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8 ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Monday, June 20, 1994 Sports 1 7 rn wins in sudden death OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) Ernie Els playoff. "It wasnt a very good day. The won the VS. Open today, beating Montgomerie, who paired No.

18 golf course played differently," said Loren Roberts with a par on the for a 1-under-par 70 and a 5-under Watson. "It changed from the first second hole of a sudden death 279 total, watched as first Roberts three days to today. The greens playoff. and then Els missed chances to win. were a lot firmer.

I dont know if Els, a 24-year-old South African, Roberts, who matched the Scot's 70, Mother Nature had anything to do and Roberts each played the sche- missed a 4' -foot par putt and Els, with it or man." duled 18-hole playoff in 3-over-par who shot a 73, made a 5-footer for Most players blamed themselves. 74, sending the Open to sudden bogey for the first three-way playoff Actually, the culprits were the death. since 1963. course's knee-deep rough, 165 bunk-Colin Montgomerie shot a 78 in Els, a 24-year-old South African, ere, Stimpmeter-boggling greens the three-way playoff and was elimi- began the round with a two-stroke and typical Open pin placements. nated from the sudden death lead over New Zealand's Frank No- format bilo and a three-stroke margin over Final scores, money winnings and Both Els and Roberts made par Roberts and Montgomerie.

Els and relation to par Sunday of the U.S. on the 19th hole of the day and the Montgomerie could become the first Open, played on the 91st of the tournament foreign winner since Australia's Da- par-71 Oakmont Country Club On the 11th hole at Oakmont vid Graham in 1981, and only the course (x-competed in an 18-hole Roberts drove into the rough, put fourth since 1927. playoff): his next in a bunker and came out Curtis Strange GO) finished fourth EmieEu 8971-68-73-279 -5 to about 20 feet He lipped out the at 280, followed by John Cook (71) at IfSltilJ 1 par putt 282 and Clark Dennis 01), Greg Nor- cnt'IITtS Els, who put his approach some man (72) and Tom Watson (74) at 283. j0hn cook, $75,728 73-73-7i-282 -2 18 feet to the left of the hole, ran his Just when the field was threaten- cirk Dennis, $54,839 7i 71 70-71-283 -1 birdie attempt about 3 feet long but ing to make a mockery out of Oak- Nan, nun -Jj; made the comebacker for the most mont Country Club, the course bit jJotmo, important victory of his young back Sunday. Duny Waldorf, 7473-69-284 career.

There were no more record- Jeff Maggen, $40,133 71 75-70-284 In Sunday's final round on the threatening scores. There were no 'efr T-i wif 1. mt Jim McGovem, $31,582 73-89-74-69285 1 Oakmont Country Club course, Els more plethora of birdies. The win- Hoch 72 72 -70-71-285 1 and Roberts bogeyed the final hole ner was Oakmont Its reputation David Edwards, 73-65-75-72-285 1 Sunday to force the three-way had been restored. Fred Couples, $27joo 7271-674-286 2 IvHsV 1VU" The Yankees clinched Elko Little League Baseball's major division championship Saturday.

The team finished 17-0 with one tie. Team members are, back row from left, manager Duane Garcia, Michael Garcia, Jeff Peltz, Justin Wines, coach Robert Armijo, Joe Lostra, Jessey Conner and coach Melva Garcia; front row, Matt Eberle, Blake Burden, Kevin Leighty, Robert Armijo, Ryan Moody, Eric Whit- Red Lion's softbaU team ten and Dustin Nostrom. The league holds closing ceremonies tomorrow at Ernie Hall Field. Elko Little League PePsi Challenge Elko's Red Lion made the home tournament. The 14-team event was tory over Awnings Unlimited of Salt Lake City in yesterday's champion held Saturday and Sunday at the Ce fans happy last weekend by going un defeated to win Elko's first Pepsi Challenge men's slowpitch softball dar Street softball complex.

Red Lion pounded out an 18-7 vic- Garcia, left, retrieved a throw as slid in safely Saturday. Red Lion's Marcus Menicucci was named MVP of the Pepsi Challenge tournament. Menicucci homered in all five of Red Lion's games, and the team scored 130 runs to finish undefeated. -Of Baseball and Derrick Gibson pitched for the Phillies; Mike Portrey and Antonio Cane pitched for the Orioles. Phillies: Joe Hickey, Gibson and Eloy Shelly had three hits each, Oster, Todd Molyneux and Mitch Lawson had two hits each and Jason Zander had one.

