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Suns re-sign
Chapman, Williams,
Llamas
The Phoenix Suns re-signed
their second, th ird and fourth free
agents Tuesday, as guard Rex
Chapman, forw ard/center John
Peninsula
all-stars
H ot Rod” W illia m s and center
H oracio Llam as all agreed to
one-year contracts. Chapman av­
eraged 13.8 points and 2.8 as­
sists in 65 games last season, but
exploded du rin g the p la yo ffs fo r
The Peninsula minor league all­
stars pose for a picture before
going on to 28-7 victory Monday
night in a first round game
against Kenton at a Little
League tournament in
Scappoose.
(Photo by Michael Leighton)
24.2 p o in ts in fiv e contests.
W illia m s has spent the last tw o
years w ith the Suns after p laying
his first nine seasons w ith the
Cleveland Cavaliers. Llamas, the
firs t M e x ic a n -b o rn p la y e r in
N B A h is to ry , was o rig in a lly
signed to a 10-day contract on
February 20th from Sioux Falls
o f the C B A
Sampress wins 4th
Wimbledon title
T op seed Pete Sampras o f the
U nited States captured his fourth
W im bledon title in the last fiv e
years, s to rm in g past unseeded
Frenchman C edric P ioline, 6-4,
6-2, 6-4 today in the final o f the
Tiger
Woods
back on
top
$9.62 m illio n tournam ent at the
A II-E n g la n d C lu b .
T h e 2 5 - y e a r - o ld S a m p ra s
needed ju s t one hour and 34 m in ­
utes to earn his 1 Oth career Grand
Slam title , w hich ties B ill T ild e n
fo r fourth on the a ll-tim e list. Fie
picked up $667,250 fo r his sec­
ond Grand Slam title o f the year,
h a vingw on the Australian Open in
January.
Sampras, becomes the seventh
Zealand. Woods leads the PGA Tour
T ig e r W oods, fresh from a week
away from g o lf, had three birdies
over a fo u r-h o le stretch on the back
nine today to claim his fourth v ic ­
w ith fo u r w ins and padded his lead
a to p th e
m oney
lis t w ith
the
$360,000 first prize.
Justin Leonard, tied w ith Woods
and Loren Roberts after Saturday's
to ry o f the year, a three-shot w in at
the $2 m illio n Western Open in
67.
It was another stroke back to Jim
Furyk, w ho matched Leonard's 72.
Woods broke a three-way tie w ith
Low ery and Leonard w ith a birdie on
the par-3 12th hole
B irdies at the 14th and 15th holes
Lem ont, Illin o is .
W oods began the day in a three-
way tie fo r the lead, but fire d a 4-
under-par 68 fo r a fo u r-ro u n d total
th ird round, never got untracked and
his even-par 72 left him tied for
th ird w ith Steve Low ery and J e ff
S lu m a n a t9 -u n d e r2 7 9 . Low ery had
helped N o b ilo catch Woods at 11-
under b e fore W oods d u p lic a te d
N o b ilo ’ s feat w ith back-to-back b ird ­
o f 13-under 275 that was three shots
a I-u n d e r 71, w h ile Sluman recov­
ered from a th ird -ro u n d 74 w ith a
ies to open a tw o-shot lead.
“ T w e lv e w a s p r e t t y
better than Frank N o b ilo o f New
W o o d s sa id . " A f t e r m is s in g an
o p p o r tu n ity on I I and b o g e y -
in g 10, I needed s o m e th in g
p o s itiv e to get me sta rte d on
the b a ck n in e .”
N o b ilo bogeyed the 18th, g iv ­
ing Woods a three-shot m argin
“ I b irdied 14 and 15, so did he."
N o b ilo said. “ He seems to birdie
the holes he needs to. T iger, when
he’ s in p o sitio n, he doesn’ t go
b ig ,”
backwards.”
male to w in W im bledon at least
fo u r times.
