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iron: SECTION Aug. 11, 1986 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Wmb mm camp and get to work. I wanted to put all of this behind me and gear everything to football. Now I can." Bell has missed four weeks and two days of training camp, as well as two preseason games.

The missed time was the key factor in the two sides culminating a deal. "I don't think there was any more to talk about," Sewell said. "We could have haggled over a couple of additional percentage points, but that would have jeopardized 100 percent of Anthony's training camp. Everyone concerned wants him to have a productive rookie season." Bell will compete for the starting right outside linebacking position with veteran Charlie Baker. By Bemie Miklasz Of the Pott-Dispatch Staff The football Cardinals on Sunday reached an agreement with No.

1 draft choice Anthony Bell, the linebacker from Michigan State who was the fifth player selected in the 1986 National Football League draft. Bell's agent, Edward Sewell, agreed on a four-year deal in the range of $1.63 million early Sunday evening after several hours of meetings with Cardinals attorney Bob Wallace in St. Louis. Included In the deal is a signing bonus of approximately $665,000. The agreement also Included a package of incentives that could increase its value to more than $1.7 million.

of hard work." Bell's selection on April 29 stunned many people in the NFL. Bell has good size he is 6-foot-3 and weighs 230 pounds and he can run the 40-yard dash in 4 5 seconds, but his productivity at Michigan State came under fire. Many scouts had Bell rated as a second-round pick, but the Cardinals believed in his combination of size, speed and intelligence and made him their highest draft choice since linebacker E.J. Junior in 1981. "I know what I can do," Bell said.

"It's time to prove the Cardinals right and the other people wrong." Bell already has bought a house in St. Louis County and intends to live Cardinals coach Gene Stallings has been disappointed in the amount of work Bell has missed, but said the summer could be salvaged. "It depends on the individual," Stallings said. "When (No. 3 pick) Gene Chilton came late, he worked morning and night to make up for the time he missed.

If you want it badly enough, you can overcome anything." Bell said he already has made that commitment. During the holdout, he said he worked out four or five times a week and studied a scaled-down version of the Big Red playbook. "I'm confident I can make up for the lost time," Bell said. "I plan to put in a lot of overtime. I think that I can handle it, but it is going to take a lot there year-round.

"I love what I've seen of St Louis," Bell said, "and can't wait to move there for good." In his four seasons at Michigan State, Bell made 123 solo tackles, assisted on 98 others and bad four sacks. Four turnovers came his way two fumble recoveries and two interceptions. His best year for the Spartans was 1984, his junior season. He earned honorable mention on the All-Big Ten team after garnering 105 tackles and was given the Love Award as Michigan State's most Improved player. Bell's best single-game performance also came in 1984, when he made 16 tackles against Purdue.

STALLINGS low-key after first win since 1971 Page 6C KICKING comes automatic-Lee to the Big Red Page 6C The contract Is about 15 percent higher than the deal signed last summer by the Big Red's No. 1 draft choice, Freddie Joe Nunn. Bell's signing bonus also Is $100,000 more than Nunn's bonus. Bell was to arrive In St. Louis Sunday night, sign his contract this morning, take his preseason physical and report to training camp in Charleston, later in the afternoon.

"I'm Just very happy that it's over," Bell said. "I want to get into training II1IJJ" ft' 11 U(y-s -f 1 hi i ffiui 1 Mike LaValliere, Clint Hurdle and Jose Oquendo greet Bob Forsch, who drove them home with a grand slam in the fifth' James A. FinleyAP inning of the Cardinals' 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday at Busch Stadium. Junior Olympics Games Get High Marks By Dave Dorr Of the Post-Dispatch Staff By its name and nature, the AAUUSA Junior Olympics could be expected to reach into such far-flung places as Puyallup, New Ipswich, N.Y.; Hamlet, N.C.; and Bound Brook, N.J. Athletes from these cities were among the 4,848 from all corners of the United States who took part in the games that ended here Sunday.

