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THE FLINT JOURNAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1996 SCOREBOARD Golf Steve Lowery 73-69 142 Brian Menninger 73-69-142 4 Stankowski 72-70-142 Glen Day 70-72-142 Ian Leggatt 71-71-142 Charlie Rymer 68-74-142 Mike Sullivan 69-73-142 Jim McGovern 69-73-142 Rick. Todd 70-72-142 Matyczuk 71-71-142 Arden Knoll 67-75-142 DiMarco 68-74-142 Green 143 Franklin Longham 71-72-143 Richard Zokol 71-72 143 Simpson 71-72 143 lay Delsing 70-73-143 Bobby Wadkins 69-74-143 Dave Stockton 70-73-143 Van Allem 71-73-144 faders Forsbrand 70-74-144 Elliott 72-72 144 Gump 72-72-144 Browne 72-72 144 Greg Kraft 71-73-144 Justin Leonard loy Don Blake 72-72 144 Hugh Royer 72-72 144 KuC: Failed to Quality Acosta Jr. 75-70-145 Steve Jones 77-68-145 Trybo 77-68-145 John Morse 72-73-145 Doug Martin 71-74-145 Daley 75-70-145 Pete Jordan 70-75-145 Wike Reid. 70-75-145 Dicky Pride 72-73 145 -Brian Kamm 73-72-145 Kelly Gibson 72-73-145 Jerry Kelly 71-74 145 Jim Carter 74-71 145 Bart Bryant 72-73 145 Mike Weir 75-70-145 Jody Gullion 73-72-145 Mike Swartz 71-74-145 Brian Claar 75-71-146 Wayne Westner 73-73 146 Blaine McCallister 71-75 -146 Don Pooley 74-72-146 Andy Bean 70-76-146 Steve Rintoul 71-75-146 Bryan Gorman 76-70-146 Sean Murphy 70-76-146 Jay Williamson 76-70-146 Tray Tyner 74-72-146 Woody Austin 70-76-146 Tom Kite 74-72-146 Jeff Gallagher 71-76-147 Hal Sutton 73-74-147 John Cook 74-73-147 John Mohaffey 73-74-147 Chris Smith 77-70-147 Joel Edwards 71-76-147 David Frost 70-77-147 Mike Springer 74-73-147 Philip Jonas 78-69-147 Frank Edmonds 73-74-147 John Maginnes 74-73-147 Clarence Rose 74-74-148 Tony Sills 72-76-148 -Brian Tennyson 73-75-148 john Wilson 74-74-148 Dehis Watson 74-74-148 Brett Ogle 73-75-148 Jom Scherrer 74-74-148 Mile Hulbert 71-78-149 Talbot 72-77 149 DeCorso 72-77 149 Bulina 75-74 149, 585 Gilder 74-76-150 Omar Uresti 75-75-150 thane Bertsch 73-77-150 Standly 73-77-150 gory, Rusnak 74-76-150 Mediate 74-77-151 Price Fleisher 77-74-151 Whittaker 73-78-151 Springer 76-75-151 'Doly 75-77 152 Ed Dougherty 74-78-152 A Chip Bock 75-77-152 Janzen 72-80 152 Mike Grob 76-77 153 Robin Freeman 73-81 154 Steve Jurgensen 75-79-154 a Craig Matthew 71-83-154 Bob Estes 71-84-155 Econard Thompson 76-80-156 Ashley Chinner 77-79 156 a- Rob McMillan 76-82-158 6-Mork Wilson 76-91 167 Nick Price 74-WD Tammy Armour Ill 75-WD Donnie Hammond 78-WD Payne Stewart 78-WD Tennis Open Mi. At Flushing Meadow 2 Mixed, Doubles both teams declared.co-champions.

