SPORTS Evert's career ends with loss to Garrison By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer NEW YORK Goodbye, Chrissie It's been great. Chris Evert's illustrious career ended yesterday in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open, beaten by Zina Gar rison, 74, 6-2. The classy master of the two-handed backhand, with peerless baseline groundstrokes and a nearly stoic on-court demednor, is leaving the tennis tour. The end, at the tournament where she first made her mark by reaching the semifinals as a 16-year-old in 1971, was not a surpiise. Garrison, seeded fifth, is ranked just behind Evert and beat Martina Navratilova in the same round last year. The crowd clearly was on the 34-year-old Evert's side. But time no longer is. "I'm not disappointed I lost a match at the Open," Evert said. "I'm disap pointed isolating this match. That's one of the reasons I'm retiring. I played a great match two days ago (against 15-year-old Monica Seles) and I was a little bit flat today. "I've had letdowns this year and that puts me in with the average play ers." Evert's final shot at a major event she won 18 of them was a fore hand return of serve into the net. She shook hands with Garrison, walked to her courtside seat and got her equip ment together as the fans gave her a standing ovation. Finally, Evert stood, her tennis bag over her shoulder, and waved once to Debate circles around hands of Giamatti By MARV SCHNEIDER AP Sports Writer NEW YORK The surgeon who tried to warn A. Bartlett Giamatti of serious health problems when he glimpsed at the commissioner's hands on television Aug. 20, said yesterday he made a mistake: He was looking at someone else's hands. Dr. William G. Cahan had told New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupi ca that he became alarmed when he saw what he thought were Giamatti's fingernails during a closeup from a Los Angeles Dodgers-New York Mets game. To Cahan, the fingers looked clubbed, often a sign of possible lung cancer or emphysema. When Cahan reviewed the same foot age 'at the studios of WNYW in New York last night, he realized the hands belonged to the man seated behind Gia matti. "When you review the film you see the hand is not Mr. Giamatti's ; it's the hand of the man behind him," Cahan told WNYW. Giamatti died Friday after suffering Please see GIAMATTI, Page 25. lAAF strips Johnson of world records By LARRY SIDDONS AP Sports Writer BARCELONA, Spain Ben Johnson lost his track world records yesterday in a raucous meeting that included charges of racism and ended with the oppo sition leader stalking out of the hall. The International Amateur Athletic Federation voted to strip Johnson of his world records in the NO meters and the indoor 60 meters, with Americans Carl Lewis and Lee Mcßae getting them instead. Johnson and other athletes who have testified under oath to drug use undetected by tests also will be stripped of world, regional and national titles and medals, the lAAF's general secretary John Holt said. He said final action on those penalties would come late this year or early next. No ballot figures were available for the stripping measure, which took 3 1 / 2 hours of debate and two mys terious votes to resolve. The voting was so chaotic that Amadeo Francis, a Puerto Rican member of the federation's ruling coun cil who made an eloquent speech against the change, described it as "a travesty of justice" after storming from the meeting room. The record changes take effect when the lAAF issues its annual world-records list Jan. 1, 1990. But officials and fellow athletes said Johnson had been stripped of much more. the crowd. As the fans roared, she walked to Garrison, they hugged, and walked off together. "I've had a lot of success here," Evert said. "I've got excellent mem ories of Forest Hills and Flushing Meadow. The crowds were great all week and that's very special to me." Garrison seemed to have mixed feelings about one of the biggest victo ries of her career. "I felt really sad," Garrison said. "I knew I was beating a champion we will never get to see again. "When match point was over, I sat down and a tear came to my eye." Garrison faces Navratilova in Fri day's semifinals. Navratilova, the sec ond seed, blitzed No. 7 Manuela Maleeva 6-0, 6-0 in 46 minutes last night. It was the first shutout of the tournament but the fifth straight match in which Navratilova has won a set at love. Navratilova won 154 points, Malee va 21. "I think I pressured here from the start so much, she felt it and made errors she would not normally make," Navratilova said. "Maybe it was her