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Royals Kansas City wins Angels lose See page C8 A Rose by this color is a hit in Chicago's Wrigley Field Dodgers LA finally wins one from Mets See page C3 Pete Rose Number of hits needed to break Ty Cobb's record of 4 191 ffijf I By John Nelson AP Sports Writer CHICAGO Pete Rose got i little thank you from one of the Chicago Cute pitchers Saturday not because he get a hit but because he almost did Rose the Cincinnati Reds player-manager went 0-for-4 with a walk against the Cubs remaining three hits away from breaking Ty lifetime mark of 4191 hits in the 9-7 loss One of his outs was a line drive to rookie pitcher Jay Bailer in the sixth inning think he caught it I think it caught Rose said adding that later as the two passed on the field Bailer said for waking me up that 'inning I hit it anywhere else a base Rose said have time to react to a ball like Bailer a right-hander whom the Cubs acquired from Cleveland agreed it was sheer luck that he caught the ball had no time to think about Bailer said soon as it hit my glove I knew I had it If it was out of an eight-inch radius it either hits me or a During his last two at-bats Rose was greeted by chants of: Pete! from the crowd of 30300 at Wrigley Field They chanted during his last at-bat a walk with two out in the ninth inning and gave him a standing ovation "These are great fans Rose said have always been They haven't had a lot to cheer about except last year and they still come out And they are very Rose said as the crowd chanted outside then threw a strike past him Rose fouled back the next pitch and was called out by home plate umpire Paul Runge on fourth pitch Bailer another right-hander robbed Rose of a sure hit in the sixth inning Leading off Rose took a strike then hit a line drive up the middle Bailer made a stab at the ball low and to his left side and the ball stuck in his glove Rose got up again in the seventh inning against Bailer and struck out on a checked swing at a 1-2 pitch The count was 1-1 when Rose took a called second strike then turned to argue with Runge motioning at his knees and chest apparently to show Runge where the strike zone was Then he took a half swing at a low pitch from Bailer and Runge said he had gone around not the only guy in this league that play every Rose said long as successful with it that's the way going to do Rose also struck out twice and grounded to second going hitless for only the second time in his past five starts In his first at-bat batting second in the order Rose bounced out to Cute second baseman Ryne Sandberg on a 1-2 pitch from' right-hander Dennis Eckersley Eckersley just coming off the disabled list with tendinitis in his right shoulder threw a strike then a ball to Rose Rose looked at strike two on the outside corner then hit a two-hopper to Sandberg Rose struck out looking with a man at second base in his second trip to the plate in the third inning Eckersley threw Rose a ball unless in a pinch-hitting role The switch-hitting Rose does not plan to start Sunday's game here against left-hander Steve Trout and probably start Monday game in Cincinnati against San Diego lefty Dave Dravecky Tony Perez has been starting at first base against left-handed Morgan Fenn's NFL picksC3 College summariesC5 Bill Woods on golfC8 Hell passes ews Tribune Martina falls in finals By Bob Greene AP Sports Writer NEWYORK Hana Mandlikova twice 'a bridesmaid here defeated Martina Navratilova Saturday to capture the US Open women's singles title while defending champion John McEnroe and another frequent runner-up Ivan Lendl advanced to final Mandlikova stunned the second-seeded Navratilova 7-6 1-6 7-6 one day after she had eliminated top-seed Chris Evert Lloyd to become the first foreign citizen since 1973 to win the singles title at the Open McEnroe came from behind to eliminate Mats Wilander 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3 while Lendl crushed five-time US Open champion Jimmy Connors 6-2 6-3 7-5 beat two champions in the same tournament is a said the tempestuous Mandlikova a 23-year-old righthander who was broken in the ninth game of the third set as she served for the match "Martina I think is a great champion she always has been and always will be" But although she beat the top two players Mandlikova and Navratilova agreed that she be considered No 1 think that Martina and Chris are still on Mandlikova said not ready yet to be No 1 has been a great champion she always will Mandlikova said of Navratilova who failed in her bid to win her third straight title on the hard-courts here at the National Tennis Center thought I was pretty disappointed in 1981 when I Navratilova said referring to her loss to Tracy Austin in her first trip to the champion ship game "I think this beats it but you can bet be back" Turn to Open on page C8 Sunday September 8 1985 Section pionship Bell's 16-yard TD toss to Nattiel was his second of the night to the speedy wide receiver Combined with a two-point conversion -run by Neal Anderson it gave Florida a 28-21 lead with 7:50 remaining Five minutes later Bell found Neal a former Okeechobee High School standout in the left corner of the end zone for his fourth TD pass and a 35-21 advantage that killed Miami's comeback hopes Trailing 20-7 at halftime the Hurricanes stormed back to take a 21-20 lead as quarterback Vin- ny Testaverde directed two touchdown drives and the Miami defense held Florida without a first down until the 11:40 mark of the final quarter Alonzo Highsmith ran 3 yards Turn to Colleges on page C5 was tackled at the Nebraska 6-yard line Nebraska's Dale Klein missed a 31-yard field goal with 10:08 to play and Paul McGowan intercepted a McCathorn Clayton pass with 3:59 left to snuff two Nebraska second-half scoring threats The victory improved Florida State's record to 2-0 while Nebraska dropped to 0-1 The Florida State defense refused to wilt in the 96-degree heat that left the temperature on Nebraska's artificial grass at over 120 degrees The Seminoles gave up 372 yards rushing to Nebraska