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7D FLORIDA TODAY, Wednesday, October 1, 2003 NASCAR Outdoors Fishing forecast Safety of pit crew raises red flag NASCAR, to its credit, has addressed the major safety issues it faced this season but a new problem pit crew members getting hit by speeding cars presents perhaps the ultimate challenge. I don't have an answer. Reader Darby said NASCAR constantly is adjusting the pit road environment, citing improvements such as pit road speed limits, helmets and fire suits for crew members, extending speed lines further onto the track to give drivers more room to slow down, and the latest dianapolis there's still a part of that where the driver's got to bring the car down pit road safely and put it in the box like you are supposed to. We can do everything in the world to help that process, but it's the same as driving a car on the street. When somebody makes a mistake, there's typically going to be an incident that occurs because of it." Dale Earnhardt whose car was damaged in a pit road accident Sunday, put the blame squarely on the rules and his peers.

"With the new rules, all the enhancement the single-file line on pit road. But, it can only do so much. "Sunday's situation involved a car that was entering pit road and a car that was exit Jim Gallagher of Canaveral Groves suggested telling the drivers they can't race off pit road. Given the fact they can't race back to the caution and can't race onto pit road, I fear telling them they can't race once they complete their stops might be La Darby orate after the middle of the day. Indian, Banana River: Residential canal systems and the Honest John's Fish Camp canals, near Floridana Beach, are good areas to find refuge from strong north winds.

Try casting live fiddler crabs and sandfleas around docks and mangroves for sheepshead and black drum. Sebastian Inlet: Although conditions are blustery at times, snook, mangrove snapper, tarpon and jack crevalle are active along the jetties for anyone willing to brave the elements. Use small live baits along pilings for snapper. Use larger finger mullet or pigfish for snook and tarpon, especially around schools of mullet. Vera Beach: Snook, redfish and seatrout are being found above grass flats throughout the day during overcast conditions.

Top-water plugs are especially productive during low-light periods. Use soft plastic jerkbaits and jigs throughout the day. Darker-colored soft baits, such as root beer, new penny and motor oil, are working best. Fori Pierce Inlet: Flounder catches are decent along area bridges, the Intra-coastal Waterway Channel, and along the south jetty. Use live greenies and shrimp along the bottom.

Beth Sinclair, for Florida Today Solunar table The Solunar Table lists times each day during which there is increased activity among tish and game. Date Minor Major Minor Major A.M. P.M. Today 10:55 4:45 11:35 5:20 1002 5:55 12:05 6:25 1003 12:40 6:50 1:00 7:20 1004 1:35 7:45 1:55 8:15 1005 2:35 8:35 2:45 9:00 1006 3:15 9:20 3:30 9:45 1007 4:00 10:05 4:15 10:25 1008 4:40 10:45 4:55 11:05 1009 5:20 11:20 5:40 11:45 1010 6:00 6:10 12:00 1011 6:35 12:20 6:55 12:45 Freshwater lakes: Capt. George Welcome of Fellsmere has been finding schooling shad along the northwest end of the Stick Marsh, south of Palm Bay.

Anglers are finding decent catches of bass. Newer mats of hydrilla scattered throughout the Stick Marsh also are producing bass, especially on spihnerbaits and soft plastic worms and craws. Ditches and hydrilla mats along the south end seem to be the best areas for bass. St. Johns River: Open water schooling bass can be found along the main river and connected lakes when schools of shad are present.

Most of these bass are feeding sporadically throughout the day. Look for diving birds to locate therrt. Try casting small shad imitations such as crankbaits, top-water plugs or small live wild shiners. Port Canaveral: A few flounder are being taken around the Port's End Park seawalls on the west end of the port. Most are using live finger mullet or greenies.

Snook catches are decent at night around the locks, drawbridge and lighted docks. High tide is a productive time. Offshore: Forecasted northerly winds likely will blow out the ocean. Surf: North winds shouldn't hinder morning anglers from targeting snook, tarpon and sharks around schools of bait-fish. Expect weather conditions to deteri- Calendar Thursday Capt.