Women Singles Semifinal Martina Hingis (16), Switzerland, leads Steffi Graf (1), Germany, 1-0. Men Doubles Championship Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, Australia (1), def. Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis, Nether.lands (8), 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-2). Women Singles Semifinals Seles (2), Sarasota, def. Conchita Martinez (4), Spain, 6- A Featured Matches.

begins on all courts at 11 a.m. Stadium Court Women's Doubles Championship Mona Novotna, Czech Republic, and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain A(E, Gigi Fernandez, Aspen, Natasha Zvereva, Belarus (2) Men's Singles Semifinal (Not before 1 p.m.) Andre Agassi (6), Las Vegas, vs. Michael Chong (2), Henderson, Nev. Men's Singles Semifinal (Not before 3 p.m.) Sampras (1), Tampa, vs. Ivanisevic (4), Croatia Auto racing Autolite Platinum 250 At Richmond, Va.

Starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Busch Grand National series' $295,938 Autolite Platinum 250 on the oval at Richmond International Raceway with car number in Kautherr had a double-eagle by holing out his second shot on the 454-yard, par 5, No. 5 hole at Briar Ridge Golf Course. He used a Aron. Val Helfrich and John Kauf. witnessed the shot.

Canadian Open Si Oakville, Ontario (Par 7 72) Dunlap 64-65-129 Hart 68-64-132 Duval 69-65-134 Bradley 70-64-134 Taylor Smith 68-66-134 tee Rinker 70-66-136 Tom 8yrum to 70-66-136 Frank. Lickliter 67-69-136 Chris Perry 68-69-137 1 losper Pornevik 66-71-137 Joey Sindelar 70-68 -138' Billy Andrade 70-68-138 Bob Tway 69-69-138 sollagher 71-67 138 Aubrey 69-69-138 Andrew Magee 67-72-139 Mark Colcavecchia 71-68-139 Mark O'Meara 74-65-139 Mattiaco 69-70-139 Scott Medlin 71-68-139 Carl Paulson 67-72-139 Phil Blackmar 69-70-139 ATom Lehman 69-70 -139 billy Moyfair 67-72-139 Dave Barr 70-70-140 Gorey Pavin 71-69-140 Woods 70-70-140 tatoren Roberts 69-71-140 Vijay Singh 69-71-140 Merk Brooks 69-71-140 Grant Waite 69-72 141 Nobilo 70-71-141 Keith Fergus 72-69 141 Guy Hill 67-74-141 Keith Clearwater 70-71-141 -David Edwards 70-71-141 CEntie Els 67-74-141 Bruce Lietzke 72-69-141 Mike Heinen 69-72-141 Stafort Appleby 70-71-141 Trevor Dodds 69-72-141 bovid Morland IV 69-72-141 Bob Lohr 71-71-142 Kevin Sutherland 74-68-142 John Adams 72-70-142 Jim Thorpe 72-70-142 Boros 69-73-142 Goydos 70-72 142 Simp Herron 72-70-142 Steve Lowery 73-69 142 -rel parentheses, driver's name, town, make of car and average speed in mph (Friday's second-round qualifying was cancelled due to rain; lineup determined by Thursday's qualifying: 1 (12) Michael Waltrip, Owensboro, Ford, 120.444. 2 (44) Bobby Labonte, Corpus Christi, Texas, Chevrolet, 120.380. 3 (8) Kenny Wallace, St. Louis, Ford, 120.315.

(20) Jimmy Spencer, Berwick, Chevrolet, 120.176. 5 (74) Randy LaJoie, Norwalk, Chevrolet, 120.139. 6 (37) Mork Green, Owensboro, Chevrolet, 120.091. (23) Chad Little, Spokane, Pontiac, 119.947. 8 (95) David Green, Owensboro, Chevrolet, 119.867.

9 (98) Jeremy Mayfield, Owensboro, Ford, 119.787. 10 (60) Mark Martin, Batesville, Ford, 119.734. 11 (72) Mike Dillon, Welcome, N.C., 12 (3) Jeff Chevrolet, Green, 119.691. Owensboro, Chevrolet, 119.585. 13 (51) Jim Bown, Portland, Chevrolet, 119.543.

