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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER SUNDAY AUGUST 16 1998 9H IN BRIEF UPDATE Unconventional HR finishes off Knights BASEBALL INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Northern Division Baltimore 10 10 7 -33 NY Jets 0 0 0 First Quarter Lewis 97 punt return (Stover kick) 10:53 FG Stover 51 1:50 Second quarter Lewis 31 pass from Harbaugh (Stover kick) 229 B-FG Stover 32 0:04 Third quarter Ofodile 39 pass from Zeier (Stover kick) 10:14 Fourth quarter B-fG Stover 37 B-FG Gamer 47 1:15 MINOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL Walter Cobb Coley Jeter 37- Brad Martin 35-36-71 Clark 34-39 73 Donald Littlejohn 38- David Williams Chns Roseboro Sam Barnette 37-38 75 Craig Brown 35- Vincent Hams Tom Pohto Leroy Roseboro 36- John Arnold Wyatt Blackmon Buddy Holson 35- Melvin Jackson Robert Patterson Howard Glover Virgil Wynn 37- 40-77 Donnell Davis 7B Calvin Dawkins Lewis Glover 37- Cornelius Howell Andre Robinson Senior night Leaders: Harry Jeter 34- Otis Worthy Arthur McDonald Bill Barrett 40- 36-76 Angus Jenkins 38-41-79 Willie Robinson Charlie Tucker Ben Brewer 42-41-83 Willie Pulley 37-48-85 HOLE-IN-ONE Bob Mikes aced the 183-yard 12th hole at Pine Lake Country Club with a 4-iron It was his first SOFTBALL Att 78741 (at East Rutherford J) race on the 1-mile Pikes Peak Inter national Raceway Fountain Colo 1 Billy Boat DallaraAurora 178571 2 Jeff Ward ForceAurora 178218 3 Tony Stewart DallaraAurora 177874 4 Mark Dismore DallaraAurora 176991 5 Kenny Brack DallaraAurora 176974 6 Robbie Buhl DallaraAurora 176419 7 Davey Hamilton ForceAu rora 176099 8 Scott Sharp Dallaf-aAurora 175927 9 Marco Greco ForceAurora 175859 10 Roberto Guerrero Forceinfmiti 175038 11 Scott Goodyear ForceAurora 174936 12 Raul Boesel ForceAurora 174842 13 John Paul Jr ForceAurora 174452 14 Steve Knapp ForceAurora 173 661 15 Buzz Calkins ForceAurora 173544 16 Eddie Cheever Jr DallaraAurora 173402 17 Buddy Lazier DallaraAu-rora 173327 18 Stephan Gregoire ForceAurora 172803 19 Sam Schmidt DallaraAurora 172736 20 Andy Michner Riley ScottAurora 172043 21 Donne Beechler DallaraAurora 172035 22 Are Luyendyk ForceAurora 171518: 23 Robby Un-ser ForceAurora 168 028 24 Brian Tyler DallaraAurora 16752 25 Dr Jack Miller Dallara'lnfiniti no speed COLLEGE REDBIRDS 8 KNIGHTS 5 Observer News Services LOUISVILLE Ky Eddie Zosky had a season-high five RBI including an inside-the-park home run as the Louisville Redbirds beat the Charlotte Knights 8-5 Saturday night The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for the Red-birds (66-53) Brian solo home run in the top of the sixth tied the game at 4 but RBI single in the bottom half put the Redbirds back on top 5-4 The Redbirds added two more runs in the bottom of the seventh before inside-the-park home run gave Louisville its final run of the game Greensboro 4 Piedmont 2: Allen three-run home run after a two-out error scored three of four unearned runs in a win over visiting Piedmont splitting the four-game series Hickory 7 Asheville 1: Back-to-back home runs by Josh Fauske and Joe Sutton gave the Crawdads the lead for good in a win over the visiting Tourists Saturday's results Ottawa 6 Syracuse 4 Rochester 10 Richmond 2 Pawtucket 11 Toledo 9 Durham 5 Indianapolis 3 Norfolk 5 Columbus 2 Louisville 8 Charlotte 5 Scranton at Buffalo late Today's games