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i 4 -i Sports PAGE C6 STAR TRIBUNE TUESDAY, JULY 28 1998 SCOREBOARD WOiMEN'S PRO BASKETBALL Auto racing Dl. Deb Means. University, 77; Jennifer Cannon. Monticello. 79; Morgan Proshek.

New Prague, 87 Bowling PBA coach Layden POINT LEADERS Goodwill Games Soccermen GOLD MEDAL United States 2, China 0 BRONZE MEDAL Norway 4, Denmark 2 wins his Starzz debut SHOWBOAT SENIOR INVITE Through first rd.La Vega 1. Gene Stus, Allen Park. 1.917; 2. Dave Davia. West Palm Beach.

Fla 3. Dick Baker, Libertyville, 1.861: 4 Dale Eagle. Lewisville, Texas. 1.846; 5 Phil Barnes, Wilmington, 1,838 6. John Hricsina, Franklin, Pa.

(SS), 1 7 Denny Torgerson. Maquo-keta, Iowa, 8. Mel Wolf, Jackson, 1,820: 9. Darrel Curtis, Seattle (SS). 1.814; 10 Pete Couture.

Tilusville, 1,810. Mlnneto-tans: 21. Richard Latvala, Eagan, 34. Bruce Forsland, Minnetonka, 56. Jim Wynne, Be-midji, 1,602: 67.

Mike Schmid, St. Paul, 1,574. Through Jury 2t 1 Jefl Gordon 2 Mark Martin 3 Dal Jarred 4. I 'Jeremy Mayfield 2,499. 5.

Rusty Wat-, lac 2 462; 6 Bobby Ubonte 2.365; 7 Jen Burton 2,304, 6 Terry Labonle 2 236, 8 Dale Earnhardt 2.1 12, 10. i Jimmy Spencer 11. Ken Schrader 2,066. 12. Bill Elliot! 1.951; i 13 Bobby Hamilton 1 948.

14. John Andrew 15. Michael Waltrip i 1.933; 16. Emm lrvu 17. Star-k' ling Marlin 18 Ward Burton i 1 1 9.

Ted Musgrave 1 ,81 20. t- Chad Little 1.799. MONEYLEADERS a Through July 28 -I fark Martin, 2. Jelt Soccer A-League WESTERN CONFERENCE Central SO Pt GF GA Nashville 14 6 2 36 49 23 Roundup Thunder 13 51 Milwaukee 12 61 Orleans 11 81 37 38 22 34 40 25 31 42 32 24 43 39 uuruon, a. uaie tarn-hardt, 4.

Bobby La-bonte. 5. Dale Jarrett, 6. Jeremy Mayfield, 21 31 51 El Paso 10103 Cincinnati 713 0 Albuqrgue 4150 12 31 57 ci 11 Qm- Pacific SO Pis GF GA OrngeCty 12 9 1 34 31 29 7. Rusty Wallace, 8 Jen Burton, 9 Terry Labonle, 10.

Ken Schrader, $1,117,490: San Diego 11 6 0 Vancouver 12 8 2 11. Jtmmy Spencer, 33 30 14 32 37 29 28 33 15 24 22 27 22 37 45 Seattle 10 81 $1 12. Bobby Hamilton, San Fran. 8 110 USPro-40 6 131 Calif. 514 0 15 22 66 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic SO Pt GF GA Hershey 12 7 0 37 34 24 Richmond 13 6 2 35 31 16 HmptnRds.

10 6 1 28 24 21 9121 25 25 28 8 12 0 24 27 Charleston Jacksonvlle 32 4 140 12 14 44 3 16 0 9 23 49 Atlanta Raleigh Northeast SO Pt GF GA Rochester 16 2 1 46 44 9 Monlreal 15 5 6 33 35 25 Longlsl. 10 8 2 26 31 21 Statenlsl. 8 7 1 22 17 20 Toronto 7 12 0 21 19 27 Worcester 8 11 2 20 27 35 Conn. 6 13 5 8 21 33 Note: Three points are awarded for a regulation or overtime victory; one for a shootout win. RESULT MONDAY Seattle 1 Montreal 0 RESULT SUNDAY Vancouver 2, Nashville 1 MLS RESULT SUNDAY Miami 2.

New England 1 GAMES WEDNESDAY Kansas City at New York-New Jersey. 6.30 m. Colorado al New England, 6 30 p.m. Columbus at Miami, 6'30 m. Tampa Bay at Washington D.C, 6 30 pm.