Orioles: Pritesh Bhakta had two hits and Lando Morse, Alex Marin, Jaime Quintero, Portrey, John Rodman and Richie Lespade each had one. Yankees 16, Pirates 1-Justin Wines pitched for the Yankees; Marc Huerta and Michael Daley pitched for the Pirates. Yankees: Wines had four hits, Jeff Peltz and Joe Lostra had three hits each, Robert Armijo, Jessey Conner and Matt Eberle had two each, with Armijo hitting a home run, and Michael Garcia and Blake Burden had one hit each. Pirates: Bobby Stefanko had two hits and Dusty Gilbertson, Huerta, Derek McCoy and Sequoia Johnny had one each. Athletics 11, Cubs 7-Tyler Wendlandt Jake Miller and Dakoda Morse pitched for the Athletics; Evan Rhodes, Barry Yanish and Elliott Dutcher pitched for the Cubs.

Athletics: Manuel Alvarado, Miller, Morse, Mike Anchondo and Wendlandt had one hit each. Cubs: Mike Eklund, Rhodes, Nathan Spaeth, Mike Sym-mes, Yanish, Ray Cook, Corey Faulkner and Garrett Grider had one hit each. Minors Division Senators 15, Padres 11 LE MANS, France (AP) Hurley Haywood of the United States combined with Yannick Dalmas of France and Marco Baldi of Italy to win the Le Mans 24-Hour race Sunday. They averaged 121.1 mph in their Dauer-Porsche 962 LM for 344 laps on the 8.45-mile course. SOCCER 12 die in jet crash CHANTILLY, Va.

(AP) A Lear jet carrying Mexican fans to the World Cup crashed while approaching Dulles International Airport in heavy fog Saturday, killing all 12 people aboard. BOXING Bowe to fight Lennox Lewis NEW YORK (AP) Riddick Bowe is set to fight for the WBC heavyweight title belt he threw into a trash can 18 months ago. The former undisputed heavyweight champion has signed to fight WBC champion Lennox Lewis in November or December. Newman said Lewis is guaranteed $18 million and Bowe is guaranteed $13 million. The fight is scheduled to be held in the United States between the first week in November and the first week in December.

It will be shown on pay-per-view. Bowe won the undisputed championship by outpointing Evander Holyfield on Nov. 13, 1992. A month later, he threw the WBC belt into a trash can to protest a mandated title defense against Lewis. The WBC then withdrew championship recognition from Bowe.

Morrison arrested KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Former WBO heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison was arrested early Sunday after allegedly punching a man outside police headquarters. Morrison had just posted bond for a friend arrested in a disturbance, when he got into an argument with a man posting bond for someone in the same disturbance, said police spokesman Jim Dickerson. SWIMMING Russian sets record MONACO (AP) Alexander Popov of Russia set a world record in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 1 4821 seconds Saturday. Matt Biondi of the United States set the previous mark of 48.42 in 1988.

gan had four hits each, Chris Powers had three and Cory Wenzel and Jose Marin had one hit each. Giants: Richardson, Kevin Nelson, Ben Halver-son and Bitton each had one hit Athletics 15, Orioles ft Manuel Al-varado and Kenny Sherman pitched for the Athletics; Alberto Luna and Lando Morse pitched for the Orioles. Athletics: Joe Heguy and Craig Cunningham had three hits each, Alvar-ado, Jared Vance and Mike Anchondo had two hits each and Jake Miller, Dakoda Morse and Tyler Wendlandt each had one hit with Miller hitting a home run. Orioles: Morse, Brennen Ashby and Luna each had one hit. Dodgers 16, Braves 6 Chris Chapman and Chris Powers pitched for the Dodgers; Billy Mangum pitched for the Braves.

Dodgers: Cory Wenzel had four hits, Mike Ike and Tyler Ma-digan had three hits each, with Madi-gan hitting a home run, Powers and Justin Armuth each had two hits and Temo Ortif had one. Braves: Rusty Torell, Chris Price and Ryan Still had two hits each and Jason Wahlstrom and Rick Harris each had one. Giants 16, Red Sox 4-Ben Halver-son pitched a one-hitter for the Giants; Brett Hoffman and Mike Mullin pitched for the Red Sox. Giants: Kevin Nelson, Halverson, Steve Bit-ton, Mike Davis and Marcos Bagby had two hits each and Tony Richar-son, Eric Goicoechea and Travis Gil-more each had one hit. Red Sox: Vince Sandoval had the lone hit Phillies 23, Orioles 6-Mike Oster Sports briefs seeded Michael Stich of Germany beat eighth-seeded Magnus Larsson of Sweden 64, 4-6, 6-3 in the final of the Halle Grand Prix on Sunday.

