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May 12,1999
Carlos Franco Gets
# 1 in Compaq Classic
Trail Blazers 110, Suns 99
land this season. But after a first quar
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in which the Blazers shot 71 percent
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Ken Griffey, Jr.
Paraguayan C arlos Franco fired a 6-
and led by 16, the Suns outscored them
GAME: Seattle Mariner» (14-16) at
under-par 66 Sunday to record a two-
New York Yankee* (19-10).
82-77 the rest o f the way.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Y ou’d
shot victory over H arrison Frasar
TIME: Sunday, 1:39 p.m. EDT.
Phoenix ended the game with a
expect
the
Portland
Trail
Blazers
to
be
and third-round leader Steve Flesch
Ken Griffey Jr. couldn’t have
flurry, scoring 25 points in the final six
showing
some
of
their
youthful
cocki
at the $2.6 m illion Com paq Classic.
picked a more appropriate stage for
minutes, including four 3-pointers in a
ness with a 2-0 lead over Phoenix and
The 33-year-old Franco, w ho has
the latest milestone o f his career, as
span o f 2:07. The Blazers’ slack de
a season-long dominance over the Suns.
five victories on the Japanese Tour,
the young slugger hit his 361 st home
fense infuriated coach Mike Dunleavy
It’s a sign o f m aturity, then, that
started the day tw o shots behind
run at Yankee Stadium Saturday.
and
showed what can happen when the
Flesch but finished at 19-under 269,
even p lay o ff novices like the Blazers
The hom er, G riffey’s 11th o f
Suns
get on a shooting streak.
setting a 72-hole course record at the
know that it will be a different series
the year, tied Y ankee legend Joe
“W
e were a little too com fortable
English Turn G olfandC ountry Club.
in Phoenix. And they can see them
D iM aggio for 45th place on the
at
the
end.
W e hit a lull,” Dunleavy
Franco, w ho jo in e d R oberto de
selves taking a tum ble should they
career list.
said.
"I
can
tell
you th is: Y ou can ’t fall
V icenzo as the only South A m eri
fail to keep the pressure on.
D iM aggio, w ho died in M arch,
asleep
at
the
wheel
against this team
cans to capture a PG A T our event,
“ W e’re as good as any team in
played 13 seasons from 1936-51,
B
rian
G
rant
scored
22 points,
earned $468,000.
the league, po in t-b lan k ," P ortland
m issing three years because o f
Rasheed
W
allace
had
21
and
D am on
“This
was
the
biggest
w
eek
o
f
my
guard G reg A nthony said after the
W orld W ar II, w hile G riffey is in
Stoudam
ire
had
22
points
and 13
life,” said Franco. “ I’m very proud o f
B lazers’ 110-99 victory o v er P h o e
just his 11th season.
assists for the Blazers, w ho shot a
w
hat
I
did.
I
’m
very
proud
for
my
nix
on
M
onday
night.
“B
ut
w
e
still
“I don’t w orry about that stuff,
season-high 57 percent. Isaiah Rider,
country. It’s very important that Para
have periods, after w e ’ve played
G riffey said. “ I ju st play baseball
who scored 25 points in S aturday’s
guay is know n for golf. Playing in
w
ell,
w
hen
w
e
let
up.
W
e
still
d
o
n
’t
and hope som ething happens."
95-85 G am e 1 victory, added 17.
A m erica is a lifelong dream .”
have the killer instinct it takes to
Venus Williams Beats Pierce
Franco received a parade in his na
It was the S u n s’ goal to take aw ay
grab a team by the throat and en d it.”
tive Asuncion after finishing sixth in the
in Second Final in Seven Days
R
ider’s
easy looks at the basket by
After a scoring burst that began late
Masters and expects another hero’s
M ary Pierce has quickly grown
double-team
ing them , but that strat
in the third quarter, the Blazers were
welcome when he returns home follow
tired o f seeing V enus W illiam s on
egy
quickly
fell
apart M onday night.
never really threatened by the Suns,
ing next w eek's Byron Nelson Classic.
