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ports Wednesday August 9 2000 The News Advance 1 Crews working feverishly to finish additions Notebook Green Central Virginia Junior Golf Tournament Bryant storms to title 5 death I 4' Staff photos by David Duncan lli Jeremy Bryant lines up a putt during the Anal round of his five stroke victory Tuesday at Oakwood Country Club a Please see BRYANT Page 4 course there were and what grieves Darrell Green Redskins cornerback Left hander Judson Warren punches his second shot from under a tree on the par 4 17th hole at Oakwood Warren who won the 16 17 age division in a playoff with Phillip Comnlnaki scrambled to make a par on the hole 3 video scoreboard Weaver said the renovations still are scheduled to be completed before the opener against Georgia Tech in the Black Coaches Association Classic on Aug 27 as good a crew as seen out there working through all the weather Weaver said Saturday been pouring concrete into the base (of the video score board) all week long under a tarp don't seem to panic They think have it done by 6 pm the night before the game Our folks were hoping to have a little more lead time than that but excited about the new looks that have for this year" Staff photo by Mark Thompson A construction crew works to complete seat additions In the north end zone at Lane Stadium About 3000 new seats have been added to Va Tech's home field 1 BLACKSBURG It seems the only group working harder than the Virginia Tech foot ball team is the construction crew that cur rently is busy expanding Lane Stadium According to Tech athletic director Jim Weaver the per sistent rain this summer has done little to slow work on the project which will increase seating in both end zones and include the addition of a giant ewasu the4 only adult I respected whov never told me I wastoo Little tov play (The dung he ever said to me (about foot ball)' cans! Henever said I was too small or any thing like 'a Greenfather Leonard Green Jr died on July 28 one month short of his 67th birthday Green a cornerback for the Washington Redskins left the team that day to be with his family in Houston Green returned to practice yesterday an absence of 11 days 1 going through that and when you are with your family and griev ing in a hole and nothing outside that Green said have no energy You care want to come back But my pas tor (in Northern Virginia) Brett uller called me and said got to come Thank God able to come here and get life in The Redskins missed Green and not just for his ability Redskins coach Norv Turner called Green in Houstonto express his sympathy and concern' be about football Turner said was a long week for Darrell and liis family Having been tlirough that I know that it matter if semi expected or expected football part of things for Darrell will take care of itself I missed having him around I missed talking to him I consider Darrell a close friend been through a lot in the six years been together and everything rosy Every time there has been a tough stretch Darrell has stood up and shown great Green is entering his 18th season with the Redskins and it will be the first season he has not been a starter Barring an injury Deion Sanders will start at one cornerback with Champ Bailey at the other Green will Please see GREEN Page 3 Country Club and captured his second straight CVJGT championship 36 hole total of 79 was five shots better than Philip Comninaki (71 150) and Judson Warren (79 both 17 year olds got a lot of good breaks and made a cou Today's Game OPPONENT Winston Salem Warthogs TIME 7:05 pm at Merritt Hutchinson Stadium PITCHERS Lynchburg i Geraldo Padua (1 8 410 Winston Salem Robert Purvis (10 9 324) THE INSIDE SCOOP The Hillcats are 40 15 when they score more than three runs i'h a game Rivera said real hot down there happy to 7" be here Rivera who figured to provide the Hillcats at consistent power source this season was hitting jl242 when he was placed on the disabled list on May 24 He went 12 for 34 (353) in his last 10 games and has picked up where lie left off by hit ting in six of seven games since rejoining the team on July 30 Included was a four hit performance against the i Warthogs on Aug 2 the type of effort Rivera delivered last year when he hit 322 with 13 homers and 86 RBI at Class A Hickory you had seen him in Winston Salem it looked like he was doing better than before" said Hillcats manager Tracy Woodson hit the (stuffing) out of the ball I thought tire layoff might affect him but it Please see HILLCATS Page 4 He said DiMaggio never stopped loving Monroe even after their mne month mar riage in 1954 ended in divorce In Morris Engelberg who was at Engelberg's view the actress may have Yankee bedside when he died been the only person DiMaggio really recalled last words in a story loved in Vanity air magazine The list of people DiMaggio hated It was not the first time DiMaggio had according to the Vanity air story includ said that Engelberg said Tuesday from his ed rank Sinatra Presidents Kennedy and office in Hollywood la Clinton and Robert Kennedy were sitting together in the patio The article featured in the September one night talking about his illness and he issue of Vanity air was based on a series