The Shoal Creek storm swirls down on PGA Page B4 Sportsbeat Wyche calms down Bengals' anxious Brooks WILMINGTON, Ohio Cinciannti Bengals running back James Brooks ended an 11-day holdout Monday and joined the team for practice, two days after he signed a contract reportedly worth $1 million a year. Brooks' signing left receiver Tim McGee and linebacker Joe Kelly minus a partner at Spinney Field where the trio have been holding informal workouts during their holdouts. Although neither side would discuss the details of the contract, Brooks has said he would not report to training camp for less than $1 million a year. He said Monday that he was happy with the deal. Brooks led the Bengals in rushing last year, running for a single-season team record 1,239 yards.
Monday, Brooks made up for lost time, diving for passes and running among the leaders when the full squad ran wind sprints. He stayed on the field after practice to catch passes. Bengals coach Sam Wyche said he had to walk past Brooks several times during Monday morning practice to keep him from over-exerting himself. "On a cold morning, it's very easy to pull a muscle if you're going too hard," Wyche said. "He's very frisky and he's ready to McAvene injured, AAU team takes 5th INDIANAPOLIS Richmond's Travis McAvene sprained an ankle and saw limited action in the National AAU 13-and-under Basketball Tournament last week.
McAvene's team finished fifth out of 65 teams with a 7-1 record. The team lost to Bay Shore, N.J., 80- 74 Friday to get ousted from the championship round. McAvene's team beat the Baltimore Bullets 77-71 in overtime on Saturday for fifth place. Jersey City, N.J., beat Bay Shore, N.J., for the national title. Western Wayne Boosters to distribute sweaters CAMBRIDGE CITY The Western Wayne Athletic Boosters will distribute letter sweaters to deserving athletes on Aug.
15, from 3 p.m.-6 p.m. in the Cambridge City Lincoln High School library. For more information call Gladys Nolen 478-3319. RHS tennis begins The Richmond High School boys' tennis team will begin practice Wednesday outside Tiernan Center. Morning practice is from 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Afternoon practice is scheduled for 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Players should bring completed physical forms to practice. Happenings ON THIS DATE: In 1983, Hal Sutton overcame three straight bogeys and edged Jack Nicklaus by one stroke to win the PGA championship. In 1985, Commissioner Peter Ueberroth announced the end of a two-day strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association as the players and owners reached a tentative agreement. Lists 4 ENTERTAINERS WITH PARTIAL OWNERSHIP IN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1.
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Reds hope bats stay hot against Dodgers By MICHAEL PAOLERCIO Gannett News Service CINCINNATI Cincinnati pitcher Tom Browning hopes his teammates can continue with their production at the plate when the Reds face Los Angeles Dodger rookie Tom Neidlinger tonight. In splitting their last two outings, the Reds banged out 27 hits and scored nine runs. The offense was a major change for the squad. the Reds who were off Monday lost 11 of 13 games from July 23 through Saturday. In the first 12 games, the team's batting average dropped Redswatch Monday: Reds were idle.
Record: 62-44, first in NL West, 5 games ahead of San Francisco. Today: Los Angeles (Neidlinger 0-0) at Cincinnati (Browning 10-6) 6:35. p.m. (Indiana time), WKBV 1490-AM eight points from .274 to .266. During that stretch, the team hit a meek .208 (88-for-424).
Batting coach Tony Perez was puzzled about the slump. "Sometimes when you go into a slump, one night it's pitching, the next night hitting, the next night it's defense," he said. "When things really are going bad is when the hitting goes." Manager Lou Piniella said the answer was patience, or a lack it. "People start pressing, trying to do too much," he said. "They're trying to carry the load with one swing of the bat." To correct the problem, Piniella has: Gone to a set lineup.
Issued the take sign to players, particularly the first time through the batting order. Associated Press Jim Palmer, left, and Joe Morgan display their Hall of Fame plaques at Monday's raindelayed induction. Worth the wait Morgan, Palmer finally inducted, indoors By GEORGE OWENS Gannett News Service COOPERSTOWN, N. Y. Even though it was in 1963, Joe Morgan said he remembers his first -league game with the Houston Colt 45s like it was yesterday.