14 (34) Mike McLaughlin, Waterloo, N.Y., Chevrolet, 119.527. 15 (57) Jason Keller, Greenville, S.C., Chevrolet, 119.464. 16 (15) Tony Stewart, Rushville, Pontiac, 119.337. 17 (48) Randy Porter, Greenville, S.C., Ford, 119.295. 18 (6) Tommy Houston, Hickory, N.C., Ford, 119.237.

19 (1) Hermie Sadler, Emporia, Chevrolet, 119.216. 20 (29) Elliott Sadler, Emporia, Chevrolet, 119.216. 21 (43) Rodney Combs, Lost Creek, W.Va., Chevrolet, 119.137. 22 (22) Ward Burton, South Boston, Pontiac, 119.13 23 (00) Buckshot Jones, Monticello, Ford, 119.105. 24 (94) Ron Barfield Florence, S.C., Ford, 119.074.

25 (4) Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Chevrolet, 119.069. 26 (55) Bobby Dotter, Chicago, Chevrolet, 119.069. Dick Trickle, Wisconsin Rapids, Chevrolet, 118.848. 28 (63) Curtis Markham, Fredericksburg, Pontiac, 118.796. 29 (40) Tim Fedewa, Holt, Ford, 118.718.

30 (5) Terry Labonte, Corpus Christi, Texas, Chevrolet, 118.676. 31 (38) Elton Sawyer, Chesapeake, Ford, 118.645. 32 (96) Stevie Reeves, Speedway, Ford, 118.624.. 33 (28) Hut Stricklin, Calero, Ford, 118.577. 34 (73) Eddie Johnson, Ashland, Ford, 118.567.

35 (24) Mike Harmon, Birmingport, Chevrolet, 118.556. 36 (02) Michael Ritch, High Point, N.C., 118.530. 37 (81) Todd Bodine, Chemung, N.Y., Chevrolet, provisional. 38 (10) Phil Parsons, Detroit, Chevrolet, provisional. 39 (99) Glenn Allen, Cincinnati, Chevrolet, provisional.

40 (47) Jeff Fuller, Auburn, Chevrolet, provisional. 41 (92) Larry Pearson, Spartanburg, S.C., Ford, provisional. Bank of America 300 At Monterey, Calif. 1. (28) Bryan Herta, Dublin, Ohio, Reynard-Mercedes, 118.449.

2. (21) Mark Blundell, England, Reynard-Ford, 117.855. 3. (17) Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazil, Reynard Ford, 117.653. 4.

(12) Jimmy Vasser, Las Vegas, Reynard-Honda, 117.652. 5. (4) Alex Zanardi, Italy, ReynardHondo, 117.626. 6. (99) Greg Moore, Canada, Rey.

nard-Mercedes, 117.311. 7. (31) Andre Ribeiro, Brazil, LolaHonda, 117.208. 8. (11) Christian Fittipaldi, Brazil, Lola-Ford, 117.176.

9. (18) Bobby Rahal, New Albany, Ohio, Reynard-Mercedes, 117.133. 1 10. (20) Scott Pruett, Crystal Bay, Lola-Ford, 117.054. 11.

(6) Michael Andretti, Nazareth, 12. (49) Lola-Ford, Parker 116.853. g5 Johnstone, Redmond, Reynard 116.843. 13. (5) Robby Gordon, Orange, Reynard-Ford, 116.021.

14. (9) Jan Magnussen, Denmark, Penske 115.971. 15. (8) Gil de Ferran, Brazil, Reynard-Hondo, 115.934. 16.

(25) Max Papis, Italy, ReynardToyota, 115.902. 17. (16) Stefan Johansson, Sweden, Reynard-Mercedes, 115.787. 18. (10) Davy Jones, Glenbrook, Lola les, 115.732.

19. Al Unser Albuquerque, N.M., Penske-Mercedes, 115.617. 20. (32) Adrian Fernandez, Mexi-. co, Lola-Honda, 115.447.

21. ford, Raul Boesel, Brazil, Reynard-Ford, 114.909. 4 22. (34) Roberto Moreno, Brazil, Lola- Ford, 114.510. 23.