Toledo at Pawtucket Charlotte at Louisville Indianapolis at Durham Columbus at Norfolk Rochester at Richmond Syracuse at Ottawa Scranton at Buffalo results Lucca Louisville LOB Chadotte 7 Louisville 5 Claptnski AGonzalez Roskos Baiker 2 Zosky Belliard Daubach Wilson Zosky GGonzaiez SF Wilson SB Nicholas BASKETBALL Saturday's UNCC Box USCHAFFENBURG GERMANY 80 UNC CHARLOTTE 51 UNC Charlotte 24 Uschaffenburg 42 UNCC 51 Nikki Richardson 13 Tamika Mackey 13 Phifer 9 Bey 5 Hicks 4 Caccioia 3 Turner 2 Faught 2 Uschaffenburg 80 Olga Pheifer 21 Andrea Harder 13 Yvonne Kunze 12 Lubtca Jomsout 11 Moicak 9 Czemtak 6 Douglas-Pederson 4 Borst 2 Wegeier 2 HIGH SCHOOLS Toledo 4 Scranton 1 Pawtucket 9 Ottawa 4 Buffalo 5 Syracuse 4 (11) Charlotte 6 Rochester 2 Norfolk 10 Louisville 2 Durham 4 Indianapolis 3 10) Columbus 5 Richmond 4 (10) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Baltimore: Rhett 16-73 Holmes 11-57 Cotton 5-20 Graham 8-15 Potts 2-5 Harbaugh 1-2 Richardson 1-minus 2 New York: LJohnson 8-47 Martin 12-40 Baltimore: Harbaugh 9-12-0-126 Zeier 6-7-0-93 New York: Foley 5-15-2-37 Testaverde 6-10-0-54 Clements 1-5-1-5 Baltimore: Turner 4-54 Ofodile 2-58 Lewis 2-51 Graham 2-18 Rhett 1-10 Anderson 1-9 Cotton 1-8 Yarborough 1-7 Green 1-4 New York: KJohnson 3-32 LJohnson 3-27 Martin 2-11 Van Dyke 1-11 Ward 1-11 Anderson 1 5 Byars 1-mmus 1 MISSED FIELD Baltimore: Stover 49 REDSKINS 27 OILERS 24 Washington 3 7 7 Tennessee 3 14 7 First quarter FG Blanton 45 T-FG Del Greco 34 3:16 Second quarter George 1 run (Del Greco kick) 14:33 Davis 6 run (Blanton kick) 8:59 WDavis 11 run (Del Greco kick) :24 Third quarter Demon 15 fumble return (Blanton kick) 9:37 Roan 33 pass from Powlus (Del Greco kick) 3:01 Fourth quarter W-FG Blanton 29 12:56 Davis 1 run (Suave kick) 2:38 31429 (at Nashville Tenn) SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE games Orlando at Virginia 2 Carolina at Durham 5 Tampa Bay at Georgia 5 Friday's results Carolina 3 Durham 1 Orlando 3 Virginia 2 (9) Georgia 4 Tampa Bay 3 (10) TENNIS Second Half Northern Division playoff win offset by injuries Players: Lockout will be lengthy Observer News Services HARTFORD Conn The NBA lockout end until October at the earliest several players predicted Saturday night at a charity exhibition hosted by Ray Allen of the Milwaukee Bucks end two to three weeks before the start of the season (Nov John Starks of the New York Knicks said Dwight Manley hired as Karl agent last month said $20 million will be the starting point for the bidding when the 35-year-old Utah forward becomes a free agent after next season Laura Timmons from Greenwood SC was named coach at Mars Hill The UNC Charlotte basketball team suffered its first loss on its seven-game trip to Germany and Belgium losing 80-51 to Aschaffenburg Germany Leading the 49ers were Nikki Richardson and former West Mecklenburg High star Tamika Mackey both with 13 points next game is Monday against a professional team in Brussels Belgium SOCCER: Catawba was picked by coaches as the preseason favorite to win the South Atlantic Conference Columbus will be awarded the 2000 Major League Soccer All-Star Game and the 2001 championship an MLS official said COLLEGES: The presidents of eight Western Athletic Conference schools formally voted to leave the league Friday In May Air Force Brigham Young Colorado State New Mexico San Diego State Nevada-Las Vegas Utah and