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Stats B13 Spectrum Classified B15 Giants six games upB 12 I MONDAY Southern Ulinoisan, September 11, 1989 Pace 1 1 raod Slam tntfles ecker adds pen to his Navratilova wins NEW YORK (AP) Martina Navratilova recovered from her singles final loss to team with Hana Mandlikova on Sunday for the women's doubles title at the U.S. Open. Navratilova, who partnered with Pam Shriver to win 19 "Grand Slam doubles titles, and Mandlikova narrowly beat Shriver and Mary Jo Fernandez 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. final anywhere but Wimbledon. His best previous showing at Flushing Meadow was the semifinals in 1986.

Lendl tied an Open record with his eighth consecutive final, something Bill Tilden did from 1918-25. The Czech, who now lives in Greenwich, less than an hour from the National Tennis Center, lost to Jimmy Connors twice, John McEnroe once and Wilander in previous After the first-set tiebreaker, won 7-2 by Becker after moving ahead 5-0, Lendl easily took the second set. But Becker got a decisive break in the eighth game of the third set just after Lendl had broken him to take a two sets to one lead. Becker was up a break in the fourth set, but couldn't hold serve in the eighth game. They went to another tiebreaker, which Becker won on a service winner 7-4.

from 1985-87, Lendl lost in five sets to Mats Wilander last year, surrendering the top ranking that he soon recaptured. Becker, 21, now has won four consecutive meetings with the 29-year-old Lendl. They are 7-7 lifetime. Becker's win gave West Germany a sweep of the singles championships at Wimbledon and the Open. Steffi also won both.

It was Becker's first Grand Slam That double success won't be enough to lift him past Lendl in the computer rankings. But Becker's strong serve and improved court command were enough to outlast the three-time Open champion in the 3-hour, 51-minute battle in temperatures that reached 110 degrees on the court. For Lendl, it was a second straight long and disappointing Open final. After winning three straight titles NEW YORK (AP) Wimbledon whiz Boris Becker won his first U.S. Open on Sunday, staking his claim to the world's No.

1 ranking by beating top-seeded Ivan Lendl 7-6, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6. In blistering heat that had Becker frequently icing his legs and eating fruit during breaks, the second seed from West Germany took his fourth Grand Slam title. He won his third Wimbledon crown in July. i KM TO Day 2 Defeat vim (vW'm 1 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost SIU 12 36-42 116 14-27-0 2-2 8-60 WIU 9 47-56 142 8-18-1 2-1 9-73 Score by quarters 5 it- SIU 70 0 0 7 V. Illinois 00 7714 SCORING SUMMARY First quarter SIU Moore, 5 pass from Gibson (Bookout kick), 9:41 Third quarter WIU Cox, 5 blocked punt return (Bennett kick), 0:00 Fourth quarter WIU Williams 48 pass from Ben-hart (Bennett kick), 11:58 Individual statistics RUSHING: SIU Moore 14-33, Harmke 2-13, Callier 6-9, Andrews 3-5, Jourdain 1-5, Dopud 1-1, Gibson 9-(-24).

W. Illinois Cox 21-58, Holloway 10-55, Benhart 16-(-57). PASSING: SIU Gibson 14-27-116-0. W. Illinois Benhart 8-18-142-1.

RECEIVING: SIU Derricotte 4-25, Roots 3-41, Yates 2-20, Moore 2-3, Roebuck 1-7, Henderson 1-9, Brown 1-11. W. Illinois Veide 3-25, Williams 2-61, Luis 1-38, Courier 1-15, Holloway 1-3. Southern Ulinoisan photo by DWIGHT NALE Ambushed: Southern Illinois University running back Antonio Moore can't escape a swarming Western Illinois University defense. Sa Leathernecks have it uk is don 3 Leathernecks win Gateway opener's secondary phase By Phil Weaner Of The Southern Ulinoisan CARBONDALE Not even a 7-0 head start could save Southern Illinois University in its two-day home opener with Gateway Conference foe Western Illinois.

The Leathernecks, 2-0, scored a pair of touchdowns on big plays in the second half and defeatea the Salukis, 14-7, Sunday afternoon at McAndrew Stadium. The Gateway Conference game was completed 22 hours after it began Saturday at 4 p.m. A crowd estimated at 3,000 showed up Sunday under the threatening skies. Western Illinois, the defending conference champion, is 1-0 in the Gateway. SIU, 0-2 and 0-1, has lost seven straight games going back to 1988.

