Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 9

Tuesday, July 7, lSH-Mittoon, (D.) Journal Gaxetie Z. 0 uu 'Awegome BawsMi' miiarfeirs Padres one out later, Durham singled to core Trout and Dawson followed with his second homer. CHICAGO The Chicago Cubs activated right-handed pitcher Scott Sanderson on Monday and optioned pitcher Mark Leonette to their Iowa farm club In the American Association. Sanderson, 3-4, had been on the 15-day disabled list with a strained groin. Leonette saw no action with the Cubs in his brief stay with the team.

By tbs Associated Press CHICAGO Andre Dawson went to the movies and came out with ois bom run swing back. Dawson hit a pair of horns runs and a double, and drove In (our runs, Monday in support of Steve Trout's four-hit pitching, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 7-0 victory ever the San Diego Padres. "I watched some (Urns of when I was going good and I noticed I was opening my hips too much," Dawson said. "So I closed up a little bit and It helped." Dawson had gone nearly a month without a home run before breaking the spell Sunday against San KMBALLS4BJTS: AN ASA (AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION) Class Slowpltcb Softball Regional Tourney will be held July 17-18-19 at Toledo, it was announced Monday by Ron Veach, who along with Brad Carr, will co-direct the event. will be the only ASA Class Regional Tourney conducted in the east-central Illinois area," Veach said.

"So, any teams wanting a chance to advance to state will have to enter this tourney." The top four finishers wil) advance to state scheduled In August atQulncy. Francisco. oiuu wtu.w uMuir wue this season, he led of the second inning with a homer, doubled and scored in the fourth and capped a four-run fifth with a three-run homer, his 23rd of the season. Both of his homers cleared the left field screen and landed on Waveland Avenue. It marked the fourth time this season, and the list time in his career, that Dawson had hit two homers in one game.

Dawson, usually the No. batter, said be had batted cleanup at Montreal last year when Huble Brooks went on the disabled list. "It doesn't make much difference except I like to come up in the first lnnina and sometimes it doesn't work that way when you're hattliiKhiirfli V' 1 i Xi (Iff nC A i' 1 ri 9aY 'Sit doesn't make any difference where he bats, he's aoina to hit." fi said Cubs Manager Gene Michael, "I made the switch because of other guys." ,3 MUI OTUTVIWMI UTUVV Ul IWU 3 runs with a single and his 14th homer but all the offense wasn't 3 needed as Trout pitched his first shutout in two years. "I'll take it after my last two performances, "Trout said. Manager Larry Bowa of the Padres save Mark Grant 1-3.

his It jit'" 3 wVSn -f -r I trade. "I wasn't totally displeased with Grant," Bowa said. ''He made a couple of mistakes but he also APLMwPhotv sK: made some quality pitches. "Dawson is awesome," Bowa Andre Da wsonbtches the first ofw homers said. "Trout pitched a good game.

built a six-run lead, then held on beat the Pirates, 7-5. The Giants have won three straight and the Phils top Reds ununnau uienn wuson snapped a fifth-Inning tie with a two-run homer and Lance Parrish added a three-run shot as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 04 Monday night. The game started 1 hour and 43 minutes late because of rain. With the score tied (4 in the fifth, Parrish led off with a single against starter Ted Power, 5-4, and Wilson followed with his Uth homer of the season. Von Hayes gave the Phillies a three-run lead when he hit his 12th homer leading off the ninth.

Mike Jackson, 34, pitched 4 1-3 innings in relief of Rawley for the victory. He allowed three hits and struck out seven. Steve Bedroslan pitched two innings for his 22nd save of the year, tops in the National League. The Reds had leads of 4-1 and 8-4 only to have the Phillies come back. The defeat snapped Cincinnati's three-game winning streak.

rained out ATLANTA The game between the New York Met and Atlanta Braves Monday night was postpon- mMJNArOLrainaftrjwpJpng The game has been rescheduled as part of a wl-nlght doubleheader Tuesday beginning at 4:40 p.m. COT. HOUSTON Danny Darwin pitched five-hit ball over eight innings and Alan Asbby hit a two-run homer, leading the Houston Astros to a 0-3 victory Monday night over the Montreal Expos. Darwin, 5-6, retired 11 straight Montreal batters until Mitch Webster singled in the sixth with one out. Dave Meads pitched the ninth inning for the Astros.

