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Monday, April 23,1990 The Battalion Page 11 I'LL HELP ^ TAPE UP THB SWEEPER. ... ' THEN WE s L-l~ L.OOK EDTL OUR M\SS/NO v ZEROES / TO C-ET IT FIXED/ Elkington comes from down under for win GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Steve Elkington came from seven shots off the pace Sunday with a 31 on the back nine for a 6-under-par 66, then watched his challengers fade away to win the Greater Greensboro Open, his first win in three years on the PGA Tour. Elkington, an Australian who hasn’t missed the cut in his 11 starts this year, started the day seven shots behind third-round leader Mike Reid. It marked the second time this year that a golfer came from seven shots back to win. The other was El- kington’s countrymate, Greg Nor man, who won the Doral Open in a playoff. “A long way back in the tourna ment, I was 4-over-par on my first nine holes and I made a long way back from there,” he said. Elkington finished with a 72-hole total of 282 to earn $225,000 from the $1.25 million purse, raising his winnings in 1990 to nearly $350,000. After three days in which golfers were tested by gusty winds and high rough which kept their play conser vative, the winds subsided and the scores came down. “The weather was better today — no wind,” Elkington said. “Today, you felt like you had a little more confidence in pulling the club out because there’s no wind.” Elkington, an early finisher, fin ished his round tied with Jeff Slu- man at 6-under. But the possibility of a playoff disappeared when Slu- man bogeyed 15 and 17 and finished with a 71 for 284. He was tied with Reid, who faded with three bogeys on the back nine for a 75. Fred Couples was within two shots with two holes to play, but his bogey at the par-3 17th hole ended his hopes. He finished with a 73 and was at 285 along with Mike Hulbert, who had a 69, and Paul Azinger, who shot a roller-coaster 67. After overcoming an upset stom ach overnight, Azinger climbed to 4- under for the tournament by post ing four birdies and an eagle for a 30 on the front nine. For his first nine hoi s in the four rounds, Azinger was 15 under par. It looked as though Azinger would beat the back nine hex which had plagued him during the first three rounds when he had successive birdies at 10 and 11, putting him at 6-under. But from there, he had three bogeys and had to scramble to save at least two pars, shooting him self out of contention. Spurs crush Suns for first division title in seven years S/XIM A\I\J I GJINMUI SAN ANTONIO (AP) —Terry Cummings had no doubt going into Sunday’s game against Phoe nix how big a deal it was. “I was telling somebody yester day this game was so important, if I have to play 48 minutes I saivj Arj-roiMip would,” Cum mings said. But he only had to play 38 minutes to score 27 points and lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 108-93 victory over the, Phoenix Suns. The outcome gave the Spurs (56-26) their first Midwest Divi sion title since 1983 and clinched the No. 2 spot in the Western Conference playoffs. They fin ished the regular season with a seven-game winning streak and won 35 games more than last year, an NBA record for one-sea son improvement. San Antonio will play host to Denver on Thursday, while the Suns’ loss means Phoenix will open the playoffs against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. “The fans, they’re going to be a big key for us,” said Cummings, who went back onto the court af ter the game to acknowledge the wild cheers of the hometown crowd. “It’s great.” Cummings scored 13 points in the fourth quarter. David Robin son added 23 points and 18 re bounds for San Antonio, while Willie Anderson scored 20 points. Tom Chambers led Phoenix with 26 points and 17 rebounds. Kevin Johnson added 24 points, while Jeff Hornacek had 17 and Eddiejohnson 15. San Antonio burst into the fourth quarter with an 11-4 run to lead 91-81. The Suns got no closer than eight after that. “The Spurs should be saluted,” Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsim mons said. “They came in today knowing what they had to do and they did it. They will do well in the playoffs.” Chambers said not getting homecourt advantage in the play offs is disappointing, but he said the main thing the Suns will do now is think about Utah. “The season is over now. We played hard and we handled a lot of adversity this year” Chambers said. Rangers sweep Yankees in weekend series ARLINGTON (AP) —Harold Baines and Mike Stanley hit three- run homers Sunday and the Texas Rangers beat the New York Yankees 10-4 to sweep a three-game series. The Yankees outhit the Rangers 12-8 but Texas had three home runs, a triple and a double. The Rangers outscored New York 25-15 in the three-game series. Kevin Brown (3-0), who joined Nolan Ryan as the Rangers’ second three-game winner, gave up four runs and 11 hits in 7 1-3 innings. Jeff Russell got the final fours outs for his fourth save. Tim Leary (1-1) allowed three hits and four runs in 6 2-3 innings but just one of the runs was earned. He struck out eight and walked four. New York has lost five consecutive games and had dropped its last seven in Arlington