Wyoming had declared their intention to leave the conference effective July 31 1999 HOCKEY: The Carolina Hurricanes announced the second annual golf tournament at the Raleigh Country Club on Sept 8 The tournament benefits the Kids Community Foundation Registration is open to the general public Hurricanes players coaches and management will participate For more information call 919-467-7825 ext 352 or 356 BOXING: Two boxers from the Charlotte Boxing Academy advanced to the finals of the National Amateur Boxing tournament in Columbus Ohio Johnny White 16 won the 156-pound title over Brian Macy of Ledyard Conn on Saturday James Gordon 14 lost in the finals at 95 pounds SOFTBALL Jennifer Smith hit her fourth homer and Janet Womack pitched a complete game as Durham defeated the Carolina Diamonds 4-2 in a Pro FastPitch game on Saturday SOCCER ACURA CLASSIC At Manhattan Beach Calif Singles Semifinals: Martina Hingis (1) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (3) 6-4 6-4 Lindsay Davenport (2) Monica Seles (4) 6-4 6-2 BOSTON CUP at Wellesley Mass Singles Semifinals Manaan de Swardt Lisa Raymond (3) 4-6 6-4 7-5 Barbara Schett (7) Cara Black 6-2 2-6 6-2 ATP CHAMPIONSHIP at Mason Ohio Singles Semifinals: Pete Sampras (1) Magnus Larsson 7-5 2-6 6-1 Patrick Rafter Yevgeny Kafelnikov (7) 7-5 6-0 SAN MARINO at San Marino Singles Semifinals: Mariano Puerta Richard Fromberg (3) 6-2 3-6 6-3 Dommik Hrbaty (3) Carlos Costa (7) 6-0 4-6 7-6 (10-8) CITIBANK at Purchase NY Singles Semifinals: John Lloyd Man-sour Bahrami 6-2 7-6 (8-6) John McEnroe (2) Tim Wilkison Charlotte 6-3 3-6 10-4 CYCLING results Delmarva 7 Charleston SC 3 Hagerstown 2-8 Charleston WV 1-4 Greensboro 4 Piedmont 2 Cape Fear 10 Columbus 0 Macon 5 Savannah 4 Columbia 7 Augusta 5 Hickory 7 Asheville 1 Today's games Charleston WV at Hagerstown Asheville at Hickory Only games scheduled Friday's results Delmarva 6 Charleston SC 1 Asheville 3 Hickory 2 Greensboro 3 Piedmont 1 Columbia 2 Augusta 1 Columbus 11 Cape Fear 9 Macon 5 Savannah 2 Charleston WV at Hagerstown ppd INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Washington: SDavis 14-40 Allen 7-25 Hicks 6-20 Frerotte 1-3 Bowie 1-2 Green 2-mmus 1 Tennessee: McNair 3-39 Archie 5-29 EGeorge 4-22 Whittle 4-11 Powlus 2-11 WDavis 1-11 SGeorge 2-10 Ritchey 2-9 Thomas 3-4 Washington: Frerotte 13-22-0-145 TGreen 9-12-0-95 Hostetler 5 6-0-54 Tennessee: McNair 3-8-0-33 Krieg 3-8-0-27 Powlus 3-5-0-69 Ritchey 3-5-0-18 Washington: Thrash 7-78 Connell 4-62 Mitchell 3-27 Thomas 3-27 Alexander 2-35 Shepherd 2-24 SDavis 2-12 Asher 1-13 Hicks 1-11 Bowie 1-6 team 1-mmus 1 Tennessee: Byrd 2-36 Sanders 2-28 Dyson 2-18 WDavis 2-10 Roan 1-33 Whittle 1-11 McKeehan 1-8 SGeorge 1-3 MISSED FIELD None SOCCER LEGION 21-6 including a 12-1 margin in the second half Wilmington get that lone shot until about three minutes were left Eagles goaltender Neal Andrews recorded his fourth shutout Ryan Leib put the Eagles ahead 1-0 in the ninth minute Payne scored with less than three minutes to play in the half Farrar dribbling down the right side feathered a pass across the box to an unguarded Payne With goaltender Scott Schweitzer out of the net Payne stuck the ball inside the near post for his 15th goal of the season Farrar set up the third Charlotte goal on a similar play four minutes into the second half He threaded a pass to Wellington who flicked the ball just under the