Montreal starter Dennis Mar-, lines, 3-1, lasted only 2 1-3 Innings, allowing six runs oh seven hits. struck out six, with Bo Jackson, bis final victim, marking bis career strikeout. After an RBI groundout by Brett in the ninth, Mark Huismanh got his second save by getting the last out with the tying runs on second and third. Carlton took a 5-3 lead and a four-hitter into the eighth inning before allowing a leadoff double to Kevin Seltzer and a single to Brett, which brought on Stewart. TartabuU followed with his 1Mb homer.

Franco had put Cleveland ahead 54 in the fifth with a twoiun homer, bis sixth, following a walk to Brett Butler. JaysflnaUywin TORONTO George Bell and Ernie Whitt hit consecutive homers in the fifth inning and Jimmy Key pitched a six-hitter for seven innings as the Toronto Blue Jays gwtmnnmA pn fttfht-gamg luring streak Monday night, defeating the lUsviMiiy'' Key, 04, retired 12 straight Bangers following Pete In-eatfgfr's solo homer, bis 17m, CANTON Ernie Eveland, one of the all-time great coaches in D- HnoUff frMMi hpefrrfhall yap- ry, died at 5 pjo. here Monday in "He blacked out at home and was taken to the hospital where be MMMMj WV" vni5 PJS Beacon-News' sports editor Bud Wittlck revealed fet Meoday night Wittlck; who covered tie glorious and sometimes ystonny Eveland Iwndtrthall years the ransfieacoo-Nevs, some of the Tigers success under the fiery coach. "He coached at three ferent schools la Illinois during bis Jong career jut nman wxth t-ntry fee for the regional is 385 per team and any team interested in entering the tourney should contact Veach (923-5387) or Carr (348-7505) by this coming Friday (July 10). ROB MCDONALD, former Lincoln High School football, basketball and baseball letterman, has been named head diamond coach at Lincoln College.

The 26-year-old replaces Nyls Nytnan, who resigned to become bead baseball coach and director of student services at Kankakee Com-' munity College. McDonald Is the son of longtime Lincoln High football coach and athletic director Gene McDonald. DOUG THOMPSON, former Mattoon Green Wave all around sports star In the early 1080s, wound up his baseball-playing career at Trevecca Nazarene College In Nashville, on a bright note this past spring. The six-foot, 170-pound shortstop compiled a sparkling .360 batting average (second best on the team behind E. Lavoie's .485 mark! for the Trojans which finished with a 32-13 record.

Lavoie, by the way, compiled a 44-game hitting streak over two seasons (11 4n 1086 and 33 this bast spring). Thompson established a new Trevecca school record by hitting games. However, Thompson, despite all the shiny statistics' and home run record, surprisingly failed to gain any all-conference mention or interest from the pro ranks, Thompson counted 12 borne runs among bis 59 bits, second to LaVole'sl4. MATTOON'S AMERICAN LEGION POST If team, afterJiav-ing its July 4th eight-team tourney rained out last weekend, returns to action Wednesday with a doubleheader. at Effingham against that community's star-studded Babe Ruth Senior Division All-Star team.

FORMER OLYMPIC high medalist Steve Stones is to keynote speaker at the Prairie State Games opening ceremonies. The ceremonies are scheduled for p.m. July 15 at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall. From 1072 through '70 Stones was ranked the number onefiigh Jumper In the country. At age he won bis first bronze medal in the 1072 Munich Olympics and again won the bronze in 1071 at Montreal.

