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P. 4, Perry Daily Journal Thursday, July 31, 1997
Spiro, Elk City, & Edi
When the first pitch is thrown this Friday, to open play in the
American Legion AAA state baseball tournament, it will mark the
2nd year in a row that Perry and Ripley Field have been the host of
the years best teams. Those best teams this year are Spiro, Elk City,
Edmond Santa Fe, and Perry. Some notes on the visitors:
✓ Spiro comes into the state tournament with a 21-13 record.
They defeated Salina, one of last years state tournament teams,
twice in their sectional tournament 5-4 and 4-1.
Spiro, from the east part of the state, plays nearly all Major teams
in their schedule, due to the limited number of AAA teams in their
area. They played and defeated the likes of Poteau, Ardmore, Du-
rant, and Ft. Smith, all Majors.
Their team is the same as the Spiro high school team right down
to the 9th man and DH. One position change is the only difference.
will miss the Friday night open
State game in Tulsa.
vEkCity anives in Penryg
state birth with wins over Nor
and Purcell in their sectional t
paw pitcher Allan Orgain, 10
fielders is their strong suit. Th========
plays in rotation with 3 other Elk City stars, John Green, Brian Hart-
man and Drew Ivey. -
✓ Edmond Santa Fe is no stranger to this years Perry team. San-
ta Fe defeated Perry in the Stillwater and district tournaments,
and split a double header at Ripley Field, but gained their trip to
state with sectional defeats of Hooker and Edmond Memorial.
Ament. Elk City, brings south-
to Perry, but, claim their out-
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Major League Baseball
American League
At A Glance
All Times EDT
By The Associated Press
East Division
Baltimore
New York
Toronto
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Chicago
Minnesota
Kansas City
Seattle
Anaheim
Texas
Oakland
W L
66 38
61 44
50 54
51 56
48 56
Central Division
W L
54 48
52 52
52 53
48 58
43 60
West Division
W L
60 46
60 47
50 56
42 67
Pct.
635
581
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.477
.461
Pct
529
500
495
453
417
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.472
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Wednesday's Games
N Y Yankees 7, Oakland 0
Boston 8, Seattle 7.10 innings
Chicago White Sox 3. Detroit 2
Baltimore 3. Texas 1
Anaheim 5. Cleveland 2
Minnesota 11. Kansas City 1
Only games scheduled
Thursday's Games
Toronto (Person 4-6) at Detroit (Thompson 8-
8), 7:05 p.m.
Seattle (Moyer 11-3) at Milwaukee (Florie 2-
2). 8:05 p.m.
Boston (Gordon 5-9) at Kansas City (Appier
6-9), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Navarro 8-9) at Ana-
heim (Dickson 10-4), 10:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Key 13-6) at Oakland (Haynes 0-
1), 10:05 p.m.
Friday's Games
Toronto (Hentgen 10-7) at Detroit (Moehler 7-
9), 7 05 p.m.
Minnesota (Robertson 7-8) at N.Y Yankees
(Pettitte 12-6), 7:35 p.m.
Seattle (Wolcott 5-4) at Milwaukee (Eldred
10-10), 8:05 p.m.
Boston (Avery 4-2) at Kansas City (Rosado 7-
7), 8:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Wright 3-1) at Texas (Oliver 7-10),
8:35 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Alvarez 9-8) at Anaheim
(Watson 8-6) 10:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Erickson 13-5) at Oakland (Rigby
0-4), 10:35 p.m.
American Assoc.
League Baseball
American Association league
At A Glance
By The Associated Press
Eastern Division
W 1 Pct.
Buffalo (Indians) 68 42 .618
Indianapolis (Reds) 60 49 .550
Nashville (WSox) 60 49 550
Louisville (Cards) 46 65 .414
Western Division
Iowa (Cubs) 59 52 .531
New Orleans (Astros) 56 55 .505
Omaha (Royals) 48 64 429
Oklahoma City (Rangers) 45 66
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Wednesday's Games
Oklahoma City 6, Nashville 2
Buffalo 4. New Orleans 2
Omaha 9. Louisville 7
Indianapolis 4. Iowa 3
Thursday's Games
Omaha at Louisville
Iowa at Indianapolis
New Orleans at Nashville
Oklahoma City at Buffalo
Friday's Games
New Orleans at Nashville
Oklahoma City at Buffalo
Louisville at Iowa
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National League
At A Glance
All Times EDT
By The Associated Press
East Division
Atlanta
Florida
New York
Montreal
Philadelphia
Houston
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Colorado
W L
69 39
60 45
60 46
54 51
32 72
Central Division
W 1
59 49
52 55
51 55
45 60
43 65
West Division
W L
59 49
58 49
52 55
51 57
Pct
639
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566
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546
486
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542
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Wednesday’s Games
Colorado 12. Montreal 6
Florida 6. Cincinnati 0
Atlanta 6. Chicago Cubs 5
Houston 7, St. Louis 4
N.Y. Mets 5. San Francisco 2
Only games scheduled
Thursday's Games
Atlanta (Byrd 3-0) at Florida (Saunders 2-3),
7:05 p.m.
