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Thursday, July 5, 1984 HORSE RACING "She told me to get my stinking elbows up higher, and Mom's always right, Minnesota's Kent Hrbek, who credited his mother, PIP i Tina, with his three homers in three straight games. vJy COMICS LJ DETROIT FREE PRESS MOVIE GUIDE Call with sports news: 222-6660 -6660 I Mot In the pink: Alvin (Too Sweet) Hayes had to fight ailments and Jimmy Paul in Las Vegas bout three weeks ago. Page 3D. Sports Phone, 1-976-1313 mm r.Iilrc Doivncy I One man's shadow stands between Kimball and gold Chisox dump Tigers again INDIANAPOLIS It must be like being an Untouchable and knowing you're never going to be Eliot Ness. It must be like being a Jordanaire and knowing you re never going to be Elvis.

It must be like being a Ford and knowing you're never going to be Henry. 1 I I I That's your first thought about diver Bruce Kimball. You imagine how exasperating it might be to become a world-class diver, a lord of the board, virtually without peer, only to have a certain Greg Lou Whltaker collected 1,341,177 votes, more than twice as many as his next closest competitor, Bobby Grich. Lance Parrlsh's 1,542,616 votes are tops among first-time starters and second overall to George Brett. Sparky Anderson will coach third base for manager Joe Altobelli, who will name the rest of the team later this week.

Chet Lemon was second among outfielders with 1,106,485, behind Dave Winfield and ahead of Reggie Jackson. Louganis Standing right behind you, ready to fly. Kimball, from Ann Arbor, is a national But Louganis, a Californian, is a world champi on. Kimball can beat any diver, anywhere, on any Parrish, Whitaker, Lemon get spots given day. But on a given day a few weeks from now, he will have to beat Louganis at the Summer Olympics.

now must it feel to have one man one man By GENE GUIDI Free Press Sports Writer CHICAGO Point your finger at the pitching. Blame the hitting. Or say the law of averages is catching up with them. Whatever the reason, the Tigers' dive continues. Their latest pratfall came Wednesday night at Comiskey Park, where the White Sox ripped the Tigers, 8-2.

It was Detroit's fourth straight loss the team's longest losing streak of the season. In sweeping the three-game series, the White Sox outscored the Tigers, 24-8. Chicago manager Tony LaRussa tried to be kind, saying the Sox blitz wasn't as easy as it looked. "The scores of the games were a little misleading," LaRussa said. "They're an excellent club, we just had a few things go our way." It seemed that whenever the White Sox needed a big hit, a big pitch, or a big play in the field during this series, they got it.

on the whole wet planet standing between you and an Olympic gold medal? It's a little bit like being a woman tennis player Free Press staff reports At least three Tigers will start Tuesday for the American League in the All-Star Game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Second baseman Lou Whitaker, center fielder Chet Lemon and catcher Lance Parrish will be first-time starters. "I'm excited I don't need to rest, but I may boycott it if they don't take my batterymate (Jack Morris)," Parrish said, these days and wiping up the courts with every body else on the premises except Martina Navratilova. Talk about frustration. No one's likely to give Martina any trouble at Wimbledon this year unless she happens to break her left hand, first half of the season: series that were like playoffs, all the media attention but I'm looking forward to the All-Star Game.

I don't want to take anything away from the job and pride of being an All-Star. It'll be nice to be there with my teammates." It will be the fourth Ail-Star Game for Parrish, who finished second in total votes to third baseman George Brett of Kansas City by 69,926 votes. Parrish was named to the team in 1980, 1982 and 1983. Tigers officials said that more than 800,000 ballots had been cast at Tiger Stadium. Whitaker will make his second straight All-Star appearance.

LEMON, AN ALL-STAR in Chicago in 1978 and 1979, beat out perennial All-Star favorite Reggie Jackson, but trailed the top hitter in the American League, Dave indicating that he was joking. "I hear they may not take him if he can't pitch." whereupon the final score will probably be close. Here are the American League starters: First base Rod Carew, California. Second base Whitaker. Third base Brett.

Shortstop Cal Ripken, Baltimore. Catcher Parrish. Outfield Winfield, New York; Lemon; Jackson, California. Several other Tigers have a chance to be named to the team this week when the American League office, in consultation with manager Joe Altobelli of Baltimore, fills the 28-man roster. Alan Trammell, an All-Star in 1980, finished second behind Ripken at shortstop and is expected to be named Saturday.

Starters Morris and Dan Petry and relievers Willie Hernandez and Aurelio Lopez are being considered for the pitching corps. Morris, with 12, and Petry, with 11, lead the league in victories. See ALL STARS, Page 7D Morris will start Sunday night for the If you're Chris Evert Lloyd, at least you have had the satisfaction of winning your share of Tigers at Texas, so he could be used only sparingly in the All-Star Game. "I'll be there," Whitaker said. "My arm See TIGERS, Page 4D Wimbledons and more.