not being used to playing here at night or something. "I don't think when you're playing that well it matters what your oppo nent is doing. Obviously, if she had been playing well, I still think I would have won." Earlier in the tournament, Evert became the first player with 100 victo ries in the Open. When she routed 12th- Please see OPEN, Page 25. Penn State's Jan Skorpen controls the ball in a game last season against Faideigh Dickinson. Skorpen was named offensive MVP of the Colorado tourney this weekend. A teammate says Johnson acted like an 'idiot.' "Ultimately, he's lost everything," Edwin Moses, the two-time Olympic hurdles champion from the United States, said. "Everyone knows it." Asked if titles and medals also would fall, Holt said the lAAF Council, its policy board, would "discuss the next logical step" at its next meeting this winter. Officially, the lAAF voted to take away world records from any athlete who admits under oath or in writing to drug use. Johnson, however, is the only record-holder in that position, having testified at a Canadian government inquiry last June that he starting using drugs in 1981 and was taking massive doses in 1987, when he set the world records. Other athletes, including American javelin thrower Dianne Williams and Canadian hurdlers Mark McKoy and Anjela Issajenko, also have admitted drug use in sworn testimony and face the loss of various titles and medals. That Canadian hearing was called after Johnson tested positive for steroids at the Olympics last sum mer and was stripped of his gold medal and world- ; =l.• 1 • 1. , A 1::: ,1 1 • 11 1 I'lt • 1.: 1: L• 11 : 1 - Page 23 Booters lose, tie Colorado tourney By SUZANNE YOHANNAN Collegian Sports Writer In its season-openers against Evansville and Air Force this past weekend, the soccer team returned home with one loss, one tie and one player voted the tournament's offensive MVP. On Saturday, the team fell to 17th ranked Evansville, 1-0. Three minutes into the second half, Evansville's Rob Patterson drove the ball into the net after receiving a long punt from the goalkeeper. Neither offense was very prbductive as both teams combined for just 10 shots on goal (Penn State took three, Evansville seven). Lion goal keeper Kurt Merrill was credited with four saves. In addition, Jan Skorpen, the Lions' center-forward and 1988 top scorer, was picked as the offensive MVP of the tour nament. In the match with Air Force on Mon day, neither side gave up a goal, caus ing the teams to battle it out further in two 15-minute overtimes. The game ended in a 0-0 tie. Collegian File Photo Although the Lions attempted 27 record time of 9.79 seconds. He passed doping tests after setting the remaining world records of 9.83 sec ond for the 100 at the world championships in Rome in Aug. 1987 and 6.41 seconds in the 60 at the world indoor championships in Indianapolis that February. When the new lists come out, Carl Lewis of the Unit ed States will have the 100-meter record at 9.92 sec onds, while countryman Lee Mcßae will have the 60- meter mark at 6.50. The world-record stripping was part of a far-reach ing anti-drug program adopted by the lAAF, which also included worldwide out-of-competition doping tests and the concept that one country can challenge the drug status of another's athletes. Those parts passed with no negative debate. Speak er after speaker pledged support for ridding track and field of drugs. But taking away records on an athlete's confession was another story. Arne Ljungqvist, the head of the lAAF's medical committee, said admissions such as Johnson's were as good as positive urine samples for finding drug cheats. "The real solution will be a change of attitude," Ljunggyist said. "If we continue and recognize results achieved by confessed drug takers, we can never change the attitude. . . . It's a dirty area, a backyard area, but we must get rid of it." ow'" 4 / WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1989 shots, with a couple of shots hitting the crossbar, they came up empty-handed. Merrill made two saves, while Air Force stopped eight shots and took nine. "We played well. We are creating chances. It's just a matter of whether we can execute," Coach Barry Gorman said. "Their goalkeeper came up with some big saves. We didn't exploit the chances as well as we could." "Both games, the team played some very good soccer, especially against Air Force," Assistant Coach Roger Ber necker said. "(Against Air Force), we completely dominated the game." After playing a physically strong team like Evansville, Gorman said he knew "having to play Air