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Women seeds avoid upsets
Evert Lloyd, Navratilova move into semis; Lendl advances
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) —
Chris Evert Lloyd needed every bit
■of her experience Tuesday to outlast
Czechoslovakia’s Helena Sukova and
move into the women’s singles semi
finals at Wimbledon.
“This was pretty much of a real
test,” Lloyd said after overcoming
Sukova 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 under a blazing
sun in temperatures that soared over
110 degrees on the enclosed grass
court at the All England Lawn Ten
nis and Croquet Club. “It was
tough.”
_ Also gaining semifinal berths
■ were top-seeded Martina Navrati-
ova, going after her fifth consec
utive women’s crown at Wimbledon;
No. 3 Hana Mandlikova of Czecho
slovakia; and No. 10 Gabriela Saba-
tini of Argentina.
The men’s quarterfinal draw was
completed Tuesday when top-
seeded Ivan Lendl held off Ameri
can Matt Anger 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 7-6 in a
shootout on Centre Court that be
gan on Monday before being sus
pended by darkness.
Thursday’s other semifinals will
pit Navratilova against the 16-year-
old Sabatini, who reached a Grand
Slam semifinal for the second time
in her young career.
Today, the men will play their
quarterfinal matches, with Lendl,
the French Open champion, going
against No. 10 Tim Mayotte of the
United States; defending champion
Boris Becker of West Germany
meeting Czechoslovakia’s Miloslav
Mecir; No. 7 Henri Leconte of
France taking on surprising Pat
Cash of Australia; and Yugoslavia’s
Slobodan Zivojinovic facing India’s
Ramesh Krishnan.
On Tuesday, Navratilova crushed
West Germany’s Bettina Bunge 6-1,
6-3; Sabatini stopped Sweden’s Cat
arina Lindqvist 6-2, 6-3; and Mandli
kova eliminated American Lori Mc
Neil 6-7, 6-0, 6-2.
In the opening set of the Sukova-
Lloyd match, neither could break
service, although Sukova twice was
taken to deuce. Then, in the tie-
break, Lloyd staved off two set
points before winning 10-8.
“I had so many chances,” Sukova
said of her loss to Lloyd. “I don’t
think I played badly, and I still hope
I can play better than I did. I cannot
say I am disappointed with the way I
play, I am just disappointed that I
lost.”
Mandlikova also had a tough fight
on her hands with McNeil, who
honed her game on the public courts
in Houston.
“In the first set I was 5-2 up,”
Mandlikova said. “She can play un
believable shots, and she did at that
stage. And I think I lost my concen
tration a bit.”
McNeil won three straight games
to pull even, breaking the Czechoslo
vak right-hander in the ninth game.
Then she took the tiebreak 7-4 after
racing out to a 4-2 lead.
But it was all Mandlikova after
that. The veteran won eight straight
games and built up a 5-1 lead in the
third set in her quarterfinal victory.
Navratilova overwhelmed Bunge
in her rush to the semifinals.
“She started serving so well, I
couldn’t believe it,” said Bunge, who
held serve in the third game of the
opening set and the fourth and
eighth games of the second.
Lendl and Anger were tied at one
set apiece and 2-2 in the third set
when their match was halted because
of declining light Monday night. On
Tuesday, the two continued to hold
serve until Lendl broke in the 10th
game.
Ranked No. 1 in the world, Lendl
took a 4-1 lead in the fourth set be
fore Anger, returning serve bril
liantly, won three straight games to
pull even. The two then went into
yet another tiebreak, their third in
the match.
In an outstanding display of
grass-court tennis, the two traded
winners and errors, finally battling
to 10-10. Then Lendl, after staving
off four set points, slammed a fore
hand volley cross-court to reach
match point for the second time.
He closed it out the victory when
he took a high bouncing short ball
and rifled a forehand passing shot
down the line.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Bo Jackson, who
spurned a reported $7 million deal in pro foot
ball, also rejected a free souvenir — the ball that
went for his first hit as a professional baseball
player.
“I’ve got enough at home in my trophy case,”
Jackson said after making his debut with the
Memphis Chicks Monday night.
The Heisman Trophy winner from Auburn
said, though, there is a spot waiting in the case
for his first hit “after I get to the Royals — if I
get there.”
Jackson, who played only one full season as an
outfielder at Auburn, signed a three-year con
tract with Kansas City last month, passing up an
offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who had
made him the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.
Though details of his contract have not been
made public, it is believed he will get $200,000
this year, $333,000 next year and $383,000 in
1988, plus $150,000 if he makes it to the big
leagues. And there are buyout provisions should
he decide to try pro football.
