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Show Mi TODAY: SOCCER Gannett NewsService The MetroStars Did Little But Dump Players Three of the four teams in- volved in this week's Major League Soccerseries of trades come out as winners. No gradeis given the fourth, because all the New have donesofaris get rid of players. We'll have to wait and see whatthis embarrassingly poor-performing franchise comes up with @ Los Angeles Galaxy gets a B-plus for acquiringattacking midfielder Roy Myers and getting rid of the disap- pointing Welton He should help this offen- sively challenged team, the biggest disappointment in MLS. Myers was mis-used during his brief stay with the Me- troStars, frequently playing at forward rather than mid- field, his natural spot The question is how will he mesh with Mauricio Cienfue- gos. the diminutiveGalaxy playmaker? Los Angeles now has a mixture of power and fin on attack. With the arr striker Carlos Hermosillothis weekend. they will have the weaponsfor “muscle” goals, and notjust haveto rely on Cobi Jones’ speed and Cienfuegos’ finesse. @ Miami Fusion gets a pro: visional B for getting MetroS tars central defender Arley Palacios — a hard-nosed above-average performer — in part to replaceout-for-theseason injured Wade Web- ber. as well as obtaining WelSan Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda ‘The latter two are question marks. Welton, 24. had 17 goals and11 assists last year. third in MLSscoring, but no goals and one where he has { this season been slowed someby injuries. and has drawn the ire of both coaches — thefired Octavio Zam: branoandsuccessor Sigi Schmid He is not a skilledplayer, relying mainly on speed Thehopein Miamiis that he will take someofthe pres- sure off Diego Serna, whois among theelite forwards in This could betheacidtest for Coach Ivo Wortmann. who benched and in effect got rid of temperamental vet @Ceoeeeceeseeesceseresecececceneceseeeeeeenee York/NewJersey MetroStars SOSH SHSSHSOHTEESEEOHHHSTEAEHESHOSHSHOSEHOOSEOTHE ROH EEHEHEEEBESE The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Thursday. June 3, 1999 eran midfielder Carlos Val derrama. Can he get thestill young but erratic Welton to perform for the Fusion? The season may rest on it since Miami has been severe ly lacking in firepower Wynalda, 30. is reported out until Septemberfollowing years Some think he was unfairly @ San Jose's gradeis in complete. The Clash free a maximum-salary($2 and reportedly are Costa Rican midfielder Mauricio Solis, which would fill a four-yearvoid at playmaker It also would give the Clash — yet to post a regula tion-time victory — an out standing international contin gent, also including defender Mauricio Wright (Costa Rica) and E] Salvadoranstrikers Ronald Cerritos and Raul Diaz Arce. @ The MetroStars’ grade is failing and incomplete Speculation continues about sweeper Lothar Matth neous, despite earlier denials, coming to New York/New Jersey from Bayern Munich (Germany) He is 38, but still good enough to start for the Ger man national team, and his presence would be 4 big boos for MLS. @eeeeeseeseeseseseseseseseseseseses 29 assists in 51 starts Jays Ia m ‘The heavyweightfight picture grew more clouded in South Bend.Ind. Pitchers Adam Johnson and Marco Wednesday amid talk of a George Foreman-Mike Tyson fight and newtrouble in arranging thetitle rematch between Evander Holy: Hanlon, second baseman David Bacani and shortstop Chad Olszanski were sent home, Coach George Horton said, and will miss the NCAA tournamentregional at A Foreman adviser said he WGN trying to put together a aan-Tyson fight for De- FSR Cardinals at Marlins PCL: Edmontonat Buzz TENNIS French Open Women’s semifinals GOLF US. Women’s Open PGA: The Memorial 7pm KTKR-AM (630) }pm lpm | | Ohio Statebeginning Fridaynight ! leagues maybe aboutto end. The St. Louis Cardinals* ® Alan Benes’ two-year absence from the major or eee cember that would match the two former heavyweight champions in a bout that would pay Tyson $25 million and Foreman $20 million I Med hile, the rematch of thefirst controversial fight between Holyfield and Lewis was in jeopardy despite promoter Don King’s announcementlast week that the fight would be held in November at a Las fam ESPN USA casino. Ve gas ‘There's nodeal.’ HBO VicePresident Lou DiBella said. “There are some problematic issues that need to be worked out. We're hopeful we can work themout. right-hander. who inured hisrotator cuff in the middle of the 1997 season, is close to beginning a rehabilita- tionstint. He hopestopitch after the All-Star break, JURISPRUDENCE WashingtonState's top football pass receiver, Nian ‘Taylor. has beenarrested for investigation of domestic assault. The Cougars open the season Sept. 4 against Utah. @ Shawn Myrick, a senior basketball guard at the iversity of Cincinnati last season, wasindicted ona ‘ge of sexual battery. @ Rebecca Mardis of Laurel County. Ky.. has sued Forward Beyer Becomes First Pick but they haven't beenresolved yet Attorneys for Lewis andhis promoter sent a letter to For the Utah Freezz in WISL Draft casino operator to stop giving the public “a false im- Park Place Entertainment on Wednesday telling the oO FOOTBALL pressionthat the fight is made. whichis consistent with Tackle Andy Heck, the linchpin in the Bears offensive line for four years, was released bythe team. * @ Cornerback Dale Carter missed the opening day of a Denver Broncos minicamp, and Coach Mike Shanahan said whatever excuse he might haveis not good enough. Forward Shawn Beyer became the first draft choice in Utah Freezz_ history. joining allocated players from the World Indoor Soccer League. Fe signed with the Freez. The team now must try to sign the others ~Thenext couple of weeks will be telling as to whether weget them signed or not.” said Coach Dave Poggi ARCHERY with the Kansa (NPSL) and the a Ratz (EISL). In 1997, Beyer was named to the NPSL All-Rookie team whilein KansasCity. Utah’s other selections were forward Jenard Harbor. who scored 91 points for thecs. Kixx of the NPSI. last season: goalkeeper John Kluba; midfielder Rick Dengelegi, and defender Oleg Baleey. Theallocated players included midfielders Beau Brown, Lee Eg derton and WesSechrist: goalkeepers Juan Dela O andStuart Dob: son, and defender David Banks. Brown and Edgertonalready have Salt Lake City’s Jay Barrs and Denise Parker were named to the U.S. teamfor the 1999 World Tar- get Championships and the Pan American Games, Barrs is an Olympic gold medalist and Parker is a two-time Olympian. The World Championships are July 22-29 in Riom, France. and the Pan Am Gamesare July 23-Aug. 9 at Winni- peg. Manitoba BASEBALL Mountain Viewpitcher-infielder Chris Hunter was named the Utah high school player of the year in the Gatorade program ‘le of Champions Charismatic Draws Strong No. 4 Post At Belmontin Quest for Triple Crown NEWYORK DAILY NEWS havelost since, the latest being MONT, N.Y. — Going for No 3, he will start from No. 4 Vying to become the 12th Tri ple Crown winnerin racing histo. ry. Charismatic on Wednesday drewpost four for Saturd mont Stakes and was installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite by trac k linemaker Mike Sherack e four post is very good,” trainer Wayne Lukas said We're extremely pleased with that As expected. 11 horses will challenge Charismaticin the Test of Champions.” A horse who ran in a $62,500 claiming race less than four months ago. he still doesn’t scare anyoneoff I'mnotsurprised there are 11 My Flag. 1996. who finished third in TheAllen Jerkens-trained Best of Luck is next in theline at 6-1 and hewill break frompost 12. After enjoying clear sailing in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Charismatic finally hadhis: first badtrip of the Triple Crown campaign yesterday. The plane carrying him, Silverbulletday and Belmont starters Pineaff and Prime Directive from Churchill and we wereready to go.” Lukas port for about 142 hours. We left 11-for-12lifetime, will start just Breaking stalled as the 4.1 third choice in the line Only 20 fillies have run in the Belmont Stakes and nonehas won since Tanya in 1905 Nine o TRACK Americ‘an sprinters broke a string of German vic- inalight rain and everything was OK from there The horses han dled it better than the people did The fields also were drawn for the rest of the Belmont Day card of a Las Vegas