(22) Michel Jourdain Mexico, Lola- Ford, 113.838. 24. (44) Richie Hearn, Canyon Country, 1995 Reynard- Ford, 113.111. 25. (98) P.J.

Jones, Rolling Hills, Eagle-Toyota, 112.887. 26. (15) Scott Goodyear, Canada, Reynard-Ford, 112.787. 27. (19) Hiro Matsushita, Japan, Lola -Ford, (36) Juan 112.658.

Manuel Fangio I1, Ar29. Paul Tracy, Canada, gentina, Eagle 112.415. Penske-Mercedes, 106.764. Horse racing Sports Creek simulcast 12:45 Delaware Pk; 1:00 Belmont; 1:00 Turtway; 1:10 Pirlico; 1:15 Calder; 1:15 DRC; 2:00 Louisiana Dns; 2:05 Arlington; 6:45 Meadows; 7:00 Mohawk; 7:30 Garden State; 7:30 Hazel Pork; 7:30 Northfield; 7:30 Pocono; 7:35 Rosecroft; 8:30 Sportsmans. Drc results First race 4-5 Daly Quote (Guerrero A) 12.40 4.80 4.00 Karok (Mata F) 3.60 3.20 Slipery Myle (Judice 7.00 Perfecta 10-8 $49.00 Trifecta 10-8-5 $739.00 Second race 3-5 Chez Lynn (Mata F) 6.00 4.60 3.20 Thickett (Gonzalez L) 11.40 5.40 First To Dance (Guerrero A) 2.80 Perfecta 4-12 $107.40 Trifecta 4-12-8 $352.40 Daily Double 10-4 $43.40 Superfecta 4-12-8-7 $2497.00 Third race 1-5 Roll Or Wish (Mata F) 7.80 3.40 2.40 Miss Charlie Mac (Houghton TD) 3.60 2.40 Cordon Negro (Low S) 2.40 Perfecta 1-2 $23.40 Trifecta 1-2-4 $56.20 Fourth race Naked Nobility (Houghton TD) 15.60 9.00 4.80 Claim's She's Bold (Guerrero A) 7.40 5.80 Illajit (Mata F) 3.60 Perfecta 2-4 $110.40 Trifecta 2-4-3 $604.20 Fifth race 4-5 Captured Fury (Gonzalez L) 58.20 17.20 6.20 Falcon Flyer (Judice J) 7.80 4.20 Fujiyama (Houghton TD) 2.80 Perfecto 5-4 $243.80 Tri Super- First Half 5-4-3 $1081.60 Pic Three 1-2-5 $1181.20 Sixth race Shirano (Spieth S) 6.40 3.20 3.00 Dust Of Hope (Jessup T) 3.00 3.00 Hurricane Kay (Mata F) 9.60 Perfecto 10-6 $28.80 Trifecta 10-6-9 $428.40 TRI SUPER CARRYOVER $2163.00 Seventh race Bold Return (Gonzalez L) 20.40 6.20 4.40 Little Moose (Houghton TD) 3.40 40 2.60 Grand Thoughts (Spieth S) 3.80 Perfecto 4-3 $65.40 Trifecta 4-3-2 $338.60 7 Eighth race Match The Devil (Mata F) 28.80 10.80 3.00 Avie (Ferrer F) 4.40 2.40 Kita's Deputy A (Spieth S) 2.10 Perfecta 10-2 $103.40 Trifecta 10-2-1 $259.20 Ninth race 3-5 Run And Hit (Sayler B) 48.00 .00 16.20 9.00 Silky Huckelberry (Bruce E) 5,.40 4.60 Loft's Boldcourier (Guerrero A) Perfecta 4-8 5592.40.

