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Show togt B2 THE DAILY HERALD, Prwo. Utah, Friday, October JO, cr l "In 1999, Ball returner still thinks he did right 3 1 would be going the number one position. Number one is something that for can achieve. That is my goal. It's everybody's goal, but not everybody can see it. I'm not far away from it and it is attainable." Venus Williams, the No. 5 ranked women's tennis player, putting current No. 1 Lindsay Davenport on notice for next 1 defi-nitel- y Football wild-car- ljL O year. Orange Bowl officials, fearing a possible conflict with the NFL playoffs at Pro Player Stadium, need an alternative site for their game Jan. 2. As a result, the Orange Bowl may be returning to the Orange Bowl. The game moved to Pro Player Stadium two seasons ago. But the prospect of a playoff game hosted by the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 2 means this season's game may be back in to its namesake home near downtown. Committee officials are already negotiating with the city, which owns the Orange Bowl stadium. d Baseball Free agent Wally Joyner took a pay cut to with the San Diego Padres, agreer ing Thursday to a contact with an option for a third year. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. But the first baseman said he accepted less money than the $3.7 million he made last season while helping the Padres win the National League n two-yea- championship. Mike Morgan's $1.5 lion optioned was declined Thursday by the Chicago mil- Cubs, who will give him a $150,000 buyout. Morgan, 39, has pitched for teams since breaking in with Oakland in 1978. 10 Hockey Pierre Lacroix, general manager of the struggling Colorado Avalanche, traded his son to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. In the swap, the Avalanche moved forward Eric Lacroix to the Kings for left wing Roman Vopat and a pick in the 1999 entry draft. In seven games, Lacroix had failed to score any points and had two penalty minutes. sixth-roun- d JOHN fcUKMORtL Sweet swing: a seven-unde- r Arnold Palmer, looking fit and saying he feels strong, returns to the Senior PGA Tour today following radiation treatments for prostate cancer. "It will be about four or five weeks until I'm fully back, although I feel fine," he said Thursday. "It's great to be back and it's great to be feeling good. I'm looking forward to the tournament." The golf great, who has not played a tournament since early August, recently completed seven weeks of radiation therapy as a follow-uto his cancer surgery in January 1997. It was learned last week that Palmer's wife, Winnie, has ovarian cancer. She had her first treatment Monday at Orlando, Fla. "She's fine," Palmer said. "She's doing very well and we expect a full recovery from Figure Skating Canadian Elvis Stojko competed for the first time since winning a silver medal at the 1998 Olympics, and the layoff didn't seem to hurt him. After rehabbing a groin injury for eight months, Stojko finished second in the short program competition at Skate America in Detroit Thursday. He trails 1998 world champion Alexei Yagudin, while " American Michael Weiss is third. lite Associated Pie hits from the rough during the first round of the Tour Championship. He shot 63 to take the lead. SDzzDioig SieDgGD nap toy tiGweo PGA champion shoots - ATLANTA (AP) Vijay Singh knew all about the history of Bobby Jones and East Lake Golf Club before he showed up for the Tour Championship. He has all the tapes of Jones' sweet swing and collected most of his books up until about eight years ago. On Thursday, Singh added a new chapter to East Lake. On a course set up like a major championship, Singh played a game with which no one else in the field of top 30 was familiar money-winne- r a 63 for a three-strok- e lead over Billy Mayfair after the first round. "Unbelieveable," Singh said. "That's probably the best I've played in a long time." Singh had a chance for the lowest score ever in the Tour Championship until a three-put- t bogey from about 40 feet on the par-18th, His 63 tied the tournament record held by three others and last set by Jim Gallagher Jr. in 1993. It was easily enough to break the competitive scoring record on East Lake, a 66 by Larry Nelson in June 1997 during a U.S. Open qualifier. And it matched the best score Jones ever shot on his home course, 3 63; Woods, Duval at 75 record-tyin- g that," Singh said. "I was never expecting to shoot anything like it." Neither was anyone else. With narrow, sloping fairways and thick, punishing rough reminiscent of a major championship, some players score predicted that a of might be enough to win. But Singh made it look like he was playing the Greater Milwaukee Open, not a tournament set up to test the best players of the year, "I felt pretty good about my round," Payne Stewart said of his 69. 