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p e c ia lly fo r q u a rte rb a c k s , a n d h av e
a le v e l o f c o m p le x ity th a t it s im p ly
t a k e s ti m e to w o r k t h r o u g h , ”
B> JOE KAY
© T he A s so ciate d P ress
C I N C I N N A T I (A P ) - A k ili
S m ith a g re e d to a se v e n -y e a r c o n ­
tra c t w ith th e C in c in n a ti B e n g a ls
o n M o n d ay , en d in g an im p a sse th a t
c a u s e d h im to m iss m o s t o f tra in in g
c a m p an d tw o e x h ib itio n g am es.
T h e s e v e n - y e a r d e a l in c lu d e s a
$ 1 0 .8 m illio n s ig n in g b o n u s a n d
w ill p a y S m ith as m u c h as $ 5 6
m illio n i f he re a c h e s v a rio u s p e r ­
fo rm a n c e g o a ls a lo n g th e w ay .
T h e d eal c o n ta in s o n e v o id a b le
y e a r, m e a n in g it w ill a u to m a tic a lly
s h o rte n to six y e a rs i f h e ’s in fo r 35
p e rc e n t o f th e p la y s in h is first y e a r
o r 45 p e rc e n t a n y fo llo w in g y e a r.
“ C o n tra c ts a re so s ta tis tic a l, e s ­
S te in b e r g said .
T h e B e n g a ls w e r e n ’t c o u n tin g
u p o n S m ith to p la y m u ch th is s e a ­
s o n - h e ’s b e e n s lo tte d as J e f f
B la k e ’s b a c k u p . B u t b y m is s in g
m o s t o f tr a in in g c a m p , h e h a s
m i s s e d im p o r t a n t d e v e lo p m e n t
tim e fo r a q u a rte rb a c k .
“ W h o k n o w s h o w fa s t h e c a n
p ic k it u p ? ” C o s le t s a id . “ H e ’s
p r e tty b rig h t. H e ’s a c o u p le o f
y e a rs o ld e r th a n a n o rm a l ro o k ie ,
so h e ’s p r e tty m a tu re . A n d I th in k
h e p ro b a b ly h a s b e e n w o rk in g w ith
th e s t u f f w e s e n t h im , b u t t h a t ’s
n o t th e s a m e as b e in g o n th e fie ld
tim e a f te r tim e a fte r tim e .”
Jones Wins
200 Heat
B e STEPHEN WILSON
© T he A s so c ia t e d P ress
S E V IL L E , S p a in (A P ) - A d ay
a fte r lo s in g h e r b id fo r a re c o r d
fo u r g o ld m e d a ls, w o rld 1 0 0 -m e te r
c h a m p io n M a rio n J o n e s w o n h e r
o p e n in g h e a t in th e 2 0 0 m e te rs
to d a y .
Jo n es, w h o settled for b ro n ze in
the long ju m p M o n d ay n ig h t, eased
up o v e r th e fin al 2 0 m e te rs an d
cro ssed the line in 22 .6 9 seco n d s, the
fo u rth -b est tim e o f the sev en heats.
Jo n e s h a s n ’t lo s t in th e 2 0 0 sin ce
1995 a n d h a s w o n 21 c o n s e c u tiv e
fin a ls in th e e v e n t. S h e s a id sh e
w a s tire d to d a y a f te r g e ttin g o n ly
fiv e h o u rs o f sle e p .
“W h e n I w a s s ta n d in g b e h in d
th e b lo c k s , I s h o u ld h a v e b e e n v i­
s u a liz in g th e ra c e ,” Jo n e s said . “ In ­
s te a d , I w a s v is u a liz in g g o in g b a c k
to m y h o te l a n d g o in g b a c k to
b e d .”
F e llo w A m e ric a n In g e r M ille r,
w h o to o k th e s ilv e r b e h in d Jo n e s
in th e 100 a n d fig u re s to b e h e r
m a in c h a lle n g e r in th e 2 0 0 , c o m ­
fo r ta b ly w o n h e r h e a t in 2 2 .9 2 .
T h e fa s te s t tim e in th e w o m e n ’s
2 0 0 h e a ts w a s ru n b y J a m a ic a ’s
B e v e rly M c D o n a ld , w h o ran 2 2 .5 2 .
D e fe n d in g 2 0 0 c h a m p io n Z h a n n a
P in tu s e v ic h o f U k ra in e fin is h e d
o n ly fifth in h e r h e a t at 2 3 .1 9 b u t
s till q u a lifie d fo r th e n e x t ro u n d .
M a u r ic e G re e n e , th e m e n ’s 100
c h a m p io n , fin is h e d o n ly th ird in
h is
o p e n in g
2 0 0 -m e te r ra c e .
C H IC A G O
(A u g . 2 3 ) —
Sam m y Sosa is on
pace to hit 68 home
runs this season,
b u th e’snotenjoy-
ingitas much. The
C h ic a g o C u b s ’
plum m et to last
place has spoiled
the tun.
