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DETROIT FREE PRESSTUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989 5D Tigers' top pick Gohr says Pistons all the way Neumann gets an 6 A' for effo since last victory at '88 Open Neumann took a few practice putts on Indianwood's huge 18th green, made a quick tour of the heather-style course, then left for Tampa, where she lives on the Cheval Country Club course. As usual, she won't rest for long. to four miles per hour slower than the JUGS gun, and he is normally between 92 and 93 (m.p.h.) on the ray gun. We've had him as high as 96. He can throw the ball real hard." The Baltimore Orioles used the No.

1 pick overall to select 6-foot-7 Louisiana State pitcher Ben McDonald, who is 14-3, with 194 strikeouts in 148V3 innings. McDonald was the first of eight pitchers taken in the first round. For the second straight year the California Angels took a left-handed pitcher named Abbott. Last year they drafted Michigan left-hander Jim Abbott; this time they selected Kyle Abbott of Long Beach State, no relation to Jim. Only the first-round selections were released Monday.

Gohr, 21, wasn't recruited out of high school because he didn't pitch much at Bellarmine Prep in San Jose. He was primarily an outfielder. "He was really a good athlete in high school at a school with a very successful program," Oldham said. "Actually, we were recruiting their catcher (Troy Buckley), and the more we went to see him, we kept seeing this good arm in the outfield. Finally, we just said: 'Why don't you come, BY MICK MCCABE Free Press Sports Writer The Tigers' No.

1 pick in Monday's amateur draft wasn't considered talented enough to receive a college scholarship offer three years ago. Last summer, he wasn't invited to play in the Cape Cod League for outstanding college players. But Greg Gohr, a junior righthander from Santa Clara, has a Detroit connection. "I've got $5 on the Pistons," said Gohr, rated 12th on Baseball America's top 60 prospects. "I despise the Lakers.

Being from northern California, everything in southern California, well, I hate the Dodgers and the Lakers. I hope the Pistons kill He isn't exactly a true-blue Pistons fan. "I've got to admit, I was rooting for the Bulls," said Gohr, the 21st pick. "But that was basically because of Michael Jordan. He's hard to resist." For the Tigers, so was Gohr, 6-feet-3, 210 pounds.

He was 12-5 this season with a 2.52 ERA, striking out 88 and walking 57 in 118 innings. "He's a power pitcher," said Santa Clara coach John Oldham. "We use a ray gun, which registers pitches three committeeman Pete Owens looking for an entry list approaching 300. Pre-qualifying is Friday (High Pointe, Traverse City); Monday (Salem Hills), June 16 (Rogell Municipal) and June 24 (Partridge Creek) in the metropolitan area and June 25 (Burr Oaks), Jackson and Parma. CHARI-TEE: Charitable golfing will be in evidence June 19 on three fronts with Arnold Palmer, Jan Stephenson and Jacques Demers the headliners.

Palmer will be joined by Tom Shaw, Dale Douglass, Joe Jimenez, Curt and Tom Byrum and Sam Snead in the 13th Van Patrick Memorial at Dearborn CC. Cancer research benefits, and gallery ticket information is available by calling 972-1693 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays) Stephenson is featured at Sugar Loaf's scramble for the Arthritis Foundation. The resort is 18 miles northwest of Traverse City.

Information is available at 616-941-8188 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays). The third June 19 affair is Nifty Norman's 1 1th invitational for multiple sclerosis ($175) at Bay Pointe Golf Club, West Bloomfield, with Red Wings coach Demers as honorary chairman. Phone 357-4451 (9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. weekdays). Other charity dates: Michigan Human Services Friday at U-M course, Ann Arbor. Phone 464-3344 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

weekdays). It benefits an agency daily serving 679 children and adults with mental, physical and emotional handicaps. Special Olympics Monday at Gowanie Country Club, Mt. Clemens. Phone 751-8050 (9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. weekdays). J.L. Hauser outing at Faulkwood Shores in Howell (June 15), benefiting abused children; phone 972-1693, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

weekdays. Alzheimer's tournament June 20 at Links of Pinewood, Com "I'll play four straight weeks before the Open," Neumann said, smiling and gesturing at the big silver USGA championship mug on display. "That's the trophy I really want to keep." IT'S OFFICIAL As expected, the Senior TPC tournament will be played next year at Dearborn Country Club, June 8-10. The 54-hole tournament eventually will move to the new Tournament Players Club of Michigan in Dearborn when it is completed. The contract with Dearborn CC includes options for 1991 and '92 if the Tournament Players Club course, designed by Jack Nicklaus, isn't ready.