But if you re Bruce Kimball and the 1980 Olympics have been taken away from you and the 1988 Olympics are too far off even to think about, this will be your one day in was a little sore, but Sparky gave me a little rest and it's OK now." LEMON WILL MAKE his third All-Star the sun. Almost a sibling rivalry Morris expects snub Tigers ace Jack Morris says he thinks politics will exclude him from the '84 All-Star team. Page 4D. appearance. "You kinda wish you had five (actually three) days off with your family," he said.

"We've been through it all in the Kimball can point to all his successes, his records, even his total domination over most of the platform divers of the world. His greatest triumph of all was his return from a near-fatal car Petty captures 200th victory -y crash, an event that made JL little things like gold medals seem insignificant. "Bruce Kimball isn't in Firecracker my enemy," says Louganis, who has won golds in platform and Top three men join Evert Lloyd in semifinals By STEVE GOLDSTEIN Knight-Ridder Newspapers WIMBLEDON, England With Princess Diana in attendance Wednesday for the first time in three years, tennis' royalty performed at Wimbledon with the imperiousness associated with monarchs. John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors, the top three seeds in men's singles, advanced to Friday's semifinals with straight-set victories. Lendl will play Connors, and McEnroe will have his first encounter with unseeded Pat Cash, the 19-year-old rough-and-tumble hope of Australia.

Greg Louganis 'ti5g springboard diving in ev ery major competition but the Olympics them By GARY LONG Knight-Ridder Newspapers DAYTONA BEACH. Fla. A couple of Deep South. selves. "He isn't even my rival.

He's my American teammate and he's my friend. One part of that is to be decided here before the week is out, although it's pretty much taken for granted that Louganis and Kimball both will wear down-home county politicians treated the nation's chief executive to classic stock-car racing high jinks and history Wednesday at the Firecracker 400. Richard Petty, a Republican commissioner for Randolph County, N.C., captured his 200th career NASCAR Grand National victory before President Reagan and 80,000 at Daytona International Speedway. Trip victim of Pettv's door-baneine win bv the thickness the USA colors in Los Angeles. They will try to make it official this week at the Olympic diving trials.

UPI Photo I've known Bruce since he was a little kid," Aided by his strong background on grass. Cash defeated of a bumper was Cale Yarborough, a former Florence Richard Petty sprays champagne in the victory circle after picking up his 200th Grand National win. Louganis says. "Since we were both little kids. We've been together so often, we know each other like brothers.

County, S.C.councilman who backed Democrat jimmy Carter in 1976 and 1980. Want more political twists? The owner of Pettv's STP-soonsored Pontiac, Mike Curb, "That doesn't mean we aren't competitive is chairman of the ReDublican national fund-raising commit toward one another. We both give it everything we've got against one another. But I'm for him in almost every respect. If Bruce Kimball were to Richard Petty's career BORN: July 2, 1937 a HOME: Level Cross, N.C.

FIRST RACE: 100-mile convertible race, July 12, 1958, in Columbia, S.C.; finished sixth. FIRST GRAND NATIONAL WIN: 100-mile race, Feb. 28, 1960, in Charlotte, N.C, FIRST SUPERSPEEDWAY WIN: Daytona 500, Feb. tee for '84 and a former California lieutenant-governor. Finally, the driver whose movements came most into play in Petty's surge after he and Yarborough blasted off the fourth turn was a Georgian named Ken Ragan, whose Chevrolet carries a "Ragan for Reagan" bumper sticker.

sixth-seeded Andres Gomez of Ecuador, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-5), assuring that an unseeded player would make the men's semifinals for the eighth straight year. Completing the women's quarterfinals Wednesday, Chris Evert Lloyd dispensed with Swedish qualifier Carina Karlsson, 6-2, 6-2, in 52 minutes. Karlsson held serve only twice, both times in the second set, but her winsome way and cheerfulness charmed almost everyone at Centre Court, including Diana. Lloyd will compete in her 12th beat me in the Olympics, I wouldn't go off and pout. I'd lift his hand." Kimball feels much the same way.

Two years DOUG HEVERON'S violent flip in the first turn brought ago, when ne came to tms same natatorium at Indiana and Purdue's branch university to more or less launch his comeback from the horrible injuries he had sustained, Kimball placed second to out the yellow caution flag just after Petty led Yarborough into the 158th of 160 laps. Because drivers are allowed to race back to the starting line, and because it was clear the Heveron wreckage would not be cleaned quickly, Petty and Yarborough knew the 158th would be the final lap. Chris Evert Lloyd Yarboroueh's timing was predictable. He whipped his 14, 19t4. THIS SEASON: Petty got victory No.

