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Sunday, August 11, 1991 The Bismarck Tribune Pago 3B Amundson has his day in Chiefs' championship game By STEVE THOMAS I Tribune Staff Writer i grill Hi fcftpi'l w5o throw now except for the fastball and players seem to chase that pitch." Amundson is a battler on the mound, at times escaping jams on what seems to be sheer stubbornness. He stranded 10 Jamestown runners Saturday, five in the last three innings. "He was getting his first pitch across he was getting pitchers' pitches across," said Jamestown coach Matt Elliot in praise of Amundson. Amundson worked 21 innings during the five-day run of the state tournament, but seemed to be none the worse for wear while accepting post-game hugs, backslaps and congratulations. "Right now it feels pretty good," he said of his lively right arm.

"It seems this year I've got a lot of added strength. During the winter I lifted weights and it's really helped with my endurance this summer." After losing Saturday's first championship game, Dave Kloster was delighted to watch Amundson tiptoe masterfully through the Jamestown lineup. "We went out and our pitchers did the job for the most part," Kloster said. "That was an unbelie-veable performance by Jon today. We pretty much did it without Jake (Meyhoff)." Kloster wasn't just a spectator in center field.

His brilliant diving catch short-circuited a budding Jamestown rally in the bottom of the first inning. "That was do-or-die," Kloster said. "We needed the out there." Now it's off to the Central Plains regional for the second straight year. Mandan plays the Kansas champion at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday at Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Amundson looks at this state title with relief, in contrast to last year's unexpected championship, which was something of an early Christmas gift. "There was a lot of pressure on us just because we were supposedly supposed to win it again. It seems like we HAD to win." And win Amundson did. His mound heroics earned him a chunk of the state tournament MVP award. He shared the honor with Jamestown's Darin Erstad, who poked three homers during the week.

Jamestown's decisive 8-1 triumph in Saturday's first game could have sent Mandan reeling, but it didn't. Kloster said there was too much at stake to go belly-up. "We've got nine 18-year-olds on this ballclub," he said. "We've been around the game and we've handled the pressure so we knew what to do when we went out there." But not without discussing things. "They all went down into the (right field) corner between games and got themselves ready," said Mandan assistant coach Jim Froe-lich.

"This whole thing is theirs." And what went on in the brief team meeting. "At first we felt like our backs were to the wall but we talked about what we had to do to get it done," Kloster said. "We had to hit the ball and think like state champions." That translates to m'ental toughness. Like bulldogs. JAMESTOWN Charles Kings-ley, drawing on Shakespeare, wrote that "young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog his day." Pencil Jon Amundson in as a bulldog.

Amundson, an 18-year-old righthander, spent most of his final season of Legion baseball quietly winning games in the shadow of fastballing lefty Jason Meyhoff. With good reason. Meyhoff put together a 7-1 record with an 0.89 ERA before a shoulder problem limited him to 6 innings in post-season play. With Meyhoff's availability limited, Amundson has come charging out of the backwaters of the Chiefs pitching rotation to win three tournament time games. The last win was a nifty complete-game 9-2 job over Jamestown Saturday in the championship game of the state Legion tournament.

That victory gave Amundson a 10-5 record for the year, making him the leading winner on the Chiefs staff. It closed out a state tourney in which he won two games and saved two. Mandan was 4-1 in the tournament. His ERA for the state tourney a tasteful 1.71. Saturday he nine and walked three, continuing a strikeout proficiency that's relatively recent.

"I just seemed to acquire the slider with two weeks to go in the season and I've really mastered i that pitch. It seems that's all I i STATE CHAMPS AGAIN: Mandan extended its Legion baseball season into mid-August for the second straight year Saturday, winning the state Legion title in Jamestown. The Chiefs, now 34-22, play the Kansas entry in the Central Plains Regional Tournament at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cape Girardeau, Mo. The Chiefs, front row from left, Jamie Sobolik, Ty Walters, Eric Glaser, Jaymie Berger (batboy), Dave Kloster and Jeremy Williams.

Second row, Bryce Petryszyn, Aron Amundson, Mike Riehl, Ryan Bragg, Brandon Ehlis and Chad Wick. Back row, Jim Froelich (assistant coach), Randy Hohbein, Jon Amundson, Jason Meyhoff, Todd Boehm and Owen Stockdill (head coach). jAAandan: 2 runs make a big Erstad drilled a 330-foot two-run home run to right field as Jamestown, behind pitcher Chad Beach, downed Mandan 8-1 in the first game to send the tourney to the limit. While Beach was working a well-spaced seven-hitter, Jamestown got to Mandan pitcher Dave Kloster for five runs in the first three innings. Erstad has an RBI double in the first and his homer wrapped up a four-run third.

