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16 MANCHESTER HERALD, Friday, June 7,1991 1991—3 ■ w -W" In Brief . Blauser doing Shockers J Penders dinner set gain CWS MANCHESTER — East Catholic High School will hold a dinner for job for Braves iianrliPHtpr Hrral 23-year baseball coach Jim Penders, »sions, who recently logged career win No. playing,” Cox said. “He’s the hottest title game SATURDAY By DICK BRINSTER NEWSSTAND: 350 10-6/19 300, on Saturday, June 15, at 7 pjn. The Associated Press guy in baseball right now. Every I OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kennie JUNE 8,1991 TWELVE PAGES— TWO SEcnoN S Manchester, CT— A City of Village Charm at the East Catholic cafeteria. time he hits the ball, it’s stung.” Steenstra was perfect again, which Volume 110, Number 213 H O M E DELIVERED: 300 $140. > cintosh Tickets are $20 per person (buffet All Jeff Blauser wanted was a Blauser hit his fifth homer of the was perfectly alright with Wichita dinner and gift). Ticket deadline is season after David Justice had his State. irse. chance to play. Now that he has it, tar — today. he’s helping the Atlanta Braves play eighth, in the first inning. Blauser, “I had a goal at the beginning of Tickets are available from direc who also walked, had an RBI in the season to win 15,” Steenstra said players the role of bonafide contender in the >nd the u tor of athletic Tom Malin at each official at-bat. after pitching the Shockers into the National League West. guitar. 647-8627 (school) or 871-7328 “There’s no substitute for playing Charlie Leibrandt (5-4) allowed final of the College World Series (home). six hits, struck out four and walked with an 11-3 victory over Creighton I Tiies- the game,” baseball’s hottest hitter ) pjn. Bird surgery today said after concluding an incredible three in eight innings as the Braves Thursday. “I never imagined I won for the seventh time in 10 would go 17-0.” Money problems grip cities and towns series against the Philadelphia Phil BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics games. •se — lies. “Earlier in the season I was not But Steenstra raised his record to maced forward Larry Bird was scheduled to 17-0, bectnning the NCAA Division By STEFAN FATSIS “Any time you have to look taxpayers in the eye and say U.S. Courts, nearly all involving entities such as municipal satisfied with the way I was swing ythms, undergo surgey today to repair a I’s winningest pitcher, by scattering The Associated Press we’re either going to have to raise your taxes or cut services, utilities, water districts or real estate districts. ing, but I attributed that to not play (Sli'rhe back injury that nagged him ing every day.” NL Roundup nine hits and getting four double that’s painful,” John Shannon, a senior fellow at the Urban In Only a handful were made by places where people actually ■ East Catholic graduates NEW YORK — The unusual decision by Bridgeport to seek sCrom throughout the 1990-91 NBA He had a pretty good month in the play balls in the victory over stitute in Washington, said Friday. “And that’s happening all live and none nearly as large as Bridgeport. listed.................. Rage 3. Giants 6, Pirates 3: Bud Black federal bankruptcy court protection reflects troubled times over the country.” n."The season, the team said. last three games, homering in each Creighton. The risk in filing for Chapter 9 is that cities, towns or coun N ited to A surgical team led by Celtics cooled oft' John Smiley and the H m AsM datN d PrwM The win sends Wichita State into facing cities nationwide during one of their bleakest periods in But bankruptcy law and financial markets experts don’t ex ties risk enormous difficulties raising money in the financial while going 9-for-13 with 12 RBIs decades. ■ MCC course offerings team physician Dr. Arnold Scheller Pirates with his bat and arm as RETURN — Monica Seles makes a backhand return in her Saturday’s final against Louisiana pect a rush by cities and towns with fiscal problems to emulate markets by issuing bonds to pay off old debts or undertake new as the Braves took two out of three. light-hitting San Irancisco — get Sharply lower federal and state aid, shrinking tax bases, presented............. Rage 3. will operate on Bird at New England On Thursday night, Blauser was 4- semifinal match with Grabriela Sabatini at the French Open State for the title, and Shockers Bridgeport, a Connecticut shoreline city of 142,(X)0 where the projects. Baptist Hospital in Boston. An up ting a three-run homer from Matt coach Gene Stephenson is sure of higher social spending and the added