Colorac o■ Pittsburgh (Schmidt
5-6). 7:35 p.m.
San Diego (Hitchcock 7-5) at Montreal (Her-
manson 4-5). 7:35 p m.
St Louis (Morris 8-6) at Philadelphia (Schilling
11-10), 7:35 p.m.
Los Angeles (Park 9-5) at Chicago Cubs
(Mulholland 6-10). 8:05 p.m.
Only games scheduled
Friday's Games
Los Angeles (Nomo 9-8) at Chicago Cubs
(Gonzalez 7-4), 3:20 p.m.
Atlanta (Maddux 15-3) at Florida (Brown 9-
8), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Thomson 3-6) at Pittsburgh (Loiaza
8-7), 7:35 p.m.
San Francisco (Gardner 11-4) at Cincinnati
(Mercker 7-7), 7:35 p.m.
San Diego (Hamilton 8-3) at Montreal
(Bullinger 6 10), 7:35 p.m.
St. Louis (An Benes 7 5) at Philadelphia
(Stephenson 4-5), 7:35 p.m.
N.Y Mets (Mlicki 5-7) at Houston (Garcia 4-
7), 8:05 p.m.
Texas League
Baseball
Texas League
At A Glance
By The Associated Press
Second Half
Eastern Division
W L Pct
Tulsa (Rangers) 21 18 .538
Shreveport (Giants) 22 19 .537
Jackson (Astros) 20 21 488
Arkansas (Cards) 17 24 .415
Western Division
El Paso (Brewers) 22 18 550
San Antonio (Dodgers)21 19 525
Wichita (Royals) 21 21 500
Midland (Angels) 19 23 .452
Wednesday's Games
East 4. West 1 Thursday's Games
Arkansas at Shreveport
Jackson at Tulsa
El Paso at San Antonio
Wichita at Midland
Friday's Games
Arkansas at Shreveport
Jackson at Tulsa
El Paso at San Antonio
Wichita at Midland
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Sports
Briefs
DALLAS COWBOY
FOOTBALL
FROM THE
PRESS BOX
By J. Allen Dawson
[SOONER
CORNER
FOOTBALL
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
San Francisco 49ers extended the
contract of quarterback Steve
Young, a deal worth $45 million
over six years.
The 35-year-old former MVP,
is unlikely to receive all the mon-
ey in the deal. None of it is guar-
anteed and there’s a strong pos-
sibility it will be restructured as
early as next year, when Young is
due to receive a $10 million base
salary.
San Francisco also signed their
top draft pick, Virginia Tech quar-
terback Jim Druckenmiller, who
agreed to terms on a six-year con-
tract.
BASEBALL
CHICAGO (AP) — After a
four-hour meeting by a commit-
tee studying realignment for next
season, acting baseball commis-
sioner Bud Selig promised that
the issue will stay in the forefront.
Selig said the next step would
be another meeting of the com-
mittee, perhaps by conference call
early next week, and then to take
any plan to the executive coun-
cil.
BALTIMORE (AP) — All-Star
second baseman Roberto Alomar
was placed on the 15-day dis-
abled list by the Orioles with a
pulled right groin muscle. He was
hurt while running out a bunt in
Baltimore’s 5-4 victory over
Texas on Tuesday night.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Out-
fielder J.D. Drew, selected sec-
ond overall by the Philadelphia
Phillies in last month’s draft, lost
his bid to become a free agent
when major league baseball’s ex-
ecutive council rejected his peti-
tion.
Drew and his agent Scott Boras
had argued that the club failed to
send him a contract within the re-
quired 15 days.
BASKETBALL
CLEVELAND (AP) — Charles
Barkley testified that he pushed
the man who is suing him be-
cause he was a “drunk redneck”
who deserved it.
Barkley, testifying in the law-
suit in which Jeb Tyler is seeking
$550,000 from the NBA star, de-
scribed a chaotic scene in which
Tyler moved aggressively toward
him.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP)
— Joe Dumars, the last link to the
Pistons’ NBA championship
teams of 1989 and 1990, re-
signed with the club, and though
terms were not released, it vir-
tually guarantees that he will end
his career in Detroit.
Dumars has played his entire
12-year career with Detroit. His
908 games ranks third in team
history and he is likely to pass Isi-
ah Thomas (979) and Bill Laim-
beer (937) this season.
SWIMMING
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
Neil Walker set a meet record in
winning the 100-meter butterfly
at the Phillips 66 National Swim-
ming Championships.
