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P age J uly B2 Jays’ Beeston to step down Paul Beeston will step down as president and ch ief executive officer o f the Toronto Blue Jays, clearing the way for his long- awaited appointment as a key executive for M ajor League Baseball Beeston will resign his post with the Blue Jays and take over as baseball’s chief operating of ficer, a position that puts him in charge o f the business side o f basebal I. In his new role, Beeston will oversee all departments o f baseball except the American and N a tio n a l L eag u es. An ow ner’s search committee sup posedly has been working on finding a new commissioner. Milwaukee DA to review Mark Whiten case T he M ilw a u k e e d is tric t attorney’s office is expected to decide whether to charge New York Yankees outfielder Mark W hiten w ith se c o n d -d e g re e sexual assault. A ccording to Lt. Jerianne Feteinofthe Milwaukee County S h e riffs Department, the 30- year-old W hiten, whose wife gave birth last week, was ar rested Monday and later posted $10,000 bail on the sexual as sault charge, a felony. The Milwaukee Journal Sen tinel, citing a unidentified police source, said that Whiten "adm it ted having what he called con sensual sexual relations with the woman.” The source added that "probable cause was establ¡shed” to arrest Whiten. Report: Fraud John Spano, whose attempt to purchase the New York Island ers turned into an em barrass ment for the team and the Na tional Hockey League, report edly is being sought by federal agents on fraud charges. Newsday reported that fed eral agents visited Spano’s man sion in a Dallas suburb on M on day with a sealed arrest warrant, but were unable to tlnd him C iting u n id en tified so u rces, Newsday said the charges claim that Spano used fra u d u le n t claims to obtain an $80 million loan from Fleet Bank in Boston that he used to purchase the team Agassi at Infiniti Open American Andre Agassi again tries to get his career back on track tonight at the $303,000 Infiniti Open at Los Angeles. Agassi has won just six o f 13 matches in 1997 and did not participate in any o f this year's Grand Slam tournaments. He missed the Australian Open while taking a two-month sabbatical from tennis and with drew from the French Open and Wimbledon, citing a wrist ail ment Agassi will play country m an Ju stin G im e lsto b A ustralia's Mark Philippoussis. the third seed, will try to im prove on his 31-9 match record in 1997 when he faces Roberto Jabali o f Brazil. P ortland O bserver LEONARD WINS, WOODS HAS COMPANY AT TOP British Open winner is third major golf champion under age 30 this year Justin Leonard’s British Open vic tory was just another indication o f the changing o f the guard in golf. Leonard, 25, became the third majorchampionship w innerthisyear underage 30, joining Masters cham pion Tiger Woods, 2 1, and 27-year- old U S. Open winner Ernie Els. And the trend went deeper. Darren Clarke, Jim Furyk, Padraig H arrington, R etief G oosen, Lee Westwood, Robert Allenby - all in their 20s - had strong showings at Royal Troon, where eight o f the top 19 finishers were under 30. At the same time, perennial con tenders in the majors like Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Bernhard L anger, S eve B a lle ste ro s, Ian Woosnam and Colin Montgomerie were never a factor. In fact, except for Montgomerie they have been a factor in none o f the three major championships this year. And where were the fam iliar names at Troon like Corey Pavin, Payne Stewart, Mark Brooks and Tom Lehman'.’ They were in the field but they never challenged. For the young, winning seems contagious. They are not in awe of the men who have dominated the game the last decade. "M ay b e going in there today, having seen Tiger and Ernie do it," Leonard said, ‘’I thought it was OK to go out and win a tournament like this even being the age I am .” He won it with the kind o f round that will make other players take notice. O f the 16 players who started the final round under par, Leonard’s 65 was the only round in the 60s. ''T h is win w on’t change Justin one bit,” his coach, Randy Smith, said in Dallas. ‘"He'll still be the same great kid. He’ll still work hard. He’ll win some more m ajors.” Then Smith said something that must be crossing the minds ofNorman, Faldo and Price, who have 57 British Opens and six victories among them. ’’Everybody talks about Tiger W oods,” Smith said. "B u t there are some other kids who can play, too. Remember, Justin is only 25.” And remember that Phil Mickelson and Paul Stankowski are both only 27. f Peninsula major all-stars finished a spectacular run in the playoffs Sunday, falling to Rose City, 4-2 in a semi championship Little League game at Columbia Park Annex in north Portland. (Photo by M. W ashington) TRAVEL STOPS 621 S.E. MLK, Blvd. « n J 620 S.E. Grand Ave. (503) 238-7343 or (503) 238-7347 • Open 24 hours • Great gas prices • Convenient store • Propane • Wet & dry ice Serving the greater Portland area for 50 years. CLUB Tour De France sets mark F ren ch m an C h risto p h e Mengin pedaled from his home land into Switzerland to claim the 16th stage o f the w orld’s most prestigious cycling race, the Tour de France. Mengin claimed the 111- mile stage with a final sprint, holding o ff Belgium’s Franck Vandenbroucke and countryman Richard Virenque on the jaunt from Morzine to Fribourg, a former fortress situated on a rocky headland. Mengin led the leaders with a time o f four hours, 30 minutes and 11 seconds. 23, 1997 « T he 53rd Annual Golf Tournament Friday, Saturday & Sunday, August 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1997 H osted at the C olw ood G o lf C ourse 7313 N E C o lu m b ia B lvd, P ortland O R Leisure Hour would like to invite YOU to fill the last spots available. Special HONEY POT & GIANT SKINS: Colwood Golf Course, Friday, August 1st, 2pm-3pm. FISH FRY: Peninsula Park, Friday, August 1st, 7pm. DISCO DANCE: Colwood Golf Course, Saturday, August 2nd, 8pm. AWARDS CEREMONY: Colwood Golf Course, Sunday, August 3rd, 2pm. To make reservations call 503-281-2345. Entry fee is $145. This includes two days of golf and all other activities. 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