Lee Myers of Fish-box Charters gives free clinic on catching blackfin tuna at Merritt Island West Marine, 6:30 p.m. Call Dan Matarazzo at (321)452-4661. Saturday Hunt for Reds in October fishing tournament at Titusville. Call (321) 267-1200; Rescheduled Long Doggers BLT Offshore Fishing Tournament offshore Sebastian Inlet. Call Al Steiginga at (321) 725-1115; First phase of statewide dove season opens.

Oct. 8 Capt. Gus Brugger of Pattern Setter Charters gives free clinic on Sebastian Inlet fishing at West Melbourne Boater's World at 6:30 p.m. Call 722-3990. Mark DeCotis Auto racing used at Daytona and Talladega is that a driver spends less time in the pits and sometimes is finished with his fuel stop and leaving his stall as other cars are just pulling in.

AH this magnifies the pressure on the nit crews, whose deeds or misdeeds equate to track position which these days is paramount. As a result, drivers are more frantic, looking for even the slightest advantagegetting in and out of their stalls. They know the fractions of a second saved in the pits can equate to a bigger advantage in speed. Ditto for the crew members. So what's the solution? Winston Cup Series director John Darby said while NASCAR continues to look at ways to make racing safer on the track and in the pits, the onus also falls on the drivers and their spotters to do their part.

"We can write every rule in the book and we can apply every safety device we can think of to the crew members and we can institute every pit road rule we can feasibly imagine," Darby said. "But at the end of the day, there's still a big part of it that remains in the hands of the teams and the drivers. "If you look at all the traffic laws and safety enhancements we have on the automobiles that we drive on the roads every day, they're all in place and they're all well and good. But what they don't cover (are) the times that you enter some human error into that formula, and then there's an drivers are confused and screwed up and we're coming down pit road like a bunch of idiots like we've never done it before," Earnhardt said. "The small fuel Earnhardt ing pit road, so who was in the right and who was in the he said.

"The teams have people in place (to prevent accidents). They're called spotters, whether they're on the roof of the control tower or if they are on the actual pit boxes to help direct their drivers in and out. Obviously (Sunday) there was a miscue, whether it was by the No. 38 spotter as he was exiting the pits, or whether it was by the No. 43 spotter who should have told him possibly that the No.

38 was ready to pull out. Those are the things that we probably can't 100 percent control. And physically it's not possible for all pit roads to be rebuilt to make them bigger, because even on the roomiest pit road NASCAR visits Indianapolis an accident occurred. "If we go all the way back to In cells allow guys to come on pit road, get gas, and take off and not worry about tires because you haven't run but 30 laps. So that's why a lot of guys are just gassing and going and that causes a lot of problems on pit road.

And the rule that we've all got to be in single file coming down pit road I don't like the new rules." a bit much. However, watching two crew members for Jeff Green's No. 43 Petty Dodge get hit by their driver Sunday at Talladega was a bit much just as it was to watch Jeff Gordon hit two of teammate Jim-mie Johnson's pit crew members at New Hampshire. Same with watching Dale Jarrett hit one of his crewmen at Indy. Thanks to NASCAR's continuing efforts to equalize competition on the speedway through matching templates, smaller fuel cells and the like, crew members find themselves even more vital and facing more danger on race day.

One result of the smaller fuel cells Mark DeCotis covers auto racing for Florida Today. E-mail him at mdecotisflatoday. net For The Record Briefs Pro football Today's schedule High schools NFL Racing career ends for Empire Maker Game 26 winner vs. Game 2 10:30 p.m. Third place Saturday, Oct.

11 At Carson, Calif. Semifinal losers, 3:30 p.m. Championship Sunday, Oct. 12 At Carson, Calif. Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.

Girls' golf American Football Conference 3:30 p.m. F.P. Central and Vero Beach at Sebastian River East Pet PF PA M7 58 38 Miami Buffalo New England N.Y. Jets MLS .500 89 .500 71 .000 45 Volleyball 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m.