crossbar from 15 yards ason Webb scored the final goal off an assist by Swinehart The victory sets up the fourth meeting of the season with the Seadawgs who drew a first-round bye Myrtle Beach won two of the three regular-season meetings including a 5-2 victory last Friday By KEITH CANNON Special Correspondent The Charlotte Eagles scored a dominating 4-0 victory over the Wilmington Hammerheads Saturday night in their United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues first-round playoff game But they may have paid a high price for it Jon Payne and Jamie Wellington the top two scorers both suffered cuts to the shin in the physical game which could keep them out of second-round Atlantic Division game at Myrtle Beach (Hammerheads) are a physical team but usually not a dirty Charlotte coach Mark Steffens said beat us up But the Eagles taking advantage of a wider and longer field at Davidson than their usual home field at Charlotte Christian won the war by keeping the ball longer than their opponents Four players scored goals and midfielders Josh Farrar and Dustin Swinehart had two assists each were able to spread it out a little more and pretty much dominate the whole Steffens said had 65-70 percent possession which is more than we usually The Eagles outshot Wilmington MLS Eastern Conference Southeast Region III at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin Tenn THURSDAY: Game 1: Charleston SC 12 Bayamon Puerto Rico 6 (N) Game 2: Sanford Fla 10 Americus Ga 4 (A) Game 3: Hartselle Ala 12 East Ridge Tenn 5 (A) Game 4: Cherryville 5 Gallatin Tenn 2 (N) FRIDAY: Game 5: Hartselle Ala 8 Americus Ga 3 (A) Game 6: Bayamon Puerto Rico 3 Cherryville 1 (N) Game 7: Charleston SC 6 Gallatin Tenn 5 (N) Game 8: Sanford Fla 16 East Ridge Tenn 10 (A) SATURDAY: Game 9: Cherryville 8 Charleston SC 5 (N) Game 10: Hart-selle Ala 15 Sanford Fla 6 (A) Game 11: Americus Ga 15 East Ridge Tenn 5 (A) Game 12: Bayamon Puerto Rico (366) vs Gallatin Tenn (6110) late (N) TODAY: Game 13: Hartselle Ala (457) vs Charleston SC or Bayamon Puerto Rico 1: Game 14: Cherryville (3614) vs Sanford Fla (36-11) 5 MONDAY: Game 15: Game 13 winner vs Game 14 winner 11 am A American Division teams National Division teams DENMARK Results of the sixth stage of the Tour of Denmark a 93-mile leg from Hun dige to Copenhagen Denmark: (Riders 1-10 have the same time): 1 Jans Koerts Netherlands 3 hours 17 minutes 15 seconds 2 Alberto Ongar ato Italy 3 Frederico Colonna Italy 4 Alessandro Petacchi Italy 5 Jann Kir-sipuu Estonia 6 Samuele Schiavma Italy 7 Tayeb Braikia Denmark 8 Paolo Bettini Italy 9 Svem Gaute Holostol Norway 10 Arvis Piziks Latvia Overall Standings Final 1 Marc Streel Belgium 21 hours 21 seconds 2 Rolf Sorensen Denmark 54 seconds behind 3 Peter Memert-Niel-sen Denmark 1 minute 19 seconds behind 4 George Hlncapie Charlotte 1 minute 41 seconds behind: 5 Bo Hamburger Denmark 1 minute 51 seconds behind 6 Chann McRae Plano Texas 1 minute 56 seconds behind 7 Jakob Pul Denmark 2 minutes 8 seconds behind 8 Pado Bettini Italy 2 minutes 25 seconds behind 9 Michael Kyneb Denmark 2 minutes 30 seconds behind 10 Martin Hvastija Slovenia 2 minutes 32 seconds behind MOTORSPORTS FOOTBALL Friday's Observer-area NC High School Athletic Association endowment football games Albemarle at North Rowan Bandys at East Lincoln Bessemer City at South Point Bunker Hill at Cherryville Butler at Vance