A Index Section SEPTEMBER 3, 1989 D-1 Commentary D9 Sunday Republican Sports Local Local golf D7, D8 Baseball D2, D4, Scorecard Classified. Mayotte advances in Open face Chang "in round of 16 By JERRY RADDING NEW YORK Tim Mayotte followed 'his game plan with precision last night, putting pressure on Ronald Agenor all the way in a 6-1, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 victory in the third round of the U.S. Open Championships. "I played well tonight. I jumped on him early and I did the things I wanted to do," said the Springfield native in reaching the round of 16 for only the third time in his 11- year Open career.
"I wanted to come in as often as I could and make him try to pass me. I know he didn't feel comfortable passing on a hard court. He prefers the slow court where he' can slide into the ball." Agenor had beaten Mayotte in five sets in the second round on the slow red clay of the this spring. ninth-seeded Springfield won nine of the first 10 games To start the runaway last night. jumped on his man early, breaking at love in the first game of the match.
Agenor hit three ground strokes long, then double-faulted on the final point. In the third game, Mayotte broke again at deuce, scoring with Man overhead and after an Agenor sailed a backhand long. went to 4-0 before the from Haiti finally salvaged only game of the set. the seventh game, Tim put away a volley and Agenor to fall into a 0-30 hole. "The unseened challenger got two 'points back, but Tim hit another winner and Agenor hit 'the net.
with a. backhand for his loss of service to end the set' 30 minutes. A A appeared to beat again in the second set as he a 3-0 lead but Agenor picked up his game with ferocious forehand passing He broke Tim for the first in the match in the fifth later used the chip to break at love for a 5-3 lead and was serving for the set. But Tim started the eighth game with a double fault and a couple of ground errors cost him the game. The players then stayed even set up the tiebreaker.
At 5-5 in the breaker, Tim slammed an overhead winner then pounded a strong first serve which Agenor returned in the net for the set. Mayotte was up two breaks in the third set for a 4-1 lead. After Agenor got one back, Tim -moved in front 5-3. In the last game, Agenor who hits a huge but erratic first serve, double-faulted twice to put himself in 0-40 troubles. At triple match point, the quick 24-year-old got it back to deuce.
He then netted the next two service returns to end the match. Agenor's first serve percentage was a lowly 47 percent, which made it easy for Mayotte to take charge up front. the round of 16 tomorrow, Mayotte will be facing seventhseeded Michael Chang, the teenage terror he beat in the same round at- Wimbledon this summer. "Both Mayotte and Agenor. had Continued on Page D-13 Late TD MARK CORDEIRO runs for two TDs Smith saves 1 Bosox, 6-5 By GARRY BROWN BOSTON This was Lee Smith at his best.
This was Big Guy staring down trouble. This was the drama of relief pitching. This was why they pay these closers big bucks. Smith had pitched out of basesloaded trouble in the eighth, and now he had the potential tieing run dancing off second with none out. Three batters later, the game was over and the Boston Red Sox had beaten the Seattle Mariners, 6-5, yesterday afternoon at sunny Fenway Park.
The crowd of 615 was up and roaring when Smith slipped a slider past 7-44 dangerous Jay Buhner for the the game-ending strikeout. The Red Sox needed this one. Toronto, behind Amherst's John Cerutti, already had won its game. To keep within five of the American League East's new leader, the Sox had to fend off this tenacious Seattle ball club. Associated Press In doing so, they moved their SAFE AT SECOND Ellis Burks, right, of the Boston Red Sox slides under Seattle Mariners record on this homestand to One more game with Seattle shortstop Omar Vizquel for a stolen base in the first inning yesterday at Fenway Park.
The throw today, then it's off to the dangergot away, allowing Jody Reed to score from third. Boston won, 6-5. filled west coast. Baseball elevates Fay Vincent Deputy to Giamatti named acting commissioner NEW YORK (AP) Fay Vincent, who had been baseball's deputy commissioner, was named acting commissioner yesterday while the game's hierarchy seeks a permanent succes-' sor to A. Bartlett Giamatti.
The announcement, coming 24 hours after Giamatti's death, was made by baseball's executive council, which said it had assumed full responsibility of the commissioner's office until a formal meeting next Friday. "The Council unanimously delegated full authority to Deputy Commissioner Francis T. Vincent Jr. in the interim," the council said in a statement. "Mr.
Vincent will serve as actingcommissioner and will report directly to the executive council." Giamatti's death was caused by constrictive coronary heart disease, a medical examiner in Falmouth, said following an autopsy Saturday. William Zane, medical examiner for Barnstable County, said the autopsy revealed that Giamatti, 51, had had a prior heart attack at some point several years ago. He said it was possible that Giamatti had suffered the attack without realizing it. The manner of death is natural," Zane said. Giamatti, a former president of Yale University, died after being stricken at his summer residence in Edgartown, on the resort island of Martha's Vineyard.