12.20 Trifecta 4-8-5 $2302.60 Late Double 10-4 $947.00 Superfecta 4-8-5-6 $7890.30 Pic Three 4-10-4 $4767.70 Consolation Double 10-12 $24.40 1,802 Handle $466,085 Football National Football League National Conference Central LT Pct. PF PA Chicago 1 001.000 22. 6 Green Bay 001.000 34 Minnesota 001.000 17 13 DETROIT 0 10 .000 13 17 Tampa Bay 0 10 .000 3 34 East LT Pct. PF PA Philadelphia 1 001.000 17 14 Arizona 0 10 .000 13 20 Dallas 0 10 .000 6 22 N.Y. Giants 0 10 .000 20 23 Washington 0 10 .000 14 17 West LT Pct.

PF PA Carolina 1 001.000 29 6 St. Louis 001.000 26 16 San Francisco 1 001.000 27 11 Atlanta 0 10 .000 6 29 New Orleans 0 10 .000 11. 27 American Conference Central LT Pct. PF PA Baltimore 1 001.000 19 14 Jacksonville 1 001.000 24 9 Cincinnoti 0 10 .000 16 26 Houston 10 .000 19 20 Pittsburgh 0 10 .000 9 24 East LT Pct. PF PA Buffalo 1 001.000 23 20 Indianapolis 001.000 20 13 Miami 1 001.000.

24 10 New England 0 10 .000 10 24 N.Y. Jets 0 10 .000 6 31 West LT Pct. PF PA Denver 001.000 31 6 Kansas City 1 001.000 20 19 San Diego 001.000 29 7 Oakland 0 10 .000 14 19 Seattle 0 10 .000 7 29 Sunday's games Tampa Bay at DETROIT, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Washington, 1 Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at New York Jets, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m. New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 4 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 4 p.m. New York Giants at Dallas, 4 p.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 4 p.m.

Miami at Arizona, 8 p.m. Monday's game Philadelphia at Green Bay, 9 p.m. Odds By Michael Roxborough CIRCULAR REPORT: In the NFL, the Vikings- Falcons circle is for Minnesota Qb Moon (questionable). INJURY REPORT: In the NFL, Oakland Qb Hostetler is now listed as questionable; Dallas RB Smith is now probable. On the college board, USC Rb Washington has been suspended; San Diego State RB Jones and WR Caldwell have both been suspended.

BOXING REPORT: In the WBA heavyweight title fight on September 7 in Las Vegas, Nevoda, Mike Tyson is VS. Bruce Seldon ot $1400. Goes 1:30 of the 4th round is does not go 1:30 of the 4th round is NFL Sunday Favorite Pts OU Underdog LIONS 12 Bucs CHIEFS6 Raiders STEELERS Ravens FALCONS 46 Vikings BILLS Patriots Colts 37 JETS Bears PK 43 REDSKINS SAINTS 3 40 Panthers JAGUARS 38 Oilers COWBOYS 10 Giants 49ERS 44 SEA Rams Brncos 2 SEAHWKS CHARGERS 41 Bengals Dolphins 39 CARDS PACKERS 8 a Eagles Monday College Football Favorite Points Underdog. Saturday NEBRASKA 30 Michigan St Ga Tech NC STATE OHIO ST 27 Rice IOWA Arizona d-Texas Tech 14 Oklahoma St b-ALABAMA 10 So Miss ARKANSAS 13 Smu Usc 3 ILLINOIS FLORIDA ST Duke PENN Louisville OKLAHOMA 9 Tcu CINCINNATI Kentucky California 24 SAN JOSE ST Wash St 10 TEMPLE Navy 2 RUTGERS SYRACUSE 3 Carolina AUBURN Fresno St STANFORD Utah Wyoming 5 IOWA ST N'western WAKE FOREST TENNESSEE 19 Ucla LSU 23 Houston Miss St MEMPHIS Minnesota 12 NE LOUISIANA Colorado 17 COLORADO ST ARIZONA ST 3 Washington Air Force 30 UNLV VIRGINIA 26 Michigan VIRGINIA 26 Michigan WISCONSIN 24 Michigan Miomi-Ohio BALL ST OREGON 19 Nev-Reno TEXAS 39 New Mexico St Va Tech 39 AKRON Indiana PK TOLEDO PITTSBURGH 30 Kent s-Baylor 20 LA TECH SAN DIEGO ST 13 Idaho HAWAII Ohio d-Dollas b- Birmingham s-Shreveport Boxing Tyson K.O. 1-9 Tyson by decision 3-1 Seldon by K.O.

