-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
LEICESTERSHIRE B-ORG
TAKE O
OVER O
AT O
TOP O
AFTER O
INNINGS O
VICTORY O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

West B-MISC
Indian I-MISC
all-rounder O
Phil B-PER
Simmons I-PER
took O
four O
for O
38 O
on O
Friday O
as O
Leicestershire B-ORG
beat O
Somerset B-ORG
by O
an O
innings O
and O
39 O
runs O
in O
two O
days O
to O
take O
over O
at O
the O
head O
of O
the O
county O
championship O
. O

Their O
stay O
on O
top O
, O
though O
, O
may O
be O
short-lived O
as O
title O
rivals O
Essex B-ORG
, O
Derbyshire B-ORG
and O
Surrey B-ORG
all O
closed O
in O
on O
victory O
while O
Kent B-ORG
made O
up O
for O
lost O
time O
in O
their O
rain-affected O
match O
against O
Nottinghamshire B-ORG
. O

After O
bowling O
Somerset B-ORG
out O
for O
83 O
on O
the O
opening O
morning O
at O
Grace B-LOC
Road I-LOC
, O
Leicestershire B-ORG
extended O
their O
first O
innings O
by O
94 O
runs O
before O
being O
bowled O
out O
for O
296 O
with O
England B-LOC
discard O
Andy B-PER
Caddick I-PER
taking O
three O
for O
83 O
. O

Trailing O
by O
213 O
, O
Somerset B-ORG
got O
a O
solid O
start O
to O
their O
second O
innings O
before O
Simmons B-PER
stepped O
in O
to O
bundle O
them O
out O
for O
174 O
. O

Essex B-ORG
, O
however O
, O
look O
certain O
to O
regain O
their O
top O
spot O
after O
Nasser B-PER
Hussain I-PER
and O
Peter B-PER
Such I-PER
gave O
them O
a O
firm O
grip O
on O
their O
match O
against O
Yorkshire B-ORG
at O
Headingley B-LOC
. O

Hussain B-PER
, O
considered O
surplus O
to O
England B-LOC
's O
one-day O
requirements O
, O
struck O
158 O
, O
his O
first O
championship O
century O
of O
the O
season O
, O
as O
Essex B-ORG
reached O
372 O
and O
took O
a O
first O
innings O
lead O
of O
82 O
. O

By O
the O
close O
Yorkshire B-ORG
had O
turned O
that O
into O
a O
37-run O
advantage O
but O
off-spinner O
Such B-PER
had O
scuttled O
their O
hopes O
, O
taking O
four O
for O
24 O
in O
48 O
balls O
and O
leaving O
them O
hanging O
on O
119 O
for O
five O
and O
praying O
for O
rain O
. O

At O
the O
Oval B-LOC
, O
Surrey B-ORG
captain O
Chris B-PER
Lewis I-PER
, O
another O
man O
dumped O
by O
England B-LOC
, O
continued O
to O
silence O
his O
critics O
as O
he O
followed O
his O
four O
for O
45 O
on O
Thursday O
with O
80 O
not O
out O
on O
Friday O
in O
the O
match O
against O
Warwickshire B-ORG
. O

He O
was O
well O
backed O
by O
England B-LOC
hopeful O
Mark B-PER
Butcher I-PER
who O
made O
70 O
as O
Surrey B-ORG
closed O
on O
429 O
for O
seven O
, O
a O
lead O
of O
234 O
. O

Derbyshire B-ORG
kept O
up O
the O
hunt O
for O
their O
first O
championship O
title O
since O
1936 O
by O
reducing O
Worcestershire B-ORG
to O
133 O
for O
five O
in O
their O
second O
innings O
, O
still O
100 O
runs O
away O
from O
avoiding O
an O
innings O
defeat O
. O

Australian B-MISC
Tom B-PER
Moody I-PER
took O
six O
for O
82 O
but O
Chris B-PER
Adams I-PER
, O
123 O
, O
and O
Tim B-PER
O'Gorman I-PER
, O
109 O
, O
took O
Derbyshire B-ORG
to O
471 O
and O
a O
first O
innings O
lead O
of O
233 O
. O

After O
the O
frustration O
of O
seeing O
the O
opening O
day O
of O
their O
match O
badly O
affected O
by O
the O
weather O
, O
Kent B-ORG
stepped O
up O
a O
gear O
to O
dismiss O
Nottinghamshire B-ORG
for O
214 O
. O

They O
were O
held O
up O
by O
a O
gritty O
84 O
from O
Paul B-PER
Johnson I-PER
but O
ex-England B-MISC
fast O
bowler O
Martin B-PER
McCague I-PER
took O
four O
for O
55 O
. O

By O
stumps O
Kent B-ORG
had O
reached O
108 O
for O
three O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
ENGLISH B-MISC
COUNTY I-MISC
CHAMPIONSHIP I-MISC
SCORES O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Result O
and O
close O
of O
play O
scores O
in O
English B-MISC
county O
championship O
matches O
on O
Friday O
: O

Leicester B-LOC
: O
Leicestershire B-ORG
beat O
Somerset B-ORG
by O
an O
innings O
and O
39 O
runs O
. O

Somerset B-ORG
83 O
and O
174 O
( O
P. B-PER
Simmons I-PER
4-38 O
) O
, O
Leicestershire B-ORG
296 O
. O

Leicestershire B-ORG
22 O
points O
, O
Somerset B-ORG
4 O
. O

Chester-le-Street B-LOC
: O
Glamorgan B-ORG
259 O
and O
207 O
( O
A. B-PER
Dale I-PER
69 O
, O
H. B-PER
Morris I-PER
69 O
; O
D. B-PER
Blenkiron I-PER
4-43 O
) O
, O
Durham B-ORG
114 O
( O
S. B-PER
Watkin I-PER
4-28 O
) O
and O
81-3 O
. O

Tunbridge B-LOC
Wells I-LOC
: O
Nottinghamshire B-ORG
214 O
( O
P. B-PER
Johnson I-PER
84 O
; O
M. B-PER
McCague I-PER
4-55 O
) O
, O
Kent B-ORG
108-3 O
. O

London B-LOC
( O
The B-LOC
Oval I-LOC
) O
: O
Warwickshire B-ORG
195 O
, O
Surrey B-ORG
429-7 O
( O
C. B-PER
Lewis I-PER
80 O
not O
out O
, O
M. B-PER
Butcher I-PER
70 O
, O
G. B-PER
Kersey I-PER
63 O
, O
J. B-PER
Ratcliffe I-PER
63 O
, O
D. B-PER
Bicknell I-PER
55 O
) O
. O

Hove B-LOC
: O
Sussex B-ORG
363 O
( O
W. B-PER
Athey I-PER
111 O
, O
V. B-PER
Drakes I-PER
52 O
; O
I. B-PER
Austin I-PER
4-37 O
) O
, O
Lancashire B-ORG
197-8 O
( O
W. B-PER
Hegg I-PER
54 O
) O

Portsmouth B-LOC
: O
Middlesex B-ORG
199 O
and O
426 O
( O
J. B-PER
Pooley I-PER
111 O
, O
M. B-PER
Ramprakash I-PER
108 O
, O
M. B-PER
Gatting I-PER
83 O
) O
, O
Hampshire B-ORG
232 O
and O
109-5 O
. O

Chesterfield B-LOC
: O
Worcestershire B-ORG
238 O
and O
133-5 O
, O
Derbyshire B-ORG
471 O
( O
J. B-PER
Adams I-PER
123 O
, O
T.O'Gorman B-PER
109 O
not O
out O
, O
K. B-PER
Barnett I-PER
87 O
; O
T. B-PER
Moody I-PER
6-82 O
) O

Bristol B-LOC
: O
Gloucestershire B-ORG
183 O
and O
185-6 O
( O
J. B-PER
Russell I-PER
56 O
not O
out O
) O
, O
Northamptonshire B-ORG
190 O
( O
K. B-PER
Curran I-PER
52 O
; O
A. B-PER
Smith I-PER
5-68 O
) O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
1997 O
ASHES B-MISC
INTINERARY O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Australia B-LOC
will O
defend O
the O
Ashes B-MISC
in O

a O
six-test O
series O
against O
England B-LOC
during O
a O
four-month O
tour O

starting O
on O
May O
13 O
next O
year O
, O
the O
Test B-ORG
and I-ORG
County I-ORG
Cricket I-ORG
Board I-ORG

said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Australia B-LOC
will O
also O
play O
three O
one-day O
internationals O
and O

four O
one-day O
warm-up O
matches O
at O
the O
start O
of O
the O
tour O
. O

The O
tourists O
will O
play O
nine O
first-class O
matches O
against O

English B-MISC
county O
sides O
and O
another O
against O
British B-ORG
Universities I-ORG
, O

as O
well O
as O
one-day O
matches O
against O
the O
Minor B-ORG
Counties I-ORG
and O

Scotland B-LOC
. O

Tour O
itinerary O
: O

May O

May O
13 O
Arrive O
in O
London B-LOC

May O
14 O
Practice O
at O
Lord B-LOC
's I-LOC

May O
15 O
v O
Duke B-ORG
of I-ORG
Norfolk I-ORG
's I-ORG
XI I-ORG
( O
at O
Arundel B-LOC
) O

May O
17 O
v O
Northampton B-ORG

May O
18 O
v O
Worcestershire B-ORG

May O
20 O
v O
Durham B-ORG

May O
22 O
First O
one-day O
international O
( O
at O
Headingley B-LOC
, O

Leeds B-ORG
) O

May O
24 O
Second O
one-day O
international O
( O
at O
The B-LOC
Oval I-LOC
, O

London B-LOC
) O

May O
25 O
Third O
one-day O
international O
( O
at O
Lord B-LOC
's I-LOC
, O
London B-LOC
) O

May O
27-29 O
v O
Gloucestershire B-ORG
or O
Sussex B-ORG
or O
Surrey B-ORG
( O
three O

days O
) O

May O
31 O
- O
June O
2 O
v O
Derbyshire B-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

June O

June O
5-9 O
First O
test O
match O
( O
at O
Edgbaston B-LOC
, O
Birmingham B-LOC
) O

June O
11-13 O
v O
a O
first O
class O
county O
( O
to O
be O
confirmed O
) O

June O
14-16 O
v O
Leicestershire B-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

June O
19-23 O
Second O
test O
( O
at O
Lord B-LOC
's I-LOC
) O

June O
25-27 O
v O
British B-ORG
Universities I-ORG
( O
at O
Oxford B-LOC
, O
three O
days O
) O

June O
28-30 O
v O
Hampshire B-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

July O

July O
3-7 O
Third O
test O
( O
at O
Old B-LOC
Trafford I-LOC
, O
Manchester B-LOC
) O

July O
9 O
v O
Minor B-ORG
Counties I-ORG
XI I-ORG

July O
12 O
v O
Scotland B-LOC

July O
16-18 O
v O
Glamorgan B-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

July O
19-21 O
v O
Middlesex B-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

July O
24-28 O
Fourth O
test O
( O
at O
Headingley B-LOC
) O

August O

August O
1-4 O
v O
Somerset B-ORG
( O
four O
days O
) O

August O
7-11 O
Fifth O
test O
( O
at O
Trent B-LOC
Bridge I-LOC
, O
Nottingham B-LOC
) O

August O
16-18 O
v O
Kent B-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

August O
21-25 O
Sixth O
test O
( O
at O
The B-LOC
Oval I-LOC
, O
London B-LOC
) O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
SHEARER B-PER
NAMED O
AS O
ENGLAND B-LOC
CAPTAIN O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
world O
's O
costliest O
footballer O
Alan B-PER
Shearer I-PER
was O
named O
as O
the O
new O
England B-LOC
captain O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
26-year-old O
, O
who O
joined O
Newcastle B-ORG
for O
15 O
million O
pounds O
sterling O
( O
$ O
23.4 O
million O
) O
, O
takes O
over O
from O
Tony B-PER
Adams I-PER
, O
who O
led O
the O
side O
during O
the O
European B-MISC
championship O
in O
June O
, O
and O
former O
captain O
David B-PER
Platt I-PER
. O

Adams B-PER
and O
Platt B-PER
are O
both O
injured O
and O
will O
miss O
England B-LOC
's O
opening O
World B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
qualifier O
against O
Moldova B-LOC
on O
Sunday O
. O

Shearer B-PER
takes O
the O
captaincy O
on O
a O
trial O
basis O
, O
but O
new O
coach O
Glenn B-PER
Hoddle I-PER
said O
he O
saw O
no O
reason O
why O
the O
former O
Blackburn B-ORG
and O
Southampton B-ORG
skipper O
should O
not O
make O
the O
post O
his O
own O
. O