This year's Senior TPC will be played for the final time at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Divot Diggings: it's getting tougher to get into the Michigan Amateur. Executive director Jeff Rivard of the Golf Association of Michigan said the qualifying average is a shot-and-a-half lower than last year, down from 75.3 strokes to 73.8. Three members of last year's Sweet 16 failed to earn a spot in the June 19-23 championship at the Country Club of Jackson High Pointe Golf Club, the Tom Doak-designed public course near Traverse City, opened Thursday with a choice of 6,140 yards from the middle to 6,819 at the tips. It's located just off M-72, three miles east of Grand Traverse Resort Retired pro Warren Orlick of Tarn O'Shanter Country Club in West Bloomfield recently received a gold lapel pin from the PGA of America, commemorating 50 years or more as a member.

Orlick, still in heavy demand for his rules expertise, joined the PGA in 1932. Qualifying for the USGA National Publinx tournament will be June 29 at the U-M course in Ann Arbor, with Subdued Sparky returns to team after 17-day absence Players' dislike of Detroit killed pro tour in metro area Liselotte Neumann's schedule Sunday and Monday was typically hectic. Neumann (pronounced NOY-man) finished 28th in Sunday's LPGA tour nament at Rochester, N.Y., flew to Detroit for a Monday interview at Indianwood Country Club in Lake Orion before buzzing away to her condo in Tampa, and a week off. This respite from tournament action is an unusual departure from past schedules she played seven straight weeks before her victory in the 1988 U.S. Open at Baltimore.

But then, Neumann, a 23-year-old from Finspang, Sweden, always was into non-stop golf, even as a youngster. "I always enjoyed practice," Neumann said at Indianwood, where she will defend her title July 10-16. "I'd ride my bike to the local nine-hole course it's grown to 12 holes now bring sandwiches and practice all day. "I'd pull my trolley (golf cart) and hit drives, hit shots to the greens, work on my short game. There was nobody there, so there was plenty of chance to practice." Neumann's practice paid off in a successful amateur career, but she was unknown to most Americans when she outdistanced Patty Sheehan for the U.S.

title at Baltimore Country Club. Neumann's 277 broke Pat Bradley's Open record by two shots, but that victory hasn't led to another. "It's been a good year, but a little stressful, too," said Neumann, who has had four top-10 finishes in her 12 tournaments. ''It's only going so-so. I think I put too much pressure on myself.

"In the beginning, I guess people expected me to win, but it's been almost a year now, so I can't play on that tournament forever." REUTER Michael Chang had to battle cramps as well as Ivan Lendl: "I tried everything I could. When I had a chance, I went for it because I knew that the longer the point went on the less chance I'd have of winning it." Chang upsets Lendl in five-set thriller at Paris FRENCH OPEN, from Page ID Ahead in games, 4-2, Chang was serving with the score at 30-40, but survived when Lendl's forehand went long. The players went to deuce four times, then Chang won the advantage on a point Lendl thought he had won just inside the sideline. The umpire upheld the line judge after inspecting the mark on the dusty red clay, but Lendl continued to protest. The umpire then awarded a penalty point to Chang, giving him the game and a 5-2 lead.

Lendl held serve to make it 5-3, but Chang won the set on his serve when a forehand by Lendl went into the net. In the fifth set, Chang broke Lendl's serve on yet another netted forehand to take the first game. Serving at 15-30 in the second game, he lured Lendl to the net with a drop before nailing down the point with a hard passing shot. Then Chang started lifting soft lobs, one after the other, and it seemed as if the two were in a pre-game warm-up. Very gradually, Chang maneuvered Lendl out of position, then he fired a winner to his opponent's backhand corner.