Stich has won seven of his 15 career titles in Germany. TRACK AND FIELD Joyner-Kersee wins twice KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Jackie Joyner-Kersee became the first woman to win the long jump and 100-meter hurdles in the USA-Mobil Championships on Saturday. She won the long jump for the fifth consecutive time with a wind-aided mark of 23 feet 5 inches and took her first outdoor hurdles title in 12.88 seconds. Scott Huffman cleared 19-7 in the pole vault to break the American record.

Joe Dial set the previous mark of 19-6Vi seven years ago to the day. AUTO RACING Wallace first in NASCAR BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) Rusty Wallace overcome a near-disastrous late pit stop in Sunday's Miller Genuine Draft 400 for his third straight victory. Wallace, who recorded his fifth victory of the season and 36th of his NASCAR Winston Cup career, beat Dale Earnhardt by 0.72 seconds in the 200-lap race at Michigan International Speedway. He averaged 125.033 mph in his Ford Thunderbird.

American on Le Mans champ Results of games played recently in the Elko Little League Baseball program: Major Division Phillies 21, Red Sox 10-Mike Oster and Todd Molyneux pitched for the Phillies; Michael Mullin, Kevin Guss and Drew Forsythe pitched for the Red Sox. Phillies: Joe Hickey, Molyneux and Mitch Lawson had two hits each and Oster, Jason Zander, Derrick Gibson and Jack Hastings had one hit each. Red Sox: Skyler Sweat had three hits, Jered Betancourt, Mullin and Cole Atwood had two hits each and Brett Hoffman, Josh Byers and Forsythe had one each. Pirates 12, Cubs Michael Daley and Marc Huerta pitched for the Pirates; Elliott Dutcher and Barry Yan-ish pitched for the Cubs. Pirates: Dusty Gilbertson, Bobby Stefanko and Daley had two hits each and Chris Gojanovich, Huerta and Sequoia Johnny had one hit each.

Cubs: Danny Eklund had three hits, Dutcher had two and Evan Rhodes, Yanish and Nathan Spaeth had one hit each. Yankees 15, Braves 1 Robert Armijo pitched for the Yankees; Ryan Still pitched for the Braves. Yankees: Armijo had three hits, Justin Wines and Eric Whitten had two hits each and Jeff Peltz and Matt Eberle each had one. Braves: Jason Wahlstrom and Rusty Torell had one hit each. Dodgers 9, Giants 1 Mike Ike pitched for the Dodgers; Steve Bitton and Tony Richardson pitched for the Giants.

Dodgers: Ike and Tyler Madi- GOLF Trevino wins Senior PGA NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Lee Trevino shot a 5-under-par 67 for a one-stroke victory over Jim Albus and Dave Stockton in the BellSouth Classic on Sunday. Trevino, who earned $157,500 for his sixth victory of the year and 23rd on the Senior PGA Tour, finished with a 17-under 199 total on the Springhouse course. He leads the tour with $89167 in 14 events. Albus closed with a 66 and Stockton shot a 69.

Kiggens takes LPGA event ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) Lisa Kiggens made a 12-foot birdie putt on No. 18 for a one-stroke victory over Dawn Coe Jones in the LPGA Rochester International on Sunday. The 21-year-old Kiggens, who earned $75,000 for her first victory on the LPGA tour, closed with a 6-under-par 66 for a launder 273 total on the Locust Hill course. Coe-Jones shot 69.

Betsy King (69) was two back at 275. TENNIS McGrath sweeps Eastbourne EASTBOURNE, England (AP) -Meredith McGrath beat Linda Harvey-Wild 6-2, 64 in an all-American final in the Eastbourne tournament Saturday. Stich wins Halle Grand Prix HALLE, Germany (AP) Top- ship game. Computers PlusSound Performance of Elko finished third. BawcomNewmont finished fourth and also received the sportsmanship award.

The tournament was sponsored with the help of Pepsi, the Red Lion and Newmont. Other out-of-town teams were Tribulla Farms and Lewis Cleaning, both of Twin Falls, and Transmissions and Reid's Concrete of Salt Lake City. In the championship game, Red Lion jumped to a 6-3 lead after the first inning and never looked back. The winners added five runs in the third inning and also scored five in the seventh. Red Lions Marcus Menicucci, who shared tournament MVP honors with Scott Hartwig of Awnings Unlimited, had one home run in the title game.

Bill Monson homered twice and Dennis Wiggins hit one HR. In earlier games, Red Lion blasted Lewis Cleaning, 23-8; shut out Bar-rick, 35-0; beat Transmissions, 19-17, despite allowing eight runs in the bottom of the seventh inning; and walloped Awnings Unlimited, 35-17. The rest of the all-tournament team featured Steve Draper of BawcomNewmont; Sergio Marin and Harvey Marin of Computers Plus Sound Performance; Rick Stell, Jeff Washington and Sammy Vigil of Awnings Unlimited; and Mike Moore, Steve Armstrong and Vinnie Chap-pell of Red Lion. Tournament scores: Red Lion 23. Lewis Cleaning 8 Reid's Concrete 23.