Vincent, a former CEO of Columbia Pictures, and Giamatti were close friends. Vincent had flown the commissioner to Martha's Vineyard only hours before Giamatti became ill. Vincent, 50, joined Columbia in 1978. During his tenure, Columbia released "Ghandi," "Tootsie" and "Kramer vs. Kramer." Coca-Cola bought Columbia in 1983 and Vincent continued as head of the company.
He also was made an executive vice president of Coca-Cola but resigned last July after he was assigned to non-entertainment areas. "I know something about running things Vincent said in a recent interview. "I have a background as a chief executive. I have experience dealing with the government." The executive council, authorized by baseball rules to assume responsibilty for the commissioner's office when needed, delegated authority. to Vincent following telephone conference call.
on The council consists of American League president Bobby Brown, National League president Bill White, Philadelphia LATE LEADER A. Bartlett ball's commissioner who died attack at his Martha's Vineyard Edgartown, summer home. president Bill Giles, Houston "This isn't the time, but Fay chairman John McMullen, Los Vincent is perfectly capable," Angeles president Peter O'Mal- said Fred Wilpon, co-owner of ley, Pittsburgh chairman the New York Mets. Douglas Dansforth, Detroit pres- Giamatti's death 'came only ident Jim Campbell, Boston five months after he took over chief executive officer Haywood the job he had been president Sullivan and Jerry Reinsdorf of of the National League for a the White Sox. There is currently little more than two years a vacancy in one of the AL posi- and only eight days after tions on the council.
imposed a lifetime ban on Pete A search committee may be Rose, baseball's all-time hit formed to consider candidates leader, saying he was convinced the new commissioner. For elec- the Cincinnati Reds tion, a vote of three-quarters of. f. had bet on his own team. manager the major-league clubs is re- Giamatti was found quired.
unconscious in his bed and in full cardiac arrest when officers responding to a call from one of his sons arrived at 3 p.m. Friday. Giamatti was pronounced dead about an hour and a half later, said Matthew Stackpole of Martha's Vineyard Hospital. Edgartown police said Giamatti's wife Toni and his son, who were with him when he died, left the island in the middle of the night to return to their Hamden, home. Friends had earlier suggested that the Rose affair had taken a toll on Giamatti, a chain-smoker who called cigarettes his "primary vice." But in an Aug.
18 interview with The Associated Press, Giamatti brushed aside the notion that we was overstressed by the Rose matter. By early yesterday, police who were stationed at Giamatti's wood-shingled ranch had left and the house, located in a secluded, rustic development off a main Edgartown road, was quiet. Cynthia Attwood, a spokeswoman for Yale, said university officials were not sure when final funeral arrangements would be made or where the funeral would be held. Associated Press File photo Giamatti, major league baseFriday after suffering a heart retreat, is shown here at that However, she said that if the funeral is not at Yale, a memorial service will be held there. Giamatti is survived by his wife and three children, Marcus Bartlett, Paul Edward Valentine and Elena Walton Giamatti.
lifts AIC gridders in opener, 36-28 CLARION, Pa. Hugh Henry ran for a four-yard touchdown with 2:28 remaining and Chris Dalton sacked Clarion quarterback Mike Carter for a safety 25 seconds later to propel American International to a seasonopening 36-28 football victory yesterday. The short run by Henry, a junior fullback from Brooklyn who was slowed by an ankle injury in pre-season, broke a 28-28 tie. The ensuing PAT, however, failed. Dalton, a senior linebacker, then sealed AIC's victory with 2:03 to play by taking down Carter in the end zone.
"This was a great win for us," said AIC coach Alex Rotsko. "Clarion is a good football team. They are much improved from a 43 In yesterday's escapade, the Red Sox charged to a 3-0 firstinning lead on RBI by Ellis Burks and Mike Greenwell, and a bad relay that allowed another run. Seattle closed it to 3-2 with single runs in the second and The Bosox then boomed ahead 6-2 on a three-run homer by Evans in the third inning. On State of Maine Day at Fenway, Evans hit the homer off Maine's favorite baseball right-hander Billy Swift of South Portland.
He was on in early relief of wild starter Mike Dunne. The Red Sox had their starting problems, too. Mike Boddicker, consistent starter lately, had leave in the third inning because of a muscle pull in his right elbow. On came Dennis Lamp for and two-thirds of excellent relief. That made him the winning pitch-, er, but only because Smith hung in there to register his 20th save.