Stadium. Coody, Douglass’ win no suprise AUSTIN (AP) — Charles Coody and Dale Douglass completed a runaway victory in the Legends of Golf tournament Sunday, coasting to a seven-shot win and setting a scoring record in the process. Coody and Douglass shot a final-round 66 — by four strokes their highest of the tournament — to break the 72-hole scoring record for the Senior Tour event. They finished at 249, 39 under par for four trips over the Barton Creek Country Club course. That compares with the old mark of 251 set by A1 Geiberger and Harold Henning last year at Onion Creek, a par-70 course. Geiberger and Henning were 29 under par on Onion Creek. Coody and Douglass, who took the lead with a first- round 59 in the better-ball tournament, had an eight- shot lead at the start of the final round and never led by less than seven. “There was really nothing we could do with the lead ers,” said Geiberger, who again teamed with Henning and finished a distant second. “They just took off and ran away. “They kept it under control and nobody else did any thing.” But it got a little messy at the end. “We sure didn’t play very well,” said Coody, the 1971 Masters champion. “Fortunately, we played well enough to get to the 72nd hole before we totally emba- rassed ourselves.” While each of the partners had their troubles at one time or another, the other always seemed to be in posi tion to save the pars that were needed. Coody, for example, hit into the water on the 16th, but Douglass made par. On the 18th, Douglass hit into the rocks in front of the green, but Coody bounced one off the same boul ders, into a back bunker and came out for a closing bir die-4. Geiberger and Henning closed with a 65 and claimed second at 256, 32 under par. Frank Beard and Larry Mowry were next at 63-258. Dave Hill and Chi Chi Rodriguez, playing with Coody and Douglass in the final foursome, simply couldn’t make a putt in a round of 68 that dropped them back to fourth at 259. Hill punished his errant putter by flinging it into a stream beside the 18th green. A caddy eventually re trieved it. The victory was worth $70,000 to each member of the winning team. In the Legendary Champions division for players 60 and over, Bob Toski and Mike Fetchick scored a three- stroke victory over Roberto deVicenzo and Charles Sif- ford. Toski-Fetchick combined for a 66 and completed 72 holes in 264, 24 under par. Each won $ 17,500. DeVicenzo and Sifford, who won this title in 1988- 89, had a closing 67 and a 267 total. Mavs sting Hornets 118-107, Davis out with pulled hamstring Aggies (Continued from page 9) trouble with no outs and gave way to Kerry Freudenberg who gave up two runs before retiring the Frogs. But the Aggies weren’t through yet. They scored five runs off re liever Travis Barr. Barr should have been out of the inning earlier but TCU committed three errors to keep the rally alive. Jeff Bernet, a pinchhitter, started the inning with a double. Holt fol lowed with a fly ball that left fielder Chad Shipes dropped for an error. But Barr struck out Witte and Thomas. Travis Williams looked to be the third out when he hit a dribbler to first, but Scott Malone’s throwing error scored the first run. Rollen grounded an easy hopper to shortstop Beto Garza-Gongora, who’s throw pulled Malone off the bag and allowed Holt to score. Barr then hit Chad Broussard with a pitch to jam the bases. Pyle lined a 2-2 pitch into right field to tie the game, and set the stage for Marhshall his single to right field ended the game. “I’m not used to coming up in that kind pressure situation,” said Mar shall who has two other game-win ning RBI’s this season. “I didn’t get many chances in high school or last year. “It’s nice to know that I can come through in the clutch.” DALLAS (AP) — Sam Perkins scored 17 points in 22 minutes Sun day as the Dallas Mavericks ended the regular season with a four-game winning streak and a 118-107 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. The Mavs finished their home schedule with a 30-11 record and prevented the Hornets from match ing last season’s total of 20 victories. Charlotte lost six of its last seven games, playing again without in jured guard Dell Curry. Mavericks guard Brad Davis, who returned to the lineup Thursday af ter missing eight games with a torn tendon in the right knee, severely pulled his right hamstring on a drive to the basket early in the second quarter. Davis will miss a minimum of two weeks, although he will re main on the club’s playoff roster for their first-round matchup against Portland. Kelly Tripucka led the Hornets with 24 points, 14 of them in the third quarter. Roy Tarpley scored 15 points for the Mavericks. Dallas’ leading scorers, guards Ro lando Blackman and Derek Harper, played 22 and 19 minutes, respec tively, and scored eight and seven points. Armon Gilliam kept the Hornets close early, scoring 10 of his 22 points in the first quarter. Free? _ Tiny yogurt with g purchase of same.S <^q (with this ad. offer exp. 4-30) r comer of E. 29th and Barak 4^ v (across from Bryan High) 846-0174 T MAHENDRA O. THAKRAR, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. 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