Show Section Sunday June 20 2004 ! The Herald Journal Inside SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With come through the Jazz practice gym ' less than a week to go before the over the past few weeks Forward ' NBA draft the Utah Jazz have plcn- Kris Humphries who left Minnesota r ty of options and some big decisions - after his freshman season DePaurs " '' Andre Brown and centers Damir ahehd of them ' ' ‘ took a look at four more : Omer and Tiago Splitter were ThursThe Jazz : prospects Thursday exactly seven day’s group cation of where we’re at --L- who’s ' ypulled but and who hasn’t'' O’Connor said “As far as I’m concerned we’ ve still got a lot of options?O’Connor wouldn't comment on ' trade possibilities The Jazz’s biggest needs are at center and forward: although several guards have also worked but for the Jazz 7 ' ' since the team began bring- -' ing in players for a look late last month “We' ve had a good bunch conic through” O'Connor said ” Most of the prospects the Jazz’ have brought in have been early' entries or players from other coiin-tries DePaul’s Brown is a rarity in " - I y r YMi days before the draft As of Thiirs- y jazz vice president for r basketball operations Kevin day altemoon Utah still had three O’Connor who also watched picks in the draftcombinaalthough trading one or a Thursday’s' workout said ' Utah’s draft strategy would tion of deselections in order to ' become clearer after they learn for moye up remained an option ' ' " “We’re still looking at all possibil- - certain who is available The deadline Jazz director of player personities” fpr early entries to nel Walt Perrin said drop out of the draft and retain their Perrin and Utah assistant coaches college eligibility was Thursday ' V Phil Johnson and Gordon Chiesa afternoon evaluated the latest four prospects to " “I think tomorrow will be an indi ! first-rou- Former Mustang Bowen had B2 great season at GCCC - ' ' V j ' ' - ' Sports briefs : ' v: Pierce wins first grass T court championship ' f J ' y- v 'f-- ( - Humphries the Big Ten’s freshman " of the year spent only one season with the Golden Gophers before deciding to enter the draft a move he considered a year ago coining out of high school ' While the Humphries ' would probably not be an immediate contributor to a yrxing team like the Jazz he may have enough potential for Utah to make him a first-roupick With someone older like Brown teams have a much better idea of what kind of impact the player could ' ' have' as a rookie Perrin who spent 12 years ’as an ' : ' Sec JAZZ on B6 nd - DEN BOSCH Netherlands (AP) - Mary Pierce defeated Klara - Koukalova 7-- 6 (9) 6-- 2 in the final of the Qrdina Open on Saturday for her fust grass-cou- rt tournament victory f It was Pierce’s first championship of the year and her 16th career title : 2 ' j nd : 1 " ' - the field t— someone who played four years of college 'i and could give her a boost before Wimbledon where her best perfor--! V mance was the quarterfinals in 1996-? On a weekend of jrain delays Pierce played the final less than A : y three hours after winning hersemi- -' fV final match against Lina Resuming at 2 pierce made quick work of they XY'vs Russian taking the first seven ' : ' ' 2-- claims mmJsiamchyk Grandma’s Marathon 2V took the lead from Luke Metto with one mile to go to win the28th Annu Crandma’s Marathon Saturday' fc il'Tsiamchyk finished in 2 hours' !? "' 59 seconds: Metto ’a Ys Kenya native living in PeoriaIllV fpulled away from the start and led ' i " jvRussia won the women's titlefor'A the second straight year at 2:35:08 but didn't break the course record t'V: : 1e'ieUBrtear of a launder 69 Saturday Retief Goosen shot : in the third round of the US Open td take the lead at Shinnecock HillsGolf Club iri APptotO-- Southampton NY Saturday's scores s -- Late birdies help Goosen grab Open lead ' Texas 7 Rorida B Anaheim 6 Houston 4 Atlanta 0 Seattle 5 Pittsburgh 1 f ' Milwaukee 7 Minnesota 6 ' : ’ Montreal 17 Chicago White Sox 14 Philadelphia 4 Kansas City 2 ’: ' NY Mets 4 Detroit 3 (10) ' Colorado 11 Baltimore 6 San Diego 3 Toronto 2 'Tampa Bay 11 Arizona4 :? ‘t f : : r' St Louis 9 Cincinnati 2 t! Tucson 9 Salt Lake 