The Pantagraph Tuesday, August 19, 2003 www.pantagraph.com TEN- MINUTE TICKER SportsShorts United States to have women seeded Nos. 1 and 2 at the Open. It's also the first time since 1994 that an American woman wasn't seeded in the top two. Roddick takes lead in ATP Champions Race Andy Roddick jumped atop the caler ATP Champions Race on Monday after winning a second straight tournament. Roddick beat Mardy Fish 4- 6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) Sunday at the Cincinnati Masters for his fifth title of 2003, tied with Wimbledon champion Roger Federer for the tour lead.
Roddick moved from fifth to first in the Champions Race standings, which based on the four majors, the are, nine Tennis Masters Series events, and a player's other top results. Hornish plans to leave Panther Racing INDIANAPOLIS Twotime defending IRL champion Sam Hornish Jr. is leaving the Panther Racing when his three -year contract expires at the end of the season. Hornish, 24, did not say if his new team will be in the IRL, NASCAR, or both. "The opportunities I've been given are too good," he said Monday: From Associated Press FromPages 15 YEARS AGO 1988: Tom Kearfott and Bud Concklin zipped around Lakeside Country Club's cozy layout in an hour and 35 minutes with Kearfott winning, 3 and 2, in the Bloomington-Normal Match Play quarterfinals.
ISU graduate Dave Bergman belted a tworun homer in the ninth inning to lift Detroit over the Chicago White Sox, 6-4. No criminal charges in Ted Williams case ORLANDO, Fla. Crimi- nal charges won't be filed against two of Ted Williams' children who were accused by their brother-in-law of forging a note stating the slugger wanted 1 to be frozen after death. A laboratory analysis of the note determined Williams' signature appears to be genuine and there is no way forgery could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, concluded Assistant State Attorney Mark Simpson. He also said the note didn't fall into any category specified by law about which documents can be considered for a criminal forgery charge.
In such a case, someone must be injured or defrauded and there was no victim in the Williams complaint, Simpson said. Agassi, Clijsters get No. 1 Open seedings NEW YORK Andre Agassi and Kim Clijsters were seeded No. 1 Monday for the U.S. Open.
Agassi counts the 1994 and 1999 Opens among his eight major titles, while Clijsters is seeking her first Grand Slam victory. They top the current rankings. Clijsters and French Open winner Justine HeninHardenne make Belgium the first country other than the 5 YEARS AGO 1998: Steve Maxheimer of Washington fired a 1-over-par 72. to led Pantagraph area competitors in the first round of the 68th Illinois State Amateur Championship at Rend Lake Golf Course. Maxheimer is tied for ninth place, two strokes behind co-leaders Van Salmans of Chicago and Scott Wille of Dundee.
Associated Press Third-base umpire Steve Sullivan got a hug from Dugout, the official mascot of the Little League World Series, between innings of the Mexico-Guam game Monday at South Williamsport, Pa. 25 YEARS AGO 50 YEARS AGO 1978: Bloomington's William "Junior" Hosea dropped a split 2-1 decision to Marvis Frazier in the heavyweight division of a boxing tournament at Columbus, Ohio. Both boxers received standing ovations after the three twominute rounds were completed. Frazier is the son of former world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier. 1953: A painful back ailment that has plagued him off and on throughout the summer forced 1952 champion Doc Morgan to withdraw from the Men's City golf tournament, leaving a field of seven darkhorses and Morgan Evans.
Evans delivered another impressive performance at BCC by defeating 1944 champion Wes Hanson, 5 and 4. Compiled by Roger Cushman LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES Cole, Massachusetts wins pool ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. Craig Cole admits he was nervous while batting leadoff for his Saugus, team. After he batted just .143 in his first two games, his coaches moved him down to sixth in the order, and now he's batting just fine. Cole hit an RBI single in the first and scored the eventual winning run in the fourth in a 4- 3 victory over.
Boynton Beach, on Monday night to win Pool A at the Little League World Series. "The first couple days, I was batting first and I was nervous," Cole said. "They moved me back to get my confidence back, and it worked." Michael Broad hit a booming homer over center field, his second of the series, to bring Boynton Beach within 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth, but Cody Emerson hit into a double play to end the game. Saugus (3-0) will face either Wilmington, or Richmond, Texas, in Thursday's U.S. semifinal.
Boynton Beach. (2-1) will play in Wednesday's semifinal against Pool winner Chandler, Ariz. Mexico and Venezuela advanced to the international semifinals from Pool D. Mexico beat Guam 11-3, and Venezuela defeated Russia 7-1. They'll play today to determine their semifinal seeding.
In other games, Tallmadge, game for both teams. Keen's RBI double gave Tallmadge (1-2) a 3-0 lead in the second. Keen then advanced on a fielder's choice and scored on a passed ball to make it 4-0. Richland (0-3) pulled within 4- 3 on Cody Shepherd's three-run homer to center in the fourth. Nick Thompson scored the winning run, reaching first on a fielder's choice, then rounding the bases on two errors.
Netherlands Antilles 9, Saudi Arabia 2 Kevin Moesquit hit a threerun homer in the fourth, and Curacao (1-1) never trailed. Both teams are 1-1 with a shot at reaching the international semifinals. Mexico 11, Guam 3 Alejandro Manjarrez struck out 10 batters and hit his second homer of the series for Mexico City (2-0), which remains alive for an international semifinal berth. Guam (0-3) will not advance. Venezuela 7, Russia 1 Adis Portillo pitched allowed one hit in three relief innings, striking out seven batters for Venezuela.
