Show Section The Herald Journal Pagel Insido Utah resident wins on first playoff hole Ga (AP) — Not bad AUGUSTA eh7 Blazers beat rival Lakere on : Wanace’s Anation known for its hockey players produced a Masters champion on Sunday — and a lefty to boot It shouldn’t come as a surprise because Mike Weir learned from the ' B2 3-b- all Sports briefs best At age Dallimore’s big day too much for Stingers SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— Brian Dallimore drove in three runs to lead the Fresno Grizzlies to a 7-- 4 victory over the Salt Lake Stingers Sunday Dallimorc snapped a tie in die sacrifice scored with that a eighth fly He drove Lunsford home two Trey more with a double that capped off a five run ninth for the Grizzlies Lunsford opened the eighth with a single off Stingers reliever Jason Sec-o(0-and moved to second on a sacrifice by Carlos Hernandez win reached on an error by Salt Lake catcher Wil Nieves Jason Ellison followed with another sacrifice bunt to move Lunsford to third before scoring on Dallimore’s fly to center field Cody Ransom broke the game Jack Nicklaus told him there was no rea-- 4 son to change his swing and play 13 cMmsters 1- -1 da 1) open in the ninth for Fresno with a three-ru- n homer off Stingers reliev-e- r Mark Lukasiewicz Steve Connelly (1-tossed two innings of scoreless relief for the win Joe Horgan pitched the final two innings and picked up his first save despite allowing three runs in the bottom of the ninth 0) Radcliffe sets record at London Marathon LONDON (AP) — Paula Radcliffe needed exactly one year to go from novice to groundbreaker in the marathon She shattered her world best by almost two minutes Sunday — the biggest single drop in two decades — to win a second straight London Marathon finishing in 2 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds handed Four years ago Tiger Woods showed Weir how to make all the big putts in the final round of a major championship Now a Majple Leaf grows among the towering pines at Augusta National In a dramatic conclusion to a Masters that featured a lot of rain a small protest and the first Masters playoff in 13 years Weir became the first Canadian to wear a green jacket by making clutch putts and watching Len Mattiace on the first extra hole “Unbelievable” said Weir who now resides in Draper Utah “It’s something I’ve dreamt of something I worked very hard at I’m having a hard time putting it into words because words won’t do it justice" Hie green jacket that Tiger Woods had hoped to slip on for a record third straight year is going north of the border Six times pver the final seven holes Weir stood over crucial putts and made them all Playing in the final group he didn’t have worse 68 than a par in his round of His only bogey came in the playoff — the first to win a Masters — but that didn’t matter “It was an incredible day” Weir self-destru- ct See WEIR on B4 ' " APphoto Mike Weir 2003 Masters champion gets his green jacket from Tiger Woods right Sunday at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta Ga Weir defeated Len Mattiace'on the first hole of the sudden-deat- h playoff Promising day turns sour Sunday's scores AL Tiger never a threat after 2nd hole of final round Minnesota 9 Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 2 NY Yankees 1 Cleveland 6 Kansas City 1 Chicago White Sox 3 Detroit 2 Boston 2 Baltimore 0 Anaheim 8 Oakland 2 Seattle 4 Texas 3 13 innings NL Montreal 2 NY Meta 1 10 innings Philadelphia 13 Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 7 Florida 1 St Louis 11 Houston 8 Chicago Cubs 4 Pittsburgh 3 Arizona 9 Milwaukee 3 San Diego 6 Colorado 2 SF 5 LA 4 12 innings PCL Fresno 7 Salt Lake 4 NBA 07 Indana 98 Minnesota 119 Chicago 95 Portland 101 LA Lakere 99 Boston 94 Miami 86 New Orleans 94 Philadelphia 89 Detroit 110 Memphis 107 20T Phoenix 92 San Antonio 85 Milwaukee 1 NHL playoffs Jersey 3 Boston 0 Edmonjon 3 Dallas 2 New AHL playoffs 2 Utah Wikes-BarraScrant- on 1 On television MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 pm AP photo Tiger Woods checks his shot after bitting into trouble on the third hole during the final round of the 2003 Masters on Sunday Devils grab Dvorak leads Oilers By The Associated Press Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils are a win away from improving on last flop year’s first-rouBrodeur made 29 saves in post- ing his 14th shutout in 70 playoff victories as the Devils beat the Boston Bruins 0 Sunday at the Fleet Center for a 3--0 lead in the series New Jersey can sweep Tuesday night in Boston and send the Bruins to another early exit Seeded first in the Eastern Conference last year they lost in six games to Montreal in' the opening round In the 13 series in which they trailed 0 the Bruins never made it to a sixth game 4They lost seven of those series 4-- 0 and six nd ESPN — Oakland at Seattle NBA 7 pm KJZZ— San Antonio at Utah NHL 5pJn ESPN — Playoffs conference quarterfinals game 3 Philadelphia at Toronto 5:30pm ESPN2 — Playoffs conference quarterfinals game 3 Colorado at Minnesota IdOpjn ' ESPN2 — Playoffs conference quarterfinals game 3 Detroit at 3-- best-of-sev- en 3-- AUGUSTA Ga (AP) — By the time he reached Amen Comer Tiger Woods was done Roars echoed through the tall pines but on this Sunday they were meant for others Up ahead Len Mattiace was niaking eagle on the 13th hole to stake his claim to the Masters Just behind him Mike Weir was making no mistakes Woods could only listen For once there was nothing he could do There would be no record third straight green jacket no comeback for the ages Worst of all there would be no thrill of a back nine chase “It was just one of those weeks where I couldn’t get anything going for an extend- ed time” Woods said ' A week that started with Woods heavily favored to do something no one else had ever done — win a third straight Masters — ended instead with the world's best player t reduced to the ceremonial role of slipping the green jacket over Weir’s shoulders It wasn't exactly what he had in mind 66 set him up for a big after a third-roun- d Sunday charge to history “It's not easy No one’s ever done it” Woods said “Obviously it’s proven it's hard todo” Woods made a week’s worth of mistakes but it was the big one he made in judgment on the third hole Sunday that may have sealed his fate Thinking about hitting an iron off the tee on the short par-- 4 and then a wedge into the green Woods listened as caddie Steve Williams urged him to bust a driver instead to get within chipping range Six adventurous shots later — one of — Woods walked off the them left-hand- ed See SOUR on B4 lead 3--0 The Devils who last season lost in the first round to Carolina got goals from Scott Stevens Jay Pandolfo and John Madden Oilers 3 Stars 2 Radek Dvorak scored late in the third period to lead Edmonton to a wild home victory over Dallas giving the Oilers a 1 lead in their opening-round playoff series Georges Laraque and Fernando Pisani also scored for the Oilers who host Game 4 on Tuesday ‘ 2-- night Jason Arnott and Jere Lehtinen had the goals for Dallas which until early in the third led 1- -0 period With the game tied 2 Dvorak took the split the defense and fired puck at center-ic- e a shot past Marty Turco at 5:38 of the third period 2-- APphoto Boston's Nick Boynton is checked into the boards by New Jersey's Jeff Friesen during an NHL playoff game Sunday |