The total made the 20th Junior Olympics the largest in the event's history. But who would have thought that the Junior Olympics would reach into Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games? Or Seoul, South Korea, the site of the 1988 Summer Games? They did. A week and a half ago, a representative of the Greek government with the 1904 Olympics in mind called officials here, asking if wreaths made of laurel leaves could be flown to St. Louis to be awarded to winners. The 1904 Olympics were held in St.

Louis as an adjunct to the World's Fair. Several of the sports took place within the environs of what is now the Washington University campus. WU was the hub for this year's Junior Olympics. Denise Scalzo-Mullin, executive director of Civic Entrepreneurs Organization the Junior Olympics host group said the wreath request was stonewalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

However, the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee was represented. Choi Seung Han spent a few days here as an observer. Even without wreaths, the Junior Olympics were stamped a success both by local officials and by those of the Indianapolis-based Amateur Athletic Union, the coordinating organization. Next year, the games will be in Syracuse, N.Y. The eight days of the games here raced by with breakneck speed for Scalzo-Mullin, who 21 months ago began the task of putting the Junior Olympics together.

"It was like being in labor for two years and having this child. And now what do you do?" she said. The event required 5,500 local volunteers, corporate financial support and occasional arm-twisting. "We had to rely on the community," she said. "If we couldn't pull this off, the community would have had to think twice before considering whether to bring in any other event of this type.

Eventually, the cards fell the way you thought they would. "Without Washington University, none of it would have worked. The people there do it with class and do it' right or they don't do it." There were glitches. One involved a soccer team from Florida that showed up unannounced Thursday. Schedules had to be rearranged to accommodate the newcomers.

Requests made of Scalzo-Mullin covered the gamut. One came from a See JUNIOR, Page 6 BUSCH GIRLS win gold in 16-un-der soccer Page 8C 1 OverBucs illa wound up at third when a fastball went by LaValliere for a passed ball. "That was an awful bad time to do something like that," LaValliere said. "That's the first one I've had since I've been in the big leagues. Fortunately, it didn't cost us." Mike Diaz, hitting for Barry Bonds, drilled a ball deep into the left-field seats, but foul.

Worrell wasn't worried about that, however, as he kept working the ball inside to Diaz. He threw a fastball away; and Diaz hit it off the end of the bat. The ball rolled harmlessly to shortstop Jose Oquendo, who looked Bonilla back to third, and threw to first for the second out of the inning. Then Sid Bream flied out to deep center. Worrell gave up a one-out double to Jim Morrison in the ninth, but struck out Tony Pena with a slider and retired Benny Distefano on a foul pop to third baseman Terry Pendleton, ending the game.

With a bottle of champagne sitting on the floor next to his locker, Worrell celebrated his 24th save a major-league record for a rookie. "I had to work for it," he said. "But I'm getting these saves because of the defense this team plays. Tommy Herr made a great play up the middle today, and that really saved the game." Leading off the ninth, R.J. Reynolds sent a sharp grounder that was headed to center field.

Herr reached the ball, made a backhanded stop, and put enough on the throw for the out at first. If Reynolds had been See CARDS, Page 2 2 9 4 jh 1 PGA Norman Slowed By Iftain By Steve Kelley Of the Post-Dispatch Staff TOLEDO, Ohio Greg Norman finally was slowed Sunday in the PGA Championship, but it took a force stronger than even Jack Nicklaus. Rain soaked the Inverness Club, forcing a suspension of play after Norman and his closest pursuers Bob Tway and Peter Jacobsen had completed only one hole. The forecast for Toledo called for sunshine today, and play was scheduled to resume at 12:15 p.m. St.

Louis time. ABC-TV will telecast the finish between 3 and 4:30 p.m. All shots struck on Sunday will count. Norman's lead remains four shots over Tway, but Jacobsen fell back a stroke with a bogey on the only hole he finished. Jacobsen is tied with Payne Stewart, seven behind Norman.

Those eight strokes behind include Nicklaus, who bogeyed the first hole and birdied the second. There was no lightning Sunday, but the steady, light rain finally made the greens unplayable shortly after the leaders teed off. PGA officials first announced that they hoped to resume play later Sunday and to complete as much golf as daylight permitted. A gloomy forecast, however, prompted the decision to wait until today. "We have an excellent forecast for Monday, and we felt the conditions today were not satisfactory for a major championship to be completed," PGA president Mickey Powell said.

