Show ' i1 “! ' v ‘ i ' ' ' v -- C ! i ‘"v1' -- rr -- ' : r 'v' fJH'T S r'' - T‘'K V t 5 s it Section ' : Mr ' W- Friday July 26 2002 ’V a jf'v1 'i i J"9 iJlS’r- - vT initdoH ' T V i’- - The Herald Journal piyi jiy pact : Williams wanted io be frozen V‘' ORLANDO Fla (AP)— Four years after signing a will calling for his cremation baseball great Rd Williams entered a pact with two of his children asking' that his body be frozen accord- ing to court documents filed Thursday Williams’ scrawled signature along with those of sou John Henry and daughter Claudia appears at the bottom of a handwritten note on a scrap of paper dated Nov 2 2000 “JHW Claudia aud Dad all agree to be put into after we dje” reads the pact writ- tea with a ballpoint blue pen “This is what we want to be abb to be together in the future even if it is cmly a chance" Family attorney Bob GoMman said the note was written in a Gainesville hospital room four days before die Hall of Fame slugger had a pace- - ! Hot Angels knock down A’s In AL West battle B2 tV - v bio-stas- --: Sportsbriofs Sabres staying put? — BUFFALO NY (AP) Five ( are interested in buying die ’a Sabres and keeping them in - J - is maker installed The attorney said John Henry Williams wrote the note and that it would supersede the wishes ' detailed in Williams’ 1996 wUL The slugger's three children have been fighting over his remains since he died July 5 at the age of 83 John Henry Williams has had his father's body preserved at a cryonics lab in Arizona whoe the dead are frozen in the hope they can be resurrected someday Williams Ferrell the of Bobby-J- o John Henry and Claudia wants to retrieve her father’ilxidy cremate it and sprinkle his ashes off Florida’s coast as Williams’ will dictates The dispute is almost certain to be settled by a half-sist- er ( APphoio' Famiy attorney Bob Goldman announces Thursday that! Ted Wiliams signed a pact asidng to be frozen after death' See PACT on B3 vT Bettman said Thursday a day after the team’s arrested on fraud Bettmanwho did not identify the potential ownership groups said it ' was “purely a coincidence” that he was in Buffalo 24 hours after John Rigas and two sons were arrested in connection with the financial melt- down of Addphia Communications French judge drops appeal of suspension (AP) — Frendi skating judge Le Gougne is dropping an appeal of her three-yesuspen-sion in the Winter Olympics pairs' scandal saying khe can’t afford it IteKU Council said it had ample evidencethat Le Gougne was pressured by Gailhaguet into voting for the Russians Over die Canadians in die pairs event Both couples wound up with gold medals: Marie-Rei- ne ar Olympian sues NCAA DHNYER(AP) rrAn Olympic moguls slderwho wants to play footballfor the University of Col- orado sued the NCAA on Thursday saying it unfairly restricted his ability to continue siding professionally Jeremy Bloom 20 who could have been a Buffaloes wide receiver last year put off college to compete in the Salt Lake City Olympics where he placed ninth ’ V 'r AP photo Overall leader Lance Armstrong of Austin Texas smiles hs he rides with the peck in the early kilometere of the 17th stageof the Tour de France cycling race between ' Aime and Ctuses French Alps Thuraday Armstrong seekkig his fourth straight Tour title leads the race by more than five minutes Itiursdoy's scores v :T :v Detroit 5 Kansas City 2 Anaheim 5 Oakland 4 Boaton 6 Tampa Bay 0 Seattle 7 Texas 2 : f - ' : Phttadeiphia 6 Chicago Cuba 2 San Francisco 3 ' Houston 8 PittstxwghO : Arizona 10 San Diego 0 Florida 3 MontreaT2 Omaha 7 Salt Lake 4 t In other words it was a perfect T V The leg from Aime to Guses was the last chance for rivals to seriously challenge Armstrong: When it ended no threat emerged and the Texan rebiined an ovreall lead rf 5 minutes 6 ‘frel'''dayA WNBA'rvv'S Cleveland 83 Chariotta 73 ‘ Seattle 79 Oriando 78 Detroit 64 Washington's t vX Houston 68 Mtoml 60 Vj Sacramento 81 'Portland 80 20T f BOXtNQ Sr v' W ' g ' IACaa' Bu staff writer Dy-rac- Classic Senior PGATbur 'fat-- ' PAX Boston Classic first round at Con- "'N cord Mass 'vr 4! r‘ i’ 'i j?t 2 pnvfew — PQAToufJohn Deere aacond round at 80vto Clastoc 1 a: Ci V-- : T TGC— PGA Tbur John Deere second round at SMs IB ' v ' Ctasaie MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: f ' v v 9o & ! B ( v t' pin