'Then I looked at the scoreboard and said, 'OK, what 72-hol- e golf course is Vijay playing?" Singh's course record came one day after he criticized the thick, clinging bermuda rough as unfair. But then, he came up with the best solution in the first round: Avoid it, "Tee to green, that's the best I've ever hit the ball," he said. Only eight players in the field of the top 30 money-winner- s managed to break par on a sunny, breezy afternoon that has which since been redesigned. "That's the first I've heard of made the greens run faster as the day went on. Tom Lehman, who hit all 18 greens in regulation, and Jim Furyk were at 67. Another stroke back was Jeff Sluman and Justin Leonard, who won million the $4 Players LOCKOUT much revenue had been devoted to player salaries. If the tar- such a tax. After those first two or three years, if the percentage of revenue devoted to player salaries fails to drop to an agreed-upolevel, an escrow tax of 10 percent will be withheld from some players' paychecks. Moth sides are widely separated on how many players would contribute to the escrow fund. In those "escrow plan" years, the sides would determine at the end of each season how n geted number had been exceeded, a portion of the escrow money would be returned to the owners and the rest would go back to the players. After trying each system for an equal number of years, there would be one more year under either the tax system or the escrow system. "Obviously, the parties are apart on variety of issues. We have to see where they next place might be to make some progress," Stern said, "There might be a framework, but BYU. 30X40 30X60 7 Tour. "I day," didn't hit the ball well all Woods said, "I as all over I the map." there are so many issues on the and they are not trivtable ial. We're going to continue f time." Asked if the lockout might be resolved in the nqxt week, Stern thought long and hard before answering. "I just don't know. I just don't know," he said. "If the parties are willing to split everything in the middle, you can reach agreement in a quick period of time. But I don't think either party is at that position," Stern said. "That's just the way it is. We're really far apart." los-in- g Rival match n mind-boggelin- Forneris said he hasn't talked to McGwire since the historic night. "1 avoided him after that,' Forneris said, "He was under enormous pressure. If I had a chance to meet him, it would be a great honor, If not, I have a great picture with him." The Cardinals have not honored Forneris either but spokesman Brian Bartow said the organization is trying to. plan something Forneris and McGwire can do on opening day next season. Either way, Forneris said he doesn't care. He's become a local hero and even appears in for the an advertisement United Way of Greater St. And on Thursday, St. Louis Chrysler plant officials celebrating the 15th anniversary of the minivan gave him a Cardinal red 1999 Town and Country Limited minivan. "I plan to visit every major league ball park in the country," Forneris said, "Now I can go in style," Forneris, of Collinsville, 111., graduated with a business St. from Louis degree Louis, Prep gridders, spikers ready for state play Prop plsycffs FRIDAY Box Elder 4 p.m. ' at Pleasant Grove ) at Bountiful ) at Timpview Spnngville ) Woods Cross 4 p.m. 3 p.m. Today's the day. Teams in four classifications ) 4 p.m. Logan at Lone Peak American Fork ) at Olympus 3 pm Park City ) at North Sanpete 7 of football teams and three classifications of volleyball squads begin their quests for state titles today, with an awful lot of the action taking place locally. The 3A, 2A and 1A volleyball p m Juab at Kanab at Manti ) Rich ) 6 p.m. 2 p.m. SATURDAY Viewmont Dixie Union ) ) at Mountain View, noon at Lehi at Delta 2 