"My first at-bat (actually his second) was in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies," he recalled Monday. "The Phillies were fighting for the National League pennant, and the winning run was on second base. I got a base hit, and the winning run scored. "Gene Mauch managed the Phillies at the time, and he was so mad that he went into the clubhouse and yelled at his players and told them, 'You guys got beat by a guy who looks like a Little He was right." Morgan stepped into baseball immortality along with former Baltimore Oriole pitcher Jim Palmer as the pair was inducted in baseball's Hall of Fame. In a city that is the home of baseball tradition, the ceremonies were far from traditional.
Because of the rain, they were held indoors at Cooperstown High School instead of Cooper Park. Rain already had forced the postponement of the festivities from Sunday. The high school auditorium seats about 700 people, and most of those seats were taken up by Hall of Fame guests, their families and the media. New Union coach three-sport boss By JIM ROSSOW MODOC Joel Martin is ready for the jump from the Middle East to the Mid-Eastern Conference. Martin, who two years ago taught at an international high school in Jerusalem, was named head boys' basketball coach at Union High School Monday.
He becomes the third basketball coach in as many years at Union, which hasn't had a winning season since 1985-86. Martin replaces Adrian Richie, who resigned after guiding the Rockets to a 2-18 record last season. Richie took a similar position at Shenandoah. "It will be challenge," said Martin, 25. "Hopefully, we can improve I'm we can.
I don't know that much about the competition we'll be facing, but I know the schools we play are similar in size. If that's the case, and if we do things right, we'll have a chance." Martin, whose wife, Diana, will head the girls' basketball program, will also coach cross country and baseball. "It's a good situation from the Encouraged players to take extra batting practice. The set lineup Piniella unveiled Saturday lost the game 7-3 in 11 innings but produced 15 hits. Sunday of the same lineup cranked out 12 hits.
Piniella said he issued the take sign at least six times Sunday. "It's giving them a chance to look at the ball," he said. "Taking pitches is important in hitting the more pitches you see in sequence, the more advantage you have. If you go up and hack at the first pitch, what does that do? You haven't seen the guy's breaking ball, the change-up, the slider or the forkball." Players agreed that part of the overeagerness at the plate is a result of the slump. "I think it might have been due to coming up and seeing a couple of guys not getting hits," Joe Oliver said.
"I know I was thinking then, 'I got to do it' and then you get a couple more guys thinking that way. You can't do that and relax." Barry Larkin said: "I know, personally, I'm pressing. It starts on an individual basis and then it goes through the Dic Dickerson will return to LA Colts' moody star fails physical By HANK LOWENKRON him Monday and told him of the Associated Press hamstring injury. ANDERSON, Ind. The Indi- "He said it was a problem, but anapolis Colts waited 11 days for not a big one," Steinberg told The Eric Dickerson before discovering Indianapolis Star.
he couldn't pass their physical. The Star reported that DickerDickerson, fined $16,500 for re- son's left hamstring apparently maining away from training camp tested weaker than his right, since July 26, failed a physical which bothered him throughout Monday because of an injury to his last season. left hamstring, the Colts said. "Eric said he was OK; he felt he The injury "is a strained left was healthy," Steinberg said. "His hamstring, which Dickerson sus- quote to me was, 'I'd be happy to tained on his own during training," run the 40 against anybody." the team said in a brief statement Earlier, Irsay had said that released late Monday.
The club Dickerson would be out on the said it would have no other imme- practice field today after passing diate comment on the matter. his physical. The Colts could place The Indianapolis News quoted him on the physically unable to unnamed sources today as saying perform or the non-football inDickerson was heading back to jured list moves that would Los Angeles but planned to return allow the Colts to not pay him until in a week to take the physical he passes a physical. again. Dickerson, the NFL's singleThe Colts were aware that Dick- season rushing leader, arrived in erson was seeing a West Coast doc- Indiana about one week after tor for treatment of the off-season Steinberg became his agent and hamstring injury, The News said.
assumed a role as peacemaker in a Dickerson also told friends that he relationship that became stormier had undergone acupuncture treat- and stormier during the off-seaments on the injury. son. Leigh Steinberg, Dickerson's "I think it's a case where Leigh agent, discounted suggestions that Steinberg has been an individual Dickerson had faked the injury. who's come in and has been wants to pass his physi- one that Eric respects," Irsay cal," Steinburg said. said.
