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o rtlan ò b arru rr Page B3 ICIje ^Ilnrtlanh (®bseruer Ju ly 10, 2002 S ports /METRO B U S IN E S S K(a Jf • a t r e c to r y After (Dberruer « A FFO R DA BLE JJ Wimbledon Win, Serena LOCK & KEY Ranked No. 1 FULL LOCKSMITH - SERVICE Serena W illiam s w as the big w inner in the RE-KEY AND INSTALL LOCKS w om en’s singles final, ending her sister LOCKED 0UT7-WE MAKE KEYS FROM SCRATCH V enus' two-year cham pionshiprun7-6(7- HOUSE, OFFICE OR CAR 4), 6-3. This is Serena’s second Grand Slam Two Locations: Portland 503-284-9582 Oregon City 503-656-2116 tournam ent win, beating her sister in the W im bledon finals and the French Open last month. She was officially m oved up to No. 1 in the W orld Tennis Association Tour rankings on M onday, replacing V e nus, w h o’s held that position for 11 weeks since February. Serving Portland/Metro area (N, NE, SE, SW & NW) Serena Williams holds up her first Wimbledon title after winning the women’s singles match last Sunday. McMurphy’s Appliance Center Baseball Legend Ted Williams Dead at 83 T ed W illiam s, the Boston Red Sox revered and som etim es re viled “S plen d id S p lin ter” and b aseb all’s last .400 hitter, died F riday at age 83. W illiams, who suffered a series o f strokes and congestive heart failure in recent years, was taken Friday to Citrus County M emorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead o f cardiac arrest at 8:49 a.m., s a id h o s p ita l sp o k e s w o m a n Rebecca Martin. He underw ent o pen-heart sur gery in January 2001 and had a pacem aker inserted in N ovem ber 2000. The Hall o f Fameral ways wanted to be know n as the greatest hitter ever, and his stats backed up the claim. A two-time M VP who twice won the Tripie Crown, W illiams hit .344 league at-bat in 1960. W illiams' greatest achievement cam e in 1941 when he baited .406, getting six hits in a doubleheader on the final day o f the season. W illiam s contended his eye sight was so keen he could pick up individual stitches on a pitched ball and could see the exact moment his bat connected with it. He also asserted he could smell the burning wood o f his bat when he fouled a ball straight back, just missing solid contact. W illiam s was a perfectionist w ho w orked tirelessly at his craft and had no tolerance for those less dedicated. He was single- m inded and stubborn, a player w ho reduced the gam e to its sim plest elem ents: batter vs. pitcher, one trying to outsm art the other. In those instances, he usually won. Ted Williams lifetime with 521 hom e runs - de- spite tw ice interrupting his career to serve as a M arine Corps pilot in W orld W ar II and the Korean War. He had 145 RBIs as a Red Sox rookie in 1939 and closed out his career - fittingly - by hitting a home mn at Fenway Park in his final major Alberta Street .| Market 915 ME Alberta Street, Portland, Oregon 5 0 3 * 2 8 1* 6 3 8 8 A nnie Mae’s Unique G ifts & C ollectibles frtfmic Ciotfwng. P o ro ria in Dcifis. Figurines, am i 2631 N E. Afoerta Street Portland. Oregon 97211 The Portland State A thletics D epart m ent recently announced that season tickets can still be purchased for the V ikings’ exciting six-gam e hom e sched ule at PG E Park. T he Big Sky C onference runner-up for the past three seasons, Portland State is looking forw ard to a breakout Kids Celebrate FREE! C U S TO M PRINTED GARMENTS M OUSE PADS PUZZLES EMBROIDERY SILK SCREEN NUMBERS QUICK GIFTS B&B Duke's Dunleavey has officially become Golden State's Dunleavy. W ednesday in Long Beach. The W ar riors hope D unleavy takes over as their starting sm all forw ard. 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