He won the game on the next point when another Lendl forehand went long. Chang was drinking a lot of water and began to stall between points, which drew a warning from the umpire. When Lendl faulted on his first serve at 40-0 in the third game, Chang seemed disappointed. He started to walk off the court before realizing that he had to receive another serve. im SAYLOR Golf tigers' top Pick WHO: Greg Gorh AGE: 21 HEIGHT: 6-feet-3 WEIGHT: 210 pounds COLLEGE: Santa Clara Gohr's college statistics YE ARC IP ERBBK W-L ERA Fr.

7 I 13 8 II 0-0 6.75 Soph. 19 90 65 54 56 75 8- 538 Jr. 21 HI 91 49 33 57 89 12-5 2.52 Totals 47 211 203 122 93 124 169 Gohr did, without a scholarship, but pitched only eight innings as a freshman. After the season, he told Oldham he wanted to give up the outfield and concentrate on pitching. As a sophomore he was 8-6, and last summer he blossomed in an amateur league in northern California.

He would have preferred to play on Cape Cod, but did not receive an invitation. REACTIONS Tigers president Jim Campbell: "I thought he looked a lot better than when he left here. He knows he's got to slow it up a little." Rightflelder Chet Lemon: "He looks fine. I'm glad he's back." Shortstop Alan Trammell: "I don't see much difference In him, but I couldn't tell before that he was exhausted. It's like your parents or relatives.

He's one of the last people you worry about, because he Is always there. He's talked to me and Jack (Morris) a hundred times about not letting baseball ever affect our whole lives. He'll have to say that to himself." Coach Dick Tracewski, who served as Interim manager while Anderson was gone: "I'm relieved that he's back and healthy." Coach Billy Consolo: "He has a nice suntan and is In good spirits. Now we've got to get on a winning streak." Pitcher Mike Henneman: "He looks good, but I thought he looked good before I left. As soon as I walked In the clubhouse today and smelled pipe smoke, I knew he was back.

Just like the day he left, I knew something was wrong when I walked in and didn't smell the pipe." ing Monday, preferring instead to say hello to each of his players individually. He returns to an injury-riddled team that was 22-32 entering Monday. How is a manager who takes losing so hard going to cope with that? "If this club continues to lose, I'm just going to have to learn to live with it," Anderson said. "I'm going to have to try to learn from my mistakes. "From the time they tee it up (game time) until it's over, I'm going to go as hard as I can.

But then, win or lose, I'm going to have to be able to let it go." H.r V. Tr MARY SCHROEDERDetrolt Free Press longer now that he has suffered the starts with the chip fracture. That's hard to determine medically, or based on Morris' pain level, because Morris isn't speaking to the media these days. "This is a tough break for Jack," Anderson said. It's not good for the returning manager, either.

ri. f-f Anderson made the decision to return Monday a few days ago. Dr. Livingood had suggested that he wait until June 19, when the Tigers open a West Coast trip in Oakland. "I counted the days between starts and figured that I would get (Roger) Clemens my first game back," Ander-, son said.

"I told Carol that, and she said, 'You've got a-lot of Anderson got a warm ovation from the Tiger Stadium crowd Monday when he went to home plate for the exchange of lineups. During the season, Anderson has always made himself available to the media and a number of charitable causes. He said Monday that he was going to have to change his life-style if he wanted to prevent a relapse. "Before I left California to come back here (Sunday), my wife told me to make sure I remembered to eat regularly," Anderson said. "I was in the habit of being on the go so much that all I would do is grab a sandwich on the run.

"You know what I did today before I came to the ballpark? I stopped and had lunch at a restaurant. I don't think I've done that two or three times without my wife since I've been the manager in Detroit. I had Boston scrod, vegetables, corn and carrot cake. "That's the kind of thing I've got to do more of." When Anderson arrived at Tiger Stadium early Monday afternoon, he stopped by the Tigers' offices to chat with Campbell and general manager Bill Lajoie. Lajoie said he talked with Anderson about 10 minutes and that the Tigers manager seemed "subdued." "I think" it's self-evident why he's like that," Lajoie said.