including 129 on 21 carries for DuBose 113 on 12 carries by Rathman and 97 on nine tries for Clayton Houston his name he originally thought the chants were for relief pitcher Lee Smith "I looked out at the center field scoreboard and it was spelling L-E-E" Rose said thought they were cheering for him because I was the final Rose probably play again until Tuesday night in Cincinnati over Travis Turner McManus said "There was an advantage to that say we have the potential to be in the top 10 but potential means you haven't proven McManus said "The fact we have played a game had a very definite Bowden said "They (Nebraska) quite put the pieces together which we learned last week If they had played a game and we hadn't I feel they would have Nebraska opened its season with only four returning starters "What we were afraid would happen did said coach Tom Osborne "Any time you have new or inexperienced players at key positions you're apt to have mistakes and we did thought we would settle down the second half and we did open against the NFL champion 49ers Lured back with a lifetime contract to the team he coached into four Super Bowls Grant replaces Les Steckel an ex-Martne whose Boot Camp methods alienated both players and fans during last season's 3-13 disaster The biggest disaster was the defense which allowed 484 yards worst in the league Martin Mayhaw storms Unbeaten Seminoles stalk Cornhuskers By Fred Goodell AP Sports Writer MIAMI Kerwln Bell threw four touchdown passes including fourth-quarter scoring strikes of 16 yards to Ricky Nattiel and 8 yards to Frankie Neal to lead fifth-ranked Florida to a 35-23 college football victory over intrastate rival Miami Saturday night The victory before an Orange Bowl crowd of 80227 was 10th straight over two seasons and extended its unbeaten streak to 11 games second longest in the nation The triumph also avenged the only loss of a year ago and improved coach Galen record to 9-0 since replacing Charley Pell during the latter stages of an NCAA investigation that cost the school last season's Southeastern Conference cham when fullbaek Tom Rathman darted through the line for a 60-yard touchdown run on the first series with just 1:40 gone in the game McManus brought Florida State back with a 15-yard scoring toss to Darrin Holloman and Derek Schmidt put the Seminoles up 10-7 with a 20-yard field goal early in the second quarter The Cornhuskers regained the lead on a 1-yard Doug DuBose run with 8:05 to play in the half after Florida State held Nebraska three times at the one But the Seminoles grabbed the lead again 17-13 when Cletis Jones scored the eventual game-winner on a 2-yard run with 3:27 left in the second period That score was set up when Husker punter Dan Wngard tried to run after a bad snap from center and goes to One veteran who will play is injury-prone quarterback Tommy Kramer on the sidelines during last season's debacle In San Francisco Among his cohorts United States Football League defectors Anthony Carter and Keith Millard first-round draft choice Chris Doieman and Tim Newton a 290-pound nose tackle drafted in the sixth round "Obviously there comes a point when there's got to be some changes" says linebacker Scott Studwell the team's top linebacker "This is a big transi APLM(Mi in Seminole win Saturday "Having played a game already was very important to us young players There was an advantage to that People say we have the potential to be in the top 10 but potential means you haven't proven it" Danny McManus I thought we were the better team in the second half but we just get the ball The Huskers started fast but second-half turnovers and Florida kicking game kept Nebraska off the scoreboard in the final two periods Nebraska drew first blood in the nationally televised contest Grant predicts no Super Bowls in Minnesota this year and he's coaching that way Although he normally prefers experience he's cut four defensive starters and is building from the bottom "We'll be playing more young people than he says had extra draft picks and some of them will have to play Still I've never seen a contender win by starting a bunch of By Tom Vint AP Sports Writer LINCOLN Neb What a difference a game makes Florida State sophomore quarterback Danny McManus and Seminole coach Bobby Bowden credited a game's worth of experience for the difference in 17-13 victory for 17th-ranked Florida State over 10th-ranked Nebraska in nonconference college football Bowden's youthful signal-caller had the benefit of game exposure in last 38-12 win over Tulane McManus said the experience helped as he hit 15 of 27 passes for 172 yards and one touchdown against the Cornhuskers a game already was very important to us young teams that will compete for berths In the Super Bowl next Jan 26 in the Louisiana Superdome at New Orleans The opening-week schedule also features the semi-annual showdown between the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys in Irving Texas Monday night an early test for a Dallas team that last season failed to make the playoffs for the first time in a decade But the Sunday highlight will be in Minneapolis where Bud Grant returns to the Vikinp from a one-year retirement to Champion 49ers face Vikings Miami By Dave Goldberg AP Sports Writer When the San Francisco 49ers meet the Minnesota Vikings Sunday it will be a different Minnesota team than the one the 49ers drubbed 51-7 en route to the Super Bowl last season The Vikings hope different means better After a summer of holdouts and walkouts that seem to have become the norm the National Football League begins its real business this week a 16-game regular to decide the 10 tion period for us" Other games Sunday' are Detroit at Atlanta Green Bay at New England Indianapolis at Pittsburgh Kansas City at New Orleans Miami at Houston Philadelphia at the New York Giants St Louis at Cleveland San Francisco at Minnesota Seattle at Cincinnati Tampa Bay at Chicago San Diego at Buffalo Denver at the Los Angeles Rama and the New York Jets at Los Angeles Raiders a look at this Turn to Openers on page C2 i 4.