" O
I O
'm O
sure O
there O
wo O
n't O
be O
a O
problem O
, O
I O
'm O
sure O
Alan B-PER
is O
the O
man O
for O
the O
job O
, O
" O
Hoddle B-PER
said O
. O

" O
There O
were O
three O
or O
four O
people O
who O
could O
have O
done O
it O
but O
when O
I O
spoke O
to O
Alan B-PER
he O
was O
up O
for O
it O
and O
really O
wanted O
it O
. O

" O
In O
four O
days O
it O
's O
very O
difficult O
to O
come O
to O
a O
100 O
percent O
conclusion O
about O
something O
like O
this O
... O

but O
he O
knows O
how O
to O
conduct O
himself O
, O
his O
team O
mates O
respect O
him O
and O
he O
knows O
about O
the O
team O
situation O
even O
though O
he O
plays O
up O
front O
. O
" O

Shearer B-PER
's O
Euro B-MISC
96 I-MISC
striking O
partner O
Teddy B-PER
Sheringham I-PER
withdrew O
from O
the O
squad O
with O
an O
injury O
on O
Friday O
. O

He O
will O
probably O
be O
replaced O
by O
Shearer B-PER
's O
Newcastle B-ORG
team O
mate O
Les B-PER
Ferdinand I-PER
. O

-DOCSTART- O

BASKETBALL O
- O
INTERNATIONAL O
TOURNAMENT O
RESULT O
. O

BELGRADE B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Result O
in O
an O
international O

basketball O
tournament O
on O
Friday O
: O

Red B-ORG
Star I-ORG
( O
Yugoslavia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Dinamo B-ORG
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
92-90 O
( O
halftime O

47-47 O
) O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
ROMANIA B-LOC
BEAT O
LITHUANIA B-LOC
IN O
UNDER-21 O
MATCH O
. O

BUCHAREST B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Romania B-LOC
beat O
Lithuania B-LOC
2-1 O
( O
halftime O
1-1 O
) O
in O
their O
European B-MISC
under-21 O
soccer O
match O
on O
Friday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

Romania B-LOC
- O
Cosmin B-PER
Contra I-PER
( O
31st O
) O
, O
Mihai B-PER
Tararache I-PER
( O
75th O
) O

Lithuania B-LOC
- O
Danius B-PER
Gleveckas I-PER
( O
13rd O
) O

Attendance O
: O
200 O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
ROTOR B-ORG
FANS O
LOCKED O
OUT O
AFTER O
VOLGOGRAD B-LOC
VIOLENCE O
. O

MOSCOW B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Rotor B-ORG
Volgograd I-ORG
must O
play O
their O
next O
home O
game O
behind O
closed O
doors O
after O
fans O
hurled O
bottles O
and O
stones O
at O
Dynamo B-ORG
Moscow I-ORG
players O
during O
a O
1-0 O
home O
defeat O
on O
Saturday O
that O
ended O
Rotor B-ORG
's O
brief O
spell O
as O
league O
leaders O
. O

The O
head O
of O
the O
Russian B-MISC
league O
's O
disciplinary O
committee O
, O
Anatoly B-PER
Gorokhovsky I-PER
, O
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
Rotor B-ORG
would O
play O
Lada B-ORG
Togliatti I-ORG
to O
empty O
stands O
on O
September O
3 O
. O

The O
club O
, O
who O
put O
Manchester B-ORG
United I-ORG
out O
of O
last O
year O
's O
UEFA B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
, O
were O
fined O
$ O
1,000 O
. O

Despite O
the O
defeat O
, O
Rotor B-ORG
are O
well O
placed O
with O
11 O
games O
to O
play O
in O
the O
championship O
. O

Lying O
three O
points O
behind O
Alania B-ORG
and O
two O
behind O
Dynamo B-ORG
Moscow I-ORG
, O
the O
Volgograd B-LOC
side O
have O
a O
game O
in O
hand O
over O
the O
leaders O
and O
two O
over O
the O
Moscow B-LOC
club O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

BOXING O
- O
PANAMA B-LOC
'S O
ROBERTO B-PER
DURAN I-PER
FIGHTS O
THE O
SANDS O
OF O
TIME O
. O

PANAMA B-LOC
CITY I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Panamanian B-MISC
boxing O
legend O
Roberto B-PER
" I-PER
Hands I-PER
of I-PER
Stone I-PER
" I-PER
Duran I-PER
climbs O
into O
the O
ring O
on O
Saturday O
in O
another O
age-defying O
attempt O
to O
sustain O
his O
long O
career O
. O

Duran B-PER
, O
45 O
, O
takes O
on O
little-known O
Mexican B-MISC
Ariel B-PER
Cruz I-PER
, O
30 O
, O
in O
a O
super O
middleweight O
non-title O
bout O
in O
Panama B-LOC
City I-LOC
. O

The O
fight O
, O
Duran B-PER
's O
first O
on O
home O
soil O
for O
10 O
years O
, O
is O
being O
billed O
here O
as O
the O
" O
Return B-MISC
of I-MISC
the I-MISC
Legend I-MISC
" O
and O
Duran B-PER
still O
talks O
as O
if O
he O
was O
in O
his O
prime O
. O

" O
I O
want O
a O
fifth O
title O
. O

This O
match O
is O
to O
prepare O
me O
. O

I O
feel O
good O
. O

I O
'm O
not O
retiring O
, O
" O
Duran B-PER
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

But O
those O
close O
to O
the O
boxer O
acknowledge O
that O
the O
man O
who O
has O
won O
championships O
in O
four O
different O
weight O
classes O
-- O
lightweight O
, O
welterweight O
, O
junior O
middleweight O
and O
middleweight O
-- O
is O
drawing O
close O
to O
the O
end O
of O
his O
career O
. O

" O
Each O
time O
he O
fights O
, O
he O
's O
on O
the O
last O
frontier O
of O
his O
career O
. O

If O
he O
loses O
Saturday O
, O
it O
could O
devalue O
his O
position O
as O
one O
of O
the O
world O
's O
great O
boxers O
, O
" O
Panamanian B-MISC
Boxing B-ORG
Association I-ORG
President O
Ramon B-PER
Manzanares I-PER
said O
. O

Duran B-PER
, O
whose O
97-12 O
record O
spans O
three O
decades O
, O
hopes O
a O
win O
in O
the O
10-round O
bout O
will O
earn O
him O
a O
rematch O
against O
Puerto B-LOC
Rico I-LOC
's O
Hector B-PER
" I-PER
Macho I-PER
" I-PER
Camacho I-PER
. O

Camacho B-PER
took O
a O
controversial O
points O
decision O
against O
the O
Panamanian B-MISC
in O
Atlantic B-LOC
City I-LOC
in O
June O
in O
a O
title O
fight O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

SQUASH O
- O
HONG B-MISC
KONG I-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
QUARTER-FINAL O
RESULTS O
. O

HONG B-LOC
KONG I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Quarter-final O
results O
in O
the O
Hong B-MISC
Kong I-MISC
Open I-MISC
on O
Friday O
( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O
1 O
- O
Jansher B-PER
Khan I-PER
( O
Pakistan B-LOC
) O
beat O
Mark B-PER
Cairns I-PER
( O
England B-LOC
) O
15-10 O
15-6 O
15-7 O

Anthony B-PER
Hill I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Dan B-PER
Jenson I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
15-9 O
15-8 O
15-17 O
17-15 O

4 O
- O
Peter B-PER
Nicol I-PER
( O
Scotland B-LOC
) O
beat O
7 O
- O
Chris B-PER
Walker I-PER
( O
England B-LOC
) O
15-8 O
15-13 O
13-15 O
15-9 O

2 O
- O
Rodney B-PER
Eyles I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Derek B-PER
Ryan I-PER
( O
Ireland B-LOC
) O
15-6 O
15-9 O
11-15 O
15-10 O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
RESULTS O
OF O
SOUTH B-MISC
KOREAN I-MISC
PRO-SOCCER O
GAMES O
. O

SEOUL B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Results O
of O
South B-MISC
Korean I-MISC
pro-soccer O

games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Pohang B-ORG
3 O
Ulsan B-ORG
2 O
( O
halftime O
1-0 O
) O

Puchon B-ORG
2 O
Chonbuk B-ORG
1 O
( O
halftime O
1-1 O
) O

Standings O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
( O
tabulate O
under O
- O

won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O
for O
, O
goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

W O
D O
L O
G O
/ O
F O
G O
/ O
A O
P O

Puchon B-ORG
3 O
1 O
0 O
6 O
1 O
10 O

Chonan B-ORG
3 O
0 O
1 O
13 O
10 O
9 O

Pohang B-ORG
2 O
1 O
1 O
11 O
10 O
7 O

Suwan B-ORG
1 O
3 O
0 O
7 O
3 O
6 O

Ulsan B-ORG
1 O
0 O
2 O
8 O
9 O
3 O

Anyang B-ORG
0 O
3 O
1 O
6 O
9 O
3 O

Chonnam B-ORG
0 O
2 O
1 O
4 O
5 O
2 O

Pusan B-ORG
0 O
2 O
1 O
3 O
7 O
2 O

Chonbuk B-ORG
0 O
0 O
3 O
3 O
7 O
0 O

-DOCSTART- O

BASEBALL O
- O
RESULTS O
OF O
S. B-MISC
KOREAN I-MISC
PROFESSIONAL O
GAMES O
. O

SEOUL B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Results O
of O
South B-MISC
Korean I-MISC

professional O
baseball O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
. O

LG B-ORG
2 O
OB B-ORG
0 O

Lotte B-ORG
6 O
Hyundai B-ORG
2 O

Hyundai B-ORG
6 O
Lotte B-ORG
5 O

Haitai B-ORG
2 O
Samsung B-ORG
0 O

Samsung B-ORG
10 O
Haitai B-ORG
3 O

Hanwha B-ORG
6 O
Ssangbangwool B-ORG
5 O

Note O
- O
Lotte B-ORG
and O
Hyundai B-ORG
, O
Haitai B-ORG
and O
Samsung B-ORG
played O
two O
games O
. O

Standings O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
( O
tabulate O
under O

won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
winning O
percentage O
, O
games O
behind O
first O
place O
) O

W O
D O
L O
PCT O
GB O

Haitai B-ORG
64 O
2 O
43 O
.596 O
- O

Ssangbangwool B-ORG
59 O
2 O
49 O
.545 O
5 O
1/2 O

Hanwha B-ORG
58 O
1 O
49 O
.542 O
6 O

Hyundai B-ORG
57 O
5 O
49 O
.536 O
6 O
1/2 O

Samsung B-ORG
49 O
5 O
56 O
.468 O
14 O

Lotte B-ORG
46 O
6 O
54 O
.462 O
14 O
1/2 O

LG B-ORG
46 O
5 O
59 O
.441 O
17 O

OB B-ORG
42 O
6 O
62 O
.409 O
20 O
1/2 O

-DOCSTART- O

TENNIS O
- O
FRIDAY O
'S O
RESULTS O
FROM O
THE O
U.S. B-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Results O
from O
the O
U.S. B-MISC
Open I-MISC
Tennis I-MISC
Championships I-MISC
at O
the O
National B-LOC
Tennis I-LOC
Centre I-LOC
on O
Friday O
( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O

Women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O

Sandrine B-PER
Testud I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
beat O
Ines B-PER
Gorrochategui I-PER
( O
Argentina B-LOC
) O
4-6 O
6-2 O
6-1 O

Men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O

4 O
- O
Goran B-PER
Ivanisevic I-PER
( O
Croatia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Scott B-PER
Draper I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
6-7 O
( O
1-7 O
) O
6-3 O
6-4 O
6-4 O

Tim B-PER
Henman I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O
beat O
Doug B-PER
Flach I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
6-3 O
6-4 O
6-2 O

Mark B-PER
Philippoussis I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Andrei B-PER
Olhovskiy I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
6 O
- O
3 O
6-4 O
6-2 O

Sjeng B-PER
Schalken I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
beat O
David B-PER
Rikl I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
6 O
- O
2 O
6-4 O
6-4 O

Guy B-PER
Forget I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
beat O
17 O
- O
Felix B-PER
Mantilla I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
6-4 O
7-5 O
6-3 O

Men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O

Alexander B-PER
Volkov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Mikael B-PER
Tillstrom I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
1-6 O
6- O
4 O
6-1 O
4-6 O
7-6 O
( O
10-8 O
) O

Jonas B-PER
Bjorkman I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
beat O
David B-PER
Nainkin I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
) O
6-4 O
6-1 O
6-1 O