Rider
had
three
assists
in the opening
the other end o f the court.
who have lost all five games to Port
He has been bothered by tendinitis in
For the second straight week.
his wrist and arms and almost withdrew
Pierce reached the final o f a tour
from the tournament before it began.
nament, only to see W illiam s beat
“ 1 think I m ade the right decision,"
her for the title. It happened today
Damon Stoudamire
said
Franco. "This week was m y week.
when W illiam s, the third-seeded
quarter, including one on the very
w asn ’t a factor. He played ju st seven
I’m hitting everything great, driving
American, posted a 6-4, 6-2 vic
m inutes and scored three points.
first
p
o
ssession
of
the
game.
SPORTS
STANDINGS
great, great irons, putting great.”
tory over the ailing and fourth-
W ith little scoring punch from his
1999 SPRING STANDINGS
Rider got the ball dow n low against
In addition to his success on the
seeded Frenchw om an to capture
starters.
Suns coach D anny A inge
Rex C hapm an, and the Suns doubled
Japanese Tour, Franco has w on in the
SOFTBALL
W
L
the $1.05 m illion Italian Open.
w
as
forced
to go sm all w ith forw ard
W
L
To
on Rider, but he bounced the ball to
BASEBALL
Philippines, Singapore and every coun
Wilson
11
1
Bothered by a tender left thigh
D
anny
M
anning
and guards G eorge
13
1
L
Madison
Stoudamire, who sw ished a 3 -pointer.
try in South America except Bolivia,
Madison
10
3
that w as w rapped heavily. Pierce
10
4
F,W,G,M
M
cC
loud
and
Pat
Garrity. They all
Lincoln
Portland m ade lO o fits first 14points
Marshall
9
3
which does not have a tournament.
10
4
C,F,M,JM
could not contend w ith W'illiams,
Wilson
played
extrem
ely
well, com bining
Franklin
6
6
and quickly led 22-7.
Franco got to 19-underby sinking an
9
5
L.L.M.M.W
who has won eight straight matches
Cleveland
G.M.B.W.JM.B
for
41
points.
But
it
w asn ’t enough.
Rider ended the quarter on a 41 -foot
eight-foot birdie on the 15th hole and
9 5
Franklin
Benson
6
7
on red clay. O ne o f those victories
“A
s
starters,
w
e
might
be relying on
desperation 3-pointertobeat the buzzer
held on by pamng the final three holes.
8 5
Marshall
Grant
5
8
cam e a w eek ago against Pierce in
(the
bench)
too
much,"
said
Jason Kidd,
C,M,W,M,L
He had seven birdies and recorded his
and give the Blazers a 33-17 lead.
Lincoln
5
8
the final at H am burg, Germ any,
w ho had 12 points and 12 assists, but
Roosevelt
5 8
Cleveland
3
9
only bogey onthepar-5 sixthhole, where
“W hen you com e out in the first
and before that w in had never w on
Benson
3 12
just one point after halftime. “W e have
Roosevelt
1 11
he hit his approach shot into the water.
quarter and go dow n 33-17, it s re
Grant
3 12
an event on clay.
Jefferson
No team
to get a fire lit under our butts to get us
“The last four or five holes, the
ally
hard
to
overcom
e,”
the
S
u
n
s’
Jefferson
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going. If the first unit isn’t doing it. then
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holes got narrow er, the greens w ere
C
lifford
R
obinson
said.
“W
e
fought
GIRLS TENNIS
W
L
w e’re in big trouble."
W
L
To
O lym pic cham pion M ichael
50 percent sm aller and the fairw ays
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our
w
ay
back
into
it,
b
ut
it’s
hard
to
Cleveland
9
0
0
M c C lo u d an d G arrity ea ch had
longer," he said. “It w as incredible.”
Lincoln
i JohnsonelectrifiedFort-de-France
overcom e a team that is as confident
Lincoln
8
1
L
1
Grant
15
p o i n t s to le a d th e S u n s .
A m em b ero fth e 1992 W orldC up
Wilson
7
2
stadium Saturday afternoon by
as the B lazers.”
L
1
Wilson
Grant
5
3
R
o
b
in so n h ad 14.
team. Franco joined G len D ay as the
winning the m en’s 200-m eter dash
Surprisingly, the Suns did come
G.L.W
3
Franklin
Franklin
4
4
T
he B lazers, w ho h av en ’t ad
second
first-time
w
inner
on
the
PGA
during an IA A F m eet on this
back. Portland led only 52-47 at the
L,W,G,F
4
Benson
Benson
4
5
vanced
pastthe first roundsince 1992,
Tour
this
year
and
becam
e
the
eighth
F rench C aribbean island.