Central Cabarrus at Eastern Randolph Mecklenburg at Mecklenburg Fred Foard at East Burke Forest View at East Gaston Gannger at Concord Hibnten at West Lincoln Jordan-Matthews at Richmond Senior Maiden at St Stephens Monroe at Parkwood Mount Airy at North Iredell Newton-Conover at Wilkes Central North Stanly at Trinity NW Cabarrus at Mount Pleasant Olympic at West Forsyth Providence at Ashbrook Asheville Reynolds at R-S Central Salisbury at West Rowan South Caldwell at Watauga South Rowan at East Rowan Sun Valley at West Stanly Tuscola at McDowell West Caldwell at Alexander Central West Iredell at South Iredell OTHERS Avery County at Ashe County Bartlett Yancy at Person Camden County at Williamston Cardinal Gibbons at West Montgomery Cary at Broughton Chapel Hill at Raleigh Enloe Chocowmity at Jamesvilie East Davidson at Southern Guilford East Forsyth at Winston-Salem Carver Edenton-Hoimes at Bertie Forbush at South Granville Frankimton at Roanoke Rapids Gamer at New Bern Graham at Western Alamance Greene Central at Havelock High Point Central SW Guilford Kinston at Southern Wayne Manteo at Washington Mountain Heritage at North Buncombe North Wilkes at North Stokes Northhampton-East at Gates County Northeast Guilford at Greensboro Smith Northwood at East Chapel Hill Plymouth at Southeast Halifax Reidsville at Grimsley Rosman at Brevard Seventy-First at Millbrook South Davidson at Central Davidson South View at Lee County Southern Durham at Riverside Southern Nash at Warren County Southern Alamance at Eastern Alamance Southwest Guilford at Montgomery Thomasvilie at Randleman Tuscola at McDowell Webb at Orange Weldon at Southern Vance West Carteret at White Oak West Davidson at East Wilkes West Iredell at South Iredell Westover at Fairmont Williams at Cummings SCHEDULES NEEDED SOCCER SCHEDULES NEEDED: The Observer needs soccer schedules from the following schools Coaches are asked to fax schedules to the newspaper at 358-5110 or 358 5037 Albemarle Alexander Central AL Brown Anson County Ashbrook Bandys Bessemer City Bunker Hill Bums Charlotte Catholic Chase Concord Crest Gaston: Lincoln Rowan Rutherford Forest Hills Fred Foard Harding Hibnten Hickory Hoke Co Uncolnton Lum-berton Maiden Mooresville Gaston Mecklenburg Moore Stanly Parkwood Piedmont Pinecrest Purnell Swett Scotland Co Shelby Caldwell Rowan Iredell Rowan Stanly Caldwell Forsyth Lincoln Mecklenburg Stanly TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League Activated RHP Jack McDowell from the 60-day disabled list Designated LHP Greg Cadaret for assignment Placed LHP Ron Villone on the 15-day disabled list Recalled LHP Tom Martin from Buffalo of the International League KANSAS Placed LHP Glendon Rusch on the 15-day disabled list Optioned LHP Tim Byrdak to Omaha of the PCL Recalled INF Shane Halter and RHP Bart Evans from Omaha NEW YORK YANKEES Recalled RHP Mike Buddie from Columbus of the International League National League Signed Luis Urueta Placed IB John Jaha on the 15-day disabled list Recalled LHP Rafael Roque and OF Geoff Jenkins from Louisville of the International League Optioned OF Brian Banks to Louisville FOOTBALL NFL Released QB Chad May COLLEGE VIRGINIA Named Meredith Sisson women's assistant basketball coach LATEST UNE BASKETBALL NOTE: Three points for victory one point for shoot-out win and zero points for loss Shoot-out (SOW) is a subset of wins Saturday's results Miami 3 New York-New Jersey 1 GOLF-SCHOOL WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE MARVELOUS MONDAYS! 