Women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O

8 O
- O
Lindsay B-PER
Davenport I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Anne-Gaelle B-PER
Sidot I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
6-0 O
6-3 O

4 O
- O
Conchita B-PER
Martinez I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
beat O
Helena B-PER
Sukova I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
6-4 O
6-3 O

Amanda B-PER
Coetzer I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
beat O
Irina B-PER
Spirlea I-PER
( O
Romania B-LOC
) O
7-6 O
( O
7-5 O
) O
7-5 O

Add O
Men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O
16 O
- O
Cedric B-PER
Pioline I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
beat O
Roberto B-PER
Carretero I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
4-6 O
6 O
- O
2 O
6-2 O
6-1 O
Alex B-PER
Corretja I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
beat O
Filippo B-PER
Veglio I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
6-7 O
( O
4- O
7 O
) O
6-4 O
6-4 O
6-0 O

Add O
Women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O
Linda B-PER
Wild I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Barbara B-PER
Rittner I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
6-4 O
4-6 O
7-5 O
Asa B-PER
Carlsson I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
beat O
15 O
- O
Gabriela B-PER
Sabatini I-PER
( O
Argentina B-LOC
) O
7-5 O
3-6 O
6-2 O

Add O
Men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O
1 O
- O
Pete B-PER
Sampras I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Jiri B-PER
Novak I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
6-3 O
1-6 O
6-3 O
4-6 O
6-4 O
Paul B-PER
Haarhuis I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
beat O
Michael B-PER
Tebbutt I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
1- O
6 O
6-2 O
6-2 O
6-3 O

Add O
Women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O
Lisa B-PER
Raymond I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Kimberly B-PER
Po I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
6-3 O
6-2 O

: O

Add O
men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O

Hendrik B-PER
Dreekmann I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
beat O
Thomas B-PER
Johansson I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O

7-6 O
( O
7-1 O
) O
6-2 O
4-6 O
6-1 O

Andrei B-PER
Medvedev I-PER
( O
Ukraine B-LOC
) O
beat O
Jan B-PER
Kroslak I-PER
( O
Slovakia B-LOC
) O
6-4 O
6-3 O

6-2 O

Petr B-PER
Korda I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
bat O
Bohdan B-PER
Ulihrach I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC

Republic B-LOC
) O
6-0 O
7-6 O
( O
7-5 O
) O
6-2 O

Add O
women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O

2 O
- O
Monica B-PER
Seles I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Dally B-PER
Randriantefy I-PER
( O
Madagascar B-LOC
) O

6-0 O
6-2 O

: O

Add O
men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O
12 O
- O
Todd B-PER
Martin I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Andrea B-PER
Gaudenzi I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
6-3 O
6-2 O
6-2 O
Stefan B-PER
Edberg I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
beat O
Bernd B-PER
Karbacher I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
3-6 O
6-3 O
6-3 O
1-0 O
retired O
( O
leg O
injury O
) O

-DOCSTART- O

BASEBALL O
- O
MAJOR B-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC
STANDINGS O
AFTER O
THURSDAY O
'S O
GAMES O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Major B-MISC
League I-MISC
Baseball I-MISC

standings O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
( O
tabulate O
under O
won O
, O

lost O
, O
winning O
percentage O
and O
games O
behind O
) O
: O

AMERICAN B-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC

EASTERN B-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

NEW B-ORG
YORK I-ORG
74 O
59 O
.556 O
- O

BALTIMORE B-ORG
70 O
63 O
.526 O
4 O

BOSTON B-ORG
69 O
65 O
.515 O
5 O
1/2 O

TORONTO B-ORG
63 O
71 O
.470 O
11 O
1/2 O

DETROIT B-ORG
48 O
86 O
.358 O
26 O
1/2 O

CENTRAL B-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

CLEVELAND B-ORG
80 O
53 O
.602 O
- O

CHICAGO B-ORG
71 O
64 O
.526 O
10 O

MINNESOTA B-ORG
67 O
67 O
.500 O
13 O
1/2 O

MILWAUKEE B-ORG
64 O
71 O
.474 O
17 O

KANSAS B-ORG
CITY I-ORG
61 O
74 O
.452 O
20 O

WESTERN B-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

TEXAS B-ORG
75 O
58 O
.564 O
- O

SEATTLE B-ORG
70 O
63 O
.526 O
5 O

OAKLAND B-ORG
64 O
72 O
.471 O
12 O
1/2 O

CALIFORNIA B-ORG
62 O
72 O
.463 O
13 O
1/2 O

FRIDAY O
, O
AUGUST O
30 O
SCHEDULE O

KANSAS B-ORG
CITY I-ORG
AT O
DETROIT B-LOC

CHICAGO B-ORG
AT O
TORONTO B-LOC

MINNESOTA B-ORG
AT O
MILWAUKEE B-LOC

CLEVELAND B-ORG
AT O
TEXAS B-LOC

NEW B-ORG
YORK I-ORG
AT O
CALIFORNIA B-LOC

BOSTON B-ORG
AT O
OAKLAND B-LOC

BALTIMORE B-ORG
AT O
SEATTLE B-LOC

NATIONAL B-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC

EASTERN B-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

ATLANTA B-ORG
83 O
49 O
.629 O
- O

MONTREAL B-ORG
71 O
61 O
.538 O
12 O

FLORIDA B-ORG
64 O
70 O
.478 O
20 O

NEW B-ORG
YORK I-ORG
59 O
75 O
.440 O
25 O

PHILADELPHIA B-ORG
54 O
80 O
.403 O
30 O

CENTRAL B-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

HOUSTON B-ORG
72 O
63 O
.533 O
- O

ST B-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
69 O
65 O
.515 O
2 O
1/2 O

CINCINNATI B-ORG
66 O
67 O
.496 O
5 O

CHICAGO B-ORG
65 O
66 O
.496 O
5 O

PITTSBURGH B-ORG
56 O
77 O
.421 O
15 O

WESTERN B-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

SAN B-ORG
DIEGO I-ORG
75 O
60 O
.556 O
- O

LOS B-ORG
ANGELES I-ORG
72 O
61 O
.541 O
2 O

COLORADO B-ORG
70 O
65 O
.519 O
5 O

SAN B-ORG
FRANCISCO I-ORG
57 O
74 O
.435 O
16 O

FRIDAY O
, O
AUGUST O
30 O
SCHEDULE O

ATLANTA B-ORG
AT O
CHICAGO B-LOC

FLORIDA B-ORG
AT O
CINCINNATI B-LOC

SAN B-ORG
DIEGO I-ORG
AT O
MONTREAL B-LOC

LOS B-ORG
ANGELES I-ORG
AT O
PHILADELPHIA B-LOC

HOUSTON B-ORG
AT O
PITTSBURGH B-LOC

SAN B-ORG
FRANCISCO I-ORG
AT O
NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC

COLORADO B-ORG
AT O
ST B-LOC
LOUIS I-LOC

-DOCSTART- O

BASEBALL O
- O
MAJOR B-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC
RESULTS O
THURSDAY O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Results O
of O
Major B-MISC
League I-MISC

Baseball O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
( O
home O
team O
in O
CAPS O
) O
: O

American B-MISC
League I-MISC

DETROIT B-ORG
4 O
Kansas B-ORG
City I-ORG
1 O

Minnesota B-ORG
6 O
MILWAUKEE B-ORG
1 O

CALIFORNIA B-ORG
14 O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
3 O

SEATTLE B-ORG
9 O
Baltimore B-ORG
6 O

National B-MISC
League I-MISC

San B-ORG
Diego I-ORG
3 O
NEW B-ORG
YORK I-ORG
2 O

Chicago B-ORG
4 O
HOUSTON B-ORG
3 O

Cincinnati B-ORG
18 O
COLORADO B-ORG
7 O

Atlanta B-ORG
5 O
PITTSBURGH B-ORG
1 O

Los B-ORG
Angeles I-ORG
2 O
MONTREAL B-ORG
1 O

Florida B-ORG
10 O
ST B-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
9 O

-DOCSTART- O

TENNIS O
- O
TARANGO B-PER
, O
O'BRIEN B-PER
SPRING O
TWIN O
UPSETS O
UNDER O
THE O
LIGHTS O
. O

Larry B-PER
Fine I-PER

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Andre B-PER
Agassi I-PER
escaped O
disaster O
on O
Thursday O
but O
Wimbledon B-MISC
finalist O
MaliVai B-PER
Washington I-PER
and O
Marcelo B-PER
Rios I-PER
were O
not O
so O
fortunate O
on O
a O
night O
of O
upsets O
at O
the O
U.S. B-MISC
Open I-MISC
. O

The O
11th-seeded O
Washington B-PER
fell O
short O
of O
reprising O
his O
Wimbledon B-MISC
miracle O
comeback O
as O
he O
lost O
to O
red-hot O
wildcard O
Alex B-PER
O'Brien I-PER
6-3 O
6-4 O
5-7 O
3-6 O
6-3 O
in O
a O
two O
hour O
51 O
minute O
struggle O
on O
the O
Stadium O
court O
. O

Next O
door O
on O
the O
grandstand O
, O
10th O
seed O
Rios B-PER
lost O
to O
another O
player O
with O
a O
Wimbledon B-MISC
connection O
-- O
bad O
boy O
Jeff B-PER
Tarango I-PER
. O

The O
temperamental O
left-hander O
defeated O
the O
Chilean B-MISC
6-4 O
4-6 O
7-6 O
6-2 O
. O

The O
day O
programme O
went O
smoothly O
although O
sixth-seeded O
former O
champion O
Agassi B-PER
had O
to O
wriggle O
out O
of O
a O
dangerous O
3-6 O
0-4 O
hole O
, O
winning O
18 O
of O
the O
last O
19 O
games O
against O
India B-LOC
's O
Leander B-PER
Paes I-PER
. O

But O
the O
night O
belonged O
to O
the O
upstarts O
. O

Washington B-PER
, O
who O
climbed O
back O
from O
a O
1-5 O
deficit O
, O
two O
sets O
down O
in O
the O
third O
set O
against O
Todd B-PER
Martin I-PER
in O
the O
Wimbledon B-MISC
semifinals O
, O
looked O
poised O
for O
another O
sensational O
comeback O
. O

O'Brien B-PER
, O
a O
winner O
two O
weeks O
ago O
in O
New B-LOC
Haven I-LOC
for O
his O
first O
pro O
title O
, O
served O
for O
the O
match O
at O
5-4 O
in O
the O
third O
set O
before O
Washington B-PER
came O
charging O
back O
. O

" O
I O
just O
kept O
saying O
to O
myself O
, O
' O
keep O
giving O
yourself O
the O
best O
chance O
to O
win O
, O
keep O
battling O
, O
maybe O
something O
will O
happen O
, O
' O
" O
said O
the O
26-year-old O
O'Brien B-PER
, O
ranked O
65th O
. O

" O
I O
kept O
my O
composure O
and O
I O
was O
proud O
of O
myself O
for O
that O
-- O
usually O
I O
would O
have O
folded O
up O
the O
tent O
and O
gone O
home O
. O
" O

The O
hard-serving O
O'Brien B-PER
, O
a O
former O
U.S. B-LOC
collegiate O
national O
champion O
, O
fired O
up O
17 O
aces O
to O
ultimately O
subdue O
the O
never-say-die O
Washington B-PER
. O

The O
fifth O
set O
stayed O
on O
serve O
until O
the O
sixth O
game O
, O
when O
Washington B-PER
, O
after O
saving O
one O
break O
point O
with O
a O
forehand O
winner O
down O
the O
line O
, O
netted O
a O
backhand O
to O
give O
O'Brien B-PER
a O
4-2 O
lead O
. O

The O
Texan B-MISC
blasted O
in O
two O
aces O
to O
hold O
serve O
at O
5-2 O
and O
then O
converted O
his O
eighth O
match O
point O
for O
victory O
when O
Washington B-PER
found O
the O
net O
with O
another O
backhand O
from O
40-0 O
. O

" O
You O
just O
kind O
of O
keep O
fighting O
and O
you O
keep O
trying O
to O
make O
him O
play O
a O
little O
bit O
. O

I O
think O
he O
got O
a O
little O
tight O
at O
a O
couple O
of O
moments O
, O
" O
said O
Washington B-PER
. O
" O

But O
I O
think O
he O
served O
pretty O
well O
when O
he O
had O
to O
. O
" O

Tarango B-PER
, O
whose O
Wimbledon B-MISC
tantrum O
two O
years O
ago O
brought O
him O
a O
$ O
28,000 O
fine O
and O
suspension O
from O
this O
year O
's O
tournament O
at O
the O
All-England B-ORG
Club I-ORG
, O
argued O
calls O
and O
taunted O
fans O
in O
his O
lively O
two O
hour O
, O
24 O
minute O
tango O
with O
Rios B-PER
on O
the O
grandstand O
. O

