Show Sports 10B Saturday August 112001 Standard-Examine- r Manufacturers focused on stock car safety Baseball Hall of Famer Boudreau dies at age 84 OLYMPIA FIELDS 111 -- ra Calif scored 39570 Jud Lou Boudreau the Hall of Campbell 22 of Mission Vie-j- o Calif was third with Famer who led the Cleveland Indians to their last world 37110 championship He was 84 died Friday SNOWMOBILE ‘‘Boudreau the shortstop and manager of the 1948 World Series championship was team brought into St James Ho- and spital Health Centers m Olympia Fields on Friday Boudreau afternoon in cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead there said hospital spokeswo- man Julie Miller Boudreau also was hospitalized hist month for circulatory problems forcing him to anmiss the Indians’ 100-ye- RACING: State association begins racing season MOUNTAIN GREEN -The Utah State Snowmobile Racing Association will hold its first series race today at Mountain Green Registration is from 7-- 9 am with races beginning at 10 ny Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller called Boudreau "the greatest shortstop I ever saw" Boudreau was elected to ternational Trailing Jeff Gordon by 160 points Jarrett will start the Global Crossing 12 positions ahead of him Sunday Track position is of special importance on a road course where passing is so difficult Jarrett drove his Ford around the 1960 onds at a track record of 122698 mph He beat Robert Yates Racing teammate Ricky Rudd who turned a lap Boudreau also was a popular radio broadcaster for the Cubs for nearly 30 years before retiring in 1988 BASEBALL YOUTH WILLIAMSPORT Pa -- de- feated Tbilisi YMCA of Geor12-Friday to become the first team from the former Soviet Union to qualify for the Little League World Series Nikolai Lobanov who pitched five innings worked a total of 16 innings at the tournament in Kotna Poland - allowing only four runs Khovrino is the first team made up of native Europeans to qualify for the Little League World Series played every year in Williamsport Previous European qualifiers have been made up mostly of children of American gia layout in 1 minute 1884 sec- at 122301 2 Stringer’s wife talks for first time since losing husband MINNEAPOLIS - Korey Stringer told his wife the night before he collapsed that he had vomited and couldn’t stop sweating But Kelci Stringer said Korey insisted he was OK In an interview with NBC "Today” show host Katie Couric her first since her husband's death from heatstroke Aug 1 Stringer didn’t lay blame on anyone for her husband’s death She did however urge coaches to adjust their training camp schedules to avoid extreme U away from two Phoenix players Goodson picked that loose ball up and scored a layup plus the foul shot vVr DOUGLAS PIZACThe Associated Press Utah State's Emmett White (32) jokes around with teammate David Fiefia during Friday's media day at Romney Stadium usu From 8B White said “Those are the teams you want to play if you want to move down the ladder in the rankings Just to play with those teams is great I mean you watch them on TV every week and you want to see what they are really made of” couple years has got the chance to make our future pretty bright” Dennehy said Utah State which opens its season Sept 1 with a road date at Utah returns 35 and 16 starters (eight offense seven defense one special teams) from last year’s squad that finished Besides White junior Jose Fuentes is quarterback Utah State second-yea- r back after starting much of coach Mick Dennehy wel- last season after Jeff Cros-bi- e comed 33 newcomers to went down with a thumb camp Monday" and started injury Crosbie is back to working with them Wednes- full strength but Dennehy day in Dennehy has designated Fuentes as whose veterans reported the starter Thursday and will begin “It’s going to be tough We practice today said he isn’t just have to be positive and expecting more than five or have confidence that we’re six of the newcomers to congoing to win every game” tribute this season said Fuentes who’s bulked But that doesn't mean he up considerably “We know hasn’t liked what he’s seen we’re not going to win every thus far game but we’re going to “It’s a group that within a play like we’re going to” 5-- 6 two-a-da- F00TBALL Russia gets first entry in Little League World Series Khovrino of Moscow 245-mil- e Utah Starzz coach Candl Harvey -- “Those types of plays get fourth-plac- e Sacramento the crowd and players into own the tiedoesn’t (Utah the game it trickles down" breaker) said Goodson who also tied Both of the Starzz rivals a season high with six ashave one game on them sists “When she plays well she Harvey said playoff seedmakes everyone better” ing isn’t the only thing Utah Harvey said “(She) had a is trying to accomplish with huge monster second half” the final regular-seasogames Goodson wasn’t the n only one as five players were in “We’ve got to get better" she said about the turnovers double figures for the Starzz Jennifer Gillom who “If we give the ball over 23 had 10 was the only player times (in the playoffs) the to reach double digits for game’s over it’s a blowout" the Mercury a team that Sunday the Starzz who has been eliminated from have won five straight at home turn their attention toplayoff contention "We came to spoil the ward the road and the Minnesota Lynx which Harvey party” she said “But we came in the wrong costume" says is a good team to try to improve on because of their With two games left the aggressiveness and physical Starzz can finish anywhere play between second and fourth Utah finishes up vs Los place They are half-gam- e Angeles at home on Monday Housbehind second-plac- e WNBA playoff tickets ton (Utah owns the tiebreakahead of went on sale Friday night er) and half-gam-e plate en route to scoring nine runs in the ninth inning aided by six hits and four Blue Jay errors From 8B averaging 670 per contest The Raptors used five much to cheer about Mediwith Jonathon cine Hat used a plethora of pitchers his first pro Steitz notching pitchers in an unsuccessful win slow to the Raptors attempt Raptors Standard-Examiner down correheat “I think the routine that Ogden capped things off spondent Chad Pritchett by sending 13 batters to the contributed to this report they have is OK” she said in interview her first since her military diplomats or busihusband’s death But she adness personnel This year’s series has been ded that it wouldn’t inconveexpanded from eight teams to nience teams to “change prac16 - eight from the United tice times to maybe earlier in States and eight from abroad the morning or late at night” The reorganization allowed The Vikings maintain no Little league to create two one was to blame for Korey leagues for teams in Europe Stringer’s death which hapand the Middle East pened on the second day of training camp in stifling huTENNIS: midity and temperatures in Kuerten takes lead in ATP the 90s Results of an autopsy conrace advances to semis firm the lineman died of mulMASON Ohio - Gustavo organ failure due to tiple Kuerten took the lead in the heatstroke according to his ATP Champions Race beatagent James Gould 4 ing Yevgeny Kafelnikov Kelci Stringer said his 6 4 on Friday night to adcame as a shock bedeath vance to the semifinals of the cause he reported at 335 Tennis Masters ti pounds and said he was in the The victory gave the Bra- best shape of his career She zilian enough points to over- said it was typical of him to nmm : inmrorM take Andre Agassi in the trim down before training I it iMituri im JLML e race among tour camp I j’iTAflA I Hit (Prwurti I'pO JIJAS1LM S31KD PREP SOCCER: players EMiri WnUiftH In a match that was postPHC poned because of a late after- Royals start season with noon thunderstorm Lleyton 4-- 1 victory over Morgan itmara Hewitt beat Ivan Ljubicic 6 ROY - 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