Show i 11 Major Leagues 12 Scoreboard 14 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday July 3 1999 i Inside Tour de France hits the bricks beneath dark cloud of scandal PARIS (AP) — After a year of accusations and investigations the Tour de France starts amid a big question: Can the cycling showcase recover from the drug scandal that overtook last year's race Even as the 180 riders on 20 teams were gathering for Saturday's prologue in western France at Puy-du-F- recriminations from last summer's The family trials of Alexandra Stevenson Page 12 Sports briefs Cache Sox to Wood Bat tourney title Maughan lifts Cole Maughan cracked a 10th inning Imine run to grant the Cache Valley Sox a dramatic 9-- 8 win over the Eagle Vipers in the Championship of the RBI Wood Bat Invitational Friday night in Minico Idaho not only pul Maughan's round-trippan end to the game it cupped a night in which he hit for the cycle: he had earlier singled doubled and tripled Jason Crawford pitched a scoreless l()lh to notch the win and also contributed a double to the Sox's 13 hits debacle still abounded The former director of Festina the team at the heart of the scandal spoke of drug use among riders He alluded to former team member and French star Richard Virenquc who denies having used illegal substances Bruno Roussel one of two Festina officials who has been banned from the sport said the drug demands of the riders became “incredible" “Given their state of dependence it was no longer possible to talk to them to do anything” Roussel said n Fr- In addition to Virenque now with the Italian team Polti the cycling union ordered Tour officials to drop its ban of L'Equipc Virenque remains under investigation on drug charges but he will he riding Saturday On Wednesday the Tour de France bowed to cycling's governing body and readmitted the rider Organizers initially barred him because his “presence would he incompatible with the image of the Tour" The International Cycling Union citing a technical error ordered organizers to rescind the ban Race director Jean-MarLeblanc called the order a “takeover by force" “We have been prevented from leading our rehabilitation” he said Spain's ONCE team Leblanc fears the decisions will make it tougher for the sport to shift the focus to cycling The Tour begins with nobody happy Riders are furious about what they say is a witch hunt Sponsors are wary of supporting a discredited sport Many fans are simply fed up Making things worse many stars are not competing among them defending champion Marco Pantani The Italian said the course didn't suit him But his place would have been in jeopardy anyway after he was kicked iday's French sports newspaper ie Manolo Sai sporting director of AP photo French cyclist Richard Virenque is greeted by reporters alter medical checks tor the Tour de France on Friday Virenque was banned from the race after his involvement in last year's doping scandal but the decision was later See TOIIK on Page 13 overturned by the International Cycling Union Cup title no gimme for the US er American women must minimize mistakes to tame flamboyant Brazil Friday's scores WNBA Los Angeles at Detroit 7:30 pm Sacramento at Washington 8 pm Cleveland at Utah 9 By David Jablonski Scripps Howard News Service AL Tampa Bay at Toronto 7:05 pm Kansas City at Cleveland 7:05 pm Baltimore at New York 7:35 pm Boston at Chicago 8:05 pm Detroit at Minnesota 8:05 pm Seattle at Texas 8:35 pm Anaheim at Oakland 10:35 Now we know (here are other teams in the World Cup The ending of this tournament isn't a foregone conclusion after all something concocted by FIFA and ESPN to Nxist ratings and sell tickets Indeed the US National Team though guaranteed a spot in the World Cup as its host is not guaranteed the tournament title In the US's 2 victory in NL Chicago at Philadelphia 7:05 pm Montreal at Florida 7:05 pm Milwaukee at Pittsburgh 7:05 pm Houston at Cincinnati 7:05 pm Atlanta at New York 7:40 pm Arizona at St Louis 8:10 pm San Diego at Colorado 9:05 pm San Francisco at Los Angeles 10:10 i i i PCL Pioneer Idaho Falls 7 Ogden 2 MLS 1 shootout 16-year-- On television 7 am NBC — Tennis Wimbledon Championships ladies' championship match 8 am TGC — European Tour Golf Murphy's Irish Open third round at Dublin Ireland am 11 FOX — Major League Baseball Atlanta at NY Mets or Boston at Chicago White Sox 11:30 am TGC — NIKE Tour Golf NIKE Hershey Open third round at Hershey Pa Noon ESPN — Senior PGA Golf State Farm Senior Classic second round at Columbia Md NBC — WNBA Basketball New York at Houston 12:30 pm CBS — NASCAR Racing Craftsman Truck Series The Milwaukee 200 at Milwaukee 1 pm ABC — Cycling Tour de France at France (same-da- y tape) 2 pm ABC — PGA Golf Motorola Western Open third round at Lemont III ESPN — The X Games day 7 at San Francisco FOX — Major League Baseball San Francisco at Los Angeles NBC — Golf American Century Celebrity Golf Championship second round at Lake Tahoe Nev 3 pm ESPN2 — Thoroughbred racing “2Day at the Races” Prioress Stakes and Poker Handicap at Elmont NY 5 pm WGN — Major League Baseball go Cubs at Philadelphia Chica- 6 pm CBS — NASCAR Auto Racing Winston Cup Series Pepsi 400 at Daytona Fla ESPN2 — Cycling Tour de France protape) logue at France (same-da- y 7 pm ESPN — The X Games day 7 at San Francisco ESPN2 — Major League Soccer Kansas tape) City at Tampa Bay (same-da- y 11 Roper Rilley Wilson of Lewiston will be competing at the National High School Rodeo Finals in Gillette Wyo later this month thanks to the help of TC right and Hawk The brand new saddle on TC came from winning state two weeks ago Wilson ropes state title Salt Lake 5 Tucson 4 Chicago 2 Dallas 3-- Diane BushHerald Journal pm ESPN — The X Games day 7 at San Francisco Today's quote “He’s on pace to hit close to 60 again probably To do that one year it's unbelievable To do that two years in a row it's almost sick” — Chicago Cubs second Imseman Mickey Morandini on teammate Sammy Sosa He has been roping for six years now and seems to continue have seemed as easy as a penalty kick to the US the rest of the tournament will he as hard as trying to stop one The US plays Brazil Sunday at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto Calif But it has awakened from a two-wedream to a new World Cup No longer is the US an invincible juggernaut but a prone mortal Brazil saw that Thursday in Brandi Chastain's mistaken pass that turned into a German goal which lead in several other gave Germany a near lapses in the back field early and in the fact that Germany though largely outplayed hung around Now the US will concentrate on not making the same mistakes For one it would like to get that first goal something it didn't do against Nigeria and Germany and something that didn't happen until the second half against North Korea If this continues expect Brazil's traveling hands to strike up an early chorus Sunday “We obviously don't like to play down" forward Mia Ilanun said “We're going to talk about that We're going to talk about going out and pressing hard try ing to limit those mistakes" See WILSON on Page 13 See CUP on Page 14 Lewiston cowboy saddles up for nationals old By Shawn Harrison sports writer LEWISTON — When it comes to saddles the Wilson family has plenty Brothers Jason Kip and Reilly have won a tack room full of them team roping The latest was brought home to the Ken and Monika Wilson ranch two weeks ago by the youngest Wilson Sixtecn-year-ol- d Reilly teamed up with Daniel Fowers from Ogden to win the Utah High School State Rodeo in Heber City June 19 Now he is preparing for the National Finals in Gillette Wyo starting July 18 “Yeah I got a saddle and a buckle for winning state" Reilly says “It’s a pretty nice saddle It says 'Champion Team Roper UHSRA 1999'” Winning a saddle is big in the sport of rodeo But it's become old hat for this teenager “That’s not his first” states his father Ken So just how many saddles has this young roper won? “AH together? Six” Reilly says “I sold one though because the seat was a little big for me” rodeo” -0 Starzz bop Rockers behind Dydek’ s 20 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Margo Dydek scored a season-hig- h 20 points and added nine rebounds and six blocked shots to lead the Utah Starzz to an 83-6- 8 victory over the struggling Cleveland Rockers Friday night Utah had four players in double figures as Adrienne Goodson net18 while Natalted a season-hig- h ie Williams added 13 points and 12 rebounds and reserve Wendy Palmer scored 10 Eva Nemcova led the Rockers with a It was Starzz head er first-roun- See WESTERN on Page 14 ek Then he explains where he was won each saddle “Everywhere" Reilly starts “I won one at Inkom Idaho with my brother Kip I won my first one with him too at a US Roping in Rock Springs Wyo I won two in Farming-to- n and one in Moab with the same kid Gint Robinson" The Wilson boys have won a grand total of 16 saddles Kip and Jason have five each Reilly has won all of his in the past year “I'm real proud of Reilly” Ken says “In fact I'm real proud of all my boys When we go to a roping everybody wants to know where they are at” at Sky View chuckles when junior-to-b-e Reilly a asked how he got started With older brothers and a dad roping and a mother and sister Sonja interested in horses it was natural wasn't it? “I really didn't want to at first" Reilly says “I had other things to do like playing other sports I decided to pick up a rope and just kept going with it Now it's just pretty much Tiger shares Western lead with Appleby LEMONT HI (AP) — Tiger Woods walked off the 18th green thinking he'd had a pretty good round It looked even better after Stuart Appleby ran into trouble on the last two holes After notching an eagle and seven birdies Appleby bogeyed Nos 17 and 18 Friday 134 leaving him tied with Woods at after the second round of the Western Open 66s on Friday Both shot d leader shot a Mike Brisky the 133 Vijay 69 and is one shot back at is among four at Singh the 1998 runner-u- p 137 in the $23 million tournament on Dubsdread course at the Cog the 7073-yar- d Hill Golf and Country Club “I feel bad for Stuart but I feel pretty good for myself” said Woods who won the Western Open in 1997 “To finish like that is always tough especially with how well he was playing” After bogeying the par-- 4 No 4 Appleby the quarterfinals Thursday at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium Germany showed that while the first round might coach Fred Williams' first win since he replaced Frank Layden on June 21 Dydek keyed a 10-- 0 early second-half run with six points a steal and a block that turned a 48-4- 3 Utah lead into a margin Clcve' winlcss in five road land (2-1 games never got closer than 1 the rest of the way nt 9) AP photo Cleveland Rockers forward Eva Nemcova at is no match for 2 Utah Starzz center Margo Dydek who lays in two of her 20 points 7-- Friday in Utah's 83-6- 8 win The Starzz (3-- 6) eventually 83-6pushed their lead to 19 at 4 in snapping a four game losing streak 13 Alisa season-hig- h points and Burras added 12 Clevel- out-board- and had 20 turnovers and was 7 in 34-2- losing their second straight after two home wins Monarchs 79 Mystics 74 At Washington Ticha Pcnichciro sprained her ankle and Yolanda Griffith got in foul trouble and failed to score in double digits for the first time this season but Ruthie Bolton-llolificl- d who also See WNBA on Page 14 |