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"- ' ' n Xt V ' : $ v pulled out of next week’s British Open ending his streak of consecutive majors at 154 In a statement released today Nick laus the winner of 18 majors also announced he would not day m die PGA times already A fifth World Cup title is one victory away "We have a great force' behind us for the final" Claudio Tkffarel said Tuesday night after his two saves in a penalty kick shootout lifted the defending champs to a 2 win Francisco 4-- “After 42 years of playing major against the Netherlands after “We are very ready” championship golf I feel that my ability to compete at the highest level on a continuous basis is marginal at best” Nicklaus said “I feel this is the time to end physical demands which are required to be competitive on a continuous basis are difficult for me to satisfy at this time” he said "Therefore 1 have elected not to play in the British Open and PGA Championships in 1988” The statement was issued by Nicklaus' publicists in North Palm Beach Fla and released at the Loch Lomond inivitation-a- l tournament in Scotland Nicklaus will play in this week’s Ford Seniors Players Championship in Dearborn Mich Flyers nab Vanbiesbrouck PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers signed goalie John Vanbiesbrouck to a contract After 11 years with the New nt two-ye- ar York Rangers Vanbiesbrouck spent the last five seasons with the Florida Panthers and was a member of Team USA at the 1998 Winter Olympics He was with a 287 goals-again- st average in 60 regular season games last season 18-29--11 King jury can’t decide NEW YORK CAP) r Ws e°Pfff4U?Mi1Er9inoter in the Don King were sent home after one suggested they couldn't reach a verdict US District Judge Lawrence McKenna also announced that a second juror had admitted reading a news report that said the maximum penalty King faced was 45 years McKenna did not say what impact the two repots might have on the trial's future but scheduled a meeting with the two sides’ lawyers for early this morning before jurors were to resume deliberations five-gam- with an 9 victory Tuesday night over the Charlotte Sting Leslie's layup off her own miss with 2:43 left broke a 4 tie and Mwadi Mabika followed with a 40 86-7- 74-7- seconds later Tracy Reid's free throw with 59 seconds left cut the Sparks lead to 79-7- 5 with 38 seconds but Mabilu’s remaining clinched it Tamecka Dixon added 19 points Penny Toler 15 and Mabika IS Tuesday's scores Game All-St- ar American League 13 National League 8 WNBA Los Angeles 86 Charlotte 79 World Cup 1 Netherlands (Brazil won 4-- 2 on penalty kicks) All-St- ar All-St- 1 ar DENVER (AP) — There was never another All-St- ar game like this Then Greg Maddux Roger Clemens Tom Glavine — they were mere mortals in the Rocky Mountains’ home run heaven “This was a different type of All-Strecord-settin- ar All-St- ar for hits with 31 soccer “It hurts because we were so close” Ronald de Bore said "It is a pity we didn't have the luck we had in other games” Cocu added "We could have beaten this Brazil team” But after Frank de Bore the best See BRAZIL ou Page 8 The AL had at least one hit in every inning and overcame deficits of 2-- 0 in the fourth and 6-- 5 in the sixth The NL trailed 3 before Barry three-ru- n Bonds' 451-fohomer off Bartolo Colon in the fifth a drive that hit a San Francisco banner hanging off the upper deck in right The ball just missed (by a yard or so) hitting a sign that would have led to a fan winning $1 million r- ' n £ v V ’i i threw out Fernando Vina at the plate and shortstop Omar Vizquel followed by turning a nifty double play on Andres Gahunga Did the light air help O’Neill a regular right fielder unfamiliar with this other side of the ballpark? “I'm sure it didn’t hurt” he said In a fining twist Colon was the winner despite giving up Bonds’ hornet ’A''' f m 38 HI t rr - a 1 if V V Vvjc- : - S r -- if in ‘ P AP photo' 40-28- -1 ar Mich ‘‘vYiV' ' T t Cal Ripken Jr watches his hit in the sixth inning of the AL’s “He had to give up a three-ru- n homer to get the win” AL manager Mike Haigiove said “It's kind of a double-edge-d sword” Ugueth Urbina was the loser in a game that lasted 3 hours 38 minutes — the All-St- ar longest nine-innigame ever The big bashers the ones who have sparked increased interest in baseball this year did little McGwire leading the majors with 37 homers was Juan Gonzalez leading the majors with 101 RBIs got up with nine runners on base and drove in just one Griffey who has 35 homers was with an RBL but showed no power “You have some great pitchers on the mound” Griffey said “When you have great pitchers the ball doesn't fly much” -2 Mitti MaacaraHaraM Journal Providence’s Dave Simmons right is congratulated by teammates Evan Hogs (18) and Jesse Jensen (20) after hitting a leadoff home ron Tuesday 13-- 8 victory Tuesday It fixed for the AL lineup in the but not necessarily off the baL A passed ball by Javy Lopez tied the score a wild pitch by Urbina put the AL ahead for good and Ivan Rtxhiguez followed with an RBI nnglf “It was a Coors Field-typ- e game” NL manager Jim Ley land said “You saw some balls bloop in freak hits guys had to play deep Then they hit some balls out of the ballpark” Atlanta shortstop Walt Weiss got two hits and the cheers of his son Brody recently out of the hospital after fighting off a strain of Ecoli bacteria “Looks like it's going to be a happy ending” Weiss said "My boy is going to be fine” - Wolverines Providence avenges loss with 23-- 0 pasting Shane Frazier sports writer HYRUM — It was as S) t t - - Tf? ur - ’ ‘A - ’''-J-r 'J-J- r & two-ru- a ’ '£ f 11-- and 10 players drove in S r v'Nr off four-tim- warning track “I was a bit nervous there for a moment” Clemens said ('££ ' extending the streak But Ripken insists he’s fine and has no intention of asking for a day All-St- Clemens pointed skyward in the third inning thinking Bonds popped up Lofton caught the ball on the " t 1 See RIPKEN on Page 7 “Maybe it's the light air here in Colorado" Cal Ripken said McGwire and Ken Griffey Jr failed runs for the AL which cut the NL’s to homer but the crowd of 51267 a lead to Rafael Coors Held record got to see the type Palmeiro’s RBI single in the ninth of game the stadium is known for accounted for the 21st run breaking e Maddux the Cy Young the record set in the AL’s 9 win in Award winner who leads the majors 1954 with a 154 ERA was hit bred at die The game nearly turned around in n start giving up singles to Kenny the eighth when Greg Vaughn’s Lofton and Alomar single off Tom Gordon pulled the Maddux managed to escape with NL to 10--8 Devon White — who also two shutout innings but six of the had three hits — followed with anothnext seven NL pitchers gave up runs er single but left fielder Paul O'Neill Want to know why pitchers hate it here? ' 0 £ ' son to extend a streak that now stands at 266 Columnists from both The New York Times and The (Baltimore) Sun last month cited Ripken's shrinking power numbers as an indication that the Baltimore Orioles’ third baseman was swinging a tired bat and hurting the team by “No lead is ever good in this place" Mark McGwire said “You have to play it to the last out” ESPN — Senior PGA Golf Ford Senior Players Championship first round at Dew-bor- n 1 v anymore Some question if Cal Ripken is reaching that point With his amaz- "' Vf ing streak i Ripken eclipsed Gehrig’s seenn ingly unbreakable record on Sept 6 1995 and has bolstered the mark despite advancing age and declining offense His critics say enough is enough insisting there is no rea- : Thursday "Great game baseball We the players thank the fans for coming back What are did in 94 stunted the game-think right now it's on an upswing There’s great great talent in the major leagues right now I'm glad everyone is coming out to watch us” — St Louis Cardinals first baseman Mari McGwire was nothing separating the teams through 120 minutes of scintillating BALTIMORE (AP) — Lou Gehrig played 2130 consecutive games until there finally came a time when he simply couldn't do it ar game” Roberto Alomar said Tuesday night after the American 13-- 8 g League’s victory over the National “When you watch the sewing in Denver you’re always seeing big numbers 13 to whatever” Alomar matching the feat of his older brother 4ast year homered and MVP award Alex won an Rodriguez also homered as the AL tied the record fw runs and hits (19) The