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lyLtU THE HERALD SUNDAY JUNE 30 2002 IECIIII I Gup final a classic matchup of offense vs defense PAQE10D 4 i i Jim Smith Sunday Drive MM Short putite 'aiidsmaQ: consolations here are these itching questions that wont gc questions Oat wont go II PooBeyshooits record He vaults into three-shot lead at US Senior Open LEADERS fv Tom Watson 67-71-69 -6 Ed Dougherty 71-6B68 -5 i associated prek 7 Dm Pooley smiles after putting in for par on the 18th hole to complete his Bunder 63 at the US Senior Open shots ahead of Tom Watson and second-round leader Walter HalL lot of great things happened today said Pooley seeking his first win in a PGA event since the 1967 Memorial 1 hit good shots at times I got good bounces at times and obvt oualy putted verywelL 0 was a ftm round to play" 1 Watson shot a 69 and Hall bogeyed the final two holes for a 72 "i Ed Dougherty1 made five' birdies en 1 route to a that left him finnj shots back and Tran Kite was at 209 after a wild 73 that included five bogeys and a double bogey '-'T A'' OPEN TO 10D 'i C1- hard to say Guys may beiajangst still got to hittheballlfs hot been documented that gif kelps you hit the ball WINGS BOLLS Bid After die twisting putt rolled into the cup on the 18th hole Don Pooley held his dub skyward and flashed a broad smile to die appreciative gallery The par capped a record-' setting round of 8-undaiar 68 that thrust Pooley into die lead Saturday after three rounds of the US Sailor- a-sA Pooley made an rnMring nfa bird- tee at the difficult 7005-yanl Caves Val- ley Golf rmh He set a tournament record for low score over 18 holes and finished die day at SMinder 204 three of diem? 7D Isusmg Or just latest in the grand crucial competitive edge? ROGER MOONEY jrTv'T a nrm Hnidi iswH a mrirwl hat durfl orm Cash used a corked bat away no matter how hard I -scratch: How lucky are World Cup fans to have a consolation game to watch? If NIL players would agree to suit up occasionally fora basketball game as they did last night for the Peter Warrick Celebrity Classic we Just get rid of die NBA? --'V Will we ever know how good P-Dub might be as lopgv: i as he wears Bengali stripes? never suggest a conspiracy but Game 6 of die NBA Weston Conference finals one of die worst refereed games ever waited? -AV- you give i anydilng to have your first baseball glove? The way everyone around die world seems to hate us doyouthinkmaybettwasa good thing the US lost in the World Cup before we really started thumping our chests? WbywasttmyGrandpa who taught me bow to tie a I-granny knot? How will the coach and principal managB tolive in4 harmony if Howie DeCristofkro is cleared of recruiting diarges at BfanateeHigh? i Why we make Mike 1 Tysraigoaway? sBifojar Isitpoesiible the diaftfliSe between I ii j-: pitcheifap6ndendhbide tff6bftet-7: plate td6bfeet7ihche8 and tell anyone? Why are 4-foot putts mraie difflcultdian 8foot putts? dffiSgHsidSiSSr -f 1 would you believe me if i told you the most stirring '1 historic landmarks outside veterans park in Arcadia WiS? l' s-MSm8 I Wis? Wouldn't Tiger still win more than he lost even ifhe played blindfolded? Why is it not die least bit reassuring to know diat i sharks aid bite us once in a great while? When did women's tennis become more entertaining than tennis? Why hasn't Vince' McMahon dreamed the YTP(tA? i' Besides Darryl clubhouse presence which the Cardinals can never recover how doe8eteam begin to replace a pitcher who made 216 starts since 1996 and never once went on the disabled list? Did the New England --Patriots really win die SiqierBow? Witii die Battle of Gettysburg anniversary upon us would you please find time to read Killer by Michael Shaara? Nothing wrong with having fon but do you think if Dale Earnhardt Jr concentrated a little bit more on stock-car racing be migbtdoabetterjobof emulating his late fetherf Are we ever going to okgit die metric system or are we just happy printing on our beer labels? Ifdiey played a college baseball game in the figest and nobody came ootdd you still hear die ping of die aluminumbat? Is it too late to dump my Ken Griffey Jr roedde card? Has it really been 28 A summers since Bo DonaldsOTanddie Heywoods rode Be a