whammy of recession industrial base has evaporated. Unless there’s a dire situation I would suspect that for-4, with four RBIs as the surging Williams — defeated Pittsburgh. Thursday. date of Bird’s condition will be one thing. Wave forced scores of municipalities to cut services and lay off, The city’s action late Thursday, challlenged by state offi municipalities would stay away from Chapter 9 and try to take ■ Student achievements Braves beat the Phillies 9-4 to Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0: Bob v^orkers in a bid to close yawning budget deficits. presented after the surgery, the team remain II games behind the Los “They’re a great team or they cials, marks a rare use of Chapter 9 of federal bankruptcy laws care of their problems in the more tradidonal ways,” said Neal lauded................. Rage 3. /2 Ojeda and two relievers combined . The fiscal woes range from a $3.5 billion budget gap in New said. Angeles Dodgers. wouldn’t be here,” Ste^riienson said , allowing municipalities to delay debt obligations but continue Attermann, municipal bond research director at Kidder, on four-hitter as Los Angeles shut York City to far more modest deficits that nonetheless have operations as normal. lys. “When you’re going well, not Vicario hopes luck Thursday night of the Tigers Peabody & Co. Belle is demoted out St. Louis for the second straight Wused municipalities to close libraries, douse streetlights and n. The much is going through your mind,” (54-18), who have won by scores of From 1980 to 1990, there were only about 60 Chapter 9 game. fire schoolteachers. uilable CLEVELAND (AP) — The Blauser said. “It’s when you’re 8-1, 15-3 and 19-8 at the CWS. “I’U filings nationwide, according to the Administrative Office of Please see MONEY, page 6. Cleveland Indians sent outfielder The shutout was the league-lead just make one prediction. They I extra struggling that you start thinking too ing sixth for Los Angeles and came Albert Belle to the minors after he much. good one more time won’t score 19 runs on us.” a night after Ramon Martinez threw - Par failed to run hard on a double-play “The secret is that I don’t know Stephenson said he will go with grounder during a 2-1 loss to the a four-hitter in a 2-0 victory. BVRIS (AP) — What next? In the first match, second-seeded hard-throwing right-hander lyier Bush taking what the secret is. There’s never Astros 9, Expos 8: Eric Yelding After w a tc ^ g Steffi Graf suffer effec- Chicago White Sox. been a period before when I got as Boris Becker, who would gain the Green (11-1), who was a first-round .'■S' Registration set hit a two-run single to cap a four-run the most ignominious loss of her men’s No. 1 ranking with a victory, day, 6/ Belle, awaiting a hearing on his many hits in so short a time. major league draft pick this week ninth irming as Houston rallied to brilliam pro career, French Open was to play fourth-seeded Andre for junior highs fee is appeal of a seven-day suspension for “But, if I come to the park tomor and had 14 strikeouts in nine innings end its longest losing streak this fans are r ^ y for anything in Satur Agassi, a losing finalist last year. MANCHESTER —Junior intentionally hitting a heckling fan row and am not playing. I’ll under against Creighton Monday night in season at six games. day’s final between top-seeded The other semifinal also paired an high school students (incoming with a baseball on May 11, leads the stand,” said Blauser, who has alter the double-elimination portion of C ubs 6 , P ad re s 2: Ryne Monica Seles and Graf-killer American and a German, ninth- grades 7, 8 and 9) new to the Macin- Indians with nine home runs and 27 nated at second base with Jeff the tournament Sandberg had a homer and triple Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. seeded Jim Courier against No. 12 Manchester school system, and se stu- RBIs. Treadway for most of the season. LSU coach Skip Bertman said his among his four hits, and Greg Mad Grafs 6-0, 6-2 defeat, coupled Michael Stich. Courier gave Becker who live in the Bennet and Illing techni- *T have gone to the wall with that There’s not much chance of that, ace, Chad Ojea (12-5), is ready to yards dux allowed five hits in eight in with Seles’ victory over Gabriela at shot at the No. 1 ranking by beat junior high school districts, may ercises man," Indians manager John Atlanta manager Bobby Cox said. pitch in the final at noon CDT. nings as Chicago ended visiting San Sabatini in the other semifinal ing top-seeded Stefan Edberg on Pitching and defense again register at the appropriate school various McNamara said.