Force would be demanding." Since the game was played in Colorado Springs, the thinner air was anticipated as another problem for the team, but did not affect the play ers to a large extent. Another of Gorman's concerns before , the season-opener was the team's abil ity to quickly make the transition from offense to defense and vice versa. "Apart from a few lapses, I was very pleased with that part of the game," Gorman said. SCORES Baseball American League Baltimore 3, Cleveland 1 Detroit 10, Kansas City 2 Toronto 6, Chicago 1 Minnesota 8, Texas 4 National League Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2 Montreal 6, St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 6, San Fran 5 NY Mets 3, Chicago 2 San Diego 7, Atlanta 5, (10) Houston 3, Los Angeles 2 LATEST LINE ■ Of Penn State's 11 opponents this season, five appear in this week's AP Top 25 poll: Notre Dame, 1; Syracuse, 14; West Virginia, 17; Alabama, 19; and Pittsburgh, 23. In addition Texas received eight votes in the balloting. Penn State currently is ranked 12th. For all the poll details, please see page 22. ■ Toronto's Dave Stieb pitched a three-hitter over seven scoreless innings and beat Chicago for the 18th time in 22 decisions as the Blue Jays topped the Sox, 8-1, to remain one game ahead of Baltimore in the AL East. ■ The New York Mets, in danger of falling out of the N L East race, beat Chi cago, 3-2, on Juan Samuel's ninth-inning single to pull within 3 1 / 2 games of the first-place Cubs. Bill starting QB; Brown now a hero By TODD IRWIN Collegian Sports Writer Tom Bill will start at quarterback for the Lions in their season opener against Virginia on Saturday, but Tony Sacca will see playing time, Coach Joe Pater no announced at a media conference yesterday. "Tommy may not have more game experience than Sacca, but he's been around the offense a little longer," Paterno said. "He has a little bit of an edge on Tony with some things we're doing on the line of scrimmage. Wheth er he can stay ahead of him remains to be seen." Paterno said fullback Sam Gash, who injured his foot, will undergo surgery and will be out for the year. Sophomore John Gerak will start at fullback. Junior Leroy Thompson and fifth-year senior Sean Redman both were moved from tailback to fullback, leaving Gerry Col lins as the backup tailback. Thompson just started practicing at fullback Mon day. Terry Smith will start at flanker and Dave Daniels will start at split end with O.J. McDuffie and Joe Markiewicz as backups. Paterno said Bobby Samuels moved from defensive back to flanker, but is not yet listed on the depth chart. "Bobby Samuels is back on offense because McDuffie has been bumped up a little bit and just started to work out yesterday," Paterno said. "Because of the lack of depth behind those three kids, we've got him at flanker right now. Bobby has tremendous talent." Paterno did not say whether Todd Young or Dave Jakob will start at tight end. The offensive line will consist of five seniors tackles Tim Freeman and Matt McCartin, guards Ed Monaghan and Dave Szott and center Roger Duffy. Gary Brown, who was moved from tailback to fullback to the hero position, will not start Saturday. But the coach said that it will not be long before he does. AP Laser Photo "Gary Brown has a chance to be one of the best best free safeties around, and it's just a question of learning how to play the position," Paterno said. "He's ideal physically for that position. He's a 210-pounder with superior speed, and he's a good tackler. "He still has a tendency once in a while to overplay some things, but in a couple of days, or whatever, that will be behind him. He's worked very hard." On Saturday, Darren Perry will start at hero, Hernon Henderson will start at left cornerback and Willie Thomas will get the nod at right cornerback. Redshirt sophomore Matt Baggett will start at safety in place of Sherrod Rainge, who twisted his knee last week. "Rainge is not at 100 percent yet," Paterno said. "He's playing at about three-quarters speed. I think he'll be able to play Saturday, but we'll start Baggett." Seniors Brian Chizmar and Neil Hamilton are at the outside linebacker spots. At inside linebacker, Andre Col lins will be joined by redshirt sopho more Mark D'Onofrio. On the defensive line, redshirt junior Frank Giannetti will start at left tackle, Jim Deter, a Dußois native, is at nose tackle and senior Rich Schonewolf will be at right tackle. Ray Tarasi won the battle of the kick ers over Henry Adkins, and Doug Helkowski has the punting duties. TIMEOUT
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