Los Angeles at Dallas. 7 30 p.m. Chicago at San Jose. 10 p.m. Eastern Conference by two games over Cleveland and New York.

Penicheiro's assists and steals were records for a Charlotte opponent. Her 10 assists in the first half surpassed the previous league record of eight by Teresa Weatherspoon of New York last season. Sacramento 39 3776 Charlotte 29 41-70 Sacramento Smith 8-15 0-2 Byears 6-1 1 6-7 18. Burgess 3-5 1-4 7, Penicheiro 4-7 5-6 14, Hardmon 3- 9 8-1214. Jordan 1-3 1-2 3, A Barnes 2-60-04 Totals 27-56 21-33 76 Charlotte Reid 3-4 7-10 13, Bullett 4-9 4-4 12, Mapp 2-7 5-8 9, Smith 1-3 2-2 5, Stinson 6-17 3-4 15, Manning 1-4 3-5 5, Suber 1-7 0-0 3, Johns 3-3 0 0 6.

Chase 1-10-0 2. Paschal 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-55 24-33 70 Foul Sacramento 25, Charlotte 25. Fouled out Bullett, Jordan. Rebound Sacramento 42 (Smith 10), Charlotte 41 (Bullett 8) Assist Sacramento 16 (Penicheiro 12), Charlotte 18 (Stinson 5).

Three-pointer Sacramento 1-2 (Penicheiro 1-2), Charlotte 2-1 1 (Smith 1-3, Suber 1-4, Bullett 0-1, Stinson 0 3). A 5,447. Cleveland 83, Los Angeles 67: Eva Nemcova had 15 points and a career-high nine assists as the Rockers defeated the Sparks in Cleveland. The victory was the Rockers' third in a row and moved them into second place in the Eastern Conference of the WNBA. The Rockers led 36-26 at half-time and by as many as 21 late in the game.

Isabelle Fijalkowski scored 14 points and had a game-high nine rebounds, and Merlakia Jones had 12 points and Rushia Brown 10 for Cleveland. ABL signs deal with Fox Sports Net The ABL completed its television deals for the upcoming season and only half as many games will be nationally televised. The league agreed Monday to show up to 16 of its games on Fox Sports Net, down from 24 last season. Earlier this month, the league signed a deal with CBS to air two games of the championship series the first ABL games to be shown on broadcast television. From News Services Frank Layden's WNBA coaching debut was a success Monday night as LaTonya Johnson scored 15 points and the Utah Starzz beat the Phoenix Mercury 90-80 in Salt Lake City.

Layden was named the Starzz's head coach earlier in the day, replacing the fired Denise Taylor. The longtime Utah Jazz coach had been away from the bench for nearly a decade, but he already had the lowly Starzz (7-13) playing like a different team. Utah jumped to a 65-51 lead midway through the second half, but instead of executing their customary fold down the stretch, the Starzz held off a late rally and gained only their 14th victory in nearly two seasons. Phoenix coach Cheryl Miller was ejected with 13:11 left in the game after two quick technicals. The Mercury has lost three consecutive games and four of its past five.

Jennifer Gillom led Phoenix with 31 points, and Michelle Griffiths came off the bench to score 15. Johnson led five Starzz in double figures. Kim Williams and Olympia Scott had 14 points apiece, and Chantel Tremetiere scored 13. Layden, who stepped down from the Jazz in November 1988 after parts of eight seasons as coach, received a standing ovation from the crowd of 8,624 when his name was announced. Before the game, Layden said: "There's been a void in my life since I left coaching.

I miss the competitive spirit." Layden will retain his position as president of the Jazz, but he stressed that his new job was not temporary. "This is not an interim position," Layden said. "This is a position I plan to hold for a long time to come." Val Ackerman WNBAromCl Ad campaign is part of plan to boost WNBA ticket sales here According to Roger Griffith, Timberwolves chief financial officer, Minnesota's WNBA team will be in jeopardy if the deadline isn't met. But no one in Minnesota or at WNBA headquarters in New York is making alternative plans. Minnesota is still going ahead with the process of hiring a head coach, and New York is still searching for a name that fits with the Timber-wolves logo and colors.