A O
boisterous O
cheering O
section O
backed O
the O
distracted O
Chilean B-MISC
and O
booed O
the O
lanky O
American B-MISC
, O
who O
ate O
up O
all O
the O
attention O
. O

" O
I O
'm O
an O
emotional O
player O
, O
" O
said O
the O
104th-ranked O
Tarango B-PER
. O
" O

I O
think O
I O
played O
very O
well O
tonight O
, O
very O
focused O
. O
" O

The O
match O
turned O
on O
the O
third-set O
tiebreaker O
, O
which O
the O
American B-MISC
won O
7-5 O
much O
to O
the O
dismay O
of O
the O
spectators O
. O

" O
I O
love O
the O
crowd O
if O
they O
boo O
me O
every O
day O
. O

It O
fires O
me O
up O
, O
makes O
me O
play O
my O
best O
tennis O
, O
" O
Tarango B-PER
said O
. O

" O
I O
played O
some O
of O
my O
best O
tennis O
in O
college O
when O
fraternities O
were O
throwing O
beer O
on O
me O
. O

If O
tennis O
was O
like O
that O
every O
day O
, O
I O
think O
everybody O
wold O
be O
having O
a O
lot O
more O
fun O
. O
" O

Rios B-PER
did O
not O
appreciate O
Tarango B-PER
's O
antics O
. O

" O
He O
's O
always O
complaining O
too O
much O
, O
" O
said O
Rios B-PER
. O
" O

But O
I O
think O
it O
's O
not O
that O
. O

I O
think O
I O
played O
really O
bad O
. O

It O
was O
tough O
to O
play O
at O
night O
. O

Balls O
were O
going O
really O
fast O
. O

I O
lost O
too O
many O
points O
that O
I O
never O
lose O
. O

I O
did O
n't O
play O
my O
tennis O
. O
" O

" O
I O
do O
n't O
see O
the O
ball O
like O
I O
see O
during O
the O
day O
. O

I O
play O
an O
American B-MISC
so O
that O
's O
why O
I O
play O
at O
night O
. O

I O
did O
n't O
feel O
good O
on O
the O
court O
. O
" O

At O
the O
end O
of O
the O
match O
, O
Tarango B-PER
blew O
sarcastic O
kisses O
to O
the O
crowd O
, O
then O
jiggled O
his O
body O
to O
a O
Rios B-PER
rooting O
section O
in O
a O
jeering O
salute O
. O

" O
I O
support O
their O
enthusiasm O
, O
" O
Tarango B-PER
said O
about O
the O
fans O
. O
" O

At O
the O
same O
time O
, O
they O
're O
cheering O
blatantly O
against O
me O
. O

After O
I O
won O
I O
figured O
I O
could O
give O
them O
a O
little O
razzle-dazzle O
. O
" O

-DOCSTART- O

NFL B-ORG
AMERICAN B-MISC
FOOTBALL-RANDALL I-MISC
CUNNINGHAM B-PER
RETIRES O
. O

PHILADELPHIA B-LOC
1996-08-29 O

Randall B-PER
Cunningham I-PER
, O
the O
National B-ORG
Football I-ORG
League I-ORG
's O
all-time O
leading O
rusher O
as O
a O
quarterback O
and O
one O
of O
the O
most O
athletic O
players O
ever O
to O
line O
up O
over O
centre O
, O
retired O
Thursday O
. O

Cunningham B-PER
played O
his O
entire O
11-year O
career O
with O
the O
Philadelphia B-ORG
Eagles I-ORG
. O

A O
three-time O
Pro B-MISC
Bowl I-MISC
selection O
, O
Cunningham B-PER
rushed O
for O
4,482 O
yards O
on O
677 O
carries O
. O

" O
I O
would O
like O
to O
thank O
the O
Eagles B-ORG
organisation O
and O
the O
wonderful O
fans O
of O
Philadelphia B-ORG
for O
supporting O
me O
throughout O
my O
career O
, O
" O
Cunningham B-PER
said O
. O

" O
Although O
it O
saddens O
me O
to O
leave O
, O
I O
am O
looking O
forward O
to O
spending O
more O
time O
with O
my O
family O
and O
pursuing O
other O
interests O
that O
have O
been O
on O
the O
back O
burner O
for O
sometime O
. O
" O

" O
Randall B-PER
was O
one O
of O
the O
most O
exciting O
quarterbacks O
in O
NFL B-ORG
history O
, O
" O
said O
Eagles B-ORG
owner O
Jeffrey B-PER
Lurie I-PER
. O
" O

During O
his O
11 O
years O
in O
Philadelphia B-LOC
, O
Randall B-PER
was O
the O
cornerstone O
of O
the O
Eagles B-ORG
' O
franchise O
and O
brought O
many O
great O
moments O
to O
fans O
in O
Philadelphia B-LOC
as O
well O
as O
across O
the O
NFL B-ORG
. O
" O

A O
second-round O
choice O
in O
1985 O
, O
Cunningham B-PER
completed O
1,874-of-3,362 O
passes O
( O
55.7 O
percent O
) O
for O
22,877 O
yards O
and O
150 O
touchdowns O
. O

Cunningham B-PER
has O
already O
been O
signed O
as O
a O
broadcaster O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

GOLF O
- O
LEADING O
SCORES O
AT O
GREATER B-MISC
MILWAUKEE I-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
. O

MILWAUKEE B-LOC
, O
Wisconsin B-LOC
1996-08-29 O

Leading O
scores O
in O

the O
$ O
1.2 O
million O
Greater B-MISC
Milwaukee I-MISC
Open I-MISC
at O
the O
par-71 O
, O

6,739-yard O
Brown B-LOC
Deer I-LOC
Park I-LOC
Golf I-LOC
Course I-LOC
after O
the O
first O
round O

on O
Thursday O
( O
players O
U.S. B-LOC
unless O
stated O
) O
: O

62 O
Nolan B-PER
Henke I-PER

64 O
Bob B-PER
Estes I-PER

65 O
Billy B-PER
Andrade I-PER
, O
Duffy B-PER
Waldorf I-PER
, O
Jesper B-PER
Parnevik I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O

66 O
Neal B-PER
Lancaster I-PER
, O
Dave B-PER
Barr I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
, O
Mike B-PER
Sullivan I-PER
, O
Willie B-PER

Wood B-PER
, O
Loren B-PER
Roberts I-PER
, O
Steve B-PER
Stricker I-PER
, O
Brian B-PER
Claar I-PER
, O
Russ B-PER
Cochran I-PER

67 O
Mark B-PER
Calcavecchia I-PER
, O
Payne B-PER
Stewart I-PER
, O
Billy B-PER
Mayfair I-PER
, O
Ken B-PER

Green B-PER
, O
Jerry B-PER
Kelly I-PER
, O
Tim B-PER
Simpson I-PER
, O
Olin B-PER
Browne I-PER
, O
Shane B-PER
Bortsch I-PER
, O

Mike B-PER
Hulbert I-PER
, O
Brian B-PER
Henninger I-PER
, O
Tiger B-PER
Woods I-PER
, O
Steve B-PER
Jurgenson I-PER
, O

Bryan B-PER
Gorman I-PER

-DOCSTART- O

GOLF O
- O
HENKE B-PER
TAKES O
LEAD O
IN O
MILWAUKEE B-LOC
, O
WOODS B-PER
MAKES O
PRO O
DEBUT O
. O

MILWAUKEE B-LOC
, O
Wisconsin B-LOC
1996-08-29 O

Nolan B-PER
Henke I-PER
fired O
a O
nine-under-par O
62 O
to O
grab O
a O
two-shot O
lead O
after O
the O
opening O
round O
of O
the O
$ O
1.2 O
million O
Greater B-MISC
Milwaukee I-MISC
Open I-MISC
Thursday O
as O
20-year-old O
Tiger B-PER
Woods I-PER
shot O
67 O
in O
his O
professional O
debut O
. O

Henke B-PER
stood O
two O
strokes O
ahead O
of O
Bob B-PER
Estes I-PER
and O
three O
up O
on O
Billy B-PER
Andrade I-PER
, O
Duffy B-PER
Waldorf I-PER
and O
Jesper B-PER
Parnevik I-PER
. O

Woods B-PER
, O
who O
turned O
pro O
Tuesday O
after O
winning O
an O
unprecedented O
third O
successive O
U.S. B-MISC
Amateur I-MISC
Championship I-MISC
, O
almost O
eagled O
the O
18th O
hole O
. O

He O
settled O
for O
a O
birdie O
and O
a O
four-under O
opening O
round O
that O
left O
him O
five O
shots O
off O
the O
pace O
. O

" O
Yesterday O
was O
the O
toughest O
day O
I O
've O
had O
for O
a O
long O
time O
, O
" O
Woods B-PER
said O
. O
" O

Today O
, O
I O
got O
to O
play O
golf O
. O
" O

He O
added O
: O
" O
I O
thought O
I O
got O
off O
off O
to O
a O
great O
start O
. O

It O
was O
a O
perfect O
start O
. O

I O
'm O
in O
a O
good O
position O
. O
" O

Henke B-PER
, O
who O
called O
his O
round O
a O
" O
pleasant O
surprise O
, O
" O
finished O
with O
six O
birdies O
on O
the O
final O
eight O
holes O
. O

" O
We O
finally O
got O
things O
going O
in O
the O
right O
direction O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

It O
was O
my O
best O
round O
in O
a O
very O
long O
time O
. O

My O
short O
game O
has O
improved O
since O
I O
've O
had O
to O
use O
it O
so O
often O
. O

That O
's O
always O
been O
the O
worst O
part O
of O
my O
game O
. O

All O
in O
all O
, O
playing O
bad O
's O
been O
a O
good O
experience O
. O
" O

Henke B-PER
, O
who O
came O
within O
one O
shot O
of O
the O
course O
record O
set O
by O
Andrew B-PER
Magee I-PER
during O
Wednesday O
's O
pro-am O
, O
has O
three O
career O
PGA B-MISC
Tour I-MISC
victories O
, O
but O
none O
since O
the O
1993 O
BellSouth B-MISC
Classic I-MISC
. O

Estes B-PER
, O
whose O
only O
win O
came O
at O
the O
1994 O
Texas B-MISC
Open I-MISC
and O
whose O
best O
finish O
this O
year O
was O
a O
third-place O
tie O
at O
the O
Nortel B-MISC
Open I-MISC
in O
January O
, O
eagled O
the O
par-five O
fourth O
hole O
and O
added O
five O
birdies O
to O
grab O
sole O
possession O
of O
second O
place O
. O

" O
No O
bogeys O
on O
the O
card O
, O
" O
he O
noted O
. O
" O

Sometimes O
I O
take O
more O
pride O
in O
that O
. O
" O

Woods B-PER
was O
among O
a O
group O
of O
13 O
players O
at O
four O
under O
, O
including O
1993 O
champion O
Billy B-PER
Mayfair I-PER
, O
who O
tied O
for O
second O
at O
last O
week O
's O
World B-MISC
Series I-MISC
of I-MISC
Golf I-MISC
, O
and O
former O
U.S. B-MISC
Open I-MISC
champ O
Payne B-PER
Stewart I-PER
. O

Defending O
champion O
Scott B-PER
Hoch I-PER
shot O
a O
three-under O
68 O
and O
was O
six O
strokes O
back O
. O

Phil B-PER
Mickelson I-PER
, O
the O
only O
four-time O
winner O
on O
the O
PGA B-MISC
Tour I-MISC
, O
skipped O
the O
tournament O
after O
winning O
the O
World B-MISC
Series I-MISC
of I-MISC
Golf I-MISC
last O
week O
. O

Mark B-PER
Brooks I-PER
, O
Tom B-PER
Lehman I-PER
and O
Mark B-PER
O'Meara I-PER
, O
who O
make O
up O
the O
rest O
of O
the O
top O
four O
on O
the O
money O
list O
, O
also O
took O
the O
week O
off O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
SILVA B-PER
'S O
`LOST O
PASSPORT O
' O
EXCUSE O
NOT O
ENOUGH O
FOR O
FIFA B-ORG
. O

MADRID B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Spanish B-MISC
first O
division O
team O
Deportivo B-ORG
Coruna I-ORG
will O
be O
without O
key O
midfielder O
Mauro B-PER
Silva I-PER
for O
Saturday O
's O
game O
with O
Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
after O
FIFA B-ORG
, O
soccer O
's O
world O
governing O
body O
, O
suspended O
the O
Brazilian B-MISC
for O
one O
game O
for O
missing O
his O
national O
side O
's O
European B-MISC
tour O
. O