199 in the Budweiser 500 in Dover, on May 20 Has finished fourth in two other races, the Coca-Cola 500 in Atlanta and the Valleydale 500 in Bristol, Tenn. Dropped out of the Miller 400 at Michigan International Speedway with mechanical problems. 0 RECORDS: The 200th victory Is easily the NASCAR record; the driver closest to Petty id David Pearson with 105 victories Petty has driven In 379 consecutive Grand National races. He last missed a race in 1971 Petty has won every Grand National event at least once He is racing's first $5 million winner. Chevrolet to the inside and past Petty as both cars leaned into the high banking of turn three.

Wimbledon semifinal today against Hana Mandlikova. Defending champion Martina Navratilova and Kathy Jordan will battle for the other spot in the finals. THE ARRIVAL of Princess Diana caused quite a stir at the All-England Club. Heralded by scurrying officials carrying walkie-talkies and a motorcycle police escort, a blue Ford station wagon pulled in front of the Royal Steps at Wimbledon just before 2 p.m. See WIMBLEDON, Page 6D Louganis at the National Sports Festival and they treated each other warmly.

Kimball, wearing a "Comeback Kid" sweatshirt, was hoisted onto the winner's pedestal by Louganis, who said affectionately: "To me, it was like Bruce won today." Upon hearing that, Kimball wiped tears from his eyes. Afterward, Kimball said: "My competition doesn't come from Greg Louganis. It comes from everyone who's entered. But it's pretty obvious that he's the man you have to beat if you're going to win the whole thing." The move was identical to ones Yarborough put on Buddy Baker in 1983 and Darrell Waltrip last February for back-to-back Daytona 500 victories. See RICHARD PETTY, Page 6D Toledo a willing host for LPGA tourney By JACK SAYLOR Free Press Sports Writer TOLEDO Why a professional golf tournament in Toledo, a city of 400,000 about 40 miles south of Detroit? Why not Detroit? The basic answer is that Toledo found a couple of prime movers, plus a golf course willing to accommodate the tournament.

The result is the Jamie Farr-Toledo Classic at Standing in the way There is nothing whatsoever wrong with second place. Silver medals are very pretty. If second is what Bruce Kimball gets here at the trials, and again at the Games, it will be a great moment in his life, not a bad one. But he must be aware that Louganis may be the one and only human being standing between him and all-out fame. It is Louganis who has gotten the national magazine covers.

It is Louganis who once sat on Johnny Carson's couch and traded small talk with the host. Nobody remembers who ran second to Jesse Owens in the 100. Nobody knows who was second to Bruce Jenner in the decathlon. If Bruce Kimball is to become the golden boy of the diving board, he is going to have to do unto Greg Louganis what Louganis has done unto him. He's going to have to become Diana Ross and turn the other tuy into a Supreme.

Glengarry Country Club, which begins today and runs through Sunday. Jamie Farr Classic WHEN: Today through Sunday. WHERE: Glengarry CC, Toledo BWHO: A field of 116 women, including 15 of the LPGA's top 20 money-winners this year Michigan players are in the field here, including Detroit ers Bonnie Lauer and Joyce Kazmierskf, MSU's Sue Ertl of Ionia and Cindy Figg of Mt. Pleasant. FORMAT: 72 holes, medal play PURSE: $175,000 ($25,250 for winner) fl SPECTATOR ADMISSION: $8 today through Friday, $10 Saturday and Sunday.

HOW TO GET THERE: From Detroit, take 1-75 to I-475 In Toledo; take 1-475 to Central Avenue exit; take Maybe people are jaded in areas like Detroit, LPGA "I won the LPGA championship at Forest Lake in 1956 I beat Patty Berg in a playoff," Hagge said. "I remember us playing at Hillcrest and Atlas Valley, plus another course near Flint. Tell Detroit it should be ashamed of itself." Lauer is puzzled by the situation, too. "I would think if somebody in the LPGA marketing area would knock on the right doors We had good support at the Stroh's tournament," she said. Dearborn Country Club hosted the Lady Stroh's in 1978-79; the winners were Sandra Post and Vicki Fergon.

But the brewery dropped the tournament as it expanded its market (Stroh's purchased Schaeffer and Schlitz shortly thereafter), then began aiming its advertising budget toward stock car racing fans. But more than just a sponsor is needed. "The other problem is getting a golf course," Lauer said. "In this part of the country, members don't want to give up their course for a week. But if you get a good course and a decent purse, the players will come.

First, though, you have to have somebody to have a interest in golf." See LPGA, Page 7D pioneer Marlene Bauer Hagge said Wednesday before the pro-am portion of the tournament. It like Los Angeles and New York we don do that well in those areas, either. I don't know why. When we had tournaments in Detroit we did well." "It's the same thing in Chicago same type of town, lot of golfers, good golf courses," said Detroiter Bonnie Lauer, who got her golfing start at Edgewood Country Club in Union Lake. Central to Centennial for touriament parking- A free shuttle bus will take spectators to Glengarry CC.

HAGGE, 50, has fond recollections of the Michigan stops..