Stones has remained internationally known and today donates much of bis time to charities aucb as the Special Olympics, of which be is a national head coach ILLINOIS HAS FIRED baseball coach Tom Dedin. '-J He compiled a nine-year record of 274430. After bis first two ffiiftffs, in which be house, be was 242-167. Oddly, Athletic director If dale Stoner annourxfd the decision to mid-summer, nearly two months after the season. "If ft would have happened earlier, ft would have at least given me a chance to the Job market," Dedin told the Champaign-Urbane News-Gazette.

"Three weeks ago I turned down very good Job, one that would have gaid muds more than I ffftfM 'also feel badly for the nine pUyers we jneenrtted," Pedis said, "it's too isU sum tux them to do anything about It. They were recruited expecting one thing. Haw, timy'll gat sasAet. We fcad iwud tot success bene, sent an awful lot fd players Into professional haaebail. But we never woo the Big Ten." HDedto directed the lllini Into the Big Tea playoffs three times, but but via a caaiapeooc cfeajm-fdoahto.

His best years were 428 to U82 and 46-21 iol98S. inert: try wcrutting wttbthatpM all those years. We were emtex-rassed to bring recruits there. Then this year playing at Pcjilrie Park during construction a A mWm tacuity) we bad to tittle Uaguera ff be Dell fosbaakes. '-xuey expect you no Co me-thing jbere, and tben they Mon't give you jbeU a iot to ftt with.

'j ehase for in 1 iw mni ms mi wuvw uv gets lot of ground balls." Trout, 5-3, allowed four singles: Tony Gwynn's in the fourth, Garry Templeton in the fifth and eighth Inning and Shane Mack In the eighth. He walked three and struck out five In earning his second complete game of the season. Mike Brumley walked to open the Cubs' fifth and was forced at second on Trout's sacrifice attempt Dave Martinez singled and By the Associated Press CLEVELAND Cory Snyder, who earlier bad a two-run homer, hit a grand slam with one out in the eighth inning Monday night, giving the' Cleveland Indians a 0-7 decision over the Kansas City Royals and depriving Bret Saberhagen of bis 15th victory. Kansas City, which bad a six-game winning streak snapped, led 14 after Danny TartabuU hit a three-run homer in the top of the eighth. Saberhagen, 144, pitching with three days rest for the first time this season, allowed leadoff ingles to Julio Franco and Joe Carter and was relieved by Steve Farr.

Pat TaMer struck out before Farr walked Mel Hail to load the bases. Snyder then fait me first pitch over the center field fence for bis Uth homer, giving Cleveland, which lost 174 to Chicago on Sunday, its third victory ia the last 15 games. SSSuSy EvEWitt, 1-1, WOO ucapuc allowing the borne run to Tar-tabull, me first batter be faced in relief Sieve Carlton. Carlton i HoMed' Monday out in the bottom of the fourth wben the rain caused a second delay. The game was also delayed by 35 minutes in the first inning.

The rainout cost Jack Clark his 25tb home run and pitcher Joe Magrane a steal of home. The rainout will be made up Wednesday as part of a doubleheader at 5:35 p.m. CST. The Cardinals and Dodgers also meet in a doubleheader Tuesday because of a rainout earlier this season. many runs.

When you don't get many runs, you don't win." Eddie Murray bit a solo homer and Alan Wiggins drove in the go-ahead run for the Orioles, who won for the sixth time in 36 games while ending Chicago's threeame winning streak. With the score tied 1-1 in the fifth' inning, Terry Kennedy walked, was sacrificed to second, advanced to third on a fly ball and scored on the single by Wiggins off Jose DeLeon, 54, who allowed only three hits in 1-3 innings. DeLeon was relieved by Bryan dark with one out in the seventh after issuing two walks. Wiggins flpgiorff load log hases end Cal Ripken bit a two-run single off Jim Winn one out later. GrifXin, 1-2, struck out six during bis seven-inning stint while making bis third start tor Baltimore this season.

