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-1 TennisOutdoorsMotorsports Wednesday August 28 1996 I Star-Telegram Section Page 7 Sea Center drawing crowds Outdoors VF '44: 4 I I i' '44i 4 44 i' tf: 1 i i ''''''-'4'''''''''''k '14: 't ''''''P A k't s''''4'''''''''': 7' 4tatikasi k' Nt7k t' 'f 1 045409 0: opotkr7000 01-- I- kl '4' ''''fi 't' 1 4 ir i 4 i ::1 4 I 5' 04 W4k A 1 '4 1 :40 le: 4 A :1 444444444 4 'P 4 '') l' I 1 4 4 0 haven't driven the mourning doves out of the area before Sunday's opening of the mourning dove hunting season Generous rains Sunday hit from Wichita Falls as far south as Fort Worth and other rains have peppered areas west of Fort Worth in recent days Rains and cooler temperatures often cause mourning doves that have been raised in Texas to begin a southward migration at this time of the year and it is not unusual for an area to hold a lot of doves a week before the season and then not have many by the time the season opens Narrow victory Leisa Thompson of Alexandria La pushed her Bass'n Gal tournament winnings to $25000 with a 10- bass catch totaling 2198 pounds to win the recent Coosa River tournament in Alabama Thompson edged Sherrie Brubaker of West Lake La who totaled 2044 pounds Brubaker's second-place victory pushed her winnings to $22500 Lucy Mize of Ben Lomond Ark was third with 2040 pounds la- cluding the tournament's largest bass of 420 pounds Mize has won $3500 on the tour The Associated Press overwhelm the No 5 seeded Richard Krajicek the Wimbledon champion 6-3 6-3 6-3 No 28 seed Stefan Edberg playing in his final Grand Slam tournament used his kicking serve to Edberg looks grand in victory Swede defeats fifth-seeded Kraficek in Open I IP 4 By BOB HOOD Star-Telegram Staff Writer Sea Center Texas recently welcomed its 100000th visitor after only five months of operation far surpassing initial projections by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Sea Center Texas located south of Houston near Lake Jackson is a $13 million marine development aquarium and educational center that officials say is the saltwater version of the new state-of-the-art Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center being built near Athens in East Texas Seven-year-old Stephanie Gutierrez of Freeport passed through the gates of Sea Center Texas as the 100000th visitor "We figured 150000 visitors in the first year was an optimistic estimate" said Andrew Sansom parks and wildlife department executive director Sansom said visitors have come from as far as Hong Kong Germany and the Czech Republic as well as from a different US state almost every day Sea Center's visitor appeal centers around its interpretive displays two "touch tanks" two 2500-gallon aquariums two 5000- gallon aquariums and one 52000- Speedway From Page 1 in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards "To those of you who have never experienced a night race you don't know how magical it is" said Smith whose Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord NC plays host to NASCAR's Winston Select all-star race and the Winston Cup Coca-Cola 600 under the lights in May "Night racing is truly electric It's lightning in a bottle" said Smith whose track at Alliance Airport in far north Fort Worth will utilize an updated version of the Musco Lighting system pioneered at his Charlotte speedway "In the modern history of Indy-car racing it simply hasn't been done before" At George's insistence the IRL will compete on the track's 24- degree banked turns Texas Motor Speedway is being constructed with tapered "dual-banked" turns at 8 degrees specifically designed to reduce speeds of Indy-cars from the 240-mph range to 200-210 mph "We're excited about the opportunity this track presents" said George president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway "We want to be running on the banking because by design we've been looking to cut the horsepower back