The loss was the sixth consecutive for the Salukis to the Leathernecks. "We have to pull together right now and turn the season around," said senior end Ron Kirk, part of a defensive unit that recorded 18 tackles for loss. "We have a much better team than it I hate to see it go down like this." Southern began the day with the one-touchdown leadiafter Saturday's game was suspended because of lightning with 9:41 remaining in the first quarter. That lone score, a 5-yard pass from Fred Gibson to Antonio Moore, is SIU's only touchdown in eight quarters of play. Sunday, SIU had just 12 first downs, five in the second half when the offense gained only 44 yards.

"It wasn't our inability to get in the end zone that cost us the game," Smith said. "It was our inability to just drive the football and maxe key plays to keep the ball away from them. "When you become a good enough football team, when everything begins to click and gel, getting it in the end zone comes naturally. I don't think I proposed. to anybody that we're a great football team right now." AH that came naturally Sunday was offensive self-destruction that wasted an impressive defensive effort.

SIU held Western Illinois to nine first downs and 198 total yards. "Their defense was just super," Dennis Durband Sports Editor passes. The running game produced just 42 yards on 36 attempts. SIU averaged 2.5 yards per play on offense and converted on third downs twice. WIU's defense penetrated through the offensive line regularly.

Southern Illinois is averaging 205 yards per game this season, and the offense has not yet sustained a touchdown drive. The Salukis' only touchdown was set up by the punt team's fumble recovery deep in Leatherneck territory Saturday. "We didn't do anything," Grammer said. "The defense did a good job and we didn't put it in the end zone. We're gonna have to (regroup) or we'll be 0-10.

It was a missed block here, a missed play there." Offensive coordinator Bill Callahan admits the pro-style offense is in its infancy. "I'm still optimistic," Callahan said. "We're in transition. We moved the ball effectively the first hajf (114 total yards). In the second half, we self-destructed.

We got beat physically up front. "We have to keep believing in ourselves. We've got to keep from getting into obvious passing situations, See Durband, B12 In the second half, SIU ran just 24 offensive plays and netted only 44 yards. The Salukis punted five times, had one blocked, missed a 25-yard field-goal attempt, and fumbled a punt return denying them one last possession. Saluki center Bob Grammer summed it up: "They (Leathernecks) played good enough to win and that's the bottom line." Southern Illinois' defense deserved a better fate for Sunday's effort.

Western Illinois managed. nine first downs, 198 total yards and only two third-down conversions against the Dawgs. SIU totalled 18 tackles for losses, with left tackle Shannon Fer-brache getting five of those. Benhart had a tough time avoiding the blitz. "We were getting to him," said Ferbrache, a game co-captain along with receiver Wesley Yates.

"We even got to him on his TD pass. They couldn't handle our pass rush." The SIU offense lacked a big-play maker and was ineffective. Quarterback Fred Gibson's throwing was erratic on short and intermediate CARBONDALE Championship teams like Western Illinois expect to win the close games. Teams in transition like Southern Illinois hope to win them. Championship teams like Western Illinois play confidently down the stretch.

Teams in transition like SIU can play shaky football when a game is on the line. Western Illinois, a 14-7 winner over the Salukis at McAndrew Stadium Sunday, is at the point Southern Illinois is striving to reach. A point of winning close games, winning on the road, forcing the other team to make the crucial mistakes and not getting rattled. The Leathernecks have won seven of eight games decided by a touchdown or less in the last two seasons. may be it," Saluki coach Bob Smith said Sunday after losing his home debut in the conclusion of a game that was suspended Saturday because of lightning.

"The fact that they won the (Gateway Conference) championship last year may have won the game for them today. Confidence is a big thing." Western Illinois made one mistake said Western Illinois coach Bruce Craddock. "Their blitz and pressure hassled us all day. That's why our offense only scored one touchdown." Western Illinois' defense scored the visitors' first points on a blocked punt at the end ot the third quarter. Tom Keeley blocked David Peters' punt at SIU's 10-yard line and Bryan Cox picked it up at the five and scored to, tie the game at 7-7.

