Show Section Sunday September 29 The Herald Journal Woods comes to life Inside time We should have just come out with singles” Colin Montgomerie said jokingly He offered a more serious assessment a moment later “The atmosphere of this competition is going to get better and bet- US England tied at Ryder SUTTON COLDFIELD The state of Iowa had a lot to B2 celebrate on Saturday Sports briefs Raines announces retirement from MLB ' MIAMI (AP) — Tim Raines announced his retirement Saturday — and said this time it's for good Raines 43 was one of the best leadoff hitters of his era" A seventime All-Stthe outfielder spent the final season of his major league career with the Florida Mar- r lins as a reserve “It’s been a great ride” said Raines sitting between his wife : two sons and agent during' a press conference in the Miami Dolphins’ Eng- land (AP) — American players wives and caddies huddled around Tiger Woods to celebrate a dutch performance he rarely delivers in the Ryder Cup Behind them on the 18th green at The Belfry Sergio Garcia hurled his ball into the lake kicked over his bag and then slammed his foot into ter” it Emotions are running high at the Ryder Cup and for good reason Not since 1991 has golfs most event been dead-eve- n after two days and 16 matches All that remains are a dozen singles matches on Sunday before a raucous and partisan crowd :ormer US President George Bush uses binoculars to watch the Ryder Cup action Saturday pressure-packe- d who’ve been cheering as though more than just a gold trophy is at stake “It’s been a complete waste of 1 ' If so it will have to go a long way to top Saturday David Duval produced the most gutsy shot of the matches driving the 10th green to swing momentum in his favor and overcome the largest deficit of the week Woods finally turned around his fortunes in the Ryder Cup sweeping his two matches after going 0-- 2 in the opening round “Maybe he’ll sleep a little better tonight” said Davis Love III Woods’ partner Saturday “But we See WOODS on B7 : AP photo off on the third hole Tiger Woods tees Saturday during Ryder Cup play at The Belfry Sutton Coldfield England Utah Stale football ar 23-ye- ar locker room “A lot of players play a long time and don’t really know when to quit I actually feel real good about it I've reached the maximum it’s time to close the book on my career as a player” he said Raines was not in the starting lineup for Saturday night’s game against Philadelphia but Marlins manager Jeff Torborg smiled and said “there’s a chance (Sunday)” Raines entered Saturday night with a 188 averajge and one home run suffers ’00-lik- e loss at Boise St USU By Shawn Harrison sports editor BOISE Idaho — For the 25161 fans that showed up to watch a college football game a track meet broke' out Saturday night at Bronco Stadium Other than a defensive third quarter where neither team scored both Utah State and Boise State were marching up and down the field The Broncos did a little more marching and capitalized on four Aggie turnovers cruising mmLmmmmmmmmmm— tO tile WUI Ulan' UTAH STATE eerily almost ilar score to the — — --— last time these two Broncos 63 schools meet 63- Aggies 38 38 Saturday's scores Big 5 football Boise State 63 Utah State 38 Air Force 30 Utah £6 SW Texas 49 & Utah 19 AL Cleveland 8 Kansas City 5 (10) Minnesota 3 Chicago White Sox 2 Toronto 10 Detroit 2 Anaheim 8 Seattle 4 Tampa Bay 9 Boston 6 NY Yankees 4 Baltimore 2 Oakland 10 Texas 8 — AP photo The poor lady on the horse that rides around the track after each Bronco score had to be tired by the end of this one maybe even at halftime Both coaches didn't expect a repeat of the 2000 shootout that decided the final Big West Conference championship but that is exactly what hap-pened In fact they almost matched the score of 2000 which was 66-3- 8 in favor of the Broncos “I wasn’t thinking about that until the end of the third quarter or start ‘of the fourth” USU head coach Mick Dennehy said “They are a good team on offense We knew they had big-plcapability coming in” And they showed it Boise State (3-rolled up 554 yards scoring three touchdowns in the first second and third quarters respectively USU (1-finished with 420 yards of offense Boise State’s Brock Foreey center runs the ball up the field as Utah State defenders Robert Watts (30) and Derrek Shank (25) dose in during Saturday night’s game in Boise Idaho See BLUE on B1 NL St Louis 3 Milwaukee 1 Arizona 17 Colorado 8 San Francisco 5 Houston 2 Chicago Cubs 5 Pittsburgh 4 Los Angeles 14 San Diego 2 Montreal 6 Cincinnati 0 Philadelphia 9 Florida 3 Atlanta 5 NY Mets 2 On television AUTO RACING 11 am NBC — NASCAR Winston Cup Protection One 400 11:30 am ABC — Formula One US Grand Prix at Indtanapolis pm Pagel ay 1) - 4) ESPN2 — NHRA Sears Craftsman 75th Anniversary Nationals (tape) GOLF 5 am NBC — The Ryder Cup final match ' day at Sutton Coldfield England 2 pm ESPN — PGA Tour Texas Open final round at San Antonio HORSERACING 2:30 pm NBC — NTRA thoroughbreds Washington Park Handicap and Sea O'Erin Breeders’ Cup Mile at Arlington Canadian International at Heights Rexdale Canadh Turf Classic Invitational1 at Elmont NY EP Taylor Stakes at Rexdale Canada MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 111 ' 11am ESPN— Atlanta at NY Mets I pjn 'i ' ESPN2 — Oakland at Texhs NFL II un CpS — Doubleheader regional coverage pOX — Regional coverage 2 pm FOX — Regional coverage 2:15 pm CBS — Doubleheader game regional coverage 630 pjn ESPN — Minnesota at Seattle Aggies still seeking a USU hockey skates to tie with Weber conference i By David Cordero staff writer By Shawn Harrison sports editor ' NORTH LOGAN — The end result — a tie — was anticlimactic With all (he noise all die adrenaline and all the excitement surrounding this hockey contest it is not unreasonable for one to ask that a win5-- 5 ner be determined Yet since this was an exhibition game there was no overtime shootout or any other remnly' Didn’t matter much to those involved Saturday night In a contest deadlocked at the final horn the players coaches and fans gave plenty of reasons to leave the ng See TIE on B6 ERLureraHeraM Journal USU’s Mika Lewandowski (29) gets undercut by Weber State's Michael Jordan in front of goaSe Chris Toomey during Saturday’s game What is the most often asked question that Utah State athletics director Ranee Pugmire fields? That is a no brainer When will the Aggie football team be in a conference? “Yes I get that question Wry day” said Pugmire with a laugh Saturday before USU faced Boise State “Everybody wants to know" Yes when will the independent conferAggies be in a football-playin- g ence? “It needs to happen fast in ondpr to get See AGGIES on B8 |