and the aerodynamics to afford us the opportunity to race at places like this" George and his fledgling IRL broke away from the established Championship Auto Racing Teams gallon aquarium where a 300- pound grouper and several sharks reside Lots of boats More than 16724000 recreational boats with outboard motors are in use in the United States according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association with Texas listed as the fifth-leading state in total boats According to a survey by the marine group Michigan leads all states in number of recreational outboard boats with 583605 Florida is second with 501685 followed by Minnesota with 477566 Wisconsin with 450787 and Texas with 442844 The states following Texas are in order California Louisiana South Carolina New York and Illinois Topping the list of boats with inboard-powered engines is California with 245327 followed by Michigan with 237507 Florida with 168777 New York with 159990 and Texas with 134334 Rain watch Texas dove hunters hope that the recent rains that have hit much of North Texas and northwest Texas y' 4 A -'11 1 vY Ilt i 4 -1 vIk 4 Star-Telegram KEVIN FUJI! Scott Sharp co-champion of the 11IL's inaugural season and AJ Foyt's No 1 driver gets into the Longhorn 500 spirit by pulling on a pair of boots yesterday over qualifying procedures for this year's Indy 500 The break will become pronounced in January when the IRL's new chassis and engine regulations are scheduled to take effect "We have an agreement in our contract to work together in developing a formula for the race cars that will make sure they run in the 200-mph range" said Eddie Gossage vice president and general manager of Texas Motor Speedway "We feel like it's going to be extremely entertaining and enjoyable and a very safe evening of racing" Smith George and Gossage were '1 1 1 '')i A 1' 1'" A 2 2 --72''4 :1 4 I 1 )0 I1' i i I i i i -c- N'i o'' 4 US Open Through Sept 8: The $1089 million US Open tennis championships at the National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadow in New York Defending champions: Pete Sampras Steffi Graf Television: Opening and second rounds today through Friday 10 am and 6:30 pm on USA How the seeds fared: Thomas Muster (3) Javier Frana 6-1 7- 6 (7-2) 6-2 Bohdan Ulihrach Alberto Costa (14) 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-1 Pete Sampras (1) Jimy Szymanski 6-2 6-2 6-1 Marcelo Rios (10) Andrei Pavel 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 Stefan Edberg Richard Kraiicek (5) 6- 3 6-3 6-3 Thomas Endvist (13) Stephane Simian 6-3 6-1 6-4 Monica Soles (2) Anne Miller 6-0 6-1 Judith Wiesner Iva Majoli (5) 2-6 6-3 6-1 Lindsay Davenport (8) Adriana SerraZanetti 6-2 6-1 Karina Habsudova (17) Radka Bobkova 6-4 6-1 Arantxa Sanchez (3) Laxmi Poruri 6-2 6-1 Kimberly Po Kimiko Date (10) 6-2 7-5 Jana Novotna (7) Francesca Lubiani 6-1 7-5 among those who arrived for the presentation in a stagecoach They were joined by Cary Agajanian US Auto Club executive vice president four-time Indy 500 champion Foyt of Houston and three-time Indy 500 winner Johnny Rutherford of Fort Worth now the IRL's director of special projects Also sharing the dais were Bill Donaldson Indianapolis Motor Speedway vice president and Scott Sharp co-champion of the IRL's inaugural season and Foyt's No I driver George whose all-oval IRL now includes seven tracks said securing a race in the Fort Worth-Dallas market before CART did "really wasn't an issue" "We're trying to expand into markets that are void of champion- ship-level open-wheel racing" said George whose WI added the $35 million Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain' Colo to its roster this month Gossage said Texas Motor Speedway management remains free to negotiate with CART president Andrew Craig "We don't ask for exclusivity and we don't expect exclusivity" George said "I think we're extremely close to reaching a deal with