The PGA's policy of not washing out a round that is, canceling all shots and restarting the final 18 for all players was established in 1976 at Congressional Country Club. That was the only PGA to finish on a Monday. "I don't think it will affect my play at all," Norman said. "It's disappointing that we can't finish on the day we're supposed to. Everyone has their cars all packed up, and this messes up motel and airline reservations." Norman said he felt lucky to have parred the first hole Sunday to remain at 11 under for the tournament.

After pushing his drive Into the right rough, Norman chipped into the fairway, knocked his approach shot 18 feet from the hole and made the long putt for par. "I would have hated to have made bogey, then sat around all afternoon thinking about it," he said. "I felt comfortable and was swinging aggressively on the practice tee. I hope I feel the same tomorrow. I don't think it will go away overnight." Norman found a bright side to the situation; he could cancel an early wake-up call today so that he can appear on the CBS Morning News.

"It's a good deal for me," he said with a smile. Thirteen players completed their final rounds before the suspension of play. St. Louisan Hale Irwin is the leader in the clubhouse or, by now, he's the leader in Frontenac, where he makes his home. Irwin shot 68 for a 72-hole total of 287, 3-over par.

Irwin holds the 72-hole record for a major championship at See PGA, Page 2 Frsh) Pitcher's Grand Slam Leads To 5-4 Win (Since 1900) Pitcher, Date, Opponent (Opposing Pitcher) Mike O'Neill (pinch-hitter), June 3, 1902, Boston (Charles Pittinger) Curt Davis, April 26, 1 938, Cincinnati (Al Hollingsworth) Bob Gibson, Sept. 29, 1965, San Francisco (Gaylord Perry) Bob Gibson, July 26, 1973 (first game), New York (John Strohmayer) Rick Wise, Aug. 21 1973, Atlanta (Roric Harrison) Joaquin Andujar, May 15, 1984, Atlanta (Jeff Dedmon) Bob Forsch, Aug. 10, 1986, Pittsburgh (Mike Bielecki) By John Sonderegger Of the Post-Dispatch Staff It was a magical moment that reached up and grabbed your heart and soul. Bob Forsch, who was working on a no-hitter, came to the plate in the fifth inning with the bases loaded.

He had struck out on three breaking balls in the dirt in his previous at-bat. "I'm not very pretty sometimes when I go up there," he said. He was looking for another curve-ball from Mike Bielecki, and the Pittsburgh pitcher threw the ball up and it hung. Crunch! Forsch's bat met the ball, sending it up, up, and away, and 36,286 patrons rose as one as it landed in the left-field bleachers for a grand slam. "I'd rather pitch than hit," said Forsch.

"I don't care who hits it. Getting the four runs was the important thing." Catcher Mike LaValliere agreed. "To us," he said, "getting four runs with one swing of the bat is unusual. It's a little easier than getting six singles." The fairy tale did not come true, and Forsch did not carve his name into the record book by throwing a no-hitter and hitting a grand slam in the same game. But the Cardinals sneaked by the Pirates 5-4 Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium, and Forsch won his sixth game in succession, improving his record to 12-6.

For five innings, Forsch was almost Orsulak dumped a short flyball into left field and scooted to second with a double, ending Forsch's bid for his third no-hitter. "He made a good pitch to Orsulak," said LaValliere, "but then he got a sinker up to Washington." U.L. Washington followed with a clean single to center field, scoring Orsulak. Forsch worked out of the inning and pitched a worry-free seventh, but he was knocked out in the eighth, giving up two hits and a walk. "I don't know what happened," Forsch said.

"All of a sudden I just started missing on my pitches. And the Pirates are tough. They keep coming at you. They hit, and they score runs." Rick Horton relieved to face Bobby Bonilla, who doubled in two runs with a shot over the third-base bag. That made the score 5-4, and Bonilla was perched at second with the tying run.

Todd Worrell was summoned. Bon perfect, the only blemish being a walk to Bielecki. "That's as good as I've seen him," said LaValliere. "He had great location on his fastball, and he was getting his sinker down and away to the lefthanders. He was outstanding." Seven of the first nine outs came on groundballs, and another was a strikeout.