7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Space Coast at Trinity Prep Cocoa Beach at West Shore Rockledge at Astronaut Sebastian River at Stuart South Fork Titusville at Cocoa Eastern Division Pis GF GA 12 6 7 43 42 33 Pet PF PA 0 1.000 1 20 47 0 .750 89 78 0 .500 69 113 0 .000 73 109 Chicago MetroStars D.C. United New England 8 38 35 33 7 37 34 30 Indianapolis Tennessee Houston Jacksonville 10 8 10 9 8 9 9 33 43 43 Columbus I 11 7 31 34 37 Western Division Pts GF GA 49 29 32 Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland 38 31 Pet PF PA 0 .500 82 74 0 .500 84 96 0 .250 61 84 0 .250 46 75 Pet PF PA x-SanJose 14 5 7 x-Colorado 11 9 5 x-KansasCity 8 10 8 x-Los Angeles 8 10 8 Dallas 5 17 4 32 40 40 32 30 30 19 30 Today on television Pro baseball 4 p.m.

NLDS Game 2: Florida at San Francisco ESPN 7 p.m. NLDS Game 2: Chicago Cubs at Atlanta ESPN 10 p.m. ALDS Game 1: Boston at Oakland ESPN Women's World Cup soccer 4:30 p.m. Quarterfinals: Brazil vs. Sweden ESPN2 7:25 p.m.

Quarterfinals: Norway vs. U.S. ESPN2 Women's volleyball 7:30 p.m. College: Florida at Georgia Sunshine Denver Kansas City Oakland 0 1.000 118 49 0 1.000 1 27 58 0 .500 87 107 0 .000 68 1 22 San Diego National Football Conference East Pet PF PA .750 90 85 .667 65 65 .667 79 69 .333 33 61 Washington Dallas N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Re-signed Gary Trent.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS Signed James Lang, Kareem Reid and Paul Shirley. NEW YORK KNICKS Named Jordan Conn director pro player personnel, Dell Demps scout and Jamie Mathews director player administration. TORONTO RAPTORS Signed Stanley Roberts. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS Signed RB Kenny Watson. Waived FB Chris Edmonds.

Signed FB James Lynch to the practice squad. Released FB Ray Jackson from the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS Traded WR-KR Reggie Swinton to Green Bay for a conditional draft pick. NEW YORK JETS Signed CB Leonard Myers from the practice squad to the active roster. Signed LB Quincy Stewart.

Waived CB Jacobv Shepherd and LB Khary Campbell. Signed Brandon Moore, RB Jonathan Reese and RB Keith Burnell to the practice squad. Released OT Will Ofenheusle and RB Little John Flowers from the practice squad. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES Signed CB Daryon Brutley. Released DE Frank Ferrara.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS Released WR LaDaris Vann. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Loaned Alexander Guskov to Yaroslavl of the Russian Elite League. MINNESOTA WILD Signed RW Alexandre Daigle. ST. LOUIS BLUES Recalled Jeff Panzer from Worcester of the AHL.

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS Signed David Brisson. COLLEGE CARTHAGE Announced the resignation of Elaine Gonya, women's basketball coach. Named Tim Bernero women's interim basketball coach. CONNECTICUT Named Chris Po-deszwa assistant baseball coach. DARTMOUTH Named Megan Drucker senior associate director of athletics and Jen Goodwin interim Softball coach.

GANNON Named Tom Simmons men's golf coach. NEW YORK CITY TECH Named Dwavne Brown trainer and Barbara Czelei women's assistant volleyball coach. NORTH CAROLINA-ASHEVILLE Named Adelle Harris and Makia Slaves women's assistant basketball ROGER WILLIAMS Named Matt Cohen assistant sailing coach and Kai Aboulian part-time assistant athletic trainer. STETSON Promoted Richard Skeel to assosciate athletic director and Bernard Hill assosciate athletic director for compliance. WINTHROP Named Chip Pugh football strength and conditioning coach.