"The doctors told him to cut back and don't think about everything at once." Anderson didn't hold a team meet- Jack Morris will have to wait much first serious injury of his career. Palmer and Mike Schwabe are becoming the ninth and 10th Tigers pitchers to start games this season, Anderson isn't sure if they'll start again, because he hadn't seen either pitch in the regular season before Monday. Morris might have made several k- l'-'- Sparky Anderson, from Page ID Craig, Red Wings coach Jacques Demers and Pistons coach Chuck Daly tried to get through to Anderson sometimes more than bnce. "The first night I was home (in California), I slept 16 hours," Anderson said. "Then after I got up, I ate some breakfast and went to sit in a lounge chair.

The next night, I slept 12 hours. "In the past I might have slept 6Vi hours, seven hours a night during the season. That normally would be enough, but not when I was taking things so hard." Anderson, who said he didn't call interim manager Dick Tracewski or the other Tigers coaches while he was away, said he monitored the Tigers' progress daily. "We have this station that gives score updates every half-hour," Anderson said. "I followed every game that way." Ironically, Anderson said he got the most nervous during his rehabilitation when the Pistons were playing the Bulls in the sixth game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

"I like Chuck (Daly) so much that I didn't want the Bulls to win and force a seventh game," Anderson said. "I told my wife, 'Look how nervous I'm getting Over a game that I have nothing to do Anderson said doctors who examined him in California found him in good physical shape. "It was simply a case of exhaustion," Anderson said. "They told me I had stressed myself out." Anderson said he never thought about not coming back. "When I first got home, I didn't have any idea how long I would be gone," Anderson said.

"I just waited until I thought the time was right." Elbow puts Morris out 7 more weeks Jack Morris, from Page ID Dr. Collon said then that Morris, 34, would rest for two weeks, then have the elbow re-examined. It wasn't quite two weeks, but Collon examined Morris again Monday. He said the break was healing, but that it would take at least three or four more weeks to heal. Then Morris will have to get his arm back in shape.

"This was eating at Jack even before he was examined today," said Alan Trammell, one of Morris' closest friends on the team. Trammell will be unavailable for at least a few days because of a back strain. He and Morris stood out at shortstop during batting practice (Monday), like statues to their past greatness. "I can't ever remember us having as many injuries as we've had this year," Trammell said. "We've always got something coming up.

"Other teams have injuries to deal with, but there have been days when we've had trouble putting nine healthy players on the field." There were many times in the past when Morris would pitch the Tigers to victory, even when some regulars were hurt. Since Anderson arrived an inherited the young Morris and Dan Petry, the Tigers have had stable starting pitching. But Monday and tonight, David merce Township. Phone 474-6390 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

weekdays). Williams was referring to the poorly attended Euro-America's Cup, a Europe versus America women's pro team exhibition that drew only about 21,000 to the Palace over four days in mid-February despite Steffi Graf in the field. But Palace organizers insist the tournament will fulfill the remaining two years of its commitment. "I'm personally very disappointed," Williams said, "because I chose Detroit over 20 other cities. And I hate being proven wrong.

"The moment there are no crowds, the first thing people say is, 'You didn't advertise I'm afraid I don't subscribe to that. Between Little Caesars and ourselves, we put together the same sort of effort that gets us 50,000 to 100,000 people in other cities. And I would take issue with anybody who accused us of that." Like the WCT Detroit event, the Scottsdale, WCT tournament in March is run by tournament director Mike Lawrence. Scottsdale is a city of about 200,000, Williams said, but attracted about 60,000 to its week-long tournament." NOTEBOOK: After the Hartford Whalers balked earlier this year at allowing a member of their board of directors top-ranked Ivan Lendl to play goal in practice, the Edmonton Oilers obliged. Oilers assistant coach John Muckler did not heap praise upon Lendl, but said: "I'm glad he was in there he gave us confidence on the power play." McEnroe, on the 1989 play of Mats Wilander, winner of three 1988 Grand Slam tournaments who has struggled this year: "He's definitely not the same anything right now." Wimbledon prize money has increased nearly 23 percent, becoming the first Grand Slam event to surpass $5 million.