After his grand slam had given him a 5-0 lead, Forsch went to the dugout and tried to get his concentration back on pitching. The crowd continued to roar, beckoning the hero out for a curtain call. "I have trouble with distractions like that," Forsch said. "Coming out of the dugout and tipping my cap, that's just not my makeup. It's nothing personal; I just have trouble doing something like that.

"I think it's almost like showing up somebody on the other team, and I think that's wrong." In the sixth inning, pinch-hitter Joe ady But Merakofl IM To kTu QounMown Kevin Horrigan Sports Editor catch and throw the ball. When he got over here, in the spring, it looked like he could get the job done, although he dropped an awful lot of balls, even in spring training. "He just tried too hard. He got off bad and he just couldn't relax. He just couldn't let himself play.

There was the the thing with TV, the gesture that he made. Then in San Diego he argued with a fan. It was just one thing after another. The fans just weren't going to let him up, I don't think. "He really felt bad about it.

When he left, he came to me and said, 'Sorry it didn't work out. I've always wanted to play for you. I had my chance and I screwed up." Herzog said Heath had been tentative with his pitch-calling, often glancing over to the dugout to see whether Herzog wanted a fastball or curve. "I think that happened to him when Billy Martin was 'the manager in Oakland, second-guessing him all the time. It just didn't work out for him here, and it was just a shame." But the biggest factor in Heath's demise here, Her-See HORRIGAN, Page 4 And so the Mike Heath Hit Countdown comes to a premature end.

Back in early May, when Heath's batting average was a buck and a quarter, this column poured salt in the wound by suggesting that Heath wouldn't hit in 56 games all year 56 being the magic number established by Joe DiMaggio in 1941. So what if DiMaggio did it In consecutive games? The bet here was that Heath wouldn't do it, period. It was a bet I wouldn't have minded losing. For every game over 56 that Heath hit in, ten bucks were going to go to Community Hospice Care Inc. But Heath finished his Cardinal career with 39 base hits racked up over 30 games leaving him 26 behind Joltin' Joe.

"I don't mind," said Heath. "You're just doing your job. If I was you, I'd get on me, too." Now the question becomes do games with Detroit count in the Hit-man Heath Countdown? Dan Dierdorf, star of radio television and restaurants and the countdown commissioner, has ruled no. The bet is off. The Heath Epoch is over.

"I saw him play as a young player," manager Whitey Herzog said of Heath. "Mechanically, he could always It wasn't long before the rest of us found out why. Mike Heath had the great misfortune of collecting only four hits in his first 56 at-bats. A man touted as a first-rate defensive catcher suddenly developed a tendency to drop pitches and throw baseballs away. He had the miserably poor judgment to make an obscene gesture toward some fans who happened to be sitting in back of a national television camera.

He had a little trouble getting his car out of a parking garage and wound up in a gossip column. Alas, poor Mike Heath. He had a Weight-Watcher's batting average, rabbit ears and a short fuse. "Let's face it," he once said, using a colorful phrase associated with scarlet donkeys. "I have a (tendency to become irritated easily).

I should have been a hockey player." He was right. He was Brian Sutter in a catcher's mask, Charlie Bourgeois in double-knits. He was that tough defenseman Jacques Demers was looking for. And now, like Jacques, Heath has gone to Detroit. The Tigers had to put their All-Star catcher, Lance Parrish, on the disabled list, and needed a catcher in a hurry.

7 Mike Heath, who arrived at Busch Stadium last winter amid the clanging of cymbals and the blare of trumpets, crept out of town quietly Sunday morning. Probably no one has ever been quite so glad to be going to Detroit. Alas, poor Mike Heath. He coulda been a contenduh. He could have been a classic Cardinal ballplayer.

Fiery, gung-ho, hard-nosed, a catcher in the old-time mold. The fans might have taken him into their hearts. The Cardinals Introduced him to the press last February with ceremonies appropriate to the second coming of Johnny Bench. "I've been to these before," an awe-struck Heath said at the time, "but never one for me before.".