Some 7,000 fans turned out Monday night,
some no doubt out of curiosity to see what man
ner of man would turn his back on $7 million.
The crowd was shy of the park’s 9,600 capac
ity, but about 4,000 more than would normally
be expected for a Southern League game at
Chick Stadium.
Jackson, as a designated hitter, went l-for-4.
He struck out twice and grounded back to the
mound in his other three at-bats, following 10
days of press conferences and batting practice
power exhibitions since he signed with the Roy
als.
His single came in the first inning with two on
and two out. Jackson, a right-handed hitter who
stands deep in the batters box’ in an erect stance,
chopped a grounder through the middle.
After the inning, Jackson said, his teammates
were excited in the dugout about the hit.
“They congratulated me ... it was wild,” Jack-
son said.
The ball was taken out of play for Jackson, but
he said, “I don’t want it.”
Not that he was blase about the occasion.
Jackson said becoming a pro was a dream
come true.
“Simply because ... the last pro baseball game I
saw was the game that Hank Aaron hit that re
cord home run. Tve always wanted to know what
that felt like, just to be in the big leagues.
“And Tm almost there now, and I’m just
going to work harder and harder.”
Jackson hit seventh in the order to ease the
first-night pressure.
Memphis Manager Tommy Jones and Stewart
have said the designated hitter role is only tem
porary and that Jackson Will be the right-fielder
by the end of the week.
Royals head scout Art Stewart was pleased
with Jackson’s debut.
“Tie rose to the occasion,” he said. “He hit a
good fastball the first time up for a base hit. He
showed us some discipline at the plate, he laid
off some of the bad sliders they threw him.
These are the things that we look at.”
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Yankees discover
stability in pitcher
NEW YORK (AP) — The New
1 York Yankees’ pitching staff being
I what it is this season, Dennis Ras-
k mussen has emerged as the most
■ consistent.
p Since lack of consistency has been
I his major problem in the past, that
comes as another surprise.
Fifteen pitchers have worn Yan-
| kee pinstripes this season. Six have
I been on the disabled list at one time
I or another — not counting Britt
Burns, who was lost for the year in
I spring training — and four are cur-
f rently sidelined.
Following Monday night’s 3-2 vic-
| tory over Detroit, in which he scat-
T tered six hits in 8% innings, the 6-
M foot-7 left-hander is 8-2 with a 3.78
ERA and has allowed only 72 hits in
|- 100 innings.
Opposing batters have managed
I only a .204 batting average against
|. Rasmussen, who has won his last
T three decisions and is the only Yan-
f kee starter to own a victory since
| June 13.
“He deserves to be on the All-Star
I team,” says manager Lou Piniella.
Pitchers don’t go all the way in the
All-Star Game, and Rasmussen has
hurled only four complete games in
55 major-league starts. His only
route-going effort this season was a
4-2 loss in California, although he
has come within one out three other
times.
“There’s been a big improvement
over last year,” says catcher Ron
Hassey. “He knows he has the ability
and the type of stuff to be a winner.”
“His downfall in the past might
have been not throwing the right
pitches at the right time,” Hassey
said. “He always pitched behind the
hitters. But he’s cut down his walks
and he realizes he doesn’t have to
strike everybody out.”
Rasmussen, 27, translates Has-
sey’s analysis into one word — con
centration. And he defines concen
tration as “the immediate pitch to
the immediate batter, knowing what
you want to do and being able to ex
ecute.
“In the past, I wasn’t able to exe
cute. I don’t know why. Whether it’s
just maturing as a pitcher ... I can’t
put my finger on it.”
Detectives question
Rogers 7 friends, family
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —
Detectives investigating the cocaine-
induced death of Cleveland Browns
defensive back Don Rogers inter
viewed friends and family members
Tuesday, seeking to discover who
supplied him with the drug.
A police spokesman said the
probe had been slowed by officers’
inability to interview Rogers’
mother, Loretha Rogers, 43, who
suffered a heart attack after her
son’s death. She remains hospital
ized in serious but stable condition.
The San Francisco Examiner re
ported Tuesday that detectives have
been given the name of a man who
may have provided Rogers with the
cocaine that killed him. The name,
said to be that of a longtime friend
of Rogers, was supplied in separate
telephone calls by two anonymous
informants, the newspaper said.