Lamp gave up one run in the sixth on an RBI single by Jim Presley. On came Rob Murphy in the seventh, during which he got rocked for Alvin Davis' homer and second of this series. Luckily for the Red Sox, it was a solo job, so they still held a 6-4 lead. Murphy walked the leadoff man in the eighth, and Manager Joe Morgan could stand no more. It was early for Smith, but he called for him.
Big Guy got in more trouble, loading the bases on walks with two out. However, he gunned down the pesky Hal Reynolds to end that threat. In the ninth, Smith set himself up for disaster, then pitched past it. Such is the life of a late reliever. Greg Briley opened the ninth with a shot into right field.
Kevin Romine should have held it to a single, but somehow let it get past him for a two-base error. Up came Davis, with one of the sweetest -left-handed swings in any league. "I was determined that he wasn't going to ding me and tie up the ballgame," Smith said. To avoid that dinger, Big Guy fed Davis slider after slider. He worked the count to 3-2, just flicked off a foul to avoid striking out, then rammed a double to right center.
Smith might have regarded it as a moral victory. He was through with Davis, and still had the lead, although it was down to one run and pinch runner Darnell Coles was now out there on second. Time to Bear down. Smith now faced Jeffrey Leonard, who on Friday night had hit a tremendous homer. Smith pumped two strikes past him, then got him on a foul pop to Nick Esasky at first base.
Now came Ken Griffey another sweet swinger. On Smith got him swinging. Now Buhner, he of the rippling. muscles and power stroke. Smith; went to 1-2 on him.
Buhner watched a slidergo past. him over, the outside part of the plate. Strike three, and Buhner just stood there for several seconds, apparently thinking it should have been a ball. With that save, Lamp moved his record to 4-1 with a 2.63 earned run average. He's 4-0 over his last 13 appearances.
"Thirteen good ones in a row, how about that guy?" Manager Joe Morgan said. "He keeps the ball down, moves it in and out, and with good control. That'll do it." year ago (when AIC won 46-28) and will win a lot of games this season." AIC will' try to do the same and next plays Saturday at West Chester (Pa.) University before hosting Springfield College on Sept. 16. Senior halfback Mark Cordeiro, slowed by a hip pointer all week and unable to practice, was anoth-.
er healthy contributor against Clarion. Last year's quarterback ran for 2 and 6-yard touchdowns in the first half and wound up leading AIC with 66 yards rushing on 20 carries and seven receptions for 103 yards. Sophom*ore AIC quarterback Sean Rivers had an impressive debut. He completed 13 of 21. passes for 182 yards with three interceptions, but was a perfect 8- 1 for-8 second half (worth 116 yards) and ran for a third-period TD.
After Cordeiro's first TD tied the game at 7 with 6:35 remaining in the opening quarter, sophom*ore fullback Beau Snell plunged into the end zone from one yard for a 14-7 Yellow Jacket margin 6:04 later. Cordeiro's 6-yard ramble extended AIC's lead to 21-7 before senior Clarion fullback Keith Powell answered with the first of his four touchdowns a threeyarder 3:04 before halftime. Powell struck again midway in the third quarter before Rivers tallied on a 19-yard run with 5:32 left in the period. Powell powered in from a yard out and Chris Dworek. added the extra point to push Clarion into the game's final tie only two seconds into the fourth quarter.
Two series later, Rivers and Cordeiro then got hot and AIC went ahead on Henry's off-tackle effort. Clarion returned the ensuing kickoff to its own 22, but a clipping call moved the Western Pennsylvanians back and Dalton's sack soon followed. "I give credit to both teams for fighting back as neither team quit in this game," said Rotsko. Powell finished with a gamehigh 107 yards rushing on 26 carries. Senior linebacker Dave Maxwell and sophom*ore defensive tackle Gabe Mokwauh topped AIC with 12 and 10 tackles respctively.
In his first start since May 1, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd will pitch for the Boston Red Sox today. He went on the disabled list on May 2 because of a clotting condition. Extensive medical treatments, and his own determination to come back, have led him to this day. He will face the Seattle Mariners and their rookie right-hander, Erik Hanson, at Fenway Park. Boyd was feared lost for the season, but team physician Arthur Pappas.
in consultation with several vascular surgeons, has arrived' at a regimen of medication that he. feels will allow Boyd to pitch' again. He takes protein heparin, blood thinner, before and after his. pitching assignments. It has' worked effectively during three minor league stints.
thank Dr. Pappas for getting me so I can do my job. Pitching is my job, and I have to do it," Boyd said. There is a danger of possible, excessive bleeding should Boyd be, injured while on the medication, but he and the Red Sox seem willing to accept that risk. 1 1.