6 (10) ' : : ' S SOUTHAMPTON N (AP) “We ironthave any type of finish like we had at Augusta’’ Mickelson said “What brittle grass played like concrete Then the we will have is guys outlasting each other wind showed up at the US: Open and Shin-' who can make the niost pars before sortie- - necock Hills was scarier than ever The one constant Saturday was the body bogeys that type of thing” ' VV Retief In words a typical US Open other Goosen unflappable Mickelson was tied for the lead until he The coolest customer iri any conditions ' 69made bogey from a plugged lie iri tlte Goosen had a one of ’ — bunker at No 17 then missed a 4-and three break 5 only par guys to "ina hole that cost lead wound up with a two-shhim a chance to be in the final pairing when Masters champion Phil Mick- elson stumbled down the stretch Sunday He shot73 his first round over par in the majors this year: “The course has been smiling the Els battled back from back-to- last couple of days shewing its nice 70 back bogeys and an even-pa- r teeth’’ Corey Paviu said “Today those teeth turned into fangs” “That’s as hard as a US Open e win- Goosen was one of the few who was able v gets right there said Els a to bite back recovering' from a few loose : ner of golf's toughest test “Froni to 10 in shots with two birdies late in the third round difficulty' it’s an 1L" birdie on that put him at 205 Had Goosen not missed a ' the 8th his lead could have been even bigger Mickelson and Ernie Els the stars from the shootout at the Masters that gave Mick- But the easygoing South African is not one to elsoii his first major were right behind on a lose sleep over a missed chance like that links-st- y led course where two shots can be See POISE on B7 lost with one swing V ! 1: ' " - - - ot ' ’ Pioneer League Idaho Falls 11 Ogden 6 Provo 2 Casper 1 On television : - two-tim- 1 ot AUTO RACING 11 am POX — NASCAR Nextel Cup DHL 400 at Brooklyn Mich 2 pm SPIKE — CART Champ Car World Series Grand Prix of Portland at Portland Ore 3 pm ESPN — NHRA K&N Filters Supernationals final round at Englishtown NJ (same-da- y tape) COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ESPN — NCAA Division I World Series game 5 Arizona vs Arkansas at Omaha Neb 5 pm ESPN2 — NCAA Division I World Series game 6 Georgia vs Texas at Omaha Neb GOLF 10:30 am NBC — USGA US Open final round at Southampton NY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 12:10 pm WGN — Oakland at Chicago Cubs 6 pm ESPN — NY Yankees at Los Angeles SOCCER 2 pm ESPN2 — Men's national teams World Cup qualifier US vs Grenada at St George's Grenada - - 1 ap photo US ( A bogey on the 18th hole Saturday in the third round of the Open cost Phil Mickelson a spot in the (inal pairing today Tucson defeats Pujols homers Stingers in 10 Griffey doesn't SALT LAKE CITY ( AP) — Micah Franklin snapped a 6 tic in the tenth inning with a two-ru- n homer to lead the Tucson Sidewinders to a 6 win over the Salt Lake Stingers Saturday ' night ' Sail Lake reliever Scott Dunn (4-opened the inning by walking Steve Neal Franklin followed h lifting a 0 pitch froni Dunn o cr the t right field wall w the off Gil ith a run scoring Jerry capped inning single to right field The Sidcw inders trailed 0 going into the ninth ST LOUIS (AP) — For the second straight game Albert Pujols upstaged Ken Griffey's quest for 500 homers homer in the seventh inning led the Pujols’ three-ru- n St Louis Cardinals to a 9-- 2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night their sixth straight win Pujols hit the game-wirting homer leading off the 10th Friday 6-- 9-- n- Griffey remained stuck on 499 homers for the fifth straight game ' although he contributed to the offense with two singles an RBI and a walk He was Saturday and is 20 with three RBIs since his last homer on Sunday at Cleveland Both games in St Louis flashbulbs have popped a fan trait reminiscent of throughout Griffey’s Mark McGwire's season in 1998 3) 1 -- 5-f- or at-ba- er -- 6-- AP photo St Louis slugger Albert Pujols is congratulated by teammates after hitting a home run Saturday when they got on the board w ith a two-ru- n triple by Julio Ramirez off Stingers starter Chris Bootcheck ' - |