20-1 Seldon decision 22-1 12 round draw 100-1 Horse racing Odds to win the Breeders' Cup Cigar 3-2 Geri 10-1 Wekiva Springs. 12-1 Dare and 15-1 Smart Strike 18-1 Louis 20-1 Will's 20-1 Peaks and 25-1 25-1 L'Carriere 25-1 30-1 Mahogany Hall 40-1 Editor's 40-1 Helmsman 40-1 Victory Speech 50-1 For the latest odds direct from Las Vegas, call 1-900-329-ROXY (7699). Updated daily at noon and 6 p.m. EST. Cost $.99 per minute.

Transactions Baseball Major League Baseball ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Named Ed Durkin pro scouting coor. dinator. American League CALIFORNIA ANGELS Claimed INF Robert Eenhorn on waivers from Yankees. NEW YORK YANKEES Activated RHP John Wetteland from the 15-day disabled list. TORONTO BLUE JAYS -Activated RHP Tim Crabtree from the 15-day disabled list.

Basketball National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS- Signed Nate Driggers. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Signed 'C Shawnelle Scott. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES Signed Stojko Vrankovic to a threecontract. Women's National Basketball Association WNBA Named Renee Brown director of player personnel and Kelly Krauskopf director of basketball operations, effective Oct. 1.

International Basketball Association IBA Named Lynn A. Hesson director of marketing. Football National Football League HOUSTON OILERS Placed LB AI Smith on injured reserve. Signed DE James Roberson. Canadian Football League HAMILTON TIGER- CATS Signed SB Rob Crifo, DB Jeff Horton and WR Chris Jones.

Hockey National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS -Re-signed RW Steve Heinze to a one- year contract. NEW YORK ISLANDERS -Agreed to terms with Scott Lachance, LW Ken Belanger, LW Chris Morinucci, RW Dan Plante, Derek Armstrong and Chris Taylor. NEW YORK RANGERS Signed RW Pat Flatley." PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Signed Dian Moran. Colonial Hockey League DAYTON ICE BANDITS Signed Chad Holloway. PORT HURON BORDER CATS -Announced the resignation of John Blum, associate coach, to become coach and general manager of Saginaw.

Western Hockey League CALGARY HITMEN Announced the resignation of Graham James, coach and general manager. College BENTLEY Named Paul Mayberry, John Rogaris and Philip Miller assistant footboll coaches. EAST STROUDSBURG Named Doug Kraft men's assistant basketball coach. GANNON Named Chris Jones baseball coach. ST.

JOSEPH'S, PA. Announced the resignation of Julie Scherbenske, women's assistant basketball coach. Named Amy Mallon women's assistant basketball coach, Don D'Ambra men's assistant soccer coach, Krissy Holak assistant field hockey coach and Jock Stanczak assistant baseball coach. URSINUS Named Mary A. Wilson women's assistant soccer coach.

Almanac Sept. 8 1957 Australia's Malcolm Anderson defeats countryman Ashley' Cooper in the three sets to win the U.S. Open. Althea Gibson beats Louise Brough, becoming the first black to win the U.S. Open.

1963 Rafael Osuna beats Frank Froehling in three sets to win the men's singles title in the U.S. Lown Tennis Association championships. Brazil's Maria Bueno wins the women's title in two sets over Nancy Richey. 1968 Virginia Wade wins the women's title in the U.S. Open by upsetting Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-4.