B,F,W,L,G
half, despite shooting 63 percent.
5
Cleveland
Jefferson
2
5
foreign-bom
player
to
w
in
in
1999.
a
re
n
’t
w
illing to count the Suns out.
6
Johnson m ajestically w on the
Phoenix pulled within 67-66 with 2.22
Roosevelt
Marshall
3
6
He
also
m
oved
into
the
top
15
on
the
“
A
s
far
as I ’m concerned." it’s
7
1
Madison
race in 20.07 seconds and was
left in the third quarter, but the Blaz
Roosevelt
1 8
0
8
still
zero-zero,”
Rider said. “T h at’s a
Marshall
m oney list w ith $814,520.
feted w ith a standing ovation from
Madison
0
9
ers w ent on a 22-6 run over the next
No team
Jefferson
In addition. Franco became the first
dangerous
team
,
and if you take them
the thousands in the grandstands.
7:43. Stacey A ugm on’s three-point
rookie to win on the Tour since Gabriel
W
L
GIRLS TRACK
for
granted,
th
ey
’ll beat you. W e'v e
Lindford Christie, the Olympic
play m ade it 89-72 w ith 6:39 left.
MENS TRACK
V)Z L
0
Benson
Hjertstedt captured the 1997B.C.Open.
got confidence against them , period.
100-meter champion in 1992, was
Phoenix
continued
to
struggle
for
0
Madison
1
Grant
Flesch, who turns 32 later this
B ut w e ’ve got to com e out and do it
injured and couldn’t com pete but
1
p o ints, esp ecially from its big men.
Benson
1
Lincoln
month,
fired
a
final-round
70
and
posted
all over again. W e ca n ’t let dow n
1
received an ovation when he walked
Franklin
C
enter
Luc
Longley
had
another
hor
2
Madison
his first top-10 finish o f the year. He
1
Notes@ : G am e 3 is Wednesday
Grant
onto the track to greet the crowd.
2
rible
gam
e,
m
issin
g
all
four
o
f
his
Wilson
took home $228,000, raising his sea
2
Wilson
night in Phoenix. ...The Suns’ reserves
Am ericans dom inated the 100-
3
Cleveland
shots and scoring zero points. Pow er
3
son earnings to $337,536 in 12 events.
Lincoln
3
have outscored the starters 98-86 in the
Franklin
m eter dash as w ell, with M ilton
forw ard T om G u g lio tta had eight
4
Cleveland
Last year’s PG A T our R ookie o f
4
Jefferson
se rie s.... Grant broke his career play
M allard w inning in 10.33.
points on 3 -o f-10 shooting. F or the
4
Marshall
the Y ear, Flesch w as denied his first
4
Marshall
o ff high o f 18 po in ts.... Chapm an is 6-
4
series, L o ngley has tw o points on 1 -
Roosevelt
5
Roosevelt
Tour victory, finishing second in this
Morales to Go Home for Next
for-25 in three games against the Blaz
5
Jefferson
o f - 10 shooting, w h ile G u g lio tta has
event for the second straight year.
Title Defense
ers
this season. H e m issed two games
W L
GIRLS GOLF
20 points on 8-of-23.
But he w as thrilled for Franco.
W L
Erik Morales wants to look spec
MENS GOLF
because
o f in ju ry .... The Suns are in
0
Lincoln
Shooting guard Rex Chapm an,
“W e played a lot in A sia,” Flesch
o
Wilson
tacular every time he steps into the
1
danger
o
f losing to Portland in the first
Wilson
w ho w as 3 -o f-12 in G am e 1 and was
said. “H e’s a hard guy not to like. I
2
Lincoln
I ring. He didn’t against Juan Carlos
1
Franklin
round
for
the first time in four series.
no m atch for R id er d efen siv ely ,
2
knew he w as the guy to look out for."
Franklin
1
Ramirez, and that could mean trouble
Grant
2
Grant
Eric Booker, Dennis Paulson and
2
Cleveland
to the next fighter who tries to take
3
Cleveland
Craig Barlow tied for fourth at 15-
4
Roosevelt
his WBC super batamweight title.