Pet PF PA 0 1.000 59 35 SAN FRAN 7 Detroit PITTSBURGH 7 Cleveland Monday TAMPA BAY 4'i Indianapolis Home team in CAPS Pro tennis Carolina Tampa Bay Atlanta New Orleans 3 2 2 1 Soi 3 2 1 1 No 4 2 1 0 .667 57 22 .250 71 100 .250 74 119 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x-clinched playoff spot Today's game Chicago at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Saturday's games D.C. United at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. New England at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Sunday's game MetroStars at San Jose, 4 p.m. Champions League Tuesday's first-round scores (Home teams listed first) Group A Anderlecftt (Belgium) 1, Bayern Munich (Germany) 1 Glasgow Celtic (Scotland) 2, Lyon (France) 0 Group Intemazionale of Milan (Italy) 2, Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 1 Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 0, Arsenal (England) 0, tie Group Deportivo de La Coruna (Spain) 2, PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 0 AS Monaco (France) 4, AEK Athens (Greece) 0 Group Galatasaray (Turkey) 1, Real Socie-dad (Spain) 2 Olvmptakos Piraeus (Greece) 1, Ju-ventus of Turin (Italy) 2 Pet PF PA 0 1.000 112 58 0 .500 107 79 0 .250 77 98 0 .000 43 111 Minnesota Gf een Bay Detroit Chicago West 3 0 2 2 Pet PF PA 0 1.000 89 33 0 .500 100 84 0 .250 57 1 30 0 .250 92 82 Seattle St. Louis Arizona San Francisco 1 3 1 3 Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders vs. Philadelphia at Hershev, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. NHL Waiver Draft order Friday's first round I. Carolina. 2.

Pittsburgh. 3. Columbus. 4. Florida.

5. Buffalo. 6. San Jose. 7.

Nashville. 8. Atlanta. 9. Calgary.

10. Montreal. II. Phoenix. 12.

N.Y. Rangers. 13. Los Angeles. 14.

Chicago. Each susbsequent round I. Carolina. 2. Pittsburgh.

3. Columbus. 4. Florida. 5.

Buffalo. 6. San Jose. 7. Nashville.

8. Atlanta. 9. Calgary. 10.

Montreal. II. Phoenix. 12. N.Y.

Rangers. 13. Los Angeles. 14. Chicago.

15. N.Y. Islanders. 16. Boston.

17. Edmonton. 18. Washington. 19.

Anaheim. 20. Minnesota. 21. Toronto.

22. St. Louis. 23. Vancouver.

24. Philadelphia. 25. Tampa Bay. 26.

Colorado. 27. Detroit. 28. Dallas.

29. Ottawa. 30. New Jersey. Rules Only non-plavoff teams from the 2002-03 season participate in the opening round.

Also in the opening round, no team may claim from another team within Its own division. No team may lose more than three players in the draft unless it chooses to offer more players. Each team's three-player loss limit will increase by the number of draft claims it makes against other teams. The draft concludes when a round is completed where no team makes a claim. Golf Sunday's games Oakland at Chicago.

1 p.m. Arizona at Dallas, 1 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Buffalo, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m. Tennessee at New England, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. Open: N.Y.

Jets, St. Louis, Baltimore, Houston Monday's game Indianapolis at Tampa Bay, 9 p.m. Late Monday Packers 38, Bears 23 Pro hockey Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. Empire Maker was retired Tuesday in an expected move marking the end of a racing career highlighted by a Belmont Stakes victory that denied Funny Cide the Triple Crown. The 3-year-old colt won four of eight career starts with three runner-up finishes, one in the Kentucky Derby.

He will stand stud at Juddmonte Farms in Lexington. "Empire Maker is the best horse I have ever trained," Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel said. "We weren't within 10 lengths of seeing this horse's best race." The colt never finished out of the money and retired with earnings of $1,985,800. In 2003, he was the only 3-year-old colt to win three Grade I races. "Empire Maker always seemed to be a horse destined for greatness," said John Chandler, president of Juddmonte Farms.

"Tie is a grand physical specimen. From ay One, he looked the part of a champion." The retirement was anticipated after Frankel said the colt was doubtful for the Breeders' Cup Classic on Oct. 25 in what would have been his final race before being retired to stud. Empire Maker was declared out of last week's Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park with a recurrence of a front hoof injury that first flared before the Ken-tuckyDerby. "The horse is perfectly sound, but it's too late to get him to the Breeders' Cup," Garrett O'Rourke, manager of Juddmonte Farms, said Tuesday.