1969 Australia Rod Laver wins the U.S. Open and the grand slam of tennis for the second time in his career with a four -set victory over Tony Roche. 1973 Australia's Margaret Smith Court wins the U.S. Open women's singles title for the fifth time with a three-set victory over Evonne Goolagong. 1974 Billie Jeon King wins her fourth women's title in the U.S.

Open with a three -set triumph over Evonne Goolagong. 1979 At 16, Tracy Austin becomes the youngest to win the U.S. Open as she upsets Chris Evert Lloyd 6-4, 6-3. 1985 Czechoslovakia's Ivan Lendl becomes the first right-handed player to win the U.S.. Open men's title in 11 years with a three-set sweep over John McEnroe.

Television AUTO RACING 2:00 (TNN) NASCAR Grand National North Pennzoil 150 and NASCAR Pennzoil Modified 40. 7:30 ESPID NASCAR Winston Cup Miller Genuine Draft 400. BASEBALL 1:00 2 66 Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians or Chicago Cub's at Philadelphia Phillies. 7:00 50 Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles. 7:00 (WGN) Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox.

7:05 (TBS) New York Mets at Atlanta Braves. FOOTBALL Noon 7 12 Michigan State at Nebraska. 12:30 ESPN Arizona at lowa. 12:30 ESPN2) Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin. 12:30 PASS Southern Mississippi at Alabama.

1:00 CFL: B.C. Lions at Montreal Alouettes. 3:30 07 12 Southern California at Illinois. 3:30 PASS) Kentucky at Cincinnati. 6:00 (ESPN2) North Carolina at Syracuse.

7:00 PASS) Clemson at Missouri. 8:00 5 6 UCLA at Tennessee. 9:00 (ESPN2) Colorado at Colorado State. 10:15 PASS) Washington at Arizona State. GOLF 4:00 (ESPN Canadian Open, third round.

HOCKEY 8:00 World Cup semifinals: Sweden vs. Canada. HORSE RACING 4:00 9 Equestrian Nations' Cup. TENNIS 11:00 5 6 U.S. Open Men's Semifinals and Women's Doubles Final.

5:00 5 6 U.S. Open Men's Semifinals and Women's Doubles Final. Noon WKNX (1210-AM), WTRX (1330-AM) FOOTBALL: Michigan State at Nebraska. 7:00 WJR (760-AM), WFDF (910-AM) BASEBALL: Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles. AP Gregg Loudon stands in front of the three trucks he races at Auto City Speedway.

Millington man hauls 'em, drives 'em at Auto City By Phil Pierson JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER Gregg Loudon has added a new twist to employer-employee relations. He takes his workers racing. Not to watch, but to compete. Every Saturday night since the middle of the summer, Loudon and some of his staff have been at Auto City racing pickup trucks. "Trucks have always been a hobby of mine," Loudon said.

"When I heard they were racing trucks there I went down there on a Thursday, got a copy of the rules and came back with a truck on Saturday night." Loudon, 33, owns two businesses in Millington, Loudon Steel and Loudon Steel Transportation. Since making his own debut, Loudon has built two more trucks which he makes available to his 4r employees. He hauls all three to the track on a semi Then it's every driver for himself, racing in the thunder truck division. The thunder trucks were added to the Auto City program this season to complement the factory stock class as an inexpensive opportunity to race. From an opening night when only three trucks participated, the class has grown to 20 drivers on the registration list.

A second heat race has been added to the schedule in recent weeks and last Saturday night's season championship feature had a starting field of 11, including three generations of Loudons. The Loudon family entry consisted of Gregg, his father, Gerald, and a nephew Gibb, a senior and a member of the Millington High footbll team. Gregg raced motorcycles and snowmobiles as a youngster, but didn't have the time to continue competing after graduating from Millington in 1981. "I knew I'd get hooked on it once I started and I was too busy building a business," Loudon said. His first night at Auto City lit the racing fires again.