“I’m not an in­
dividual player,”
SosasaidM onday
before the C h i­
cago C ubs’ game
against the San
Francisco Giants
w as postponed by
rain. “ 1 play for the
team. 1 care about
winning. The situ­
ation w e’re in is
Mark McGwire sets another major-
league record Sunday
G re e n e , a tte m p tin g to b e c o m e th e
firs t m a n to w in th e 100 a n d 2 0 0 a t
a w o r ld c h a m p i o n s h i p , lo o k e d
s lu g g is h a s h e w a s o v e r ta k e n b y
tw o ru n n e rs a n d fin is h e d in o n ly
2 0 .7 6 se c o n d s .
G re e n e , th e la s t q u a lif ie r in h is
h e a t, w a s b e a te n b y G r e e c e ’ s
K o n sta n tin o s K e n d e ris (2 0 .6 8 ) an d
B r ita in ’s D o u g la s T u r n e r (2 0 .7 2 ) .
G re e n e lo o k e d u p s e t a fte r th e
ra c e a n d s a id o n ly , “ It w a s a ll
W A S H IN G T O N (A u g . 2 3) — A
few y ears a fter b e in g w ritte n o f f by
the rest o f th e ten n is w o rld , A n d re
A gassi is on ce again one o f the sport ’ s
elite players.
T h e w in w as A g a s s i’s re c o rd fifth
Legg M ason title, acco m p an y in g o th ­
ers in 1990, 1991, 1995 an d 1998.
T he to u rn a m e n t’s N o. 2 se e d earn ed
$99,000, w h ile K afeln ik o v , th e to p
seed, rec e iv e d $52 ,0 0 0 .
“ I k n ew a fte r th e F ren ch O p en
th at g o in g into the hard co u rt seaso n
th at, i f I ’m p lay in g m y b e st tennis,
it’s g o in g to h ap p en on the h ard
c o u rts .” A g assi said. “T h is is p e r­
fect, i t ’s p e rfe c t g o in g into th e U .S.
N E W Y O R K (A u g . 2 2 ) — A f­
te r n e a r l y s ix h o u r s o f b a s e b a l l,
o n e d r a m a tic c o m e b a c k b y th e
N e w Y o rk M e ts a n d n e a r ly a n ­
o th e r , a ll a n y o n e c o u ld ta lk a b o u t
© T he A ssociated P ress
M U N IC H , G erm any (A P) - The
colors for the U.S. team at next m o n th ’s
R yder C up w ill be red, w hite and blue.
Their counterparts from Europe will
be basic green, as in inexperienced.
M ark Jam es rounded o u t the E uro­
pean team Sunday w ith cap tain 's picks
ofJesperP am evikan d A n d rew C o ltart.
W ith the selection o fC o ltart. there w ill
be seven m em bers o fth e 12-m an team
w ho have n ev erplay ed in a R yderC up.
The rest o fth e team - determ ined by
standings based on earnings on the PG A
S ince the start o f the F ren ch O p en
in M ay , w h ich he w o n , A g assi has
w o n 28 o f 32 m atch es. T h re e losses
w e r e to S a m p r a s , a n d o n e to
K afelnikov.
A g a s s i’s w in o v e r K afe ln ik o v
g u aran teed he w ill p lay in the bracket
o p p o site S am p ras at th e U .S . O pen.
T he earliest th ey w ill p la y is in the
K a fe ln ik o v a n d ju s t b e h in d P ete
S am p ras. It also m eans he w ill b e
seed ed N o. 2 at th e U .S. O p en later
this m o n th an d can n o t p lay S am p ras
b efo re th e title m atch.
cham pionship.
“ I 'm lo o k in g fo rw ard to the w eek
o f f b ecau se I feel th at e v e ry th in g 's
right w h ere it sh o u ld be, an d 1 ’ 11 go in
n ice an d re a d y ,” A g assi said.
European T our - includes Jose M ana
O lazabal, C olin M ontgom erie, Lee
W estw ood, Darren Clarke and Ryder
C up rookies Padraig Harrington. Sergio
G arcia, Paul Lawrie, Jean V ande Velde,
M iguel A ngel Jim enez and Jarm o
Ju s tin L e o n a rd . Jim F u ry k , J e f f
Sandelin.
G arcia, at 19, will be the youngest
p lay er in R yder C up history.
C oltart has only one career victory.
T h e U.S. team , w hich w as an ­
nounced last w eek, w ill consist o f T i­
g e r W o o d s, D a v id D u v a l, M ark
R yder C up five tim es in the past seven
m atches, although the A m ericans have
© T he A s m x u t e d P re .»
PEBBLE B EA C H , Calif. (A P) -
D avid Gossett had ju st w rapped u p the
U.S A m ateurC ham pionship.m atching
the biggest margin ofvictory in the event
in a half-century. T hen he began w rap ­
ping up a m em ento from his win.
Gossett, a sophom ore at Texas, care­
fully rolled up the yellow flag from the
ptn at the 10th hole w here he com pleted
his 9 and 8 w in over K orean high school
junior Sung Y oon K im on Sunday and
stuck it in his back pocket
"It’s pretty aw esom e. It w as a long
w eek here at P eb b le B each ," said
Gossett, w ho received a good luck fax
from Texas alum T om Kite before the
final and a congratulatory call from
another Longhorn, B enC renshaw . after
the victory. “ I w as focused eachday. It's
b een alo to fh ard w ork and it’sp aid o fr.”