"He's one of the best stallion prospects we've seen in decades. Given the horse's value, it was a hard decision, but there was too much to lose." Park will be released CHARLOTTE, N.C. NASCAR owner Richard Childress will not renew driver Steve Park's contract at the end of the season. Park has been driving the No. 30 Chevrolet since May, when he parted ways with Dale Earnhardt inc.

and Childress needed a driver after firing Jeff Green. "I want to thank Steve for stepping in and helping us with the No. 30 team, but this is a performance-driven business and the team's performance has not been up to our expectations," Childress said. Since joining RCR before the Coca-Cola 600 in May, Park has two top-10 finishes and one pole. He has finished 30th or worse in five of the 17 races he's run for Childress, and failed to qualify last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway "The performance of the No.

30 team at Talladega last weekend in no way played a role in this decision," Childress said. "Our goal is still to win a race with Steve Defore the season ends." Sadler returns CHARLOTTE, N.C Elliott Sadler was back in his race car Tuesday, just days after a frightening accident at Talladega Super-speedway. Sadler was not injured in the wreck Sunday when his car went flipping down the backstretch of the Alabama track. He made contact with Kurt Busch six laps from the finish and his car flew mto the air, sliding on its roof through the grass before flipping 4la times and coming to rest right side up. He got out of the car on his own, but was flown to a nearby hospital for a precautionary examination that found no serious injuries.

"It was a scary wreck from inside of the car and it may have been a little scarier to see the replay," he said. "I was alert during the entire wreck. When you flip or get airborne, it's a very eerie feeling. "Everything goes quiet when you're off the ground, and when you wreck and hit the wall there's a lot of loud noises. Its hard to describe, but the two are totally different feelings." Foyt won't miss race: NASCAR driver Larry Foyt, who broke his wrist in a wreck last weekend, still plans to compete Sunday at Kansas Speedway.

Judge nixes request: A judge in Montreal has rejected a request by two businessmen who wanted the Canadian Grand Prix exempted from federal anti-tobacco legislation. Superior Court Justice Jean Crepeau refused to consider arguments the sponsorship ban would hurt the city's economy by depriving it of millions spent during the Formula One event Rockets trade Rice HOUSTON The Houston Rockets signed free agent swing-man Jim Jackson and traded forward Glen Rice to Utah for center John Amaechi. Jazz vice president for basketball operations Kevin O'Connor said Utah will receive a first-round draft pick from the Rockets, depending on where Houston finishes next season. Utah also will receive a conditional first-round pick that Rockets acquired from Chicago in 2000. Suns get Knight: The Phoenix Suns acquired guard Bre-vin Knight, forward Robert Archibald and center Cezary Trybanski for forward Bo Outlaw and center Jake Tsakalidis.

Collison hurt: Rookie forward Nick Collison left the Seattle SuperSonics' morning practice Tuesday with a strained left shoulder. The extent of the injury wasn't immediately known. Timberwolves bring back Trent: The Minnesota Timberwolves have re-signed veteran forward Gary Trent Raptors sign Roberts: Stanley Roberts has signed a contract with the Toronto Raptors, almost four years after he was kicked out of the NBA for failing a drug test. Dudley retires: Portland Trail Blazers center Chris Dudley has announced his retirement following 16 seasons in the NBA. Bruins blank Devils PROVIDENCE, Rl Glen Murray scored a power-play goal in the first period, and Felix Potvin made 28 saves as the Boston Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0 in an NHL preseason game.

Grant Marshall was penalized for high-sticking at 2 minutes, 29 seconds, and Murray took advantage when he scored 15 seconds later. Islanders 4, Flyers 1: In Philadelphia, Jason Blake a goal ana two assists to lead New York past Philadelphia. NHL preseason Chi 23 361 28-181 180 1-11 7-118 1-3 25-44-2 5- 21 0-0 6- 62 32:29 GB 20 380 25-187 193 1-5 5-120 2-13 22-31-1 0-0 0-0 4-38 27:31 First downs Total Net Yards Rushes-yards Passing Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession The latest line EASTERN Atlantic Division OL Pts GF GA Favorite- Line Underdog College football N.Y. Islanders 4 Philadelphia 3 N.Y.

Rangers 3 New Jersey 2 Pittsburgh 2 13 4 17 14 20 21 13 15 14 22 Challenge Cup South Florida PGA 14, North Florida PGA 10 At The Majors GC, Palm Bay Tuesday's results Par-72i 4,850 yards Singles Jerry Tucker, Stuart (SF), d. Frank Reynolds, Odessa, 1-up. Ed Sabo, Te-questa (SF), d. Will Frantz, 5 and 4. Tom Tobey, Port St.