The WNBA is in place to give women basketball players professional opportunities, but it's also a business. "The NBA is not a feminist institution," said Mariah Burton Nelson, author of "Embracing Victory" and other books about women's sports. "It's a business proposition. But along the way, they are supporting women and girls and men who desperately want social roles to change." And it's an especially secure business proposition: Arenas, employees and fans are already in place. The 10 teams in the WNBA draw an average of 10,209 fans per game, from the Sacramento Mon-archs' average of 6,691 to the Washington Mystics' average of 15,607.

Games reach 2.5 million TVs per week. "I love to say it took the NBA 29 seasons to hit that 10,000 mark," Ackerman said. "So we're very happy to be ahead of the curve." Associated Press The Utah Starzz on Monday fired coach Denise Taylor, who was 13-34 overall and 6-13 this season, and replaced her with former Utah Jazz coach Frank Layden. Mercury 29 5180 Starzz 38 5290 Mercury-Webb 1-3 3-4 5, Griffiths 5-9 4-4 15, Gillom 12-253-9 31, Kuklova 1-3 0-0 2, Timms 4-8 1-2 1 0, Harrower 9, Pettis 2-7 2-2 7, Reed 0-0 0-0 0, Foster 0-2 0-0 0, Stepanova 0-11-21. Totals 29-63 15-25 80.

Starzz Johnson 5-10 4-6 15, Palmer 5-11 1-2 12, Dydek 2-5 2-2 6, Williams 6-13 2-2 14, Tremitiere 3-5 5-6 13, Head 3-4 0-0 7, Sader 1-2 0-0 3, Scott 3-5 8-8 14, Reiss 2-4 1-1 6, Alexander 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-59 23-27 90. Foul Mercury 20, Starzz 24. Fouled out Palmer. Technical Mercury coach Miller 2.

Ejections-Miller. Rebound Mercury 28 (Griffiths 7), Starzz 36 (Dydek 9). Aslst Mercury 19 (Timms 6), Starzz 17 (Dydek, Scott 4). Three-pointer Mercury 7-18 (Gillom 4-8. Griffiths 1 -3.

Timms 1-3, Pettis 1 -3, Kuklova 0-1), Starzz 7-8 (Tremitiere 2-2, Palmer 1-1, Head 1-1, Bader 1-1, Reiss 1-1, Johnson 1-2). A 8.624. 13 Bill Elliott. 14. John Andretti.

15. Ernie Irvan, $879 850; 16 Chad Little, 17. Ricky fludd. 18. Michael Waltrip, 19.

Joe Nemechek. 20. Ted Musgrave, $806,086. RACEWAY PARK RESULTS Late Sunday; Shekope Short tracker: Heat Matt Schaar, Hastings; Terry Larson, Snakopee. Feature 1.

Larson; 2. Dave Knauff, Prior Lake; 3. John Hembuch, Hastings. Hobby dock: Heats Paul Haeg, Shakopee; Dave Goldman, Minnetonka. Feature 1 Steve Marschall, Northtield; 2.

Goldman; 3. Jefl Moot, Plymouth, Lit models; Heats Conrad Jorgenson, Lakeville; Randy Waibel. Chaska. Feature 1 Jeremy Wolff, Chaska; 2 Mark Anderson, Minneapolis; 3. Brian Johnson, Lakeville.

Figure eights: Feature 11. Clark Shingledecker, Plymouth; 2. Danny Johnson, Burnsville; 3. Matt Dickey, Bloommgton Feature 21. Mike Dickey, Bloommgton; 2.

Derek Ludington, Bloommgton; 3. Danny Johnson. Burnsville. Radiator bomber: Heats Paul Neikirk. Bloommgton; Steve Chee-ver.

Lakeville; Bud Remer, Bloommgton 6 Feature 1. Bob Evans, Bloommgton. A Feature 1. Bud Remer, Bloommgton; 2 Steve Cheever, Lakeville; 3. James Hay-ford, Minneapolis.

NHRA MONEY LEADERS Through 13 events Top fuel: 1 Cory McClenathan 5), 967; 2. Joe Amato (2), 931; 3. Gary Scelzi (1). 897; 4. Kenny Barn-stein (3), 822; 5.

Mike Dunn, 723; 6. Jim Head, 714; 7. Doug Kalitta (1). 653; 8. Bob Vandargnff 624; 9 Larry Dixon (1), 602; 10.

Bruce Sarver. 599. Funny car: 1. Chuck Etchells (2), 902; 2. John Force (1, 901; 3, Ron Capps (2), 875; 4, Cruz Pedregon (3).