4
Benson
6
Madison
under
273,
one
shot
better
than
Austra
I
Ramirez proved to be a most
5
Madison
6
Marshall
lian Craig Parry, Day and Hal Sutton.
7
Roosevelt
capable substitute opponent for Mo
7
Benson
The English T urn G o lf and C oun
7
Marshall
rales, going nine rounds with the
No team
Jefferson
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122-pound cham pion Saturday
covers
7,116
yards.
night and still having enough en
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ergy to argue strenuously when the
I referee stopped the fight before the
bell sounded to begin the lOthround.
W hat looked like another short
fight for M orales w hen he knocked
Ram irez dow n three tim es in the
first three rounds turned into his
longest fightsince winning the title.
single-gam e hom e run m ark set by center in a field w here the fences
“ In m y next fight, I hope you
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H enry Rochelle o f Cam pbell, who m easure 320 feet dow n the left field
will see a knockout,” M orales said.
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hit five against Radford in 1985. line and 355 to center.
“ Luckily, we had people on base,
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Pick a slugger— M ark M cGwire, Rochelle w ent 8-for-8 in a 38-0 win,
so they couldn’t w alk me,” he said.
George Shinn has started over in
driving
in
10
runs
and
scoring
eight.
H ank A aron, Babe Ruth.
asearch for a partner to share owner
T h e R B Is re c o rd w as 14 by “M y teammates came through form e.”
N one o f them ever put on the kind
M cDougall is in his first year at
ship o f the NBA Charlotte Hornets.
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Jim LaFountain against
o f pow er show M arshall M cDougall
Florida State, after playing two sea
M ichael Jordan said Saturday
W
estern
K
entucky
in
1976.
did on Sunday.
I he broke off negotiations with Shinn
N o m ajor league player has ever sons at Santa Fe Community College
The Florida State second baseman
in Gainesville, Fla. He hit three homers
becauseofadisagreem ent over how
hit six consecutive homers and drove in hit m ore than four hom ers in a game,
much control over basketball op-
16 runs-both NCAA records -in a2 6 - not even in extra innings. N ine m ajor as a freshman and nine as a sophomore
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He now has 23 hom ers this sea
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son,
tops in the A CC. He had two
starwouldhave. After the announce
H is astounding 7-for-7 perfor nine-inning game, the last being Mark
earlier
m ultiple-hom er gam es, h it
ment Shinn said other interested
m ance set school and A tlantic C oast W hiten o f St. Louis against C incin
ting
tw
o against N orth C arolina-
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nati in 1993. W hiten drove in 12 runs
C onference records.
A
sheville
and three against M iami.
“Since the discussions between
By late in the gam e, M cD ougall’s in that game, tying the record set by
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ju
st
go
up there and try to m ake
Michael and I were announced, I
team m ates and the 247 fans in the Jim Bottom ley, w ho did it for St.
good contact," M cDougall said. “It’s
have received numerous inquiries
stands at Shipley Field w ere cheer Louis in 1924.
from others who are interested in
M cDougall began his assault qui already passed my goal for the year.
ing for him to hit another one out.
the possibility o f a partnership in the
etly with an RBI single in the first I’m having fun.”
A nd another.
Three other Sem inoles — K evin
Hornets,” Shinn said in a statement
“ It was a great feeling because ev inning. Then he had a solo hom er in
Cash,
Ryan B arthem ely and Sam
released Saturday night “Out o f re
eryone was rooting for m e.'' McDougall the second, a three-run shot in the
Scott — also hom ered Sunday. N ick
spect for Michael and the discussions
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said. “Seeing my teammates react and
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sixth,
a
three-run
shot
in
the
seventh,
the fans react, it was great.
ing tw o runs on four hits. M aryland’s
follow up on any o f those tnqumes
a
grand
slam
in
the
eighth
and
a
“They were laughing and jum ping
Jam ie H am m ond (4-3) gave up 10
“ At this point I plan to review
three-run shot in the ninth.
around. They co u ld n 't believe it."
those opportunities and proceed
All o f the hom ers w ent to left or runs and 13 hits in 5 1-3 innings.
M cD o u g all b ro k e th e N C A A
accordingly.”
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