Mark Williamson pitched the final two innings for bis third save. Chicago, wbkb bad 17 runs and 21 hit against Cleveland gn gun. day, tied It to the fifth on Steve Lyons' RBI grounder after a double by Gra asi a slugs by Fist 1 jmtsi Ernie Eveland 1: Giants sweep Pirates PITTSBURGH Mike Aldrete hit a three-run homer and Mike LaCoss allowed two runs In eight Innings as the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 Monday night to complete a doubleheader sweep, In the rain-delayed opener, Dave Dravecky won bis first start with San Francisco and Chili Davis drove in two runs as the Giants gave Texas a 14 lead in the second Inning. Bob Brower broke the string with a check-swing single In the sixth. Twins blanks Yanfcs NEW YORK Tom Brunansky and Kent Hrbek homered for two of Minnesota's three hits and Frank Viola pitched a five-hitter, leading the Twins to a 24 victory over the New York Yankees Monday night.

Loser Ron Guidry, 1-4, retired the first two batters before Brunansky bit his 17th borne run of the season, an opposite-field drive over the fence to right. That was enough to give the Twins their fourth consecutive victory although Hrbek bit bis 23rd borne run with two out in the seventh. Hrbek has homered In three straight games and seven of bis last 11 and has 20 homers in Us last 44 games dating back to May 1 1 Viola, 74. walked four and struct est ssvsa for bis first victory to tour starts, bis first shutout game in 19 starts. Guidry walked three and struck out five fa the Yankees' 701-171 won-loss record which figures oat to an 014 whining percentage.

"He coached from the fall of 1SS5 Uirougb iwi at Paris during which time he von state twice (1043 and 147), finished second to IMS auj mm4 tri 3 1 too teams to the Sweet 13522s at Paris. The other time was with Waterman (1027)." Eveland wound up his coaching career la WQ at Fairbanks, Alaska. "He has bad failing health since Wittlck said. "In tact, to attend this past sIIUoflisHigbSchociBaskeit- I Poafhff Hall Ftvvf wipff Pirates have lost seven of their last nine games. Rain stops Cards ST.

LOUIS The game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals was postponed Monday night because of rain after a delay of 2 hours and 20 minutes. The Cardinals led 3-2 with one first complete game since May 10, a span of 53 games. The victory enabled the Twins to climb into first place in the American League West, one game ahead of Kansas City, which lost 0-7 to Cleveland. O's snap losing streak BALTIMORE "I can't describe it," Griffin said after be allowed five bits in seven innings and pitched Baltimore to a 4-1 decision over the Chicago White Sox Monday night, snapping the Orioles' seven-game losing streak.

''This was a sweet Griffin said. "It took a lot of time coining. I put in a lot of hard work to get back here, and I guess it paid off Griffin spent tour years in the minors after posting a 4-10 record with three major-league teams. "I don't like to use the word ft doesn't exist in my vocabulary," Griffin said. "In the past, I was more of a power pitcher.

Ia the last tour yean, I've learned to mix in the off -speed pitches $s4 gfit ahead of the bitters." Carlton Fisk, who bad two of the bits off Griffin, said, "Whaa you dm't get essay bits, yea gfA to Normal due to poor health. He was a charter member of that (Hail of Fame) to 1073 and annually attended the Induction." Eveland, bora June 1S02, Is survived by bis wife Mary and a daughter, Mrs. Charles Unda ssi. ZTri' Elaine, allot Canton. Eveland suffered the loss a son, Duane "Buck' EveLaod, to a 1063 auto fTidwit Visitation for Eveland will be held between 5 and I pm.

Wednesday at the Memorial Home with uoeral services net for I pan. Thursday. Burial will be held to the Greenwood Cemetery inCanton. vy Coaehincr 1 Ernie Eveland dies in Canton.