"I think that Eric has had a Steinberg said the Colts' general chance to counsel with Leigh for manager, Jim Irsay, had called many hours over the last Some watched the ceremonies on television monitors in the cafeteria. The rest of the spectators were forced to stay outside in a light rain and listen to the proceedings over a loudspeaker. "I think all you had to do was be here yesterday and walk through the streets of Cooperstown, or look outside today and see the fans," Palmer said. "They stayed around for five or six hours yesterday, they're still here today in spite of the rain, caring about baseball. That's what this is all about." The careers of Palmer and Morgan crossed at times.
They were opponents in the 1983 World Series. Page B2 Chandler ready for Bucs TAMPA, Fla. (AP) It took the Tampa Bay Buccaneers longer than expected to get Chris Chandler, but coach Ray Perkins figures all is well that ends well. A month-long effort to acquire the third year pro as backup for Vinny Testaverde reached a successful conclusion Monday when Chandler agreed to terms of a renegotiated contract that Chris Chandler Son makes Big Unser expected to be released By STEVE HERMAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS The worst injuries in Al Unser's racing career were eased by his son's victory in the Marlboro 500, a race the elder Unser had to watch from the hospital. The 51-year-old Unser, a fourtime Indianapolis 500 winner but now a part-timer on the Indy-car circuit, suffered a broken thigh and collarbone and three cracked ribs in a crash during practice at the Michigan International Speedway on Thursday.
He was flown to Indianapolis, where he underwent surgery at Methodist Hospital, the customary home-away-from-home for injured Indy drivers. He is expected to be released by this weekend. Unser watched from a wheelchair as Al Unser Jr. won Sunday's race and told his father and a national television audience "This was for you, dad. I wish you were here." "It made me very happy," the freed the disgruntled quarterback from the Indianapolis Colts.
Only four days earlier, Perkins had declared the deal "D-e-a-d," but a weekend of negotiations revived the trade and left the Bucs and Chandler pleased with the end result. "It was a matter of getting things worked out that couldn't be worked out earlier," said Perkins. "He seems to be excited about coming here." The Bucs and Colts announced a tentative trade July 31 only to have the deal fall apart. Page B3 Al proud this weekend standpoint that Joel and his wife are both active coaches," said Union athletic director Richard Trapp. "And it's an opportunity for us to get someone with prior coaching experience." Martin, a 1988 graduate of Huntington College, spent one year in Israel before returning to Indiana.
Last season, he coached at Fort Wayne Christian, leading the Crusaders to a 9-12 record. His task at Union is to rebuild. The Rockets are 18-63 over the last four seasons. In 1988-89, Union lost its first nine and its last nine while finishing 0-6 in the MEC. In addition, Union graduated its top three scorers from a year ago Ryain Pierce, Jeremy Nunley and Jeff Hernly.
"He's going to have his hands full," said Trapp. "I don't know how many we'll win," added Martin. "I just hope, from game one to game 20, that we show some improvement. That's what I want to happen." Martin prepped at Oak Hill. An offensive lineman, he was an Eskew Award winner while helping the Golden Eagles capture the 1982 Class A state championship.
races in 1970-71, was 13th at Indianapolis in May, his only start this season. His son, with two victories in a row and four in 10 races this year, widened his lead in the season standings with 126 points, followed by Michael Andretti with 104, Rick Mears with 102, Bobby Rahal with 95 and Emerson Fittipaldi with 90. Rahal, Little Al's teammate, was second on Sunday, his fifth runner-up finish this season. "I watched it it was a good race," Unser said. "It made the aches and pains I have all come together, because of what Al did.
It was neat he won it." Unser, whose oldest brother, Jerry, was killed in a crash during practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1959, said every driver is aware of the risks in racing. But they're willing to take those risks, he said. "It's the love of Unser said. Page B3 Associated Press Al Unser talks about his crash last week in Michigan. elder Unser, still in pain, said Monday.
"It meant a lot to me when he said that on TV. It would have been neat if I could have been there to race against him." Unser, the last driver to win back-to-back Indianapolis 500.