G ossett, w ho played nearly flawless
g o lfo n the fog-shrouded Pebble Beach
course, finally m ade a m istake after
com pleting his victory. A s he hoisted
the cham pionship trophy, the top fel 1 o ff
and dropped to the 1 Oth green.
I d o n ’t know -------
if D avid G ossett al-
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w ays plays the w ay he did ,‘^ » y ^ he
plays that way, his best will be better
than m y best," Kim said through an
translator “D avid G ossett’s best day is
better than m y best day.”
Ihen lie hugged his dad and finally
sinlw tdsom e emotion, sticking his longue
o f th e f i r s t g a m e .
“ T h a t w a s p r e tty c o o l. N o th in g
he d o e s s u r p ris e s m e a n y m o r e .”
M c G w ire h it tw o h o m e ru n s in
th e o p e n e r to b e c o m e th e firs t
p la y e r to re a c h 50 h o m e rs in fo u r
c o n s e c u tiv e s e a s o n s b e fo r e th e
so h a r d to d o . ”
M c G w ire ’s 5 0 th h o m e r lo o k e d
ro u tin e c o m p a re d to h is f ir s t- in ­
n in g b la s t. H e led o f f th e s e v e n th
w ith a fly b a ll th a t ju s t c le a re d
M e ts c a m e fro m fiv e ru n s d o w n to
w in o n E d g a rd o A lf o n z o ’s R B I
sig n in le ft-c e n te r.
D u n s to n re trie v e d th e b a ll, b u t
g a v e it to a fan , n o t re a liz in g it w a s
FranciscoGiantswaspostponedand
will be made up as a doubleheader
Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. CT.
fo rm e r
te a m m a te
Shaw on
D u n s to n ’s g lo v e a n d th e 3 9 6 -fo o t
s in g le in th e n in th in n in g .
“ I ’v e a lw a y s th o u g h t 50 w as the
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M onday, A ugu st 3 0 , 1 9 9 9
C up rookie on the U.S. team.
E urope has w on o r retained the
been heavily favored each time.
E urope's 12 players are all expected
to b e at Firestone C o untry C lub in
A kron, O hio, this w eek for the $5
m illion N E C Invitational.aW orld G olt
C ham pionship event fo rp lay ers on the
R yder C up and Presidents C u p teams.
Gossett Defeats Kim in U.S. Amateur
Bi ROBGLOSTER__________________
g r a n t e d . Y o u ’r e a l w a y s i m ­
p r e s s e d b e c a u s e w h a t h e d o e s is
a tic a p ro b le m s in c e M ay .
O p e n .”
A g assi also p ick ed u p 250 A T P
T o u r p o in ts to m o v e from N o. 3 to
N o . 2 in th e ra n k in g s a h e a d o f
O ’M eara, P h il M ick elso n , P ay n e
Stew art, D avis Love III, Hal Sutton,
y o u c a n ’t be s u r p r is e d a n y m o r e .
Y o u tr y n o t to ta k e h im f o r
w a s M a r k M c G w i r e ’s m o n s tr o u s
5 0 2 - f o o t b la s t in th e f ir s t in n in g
r ig h t.”
F o rm e r w o rld 2 0 0 c h a m p io n
F ra n k ie F re d e r ic k s o f N a m ib ia ,
w h o sc ra tc h e d fro m S a tu r d a y ’s 100
fin a l w ith an in ju ry , c o m f o rta b ly
w o n h is h e a t in 2 0 .6 0 . H e sa id
h e ’d b e e n s u f fe rin g fro m a s c i­
Ryder Cup Teams Set
B> ROY KAMMERER____________ __
n o t to o sh a b b y o f a y e a r. N o t to o
m an y p e o p le h av e d o n e i t .”
“ H e c a u g h t th a t b a ll f l u s h ,”
m a n a g e r T o n y L a R u s s a s a id . “ H e
d o e s so m a n y a m a z in g th in g s th a t
© T he A s so ciate d P ress
not a good situa­
tion.”
Rain delayed Sosa’shotne-run pur­
suit Monday night The gam e be­
tween the Chicago Cubs and San
p la te a u ,” M c G w ire said . “ T h a t’s
B> JO$H P t BOW
Agassi Jumps to No. 2
Peaking for U.S. Open
© T he A ssociated P ress
McGwire Hits
Home Runs
#49 & 50
Playing For
the Team
outand smiling while lifting the trophy He
had just m ad ea“Hook ’em H om s" signal
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with his hand - not unexpected tor a Texas
1Asighom -w hen the topofthe trophy fell
British O pen. Both finalists get an invi­
tation to play in next y ear’s M asters, as
long as they rem ain am ateurs
K im , 17. cam e w ithin a victory o f
Hilton o f England m 1911.
Hie youngest player to w in the U.S.
Amateur was lig e r W oods, w ho cap­
tured the first o f his three consecutive
titles in 1994 at 18.
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The victory earned G ossett exem p­
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