resort former Heisman Trophywinners bysigning free-agent running back Rashaan Salaam to a one-year contract worth a reported $350,000. He joins fellow Heisman ‘Trophywinners Tim Brown. Desmond Howard, Andre Ware and Charles Woodson on Oakland'sroster. @ FormerDetroit kicker Eddie Murraywillretire in a Lions uniform. The Lions signed Murray so he could retire as a member of the team. Qo HOCKEY The Pittsburgh Penguins. nowoperating with protection from creditors. could be moved to anothercity before the summer. Evenso, the team is making a push to sell 12,000 seasontickets andtryingto capitalize on civic pride o tories sweeping the 100-meter dashesin an international track and field meet at Chemnitz, Germany AUTO RACING Steve Fried, the chief mechanic for rookie driver Dennis Mitchell cruised to victory in the men’s 100 in 10.17 secondsto beat Eric Nkansah of Ghana, who was who wascriticallyinjured in a pit accident, has been in 10.40. Robby McGehee during the Indianapolis 500 Sunday upgradedtoserious. ne winner of the women’s 110-meter hurdlesat Sunday s inaugural TFA Pro Championships at Uniondale. N-Y., will receive a $100,000 bonus. That was determined in a drawing which involved five other events — the men’s 200, 3,000 and 110 hurdles, and the women’s 100 and 800. o BASEBALL Four Cal State-Fuilerton players were suspended after being arrested for throwingrocksoffa building Track: Cougars Blaze To Top Time oO BASKETBALL NCAAinvestigators decided that the DePaul men’s basketball program didn’t commit a majorrecruiting violation last year whenit signed oneofthe best freshmen classes in the nation. The only infraction investigators cited was an instance when two recruits were rved pizza in the DePaul locker room after a game, id James R. Doyle, the school’s vice president for student affairs. to finish thirdin hersemifinal heat. while Sharolyn Shields (9:38.33), Lindsay Jones (9:38.82) and Tara Haynes(9:39.73) advanced outof the other semifinal. Only Laura Heiner (9:46.57) did not qualify fromamongthe Cougs. licipating in the meet scored — in spite of BYU's Kirstin Bolm and Alicia Brimhall and Utah’s Amy Menifee, second in the Ken tucky Derby andthe Preakness, is frompost three. she has beenin Jones Jr. weretrying to put together a deal for Fore- man and Tyson to meet in Decemberin a pay-per-view noneof the 40 Utah collegians par- that we wouldn't get into theair. The horsessat on a vanattheair- inside of Charismatic TheAssociated Press. King. so far, has refused such a clausein the contract While the Lewis-Holyfield rematch for the undisputed title is not a donedeal, longtime Foreman adviser Ron Weathers andlight heavyweight champion Roy spectacle Dennis Rodman, claiming he assaultedherin the lobby @ The Oakland Raiders addedto their collection of The main issue to be resolved is HBO's insistence lems withtheflight It was early in the morning themthe opportunityto go for the ultimate prizes have the same chance Filly sensation Silverbulletday haveactually been signed that King step asideasthefight promoterif he wereto be indicted on charges stemming from a number of ongoing mvestigationsinto boxing. sourcesclose to the negotiations. speaking on condition of anonymity.told the Louisville area. Oncein the air. there were no further prob: cerned that we'd have a hard time getting to the airport and then horses. That's what it’s all about oneof its Las Vegas casinos. no contracts for the fight @ Continued from C-1 If you're going out and asking an a great opportunity for a lot of Although Lewis and Holyfield have both agreedto 5 million paydays for the proposed Novemberfight andPark Place has signedadeal with King to holdit at Downs was delayed about two owner to put up money andget involved, then you've got to give “This is thecurrent state of facts hours due to severe weather in said. Then at 6 a.m, camea hel luva storm. It got black. there was lightning, it was pouring, the wind was blowing. I was very con challengers,’ Lukas said. I don’t think it’s a big deal,” he said. “It’s not like we gotthe 15 or 18 post. The 10is fine. With only 12 in there, everybody should criticized for not deing a Radio field and Lennox Lewis