Police spokesman Bob Burns said
any person who furnished drugs to
Rogers could face manslaughter or
second-degree murder charges. “We
have been talking to his family
friends and associates and we have
not formed any conclusion yet on
who might have furnished the
drugs,” Burns said. “We’re getting a
lot of phone calls and we’re follow
ing up on that information.”
Rogers, who was selected by his
fellow players as the 1984 American
Football Conference’s Defensive
Rookie of the Year, died last Friday
at a Sacramento hospital after suf
fering seizures and lapsing into a
coma.
The 23-year-old safety was the
second nationally acclaimed young
athlete to die of cocaine intoxication
within eight days. Maryland basket
ball star Ten Bias, the No. 2 pick in
the NBA draft, died June 19 two
days after being selected by the
champion Boston Celtics.
Rogers, who was scheduled to be
married Saturday, attended a bache
lor party the night before he died.
The Examiner said it had been told
it was at the party that Rogers used
cocaine.
Rogers’ family may use the city’s
10,000-seat sports arena for the ath
lete’s memorial services on Thurs
day, the arena’s general manager
said Tuesday.
Reid changes roles, results stay untainted
SAN ANGELO (AP) —The pro
fessional basketball career of Robert
Reid has been one marked by
change.
His position has been changed,
perhaps permanently, from forward
to point guard. He’s changed his
uniform number from 50 to 33.
Even his role on the Houston Rock
ets has changed from starter to sixth
man back to starter.
But one thing that hasn’t changed
is his ability to play consistent — and
winning — basketball.
Reid was in San Angelo recently
to hold court at Angelo State Uni
versity head basketball coach Ed
Messbarger’s summer camp for an
enthralled group of young boys and
girls, and a smaller group of star-
struck adults.
“I figure the best part of basket
ball is not the season, but afterwards
when I can come to camps of this na
ture and work with the kids,” Reid
said after playing abbreviated pick
up games with the campers.
“They’re excited about it, but it’s
not because Robert Reid is here, it’s
because they’ve seen you on TV.
They’re miles away from an NBA
franchise, and they’re thrilled be
cause ‘Magic’ Johnson has sweated
on you or (Larry) Bird has bumped
into you or you know Kareem (Ab-
dul-Jabbar).”
Reid spent a lot of time playing
against all three players this past sea
son, as he helped the Rockets make a
surprise appearance in the National
Basketball Association
championship finals against the Bos
ton Celtics.
Houston took the Celtics to six
games before losing, signifying the
Rockets emergence into the elite
teams of the league.
“I think we’ve arrived,” the 6-8 St.
Mary’s University graduate said.
“People ask me how far away the
Rockets are, and I tell them we’re
not a player or two players away,
we’re minutes away. By that I mean
during the Celtic series we’d go five
minutes at a time without scoring
while they’d be scoring every time
down. We’re just minutes away from
being very dominant.”
Reid said the Rockets “were na
tional heroes for awhile” because
they were underdogs taking on the
mighty Boston Celtics.
“But now, all the other coaches
are going to judge their teams by us.
‘Look what Houston did last year.’
So we’re going to have to come out
with our guns loaded next year.”
And their tempers under control.
The Rockets (read Olajuwon and
Sampson) came out swinging during
the playoffs, and after the Rockets
won Game Five following Sampson’s
ejection, the team came out flat in
the sixth and final game.
“The one thing I did wrong was
not walk in the locker room and tell
them, ‘Forget the Boston crowd.
Forget Larry Bird. Forget the tradi
tion. Forget everything except to
kick some tail,”’ said Reid.
“We downplayed the effect of the
crowd so much that we forgot about
the Celtics. And when they came out
with that “Eye of the Tiger” look, it
was all over. They, not the crowd,
took us out of the game.”
Reid hopes the Twin Towers will
be a bit more subdued next season.
“We’re not getting a reputation as
a rough team, but the coaches and
scouts are looking at film and decid
ing to try and get us intimidated into
taking a swing at them,” Reid ad
mitted. “They’d rather see the back
of Akeem’s and Ralph’s jerseys walk
ing to the dressing room than seeing
them dunk on their team.
“I told them if they want to get
back at people, start dunking on ’em,
start scoring on ’em. They’re (Samp
son and Olajuwon) still young and
immature, but they’re starting to be
come the veterans we need to put
that ring on our fingers.”
Reid is going to spend some time
this summer working out with a
friend who plays with the Harlem
Globetrotters in order to work on his
ballhandling skills.
“I need to work on using my left
hand more,” Reid said. “I’m just 31,
so I’m still capable of learning a few
things. I’m going to take a page from
the textbook of ‘Magic’Johnson and
make myself a complete player.”
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