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BRIEFS
SAMPRAS TOPS CHANG, GRAF DEFEATS SELES IN N.S. OPEN
New $40 million
stadium project
The Bengals will be playing
football in Cincinnati well into
the 2 1 st century, agreeing to con­
tribute more than $40 million to a
p ro je c t u n v e ile d to d ay by
Hamilton County officials
The agreement ended intense
negotiations over the last six
months, a period that saw Bengals
owner Mike Brown suggest mov­
ing the team to several new loca­
tions, including Baltimore and
Los Angeles.
Raptors sign
Marcus Camby
Marcus Camby, the second
overall pick in the NBA draft,
officially became a member o f
the Toronto Raptors today with
the pressure o f bringing a second
straight Rookie o f the Y ear award
noith o f the border.
Red Sox C Stanley
out for year
Top seed and defending champi­
on Tele Sampras blasted his way
past second seeded fellow Ameri­
can Michael Chang in straight sets
today to win the U.S. Open Tennis
Championship for the fourth time
and retain his number one world
ranking.
Sampras needed less than two
hours to defeat Chang, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6
(7-3), in the 19th and final men’s
championship match to be played at
Louis Armstrong Stadium at the Na­
tional Tennis Center in New York.
Earlier, top seed and defending
champion Steffi Graf of Germany
won her fifth U.S. Open tennis cham­
pionship, outslugging second seed
Monica Seles of the United States, 7-
5, 6-4 in a battle between the top two
world’s women players.
G raf captured her 21st career
Grand Slam singles title and her 10 1 st
career title as she improved her record
this year to 45-3, including a 15-1
record on hard courts. Seles, a nine­
The Boston Red Sox lost a
major part o f their wild-card push
today as catcher Mike Stanley
was diagnosed with a herniated
disk in his neck and will undergo
surgery, ending his season.
But they may gain slugger Jose
Canseco, who today took batting
practice in hopes o f returning for
the American I.eague pennant
race. Canseco, out since late July
with back problems, said he would
m eet w ith m a n a g e r K evin
Kennedy and general manager
Dan Duquette to set up a timeta­
ble for his return.
point," said Sampras.
Sampras had 13 aces, seven of
them in the opening set, 46 winners
and 23 unforced errors.
Chang managed 11 aces but had
only 34 winners overall and 18 un­
forced errors.
Graf broke in the opening game of
the second set and Seles could never
battle back. Graf went up 40-0 in the
final game, surrendered one point
and won it on her second match point
opportunity.
“I saved the best for last,” said
Graf. “I served and played incredi­
bly well and I made few unforced
errors. I think I played my best
today.’’
“I started to take more time. I was
really nervous at the start of the sec­
ond set and I wanted to calm down
and be ready for every point, concen­
trate where I wanted to hit it, and I did
that really well.”
Seles said Graf simply outplayed
her.
ONE SHOT VICTORY SENDS HART TO WIN PGA OPEN
Dudley Hart picked up his first
career PGA Tour victory with a
one-shot victory today at the weath­
er-shortened $1.5 million Canadi­
an Open at the Glen Abbey G olf
Club in Oakville, Ontario.
Hart, who was a four-time All-
America at the University of Florida,
fired a final-round 2-under par 70 to
finish at 14-under 202.
Hart, who earned $270,(XX) for
the victory, posted his second top-10
finish of the year in only his ninth
tournament. He is the 1 Oth first-time
winner on the Tour this season.
David Duval carded a 3-under 69
Jason Bere to
undergo elbow
surgery
Less than a week after making
his first appearance in almost four
months, Chicago White Sox right­
hander Jason Bere will undergo
season-ending surgery on his right
elbow, the club announced to­
day.
HOOP IT UP 96
The Hoop-lt-Up World Tour—
the official 3-on-3 street basket­
ball tournam ent of the N BA —
comes to Tom McCall Waterfront
Park in Portland on Saturday, Sep­
tember 21 and Sunday 22.
Entry fee is $92 per team ($ 108/
Top Gun competition).
Each team is guaranteed at least
three games, and proceeds benefit
Portland Parks and Recreation.
Basketball-themed contests and
special events, including the new
Gatorade’s Michael Jordan Expe­
rience, are open to players and
spectators alike.
For more information, call the
local Hoop-lt-Up hotline at (503)
460-3946.
Spectator admission is free.
Boris Becker retires
with achy wrist
Boris Becker o f Germany,
sidelined for 11 weeks, was forced
to retire from his first-round match
today at the $467,860 Romanian
Open in Bucharest when he ag­
gravated his injured right wrist.
Becker, who entered the tour­
nament as a wild card, was play­
ing his first tournament since he
strained his right wrist in a third-
round match at Wimbledon.
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time Grand Slam champion, is now
37-5, with a 19-2 record on hard
courts.
Sampras, who takes home home
first prize money of $600,000, won
his eighth overall Grand Slam cham­
pionship.