Three more Eagles runs, two of them unearned, came home in the eighth. Beach, who struggled with his control in the first two innings, said Mandan's impatience at the plate helped him get his feet on the ground. "I was really nervous at first because Mandan had beaten us five out of five times," he said. "They helped me out by swinging at some bad pitches. When I came out and started to throw strikes I had a lot of confidence in our defense." Yet a half inning later, everyth Meyhoff singled and later rode i home on Boehm's sacrifice fly to make it 3-0 in the third and Randy Hohbein's two-run double off reliev-er Chris Weippert keyed a three- run sixth.

Boehm doubled in a run as the Chiefs added two more in the sev-j enth. Thus Jamestown's motor didn't i turn over until the Eagles were down 8-0. The Eagles milked Alex Seitz's double, a throwing error by Hohbein at third, a hit batsman and Kelly Messmer's single for two runs in the seventh, That's where Amundson drew the line, stranding five runners the rest of the way while notching the com- plete game. He finished the tourna-Jment with two wins, two complete games and two saves in relief. I It's not surprising, then, that he shared tourney MVP honors with 'Jamestown first baseman Darin Erstad.

Marty McDonald of fourth-! place Munich was named the Class 'A MVP. Media takes By JEFF OLSON Tribune Staff Writer LAKE SAKAKAWEA STATE PARK The seventh annual North Dakota Salmon Derby, Blackjaw Fever, opened Saturday with competition among members of the media. Gene Werre and Wally Harding of KFYR radio won the 1991 media trophy with a salmon that weighed 6.8 pounds. Dean August of KBMR radio was second; Erik Olson of the Bismarck Tribune was third and. Bob Link of the Beulah Beacon, was fourth.

Members of the Trophy Takers Salmon Club, the derby sponsors, were the fishing guides for the media anglers. -1 Fishing continues through noon on Aug. 18. The tournament entry fee is $13 per person and anglers must have a North Dakota fishing license and a trout and salmon stamp. stage at fishing derby course and followed with a solid second round for a 36-hole total of 10-under 134.

That was three shots better than Bob Wynn, Dale Douglass and Bobby Nicholls. Wynn and Nicholls had 72s while Douglass shot a 67. Sixty-year-old Lloyd Moodv won $11,000 in the 36-hole Super Seniors. Harr, Hertz teams claim AAAR golf titles The Scott Harr and Don Hertz teams claimed divisional titles in the annual MAR Golf Club golf tournament Saturday at the Mandan Golf Course. Harr, Tom Hertz, Jim Neubauer and Tracy Porter took four-man scramble honors.

Don Hertz, Don Helbling, Mark Helbling and Dan Helbling led the way in net competition. Bismarck Wendy's 7, Mandan Eagles II C. Wishek Cenex 4, Bismarck MSU 3. Jamestown Hardees 7, Rugby Ce nexNeimi 0. Mandan Cenex 8, Williston Lane 25Miiler Lite 3.

Bismarck Coke 13, Watford City First Internation al Bank 3. Rhame Merchants 37, Rolia TMC 0. Mandan Standard 19, Jamestown Frontier Fort 4. Dickinson Gustafson Insurance 11, Stanley 5 SpotPoor Farm 7. Bismarck JT Pro Shop 12, New Town Lakeside State Bank 2.

Turtle Lake Lucky 6 Lanes 4, Rugby Mer chants Bank 3. Rolia Gustafson OilCorner Off Sale 6, Butte Dogden Slammers 4. Bismarck Sheraton 10, Jamestown Knights of Columbus 9. Mandan KX 12 Sports 8, Rolette Wagon Wheel 7. Minot Barley Pop Bar 4, Jamestown Eagles II 2.

Woodworth Legion 8, Watford City Northern States 2. Williston The Kensington 18, Dickinson Badlands Orthopedics 8. Bismarck Co-op Power 16, Mandan Lipp Drywall 10. Bismarck Rax 8, Kulm Super Sox 7. Second round Super Valu Retail 4, DGC Master Batters 3.