p.m. ) tournaments start today at UVSC. Action begins at 10 a.m. with the last matches of the day scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. (See today's schedule Page B6.) Championship matches are scheduled for Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. for 1A, 6:30 p.m. for 2A and 8 p.m. for 3A. Meanwhile, Class 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A football teams open first-roun- action today and Saturday. Pleasant Grove, Lone Peak, Timpview, North Sanpete and Manti all host games today. Mountain View, Lehi and Delta will host games Saturday. Springville, American Fork and Juab travel to Bountiful, Olympus and Kanab, respectively, today. (See complete schedule Page B6.) state tournament d if"" CMC na Mcf J HAuowsm Friday,, 00 : Arm ' 11 mm 0'" ll1 (. ft llrai) "!Si)H4liQ Qinu 'I ai. W3- Mf- owe r, ! (3JS rn ft, GUM"- s is (yi, , wGQi & !M.1SBIE!ir f p it, M2W MttttAVAVS.-V- Nov. mum- p.m. Tournament mmmm' FACTORY OUTLET ONLY 1 Championship Shipped UPS Check or Credit Card Tel e WAC $37.90 $99.50 $137.90 $129.00 $189.90 24X48 five-strok- Women's Soccer HEAVY DUTY, 1500 Denier 20X20 24X 6 three-strok- e Women's Volleyball (Ranked 4) vs. University of Utah FOR R.V.s, HAY STACKS, BOATS. BUILDINGS, ETC. GROMMETS AT 12 Inches AT WHOLESALE 9X12 $5.90 12X24 $29.90 16X20 $27.00 16X24 $34.20 Championship in March and is bidding to become just the third player to win the tour's two richest events in the same season. Stewart, Hal Sutton and Steve Strieker were at 69. lead is Singh's the largest after 18 holes since Gallagher's 63 five years ago advangave him a to He win on went by a tage. stroke. No one was ready to concede anything. "It's 72 holes of golf," said Stewart, who needs, to win to make the Presidents Cup team. "It was a great round, but he's got three more days of hitting the fairways, hitting the greens and making the putts." That's not as simple as it sounds, as evidenced by some of the other scores. Defending champion David Duval, who has won seven tournaments in his last 25 starts, was at 75. Tiger Woods took a double bogey-on the ninth hole and failed to make a 12 birdie in his round of 75 strokes behind his playing partner, Singh. It was believed to be the first time Woods played a round without a birdie on the PGA time though." who criticized Those Forneris for giving the ball back claimed he wouldn't have had to wait for that day if he had kept the ball. "What is Mark McGwire going to do for this groundskeep. er next year?" Mark Lewis, who had offered $1 million for the ball, asked the day after McGwire broke the record. "V dollars is million For a guy to give that up when you're not going to be Mark McGwire's friend six months from now, it's incredible." BYU. p her." single-seaso- Vijay Singh Continued from HI Golf University in May. He now at Anderson an analyst Consulting and can't fathom how his life would have changed if he had kept the ball. "I don't think he can imagine what a million dollars is," said Forneris' mother, Rita. What you don't have, you don't miss. He'll make hia millions some time, probably not all at one It took LOUIS (AP) just one swing from Mark McGwire to make Tim Forneris a potential millionaire. But it took less than a second for Forneris, a St, Louis Cardinals groundskeeper, to decide to give it away and become a hero. I knew right away I wasn't going to keep that ball," Forneris said Thursday. "I love baseball. I don't think I would have been able to sleep at night knowing that I kept it," It's been almost two months since McGwire broke Roger record by Maris' home run. 62nd his hitting Forneris was working in left field and wasted no time scooping up the ball. But, instead of keeping it and cashing in on the $1 million prize several bidders were offering for it, Forneris turned it over to McGwire and was instantly pronounced a hero in St. Iouis and around the country. He made the rounds of the national television shows. Disney paid his way to its Florida theme park twice, On his first visit, he even had a chance to talk baseball with President Clinton, who was in Florida on an unrelated visit. ST. - .JlJ.;-l-..-- " 3-- 7 osoutni-iai- a (South of th FleldhouM) Semifinals- - Nov. 5, 2:30 k 5pm Finals-- Nov. 7, 4:00pm r Heldhouse jft Hi It FrM admission with this sdl " "t i |