Silva B-PER
excused O
his O
absence O
from O
Brazil B-LOC
's O
game O
against O
Russia B-LOC
, O
on O
Wednesday O
, O
and O
Saturday O
's O
match O
with O
the O
Netherlands B-LOC
by O
saying O
he O
had O
lost O
his O
passport O
. O

But O
that O
did O
not O
prevent O
him O
from O
collecting O
the O
one-match O
suspension O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

ATHLETICS O
- O
MITCHELL B-PER
DEFEATS O
BAILEY B-PER
IN O
FRONT O
OF O
FORMER O
CHAMPIONS O
. O

Adrian B-PER
Warner I-PER

BERLIN B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

American B-MISC
Dennis B-PER
Mitchell I-PER
outclassed O
Olympic B-MISC
100 O
metres O
champion O
Donovan B-PER
Bailey I-PER
for O
the O
third O
time O
at O
a O
major O
post-Games B-MISC
meeting O
in O
front O
of O
the O
most O
experienced O
sprinting O
crowd O
in O
the O
world O
on O
Friday O
. O

Watched O
by O
an O
array O
of O
former O
Olympic B-MISC
sprint O
champions O
at O
the O
Berlin B-LOC
grand O
prix O
meeting O
, O
Mitchell B-PER
made O
a O
brilliant O
start O
in O
the O
100 O
metres O
and O
held O
off O
Bailey B-PER
's O
strong O
finish O
to O
win O
in O
10.08 O
seconds O
despite O
cool O
conditions O
. O

Bailey B-PER
, O
who O
set O
a O
world O
record O
of O
9.84 O
on O
his O
way O
to O
victory O
in O
Atlanta B-LOC
, O
could O
not O
catch O
his O
American B-MISC
rival O
and O
had O
to O
settle O
for O
third O
in O
a O
tight O
finish O
. O

Jamaica B-LOC
's O
Michael B-PER
Green I-PER
was O
second O
with O
10.09 O
with O
Bailey B-PER
finishing O
in O
10.13 O
. O

Last O
Friday O
Mitchell B-PER
, O
who O
finished O
fourth O
at O
the O
Atlanta B-MISC
Games I-MISC
, O
upstaged O
a O
trio O
of O
Olympic B-MISC
champions O
including O
Bailey B-PER
to O
win O
the O
100 O
in O
Brussels B-LOC
. O

Earlier O
this O
month O
he O
also O
beat O
world O
champion O
Bailey B-PER
in O
Zurich B-LOC
. O

Berlin B-LOC
, O
Brussels B-LOC
and O
Zurich B-LOC
all O
belong O
to O
the O
most O
lucrative O
series O
in O
the O
sport O
, O
the O
Golden B-MISC
Four I-MISC
. O

Among O
the O
crowd O
on O
Friday O
were O
Olympic B-MISC
100 O
metres O
champions O
going O
back O
to O
1948 O
. O

They O
had O
been O
invited O
to O
the O
meeting O
to O
watch O
a O
special O
relay O
to O
mark O
the O
60th O
anniversary O
of O
Jesse B-PER
Owens I-PER
's O
four O
gold O
medals O
at O
the O
1936 O
Olympics B-MISC
in O
the O
same O
Berlin B-LOC
stadium O
. O

" O
Today O
the O
concentration O
was O
the O
most O
important O
thing O
for O
me O
, O
" O
Mitchell B-PER
said O
. O

Despite O
the O
coolish O
conditions O
American B-MISC
Olympic I-MISC
champion O
Gail B-PER
Devers I-PER
looked O
in O
commanding O
form O
in O
the O
women O
's O
100 O
, O
clocking O
10.89 O
to O
defeat O
Jamaican B-MISC
rival O
Merlene B-PER
Ottey I-PER
, O
who O
was O
second O
in O
10.94 O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

ATHLETICS O
- O
BERLIN B-MISC
GRAND I-MISC
PRIX I-MISC
RESULTS O
. O

BERLIN B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Leading O
results O
at O
the O
Berlin B-MISC

Grand B-MISC
Prix I-MISC
athletics O
meeting O
on O
Friday O
: O

Women O
's O
100 O
metres O
hurdles O

1. O
Michelle B-PER
Freeman I-PER
( O
Jamaica B-LOC
) O
12.71 O
seconds O

2. O
Ludmila B-PER
Engquist I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
12.74 O

3. O
Aliuska B-PER
Lopez I-PER
( O
Cuba B-LOC
) O
12.92 O

4. O
Brigita B-PER
Bokovec I-PER
( O
Slovenia B-LOC
) O
12.92 O

5. O
Dionne B-PER
Rose I-PER
( O
Jamaica B-LOC
) O
12.92 O

6. O
Julie B-PER
Baumann I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
13.11 O

7. O
Gillian B-PER
Russell I-PER
( O
Jamaica B-LOC
) O
13.17 O

Women O
's O
1,500 O
metres O

1. O
Svetlana B-PER
Masterkova I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
four O
minutes O
6.87 O
seconds O

2. O
Patricia B-PER
Djate-Taillard I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
4:08.22 O

3. O
Carla B-PER
Sacramento I-PER
( O
Portugal B-LOC
) O
4:08.96 O

4. O
Yekaterina B-PER
Podkopayeva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
4:09.25 O

5. O
Leah B-PER
Pells I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
4:09.95 O

6. O
Carmen B-PER
Wuestenhagen I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
4:10.38 O

7. O
Margarita B-PER
Maruseva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
4:10.87 O

8. O
Sara B-PER
Thorsett I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
4:11.06 O

Men O
's O
110 O
metres O
hurdles O

1. O
Mark B-PER
Crear I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
13.26 O
seconds O

2. O
Tony B-PER
Jarrett I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O
13.35 O

3. O
Florian B-PER
Schwarthoff I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
13.36 O

4. O
Emilio B-PER
Valle I-PER
( O
Cuba B-LOC
) O
13.52 O

5. O
Falk B-PER
Balzer I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
13.52 O

6. O
Steve B-PER
Brown I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
13.53 O

7. O
Frank B-PER
Busemann I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
13.58 O

8. O
Jack B-PER
Pierce I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
13.60 O

Men O
's O
200 O
metres O

1. O
Frankie B-PER
Fredericks I-PER
( O
Namibia B-LOC
) O
19.97 O
seconds O

2. O
Michael B-PER
Johnson I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
20.02 O

3. O
Ato B-PER
Boldon I-PER
( O
Trinidad B-LOC
) O
20.37 O

4. O
Geir B-PER
Moen I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
20.41 O

5. O
Patrick B-PER
Stevens I-PER
( O
Belgium B-LOC
) O
20.54 O

6. O
Jon B-PER
Drummond I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
20.78 O

7. O
Claus B-PER
Hirsbro I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
20.90 O

8. O
Ivan B-PER
Garcia I-PER
( O
Cuba B-LOC
) O
20.96 O

Women O
's O
shot O
put O

1. O
Astrid B-PER
Kumbernuss I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
19.89 O
metres O

2. O
Claudia B-PER
Mues I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
18.80 O

3. O
Irina B-PER
Korzhanenko I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
18.63 O

4. O
Valentina B-PER
Fedyushina I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
18.55 O

5. O
Stephanie B-PER
Storp I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
18.41 O

Men O
's O
mile O

1. O
Noureddine B-PER
Morceli I-PER
( O
Algeria B-LOC
) O
3 O
minutes O
49.09 O
seconds O

2. O
Venuste B-PER
Niyongabo I-PER
( O
Burundi B-LOC
) O
3:51.01 O

3. O
William B-PER
Tanui I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
3:51.40 O

4. O
Laban B-PER
Rotich I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
3:53.42 O

5. O
Marko B-PER
Koers I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
3:53.47 O

6. O
Isaac B-PER
Viciosa I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
3:53.85 O

7. O
John B-PER
Mayock I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O
3:54.67 O

8. O
Marcus B-PER
O'Sullivan I-PER
( O
Ireland B-LOC
) O
3:54.87 O

Men O
's O
discus O

1. O
Lars B-PER
Riedel I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
70.60 O
metres O

2. O
Anthony B-PER
Washington I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
68.44 O

3. O
Vasily B-PER
Kaptyukh I-PER
( O
Belarus B-LOC
) O
66.24 O

4. O
Vladimir B-PER
Dubrovshchik I-PER
( O
Belarus B-LOC
) O
65.30 O

5. O
Virgilijus B-PER
Alekna I-PER
( O
Lithuania B-LOC
) O
65.00 O

6. O
Juergen B-PER
Schult I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
64.46 O

7. O
Andreas B-PER
Seelig I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
62.00 O

8. O
Michael B-PER
Moellenbeck I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
58.56 O

Women O
's O
100 O
metres O

1. O
Gail B-PER
Devers I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
10.89 O
seconds O

2. O
Merlene B-PER
Ottey I-PER
( O
Jamaica B-LOC
) O
10.94 O

3. O
Gwen B-PER
Torrence I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
11.07 O

4. O
Mary B-PER
Onyali I-PER
( O
Nigeria B-LOC
) O
11.14 O

5. O
Chryste B-PER
Gaines I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
11.20 O

6. O
Chandra B-PER
Sturrup I-PER
( O
Bahamas B-LOC
) O
11.26 O

7. O
Irina B-PER
Privalova I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
11.27 O

8. O
Inger B-PER
Miller I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
11.37 O

Women O
's O
5,000 O
metres O

1. O
Gabriela B-PER
Szabo I-PER
( O
Romania B-LOC
) O
15 O
minutes O
04.95 O
seconds O

2. O
Gete B-PER
Wami I-PER
( O
Ethiopia B-LOC
) O
15:05.21 O

3. O
Rose B-PER
Cheruiyot I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
15:05.41 O

4. O
Annemari B-PER
Sandell I-PER
( O
Finland B-LOC
) O
15:06.33 O

5. O
Tegla B-PER
Loroupe I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
15:08.79 O

6. O
Gunhild B-PER
Halle I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
15:09.00 O

7. O
Pauline B-PER
Konga I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
15:09.74 O

8. O
Sally B-PER
Barsosio I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
15:14.34 O

Men O
's O
400 O
metres O
hurdles O

1. O
Torrance B-PER
Zellner I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
48.23 O
seconds O

2. O
Samuel B-PER
Matete I-PER
( O
Zambia B-LOC
) O
48.34 O

3. O
Derrick B-PER
Adkins I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
48.62 O

4. O
Fabrizio B-PER
Mori I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
49.21 O

5. O
Sven B-PER
Nylander I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
49.22 O

6. O
Eric B-PER
Thomas I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
49.35 O

7. O
Rohan B-PER
Robinson I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
49.36 O

8. O
Dusan B-PER
Kovacs I-PER
( O
Hungary B-LOC
) O
49.58 O

Women O
's O
400 O
metres O

1. O
Falilat B-PER
Ogunkoya I-PER
( O
Nigeria B-LOC
) O
50.31 O
seconds O

2. O
Jearl B-PER
Miles I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
50.42 O

3. O
Fatima B-PER
Yusuf I-PER
( O
Nigeria B-LOC
) O
51.43 O

4. O
Anja B-PER
Ruecker I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
51.61 O

5. O
Olabisi B-PER
Afolabi I-PER
( O
Nigeria B-LOC
) O
51.98 O

6. O
Phylis B-PER
Smith I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O
52.05 O

7. O
Linda B-PER
Kisabaka I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
52.41 O

8. O
Karin B-PER
Janke I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
53.13 O

Men O
's O
100 O
metres O

1. O
Dennis B-PER
Mitchell I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
10.08 O

2. O
Michael B-PER
Green I-PER
( O
Jamaica B-LOC
) O
10.09 O

3. O
Donovan B-PER
Bailey I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
10.13 O

4. O
Jon B-PER
Drummond I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
10.22 O

5. O
Davidson B-PER
Ezinwa I-PER
( O
Nigeria B-LOC
) O
10.24 O

6. O
Geir B-PER
Moen I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
10.33 O

7. O
Marc B-PER
Blume I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
10.48 O

Men O
's O
800 O
metres O

1. O
Wilson B-PER
Kipketer I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
1:43.34 O

2. O
Norberto B-PER
Tellez I-PER
( O
Cuba B-LOC
) O
1:44.58 O

3. O
Sammy B-PER
Langat I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
1:44.96 O

4. O
Nico B-PER
Motchebon I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:45.03 O

5. O
David B-PER
Kiptoo I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
1:45.27 O

6. O
Adem B-PER
Hacini I-PER
( O
Algeria B-LOC
) O
1:45.64 O

7. O
Vebjoen B-PER
Rodal I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
1:46.45 O

8. O
Craig B-PER
Winrow I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O
1:46.66 O

Men O
's O
pole O
vault O

1= O
Andrei B-PER
Tiwontschik I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
5.86 O