two teams set an record for combined runs and tied the record All-St- vjtf not to end streak again there had never been one at Coors Held Fly balls become home runs Bouncers took off like rockets pjn Today's quote never has won the title and last made the final game 20 years ago There Only one team could advance to Game slugfest the highest-scorin- g in history Alomar and Ivan Rodriguez each 8:30 pjn ESPN — WNBA Basketball Houston at New York 6 pjn ESPN2 — Minor League Baseball AAA Game at Norftik Va 9 pjn ESPN2 — Minor League Baseball AA Game at New Haven Conn (same-da- y tape) team in die world There were questions when the Brazilians were spotty which So can the Netherlands Dunga Taffarel stopped consecutive attempts by Phillip Oku and Ronald de Bore to end a classic game top-rank- team” proud rtf die and the Dutch did the same” said Brazil coach Mario Zagallo who guaranteed victory to each of his players before die shootout "I went up to each one and said 'We are going to win we’re going to be champions I passed confidence to them” Zagallo said Brazil which won a shootout against Italy to take the '94 tournament hit all four shots by Ronaldo Rivaldo Emerson and captain All-St- ar went On television tie 1- -1 to its 1994 crown in the United States “Brazil now can be very either "We showed willpower and desire AL poors it on at Coors ot INGLEWOOD Calif (AP) — Lisa Leslie scored 24 points on her 26th birthday as the Los Angeles Sparks ended a franchise-recor- d e losing streak a France or Croatia who meet in tonight's other semifinal better be ready for a formidable foe Brazil erased any doubts that this squad is worthy of its status as the AP photo Brazil coach Mario Zagello left wipes away some tears Tuesday while Brazl player Deniison top celebrates the team's victory over the Netherlands 5-- Sparks end losing streak But they persevered and they never flinched against a powerful Dutch team that didn’t back off Brazil has met that definition four US Open at the Olympic Club in San my streak of consecutive majors for which I have been eligible" Nicklaus said he had planned to end the streak at this year's Masters until the USGA gave him an exemption to play at the US Open “I feel that the preparation time and nating midfield MARSEILLE Ftauice (AP) — It is the stuff that defines champions and Nicklaus 58 has played in every major for which he’s been eligible since earning a spot in the 1957 US Open His most recent major was last month’s Sunday’s final and Brazil’s samba party is headed bad to the outskirts of Paris where this World Cup journey began "I felt we deserved a moment of joy” said Taffarel who helped Brazil in earlier rounds springing some leaks in their defense and not domi- Defending champs return to Cup final LONDON (AP) — Jack Nicklaus has free-age- Papa 6 Brazil outlasts Netherlands Golden Bear elects to end major streak 1 ' - Wednesday July 8 1998 Sporti briefs Brazil V' - Tfta Herald Journal Logan Utah K - ‘ if Providence was twisting Hynim’s arm behind their back waiting for them to say "unde” Or maybe they were waiting for them to say "Dinkel” Dinkel is a name that will come up frequently in Hornets conversation no doubt for good or bad In his first year with Providence Dinkel has earned some votes as the best pitcher in the Valley On Tuesday he pitched only two innings both scoreless using a fastball that stand-i- n Wolverine skipper Dninis Udy said “can be up around 92 nmh” on die way to an eventual mauling of the Hornets 23-- 0 But it was Dinkel's bat that really hurt Hynun It wu almost as if he was working on an assembly line the pitch was delivered and Dinkel’s job was to tattoo it over the infield where it wu picked up by an outfielder and quickly thrown to second base just after Dinkel had arrived there It wu almost like clock work Dinkel hit five doubles “(Hynim's pitcher Kenny Albrechtsoo) wu throwing curveballs sometimes they were curving and sometimes not sometimes just and I was seeing the bail realhanging there ly well tonight” Dinkel noted But before the first pitch was thrown (which ended in a Dave Simmons homer) there were some bad feelings in the Providence dugout due to last week's 4 loss to Hyram 7-- Sec WHIP on Page 8 |