Just 3:02 later, Leatherneck quarterback Gene Benhart threw a 43-. yard scoring strike to Steve Williams. "We had a chance to win it and weren't a good enough offensive team today to do it," Smith understated. "And we had a couple of breakdowns on our. special teams.

That's the story of the game." The first breakdown was John Bookout's miss on a routine 25-yard field goal attempt with 3:49 left in the third quarter. The scoring attempt was set up by Shannon Ferbrache, who stripped the ball from Benhart as he was sacking the senior quarterback. Tim Wells, mak-See SIU, B12 of any consequence in the second half, losing a fumble on its own 10-yard line in the third period. But that was it. The Leathernecks were the confident team-at gut-check time, preventing the Salukis from scoring in the second half, blocking a punt and returning it for a game-tying touchdown and producing a big play Gene Benhart's 48-yard touchdown pass to Steve Williams in the fourth quarter.

SIU went the opposite way. The Salukis blew the advantage of Saturday's 7-0 lead and having the Leathernecks spending an extra night on the road. Smith's team wasted a great defensive effort with a lack of offense and mistakes by special teams. Tomczaks 'debut good enough The Race -Inside: Chicago St. Louis Montreal 6B 2V2 4 4V2 63 65 67 67 Pet .559 .542 .531 .528 80 77 76 75 51 New York Sunday's results Chicago 4, St.

Louis 1 Philadelphia 4, Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 4, New York 1 Today's lineup Montreal (Langston 11-6) at Chicago (Maddux 15-11), 1:20 p.m. New York (Darling 12-12) at Philadelphia (Ruffin 5-8), 6:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Heaton 3-7) at St. Louis (Horton 0-1), 7:35 p.m. Games remaining Chicago 19; St.

Louis 20; Montreal 19; New York 20. ft. 4i I III IT 1 1 Ml II 1f 7 I I w- The Openers Sunday's Games Chicago 17, Cincinnati 14 New Orleans 28, Dallas 0 Los Angeles Rams 31 Atlanta 21 Phoenix 16, Detroit 13 San Francisco 30, Indianapolis 24 Tampa Bay 23, Green Bay 21 Cleveland 51, Pittsburgh 0 New England 27, N.Y. Jets 24 Minnesota 38, Houston 7 Buffalo 27, Miami 24 Philadelphia 31 Seattle 7 Denver 34, Kansas City 20 LA. Raiders 40, San Diego 1 4 Tonight's game N.Y.

Giants at Washington, 8 p.m. See NFL Roundup, B1 2. AP photo High degree of difficulty: St Louis Cardinals' Ozzie Smith (left) scores as Chicago Cubs catcher Joe Girardi takes the throw. Cobs tnke out vs Cards Chicago's NL East lead expands to 212 games Bears open 1989 with rousing rally CHICAGO (AP) Mike Tomczak demonstrated Sunday that he's the true heir to Jim McMahon as the Chicago Bears' quarterback: He doesn't look pretty but he wins. The man who inherited the job when McMahon was traded to San Diego this summer spent the first three quarters hearing boos from the Soldier Field crowd of 64,730 as only the defensive work of Dan Hampton and the running of Neal Anderson kept the Bears close to the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals.

Then he went out in the fourth and engineered a 95-yard drive that gave the Bears a 17-14 win that ran his record as a starter to 16-3 and gave Chicago its sixth straight opening-day win. The winning touchdown came on a 20-yard pass to tight end James Thornton with 4:54 remaining. Tomczak also ran 11 yards for a TD with 10 seconds left in the half to tie the score at 7-7. Everyone ended up happy. "I was pleased with the outcome," Tomczak said.

"I got the interceptions out of my system. It wasn't pretty but it was a victory." "I was very pleased with Mike's performance," Coach Mike Ditka said of his quarterback, who was just 6-of-16 for 80 yards with two interceptions before going 4-for-7 for 79 yards on that final drive. "I don't care how much people boo; scream or holler or say whatever they want to say. He did a fine job." So did Anderson, who carried 21 times for a career-high 146 yards and Hampton, who may personnally have prevented 10 Cincinnati points. The 32-year-old defensive tackle they call "Danimal" blocked a first-quarter field-goal attempt by Jim Gallery; had two sacks; batted down Sacked: Cincinnati's Jim Skow (right) dumps Chicago quarterback Mike Tomczak.