said feel bad about dying At least of interviews with Engelberg be with Marilyn DiMaggio is pictured as 'a brooding' Engelberg scoffed gt a Daily News parsimonious loner who held grudges jmd report quoting hospice worker who said DiMaggio had no last words when he died Please see DIMAGGIO Page 3 Angry Pouce New Hampshire International Speedway officials have angered local police in wake of two crash deaths I D3 wrist before returning to the camp in Bradenton la to rehab or some transferring from lorida to was real happy to get out of Lynchburg woman oe me most exciting proposi tion Carlos Rivera wait to make the move The smooth swinging first baseman whose sea son was interrupted two months by a wrist injury continued his strong come back Tuesday going 2 for 3 Mfl with an RBI double as the surging Hillcats blanked Winston Salem 3 0 Wk Mike Gonzalez and two LvflK relievers combined on a four hitter as Lynchburg recorded its seventh Rivera shutout of the season and seventh win in 10 sames Rivera appealed in 36 g'Sies with the Hillcats to start the season then suffered a strained right By Gary Crockett The News Advance last words were of Marilyn Monroe NEW YORK (AP) Joe DiMaggio died of lung cancer at 84 in March 1999 wirn van vn ivionroes name on ms ins according to the Hall of lawyer Joe told Engelberg said and confidant finally get to see Marilyn DiMaggio whispered 6 Hot Hillcats blank Warthogs By Gary Crockett The News Advance To coni editor 5528 wwwnewsadvancecom 1 8 By Paul Woody Media General News Service ASHBURN What Darrell Green will remember most about his father is some thing his father never said was the only adult I respected who never told me I was too little to play foot ball" Gredn said he had said that to me I think itwould have crushed me But he never did W1 rat he did not say meant more' to me than some of the things he said Appomattox golfer overcomes eight stroke deficit in final round By Dave Thornton The Advance Pie of good birdie said Biyant a sopho more on the Appomattox County golf team I Jeremy Biyant is quietly becoming the Tiger was just trying to keep it out of the woods and Woods of Central Virginia junior golf the road and my short game helped The 15 year old Appomattox golfer has Bryant who has won his age division every played in the Central Virginia Junior Golf year since he began competing at the age of 10 Tournament for six straight years and has trailed Comninaki who plays No 1 or 2 for walked away with a first place trophy each EC Glass by eight shots after first year round at Winton Country Club Tuesday Bryant had three birdies and three think I could come back from eight bogeys in a round of even par 66 at Oakwood shots but everything worked out everything just fell into place today said Biyant Warren a senior starter on the Glass golf team won the 16 17 age division by beating Comninaki on the second playoff hole Will Marks (81 74 155) and Justin Brown (80 75 The expansion triggered in part by more season ticket demands will increase overall seating capacity from 53 130 to 55075 for the 2000 season The cunent changes represent the second part of a proposed three phase project that eventually will include luxury suites double deck seating in the south end zone and seating capacity of 66000 or the upcoming season approximately 5 3000 permanent seats are being added in the north end zone behind which will rise the video scoreboard The stands on that end fan out above the existing 2100 seats providing a in" look 5 Weaver said due to limited seating Please see NOTEBOOK Page 3 8 1 't 1 LT TUI Central Virginia Junior Golf Tournament Bryant storms to title Staff photos by David Duncan III Jeremy Bryant lines up a putt during the flnal round of his five stroke victory Tuesday at Oakwood Country Club Appomattox golfer overcomes Judson Warren puncheshis eight stroke deficit in final round igrjy By Dave Thornton tree on the Th Advance pie of good birdie said Biyant a sopho par 4 17th more on the Appomattox County golf team hole at Jeremy Bryant is quietly becoming the Tiger was just trying to keep it out of the woods and Oakwood Woods of Central Virginia junior golf the road and my short game helped Warren who The 15 year old Appomattox golfer has Bryant who has won his age division every played in the Central Virginia Junior Golf year since he began competing at the age of 10 Tournament for six straight years and has trailed Comninaki who plays No 1 or 2 for aSe division in walked away with a first place trophy each EC Glass by eight shots after first a playoff with year round at Winton Country Club Phillip Tuesday Bryant had three birdies and three think I could come back from eight Comninaki bogeys in a round of even par 66 at Oakwood shots but everything worked out everything scrambled to Country Club and captured his second straight just feh into place said Biyant CVJGT championship Warren a senior starter on the Glass golf 36 hole total of 79 145 was five team won the 16 17 age division by beating ine noie shots better than Philip Comninaki (71 Comninaki on the second playoff hole Will 150) and Judson Warren (79 150) both 17 Marks (81 and Justin Brow (80 got a lot of good breaks and made a cou Please see BRYANT Page 4.