851; 5. Tim Wilkerson 779; 6. Tony Pedregon (2), 769; 7. Whit Bazemore (1). 752; 8.

Frank Pedregon (2). 589; 9 Dean Skuza, 585; 10. Al Hofmann. 573. Pro Mock: 1 Warren Johnson (5).

1,096. 2 Jeg Coughlin 3), 888; 3. Kurt Johnson (1), 780; 4. Jim Yates (1). 752; 5.

Mike Thomas (1), 639; 6 Mark Osborne (1), 614; 7. Mike Edwards It), 533; 8. Mark Pawuk. 502, 9. Tom Martino, 493; 10.

Richie Stevens, 453 Point stand- ings after the eight race of 14 Pro Stock Motorcycle events (wins indicated): Pro stock bike: 1. Matt Hines (7), 884; 2. Angeile Seeling (1). 631: 3. John Smith.

506; 4. Greg Underdahl, 476; 5. Dave Schultz, 470; 6. John Myers. 427; 7.

Gary Tonglet. 397; 8. Tony Mullen, 387; 9 Antron Brown, 352; 10. Brian Ayers, 311. Point standings after the sixth race of 12 Pro Stock Truck events (wins indicated): Pro (lock truck: 1 Larry Kopp (3), 581; 2.

John Lingenlelter (1), 478; 3. David Nickens (1), 398; 4. Todd Patterson, 379; 5. Jerry Haas, 350: 6. Randy Daniels, 309: 7.

Brad Jeter, 274; 8 Bill Henderson, 251; 9. Grant Lewis, 221; 10 Bob Pannella 216. Softball Amateurgirls ASA USA-MSF CHAMPIONSHIPS Regional Championship Class AEden Prairie 18-under: Championship-Golden Valley Gophers 5. Mankato Peppers 0. Third-place finisher Eden Prairie Blizzard 16-under: Championship Mega Maulers.

Sioux Falls (S 2, Stillwater Red 0. Third place Mankato Peppers. 14-under: Championship North St. Paul Polars 2. Cottage Grove Ice 1.

Third place Eden Prairie. 12-under: Championship White Bear Lake Bears 7, Centennial Cougars 0 Third place Stingers, Sioux Falls (S State Championships Class Austin 16-under: Rochester Diamonds 5. North Branch 0 Class DElk River 16-under: Owatonna VFW 12, Norwood Young America VFW 1 1 Class COrono Burnsville 8, South SI. Paul 0 FASTPITCH FESTIVAL At Elk River Maroon Division Lakeville 9, Edina 6 Purple Division Blaine 8, Oakdale Lightning 7 Gold Division Eden Prairie Sparks 8, Centennial Red 3 Sacramento 76, Charlotte 70: Ticha Penicheiro had 14 points, 12 assists and five steals as the visiting Monarchs defeated the Sting. Latasha Byears scored 18 points, and Tangela Smith had 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Monarchs handed the Sting their third consecutive home loss.

Andrea Stinson scored 15 to lead Charlotte, which leads the Tennis Golf PGA MONEY LEADERS Through July 26 1. David Duval 16 $1,665,283 2. Meara 15 $1,496,796 3. Fred Couples 1 3 $1 ,495.069 4 Tiger Woods 14 $1,374,367 5.JimFuryk 20 $1,284,295 6 J. Leonard 19 $1,252,472 7 Lee Janzen 17 $1,051,312 8.

Scott Hoch 19 $1,010,623 9. John Huston 18 $942,357 10. Calcave. 19 $909,319 11. Mickelson 18 $872.3 12.

Glen Day 17 $870,562 13. J. Parnevik 15 $849,906 14. Tom Watson 12 $832 385 15. T.Lehman...

17 $812,114 16. Love III 13 $810,569 17. John Cook 17 $809,157 18. P. Stewart 15 $768,946 19.

Jeff Maggert 17 $744,674 20 Vijay 17 $743,853 21 BobEsles 18 $708,900 22. Ernie Els 11 $693,846 23 Dodds 20 $689,921 24. Stewart Cink 18 $684,051 25. S. Appleby 18 $678,562 26.

BobTway 18 $673,015 27. Steve Pale 18 $658,250 28 Fred Funk 22 $653,505 29. Billy Maylair 18 $652,869 30. Verplank 18 $632,151 31. Steve Jones 17 $608,366 32.