VE&PN-Mkvwsotaatkidto- I1 s ' ' ' ge se ) Regnie-Duret- ’ f- f : te name V'-v ' points 33 rebounds and U 5ALTLAKE CnT(AP) Historical V"-- j The Utah Jazz signed free ' 'assists The first people Calbert the national er'of The live play to shooting guard Agent historically Cheaney drf1 inCache Valley'-wery year as a senior at Indiana' the North- Thursdqr Cheaney was selected by S i ' western Shoshone hoping his 48 Washington wife the uxth : tribe of Native ' f percent shoot: " overall jnck of the 1993 NBA Americans Wb-ing will help a draft He also has plkyed in : team that theNBAfor BostodandDen-f- ': 'could call the new veri V team the Shoshon- - ' straggled from the floor last ’ - Recently I was overjoyed fo hear the rumor that Logan could host a minor leaguer-basebateam in the war future- Unfortunately fliat’s all die story wfcs — a nunoc But even if we’re hot going to 5v have professional baU it's fim to worufer ' ' ' what we would call it TYaditionallya pro y 'v esorthe ' sports team represents the history or demoV after the great chief who hunted graphics of die area' Lab However namingof Bear shores !?the Far what it’f worth here ismyHstpf Native Americans ofteo tods l: a team loCal names fori profosional possible baseball team Most of these ideas are my up offending somebody who is lobking for - Hie Logan (Sty 4wnhutIgadieied1awfrc)mBhieSox easymoneysndt too yi'-is 'j md already fans bankrupt for a lawyynyhAf p budget ' susodiisnnieis out idea it’s pame ffone'v V The next chmce obviously woiild be the mad or disgusted tab youf ': theSoxi to frappers'ate the men who hunted animal 'l Fve split dtopossibilitiesinto two areas' T ' See NAME on B3 historical and cuhuraL -- T f t- - ' i 1 ' - jV-'’- v : —A few weak moments in the Tbur his loss in the ninth-statime trial “It was not a good day” he said of the stage which he finished in second place! 1 seconds behind Santiago Botero of Colombia “I don’t know why I didn’t feel great” J-The slip was Soon forgotten as the Tour headed the mountains into v Armstrong took the overall leader’s yellow jer-sey by winning the first mountainous stage at La Mongie in the Pyrenees He opened a 1:12 jead over Beloki which he more than doubled the next : le ' ! AiImU ' KWiHI iWNBA?‘‘'' rilRUBDflW j 31-ini- i V - sfaiM1 1 second-place- ‘ Open seo- ono rouna ai Nowcasup Norniern ire- - 'vv: tlf which he finished in 24th place 4:36 behind in- ner Dario Frigoof Italy He certainly can afford to relax The three remaining stages are much easier than the moun tain legs in which huge chunks of time can be won or lost i Probably the biggest threat to Armstrong now is the possibility of illness or injury particularly in Friday’s hilly leg from Cluses to However Anmtrong is also favored to win the last time trial onSatuirday and furtherextend his T day bywinningat the Plateau de Beillewith a Joseba Bekdu of Spain lead over d spectacular itiill sprint He was so fer ahead of Taking the stage from See LANCE on Bl to Macon would make up for one of Armstrong's ll - -- A'noaiwMii fliii1 aftee e i day 2 at Birmingham Ala " OOLFA ' f -: imi v 7 Bourg-en-Bres- - " 'ViwT v7 Ertaafe fBSPN — Senior British — v'- - Sunday' 0) ®NaI Bassmaster - ' With such a huge advantage Armstrong is almoct certmn to take ai fourdi straight title On Heavyweights DeVarryl vs Corey WUIamaon (16-1-‘ ) at Chester WVi weigh-k- : seconds'1--'- T ' - ' : Ontolovision 7pjn ESPN2 — Iimm s hehimt the winner Gasper 1 Piowo 0 (1st ino ausp rain) Idaho Falls 8 Ogden 5 IT “I sleep xetty good at night with the lead that CLUSES Ranee (AP) — Lance Armstrong Pioneer league : champion leaves mountains with big lead Three-tjm- e St Louis 4 V 2g '::'-- iffsdiaMn ate ' - - - i ’ : V’-y- - y Reason Tenpsweren’t disclosed Team officials said die con-tract was subject to Cheaney passing a physical t Moqday Cheaney played in 68 games last season for the Den- -' ver Nuggets flatting 7 He averaged 7J points arid 33 rebounds in 24 minutes OyeT NBA career h nine-yehas 109 averaged Cheaney - ar : V i Cheahey’s signing comes- - r i - two days ate the Jazz announced they wouldn’t ofer a contract tonine-yeA- r veteran T Bryon Russell Sswingman 'who was taken in second 'round of die 1993 draft the ' 43th overall selection ' Ruitoellwasslowedbya broken pdvis am) shot a 38 percent lari sca- career-kw V y f - i1 |