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Show eS. s The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Sunday, July 16,2000 litah Australia Waits for DavisCup Final Foe US. Softball Takes 3rd at World Event Mark Woodforde and SandonStolle rallied Saturday in Brisbane, Australia, to win the doubles and give defending champion Australia a spot in the Davis Cupfinal. Woodforde, who won the Wimbledon doubles with Todd Woodbridge,andStolle defeated Brazil's Gustavo Kuerten and Jaime Oncins 6-7 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, Salt Lake City’s Peter Meredith was the losing pitcher in a 3-1 decision inst New Zealand, as the USANational Softball Team settled for the bronze medal in the Men's World Championships in South Africa. Team USAfinished 7-3 in the tournament. Meredith, 6-4, giving Australia a 3-0 lead. whopitches for Miller Toyota andactually is a native New Australia, which wonits 27th Davis Cupby defeating France in Zealander, gave upfive hits and allowed three earned thefinal last year, will advance regardlessof the results of today’'s reverse singles. runsin four innings. He walked one and struck out four. Australia will meet the winner of next weekend's semifinal between Spain andthe United Baseball of the obligations for All-Star players often leads to a sore wrist. Major League Baseball required a lot of autographs from the playersin Atlanta, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.“I signed like 80 dozenbaseballs, a bunch of bats, helmets and other things,” said Lawton, who madehisfirst Al‘Star appearance. AnotherChance: Ex- Buzzpitcher Mike Lincoln has worked only 12 innings, includingtwobriefstarts, since being recalled by the ‘Twins on June20. Lincoln will take an 11.25 ERA into Monday'sstart againstthe St. Louis Cardinals. “I've been impressed with how he's handled himself,” pitching coach Dick Suchtold the Star Tribune. “And he does have the pitchesto be successful.” Basketball Archibald to USC: DamonArchibald,a son of the late Lynn Archibald,is expected to be hired as a USC assistant coach. Archibald, a formerBoiseState player, coached last season at Pepperdine. His father coached at Utah and Brigham Young. Clinic Set: Registration is continuing for the annual Utah High School Basketball Coaches Clinic in Wendover, Aug. 1-2. Contact Sky View coach Terrell Baldwin at 435-563-6077 or check www.ihigh.com. Junior Colleges UVSC to Brazil: Utah Valley State College’s men’s bas- ketball and women's volleyball teamsare touring Brazil this month, playing eight and seven contests, respectively, against South American club Ian Nicholson/The Associated Press Lennox Lewis had his secondstraight second-round stoppage whenhebeatFrancois Botha Saturday night. Three months ago he dispatched WBC No.1 contenderMichael Grantin the sameround. Lewis Sends Message to Tyson Brit tells American to ‘putup orshut up’ after knocking out Botha in second round LONDON — Francois Botha was the lumbering never beenwildly acclaimed in the country ofhis birth Tyson, though, despite his successin the ring. Lewis wasa 15-1 favorite going into the fight against Three weeks after Tyson dared to try to ruin Lewis’ Botha, whowas 1-1-1 in his last three fights, including a target in front of Lennox Lewis. M ike was on his mind. homecoming, the heavyweight championtook outhis frustrations Saturday night on Botha, stopping him in the second round in a performance that thrilled his countrymen. “Tell Mike Tyson to either put up or shut up,” Lewis said after successfully defending his WBC andIBFtitles against a Griffith to WSU: J.D. Griffith, Utah State's assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions, will becomeWashingtonState's director of marketing. Racquetball Walsh Named:Salt Lake City’s Kristen Walsh, a recent Skyline High graduate, was named to the U.S. National Junior Team for the fourth time. Football Ute Academics:Thirtyone University of Utah play- ers compiled atleast a 3.0 grade-point average for the 2000 academic year, the 00] announced. Leading the team witha 3.96 mark was Brooks Bahr,a linebacker from Bountiful whoinjured his kneeinlast season’s second game. Quarterbacks Darnell Arceneaux (3.11) and T.D. Croshaw(3.10), AilMountain West Conference linebacker Kautai Olevao (3.08) and star receiver-kick returner Steve Smith (3.06) are amongotherplayers on the list. McBride Event: Toregis: ter for Ron McBride's Kickoff Classic Golf Tournamenton Aug.4, an event to provide youthfootball campscholar: ships,call 581-8563. The Salt Lake Tribune fifth-round stoppage by Tyson in January 1999. Unlike thatfight, though, when Botha outboxed Tysonfor four rounds, he was nevera threat to Lewis. He began ped- “He’s been talking about whathe can eat. I'll show him whathe can eat.” surprisingly