"I love it, it's the biggest thrill I've ever had," "I love it, it's the biggest thrill Fran playing havoc at 1p Richmond THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Richmond, Va. NASCAR and track officials still plan to hold the Miller 400 at Richmond International Raceway tonight after drivers get only one chance to earn a spot in the field. Heavy overnight rain that 'caused widespread power outages forced the postponement of Friday's first-round qualifying. The drivers' only chance to make the field will come today when all positions will be set. Officials also canceled Friday afternoon's second round of qualifying for the Autolite Platinum 250 scheduled for Friday night and pushed that Busch Grand National race back to a 1 p.m.

start on Sunday. "You still have a lot of businesses, homes'and two hospitals that need power, and we've still got a day to play with," spokesman Kevin Triplett said. "After you threw everything into the pot, it became a fairly easy decision." The midday decision came after NASCAR and track officials consulted with state and local emergency service personnel monitoring Tropical Storm Fran. More than 90,000 fans are expected for the Miller 400. At noon Friday, the street lights on major Loudon said.

"I'd recommend it to The weekly ventures have improved his racing skills. Loudon climbed to third on the season point standings, has finished second in two feature races, third three times and fourth once. Loudon and his other drivers race to win, but the most important thing is to have fun. Any prize money that is earned is donated to Toys for Tots, a favorite charity of Loudon's fiancee Patti Vowieller. "Since I'm not doing this for the money, I'decided all the winnings should go to them," Loudon said.

The donations total about $1,200 so far this season. 4 More can be expected in 1997 because Loudon plans to have all three trucks racing for the full "We're running out of time this season to get everybody in there who wants to race," Loudon said. "Some of my employees have already said they've purchased their own trucks for next season because we didn't have enough open seats." Only two more racing nights remain on the Auto City schedule. Tonight's program will conclude the season on the AC-Delco Performance Series in the pro stock, factory stock and truck divisions while also offering regular racing in the late model division. The Performance Series championship for late models will be decided next Saturday night when the season finale will also conclude the points race on the Auto Value SOD sprint car series.Kris Henderson and Vonnie Prim, the winners of the regular season championships in the pro stock and factory stock divisions, respectively, also are atop the AC series standings.

Henderson has a 20-point lead over Tony Brabbs and Prim leads by 22 points over Don Hazel. Wayne Warren is in second place in the truck division, but will overtake Darren Burton as the leader tonight because the latter has been suspended from Auto City competition. A Richmond International Raceway INASCARI Richmond International Raceway has hosted the NASCAR Winston Cup Series since 1953. It offers fans a unique blend of short-track intimacy and superspeedway style racing. RIR RICHMOND Banking- INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Straights: Corners: Pit road START FINISH MILLER 400 Richmond TRACK LENGTH: .750 miles International RACE LENGTH: 400 laps, 300 miles Raceway DEFENDING CHAMP: Rusty Wallace RACE RECORD: Davey Allison, VA.

107.709 mph, 1993 Richmond QUALIFYING RECORD: Jeff Gordon, 124.757 mph, 1995 roads surrounding the track were still dark and power in the area was still out. Track offices were operating off a generator. "The demands are such that they had to put their demands somewhere else before they bring us up to speed," track spokesman Kenneth Campbell said. "There's a lot to getting the people in here and getting them in here safely. And we want to clean it up and have it ready for the Campbell said the track sustained no damage from the two inches of rain and high winds that began in Richmond late Thursday night.

The weather shortened the Fas Mart Truck Shootout to 124 of 200 laps on Thursday night. Virginia Power reported 360,000 outages in the state, the worst in its history. On the track, the decision to do away with the second round of qualifying for the Busch event left defending race champion Dale Jarrett out of the field. Customer dress code in effect ALL The NEW! Cocktails Lace (Topless Entertainment Sorry Photo Not Available 2341 S. Dort OPEN DURING DAILY SPECIAL SUNDAY MON-SAT: EVENTS NOON-2AM Feature MONDAY NIGHT Final Daws Wells" PITCHER SPECIALS ALL NIGHT.

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