Leo Barker stopped Anderson on third down and Skip McClendon and Reggie Williams held Brad Muster on fourth. The Bengals then drove 81 yards to the Chicago 18 before the Bears returned the favor when Hampton stopped Woods on fourth-and-1. "That was the biggest play," Hampton said! "They tried to overb-lock on me, but I've been around." Chicago tied it a 7-7 on Tomczak's draw at the end of an 80-yard drive that took just 1:34. Anderson ran for 23 yards on one play. The Bengals took a 14-7 lead with 6:32 left in the third quarter on a 66-yard drive that began after Dixon's second interception stopped a Chicago drive.

The score came on a 5-yard ramble around left end by Woods. Kevin Butler's 29-yard field goal, set up by. Dennis Gentry's 51-yard kickoff return, cut it to 14-10 with 3:20 left in the third period, then Tomczak engineered the drive that won it. strikeouts. You're just concentrating on trying to throw good pitches," said Wilson, who didn't know he was starting until he arrived at Wrigley Field.

Greg Maddux was held back to pitch against Montreal on Monday. "Dick Pole tola me," Wilson said of the Cubs pitching coach. "It almost knocked me over." Scott Sanderson, 10-8, struck out the side in the sixth, allowing one hit, and Paul Assenmacher pitched 2 1-3 innings of one-hit relief, striking out four. Mitch Williams finished for his 31st save in 42 opportunities, striking out one. St.

Louis began the game with a league-leading .200 batting average and 713 strikeouts, the fewest in the NL. Vince Coleman, Pedro Guerrero, Tom Brunansky and Milt Thompson struck out three times each. Hill allowed two runs and three hits in six inning, striking out seven and walking three. The crowd of 35,281 set the Cubs' all-time home-season attendance record of 2,164,176, beating the record set in 1985 of 2,161,534. St.

Louis went ahead 1-0 in the fourth when Ozzie Smith walked, took second on a balk and just beat Dwight Smith's throw to the plate on Terry Pendleton's single. Ryne Sandberg singled in the sixth and Dwight Smith followed with his ninth homer. "These last two wins," Zimmer said, "are even more important because of the way we lost Friday." two passes and broke through to dump Ickey Woods for no gain on a fourth-and-1 at the Chicago 18 in the second quarter. "On his days and this was his day he's as good as anyone in the league," said Cincinnati coach Sam Wyche. "It's a tremendous thing to watch an old warrior, like that," said middle linebacker Mike Singletary, another of the Bears' old warriors.

"You know whatever happens, he'll come through for you." A lot happened to the Bears, who allowed Cincinnati 153 yards in the first quarter alone. Hampton's blocked field goal prevented a score on Cincinnati's first possession, but Rickey Dixon picked off Tomczak's first pass of the game and returned it to the Chicago 25 to set up a 4-yard pass from Boomer Esiason to James Brooks that made it 7-0. The Bears seemed set to tie it on their next possession, driving 71 yards to Cincinnati's 1-foot line. But CHICAGO AP) Don Zimmer was feeling pretty low Friday after the Cubs wasted a 7-1 lead and lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 11-8.

"The way we lost Friday," he said, "you wonder if you'll win again." Well the Cubs did. Saturday's 3-2, 10-inning victory and Sunday's 4-1 triumph widened Chicago's lead in the National League East to 2V2 games over the second-place Cardinals. Steve Wilson, who pitched in relief a day earlier, struck out 10 in five innings as four Chicago pitchers combined to fan 18, which equaled the season high for a nine-inning game set by Texas pitchers against Toronto on July 25. The Cubs, who won two of three from the Cardinals, lead Montreal by. four games and New York by 41.2.

"We're only 2V2 games out," Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog said. "What the heck, we were 2V2 games out last Sunday. We've had a week we've had to play the three contenders on the road." Dwight Smith hit a two-run homer in the sixth off Ken Hill, 7-12. Jerome Walton doubled in a run in the seventh off Cris Carpenter and Shawon Dunston singled in a run off Frank DiPino in the eighth. Wilson, a rookie left-hander, allowed the run and four hits.

He struck out five in the first two innings, 'equaling his previous best. He retiredne batter Saturday. "When you're out there, you're not keeping track of 1.