Sox at Blue er Elliott Walden doesn't seem concerned amscoring leader has been plaguedby injuries in recent game — 21 goals, White groundin the first turn But train trade for Miami But theall-time national A point a TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Time TV Event BASEBALL, front of the grandstand and the run to the first turn is just three sixteenths of a mile. Menifee could be forced to lose valuable this will have beena gigantic Tbe Trouble Is Browing:for Holyfield-Lewis Fight the second choicein the Belmont lineat 7-2. He didn’t get the best of the draw. getting stuck with the 10 post. Though Belmont starts in kneesurgery, If he even comes back to his MLS form. dominating player in San Jose He managedpractically EGIONALANI Tidwell having competed in the women's long jump. There were. however, some local highlights in preliminary rounds @ Maggie Chanled four Cougars into thefinal of the women. on Friday. The senior ran 9:3 000 73 @ Southern Utah's Natalie Gibson, the only Thunderbird at the meet, advancedto the finals of the women’s 400-meter hurdles byfinishing third in her heat in 58.04 seconds. But Julie Bennion of BYU (58.41) and Jane Durfey of Utah State (58.42) did not qualify @ Utah State's Corey Murdock madeit into thefinals of the men’s 400-meter hurdles byfinishing ond inhis heat in 50.21, but Grossarth of BYU ran 51.09 and did not a lot to offer. Grade | The meet continues with mostly preliminary rounds today, before the finals on Friday and Saturday determine the team champions. Arkansas is aimingforits eighth straight men’s title, while Texas is hoping to win its second straight women’s crown after stopping LSU's 11-year winning streak last season. The Longhorns received some help on Wednesday, when the Tigers were eliminated from the 400relay when they dropped the baton during a preliminary ea Keuba Griff, Wadgion Saat tare, There are two stakes on the program, in cluding the meters on the first lap. Her husband, BYU hammer thrower Doug Bryant. compe! turday. NCAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS {Wertpo wsfdr rae sia Wit JoanaHas Uh Ange! Pattern ce Southern Viah $8 04 anfor Harvard 4.64 6 Mar which will include four’ other stakes races. ‘Tomorrow's card also has @ Treva Bryant of BYU ad- vanced to thefinals of the women’s 800 by running 2:07.64in a heatin which she trailed the pack by 10 Acorn Thoughlast in the Kentucky Der by in her last start, Three Ring figures to be favored in the one mile race She'll face seven oth ers But those are merely the pre boners The big show will be ats Saturdayafternoon at Amie lawhela nosten bred from the gates in what could be one of the great races in the sport’s history Everythingis inplace. 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Carre Tole Utah’s Special Olympics Begin Today PROVO Let me win; but if 1 cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt” is the motto for the Spe 10th Special Olympics World Games, starting June in North Carolina. ‘The World Gameswill in cial Olympics Utah Summer clude some Games, opening today at Brigham Young University Three days of competition will allow more than 1,000 disabled athletes to show their talents in sey era) sports, including soccer, soft ck, motor activities Tonight's opening ceremonies (7 p.m.) at Smith Fieldhouse will fea turethelighting of the Hope,” “Flame of which was carried 1.600 miles through almost every county in the state by morethan 900 pub: lie service officers ‘This is a big month for 44 Utah athletes, who will cimpete in the 7,000 athletes from more than 150 countries, Fach day this week, the Olympic ath 14th Ange Born 1 Pew Town, at the north end of the Out door Track Complex, will provide food, dancing, music, magi s, dunk tanks. and arts and crafts, free to Special Olympians and their families The closing ceremonies are Sat urday at 3 pam The Special Olympics program was established in 1969 to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olym pictype sports for children and adults with mental refurdation aw nest fastest wre ts Pin Semifiae serene Severs sera 3929 on Se 3S Wet Vr Wea! 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