Lucie (SF) and Rod Perry, New Smyrna Beach, halved. Dan McEachern, Orlando (NF), d. Ken Martin, Wellington, 1-up. Frank Dobbs, Port St. Lucie (SF), d.

Tom Doozan, Apollo Beach, 6 and 5. Terry Woodard, Lake Mary (NF), d. Chris Campbell, Vero Beach, 1-up. Walter Smith, Alachua (NF), d. Dean Prowse, Weston, 1-up.

Nevin Sutcliffe, Lehigh Acres (SF), d. Dean Wilson, Harmon, 6 and 5. Tom Mitchell, Naples (SF) and Bill Shriver, Winter Haven, halved. Joe Gutterman, Palm Coast (NF), d. Ed Humenik, 2 and 1.

Tom Cleaver, Boca Raton (SF), d. Brad Hauer, Orlando, 3 and 2. Alan Morin, Royal Palm Beach (SF), d. Todd Howard, Orlando, 4 and 3. Four-balls Sabo-Tucker (SF) d.

Frantz-Rey-nolds, 4 and 3. Perry-Shriver (NF) d. Sutclifte-Martin, 1-up. Dobbs-Camp-bell (SF) d. Hauer-Howard, 1-up.

Doo-zan-Woodard (NF) d. Prowse-Hume-nik, 4 and 3. Tobey-Mitchell (SF) d. McEachern-Gutterman, 2-up. Wilson-Smith (NF) d.

Morin-Cleaver, 2-up. Foursomes Sabo-Tucker (SF) d. Frantz-Rey-nolds, 6 and 5. Martin-Humenik (SF) d. Hauer-Howard, 5 and 3.

Dobbs-Campbell (SF) and Gutterman-Shriver, halved. Morin-Mitchell (SF) and McEachern-Perrv, halved. Doo-zan-Woodard (NF) d. Tobev-Sutclifre, 2-up. Prowse-Cleaver (SF) d.

Smith-Wilson, 5 and 3. 17 7 0 1438 0 i 1 1423 Green Bay Chicago Northeast Division Thursday MIAMI 27 W.Virginia Saturday Va. Tech 26 RUTGERS 7 Clemson Wisconsin 1 PENN STATE MICHIGAN ST. 15 Indiana Minnesota lOVi N'ORTHW OL Pts GF GA Ottawa 4 0 0 0 8 14 6 Toronto 2 3 0 0 4 8 13 Boston 2 4 0 0 4 8 23 Montreal 1 3 0 2 4 9 13 Buffalo 12 0 1 3 11 13 Southeast Division Kremlin Cup At Moscow Tuesday's results Men's first-round singles Agustin Calleri (2), Argentina, def. Denis Golovanov, Russia, 6-2, 6-2.

Stefan Koubek, Austria, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 7-6 (4), 6-0. Ivan Liubicic, Croatia, def. Tomas Zib, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4. Tuomas Ke-tola, Finland, def.

Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5. Marc Ros-set, Switzerland, def. David Prinosil, Germany, 6-1, 6-1. Sargis Sargsian, Armenia, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6- 1, 6-2.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (8), Russia, def. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 6-0, 7- 6 (11). Max Mimyi (5), Belarus, def. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Women's first-round singles Dinara Safina, Russia, def.

Mag-dalena Maleeva (5), Bulgaria, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Lina Krasnoroutskava, Russia, 2-6, 6-0, 6-4. Alexandra Stevenson, United States, def. Elena Dokic, Serbia and Montenegro, 6-3, 6-1.

Elena Bo-vina, Russia, def. Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-2. Eleni Dantilidou, Greece, def. Meghann Shaughnessy (8), United States, 7-5, 6-3. Mosell Open At Meti, France Tuesday's results Men's first-round singles Victor Hanescu, Romania, def.