L. Westwood 7 $599,586 33 Steve Flesch 20 $591,468 34. Strieker 17 $566,331 35. Skip Kendall 19 $584,102 36. Hal Sutton 20 $582,318 37 A Magee 19 $575,820 38 Olin Browne 22 $550,607 39.

JoeDuranl 17 $528,132 40. David Toms 19 $522,646 41 Bradley 14 $494,542 42. Nick Price 13 $483,684 43 Dudley Hart 17 $474,377 44 S. Simpson 15 $431,127 45. TArmourlll 17 $430 491 46.

Larry Mize 17 $422,922 47. Frazar 17 $418,039 48. Kenny Perry 19 $405,420 49. Jeff Sluman 21 $398,123 50. John Daly 19 $389,174 51.

Tim Hereon 20 $389,166 52. F.Uckllter 22 $384,752 53. S. McCarron 18 $379,692 54. Len Mattiace 20 $377,685 55.

B. Lietzke 9 $377,188 56. J. D. Blake 15 $361,208 57.

J.P.Hayes 13 $354,050 58. B.Geiberger 19 $348,716 59. Clark Dennis 18 $332,703 60. K.Sutherland 21 $332,488 61. Jerry Kelly 22 $328,602 62 Lowery 20 $327,155 63 C.

Montgom. 7 $313,833 64 Brian Watts 1 $309,260 65. Paul Azinger 16 $307,798 66 Ames 9 $305,929 67. Craig Stadler 14 $301,696 68. D.

Foreman 17 $295,977 69 Scott Gump 21 $295,324 70 Greg Kraft 17 $290,771 71 J. Sindelar 19 $279,453 72 Kirk Tripled 18 $261,909 73. Jim Carter 22 $261,327 74 BradFabel 21 $261,130 75. Chris Perry 22 $259,286 76. Brad Faxon 19 $258,756 77.

Mark Wiebe 18 $253,647 78 L. Roberts 14 $252,844 79. Frank Nobilo 15 $251,785 80 Lancaster 20 $248,278 81 E. Toledo 20 $247,905 82. Ted Tryba 22 $246,083 83.

R. Damron 18 $242,449 84. Craig Parry 13 $239,860 85. R.Cochran 18 $239,315 86. Paul Goydos 23 $234 399 87.

D. Waldorf 16 $226,842 88. Grant Waite 21 $221,755 69. Lee Rinker 22 $213,163 90. Willie Wood 20 $212,553 91 JoeOzaki 15 $211,809 92.

JM Olazabal 6 $208,486 93. Jay Haas 17 $196,415 94. DStock Jr. 17 $195,111 95. Stankow.

18 $193,521 96. B.Henninger 20 $192,607 97. Chamblee 17 $192,396 98 Doug Tewell 9 $192 087 99. T. Tolles 18 $188,945 100 Mike Brisky 22 $185,802 LPGA MONEY LEADERS Through July 26 I.SeRiPak 18 $768211 2.

A Sorenstam 14 $678,784 3 L.Neumann 15 $612,212 4. D. Andrews 16 $578,405 5 KarneWebb 15 $503,343 6 Pat Hurst 18 $443,424 7. Lone Kane 22 $377,907 8 H. Alfredsson 16 $373,445 9.

Dottie Pepper 17 $356,955 10. Rosie Jones 18 $329,345 11. MegMallon 19 $325,839 12 Jull Inkster 16 $296,867 13. Ammaccapane 19 $293,944 14 Lisa Hackney 20 $293,216 15. Chris Johnson 18 $277,157 16.

Kelly Robbins 19 $273,471 17. Wendy Ward 18 $273,418 18. Barb Mucha 16 $253,195 19. Tammie Green 17 $250,523 20. Emilee Klein 21 $219,524 21.

Lisa Walters 17 $216,253 22. Dana Dormann 17 $214,162 23 Michelle Estill 20 $211,479 24 Brandie Burton 18 $210,213 25 Laura Davies 15 $197,143 26 DaleEggelmg 19 $193,576 27. Helen Dobson 19 $192,900 28. CannKoch 18 $188,822 29. Ch.

Sorenstam 17 $188,078 30. Jenny Udback 20 $184,291 31 C. Figg-Curner 19 $171,763 32. S. Steinhauer 22 $171,760 33.

