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C2 Sunday, August 9, 1998 Sports Austin American-Statesman Texas Toros Ti; goalkeeper Miguel Pineda makesasavej-, as Austin Lone Stars' Gabe Jones tries to score on a breakaway in-''-' the first half. Late in the seqr, ond half, Jones scored the game-winning" goal in the 1-0 Lone Stars win. Sung ParkAA-S Lone Stars beat Toros, advance By Latajya C. Barnes American-Statesman Staff They say the third time's a charm. That held true for Austin Lone Star Gabe Jones, who scored the only goal of the game to give his team to a 1-0 victory over the Texas Toros Saturday night.

Winning this second-round playoff game made the Lone Stars the South Central Divisional champions and put them in line to advance in the United Systems Independent Soccer League playoffs. Thanks to Jones, who had had two previous chances to score and failed. "I was getting down on myself Mark McGwire Mike Tyson BP celebrities Signs of "Mac Mania" that have accompanied Mark McGwire's home-run surge this yean His batting practice in Arizona was shown on the outfield screen, with estimated distances for his home runs posted on the scoreboard. In Pittsburgh, sound effects accompanied batting-practice swing. Coach Dave McKay, who pitches batting practice, has become a celebrity.

"He's a good thrower," McGwire said of his longtime friend, "He gets a kick out of the coverage. I hope his life doesn't change." Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Doug Glanville said: "They need to start changing the measurement system for him. Using feet is getting too ridiculous. Quarter miles would be nice." An elderly fan wrote to the Cardinals and asked for one of McGwire's bats so he could use it as a prosthetic. The Cardinals sent him one of someone else's spare bats.

A pimply visionary John Robinson was back on a football field the other day, wearing a gray Washington Redskin T-shirt and burgundy shorts at the Redskins' training camp in Frostburg, Md. Robinson reiterated to the Washington Post what he'd said before leaving to see Redskin Coach Norv Turner that he isn't looking at any job with the Redskins. "I came back here just to see him and root for him," Robinson said. "Even as a pimply faced kid, Norv had a feel for football. NBA risks fan alienation By Chris Sheridan Associated Press NEW YORK As the summer winds along and the NBA lockout drags on with no end in sight, signs are starting to emerge that this impasse could become as divisive and harmful as the 1994-95 baseball strike.

And this time, the fans could turn their backs on basketball. The NBA endured lockouts in 1995 (for almost three months) and 1996 (for a few hours) without damaging its popularity, primarily because the work stoppages took Drexler signs top point guard Antonio Falu, who helped lead Houston Waltrip to the Class 5A state championship last season, has decided to play in college for the University ofHoustonandnew head coach Clyde Drexler. He chose UH over Michigan, Louisville, Texas and Texas. Oral commitments are non-binding. Falu said Saturday he win sign with the Cougars in November during the early signing period.

Drexler cannot comment on recruits until they've signed a letter-of-intent "I don't think anybody can get me ready for the next level like Clyde He's the right choice," Falu told KRIV-TV. The 6-foot-6, 185-pound Falu, considered one of the nation's top point guards, averaged 22 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists last season. Track and field Ato Boldon got revenge against Olympic champion Donovan Bailey in the men's 100 meters at the Herculis Golden League meet at Monte Carlo, Monaco, and American Marion Jones posted a 10.72-second win in the women's 100, only .01 second off her season's world best. Boldon was timed in 9.92 seconds in beating Bailey, second at 9.96. Third was Frankie Fredericks in 10.02.

Wilson Kipket-er opened his season with a 1:43.74 victory in the 800. It was his first race in nearly 11 months after contracting malaria in January. College football Texas varsity and freshman players reported to campus Friday, with the freshman joining roughly 800 classmates in Fish Camp. In addition to the 64 varsity scholarship players, 17 walk-ons joined the team. Southwest Texas welcomes more than two dozen scholarship recruits this morning with physicals and testing, and their first practice is set for Monday morning.

Veteran players check in Tuesday night and the entire team will take the field for Thursday practice at 8:30 a.m. Soccer Sweden became the sixth nation to qualify for next year's Women's World Cup on Saturday, getting goals from five different players to beat Ukraine 5-0 in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine joined Italy, China, North Korea, Japan and Brazil in the 16-nation finals field along with the host United States for the 17-match event set for June 19-July 10. Christopher John Albright and Rustin Pierce scored two goals each as the United States beat Canada 5-1 Friday night and moved within one point of qualifying for next year's FIFA World Youth Championship in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Costa Rica won 4-0 to eliminate Trinidad and Tobago, which lost its opener to Canada 3-1 Thursday.

The Americans play Trinidad today, while Canada plays Costa Rica. The top two teams qualify for the world championship, limited to players under 20 and scheduled for Nigeria next April. Tennis Third-seeded Patrick Rafter continued to methodically dispatch the opposition at the du Maurier Open in Toronto, advancing to the final with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Briton Tim Henman. His opponent in today's championship match will be fourth-seeded Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands who ended Andre Agassi's 14-match winning streak with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 semifinal win. Lindsay Davenport used a late service break en route to winning the final three games Saturday and outlasted Monica Seles 64, 2-6, 7-5 in the semifinals of the $450,000 Toshiba Tennis Classic in Carlsbad, Calif.

Davenport will face the winner of the Martina Hingis-Mary Pierce match in today's championship. Horse racing Awesome Again justified the confidence of those who established him the favorite in the $400,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.- by racing Tale of the Cat into defeat and drawing away to a three-length victory. afterlhadmissed those twogoals," Jones said. "I started to look up to the skies and pray for a miracle and it came." The miracle was granted at the 79th minute of the match. Jones had missed two easy goal opportunities and was in position for another.

Jud Willmann got the ball to Jones and he finally kicked in the saving grace for the Lone Stars. Defense was the key for both teams, especially the Lone Stars. Lone Star goalkeeper Robert Weaver saved his team several times by blocking goals to keep the Toros from scoring. "I just wanted to keep the team organized," Weaver said. "My goal was to close down many of the opportunities.

Our defenders also did place during the offseason and the league never lost a regular-season game to labor strife. In baseball, on the other hand, the strike happened at the beginning of September right in the middle of a pennant race. The ensuing cancellation of the World Series -alienated legions of fans, cost the owners and players a combined $1 billion, and led to a 20 percent attendance drop. The next chapter of the lockout will be contested in front of arbitrator John Feerick, dean of the Fordham University law school. The union filed a grievance with 1998 BMW 5 and 7 Series are I.

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