Pavel Snobel, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4. Alexander Popp, Germany, def. Fernando Vicente, Spain, 6-3, 6-1. Jean-Rene Lisnard, France, def. Cris-tiano Caratti, Italy, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

Thierry Ascione, France, def. Vladimir Voltchkov, Belarus, 6-2, 6-4. Tommy Robredo (1), Spain, def. Jur-gen Melzer, Austria, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Fab-rice Santoro (5), France, def.

Diego Veronelli, Argentina, 6-3, 6-0. Hicham Arazi (8), Morocco, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-3, 6-0. Japan Open At Tokyo Tuesday's results Men's first-round singles Takao Suzuki, Japan, def. Alexander Waske, Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Gouichi Motomura, Japan, def. Martin Vas-salk) Arguello, Italy, 6-0, 6-3. Federico Browne, Argentina, def. Takahiro Te-rachi, Japan 6-3, 6-4. Ivo Kartovlc, Croatia, def.

Robin Soderling, Sweden, 6- 4, 6-4. Cyril Saulnier, France, def. Justin Gimelstob, United States, 7-6 (5), 3-4, 6-1. Robert Kendrick, United States, def. Wayne Arthurs, Australia, 7- 6 (3), 6-4.

Men's second-round singles Rainer Schuettler 1, Germany, def. Satoshi Iwabuchi, Japan, 6-0, 6-4. Jan-Michael Gamblli (8), United States, def. Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech Republic. 6-3, 6-4.

Nicolas Kiefer (6), Germany, def. Alex Bogomolov United States, 7-5. 7-6 (7). Lee Hvung-taik (7), South Korea, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-4, 6-2.

Mark) An-cic, Croatia, def. Tasuku Iwami, Japan, 6-2, 7-5. Michel Kratochvll (12), Switzerland, def. John van Lottum, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-3. Dennis van Scheppinggen, Netherlands, def.

Gregory Carraz, France, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5. Women's first-round singles Shinobu Asagoe (4), Japan, def. Li Ting, China. 6-1, 6-1. Ashley Hark-leroad (6), United States, def.

Maika Ozakl, Japan, 6-0, 6-0. Yuka Yoshida, Japan, def. Angelique Widiaia, Indonesia, 6-4, 7-5. Aniko Kapros, Hungary, def. Sun Tian Tian, China, 6-4, 6-2.

Maria Sharapova (5), Russia, def. Kim Jin-hee, South Korea, 6-2, 6-0. Katarina Srebotnik (3), Slovenia, def. Evie Dominikovic, Australia, 6-3, 6-3. Yan Zi, China, def.

Miho Saeki, Japan, 6-2, 6-4. Jill Craybas, United States, def. Saori Obata (7) 6-4, 6-2. Akiko Morigami def. Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 6-2.

Emmanuelle f.agtiardi (8) def. Abigail Spears 6-1 16, 6-4. Zheng Jle def. Silviia Talaia tl, 7-5. Virginia 7 1 Tennessee Air 14 NAVY OL Pts GF GA W.Michigan 1516 E.

MICHIGAN KENT IVt Ball State Tampa Bay 4 1 0 0 8 15 7 Atlanta 3 3 0 0 6 11 17 19 16 17Vi Akron 9 Ala-Birming. 4 Vanderbilt 6Vi LO. TECH Florida 1111 Washington 2 3 0 0 Carolina 2 4 0 0 15 14 14 21 MEMPHIS MISS. ST Boise State BAYLOR COLO. ST NL WESTERN Central Division 6 Fresno State OL Pts GF GA IOWA First quarter: GB A.Green 60 run (Longwell kick), GB FG Long-well 34, GB A.

Green i run (Longwell kick), :19. Second quarter: Chi FG Edinger 31, GB Henderson 14 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), Chi FG Edinger 38, :48. Third quarter: Chi FG Edinger 41, :02. Fourth quarter Chi A.Thomas 67 run (Edinger kick), GB J.Walker 9 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), GB Franks 1 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), Chi Stewart 1 run (Edinger kick), 1:28. A 60,257.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Green Bay, A.Green 19-176, Fisher 4-12, J.Walker 1-1, Pe-derson l-lminus 2). Chicago, A.Tho-mas 13-110, Stewart 12-71, Peterson 1- 3, White 1-1, Abdullah l-lminus 4). Passing Green Bay, Favre 21-30-1-179, Pederson 1-1-0-14. Chicago, Stewart 25-44-2-201. Receiving Green Bay, J.Walker 5-41, Driver 4-50, Henderson 4-47, A.Green 4-4, Franks 3-39, Fisher 2-12.

