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Show THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HariTheHerald.coni), Page B2 Prow, Utah, Thursday, Augu 17, 2000 1 S3In?sP0GDniiniGD' Boys not welcome at softball tourney Inc. made its softball and hardball divisions specific in 1974 after losing lawsuits filed by boys demanding to play softball, spokesman Lance Van Auken said Wednesday. The first girl played in ; the Little League Baseball World Series in 1984. The Arizona boys are the first to play in the softball series. Tittle League's preference is that the softball division be for girls," Van Auken said. would be nice if there were a legal solution to it." Richie Reyes and four other boys signed up for the girls team after their KALAMAZOO, Mich. The Little League (AP) tnwiH (jZZ ten lew ilOMJM(1730W) ' Iom 4 Wtef8W) 3900 or 1 Softball World Series is in towa ' an uproar this year WO WTO non-gend- because boys who joined a girls team are playing in ttm what has traditionally been an event. Parents, teams and tournament officials say the five all-gir- ls .a. .a-- 11 a.L ESPN2 ESPN2 Utt league, World Series, Eastern Regional Final Little League, World Series, Western Regional Final TNT PGA Championship, WGN ld OLF first round 8e.it FOXSN LEABUE lAfFBAlt Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Anaheim at N.Y.Yntees lla.M. ESPN2 ESPN2 TENNIS Men's, RCA Championships Men's, RCA Championship (delayed tape) ESPN ESPN WNBA Playoffs, Eastern Conference finals, New York at Cleveland Playoffs, Western Conference finals, Los Angeles at Houston MAJOR li.a. 111.. Bt.a. 7 ml DWe at Lehl, 3 p.m. Spanish Fork at South Summit 4 p.rru Brighton atTimpanogos, 3:30 p.m. AUO.17 - 1933 Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees played his 1308th straight game, breaking Everett Scott's record of 1,307. Flash Elorde knocked out Harold Gomes at 1:20 of the first round to win the 1960 world junior lightweight ttbe. 1969 Ray Floyd beat Gary Player by one stroke to win the PGA Championship. John Roethlisberger won the U.S. National Gymnastics Championships' 1995 title at New Orleans, becoming the first gymnast In 28 years to win four titles. - - - FOOTBALL 6mm canceled: The Lone football game, scheduled for Friday, has been canceled. Utah High School , Activities Association Associate Director Evan Excell said the endowment game, in which half of the gate receipts are donated to the UHSAA, had been dropped. Peak-Highlan- It It PREP SOCCER REGIONS Own at Hlllcrest 3:30 p.m. Alta at Jordan, 3:30 p.m. boys from Arizona have an unfair physical advantage, and may even pose a danger to girls. .Some teams are threatening not to play the team, and the tournament director himself is protesting. looks like they stacked the deck. Those boys are huge," said Val Maslauskas, a parent from a Massachusetts team whose players wore mouthguards to protect themselves in a 10-- 2 loss to the Arizona team Wednesday. "We're trying for equality for these girls and this is not equal." The crowd erupted in cheers when one of the boys was thrown out at second base and booed at a collision between an Arizona boy and a Westfield girl at first base. "TheyTnade catches in -the outfield that no girl ' could have gotten to," said Kelly Popko, who played third base for Westfield. Little League Baseball Saturday against Texas. er ' NFL experiment The NFL is experimenting with hearing-aitype ear devices to overcome the effect of crowd noise in indoor stadiums and others :c noisy venues. So far the reviews aren't n very positive. Tennessee coach Jeff iT. Fisher objected to using thi noise "exterminators" in Monday night's exhibition,,: against St, Louis, one of five preseason games in which the NFL is experi- - "We had heard that several teams wanted to treat their games like a scrim- d " mage Excell said Wednesday. "The board members felt the game should be played with regular high school rules and sent out a memo to the coaches." A total of 42 schools (21 games) will play endowment games Friday and Saturday. usual summer baseball league disbanded. He d does- n't see what the fuss is about and says the girls' team needed more players. "We were all brought up to believe that an athlete's an athlete," he said. BASEBALL But with tendinitis in his throwing arm still lingering Favre said Wednesday he "easily could be" out of the Packers' lineup for their last two preseason games. Favre, who hasn't practiced in a week, said it war too soon to tell whether his streak