CART" Gossage said "There's no reason to pick one or the other and every reason in the world to offer both" An industry source said that CART management which had an agreement in principle to race in Texas at night on July 5 has backed off that date in view of the IRL's June race The source said CART now is looking at a mid-September date in Texas 0 1 ment for another day the other top men had little trouble advancing Sampras the defending champ and No 1 seed romped in straight sets over a lucky loser Jim Szymanski of Venezuela Thomas Muster No 3 beat Argentina's Javier Franain straight sets No 10 Marcelo Rios of Chile needed four sets to beat Romanian Andrei Pavel Spain's Alberto Costa No14 lost in five sets to Bohdan Ulihrach of the Czech Republic Seles the women's runner-up last year and No 2 seed again trounced Anne Miller 6-0 6-1 despite a sore shoulder that limited Seles' power on serves and made her look vulnerable Sanchez Vicario No 3 also romped in straight sets as did No 7 Jana Novotna No 8 Lindsay Davenport and No 17 Karina Habsudova But No 5 Iva Majoli of Croatia became an upset victim losing 2-6 6-3 6-1 to Austrian Judith Wiesner No 10 Kimiko Date of Japan also was upset 6-2 7-5 by American Kimberly Po The losses by Date and the previous losses by Anke Huber and Magdalena Maleeva opened up the bottom quarter of the draw for Seles who won't have to play a seeded player until the semifinals Capriati a semifinalist in 1991 returned for the first time since a first-round exit in 1993 She left the same way this time falling 6-4 6-4 to Annabel Ellwood of Australia "It was great when I was out there Just the whole energy the crowd felt really great" Capriati said "It was like 'Yeah you know this is what I miss' I miss the competitiveness Even though my shots were off I still felt solid This is what I want to be doing right now I'm just getting back to the game I love" Arendt Sandra Cacic 6-27-6 (5-6) Arantxa Sanchez kaki (3) Lanni Poruri 6-2 6-1 Sandrine Testud Pam Shriver 7- 5 6-2 Karin Kschwendt Sandra Kleinova 6-3 6-4 Annabel Ellwood Jennifer Capriati 6-4 6-4 Petra Langrova Katrina Adams 6-4 6-2 Elena Likhoviseva Kyoko Nagatsuka 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 Tami WhitlingerJones Sandra Cecchini 6-2 6-0 Tina Krizan Rika Hiraki 7-6 (7-4) 7- 5 Kimberly Po Kimiko Date (10) 6- 2 7-5 Jana Novotna (7) Francesca Lubiani 6-1 7-5 Amy Frazier Luis a Neiland 6-1 6-3 Naoko Sawamatsu Rennae Stubbs 64 6-3 Lisa Raymond Ion McNeil 7- 6 (8-6) 6-3 Conchita Martinez (4) Ruxandra Dragomir 6-2 6-0 Miriam Oremans Radka Zrubakova 6-2 4- 6 6-1 Sandra Dopfer Zina Garrison Jackson 2-6 6-3 7-5 Steffi Graf (1) Yayuk Basuki 6-3 7-6 (7- 4) Nanne Dahlman Lindsay Lee 6-3 6-4 The Associated Press NEW YORK Stefan Edberg's diving return winner on the first point offered a clue that his last stand in a Grand Slam tournament would be something special A classic backhand volley that left Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek looking helpless moments later offered more evidence By the time Edberg finished his vintage victory 6-3 6-3 6-3 yesterday in the first round of the US Open he had convinced everyone by unleashing all the beautiful shots in his repertoire from high-kicking serves to the most elegant volleys in tennis It was a poignant performance amid a parade of champions Pete Sampras Monica Seles Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and the unsuccessful thou A not unhappy return ofJennifer Capriati The 30-year-old Edberg playing in a record 54th consecutive and final Grand Slam event covered the court as lightly and quickly as he did when he won his second consecutive US Open in 1992 That year Edberg was seeded No 2 and had to come back from a service break down in the fifth set in a fourth-round match against Krajicek that lasted nearly 412 hours This time Edberg came in unseeded ranked No 28 and Krajicek was the No 5 seed after winning his