Mecca 7, Mandan Legion b. Buckhorn 15, Sergio's 1. Subway 18, Capital TrophyNorthern Plains 16. Lounge 12, Zora 2. Gene's PlumbingVenture Oil 11, Foehn 5.

Perkins 20, Geiszler 5. DustexHuff Bar 10, Center Field 5. Wibaux, bye. Water Hole 12, Huff Bar 9. Amy's 12, St.

John Mer chants I. Bismarck Eagles 9, Benny's TRT 1. TMI 14, Lonesome Dove 3. Goosenest 3, Parkway Ford 2. West PlamsFirst State Bank 11, Krause's 1.

Wishek Cenex 25, Wendy's 17, Mandan Cenex 11, Hardee's 8. Bismarck Coke 6, Rhame Merchants 5. Manoan Standard 15, Gus tafson Insurance 4. JT Pro Shop 11, Lucky 6 Lanes 3. Gustafson OilCorner Offsale 10, Sheraton 3.

Barley Pop 10, KX 12 Sports 4. Kensington 20, Woodworth Legion 2. Rax 14, Bismarck Co op Power 10. RIVERWOOD GOLF SHOP Mid Summer Sale Quality Merchandise Discount Prices Extended Warranties 223-99152226462 1- 111 I Country Club on Friday. The format was best two-ball in the foursome, net.

The winners carded a 55.5 to 59.0 for the runners-up Merlin and Bev Rudrud and Ray and Fran Albrecht. Lauren and Mary Stottler and Bob and Rita Wilier totaled 59.5 for third. Fourth went to Jack and Judy Bohnenblust and Cedric and Mary Theel. Coody jumps 4 shots ahead of seniors field Charles Coody shot a 3-under-par 69 Saturday to take a four-shot lead after two rounds of the $350,000 US West Seniors Showdown Classic at Jeremy Ranch, Utah. Coody opened with a spectacular 7-under 65 on Friday over the mountainous par-72, SOFBALL Class F-VVest men's slowpitch First round Bismarck Super Valu Retail 12, Killdeer City of Kill deer 1.

Beulah DGC Master Batters 6, Anamoose Pete's Tractor Salvage 4. Hettinger Mecca 12, Minot Souris Val ley Feed 6. Mandan Legion 8, Bismarck Holiday Inn 5. Dickinson Sergio's 16, Bismarck Schiitz 10. Mandan Buckhorn Bar 7, Jamestown Park Apartments 1.

Bis marck Capital TrophyNorthern Plains Equipment 29, Dunseith Bud's 3. Jamestown Subway 10, Dickinson Taco John's 9. Drake Lounge 15, New Leipzig Roth's Meat Market 11. Mandan Zora 10, Hettinger Sidetrack LoungeHi Merest Care Center 4. Williston Foehn 7, Mmot RivPabst 4.

Tioga Gene's PlumbingVenture 7, New Town Northrup Dakota 6. Jamestown Perkins 11, Turtle Lake Dental Clinic 6. Dickinson G.T. Geiszler 7, Hazen Box's Bar 0. Dickinson Centerfield 18, Strasburg Bushwackers 11.

Mandan DustexHuff's Bar 17, Bismarck Tumbleweed BarUBC3. Wibaux, Shamrock VideoSuper Valu 15, Balfour Heilman's BarCliff's Care 7. Huff Bar 10, Gaclke IRS Farms 9. Lehr Water Hole 14, Halliday Lake Side Conve mence 0. Minot Arny'sOld Mill Bottles 5, Williston Herb's Body Shop 4.

St. John Merchants 12, Goodrich Le gion 6. Bismarck Eagles II 6, Dickinson Lefor l. Hassebrock 4. Mott Benny's TRT Jamestown Lucas Aerospace 1.

Mandan Lonesome Dove II 20, Wifliston Modern Ma chine 14. Dickinson TMI 12. Garrison Olson Silk Screen Ruso Goosnest 7, Bremem Elevator 5. Dickinson Parkway Ford 11, Minot mart South 5. Beach West PlainsFirst State Bank 20, Jamestown Wedgecor 7.