Tribulla Farms 13 Transmissions 22. Computers Plus 3 CG's Bar 13. Out-N Two 7 Napa 7. Ruby Mountain Spring Water 6 Awnings Unlimited 18, BawcomNewmont 8 Rocky Mountain Spring Water 16. Out Two 3 Computers Plus 23.

Tribulla Farms 8 Red Lion 35. Barrick 0 Transmissions 12. Reid's Concrete 7 Napa 23. CG's Bar 13 Awnings Unlimited 21. Dominators 4 Lewis Cleaning 21.

CG's Bar 8 BawcomNewmont 10. Reid's Concrete 9 Barrick 15. Ruby Mountain Spring Water 14 Computers PlusSound Perf. 27. Dominators 19 Red Lion 19.

Transmissions 17 Awnings Unlimited 22. Napa 15 BawcomNewmont 15. Barrick 7 Computers PlusSound Perf. 29. Lewis Cleaning 6 BawcomNewmont 22, Napa 3 ComputersSound Perf.

12. Tranmissions 10 ComputersSound Perf. 24. BawcomNewmont 14 Red Lion 35. Awnings Unlimited 17 Awnings Unlimited 9, Computers PlusSound 5 Red Lion 18.

Awnings Unlimited 7 Gonzales pitched for the Bulls. Lions: Bret Barngrover had four hits and Macias. Shawn Allen, Zach Buckner, Jeff Little and Blaze White each had one. Bulls: Chris Hundley, Jamie Jacques and Brandon Reynolds had two hits each. Lions won by forfeit over the Rookies Bowling results TUESDAY SUMMER SCRATCH 61494 STANDINGS 32 27 21 19 18 17 14 12 8 13 IS 21 22 23 26 28 Glor Dav Diesel The It's MG'l HIGH SERIES (Team BIB Diesel The Its ...1381 (Individual) Jo Nyrehn.

Beau Bill Mott ...783 744 HIGH GAME (Team Babe Ruth results Red Lion third baseman Ruben Lewis Cleaning's Dave Lindsay Spring Creek ladies golf play results Members of the Spring Creek Ladies' Golf Association played "points" tournaments on Thursday and Saturday at the Spring Creek Golf Course. Results: Thursday first, Pally May, 40; second, Simone Zaga, 36; third, Margie Troutt, 35; fourth, Fran Williams, 31. Closest to the pin on No. 17: Kari Way. Saturday first, MJ.

Nelson, 50; second, Fran Williams, 42; third, tie, Liz Rose, Lisa Mays and Terry Hick-son, 36. Closest to the pin on No. 17: Lisa Mays. The 20th annual Coyote Invitational Tournament will be played at the Spring Creek Golf Course on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Golfers from Nevada, Idaho and Utah are expected to participate.

Wednesday will be a practice round. On Thursday, golfers will play a two-lady best ball and on Friday, a two-lady scramble. Among the various prizes offered are a new car for a hole-in-one, a golfing vacation and golf equipment At the awards luncheon on Friday, golfers who played in the first Coyote Invitational will be honored. More sports on Pages 6-7 The Miners beat the Rangers, 19-14. Saturday to win the championship of the Elko Count- Babe Ruth League's 13-year-old city tournament.

Mike McGhee and Adam Eberle pitched for the Miners; Thane Sandoval and Brandon Johnsmeyer pitched for the Rangers. For the Miners, BJ. Huston had four hits, Scott Carpenter and Charles Williams had three hits each, Eberle, McGhee, Willy Ritter, Ricky Tverdy and Ben Borden each had two hits and Bo Moss had one hit. For the Rangers, Tim Gilligan, Doug Petersen, Kyle Blackburn and Josh Brown each had three hits, Johnsmeyer had two hits and Denny Goodenough, Sandoval, Daniel Bir-chfield and Micael Unrein had one hit each. The Miners had advanced to the championship game by winning by forfeit over Astros, while the Rangers edged the 49ers, 6-4.

Tim Gilligan pitched for the Rangers; Aaron Gray and Chris Genung pitched for the 49ers. For the Rangers, Gilligan had two hits and Denny Goodenough, Doug Petersen and Kyle Blackburn each had one hit. For the 49ers. Bobby Steensen had two hits and Chris Genung. Chayne Probst and Kyle Preece each had one hit, with Genung hitting a home run.

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