Amy Fruhwirth 18 $149,849 34. Janice Moodie 17 $143,888 35 KimSaiki 18 $143,571 36 Penny Hammel 20 $139,708 37 Cindy McCurdy 22 $137,010 38 Tina Barrett 19 $136,417 39 D. Coe-Jones 16 $133,910 40. Hollis Stacy 15 $131,870 41. JoanPitcock 20 $131,445 42.

Kobayashl 16 $128,533 43. Nancy Lopez 15 $127,207 44 Vickie Odegard 20 $115,621 45. JohnstonForb 20 $113,707 46. Catrin Nilsmark 17 $1 1 2,374 47. Betsy King 19 $107,147 48.

JaneGeddes 19 $101,787 49. GallagherSmith 19 $101,059 50. Kristi Albers 18 $99,139 Amateurboys MIDWESTERN QUALIFIER At Crete, III. Aaron Krueger, Fulton, III 38-3270; James Troy, Clarendon Hills, 38-34-72; Joseph Alfrunti, Crystal Lake. 40-33-73; Jim Pach, Rochester, 39-3675; Mike Neal, Geneva, III 39-36-75; Kevin Klausing, Lima, Ohio, 42-3476; Alex Hagmeyer.

Naperville. 39-3776. Jared Sterr, Holdrege. 41 -3677; Scott Weisman, Highland Park. Ill 40-37-77; Aaron Wright, Woodbury, 40-3777; Brendan Burke, Lake Forest, 40-37-77; David Wilkinson.

South Bend, Ind 41-37-78: Danny OGara, North-brook, 42-36-78. Ryan Keefe, Lake Villa, 42-36-78; Mitch Clements, Algonquin, III 41-3778. Also Joel Harrington, Stillwater, 43-3982. MPGA PUBLINKS CHAMP'S At Valleywood G.C. Dlv.

1: Sammy Schmitz, Fountain Valey, 72; Steve Krawczewski, Phalen, 74; Mason Prange, MPGA, 75; Bobby Lovgren, Gross, 77; Jon Holmes, Fountain Valley, 80; Michael Soderberg, Dwan, 80; Nick Klmg, Keller, 80; Daniel Belcourt, Buffalo Heights, 80; Brad Hanson, Hiawatha, 80. Matt Gorden. Detroit, 80 Dlv. 2: Nathan Prostiek. New Prague, 73; Andy Bang, Red Wing, 75; Gary Brant.

Pebble Creek. 77; Drew Wilson, Red Wing, 79: Bryan Schackle. 79, Ryan Paulson. Hiawatha. 60.

Jared Keller. Northern Hills, 81; Todd Dulm, Baker. 81; David Hanson, Valleywood, 81; Kane Bauer, Fountain Valley, 81; Origin Spencer, Wirth, 81 Amateurgirls MPGA PUBLINKS CHAMP. At Valleywood C. Olv.

4: Amanda Lmdquist. Monti-cello. 77; Julie Skavanger, Edinburgh USA. 79; Jeni Cavanagh. Per-ham Lakeside, 81; Ktrstin Whalen, Elk River, 82.

Becky Cole, Elk River, 82 Promen MERCEDES-BENZ CUP First rd. Los Angeles Byron Black (7) del. Sjeng Schalken. 6-4. 7-6(10-8) Martin Damm def.

Wayne Black, 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 Justin Gimelstob def. Daniel Va-cek, 6-4, 6-0 Kenneth Carlsen def Oscar Bur-neza. 7-5, 6-4 Andrew Hie def. MaliVai Washington. 6-4, 6-1 Gianluca Pozzi def.

Guillermo Canas, 6-2. 6-4 Jan Michael Gambill def. Steve Campbell. 6-4, 6-4 Prowomen BANK OF THE WEST First rd. Stanford, Cat.

Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Yuka Yoshida, 6-0, 6-3 Fang Li def. Nathalie Dechy, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 mtm vmZ ff Baseball Northern League East Division Pet. GB Dululh-Sup. 5 4 .556 Saint 3 6 333 2 Madison 2 7 222 3 c-ThunderBay 2 7 222 3 West Division Pet.