Hazen Krause's 8, Killdeer McKenzie Electric Co op 3. rackage Express J00 7 To Fargo or Minneapolis 3 lbs. or less GO GREYHOUND And leave the driving to us." 223-6576 sdaV An bz 1 r.Mi" nV P.e' il WP1 SPORTS DIGEST Net-gross tournament condudes at Apple Creek The foursome of Todd Baum-gartner, Tom Barr, Dick Goetz and Duke Albrecht blitzed the 16-team field in winning Saturday's golf tourney at Apple Creek Country Club. They combined for a 24-under-par 120 in a format that counted one net and gross score on each hole. Gary Reile, Mike Lavin, Dan Sandow and Jeff Orchard were second at 126 and two teams tied for third at 127.

One included Dave Schouweiler, Ed Behrendt, Cooper Land and Dennis Schneider; the other had Merlin Rudrud, Tim Hen-nessy, Skip Duemeland and Bob Morrison. Injury forces Sabcrtini from tourney semifinal Top-seeded Gabriela Sabatini sprained her left ankle and had to withdraw from her semifinal match in the Player's Challenge tournament against Jennifer Capriati in Toronto on Saturday. Sabatini withdrew with a 3-2 lead in the second set after Capriati won the first set 6-4. The 21-year-old Argentine called a physiotherapist for an injury timeout after Capriati won the first game of the second set. Sabatini had her ankle taped and broke Capriati's serve in the fifth game before pulling out.

The injury ends Sabatini's chance of becoming the world's top-ranked player before the U.S. Open starts on Aug. 26. Currently third behind Monica Seles and Steffi Graf, Sabatini could have reached No. 1 by winning this tournament and at Los Angeles next week.

Her status for the U.S. Open is uncertain. The third-seeded Capriati advanced to her second straight final, having won the Mazda Classic in San Diego, by beating Seles last Sunday. In Sunday's final, the 15-year-old Capriati will play the winner of Saturday's semifinal between second seed Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere of Switzerland and her sister, No. 4 Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria.

Rain threatened to delay or postpone the second semifinal as a rainstorm hit the National Tennis Centre following Sabatini's withdrawal. Capriati, who until Saturday was 0-6 against Sabatini, played superbly in the first set. "I knew something had to be wrong when Gaby called the trainer the first time, but I thought she might have just been taping blisters," Capriati said. "Then I noticed she was running to the net a lot more rather than stay at the baseline. "I guess the injury might take something away from the win, because people will now say that I beat her, but she was injured.

But I felt I was playing well, and I won the first set, so I was happy with how things, were going." Riverwood men schedule fall golf tournament The Riverwood Men's Golf Association has scheduled its annual fall tournament for Aug. 17-18. Entry fee is $25 per player. The tournament is a stroke play event, flighted by handicap. All entries and entry fees must be turned in at the Riverwood pro shop by 9 a.m., Aug.

15. Mayer-dement team wins Apple Creek event Don and Kathy Mayer and Don and Pat Clement teamed up to win the couples event at Apple Creek difference ing had turned 180 degrees. "This is an intresting game," Jamestown coach Matt Elliot said. "I figured we'd come out and pick up from where we left off. (Once behind) the anxiety to hurry up and get ahead was there and there was pressure when we got behind early." Amazing what two little runs can do.

Jamestown 8, Mandan Mandan 000 010 000 1 7 5 Jamestown 104 000 03x 89 1 Dave Kloster and Todd Boehm; Chad Beach and Kelly Messmer. Beach, 7 1. Kloster, 9-4. HR -Jamestown, Darin Erstad. Highlights: Mandan Kloster 3 tor 3, 1 run (8 IP, 9 8 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 SO); Chad Wick 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 SB.

Jamestown Kevin Dobson 2 for 4, 1 run; Mike Hog-garth 2-tor 3, 3 runs, 2 RBIs, 1 SB; Erstad 2 for-3, double, home run, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Chris Gerlach 2 for 4, 1 RBI; Beach (9 IP, 7 I 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 SO). Mandan 9, Jamestown 2 Mandan 201 003 201 -9 8 1 Jamestown 000 000 200 2 6 6 Jon Amundson and Boehm; Jason Falk, Chris Weippert 6), Cory Hoyt (8) and Messmer. Amundson, 10 5. Falk, 7 2. HR None.