Chicago, Terrell 7-48, Clark 6-63, Booker 3-34, white 2-26, Abdullah 2- 14, Pritchett 2-6, A.Thomas 2-4, Lyman 1-6. Missed field goals None. Michigan GEORGIA 3 11 St. Louis 4 110 9 17 13 TECH tVi 2 2 2 3 Columbus Chicago Nashville 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 15 18 15 21 12 11 20 16 1 1 Detroit 2 3 Nc State FLORIDA TEXAS Washington BOWLING PURDUE WASH. ST Oregon St Northwest Division 12'A Miss 6 Kansas State VA UCLA 28 Central Mich 14 Illinois 27Vi Arizona 2 ILLINOIS OL Pts GF GA 3 1 1 0 7 20 10 Calgary Transactions Colorado Minnesota Vancouver -CALIFORINA 3 110 3 3 0 0 3 4 0 0 1111 16 12 17 15 13 18 8 10 SYRACUSE IVi UCF 29 CINCINNATI 8 Oklahoma 21 Edmonton Pacific Division So.

Miss IOWA ST. Louisville OL Pts GF GA USF NL 111 8 17 12 Hawaii TULSA Dallas Anaheim Los Angeles Phoenix 16 14 14 10 110 7 2 0 0 6 10 1 5 4 0 0 4 KM NL 5Vi 22 3 10Vd TEXAS TECH N. ILI RICE 9 10 Army Texas A8.M Ohio San Jose St. Utep San Jose 13 14 Soccer Note: Two points for a win. one SMU.

Byu S. DIEGO ST. 1V So. Cal llVi Unlv S'A ST. RENO Tuesday's deals BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS Named Brian Poldberg bullpen coach.

SEATTLE MARINERS Announced the resignation of Pat Giilick, vice president and general manager, who will remain with the team as a consultant. National League NEW YORK METS Announced Vem Ruhle, pitching coach, will be reassigned within the organization. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Named Mitt Thompson first base coach, and Mick Billmeyer minor league catching coordinator. Announced Tony Scott and Clemente Alvarez, coaches, have been ottered positions in the team's minor league system. BASKETBALL NBA LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS Waived Desmond Penigar.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS Signed Lynn Greer, Antonio Aleeking and Greg Stempin. MINNESOTA TIMBER WOLVES point for a tie and overtime loss. Tuesday's results Boston vs. New Jersey, (n) Buffalo vs. Tampa Bay, (n N.Y.

Islanders at Philadelphia, (n) Ottawa at Detroit, (n) Montreal at Minnesota, (n) Los Angeles at Phoenix, (n) Edmonton at Vancouver, (nt Today's games Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Florida at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota vs. St. Louis at Grand Fdrks, N.D., 8 p.m. Los Angeles vs. San Jose at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Thursday's games Detroit at Boston, 7 p.m. Buffalo vs. Chicago at Rochester, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Women's World Cup Quarterfinals Today's games At Foxboro, Mass. Game 25 United States vs.

Norway, 7:30 p.m. Game 24 Brazil vs. Sweden, 4:30 p.m. Thursday's games At Portland, Ore. Game 27 Germany vs.

Russia, 7:30 p.m. Game 21 China vs. Canada, 10:30 p.m. Semifinals Sunday, Oct. 5 At Ore.

Game 25 winner vs. Game 27 winner, 7:30 p.m. NEBRASKA 27V, Troy State OKLA.ST 35 I -Lafayette MIDTENN 3 Temple ARK. ST JVi Ul-Monroe NEW MEXICO. 14 Utah St.

NEW MEX ST 10 Idaho NFL Sunday Tennessee NEW ENG. BUFFALO 8 Cincinnati NY GIANTS Miami GREEN BAY. 2V4 Seattle Oakland 4 CHICAGO CAROLINA 7 New Orleans Minnesota 4 KANSAS 3Vi Denver DALLAS Arizona JAX 3 San Diego PHILA 5Vi Washington.