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PEPSI 200 Results of the Pepsi 200 NASCAR Grand National Series race at Michigan Speedway Brooklyn Mich 1 Jeff Burton Ford 100 laps completed 167910 mph 2 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 100 3 Matt Kenseth Chevy 100 4 Kevin Lepage Chevy 100 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevy 100 6 Mark Martin Ford 100 7 Bobby Hillin Chevy 100 8 Elton Sawyer Ford 100 9 Michael Waltrip Ford 100 10 Rick Mast Chevy 100 11 Dick Trickle Chevy 100 12 Todd Bodme Chevy 100 13 Mike Dillon Chevy 99 14 Buckshot Jones Pontiac 99 15 Mike McLaughlin Chevy 99 16 Randy LaJoie Chevy 99 17 Dale Jarrett Ford 99 18 Phil Parsons Chevy 99 19 Robert Pressley Chevy 99 20 Blaise Alexander Chevy 99 21 Wayne Grubb Chevy 99 22 Nathan Buttke Chevy 99 23 David Green Chevy 99 24 Ken Schrader Chevy 99 25 Ricky Craven Chevy 99 26 Mark Krogh Chevy 99 27 Glenn Allen Jr Chevy 99 28 Jason Keller Chevy 98 29 Elliott Sadler Chevy 98 30 Lance Hooper Pontiac 98 31 Hermie Sadler Chevy 98 32 Tim Fedewa Chevy 98 33 Ed Berner Ford 98 34 Joe Bessey Chevy 98 35 Dave Rezendes Ford 98 36 Andy Santerre Chevy 98 37 Ted Chnstopber Chevy 98 38 Mark Green Chevy 98 39 Ashton Lewis Chevy 98 40 Jeff Krogh Chevy 98 41 Shane Hall Chevy 97 42 Patty Moise Chevy 95 43 Tracy Leslie Chevy 42 AUTO PARTS 250 Results of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Federated Auto Parts 250 race at Nashville Speedway USA 1 Jimmy Hensley Dodge 250 72831 2 Tony Raines Ford 250 3 Rick Crawford Ford 250 4 Greg Biffle Ford 250 5 Mike Wallace Chevy 250 6 Randy Tolsma Chevy 250 7 Ron Homaday Chevy 250 8 Sett Walters Chevy 250 9 Stacy Compton Ford 250 10 Ron Barfield Chevy 250 11 Jack Sprague Chevy 250 12 Mike Bliss Ford 250 13 Andy Houston Chevy 250 14 Bryan Reffner Ford 250 15 Jay Sauter Chevy 249 16 Bob Keseiowski Dodge 249 17 Rick Carelli Chevy 249 18 Wayne Anderson Ford 249 19 Shayne Lockhart Chevy 249 20 Kevin Cywmski Ford 249 21 Tony Roper Ford 249 22 Lance Nonck Dodge 248 23 Bons Said Ford 247 24 Joe Ruttman Ford 234 25 Terry Cook Chevy 213 26 Tammy Jo Kirk Ford 182 27 Lonnie Rush Chevy 153 28 Butch Miller Dodge 118 29 Randy Renfrew Dodge 104 30 A Wilson Ford 104 31 Dave Mader Ford 95 32 Joe Buford Ford 75 33 Barry Bodme Chevy 68 34 Blake Bainbndge Chevy 67 RaDISSON 200 The starting lineup for today's Radis son 200 Pep Boys Indy Racing League wfri-uui i mi TENNIS Hingis makes Classic final with hustle Observer News Services MANHATTAN BEACH Calif A red-faced Martina Hingis huffed and puffed chasing down Arantxa Sanchez shots in a hard-fought 6-4 6-4 semifinal victory Saturday in the Acura Classic Hingis blew a 3-0 lead in the first set then fought back from a 1-3 deficit in the second No 2 seed Lindsay Davenport earned her straight finals berth beating Monica Seles 6-4 6-2 The final is today at Manhattan Country Club ATP CHAMPIONSHIP: Pete Sampras overcame Magnus Larsson 7-5 2-6 6-1 to reach the finals for the second consecutive year Sampras the top seed will defend his ATP title today against Patrick Rafter who beat Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7-5 6-0 Sampras can regain the No 1 world ranking if he wins the $245 million final CITIBANK CHAMPIONS: John McEnroe has beaten Charlotte resident Tim