Highlights: Mandan Jason Meyhoff 2 for 5, 2 runs, 1 SB; Wick 0 for 4, 2 runs; Boehm 1 for 2, double, 2 BB, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Ryan Bragg 0 for 3. 2 BB, 1 run; J. Amundson 0 for 2. 3 BB, 1 run, 1 SB, 1 RBI (9 IP, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 SO); Randy Hohbein 2 for 4, double, 1 BB, 3 RBIs; Aron Amundson 2 for Jamie Sobolik 1 for-3, 1 RBI. Jamestown Messmer 2for3, 2 BB; Alex Seitz 2 for 4, double, I run; Falk 15 IP, 3 5 3 ER, 5 BB, 1 SO); Weippert 12 IP, 2 3 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO); Hoyt 12 IP.

3 1 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO). Records: Mandan 34 22, Jamestown 37 24. nine-day derby is worth $1,000. The angler with the second-largest fish receives $500 and a $250 payout for the third-largest fish. Should one entrant catch the largest fish of the derby on the closing weekend, he or she must choose between the grand prize and the first prize of $1,000.

The final weekend of the derby is usually the most competitive, that's when the grand prize WC-16 deluxe Lund fishing boat and Shorelander trailer is up for grabs. The person catching the biggest trout or salmon will pull the rig home. Individual entry fees include a $2 contribution for a college scholarship fund and are a qualifier for the club's derby raffle. The derby includes a variety of divisions for individuals, fishing clubs, sponsors, media, youth (12 and under). Prizes are awarded at Fishermen's Point in the park shortly after the close of the derby at noon Aug.

18. Jesus Mena of Mexico won the silver with 544.08, and Patrick Jeffrey of Madison, N.J., won the bronze with 539.73. Both Mena and Jeffrey asked and were granted re-dives when crowd noise interrupted their concentration. "It had to be stopped," Jeffrey said. "It has no place in diving.

Someone let out a real shrieking whistle as I left the platform, and my whole dive was a split second off. It was rude, it was bad. After that dive, I didn't feel like diving anymore." 1st place They're actually doing quite well on this road trip with a 6-3 record going into Saturday night's game at Seattle. Chicago, meanwhile, is doing what the Twins had been doing. That is, feasting on the AL East.

Still, it should be quite a race among the Twins, White Sox and Athletics, maybe even the Rangers, Mariners or Royals. (Abe Winter is the Tribune sports editor). Pan Am: USA's last loss was in 1982 Contestants may weigh-in their trout or salmon at several locations around the lake: Captain Kit's Marina at Lake Sakakawea State Park, Pick City Conoco, Captain's Convenience in Pick City, the Honey Hole in Riverdale, Tim's Total Tackle in Garrison, Dakota Waters Resort, and the Hook, Line and Sinker in Beulah. Trophy Takers president Mike Peterson of Hazen said the derby will draw between 500-600 entrants. The firsl derby had 100 competitors and a maximum of 850 people in 1986.

"We're looking for lots of fish this year," Peterson said, "it's about that time of the year when they start getting ready for their annual spawning run. We key the event on that. Last weekend the Great Planer's had their derby and they caught a fair number of fish. That's usually a good indicator for us." The largest fish caught in the Mexican and U.S. divers complained of crowd noise at the pool complex, but they hadn't heard, anything yet.

When Cuba won its first Pan Am diving gold medal, the new steel girders shook with jubilation. The victory by 17-year-old Ramirez ended a U.S. domination of Pan Am diving that had dated back to 1975. When he sliced into the water on his 10th and final dive of the platform competition, the scoreboard flashed a score of 63, giving him 560.79 total. Ed Schmidt has a knack for being a playing partner when a hole-in-one is notched.

When Bob Morrison carded an ace Friday, it marked the 14th perfect shot Schmidt had witnessed. Two of those holes-in-one were his own. NOT FOLDING: Although their lead has shrunk in the AL West, the Minnesota Twins hardly can be considered chokers. The United States' problem was 'its shooting. The U.S.

women went of the first half without a field Igoal as Cuba took the lead. Cuba led 37-34 at halftime and 51-44 with to play. The United States jwent on a 9-2 run for a 53-53 tie (with 11:27 to play, but that was the last hurrah for the Americans. lEdwards led the team with 22 points. The last U.S.

tournament loss in the 1982 world Ichampionships to the Soviet Union in the gold medal game. dental. oiler!" jf''l'- S1 W' Winter: Minnesota is still in V1 at Riverwood Golf Course. Klein used a 3 iron from 194 yards for a double-eagle on the par-5 sixth hole. Even more impressive was the fact that the ball landed directly in the cup on the fly.

The ball he used for the rarity has red paint on it after wedging between the flag stick and cup. ACE WITNESS: Bismarck's.