Walker, of Verona, Wis., record-
ed a time of 53.06 seconds at
the Tracy Caulkins Pool, better-
ing Matt Biondi’s 53.09 mark set
in 1988.
Irvin quieter than in previous
seasons
By CHIP BROWN
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
Michael Irvin, the Cowboys’ nor-
mally flamboyant receiver, has
spent training camp working
harder than ever — but quietly.
Gone are the taunting comments
to cornerbacks and the dances and
dramatic spikes after making a
big play in drills. Instead, Irvin is
just going about his business and
the victims this week were the
Oakland Raiders.
Numerous times, Irvin torched
Oakland cornerbacks.
On Wednesday, Irvin brought
the fans at St. Edward’s Univer-
sity to a deafening roar by soar-
ing past former teammate Larry
Brown and catching a deep post
pattern for what would have been
a touchdown.
On Tuesday, the fans cheered as
he beat Oakland’s Perry Carter on
another deep route, this time ad-
justing his body at an acute angle
to haul it in over his shoulder.
Irvin said before camp that he
wanted to be traded because he
was tired of the turmoil in Dallas
involving his personal life after
being suspended last year for
violating the NFL’s substance
abuse policy and then being the
target of a murder-for-hire plot by
a Dallas police officer now serv-
ing time in jail.
Irvin recently settled a defama-
tion lawsuit he and offensive
tackle Erik Williams filed against
a Dallas television station for a
reported $2 million.
But after talking with Dallas
owner Jerry Jones, Irvin report-
ed to camp. Once a willing inter-
view subject, Irvin has become
leery of the media, turning his
hand up to reporters.
On the field, Irvin has been a
study of focus.
“Michael has always been one
of the hardest workers out here,”
said Jones. “This year there is
even more fire, and the rest of the
team appears to be following
his lead.”
PLAY OF THE DAY: Dallas
safety Brock Marion figured out
how to get out of special teams
kickoff duties at the end of
Wednesday’s morning practice.
Marion challenged cornerback
Kevin Smith to rochambeau, or
rock, paper, scissors.
After a two-out-of-three com-
petition, Marion laid down paper.
Smith laid down rock. Marion
took off his helmet and laughed
while Smith ran down the field.
Tuesday I visited the 84th birth-
day celebration for Harlan
"Lefty" Cleeton. Lefty is a Per-
ry baseball legend. Several of his
former team members came to
Green Valley to join him on his
special day.
Next week we will have a fea-
ture story on Lefty in this news-
paper. We will have some of the
old baseball team pictures, one of
which Joe Ripley is the team
manager and a very young Mick-
ey Ripley is the bat boy.
I am getting ready for a great
weekend of baseball at Ripley
Field. I talked to some of the
coaches of the visiting teams this
week and it seems they are look-
ing forward to the excitement
also. Come out and join us!
First game is tomorrow
evening.
Even with baseball fever, I can
feel football in the air.
(Editor note: If you have any
comments, suggestions, criticism
or praise to this column or this
sports page, please write to,
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MILLER’S DEBUT: The
Cowboys expect Anthony Miller
to debut in training camp as ear-
ly as Friday, which would be
slightly ahead of schedule.
Miller, picked up by Dallas last
month after his release from Den-
ver, will run routes without pads
Friday for the first time since
arthroscopic surgery on his
right knee June 20.
“It won’t be anything too in-
tense, but at least I’ll be out
there,” Miller said.
Coach Barry Switzer said the
five-time Pro Bowl receiver is un-
likely to play in the Aug. 8 pre-
season game at New England, as
the Cowboys had hoped. The club
now targets the Aug. 15 game
versus St. Louis for Miller’s first
Cowboys appearance.
“It would be pressing it for New
England, and I think he feels the
same way,” Switzer said.
HOME-AND-HOME SE-
RIES: Dallas owner Jerry Jones
says the team’s annual week of
training camp with the Oakland
Raiders could become a home-
and-home series.
“The main reason we would go
up there to Oakland to their camp
is the aspect of being reciprocal
as far as the Raiders coming
down here,” Jones said Wednes-
day. “It’s been a big plus for us.
But again, we don’t have any
plans or succinct agreement to do
that. It’s just something we might
think about in the future.”
Unlike Raiders owner Al Davis,
who closes practices to the pub-
lic, Jones said he prefers open
practices.
“We’ve enjoyed a lot of success
with open practices and we be-
lieve very strongly that our play-
ers perform and practice at a
higher level when they’ve got
thousands within 40 or 50 feet of
them,” Jones said. “It’s just a
pride factor. Al’s way has had
success and our way has had suc-
cess.”
The Raiders wrapped up two
days of two-a-day practices with
the Cowboys — rain shortened a
Wednesday afternoon workout —
and will scrimmage the Cowboys
on Thursday night before going
to Dallas for a preseason game
against Oakland on Sunday night.
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