Wilkison in all five of their senior circuit meetings after winning semifinal 6-3 3-6 10-4 at Purchase NY expect him to roll the second-seeded McEnroe said In final McEnroe faces John Lloyd a 6-2 7-6 (8-6) winner over Mansour Bahrami BOSTONCUP: Mariaan de Swardt defeated third-seeded Lisa Raymond 4-6 6-4 7-5 to advance to the final of the tournament in Wellesley Mass Seventh-seeded Barbara Schett beat Cara Black 6-2 2-6 6-2 in the other semifinal De Swardt and Schett wiU play for the championship today WILLIAMS TO MISS OPEN: Venus Williams withdrew from next du Maurier Open because of a knee injury US AMATEUR Results of the US Women's Amateur Championship played on the 6277 yard par-72 Barton Hills Country Club course Ann Arbor Mich Semifinals: Jenny Chuasiripom (145) Brandi Miller (147) 21 holes: Grace Park (145) Marcy Newton High Point (145) 2 and 1 PGA TEE TIMES Pairings and start times for today's final round of the PGA Championship All Times EDT 9:48 am Tim Herron 9:56 David Sutherland Brent Geiberger 10:04 Andrew Coltart Ted Tryba 10:12 Jumbo Ozaki Robert Karlsson 10:20 Trevor Dodds Chns Peny 10:28 Phil Mickelson Craig Parry 10:36 Shigeki Maruyama Brad Fabel 10:44 Joey Sindelar Jay Haas 10:52 Tom Byrum Joe Durant 11:00 Jeff Maggert Loren Roberts 11:08 Mark Brooks Brian Watts 11:16 Nick Faldo Steve Lowery 11:24 David Ognn Jim Carter 11:40 David Frost Kevin Sutherland: 11:48 Ernie Els Jay Don Blake 11:56 Colin Montgomerie Olin Browne 12:04 pm Carlos Franco Glen Day 12:12 PH Horgan III Stephen Lea-ney 12:20 Mark Calcavecchia Craig Stadler 12:28 Duffy Waldorf Per-Ulrik Johansson 12:36 Dudley Hart Jeff Sluman 12:44 Bob Estes Scott Ver plank 12:52 Brad Faxon Billy Andrade 1:00 Paul Goydos Hal Sutton 1:08 Tom Lehman Fred Funk 1:16 Ian Woosnam Fred Couples 1:32 Lee Rinker Bob Tway 1:40 Scott Hoch Paul Azmgef 1:48 Bill Glasson Kenny Perry 1:56 Steve Flesch Nick Pnce 2:04 Russ Cochran Andrew Magee 2:12 John Cook Scott Gump 2:20 John Huston Robert Allenby 2:28 Tiger Woods Greg Kraft 2:36 Mark O'Meara Frank Uckliter 2:44 Steve Elkington Skip Kendall 2:52 Billy Mayfair Davis Love III 3:00 Vijay Singh Steve Stncker NIKE Scores alter the third round of the Nike Ozarks Open played on the High land Springs Country Club course Springfield Mo Anthony Painter 67-63-68 198 Marco Gortana -200 Scott Dunlap Michael Muehr 69-68-64 201 Matt Gogel Dennis Zmkon Jason Gore 66-68-69 203 David Kirkpatrick Casey Martin 69-69-66 204 Bnan Tennyson Sean Murphy 67-70-68 205 John Maginnes PAR BUSTERS Par Busters Open Tournament First of two day tournament played at Eastwood Golf Course Charlotte Truck Caps Trailer Hitches Running Boards Toolboxes Fiberglass Truck Lids Noseshields VentVisors Custom-Painted Accessories BASEBALL American League Mi wm I WasiTand Installation results Washington 27 Tennessee 24 Baltimore 33 New York Jets 0 San Francisco vs Seattle late Kansas City at Minnesota late St Louis at San Diego late game Oakland at Green Bay 3 Monday's games Indianapolis at Cincinnati 7:30 Dallas vs New England at Mexico City 8 results Atlanta 7 Detroit 3 Carolina 12 Buffalo 7 Philadelphia 21 Pittsburgh 17 Jacksonville 24 New York Giants 10 Denver 17 New Orleans 10 Arizona 27 Chicago 24 RAVENS 33 JETS 0 FOOTBALL NFL Preseason Today GREEN BAY 7 (38) Oakland Monday CINCINNATI 4Vi(38) Indenaoolis a-New England 2 (35) Dallas a-at Mexico City Mexico Home Team in CAPS gam 9 4 i Alitor.