inept Botha. Lewis madehisfirst fight in six years in his native Englanda Lennox Lewis short one as he stalked Botha Responding to Mike Tyson's from the openingbell andbarely allowed the challenger to land an effective punch. When the commentslast month that he would eat Lewis’ children end camein the secondround,it came with Tyson-like sudden- ES ness as Lewis landed a right-left- right combination aling backward almost from the opening bell and, when he did throw punches, they were mostly wild misses. Lewis buckled Botha’s legs with thefirst big right hand helanded in thefirst round, and patiently went after him before landing the combination that prompted referee Larry O'Connell to wave the fight to a close with Bothaonhisfeetat 2:39 of the second round. “It was a good shot, though I thought I could have continued,” Bothasaid.“I never sawit coming.” Botha, who seemed dwarfed in the ring by the 6-foot-5 Lewis, was neverreally in the that left Botha sprawled under the ropes in Lewis’ fight, throwing only a few wild shots from the outside corner. thatfailed to land. He began to dance awayfrom Lewis “He’s been talking about what he caneat,” Lewis late in the second round, and it proved his undoing. said, clearly upset about Tyson's child-eating com- Lewis caught Botha in the corner and landed an offmentsafter stopping Lou Savarese June24 in Scotland. balanceright,followed bya left and then anotherright Lewis then held up his right hi and and said, “I'll that caught the challengerflush on the chin. Botha, who was unranked by the IBF and No.9 by show himwhathecan eat.”” It wasa lot sweeter outcomefor Lewis thanthelast the WBA,fell to 40-3-1 and is now 1-2-1in hislast four time he defendeda title in London, when Oliver McCall stopped himinthe secondround for his only loss. This onealso went only two rounds, but with muchdifferent results. “Tt was veryspecial to come back home and show fights. Lewis (37-1-1) earned some$6 millionfor thefight, in which he hand-picked Botha as an opponentfor his homecoming. Hewill next fight David Tua, the IBF’s No. 1 ranked contender, probably in November. Armstrong Keeps Challengers at Bay Another his secondstraight Tourde France title slipped awayon Saturday as the American held FRANCE mountain his only realistic challenger, get strongsaid. “It was a long, tough day. There will be riders that take ninehoursto finish. That's a long time tobe on abiki The 28-year-old Texan knows that only two mountain stages, where the Tour is wonand lost, remain. So timeis running outfor any other rider to take away his yellow jersey. Today, the riders tackle a Christophe Ena/The Associated Press Santiago Botero becamethefifth Colombian to win a Tour de France stage, callingit the highlight of his career. “Colombia is experiencing a seriouspoliticalcrisis, and I'm happy to have broughta positive note to the country in the midstof this,” he said. 107-mile stage from Briancon to” Courchevel and, after a rest day, there is anascentfrom Courchevel to Morzineon Tuesday. A group of eight riders broke from the pack aroundthe halfway mark, but Armstrong and his U.S. Postal teammates tracked top riders like Ullrich, Marco Pantani and Richard Virenque. Ullrich was ninth, while Pantani and Virenquefinished just a few seconds ahead of Armstrong. “The racing wasn’t very ag- gressive in the beginning, because yesterday wasn't an easystage,” Armstrong said. “People took it easy for three or four hours and maybe the stage was too long.” Indeed, a delighted Botero crossed the line after an Sete sapping ride of seven hours, minutes, 13 seconds, having at ered away from the leading pack with 19 miles to go. It was the Kelme team’s second win of the Tour. NOROlUROon de)ed 1 Free Report reveals how you may be eligible to pay a much smaller amount than you owe - as full Frequent Urination « Straining Hesitancy THE IRS MONEY? settlement! 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Radio PCL Baseball: Buzz at Trappers, 1:45 p.m. (KWUN-AM 1230). knowledged candidates to replace Larry Bird as Pacers coach, along with Pacers assistant Rick » Carlisle. Jay Frye, former managingpartnerof the CBA’s Fort WayneFury,said thatcertified checks to former CBA owners were supposed to be in the mail Friday. Fryesaidif he’s not paid soon,he’ll file a lawsuit against Thomas. HensonGets Deal: New Mexico State gave Coach Lou Hensona two-year extension that runs through the 2003-2004 season. Henson,whoranks 1ith alltime among Division I coaches with 726 career wins, has two years remaining onthe original four-year contract hesigned in 1998. Henson,68,is in his second stint with New Mexico State, having also coached his alma mater from 1966-75. He also spent 21 years atIllinois, compiling a 423- 834 record,before retiring as coach in 