization would turn its hhm to 1993 when the National League will expand and make available a pair of Class AAA teams Twenty cities inrHng four current Southern League members have 'already applied for Ctaso AAA expansion teams Charlotte Birmingham Jacksonville and Columbus aft members of the SL have fifed for Class AAA teams 1 cut Flagler IRVING Texas The Cowboys got down to the 47-man limit on Sunday with their final cuts which included veteran running back Terrence Flagler fight end Steve Folsom ana naming backs Lorenzo Hampton and Broderick Sargent Flagler a former star at Ckm-on chew Coach Jimmy Johnson's ire by criticizing htepnetice methods training camp He came to the Cowboys from the San Francisco 49era in a trade that aho included defensive end Daniel Stubbs knew ft (the cot) was coining when I play lari right (in the Lunlyigia UriMrimStfafla AHmmi vOWDOyMaOUKOD UIMPS ttnUMUOII Flagler said all started when I mimed curfew in training camp The next day I was on the third team and firings went downhill after after winning another Southern West figured the Mat way not to part of Tight was tp riop one from breaking out 1 West ordered by National League president Bill Whitqmot to get involved in any fights halted Eric Davis from getting At Greg Maddux after the Chicago pitcher had plunked the Cincinnati outfield- in the fourth faming MaddA Mt Davis with a fastball that appeared S3 3B rifiabriWfaoatgjft sssdstf lirif ypaci wiwWfWOiwn flnwnn hadis seedsiri ia Griy ftte thW worsiJOmsWnq IbyqBia taurtti tsriiis pro DkA 8tocktriln a USiDponWtthout JhnnyCpr MiildohltMiiklha UDprit- te'lftadflrmriSBAArKakllitriAkdfr ftutaM Mfntwnnoui fmmnqri barn ham skietfseo not Aa fspectaly sinca --his hyl waak Wei '-have to nto snd ori a complaining to the umpire that McEtoroe had prematurely yelled when he thought one of Mo drop shots was the set winner Sandies hardy retrieved that baU and kept the rally going for two more shots before losing The umpire denied assertion that McEnroe had interfered with his shot McEnroe now had the momentum and he refused to yield it In the sixth game of the fifth set to 500 at Darlington get away frornTthe righthander I throwing at Maddux said Tslways fry to work him with fastballs inside1 That was an inside A took a couple' of steps toward the mound before Ms path was blocked by catdiertoe Girardi end West baU yas right at Davis said know when someone is throwing at McEnroe broke the final and most crucial time pumping hlifiri after i short thrust of a kfflernackhand vriley made ft 15-4Q and again when Sanchex Mt a backhand in thq net McEnroe put the match away giving up only a point in the final game as Sanches popped up a return out of bounds on the lari The crowd stood and cheered wildly as McEnroe raised both hands in the air and Ms wife Tatum jumped to her feet in her box at courtsMe nice to be part of a match Uke McEnroe said satisfying to take ft farther and get to play a trigger Sanchez add that McEnroe was eager motivated mentally better than in the final set want to disappoint the people because a champion I suppose I should be in better shape in the fifth set but ft hot and I expect him to be next opponent will be David Wheaton into beat Kevin Cunen 7-6 7-8 (7-1) 44 be a good opportunity for both of us" McEnroe said hope 1 can take advantage of my experience He will use Ms youth and the excitement of being in that position on the cake to go out on a high said McEtoroe who has no immediate plans to quit but sees Ms career winding down leoi time to appreciate I be playing that much McEnroe recalls when he was booed here in other years sense that into ft now a different sensation playing as an he said Ivan Lendl zeroing in on a record ninth straight trip to the US Open final also readied the quarters with Ms strongest performance in the tournament to far it t1 I Softball tournament nears conclusion Open IB Beyond style and touch in Ms range of shots he showed the resilience tacking fat recent years as he refused to fold after falling behind two sets to one McEnroe kept chipping away flicking delicate drop shots leaping for overheads occasionally tossing in a service winter or ace Sanches whose lOth-ranked younger brother Javier lost to McEnroe in the first round ie noted for Ms leg strength and endurance But on tms day the 25-year-old with thick muscular thighs cope with the variety of attack and the support that McEnroe received from file packed crowd my biggest win this McEnroe saidT crowd was very into ft At the end they were very wrapped up and that put me to another gear At 4-4 (in fee fourth set) they gave me a Mg hand I dropped two quick points and was worried for a second Maybe ft wss a goodbye hand since he could have been serving for the match if lost the Sanche SugMmsrif a hole for trine straight games from the end of the ttdrd set on when he lost the first point on his service each time He got out of trouble most of the time but Ms breaks fat the second and final games of the fourth set turned the match around McEnroe battled through four deuces in the ninth gam of the fourth set to lurid on an overhead The crowd stood and screamed and npfeuded him as if he had juri won the match and for all ft mattered he had Sanchez lost the first point of Mi next service an a backhand volley that McEnroe sprinted to near the net and lost the game at 30 with a harihhanH long aftar an mhaiitolwg rally in which he chased shots all over the court Sanches shook his head in disbelief and a little anger at the final By JOHN MELSEN I MMMte i NNH dpOUw vSN After two-and-a-half days of high humidity Haring heat and eeriy-morning and latouigM action the USSSA Open Clam Mid-Atlantic Regional softball tournament at Cherry Park is still going on strong Mori of evening play and morning action was hi the bracket while atten- tkm turned to bracket 2 games that started at 4 pm Of the 138 teams in the tournament 33 frame 16 each in the and brackets survived until today Play begins at 9 am with the diamptonsirip scheduled at 7 pm Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children Here are the scores from Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon in the tournament: WNNDTS BRACKET Country Mahan 17 Cart Conakuckon 9 Dutch Boys 19 CUyk Raring Snktart Dtoarrilad I hM Wkrilen Sin to Rrianbug Engtii amonA A A-1 VUuo A Gnanriera Machm Mt SMI 3 Otd MB Gnonry A Dudhy A Oodhuyi 1A My Luck 7 Tnwc HomM A OiHuyV A Charmy DHaipriw 1A 8J Qn-MUtOmUw DMM A HBMnfi SooSaid County 1 Jttnl Dry WM 1A aNnMMDMioakMA ttownfa Pumkura faMStokaHAMBanwkwiPririAManWWIaBn Coakli CatonMu MwatonM ACkamptan fljgort 11 Printing A Bum a I.