He also won a Grand Slam title for
the fourth consecutive year. Sampras,
who had won two Grand Slams in
each of the past three years, had been
shut out this year.
“This definitely saved my year,”
said Sampras. “The first two sets —
I played about as well as I could. I got
off to a great start, set the tone. It
wasn’t a bad year, but this will defi­
nitely make the rest of the ’96 season
very enjoyable to play.”
Sampras said he thought of his
former coach, Tim Gullikson, when
the match ended. Gullikson died
earlier this year at the age of 44 of
brain cancer.
“Mike is such a good competitor
that I never felt I had him until match
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to finish at 13-undcr for his sixth top-
10 finish this year.
Hart entered the final hole one
shot ahead of Duval, who had com­
pleted his round with a three-foot
birdie putt on the par-5, 508-yard
18th hole. Hart two-putted to within
25 feet of the cup and sank a three-
foot par putt to preserve the victory.
Hart had a bogey-free round, with
birdies on the eighth and 16th holes.
“On 18,1 knew David (Duval) had
birdied, so I didn’t want to do any­
thing stupid,” said Hart. “I knew par
would win. Once I had the lead, it
didn’t affect me. 1 don’t know why.
I was able to just stick with picking
my targets and staying within my­
self."
Duval birdied four holes, all from
within 12 feet, and bogeyed the par-
5, 529-yard 13th hole.
“I played well and I hit it where I
wanted to,” said Duval, who also
finished second at the Memorial in
June. “I just didn’t make as many
putts as I needed to. On 18,1 felt like
I had to make eagle to have a chance.
It’s a hard hole to eagle but not to
par.”
Michael Bradley, who started the
day five shots back, carded a 72 to
finish in sole possession of sixth place
at 10-under.
The tournament was reduced to
54 holes for the first time in its histo­
ry after Hurricane Fran forced the
cancellation of the third round.
Twenty-year-old Tiger Woods,
playing his second tournament as a
professional, carded a 68 to finish six
shots off the pace at 8-under 208. He
earned $37,500.
Mark O ’M eara, the defending
champion, shot a final-round 72 to
finish at 5-under 211.
ALBERTO COSTA ADVANCES
Top seed Alberto Costa o f Spain cruised past Michael Geserer o f
Germany, 6-0,6-3, in opening-round action today at the inaugural $369,3 70
Bourne-mouth Open in England.
Costa, a claycourt specialist, is coming off a first-round defeat at the
U.S. Open, a hardcourt surface.
He is currently ranked 15th in the world after capturing titles at the Swiss
Open in July and in San Marino, Italy in August, defeating Spaniard Felix
Mantilla in the final.
GYMNASTICS CHAMPS COMIHG
The conclusion o f the 1996 Sum­
mer Olympics in Atlanta marks the
beginning o f the John Hancock
1996 Tour o f World Gymnastics
Champions fo r the rest o f America.
A 30-city arena tour starring Amer­
ican and World Olympic team gym­
nasts in two-hour live exhibition per­
formances will lake place and in­
clude a November 9th show at 7pm at
the Rose Garden.
A cast starring 15 of the world's
greatest Olympic gymnasts includ­
ing: Dominiques Dawes, Shannon
Miller, Dominique Moceanu, John
Roethlisberger, Kurt Thomas, Kirn
Zemeskal, Jaycie Phelps, Amanda
Borden, Kerri Strug, and others, will
perform on the tour.
Men's activities will include the
high bar, parallel bars, still rings, the
floor exercise and the pommel horse.
Women’s disciplines will include
the floor exercise, uneven parallel
bars and the balance beam.
In addition, Rhythmic Gymnas­
tics will also be performed.
Shannon Miller is the most deco­
rated American gymnast, winning
more O lym pic (five) and W orld
Champion (nine) medals than any
other American gymnast, male or fe­
male, in history. Shannon is the cur­
rent U.S. national champion.
Dominique Moceanu, at 14 years
old, is the 1995 national champion.
Dominique Dawes is a four-time
World Championship Team Mem­
ber, a 1992 Olympian and the 1994
U.S. national champion.
John Roethlisberger has won four
All-Around national championship
titles, is a three-time NCAA champi­
on and was named “Athlete of the
Year” in 1990, 1992, 1993,1994, and
1995 by his teammates.
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November 9th performance at the
Rose Garden at 7 pm. Tickets are
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"I think her record speaks for it­
self — she is a great player. She is
constantly winning Grand Slam tour­
naments She is still very young, so
she has a lot more in her. She is a
great player and a great athlete. When
you have that combination, it is tough
to play against anybody like that."
Seles feels Graf has proven over
the last year that she is the dominant
player in the world.
“Steffi is clearly number one,”
said Seles. “Everybody can see that.