Japan 7, Canada 0 Hirofumi Yamazaki pitched a one-hit shutout, and Shigeki Umeda and Jun Onozawa both hit solo homers. Jamison to Dallas highlights nine-player trade ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS The Dallas Mavericks finally made a major offseason move, acquiring Antawn Jamison in a nine-player trade with the Golden State Warriors. The Mavericks also got guard Jiri Welsch and forwards Danny Fortson and Chris Mills from the Warriors for guards Nick Van Exel, Avery Johnson and Antoine Rigaudeau, center Evan Eschmeyer and forward Popeye Jones in the deal announced Monday. The 6-foot-9 Jamison averaged 20.2 points a game in his five NBA seasons, and has been the Warriors' top scorer the past four seasons. "This makes us bigger and younger and SayWhat? Bear hug DUGOUT Associated Press Saugus, second baseman Craig Cole attempted to throw to first base to get Cody Emerson of Boynton Beach, on Monday during Little League World Series tournament action at South Williamsport, Pa.
Emerson was safe on the play but Saugus won, 4-3. Ohio, beat Richland, 5-4; Netherlands Antilles beat Saudi Arabia 9-2; and Japan beat Canada 7-0. Cole's single to center scored Joseph Kasabuski and put Saugus up 3-0 in the first, a deficit Boynton Beach couldn't overcome. Tyler Grillo and Dario Pizzano led off the first with singles for Saugus. Grillo scored on a wild pitch, and Pizzano came home on David Ferreira's RBI single.
"These kids are good, they're champions," Boynton Beach Past coach Tony Travis said, "And if they get you down, they don't let you up." Devon Travis hit a leadoff homer, his first of three hits, for Boynton Beach in the first, making it 3-1. But Jordan Irene was stranded at third when Broad flied out to center and Richie DeJesus and R.J. Neal struck out. Ohio 5, Washington 4 Matt Keen's three hits and two runs led Tallmadge, Ohio, over Richland, in the last Little League World Series more versatile," said Donnie Nelson, the Mavericks' president of basketball operations. "It's a move that makes sense not only in the short term, but it keeps us healthy three or four years down the line." Van Exel was the Mavericks' leading scorer off the bench last season.
During the playoffs, when Dallas advanced to the Western Conference finals before losing to San Antonio, the 10-year veteran averaged 19.5 points seven points higher than his regular-season average in 73 games. After reaching the conference finals for only the second time in team history, the Mavericks weren't able to land any bigname free agents, primarily Alonzo Mourning who seemed destined for Dallas before signing with New Jersey. San Anto- "I feel good, I feel energetic. I worked Friday, I played nine holes of golf on Friday and 18 on Sunday. I plan on doing all the things I did before." New Mexico State basketball coach Lou Henson, who's been diagnosed wtih non-Hodgkin's lymphoma "I reacted a certain way because I just don't want to waste my time.
I wasn't looking for any response. I was just tired of watching what I was watching, that's all." Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells, after walking out of a team practice on Sunday AskBabe I recently bought some 1976 Topps Wonder Bread All Star football cards. I couldn't find these listed in my version of Beckett. I'm curious about how many cards are in the set and who's the premier player, if any? Will Chumley, Shasta Lake, Calif. Beckett and Tuff Stuff both list Wonder Bread sets in their annual guides.
They even agree on the value $5 for the 24-card set. There are 12 offensive players (Nos. 1-12) with blue frames around the players' photos and 12 more (13-24) with red frames for the defensive players' cards. The only card worth nothing individually is Franco Harris (3). He lists for There's also a much rarer version of the cards that was issued in Town Talk Bread loaves.
That set lists for $75 with Harris probably worth $5-8. Different attribution lines on the top of the card backs differentiate the sets. If you have a question regarding sports memorabilia, write to Babe Waxpak, The Pantagraph, 301 W. Washington Bloomington, IL 61701, or e-mail: SportsSchedule LOCAL EVENTS BASEBALL Midwest League Peoria Chiefs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6 p.m. BASEBALL 10 a.m.
Noon 2 p.m.. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
9 p.m. BASKETBALL 7 p.m Little League World Series: Pool Play Mexico vs. Venezuela ESPN2 Little League World Series: Pool Play Japan vs. Saudi Arabia ESPN2 Little League World Series: Pool Play Wilmington vs. Richmond ESPN Little League World Series: Pool Play Canada vs.
Curacao ESPN2 Little League World Series: Pool Play Eldridge, Iowa vs. Chandler, Ariz. ESPN2 Chicago Cubs at Houston FSC Pittsburgh at St. Louis FSM, WJBC-AM (1230) Atlanta at San Francisco TBS WNBA: Seattle at Houston OXY BulletinBoard Registration set for Christian athlete golf inline hockey league scramble scheduled Registration for the fall ses- The Fellowship of Christsion of the Interstate Center ian Athletes Golf Scramble Inline Hockey League will be will be held Sept. 18 at Ironfrom noon to 04 p.m.
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Nelson said the Mavericks got calls from teams throughout the league thinking they would make any deal presented, but said they were content going into the new season without any major roster changes. "We felt no internal pressure in making the deal. Our philosophy was almost the complete opposite," Nelson said. "The way this summer panned out has been very odd. We felt in good position with Alonzo and things didn't work out.
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