1= O
Igor B-PER
Trandenkov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
5.86 O

3. O
Maksim B-PER
Tarasov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
5.86 O

4. O
Tim B-PER
Lobinger I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
5.80 O

5. O
Igor B-PER
Potapovich I-PER
( O
Kazakstan B-LOC
) O
5.80 O

6. O
Jean B-PER
Galfione I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
5.65 O

7. O
Pyotr B-PER
Bochkary I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
5.65 O

8. O
Dmitri B-PER
Markov I-PER
( O
Belarus B-LOC
) O
5.65 O

Women O
's O
high O
jump O

1. O
Stefka B-PER
Kostadinova I-PER
( O
Bulgaria B-LOC
) O
2.03 O

2. O
Inga B-PER
Babakova I-PER
( O
Ukraine B-LOC
) O
2.00 O
metres O

3. O
Alina B-PER
Astafei I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1.97 O

4. O
Tatyana B-PER
Motkova I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
1.97 O

5. O
Hanne B-PER
Haugland I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
1.91 O

6= O
Nele B-PER
Zilinskiene I-PER
( O
Lithuania B-LOC
) O
1.91 O

6= O
Yelena B-PER
Gulyayeva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
1.91 O

8. O
Natalya B-PER
Golodnova I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
1.85 O

Men O
's O
5,000 O
metres O

1. O
Daniel B-PER
Komen I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
13 O
minutes O
2.62 O
seconds O

2. O
Bob B-PER
Kennedy I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
13:06.12 O

3. O
Paul B-PER
Koech I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
13:06.45 O

4. O
El B-PER
Hassane I-PER
Lahssini I-PER
( O
Morocco B-LOC
) O
13:06.57 O

5. O
Shem B-PER
Kororia I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
13:06.65 O

6. O
Brahim B-PER
Lahlafi I-PER
( O
Morocco B-LOC
) O
13:08.05 O

7. O
Tom B-PER
Nyariki I-PER
( O
Kenya B-LOC
) O
13:20.12 O

8. O
Fita B-PER
Bayissa I-PER
( O
Ethiopia B-LOC
) O
13:21.35 O

Men O
's O
triple O
jump O

1. O
Jonathan B-PER
Edwards I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O
17.69 O
metres O

2. O
Yoelvis B-PER
Quesada I-PER
( O
Cuba B-LOC
) O
17.44 O

3. O
Kenny B-PER
Harrison I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
17.16 O

4. O
Mike B-PER
Conley I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
16.79 O

5. O
Armen B-PER
Martirosyan I-PER
( O
Armenia B-LOC
) O
16.57 O

6. O
Sigurd B-PER
Njerve I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
16.41 O

7. O
Carlos B-PER
Calado I-PER
( O
Portugal B-LOC
) O
16.31 O

8. O
Charles-Michael B-PER
Friedek I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
16.12 O

Women O
's O
javelin O

1. O
Tanja B-PER
Damaske I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
66.60 O
metres O

2. O
Trine B-PER
Hattesta I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
65.12 O

3. O
Isel B-PER
Lopez I-PER
( O
Cuba B-LOC
) O
65.10 O

4. O
Heli B-PER
Rantanen I-PER
( O
Finland B-LOC
) O
62.78 O

5. O
Louise B-PER
McPaul I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
62.06 O

6. O
Xiomara B-PER
Rivero I-PER
( O
Cuba B-LOC
) O
61.94 O

7. O
Natalya B-PER
Shikolen I-PER
( O
Belarus B-LOC
) O
60.74 O

8. O
Rita B-PER
Ramaunaskaite I-PER
( O
Lithuania B-LOC
) O
60.74 O

Men O
's O
4x100 O
relay O
Jesse B-PER
Owens I-PER
memorial O
race O

1. O
Donovan B-PER
Bailey I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
, O
Michael B-PER
Johnson I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
, O
Frankie B-PER

Fredericks B-PER
( O
Namibia B-LOC
) O
, O
Linford B-PER
Christie I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O
38.87 O
seconds O

2. O
Michael B-PER
Green I-PER
( O
Jamaica B-LOC
) O
, O
Osmond B-PER
Ezinwa I-PER
( O
Nigeria B-LOC
) O
, O
Oeji B-PER
Aliu I-PER

( O
Nigeria B-LOC
) O
, O
Davidson B-PER
Ezinwa I-PER
( O
Nigeria B-LOC
) O
38.87 O

3. O
Peter B-PER
Karlsson I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
, O
Falk B-PER
Balzer I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
, O
George B-PER

Panayiotopoulos B-PER
( O
Greece B-LOC
) O
, O
Florian B-PER
Schwarthoff I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
39.93 O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
THREE O
STANDARD B-ORG
LIEGE I-ORG
PLAYERS O
BANNED O
, O
CLUB O
FINED O
. O

GENEVA B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

UEFA B-ORG
came O
down O
heavily O
on O
Belgian B-MISC
club O
Standard B-ORG
Liege I-ORG
on O
Friday O
for O
" O
disgraceful O
behaviour O
" O
in O
an O
Intertoto B-MISC
final O
match O
against O
Karlsruhe B-ORG
of O
Germany B-LOC
. O

The O
Belgian B-MISC
club O
were O
fined O
25,000 O
Swiss B-MISC
francs O
( O
$ O
20,850 O
) O
for O
unsporting O
conduct O
and O
captain O
Guy B-PER
Hellers I-PER
banned O
for O
seven O
games O
. O

He O
was O
sent O
off O
for O
insulting O
the O
referee O
and O
then O
urged O
his O
team O
mates O
to O
protest O
. O

Roberto B-PER
Bisconti I-PER
will O
be O
sidelined O
for O
six O
Euro B-MISC
ties O
after O
pushing O
the O
referee O
in O
the O
back O
as O
he O
protested O
about O
a O
Karlsruhe B-ORG
goal O
, O
while O
Didier B-PER
Ernst I-PER
was O
banned O
for O
four O
matches O
for O
a O
verbal O
attack O
soon O
after O
Bisconti B-PER
was O
also O
dismissed O
. O

Karlsruhe B-ORG
won O
the O
August O
20 O
match O
3-1 O
thanks O
to O
two O
late O
goals O
. O

They O
took O
the O
tie O
3-2 O
on O
aggregate O
and O
qualified O
for O
the O
UEFA B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
. O

-DOCSTART- O

ATHLETICS O
- O
HARRISON B-PER
, O
EDWARDS B-PER
TO O
MEET O
IN O
SARAJEVO B-LOC
. O

MONTE B-LOC
CARLO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Olympic B-MISC
champion O
Kenny B-PER
Harrison I-PER
and O
world O
record O
holder O
Jonathan B-PER
Edwards I-PER
will O
both O
take O
part O
in O
a O
triple O
jump O
competition O
at O
the O
Solidarity B-MISC
Meeting I-MISC
for I-MISC
Sarajevo I-MISC
on O
September O
9 O
. O

The O
International B-ORG
Amateur I-ORG
Athletic I-ORG
Federation I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
a O
schedule O
reshuffle O
had O
allowed O
organisers O
to O
hold O
a O
men O
's O
triple O
jump O
as O
well O
as O
the O
women O
's O
long O
jump O
on O
the O
" O
one O
usable O
runway O
at O
the O
war-devastated O
" O
Kosevo B-LOC
stadium O
. O

Atlanta B-MISC
Games I-MISC
silver O
medal O
winner O
Edwards B-PER
has O
called O
on O
other O
leading O
athletes O
to O
take O
part O
in O
the O
Sarajevo B-LOC
meeting O
-- O
a O
goodwill O
gesture O
towards O
Bosnia B-LOC
as O
it O
recovers O
from O
the O
war O
in O
the O
Balkans B-LOC
-- O
two O
days O
after O
the O
grand O
prix O
final O
in O
Milan B-LOC
. O

Edwards B-PER
was O
quoted O
as O
saying O
: O
" O
What O
type O
of O
character O
do O
we O
show O
by O
going O
to O
the O
IAAF B-MISC
Grand I-MISC
Prix I-MISC
Final I-MISC
in O
Milan B-LOC
where O
there O
is O
a O
lot O
of O
money O
to O
make O
but O
refusing O
to O
make O
the O
trip O
to O
Sarajevo B-LOC
as O
a O
humanitarian O
gesture O
? O
" O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
BARATELLI B-PER
TO O
COACH O
NICE B-ORG
. O

NICE B-LOC
, O
France B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Former O
international O
goalkeeper O
Dominique B-PER
Baratelli I-PER
is O
to O
coach O
struggling O
French B-MISC
first O
division O
side O
Nice B-ORG
, O
the O
club O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Baratelli B-PER
, O
who O
played O
for O
Nice B-ORG
and O
Paris B-ORG
St I-ORG
Germain I-ORG
, O
takes O
over O
from O
Albert B-PER
Emon I-PER
who O
was O
fired O
on O
Thursday O
after O
Nice B-ORG
's O
home O
defeat O
to O
Guingamp B-ORG
2-1 O
in O
the O
league O
. O

Nice B-ORG
have O
been O
unable O
to O
win O
any O
of O
their O
four O
league O
matches O
played O
this O
season O
and O
are O
lying O
a O
lowly O
18th O
in O
the O
table O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
MILAN B-ORG
'S O
LENTINI B-PER
MOVES O
TO O
ATALANTA B-ORG
. O

MILAN B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Former O
Italian B-MISC
international O
winger O
Gianluigi B-PER
Lentini I-PER
, O
transferred O
to O
Milan B-ORG
in O
1992 O
for O
what O
was O
believed O
to O
be O
a O
world O
record O
sum O
, O
has O
been O
loaned O
to O
serie B-MISC
A I-MISC
club O
Atalanta B-ORG
for O
a O
year O
, O
newspapers O
reported O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
Gazzetta B-ORG
dello I-ORG
Sport I-ORG
said O
the O
deal O
would O
cost O
Atalanta B-ORG
around O
$ O
600,000 O
. O

Lentini B-PER
, O
27 O
, O
joined O
Milan B-ORG
from O
Torino B-ORG
in O
a O
$ O
12 O
million O
deal O
that O
many O
have O
speculated O
involved O
far O
more O
money O
changing O
hands O
and O
which O
has O
subsequently O
been O
investigated O
by O
magistrates O
for O
alleged O
financial O
irregularities O
. O

The O
player O
suffered O
severe O
head O
injuries O
in O
a O
near-fatal O
car O
crash O
the O
following O
year O
and O
has O
since O
struggled O
to O
regain O
the O
form O
that O
made O
him O
a O
hero O
in O
Turin B-LOC
. O

The O
move O
to O
Bergamo-based B-MISC
Atalanta B-ORG
reunites O
Lentini B-PER
, O
who O
fell O
out O
with O
ex-Milan B-MISC
coach O
Fabio B-PER
Capello I-PER
last O
season O
, O
with O
his O
former O
coach O
at O
Torino B-ORG
, O
Emiliano B-PER
Mondonico I-PER
. O

-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
SRI B-LOC
LANKA I-LOC
BEAT O
AUSTRALIA B-LOC
BY O
FOUR O
WICKETS O
. O

COLOMBO B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Sri B-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
beat O
Australia B-LOC
by O
four O
wickets O
in O
the O
third O
match O
of O
the O
Singer B-MISC
World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
one-day O
( O
50 O
overs O
) O
cricket O
tournament O
on O
Friday O
. O

Scores O
: O
Australia B-LOC
228-9 O
in O
50 O
overs O
, O
Sri B-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
232-6 O
in O
45.5 O
overs O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
AUSTRALIA B-LOC
V O
SRI B-LOC
LANKA I-LOC
SCOREBOARD O
. O

COLOMBO B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Scoreboard O
of O
the O
third O
Singer B-MISC

World B-MISC
Series I-MISC
cricket O
match O
between O
Australia B-LOC
and O
Sri B-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
on O