She has won three Grand Slams. I
think who does well in the Grand
Slams — those tournaments, in my
mind at least, determine who is the
number one player. And this year, I
think it clearly has been Steffi.”
Graf and Seles staged a memora­
ble three-set final last year, with Graf
emerging as the winner. Today's
meeting was the first between the
two since las, year’s final.
Graf is now 8-4 lifetime against
Seles, with Graf winning three of the
last five matches.
Eight of their 12 matches have
been in Grand Slam events, with
Graf holding a 5-3 edge They have
met six times in Grand Slam finals,
with both taking three titles.
Sampras and Chang have meet 18
times as professionals, with Sampras
now holding an 11-7 edge
Sampras has been dominant in
recent meetings, winning nine of the
last II) matches.
Earlier, Chang crushed 1995 fi­
nalist Andre Agassi of the United
States in straight sets.
Today’s final marked the first re­
peat of finalists in the U.S. Open
since 1983-84, w hen M artina
Navratilova defeated Chris Evert in
consecutive years.
It was also the I Oth consecutive
U.S. Open final in which either Graf
or Seles has been involved.
The last time neither was in the
final was in 1986 when Navratilova
defeated Helena Sukova.
NBA S NEW 96 97
SEASON SCHEDULE
Oct 4-ltaining camps open.
Oct 10-28-Exhibition s e *
son.
Oct 31-Opening day rasters
set
Nov. 1-Start of 1996-97 sea-
son.
Jan. 10-AII player con-
tracts guaranteed for full
season; 10-day contracts
may be signed.
Feb. 7-9-A II-S tar W eek-
end, Cleveland.
Feb. 20-Ttading deadline.
April 20-Regular season
ends.
April 21-Playoff rosters set
by 3 p.m. EOT.
April 24-Playoffs begin.
May 18- Draft lottery.
Juie 25- NBA draft, Char-
lotte, N.C.
TOP 20 NBA PLAYER CONTRACTS
Approximate three-year con-
tract values fo r 1996 first-round
draft choices, based on the rookie
salary scale (x-signed, y-rights re-
n ou need, signed as a free agent by
T.A. Takers.):
1. Allen Iverson, Philadelphia,
$9.3 million.
2. M arcus C ainby, Toronto,
$8.4 million.
3. x -S h a re e f A b d u r-R a h im .
Vancouver, $7.5 million.
4. x-Stephon M arb u ry , Minne-
sota, $6.8 million
5. x-Ray Allen, M ilw aukee,
$6.1 million.
6. x-Antoinc W alker, Boston,
$5.6 million.
7. x-L orenzen W rig h t, L A.
Clippers, $5.1 million.
8. x-K erry Kittles, New Jersey,
$4.6 million
9. x-Sam aki W alker, Dallas,
$4.3 million.
10. x-E rick D am pier, Indiana,
$4 million
1 l.x-T odd Fuller. Golden State,
$3.8 million
12. x-Vitaly Potapenko, Cleve-
land, $3.6 million
13. x-K obe B ryant, C harlotte,
$3.5 million.
14. P red rag Stojakovic, Sacra-
mento, $3.3 million.
15. x-Steve Nash. Phoenix, $3.1
million
16. x-Tony Delk, Charlotte, $3
million.
17. x-Jerm aine O ’Neal, Port-
land, $2.8 million.
18. x-John W allace, New York,
$2.7 million.
19. x-W alter M cC arty, New
York, $2.6 million.
20. x -Z y d ru n a s llg a u s k a s ,
Cleveland, $2.5 million.
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September 30.
Join in the fall fu n -a perfect op­
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splendor—and benefit the City of
Hope National Medical Center and
Beckman Research Institute.
The outing is sponsored by City of
Hope’s Pacific Northwest Food In­
dustries Circle Executive Commit­
tee. To register, call City of Hope at
206/646-9530.
There are three entry level fees
available:
-E n try Fee, $300: includes 18
holes of golf, a shared cart, lunch, a
tee prize and two tickets to dinner
and the live and silent auctions.
-Tee Sponsorship Fee. $850: in­
cludes 18 hole of golf for two, a cart,
a tec sign, special recognition, a half
page ad in the Harvest Ball Journal,
lunch, tee prize and four tickets to
dinner and the live and silent auc­
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-M ajor Sponsor Fee, $1850: in­
cludes 18 holes of golf for four, carts,
tee sign, special recognition, a full
page ad in the Harvest Ball Journal,
tee prizes and eight tickets to dinner
and the live and silent auctions.
There will also be contests, in­
cluding a longest drive and closest to
the pin contest, with wonderful priz­
es awarded from local vendors. A
goll clinic begins at 11:15 am, fol­
lowed by a noon lunch The shotgun
start takes place at 1:45 pm and the
evening of dinner and auctions kicks
off at 7 pm.
The City of Hope National Medi­
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Institute, is renowned for its treat­
ment and research to combat leuke­
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the country, City of Hope physicians
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