first major title at Wimbledon But from the first point when Edberg's desperate stab at a good serve by Krajicek flew past the Dutchman the players and the crowd sensed that the quiet highly regarded Swede garbed unassumingly in all white might be around a while longer The crowd gave Edberg a warm greeting and cheered him like a native son throughout the match as he turned Krajicek's power to an ad Results MEN FIRST-ROUND SINGLES jiri Novak Ben Ellwood 6-2 6-4 6-3 Thomas Muster (3) Javier Rana 6-1 7-6 17-2) 6-2 Alex Correlja Byron Black 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 6- 2 6-2 Bohdan Alberto Costa (14) 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-1 Petr Korda David Caldwell 6-3 3- 6 6-3 7-5 Pete Sampras (1) Jimy Szymanski 6-2 6-2 6-1 Bernd Karbacher Jonathan Stark 7-56-3 5- 7 7-5 Scott Draper Gab Blanco 6-3 7-5 6-3 Hernan Gumy Martin Damm 7-5 6-4 7-5 'Marcelo Rios (10) Andrei Pavel 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 Stefan Edberg Richard Kraiicek (5) 6-3 6-3 6-3 Andrei Olhovskiy Pat Cash 6-4 6-3 6-2 Tim Henman Roberto Jabali 6-2 6-3 6-4 Filippo Veglio Christian Ruud 1-6 6-2 6-4 6-4 Jakob Hlasek Nicklas Kulti 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-4 Pablo Campana Todd Woodbridge 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4 Thomas Enqvist (13) Stephane Simian 6-3 6- 1 1 6-4 i Mark Knowles Marcelo Filippini 6-3 7-5 Jordi Fur lan Tillstrom (9-7) Marc 6-3 javier 6-2 7-6 (8-6) Ciavet Volkov 6-4 5-2 Greg Francisco Henrik Leach and Chris and Danny Delaitre Mark lain 11) 7-6 and vantage with stinging returns and volleys Edberg never broken served only one ace and that came near the end when he closed out his last service game against the already demoralized Krajicek But Edberg didn't need to rack up the ace total as long as his kicking serve into Krajicek's body proved so effective "I really got off to a good start" Edberg said "I felt very relaxed being out there There's no question about it that Richard was very much off his game today I took advantage of that He went pretty quick out there quicker than I expected While Edberg staved off retire LABOR DAYAT THE BALLPARK: RANGERS9TWINS9 AND A SIX-FOOT CHICKEN Broad and Piet Norval 6-0 4-6 6-1 Tomas Carbonell and Francisco Roig Daniel Orsanic and Nicolas Lapentti 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 Shelby Cannon and Roger Smith Stefano Pescosolido and Vincenzo Santopadre 6-43-6 6-4 WOMEN FIRST-ROUND SINGLES Rita Grande Alexia DechaumeBallarat 6-3 6-0 Monica Seles (2) Anne Miller 6-0 6-1 Paola Suarez do Marianne Werdel Witmeyer 6-4 8-3 Nathalie Tauziat Angelica Gaval- don 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 Ann Grossman Silvia Farina 6-4 6-3 Judith Wiesner do Iva Majoli (5) 2-6 6-3 6- 1 Mariaan de Swardt do Dominique van Roost 1-6 6-27-617-4) Florencia Labat Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 6-2 6-2 Elena Wagner Gigi Fernandez 6-1 6-4 Natasha Zvereva Virginia Ruano-Pascual 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 Lindsay Davenport (8) Adriana Serra-Zanetti 6-2 6-1 Kristie Boogert do Joannette Kruger 6-1 6-0 Karina Habsudova (17) do Radka Bobkova 64 6-1 Nicole 6-1 Roberto Carretero Burl llo 6-3 4-6 6-0 1-0 retired Thomas Johansson Renzo 4-6 2-6 7-5 6-1 7-5 Mikael Tamer El Sawy 1-6 7-6 6-1 3-6 6-4 Jared Palmer Rosset (15) 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 6-4 Sanchez David Skoch (7-0) 6-3 Doug Hach Gianluca Pozzi 7-5 7-6 (7-5) 2-6 7-6 Cedric Pio line (16) Francisco 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 Alexander Magnus Larsson 6-7 (5-7) retired Hendrik Dreekman Rusedski 62 6-4 6-2 FIRST-ROUND DOUBLES Jean-Philippe Fleurian and Guillaume Raoux Donald Johnson and Montana 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 Jan Davids and Siang Schalk-en Jonathan Leach and Rick 3-6 7-6 17-4) 6-4 Kelly Jones 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