Friday O
: O

Australia B-LOC

M. B-PER
Waugh I-PER
c O
and O
b O
Jayasuriya B-PER
50 O

M. B-PER
Slater I-PER
run O
out O
9 O

S. B-PER
Law I-PER
c O
Tillekeratne B-PER
b O
Dharmasena B-PER
13 O

M. B-PER
Bevan I-PER
c O
Vaas B-PER
b O
Chandana B-PER
56 O

S. B-PER
Waugh I-PER
b O
Muralitharan B-PER
22 O

R. B-PER
Ponting I-PER
not O
out O
46 O

D. B-PER
Lehmann I-PER
st O
Kaluwitharana B-PER
b O
Chandana B-PER
2 O

I. B-PER
Healy I-PER
c O
Ranatunga B-PER
b O
Muralitharan B-PER
8 O

J. B-PER
Gillespie I-PER
st O
Kaluwitharana B-PER
b O
Chandana B-PER
6 O

D. B-PER
Fleming I-PER
c O
Chandana B-PER
b O
Jayasuriya B-PER
3 O

G. B-PER
McGrath I-PER
not O
out O
8 O

Extras O
( O
lb-3 O
nb-2 O
) O
5 O

Total O
( O
nine O
wickets O
, O
50 O
overs O
) O
228 O

Fall O
of O
wickets O
: O
1-21 O
2-52 O
3-97 O
4-149 O
5-157 O
6-163 O
7-178 O

8-198 O
9-203 O
. O

Bowling O
: O
Vass B-PER
7-0-29-0 O
, O
de B-PER
Silva I-PER
4-0-25-0 O
, O
Dharmasena B-PER

9-0-49-1 O
, O
Muralitharan B-PER
10-0-41-2 O
, O
Jayasuriya B-PER
10-0-43-2 O
, O
Chandana B-PER

10-0-38-3 O
. O

Sri B-LOC
Lanka I-LOC

S. B-PER
Jayasuriya I-PER
c O
Healy B-PER
b O
Fleming B-PER
44 O

R. B-PER
Kaluwitharana I-PER
b O
S. B-PER
Waugh I-PER
8 O

A. B-PER
Gurusinha I-PER
run O
out O
16 O

A.de B-PER
Silva I-PER
not O
out O
83 O

A. B-PER
Ranatunga I-PER
lbw O
b O
Fleming B-PER
0 O

H. B-PER
Tillekeratne I-PER
lbw O
b O
Fleming B-PER
1 O

R. B-PER
Mahanama I-PER
b O
McGrath B-PER
50 O

U. B-PER
Chandana I-PER
not O
out O
14 O

Extras O
( O
lb-3 O
nb-6 O
w-7 O
) O
16 O

Total O
( O
six O
wickets O
, O
45.5 O
overs O
) O
232 O

Fall O
of O
wickets O
: O
1-22 O
2-78 O
3-78 O
4-78 O
5-81 O
6-196 O
. O

Did O
not O
bat O
: O
Dharmasena B-PER
, O
Vaas B-PER
, O
Muralitharan B-PER
. O

Bowling O
: O
S. B-PER
Waugh I-PER
5-1-36-1 O
, O
Law B-PER
2-0-23-0 O
, O
McGrath B-PER
9.5-0-44-1 O
, O

Fleming B-PER
8-1-26-3 O
, O
Gillespie B-PER
6-0-27-0 O
, O
M. B-PER
Waugh I-PER
5-0-29-0 O
, O
Lehmann B-PER

6-0-26-0 O
, O
Bevan B-PER
4-0-18-0 O
. O

Man O
of O
the O
Match O
: O
Aravinda B-PER
de I-PER
Silva I-PER

Next O
Series O
match O
: O
India B-LOC
v O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
, O
September O
1 O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
AUSTRALIA B-LOC
228-9 O
IN O
50 O
OVERS O
V O
SRI B-LOC
LANKA I-LOC
. O

COLOMBO B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Australia B-LOC
scored O
228 O
for O
nine O
wickets O
in O
their O
50 O
overs O
against O
Sri B-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
in O
the O
third O
day-night O
limited O
overs O
match O
of O
the O
Singer B-MISC
World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
tournament O
on O
Friday O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
AUSTRALIA B-LOC
WIN O
TOSS O
AND O
CHOOSE O
TO O
BAT O
. O

COLOMBO B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Australia B-LOC
won O
the O
toss O
and O

elected O
to O
bat O
against O
Sri B-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
in O
the O
third O
day-night O
limited O

overs O
cricket O
match O
in O
the O
Singer B-MISC
world O
series O
tournament O
on O

Friday O
. O

Teams O
: O

Australia B-LOC
- O
Ian B-PER
Healy I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
Michael B-PER
Bevan I-PER
, O
Damien B-PER

Flemming B-PER
, O
Jason B-PER
Gillespie I-PER
, O
Stuart B-PER
Law I-PER
, O
Glenn B-PER
McGrath I-PER
, O
Ricky B-PER

Ponting B-PER
, O
Michael B-PER
Slater I-PER
, O
Darren B-PER
Lehmann I-PER
, O
Mark B-PER
Waugh I-PER
, O
Steve B-PER

Waugh B-PER
. O

Sri B-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
- O
Arjuna B-PER
Ranatunga I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
Sanath B-PER
Jayasuriya I-PER
, O

Romesh B-PER
Kaluwitharana I-PER
, O
Asanka B-PER
Gurusinha I-PER
, O
Aravinda B-PER
de I-PER
Silva I-PER
, O

Hashan B-PER
Tillekeratne I-PER
, O
Roshan B-PER
Mahanama I-PER
, O
Kumara B-PER
Dharmasena I-PER
, O

Chaminda B-PER
Vaas I-PER
, O
Muthiah B-PER
Muralitharan I-PER
, O
Upul B-PER
Chandana I-PER
. O

-DOCSTART- O

ROMANIA B-LOC
COMELF B-ORG
H1 O
PROFIT O
RISE O
BELOW O
TARGET O
. O

BUCHAREST B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Romanian B-MISC
listed O
state O
engineer O
Comelf B-ORG
said O
it O
almost O
doubled O
six-month O
output O
, O
with O
net O
profit O
rising O
by O
33 O
percent O
to O
1.069 O
billion O
lei O
. O

But O
the O
company O
complained O
inflation O
and O
the O
artificially O
high O
rate O
of O
the O
leu O
cut O
profit O
margins O
on O
exports O
, O
keeping O
profits O
well O
below O
its O
forecast O
of O
1.4 O
billion O
lei O
. O

Comelf B-ORG
's O
six-month O
output O
rose O
to O
4,378 O
tonnes O
of O
equipment O
from O
2,684 O
tonnes O
in O
the O
equivalent O
period O
in O
1995 O
, O
the O
company O
report O
to O
the O
Bucharest B-LOC
stock O
exchange O
showed O
. O

Comelf B-ORG
, O
based O
in O
the O
central O
Transylvanian B-MISC
town O
of O
Bistrita B-LOC
, O
manufactures O
water O
purification O
equipment O
, O
machinery O
for O
the O
thermal O
power O
sector O
and O
other O
equipment O
. O

" O
In O
the O
first O
six O
months O
of O
1996 O
we O
concentrated O
on O
increasing O
the O
volume O
of O
our O
output O
and O
exports O
in O
particular O
and O
improving O
the O
quality O
of O
our O
products O
, O
" O
the O
report O
said O
. O

From O
January O
to O
June O
Comelf B-ORG
exported O
59 O
percent O
of O
its O
output O
, O
up O
from O
37.3 O
percent O
in O
the O
same O
period O
last O
year O
. O

The O
company O
said O
higher O
than O
anticipated O
inflation O
and O
rising O
raw O
materials O
and O
wage O
costs O
also O
hit O
profits O
. O

Year-on-year O
inflation O
, O
initially O
estimated O
at O
20 O
percent O
in O
December O
, O
was O
33.8 O
percent O
in O
June O
, O
higher O
than O
a O
revised O
end-year O
forecast O
of O
30 O
percent O
. O

The O
12 O
month O
figure O
quickened O
to O
40.3 O
percent O
in O
July O
. O

The O
leu O
currency O
has O
slipped O
only O
gradually O
this O
year O
, O
and O
is O
currently O
quoted O
at O
an O
official O
rate O
of O
3,162 O
to O
the O
dollar O
, O
well O
below O
the O
3,550 O
retail O
price O
that O
exporters O
say O
is O
more O
realistic O
. O

-- O
Luli B-PER
Popescu I-PER
, O
Bucharest B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
40-1 O
3120264 O

-DOCSTART- O

POLISH B-MISC
NBP O
REFRAINS O
FROM O
REVERSE O
REPO O
OPERATION O
. O

WARSAW B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
National B-ORG
Bank I-ORG
of I-ORG
Poland I-ORG

refrained O
from O
staging O
a O
reverse O
repo O
operation O
on O
Friday O
, O
the O

bank O
said O
. O

-- O
Warsaw B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+48 O
22 O
653 O
9700 O

-DOCSTART- O

Canada B-LOC
government O
cash O
balances O
fall O
in O
week O
. O

OTTAWA B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
government O
of O
Canada B-LOC
's O
cash O
balances O
fell O
in O
the O
week O
that O
ended O
August O
28 O
, O
the O
Bank B-ORG
of I-ORG
Canada I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Wk O
to O
Aug O
28 O
Chg O
on O
wk O
Chg O
on O
yr O

Notes O
in O
circulation O
27.35 O
+0.435 O
+0.237 O

Government O
cash O
balances O
3.54 O
- O
0.629 O
+0.089 O

Govt O
securities O
outstanding O
463.73 O
+1.660 O
+10.436 O

Treasury B-ORG
bills O
152.80 O
+0.300 O
- O
11.900 O

Canada B-LOC
savings O
bonds O
30.12 O
- O
0.004 O
+0.578 O

All O
figures O
in O
billions O
of O
dollars O
. O

Chartered O
bank O
assets O
July O
June O

Net O
foreign O
currency O
- O
12.63 O
- O
12.08 O

Canadian B-MISC
dollar O
639.55 O
639.38 O

Total O
Canadian B-MISC
liquid O
assets O
107.83 O
107.24 O

July O
96 O
June O
96 O
July O
95 O

M1 O
63.02 O
62.83 O
57.50 O

M2 O
389.79 O
391.32 O
381.65 O

M3 O
482.13 O
480.72 O
461.42 O

Note O
- O
Figures O
are O
unadjusted O
, O
in O
billions O
of O
dollars O
. O

-- O
Reuters B-ORG
Ottawa I-ORG
Bureau I-ORG
( O
613 O
) O
235-6745 O

-DOCSTART- O

Jones B-ORG
Medical I-ORG
completes O
acquisition O
. O

ST. B-LOC
LOUIS I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Jones B-ORG
Medical I-ORG
Industries I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
said O
Friday O
it O
completed O
the O
acquisition O
of O
Daniels B-ORG
Pharmaceuticals I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
of O
St. B-LOC
Petersburg I-LOC
, O
Fla. B-LOC
, O
for O
about O
2,960,000 O
shares O
of O
Jones B-ORG
common O
stock O
. O

Jones B-ORG
stock O
closed O
down O
1/8 O
at O
40 O
Friday O
. O

Daniels B-ORG
Pharmaceuticals I-ORG
manufactures O
prescription O
pharmaceutical O
products O
, O
the O
largest O
of O
which O
is O
Levoxyl B-MISC
, O
a O
synthetic O
thyroid O
hormone O
for O
treating O
hypothyroidism O
. O

-- O
Chicago B-LOC
newsdesk O
, O
312 O
408-8787 O

-DOCSTART- O

NYMEX O
heating O
oil O
near O
session O
lows O
in O
pre-close O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

NYMEX O
refined O
product O
prices O
lingered O
at O
session O
lows O
amid O
slim O
volume O
before O
the O
close O
while O
crude O
experienced O
lackluster O
buying O
ahead O
of O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
Labor B-MISC
Day I-MISC
weekend O
, O
traders O
said O
. O

" O
There O
was O
some O
profit-taking O
early O
on O
, O
and O
it O
's O
just O
sitting O
there O
, O
" O
a O
Texas B-LOC
trader O
said O
of O
heating O
oil O
's O
and O
gasoline O
's O
losses O
. O

September O
heating O
oil O
stood O
1.02 O
cents O
lower O
at O
62.65 O
cents O
a O
gallon O
. O

Heat O
hit O
a O
session O
low O
of O
62.45 O
shortly O
before O
the O
close O
. O

September O
gasoline O
stood O
0.87 O
cent O
lower O
at O
62.85 O
cents O
a O
gallon O
. O

Friday O
's O
low O
in O
September O
gasoline O
was O
62.75 O
. O

Traders O
also O
said O
players O
were O
selling O
refined O
products O
in O
favor O
of O
crude O
ahead O
of O
the O
front O
month O
's O
Friday O
expiry O
in O
the O
refined O
products O
. O

The O
October O
heating O
oil-to-crude O
crack O
spread O
narrowed O
to O
$ O
4.22 O
a O
barrel O
from O
Thursday O
's O
$ O
4.58 O
while O
the O
October O
gasoline-to-crude O
spread O
narrowed O
to O
$ O
3.60 O
from O
Thursday O
's O
$ O
3.86 O
a O
barrel O
. O