Semta survivors Below lunlor Dlavera from the Southeastern Mlchloon Tennl Awoclallon who edvenced from their SEMTA district qualltieri May 26-30 at Dearborn, the tlrst step to berths In this summer's mator national events. All advance to the Western Closed Championships, June 24- at the Tennis Club of Lansing for 12- and 14-and-under, and at Indianapolis for the other divisions. The bovi 14-, 16- and lt-and-under SEMTA qualifiers begin Friday at Detroit's Barcus Tennis Center. Seedings are In parentheses. Girts ll-and-unden Susan Sommervllle (1), Dearborn; Nicole Transou (2), Farmlnglon Hills; Charls Hunt (3).

Southfleld; Delrdre Keating (4), Birmingham: Mlyukl Moore (7), Royal Oak; Marcy Thompson, Bloomfield Hills. Girls U-and-unden Korl Davidson (1), Farmlnglon; Jackie Brown (2), Union Lake; Marlla Neubauer (3), Rochester; Jackie Aurella (4), Rochester; Holly Taylor (7), Trenton; Michelle Harris (91, Southfleld. Girts Shannon Byrne (1), Grosse Pointe; Kim Schulli (2), Rochester, Stephanie Geelhood (3), Union Lake; Amy Eisner (SI, Ann Arbor; Anne Cavanaugh (4), Grosse Polnle; Alison Eisner, Ann Arbor. Girls 12-and-unden Diana Osplna (1), Bloomfield HUH; Laura Tavlor (2), Trenton; Stephanie Rose (4), Bloomfletd Hills; Rachel Clanlon (3), West Bloomfield; Naoko Moore, Royal Oak; Carrie Rose, Bloomfield Hills. Bovs 12-and-under.

Michael Russell (1), Bloomfield Hills; Dan Evnon (2), Bloomfield Hills; Matt Schwagle (3), Livonia; Mlcheel Smith (4), Birmingham; Michael Brown, Bloomfield HIU; Brad Smith, Northvlll. Last week's decision by World Championship Tennis and Little Caesars to cancel the November men's pro event at Cobo Arena might have sounded the death knell for sanctioned pro tennis in the metropolitan area. "Like they say in real estate, there are three reasons you buy a piece of property location, location, location," said Owen Williams, WCT chief executive officer. "Well, there are three reasons a tennis tournament succeeds players, players, players." Apparently few players top-ranked or otherwise think Detroit is a desirable tour stop. Williams said Monday that only five committed to play Nov.

13-19 in Detroit, when the" $415,000 Little Caesars tournament was scheduled. A Grand Prix tournament generally attracts 100 to 200 players. Only 19,382 attended last year's inaugural seven-day tournament, and only 3,482 watched what seemed like an attractive final eventual champ John McEnroe against Aaron Krick-stein of Grosse Pointe Woods. "Last year we didn't have any player ranked in the top 17 in the world," Williams said. "We had McEnroe, who's a big, big drawing card and I'm in no way denigrating McEnroe but you cannot run a Grand Prix on one name.

You need three or four, plus a strong supporting cast. "Little Caesars and ourselves felt there was no indication we were going to get a stronger field." The WCT lost "hundreds of thousands" of dollars last year," Williams said, but that "was really a side issue." The Association of Tennis Professionals, which is planning to wrest control of men's tennis in 1990, did not include Detroit on its tentative 1990 schedule. "So there was no longevity nothing to' build on," Williams said. As for the future of pro tournament tennis in Detroit, Williams said: "I still believe that if you could get six of the top 10 players playing their hearts out for one or two years in a row, Detroit would be as good a tennis city as any in the land. "The trouble is that we've been thp.re on two occasions now (also the 1982 WCT winter finals), and Cobo is not necessarily the right place for tennis, and Auburn Hills (the Palace) gave us Impossible terms." STEVE CROWE Tennis (..