GB c-Fargo-Moor. 7 2 .778 Winnipeg 7 2 .778 Sioux Falls 5 4 556 2 Sioux City 5 4 .556 2 c-won first half title RESULTS MONDAY Duluth at Winnipeg Madison at Fargo-Moorhead Sioux City at Saints Thunder Bay at Sioux Falls RESULTS SUNDAY Sioux City 9, Thunder Bay 5 Winnipeg 6, Madison 6 GAMES TODAY Sioux City at Saints Duluth at Winnipeg Madison at Fargo-Moorhead Thunder Bay at Sioux Falls Amateur AMERICAN LEGION Fourth District playott Tn City Red 10. Hamline 2 Fifth District playott Third round Post 1 7, Minneapolis Hellenic 2 Gopher Post Office 7. Richfield 2 MSF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Class Alate Sunday 14-undr Austin Burnsville Black 16, Osseo-Maple Grove 9 13-under Bralnerd Bloommgton Bandits 3, Rochester South 2 12-under, Marshall Apple Valley Gold 6, Eastview 0 11-underPrelrl Island Woodbury 7. Eden Prairie Red 2 10-under Rotemount Bloommgton Devil Rays 5, Apple Valley Brown 0 JUNIOR AMERICAN LEGION State Tournament Championship St.

Louis Park 9, Eden Prairie 4 NORTH STAR Dassel-Cokato 12, Plymouth 5 PARK NATIONAL Playoff Dave Sport Shop 4, Plymouth 2, Plymouth eliminated RIVERVIEW Late Sunday Minnesota Athletic 11, Hopkins Barnes 5 SENIOR BABE RUTH State Tournament Championship Minnetonka Park Center Twins 13. Lakeville 3 Still, teams face challenges in selling tickets. Many of the best basketball players in the country play for the American Basketball League. The WNBA also raised the number of season tickets that expansion teams have to sell by 2,000 tickets to 5,000, 700 more than the league average. The price of season tickets for the Minnesota expansion team hasn't been decided yet; fans put down $50 deposits to hold their seats.

Because ticket sales are so low, Griffith, who is heading the effort to bring a WNBA team to Minnesota, said the Timberwolves decided to spend the bulk of the year's advertising money before Sept. 1. Local TV ads are already running, and print ads will hit newspapers, magazines and bus billboards next week. Orlando, however, expects to meet the goal without spending any money on advertising. In the coming months, Twin Citians will see firsthand how WNBA advertising targets families, offering the sport as an uncorrupt, family-oriented game.

"We're bringing in a different sort of audience," Ackerman said. "It's very different from NBA crowds." Opposite, in fact, in terms of gender: Women make up about 70 percent of an average WNBA audience. "There's a cultural phenomenon going on here that I'm very excited about," said Nelson, who played professional basketball for the Women's Basketball League in the early 1980s and now holds season tickets to the Mystics. "There's a community coming together to celebrate female athletes," Nelson said. "They're totally loyal and excited.

At games they stand and dance and laugh. They're cheering for women, and this is new." There is no striking reason why the Twin Cities isn't ready for such a "cultural phenomenon." The WNBA is betting the Twin Cities will be ready with the help of a few advertising dollars. Transactions Baseball American League: Cleveland-Signed RHP Matt Wade to a minor league contract lor the 1999 season. New York Designated INF Dale Sveum for assignment Recalled OF Shane Spencer from Columbus of the International League. Oakland-Called up OF Mike Neill from Edmonton of the PCL.

Optioned RHP Steve Connelly to Edmonton. National League: Cincinnati-Recalled OF Pat Walkins from Indianapolis of the International League. Loa Angeles Placed RHP Ismael Valdes on the 15-day disabled list. Purchased the contract of RHP Sean Maloney from Albuquerque of the PCL. Milwaukee Placed RHP Cal Eldred on the 15-day disabled list.

Released RHP Paul Wagner. Purchased the contract of OF Greg Martinez trom Louisville of the International League Recalled LHP Valeno De Los Santos from El Paso of the Texas League. Basketball WBNA: Sacramento Added Nadine Domond to the roster. Utah Fired Denise Taylor, coach. Named Frank Layden coach.

Football NFL: Miami Signed WR Michael Timpson to a one-year contract New York Giantt Signed WR Joe Jurevicius. Hockey NHL: Dallas Signed Mel An-gelslad and Matt Martin to two-year contracts Los Angeles Agreed to terms with Sean Donnell on a three-year contract. New York Rangers Agreed to terms with RW Stefan Cherneski. College Mankato State Named Ann Walker women basketball coach. Ohio State Named Gerry Emig director of athletic communications, Diana Sabau manager of publications and graphic design, and Kris-ten Bernert assistant marketing director.

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