October O
crude O
stood O
eight O
cents O
higher O
at O
$ O
22.23 O
barrel O
. O

Buying O
interest O
in O
crude O
did O
not O
have O
enough O
conviction O
to O
send O
it O
much O
higher O
since O
many O
players O
had O
left O
early O
to O
start O
the O
Labor B-MISC
Day I-MISC
holiday O
weekend O
, O
traders O
said O
. O

NYMEX O
will O
be O
closed O
Monday O
due O
to O
Labor B-MISC
Day I-MISC
. O

-- O
Harry B-PER
Milling I-PER
, O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Energy I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
, O
+1 O
212-859-1761 O

-DOCSTART- O

U.S. B-LOC
debt O
futures O
end O
lower O
, O
shaken O
by O
Chicago B-LOC
NAPM B-ORG
. O

CHICAGO B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

U.S. B-LOC
debt O
futures O
finished O
a O
shortened O
pre-holiday O
session O
sharply O
lower O
, O
as O
the O
markets O
were O
shaken O
by O
a O
stronger O
than O
expected O
rise O
in O
the O
August O
National B-ORG
Association I-ORG
of I-ORG
Purchasing I-ORG
Management I-ORG
( O
NAPM B-ORG
) O
index O
for O
the O
Chicago B-LOC
area O
, O
traders O
and O
analysts O
said O
. O

The O
August O
Chicago B-LOC
NAPM B-ORG
rose O
8.8 O
points O
to O
60.0 O
, O
its O
highest O
level O
since O
62.6 O
in O
February O
1995 O
and O
the O
largest O
monthly O
rise O
since O
December O
1993 O
. O

Primary O
dealers O
immediately O
sold O
Eurodollar B-MISC
and O
bond O
futures O
, O
after O
the O
market O
on O
average O
was O
expecting O
the O
index O
to O
rise O
marginally O
to O
51.9 O
from O
July O
's O
51.2 O
. O

Traders O
also O
said O
Japanese B-MISC
investors O
were O
unwinding O
long O
Eurodollar B-MISC
futures O
/ O
short O
swaps O
, O
and O
that O
heavy O
put O
buying O
helped O
pressure O
Eurodollars B-MISC
to O
lower O
levels O
before O
the O
close O
. O

One O
U.S. B-LOC
firm O
bought O
35,000 O
September O
97 O
mid-curve O
put O
options O
at O
a O
strike O
price O
of O
93.25 O
to O
93.30 O
in O
the O
last O
two O
sessions O
, O
while O
a O
French B-MISC
firm O
bought O
4,000 O
September O
93.30 O
to O
93.32 O
put O
spreads O
. O

" O
Even O
before O
the O
data O
came O
out O
, O
we O
were O
seeing O
put O
buying O
, O
" O
one O
floor O
trader O
said O
. O

Meanwhile O
, O
funds O
were O
reportedly O
good O
sellers O
of O
five-year O
notes O
. O

Rumors O
circulated O
that O
the O
Federal B-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
was O
buying O
five-year O
notes O
, O
and O
that O
a O
renowned O
hedge O
fund O
manager O
was O
buying O
10-year O
notes O
in O
the O
cash O
markets O
. O

However O
, O
December O
T-bonds O
ended O
below O
a O
major O
trendline O
level O
at O
106-26/32 O
, O
as O
the O
yield O
in O
the O
cash O
bond O
market O
set O
its O
highest O
monthly O
close O
since O
April O
1995 O
at O
7.12 O
percent O
, O
one O
analyst O
said O
. O

December O
bonds O
blew O
through O
the O
July O
30 O
low O
of O
107-06/32 O
, O
even O
though O
conditions O
were O
slightly O
oversold O
, O
traders O
said O
. O

The O
December O
calendar O
spread O
continued O
to O
widen O
, O
also O
reflecting O
the O
market O
's O
fear O
of O
rising O
inflation O
. O

While O
the O
market O
continues O
to O
price-in O
higher O
U.S. B-LOC
interest O
rates O
, O
there O
was O
little O
conviction O
to O
the O
theory O
that O
the O
Federal B-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
would O
tighten O
rates O
before O
the O
next O
Federal B-ORG
Open I-ORG
Market I-ORG
Committee I-ORG
meeting O
on O
September O
24 O
. O

Federal B-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
governor O
Lawrence B-PER
Lindsey I-PER
, O
speaking O
on O
U.S. B-LOC
cable O
television O
network O
CNBC B-ORG
, O
said O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
economy O
appears O
on O
balance O
to O
be O
a O
bit O
strong O
, O
adding O
the O
central O
bank O
would O
not O
curb O
growth O
provided O
inflation O
remains O
in O
check O
. O

Earlier O
in O
the O
day O
, O
Fed B-ORG
chairman O
Alan B-PER
Greenspan I-PER
said O
at O
the O
annual O
Jackson B-MISC
Hole I-MISC
symposium I-MISC
that O
the O
goal O
of O
price O
stability O
is O
within O
reach O
for O
major O
nations O
. O

Traders O
said O
the O
Fed B-ORG
's O
decision O
to O
adopt O
a O
tightening O
bias O
at O
the O
July O
FOMC B-ORG
meeting O
has O
cast O
more O
focus O
on O
every O
piece O
of O
U.S. B-LOC
economic O
news O
. O

" O
The O
Fed B-ORG
's O
stance O
has O
really O
sensitized O
us O
to O
all O
this O
data O
, O
" O
one O
analyst O
said O
. O
" O

The O
revisions O
to O
GDP O
, O
for O
example O
, O
may O
not O
have O
attracted O
a O
lot O
of O
attention O
. O
" O

At O
the O
end O
of O
pit O
trade O
, O
December O
bonds O
were O
off O
27/32 O
at O
106-25/32 O
, O
10-year O
notes O
down O
21/32 O
at O
105-17/32 O
, O
munibonds O
off O
17/32 O
at O
111-20/32 O
, O
December O
Eurodollars B-MISC
were O
down O
11 O
bps O
at O
93.94 O
, O
March O
Eurodollars B-MISC
were O
off O
13 O
bps O
at O
93.72 O
and O
March O
T-bills O
were O
down O
12 O
bps O
at O
94.33 O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Douglas B-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
shares O
rise O
on O
merger O
. O

FARMINGTON B-LOC
HILLS I-LOC
, O
Mich B-LOC
. O

1996-08-30 O

Shares O
of O
Douglas B-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
Co I-ORG
were O
up O
4-1/2 O
at O
30-5/8 O
Friday O
afternoon O
after O
Thursday O
's O
announcement O
that O
the O
vehicle O
seat O
maker O
had O
agreed O
to O
be O
acquired O
by O
Magna B-ORG
International I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
for O
$ O
31 O
a O
share O
, O
or O
$ O
135 O
million O
. O

Magna B-ORG
was O
up O
1/8 O
to O
48-1/4 O
on O
the O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
. O

Douglas B-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
has O
4.45 O
million O
common O
shares O
outstanding O
, O
some O
of O
which O
are O
option O
shares O
to O
be O
purchased O
at O
exercise O
prices O
less O
than O
the O
$ O
31 O
offered O
price O
. O

The O
acquisition O
will O
beef O
up O
Markham B-ORG
, O
Ontario-based B-MISC
Magna B-ORG
's O
North B-MISC
American I-MISC
car O
and O
truck O
seating O
business O
, O
allowing O
it O
to O
better O
compete O
with O
Johnson B-ORG
Controls I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
and O
Lear B-ORG
Corp I-ORG
. O

Family-controlled O
Douglas B-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
, O
which O
had O
1995 O
revenue O
of O
$ O
561 O
million O
, O
was O
finding O
it O
more O
difficult O
to O
compete O
for O
new O
seating O
contracts O
from O
vehicle O
makers O
, O
said O
James B-PER
Hoey I-PER
, O
chief O
financial O
officer O
. O

" O
Unfortunately O
, O
in O
the O
auto O
industry O
these O
days O
, O
a O
$ O
500 O
million O
company O
is O
not O
a O
big O
company O
anymore O
, O
" O
Hoey B-PER
said O
. O
" O

This O
merger O
makes O
us O
much O
more O
competitive O
. O
" O

He O
added O
that O
Douglas B-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
's O
top O
executives O
have O
been O
asked O
to O
stay O
on O
with O
Magna B-ORG
after O
the O
merger O
, O
though O
their O
future O
roles O
have O
not O
yet O
been O
defined O
. O

Douglas B-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
's O
profits O
were O
hurt O
in O
the O
past O
year O
by O
model O
changeovers O
, O
which O
had O
reduced O
production O
at O
some O
important O
customers O
, O
but O
are O
now O
recovering O
, O
analysts O
said O
. O

The O
company O
earned O
$ O
11.2 O
million O
on O
sales O
of O
$ O
299 O
million O
in O
the O
first O
six O
months O
of O
1996 O
, O
up O
from O
year-earlier O
earnings O
of O
$ O
4.7 O
million O
on O
sales O
of O
$ O
285.7 O
million O
. O

Ford B-ORG
plans O
to O
cut O
its O
roster O
of O
2,300 O
tier-one O
suppliers O
-- O
those O
it O
deals O
with O
directly O
-- O
in O
half O
over O
the O
next O
five O
years O
. O

" O
The O
deal O
really O
levels O
the O
seating O
field O
somewhat O
, O
" O
said O
John B-PER
Casesa I-PER
of O
Schroder B-ORG
Wertheim I-ORG
& I-ORG
Co I-ORG
. O
" O

It O
should O
give O
Magna B-ORG
the O
critical O
mass O
to O
be O
a O
bigger O
player O
in O
that O
market O
. O
" O

Magna B-ORG
's O
traditional O
strength O
has O
been O
instrument O
panels O
, O
door O
panels O
and O
other O
interior O
components O
. O

Magna B-ORG
, O
Johnson B-ORG
Controls I-ORG
and O
Lear B-ORG
have O
been O
working O
to O
build O
up O
their O
capabilties O
to O
supply O
complete O
interiors O
to O
automakers O
, O
including O
seats O
, O
instrument O
panels O
, O
door O
panels O
carpeting O
and O
headliners O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

UK B-LOC
meals O
/ O
feeds O
follow O
Chicago B-LOC
higher O
, O
trade O
slow O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

UK B-LOC
meals O
and O
feeds O
sellers O
marked O
up O
high O
protein O
soymeal O
by O
around O
1.50 O
stg O
a O
tonne O
on O
Friday O
following O
gains O
in O
Chicago B-LOC
at O
Thursday O
's O
close O
. O

Trade O
was O
very O
quiet O
with O
only O
one O
deal O
reported O
when O
spot O
high O
protein O
soymeal O
fetched O
215 O
stg O
a O
tonne O
ex-store O
on O
the O
south O
coast O
. O

" O
I O
would O
n't O
get O
too O
excited O
about O
this O
one O
becuase O
I O
think O
it O
's O
for O
all O
of O
five O
tonnes O
, O
which O
when O
you O
think O
about O
just O
about O
sums O
up O
the O
state O
of O
the O
market O
at O
the O
moment O
, O
" O
said O
a O
trader O
. O

-- O
Jim B-PER
Ballantyne I-PER
, O
London B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+44 O
171 O
542 O
8062 O

-DOCSTART- O

Iraqi B-MISC
captors O
of O
Sudanese B-MISC
jet O
charged O
with O
hijack O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Seven O
Iraqis B-MISC
who O
seized O
a O
Sudanese B-MISC
airliner O
with O
199 O
people O
aboard O
and O
forced O
it O
to O
fly O
to O
London B-LOC
were O
on O
Friday O
charged O
with O
hijack O
, O
ending O
speculation O
that O
they O
might O
be O
offered O
immediate O
asylum O
in O
Britain B-LOC
. O

Police O
said O
the O
seven O
men O
, O
who O
freed O
all O
their O
hostages O
after O
the O
plane O
landed O
at O
Stansted B-LOC
airport O
on O
Tuesday O
and O
then O
appealed O
for O
asylum O
, O
would O
appear O
in O
court O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
Iraqis B-MISC
claimed O
they O
were O
" O
ordinary O
people O
persecuted O
by O
the O
regime O
of O
Saddam B-PER
( O
Hussein B-PER
) O
" O
but O
interior B-ORG
ministry I-ORG
officials O
had O
consistently O
said O
it O
was O
likely O
the O
seven O
would O
be O
charged O
with O
hijack O
before O
any O
plea O
for O
asylum O
was O
considered O
. O