of 125 consecutive regular season starts longest in NFL history by' 41 is in jeopardy. ' QB While the Green Bay Packers prac-- . ticed at the Don Hutson Center, Brett Favre stood in the background and fidgeted with the ice pack wrapped around his right arm. It was an uncomfortable pose for a player used to being the center of attention. menting with them. to ii Favra on sideline: bade Pedro Martinez needed just 10 minutes of throwing Wednesday to learn what he and Boston Red Sox fans hope will save their season. His shoulder feels fine. Boston's ace was confident he'd take his regular Martinez turn in the rotation - 1997 Davis Love III shot a 66 to win the PGA Championship at Mamaroneck, NX his 269. total of first major title, by five strokes over Justin Leonard with a LA tour of Australia Payson Junior High's Blake Jolley just completed a two-we-ek and New Zealand, going 3-- 1 and earning a Bronze Medal in the South Pacific Invitational wrestling championship. Jolley competed with the best grapplers from the United States and Australia Elberta resident wrestled in the 107-pouin earning his medal. The classification. "I'd like to go a lot further than high school," said Jolley, who added he hopes to use his wrestling prowess and grab a scholarship to college. "I think its fun kinda beaten up people." Jolley has been wrestling since he was in kindergarten and will be a part of Payson's freshman wrestling team this year. Jolley said he was 25-- 5 in his last VOLLEYBALL Prove tryouts: ii Tryouts for the freshman volleyball :n v i TTUi recuu ait t IVTU it: -- ; ms--- IligU from 4:30 held August in 0 p.m. Gym No. 2 All incoming freshman are invited to try out. X 23-2- 5 p.m.-6:3- mm "I I If U': I 11 ni A V W " " ni "Oil: I 30 matches. HEBER CITY Raquel - Trisha Holmes scored with 12 minutes left in the game to Pit 0 f 1 AM ii victory over Wasatch VVednesday in girls high scnoolsorxeractton. Sweat and Amber Riot played well defensively for Wasatch, which Waterford to a but couldnt get the ball into the net outshot Waterford 17-1- 4, "We had four or five good opportunities in the second half, but where against Timpanogos Monday, we finished well, we just couldnt finish today; Wasatch coach Dawain Wheatley said. Is at Morgan Friday. Wasatch (1-- " - CLEVELAND Cleveland Browns backup quarterback Tjf Dttner was placed on the injured reserve list Wednesday and will miss the rest of the season. Detmer injured his Achilles' tendon during Saturday's game against Chicago. He had surgery Monday and will need up to eight months for injury rehabilitation. - in Lindsay Davenport bested the gustJng winds and her opponent at the du Maurier Open tennis tournament Wednesday. tiebreaker and Davenport survived a chaotic first set dominated a second-swin over qualifier Jwttae Heals, 2 6 ), then breezed to a second-roun- d A packed center court also saw Amu KournOww roil to a 6-3 win over Sabine Appeimans. MONTREAL Second-seede- d w et 3-- 6, 7-- (7-2- 6-- llth-seed- ed - hL(tS , - rWPdl&UiM U.MCf.'UWt 4, After one day 6-- 6-- 3 r--- I - ---- - StaM Kemp and his gantic contract which fteOeve have been trying to unload since 1998, w be off tjieir hands by tjw end rfttiernonth. An NBA source confirmed Wednesday that Kemp win be dealt to the Portland Trail Blazers in a complex, three-tea- m trade also involving the Miami Heat Miami will get forward Brian Grant, and Cleveland will get forwards Clarence Weatherspoon and Chris Gating, cash and a future No. 1 pick either in 2001 from the Heat, as well as guard Gary Grant from Portland. or 2002 - - IN THE BLEACHERS flMSflRMTHtT) BuLLFtM IS IN A MEETING RIGHT NoW.CANrW "I - ' ifYlUIWK lOII I SMe a MultJ TGL! FILTERS weights! ' ,y iBRL99fl 0 l CAtWStPrtitMMrTtBi 8000 THROUGH UM COUPON iiiiiuji WASHER FLUID IGsl. r 1 a . id CV f Wit Vm vyyyH 11 ONE STEP j AUTO PifSTER, MCARE By Stave Moore rr l&i .(.Ma - lMlf n vV frFl&Sl iin!Di;ii)i;:i 2 A TRIP F0L7 4 audits TO o Ha.' ii CAR STEREO $1C3 Hd hKhM u o -- . 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DENVER Wl-t- J REMTE PER GALLON s of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, four seeded players were gone. Andre Agassi didnt let that trend continue. in 52 minutes, 1 Agassi overwhelmed Fernando Melbjenl of Brazil 6-leading the top three seeds Into the third round Tuesday. Spain's Alex Corretja, the tournament's second seed, also advanced to the win over American Rma third round, with a 7-- w If y ML 6-- WASHINGTON ll at-- .: SFREE D m i Irenes m& tolpm |