State Games of Oregon open Friday
Johansson falls,
Larsson advances
T he S tate G am es o f O re g o n , a
m u lt i- s p o r t f e s t iv a l, o ff e r s a
v a rie ty o f sp o rts fo r a th le te s o f
T o p -s e e d e d
Thom as
Johansson was an upset v ic tim to
a fe llo w Swede, q u a lifie r Marcus
S a rs tra n d , w h ile th ir d seed
a ll ages and a b ilit y le v e ls . Team
and in d iv id u a l s p o rts w il l be o f ­
fe r e d . M e d a ls a re g e n e r a lly
a w a rd e d fo r f ir s t , se c o n d and
th ir d p la ce fin is h e rs in the fin a l
Magnus Larsson won in straight
sets today to advance to the sec­
ond round o f the $303,000 Swed­
ish Open in Bastad.
The 1 8 -ye a r-o ld Sarstrand.
c o m p e titio n .
K ic k o f f a c tiv itie s b e g in at
n o o n on F rid a y , J u ly I I at the
p la yin g his first-ever A T P l o u r
event, knocked o f f Johansson, 6-
T u a la tin H ills A t h le t ic C e n te r
in B e a v e rto n and in c lu d e : P acket
P ic k -u p fo r p re -re g is te re d a th ­
letes, a H e a lth and F itn e s s F a ir,
4, 3-6, 6-2. Sarstrand w ill next
m eet
c o u n try m a n
P a trik
Fredriksson
Tyson title yanked
lengers,” Sarm iento said.
Tyson, w ho un til the ill-fa te d title
fig h t occupied the num ber one chal­
said Tuesday.
The decision to remove Tyson from
the July 28 rankings followed the Ne­
vada State Boxing Commission's deci­
sion to suspend the former world title
holder and withhold his $30 m illion
purse pending a final ruling on the case,
W B A c o m m itte e m em ber Israel
Sarmiento told Reuters.
" O u r g u id e lin e s in d ic a te that
w h ile a boxer is suspended he is
m ile s ) and
O p e n in g C e re m o n ie s .
O p e n in g C e re m o n ie s b e g in at
7 pm and w il l c lo s e w ith the
V o lu n te e r s are n e e d e d f o r
S tate G am es o f O re g o n . Each
v o lu n te e r w il l re c e iv e a fre e t-
s h irt. S p o n so rs in c lu d e G ra n d
lig h t in g o f the to rc h .
S a tu rd a y m o rn in g the c o m p e ­
P a tro n : N IK E , G o ld Patron Pa­
c if ic P o w e r, K O IN C h a n n e l 6,
titio n s w i l l b e g in at v a rio u s v e n ­
ues th ro u g h o u t the P o rtla n d M e t­
r o p o lita n area. C o m p e titio n w ill
c o n t in u e
th ro u g h
Sunday
and S a fe w a y.
State Games o f Oregon is another
e v e n in g .
E n try fo rm s are a v a ila b le in
N a u tilu s P lus F itn e ss C e n te rs,
area s p o rtin g g o o d sto re s and
S a fe w a y S to re s.
program o f the Oregon Amateur Sports
Foundation, Inc., a program participant
o f the United States Olympic Commit­
tee.
F o r a d d itio n a l
in fo r m a tio n
c o n ta c t S tate G am es o f O re g o n
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rem oved from the list o f title chal­
The W orld B o x in g A ssociation
has strip p e d h e a v y w e ig h t M ik e
Tyson o f his ranking fo llo w in g the
notorious e a r-biting incident w ith
Evander H o ly fie ld , a W B A o ffic ia l
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le n g e r s p o t b e h in d c h a m p io n
H o ly fie ld , could be re-assigned a
ranking after com pleting any sus­
pension handed down by Nevada
com m ission, w hich is expected to
render a fin a l ru lin g on Wednesday.
“ Tyson is Tyson and his ranking w ill
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