to Na Ion die Billboard charts? Is tills a great country or' what? can he reached at 74J-702I or JemMQlbmikiikmhmMcom Complete scores 9D fj Don Pooley who ha not won ia 1 PGA event In 15 years can win the US Senior Open title In his first appearance by holding on In the final round 3 pjm Ch 8 (NBC) Vil As I DESERVING OF A WIN ASSOCIATED PRESS Marlins closer Vladimir Nurtez reacts I to striking out Tampa Steve Cqk for the final out of 3-2 victory over the Rays on Saturday at the Trop 1 1 t- -y ROGER MOONEY Herald Staff Writer- s' Sv ST PETERSBURG 'Rn-There wasno one warming 19 in the bullpen when Joe Kennedy 'went out tb start die ninth Inning against the Marlins on Saturday yjjfc'i I There was no need to a rdiief pttch- er Thia was Kennedy's game becoming a habit to the second-yesi left-hander adio now has more complete games in his last eight starts than: aU but one other pitcher in Rays history 1 ft That feet was of little consolation to Kennedy who despite nine pretty strong innings ended up on the losing side of a 8-2 score 1 i '1 r-- RAYS TO 7D TODAY forge Sosa (Oi 675) gets the call -in search of Ns first major-league victory 1 against A Burnett (B5 327) and the Florida Marlins lrl5 pjlL Ch 10 (CBS) 970AM Avemmunity Center which la tanesdofreftifbMiiiiB Although UmtedCmOTnmlty Cen- ters executive director Patrick Carn- egie wont know until next week the amount raised to the center he declared the event a huge success worth Carnegie said like to thank everybody for Coming out Bringing everyone together to a g6od for -0Ur community" Warrick who starts training camp next month id Cincinnati is confl- dent the event can continue to expand in fliture years prayers were answered" Warrick said lot of people showed up more than I thought It was great seelng so many people here showing the love having WARRICK TO 3D -r during 1' his entire basdball career He admitted as much whoi he came clean in a 1961 maga- idne article That mornt Cash used an Illegal bat during the 1961 season when he led the American League witii a J61 batting average Cheating? You bet But no one in baseball bas ever asked Cadi to return his batting crown Gaylcrd Perry retired 16051 batters during his 22-year career How many ofthem swung at basdialls that were a tad wet? Some of diem? ILLUSTRATIONS BY RON BORRESENTlw Hmld prams Wert answered It was great Seeing SO pinny people here Snowing me love ana sut)t)ortinetie center supporting ine Lcnicr PMwWanfak Ctofmwn receiver stating his happiness with the fimd-raisirtg game to benefit the 13th Avenue Community Center distance with Bengals receiver War-: rick and nearly two dozen of his NFL pals The event which attracted three times as many fens as last Inaugural classic at Southeast High was a fund-raiser for the Peter War- 1 Most ofthem? AU PraTy never hid the foct that be loaded up die baseball with anytiiingftxsn saliva to K-YJeDy Cheating? Sure But that didn't stop voters 1 -fhmelerting Perry to the Hall of Bum Skirting the rules has been a part of baseball for as long as there have been rules in baseball Pitchers throw spit balls Hitters use corked bats Players steal signs are a lot ofother ways that players are getting an Tampa Bay second baseman Brent Abernathy said 1 And tiieyTe all an accepted part of the game providing you don't got caught of course in world chicanery has moved to a high-tech sophisticated levd steroids 1 i 1 and friends put on a shoY TO alex oiaztim Hnu Peter Warrick drives past a defender MIKE HENRY Herd staff writer TABIPA From die moment Peter Warrick flexed his musdee and danced to the beat of hiphop music under the glare of a white-hot pnnVgbt on the floor of the Sun Donie 502 bna knew they were in to a night of antartainmant tranacanding the aporta arena Tbarely memed to matter that Team lost 8845 against the Grey Team rai an rwruhio fell-away buzzerbeating three-pointer by Buccaneers wide receiver Frank Murphy in the annual peter Warrick Celebrity Basketball Clasric on the University of South Florida naiinpii prom the opening tM die excitement spilled over from die court into the stands where Tampa Bay area Saturday at the Sun Dome In Tampa tons Intermingled from rick Foundation and 13th BB8BBE98RBRSS9RBEBB82B 1 ii1iINi I MM?.