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Show Sports OE rruay ! SPORTS BRIEFS SPRING TRAINING ROUNDUP Elkington snags early TPC lead Alomarin, Anderson out for O’s -ONTE Fla The VEDRA snarl at Course at the \ \ t [he B pore \li-Sta \; Player ch eS ) The most bogey the top-50 Or Y 10 elle es e IMO Mark | ounday On ) ] | St I vame Braves. Week W C Guring igainsl ahi ne eC I test. I had Tschetter, Marshall share lead at Dinah Shore RANCHO MIRAGE. Calif - Kris Tschetter and Kathryn Marshall, each looking for a second career LPGA victory. matched 6-under-par 66s Thursday to share the opening-round lead in the Nabisco Dinah Shore group of four players Sherri Steinhauer, Dale Eggeling. Deb Richard and Jane Geddes were two shots behind the coleaders at 68. TENNIS: Or putting ble es hit Au C in- sa e Ex booed Alo- i y A Delore we line co active each Seast day's opener iluding rainct ft AkAIS( ite Of his tens two . ul appear- [t was an exice that began when he was razzed Toronto, Cleveland and New iSa- York in the wakeof the incident n W spit at umpire John Hirschbeck 23 side ie first six days reg > ering to March Would keep him and = ances at the plate. He e 15-da St re Tt e Fla When Martina Hingis’ early lead evaporated in the hot sun, so did her patience. She lost thefirst game ofthe final set, then sent her racket skidding across the court. Fans booed. “Racket abuse, Miss Hingis,” the chair umpire announced. Hingis regained the lead, then held on. No more tantrums, no upset. She delivered the only ace of the match onthe final point and defeated Jana Novotna 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in a grueling semifinal Thursday in the Lipton Championships. “I got my first warning this tournament,” the 16-year-old Hingis said with a smile. “Suill, noi as bad as the other tournaments.” Saturday's final will pit the future No. | against former No. | Monica Seles, who beat Barbara Paulus 6-1, 6-0 in 51 minutes In the men’s draw, Jim Courier advanced to today’s semifinals by beating No. 4 seed Goran Ivanisevic 6-2, 7-6 (7-2). Courier, seeking his biggest tournament tl- OUF “Sure. | heard the boos to- day.” Alomar said. “But I can't do anything about it. All I can do is go out there andplay base- Tues Kansas City Royals at Camden Yards Heinsisted Thursday that his injury would not keep him out lineup the openi “There's nothing they can do really.” he said. “In my mind. I'm going to play. Nobody's going to tell me I can’t play Meanwhile, Alomar got into i game for thefirst umethis spring, going 0-for-2 in three innings in the Orioles’ 5-0 loss to Montreal Alomar, who had beensidelined with a sprainedleft ankle, Dali Royals-Braves trade Iwo da VS alter Atlanta's blockbuster deal for Kenny Lofton, the Braves sent outfielder Jermaine Dye and reliever Jamie Walker to Kansas City for outfielder Michael Tucker and infielder Keith Lockhart “Its our young, upcoming star for their young, upcoming star.” Royals manager Bob Boonesaid “Dye’s right-hand- Royals vith BALTIMORE - Baseball teams across the country courted Michael Volpe. They gave him hats, bats and autographed balls. He was wined and dined and even serenaded. They didn’t want him to play for their team; they wanted him to root for their team. On Thursday, the 45-yearold who became a “free agent fan” made up his mind: the Philadelphia Phillies and minor league Durham Bulls will be his teams ty | Hope wnethir some x for Pon tea Atlanta sent e outfield at the beginning of training, they weren't so piay D in every 260 108 games 12 homers and Prices Good Thru Monday, March 31 day for last C yea 53 RBIs season ended in August, n he dislocated his left ring finger in aslide Rangerssign pair Texas claimed infielder Dave Silvestri off waivers from the Seattle Mariners and signed outfielder Eric Anthony to a minorleague contract. Silvestri, 29, will join the team Friday when it plays the Class AAA Oklahoma City 89ers Silvestri, waived by the Mariners on Monday, hit .42! (16for-38 with six RBIs in 22 spring games He spent all of Ran ' ; i :; 90 DAYS f oe i | — ; VESCO’S TOLL FREE ~ E ' Bloomin saryseas0o? selection i x mix makes fora AMAHAE LDOWN-NO PAYMENT i lor last sea- son with the Montreal Expos, hitting .204 with one homer and 17 RBIs in 86 games Anthony, 29, was signed to a contract with the 89ers. He was a non-roster player with the Minnesota Twins before they sent him to the Salt Lake Buzz earlier this week and thenreleased him Wednesday = Free agent fan & sine sure | was ready to play in the eague.” Jones said. “Thelast week or so, I star picking up I] think then they wanted to give chooses teams Hingis, Seles advance to Lipton tourneyfinal rh ATHUICUTICSS % Tucke Mar | eX- Calcaveccl KEY BISCAYNE, steps ast season, I re s Br cnance He attempted to play ] € base spring I J owing day. but had diffiwinging a bat and was cu On the to first Vas hb well I think aye row v Tuesday. es P 1 grounded second r e par > SI in idie 2 c irst ge rt Ander ed fora r d 1s players Fuzzy Zoeller, David Edwards and Russ Cochran were one stroke back at 67 Ten other players including Ernie Els were two strokes back at 68 as 19 players shot in the 60s and 57 scores were under par. A g 1S . It utfielders David Justice and Marquis Grisson the Indians I C Alan Eme. The de e Andruw e LA It Was perhaps no surpris the field was so bunched up British Open champion Tor Lehman, le iStrating impor e the worldin the field chasing the $630.000 first E i Masters Cracked a rit the shot a 6-under-par 66 for a onestroke lead after Thursday's first round but had a doz i f others shooting in the 60s breathing down his neck the Baltimoresta j ( c + > uv ut rkS Oul ANDERSON: The | Br \; cs» C ind ] he seas TP¢ Steve Elkingt pertect round a watery double With all ret i CAS Ro QO BEACH the leaderboard a Champions} the tangled roug! ec et 1-800-595-6934 ge peer YAMAHA. (| Gallon PotSize J SAT TIL SPH OGDEN LINE BRIGH:.MCITY. i 734-9424 © “479-4550 1100 S. MAIN-BRIGHAM CITY §j hrub that M 7 Anand 3el fall ATTENTION BULL-RIDING FANS! : : 20 Quart Bag Steer Manure | Weedfree lawn and garden soil fertilizer that instantly absorbs and holds moisture tle since 1993, will next face No 2 Thomas Muster, who beat Jonas Bjorkman 7-5, 6-2. 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