1996. Football Lions Sign Top Pick: The Detroit Lions signed guard Stockar McDougle,their firstround pick in this year’s-National Football League draft, to a fiveyear contract. Basketball No DoughforIsiah: Indiana Pacers President Donnie Walsh denied coaching candidate Isiah Thomas is using money from a contract with the Pacers to pay off a $750,000 debt to former owners of the Continental Basketball Association. “Thereis no contract,” Walshsaid. “Nothingis signed and sealed yet. He’s not using any moneythat we havegiven him. In other words, we havenotgiven him any money.” Thomas, a Hall series, finally picked uphisfirst to Briancon. ahead of him. Armstrong remained 4 minutes and55 seconds aheadoverall aL very, very tired,” Arm- Fameat Newport, R.I. Also in- League champion, struggling through a miserable season despite having the fastest car in the marathon from ‘Draguignan The stage was won by Santiago Martina Honored: Martina Navratilova headed the class inducted into the Tennis Hall of The defending Indy Racing stage. Botero of Colombia. But most important for Armstrong is that he never let Germany’s Jan Ullrich, Tennis HAMPTON,Ga. — Greg Ray Armstrong, who battled back from cancer to winlast ye: ce, finished seventh in the stage, a 155mile @ Andrei Pavel and Gabriel Trifu won doubles to give Romania a 2-1 lead over Zimbabweina Davis Cup World Group qualifyingtie in Harare, Zimbabwe. drove like he was trying to make upfor a year’s worth of heartache in one night. his lead on along, tough 2001 Davis Cup World Group. ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS chance to deny Lance Armstrong TOUR DE teamed to defeat Britain’s Tim Henman and Arvind Parmar and give the South Americans a 2-1 leadin their Davis Cup World Group qualifier at Wimbledon, ingland. @ Sjeng Schalken and Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands defeated Oleg Ogorodov and Dmitry Tomashevic ofUzbekistan in doublesplay at Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to give the Dutch an insurmountable 3-0 leadin their best-of-five Davis Cup World Groupqualifying round. The Netherlandswill advance to the Golf: Greater Milwaukee Open, noon (4); LPGA Big Apple Classic, Hockey Wild Beat Deadline: The Minnesota Wild signed firstrounddraft pick Marian Gaborik to a three-year contract. ‘The Wild needed to sign Gaborik, 18, by 10 p.m. MDT Saturday to avoid paying a $100,000 penalty because of an agreement between the NHL andthe International Ice HockeyFederation. — Combined NewsServices Defending IRL Champ Ray EndsSeasonlong Drought ‘THEASSOCIATED PRESS BRIANCON,France @ Brothers Nicolas and Giovanni Lapentti of Ecuador of Fame member,is oneof two ac- Texan’s lead nearly five minutesafter finishing seventh in 14th stage teams Administration the world how muchI improved,” Lewis said. It wasalso special to the crowdthatnearlyfilled the London Arena to cheer on the 34-year-old who has ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS States, with the venue depending on the outcomein Spain. In qualifying roundaction: Sox,.noon. (WGN); A's at Rockies, 6 p.m. (ESPN). and without a long recovery period. For moreinformationcall Toll Free: 1-877-364-TUMT (8868) Or 801-364-TUMT(8868) ADVANCED victory Saturday night with a dominating performance in the Midas500 Classic. Starting from the pole, Ray led 182 of the 208 laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway and beat runner-up BuddyLazieracrossthefinishline by more thanthree seconds. Ray jumped from 19th to 11th in the point standings with two races remaining, not enough time to make up a 70-pointdeficit on series leader Lazier. Ray gavea glimpse of his dominance in Friday qualifying, need: ing only one lap in his Dallara Oldsmobile to post a speed of 216.104 mph, nearly 3 mphfaster than the second-fastest qualifier, Eliseo Salazar. He won with an average speed of 153.403 mph and cruised to a AUTO RACING 3.054-second victory over Lazier, who waged a spirited battle for second with Al UnserJr. Castroneves Wins Pole Helio Castroneves celebrated his second pole of the season and the third of his career by hugging every memberof Marlboro Team Penske he could get his arms around, Then the 25-year-old Brazilian, whowill start at the frontof a 25-car lineup in today’s Toronto Molson Indy, breathed a sigh of lief. Eachofthe last two CART FedEx Series races — in Portland, Ore., and Cleveland — has begun with a first turn melee that has taken out or damaged multiple cars. Compounding the problem is “thefact that thefirst of11 turns on the 1.755-mile temporary street circuit at the edge of downtown Toronto is a narrow, 90-degree right-handerthatforces the cars to squeeze down to single file after taking the green flag two-by-two. 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