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WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2004
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Thrashers sign Molanby
ATLANTA - The Atlanta
Thrashers signed 19-year veteran
Scott Mellanby on Monday, adding
experience to a talented front line
that already includes Ilya
Kovalchuk and Dany Heatley.
Mellanby, 38, spent the last two
years with the St. Louis Blues, tal
lying 14 goals and 31 points in the
most recent season. The right
winger also has played with
Philadelphia, Edmonton and
Florida, twice reaching the Stanley
Cup finals.
"Scott is a talented veteran play
er who brings a wealth of experi
ence and character to our club,"
Thrashers general manager Don
Waddell said. "Over the course of
his career, he has proven himself
as a player who knows what it
takes to be successful on and off
the ice. His dedication will con
tribute to making us a better team,
and his leadership will set an
example for our younger players."
Mellanby has 340 goals, 430
assists and 2,361 penalty minutes
in 1,301 regular-season games.
Terms of the contract were not
disclosed.
Mavericks trade Fortson
DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas
Mavericks traded power forward
Danny Fortson to the Seattle
Super Sonics for Calvin Booth,
bringing back the 7-footer they
once thought might help solve their
woes at center.
Booth initially came to Dallas
with Juwan Howard at the trade
deadline in 2001. He played well
the final 15 regular-season games,
then in the playoffs hit one of the
most memorable shots in team his
tory, a short jumper with 9.8 sec
onds left that won a first-round
series over Utah. The Mavericks
had trailed 0-2 in that best-of-five
series and were down 17 late in
that game.
Fortson was acquired last sum
mer along with Antawn Jamison for
Nick Van Exel. The burly rebound
ing specialist was never able to
stay in coach Don Nelson's rota
tion.
Fortson averaged just 11.2 min
utes over 56 games, with 3.9
points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
He was fourth in the NBA in
rebounding in both the 1998-99
and 2001-02 seasons.
Hassefl signs offer sheet
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -
Trenton Hassell signed an offer
sheet with the Portland Trail
Blazers, giving Minnesota 15 days
to decide whether it wants to match
the offer and keep the restricted
free agent.
Hassell started 74 games for
Minnesota last season after two
seasons with the Chicago Bulls,
who picked him in the second
round of the 2001 draft.
Cowherd contract extended
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The
Pittsburgh Steelers extended
coach Bill Cowher's contract
through 2007. Cowher previously
was signed through 2005, but the
team traditionally reworks his con
tract when it has two seasons
remaining.
If Cowher works through the
contract - and there is nothing in
recent team history to suggest he
won't - the Steelers will have had
only two coaches in 39 seasons.
Cowher has a 115-76-1 record
in 12 seasons. His teams have
reached the playoffs eight times in
12 years despite missing them four
of the last six seasons.
Bugs release Russell
NEW YORK (AP) - Defensive
tackle Darrell Russell, released two
weeks ago by Tampa Bay, has
been suspended indefinitely by the
NFL after testing positive for drugs.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello
said the troubled former Pro
Bowler, the second overall pick in
the 1997 draft, can apply for rein
statement after eight games if he is
signed by a team.
Tampa Bay signed Russell in
March, hoping to give him a
chance to repeat the success he
had before off-field problems
derailed his career. He played at
Oakland under Bucs coach Jon
Gruden and defensive line coach
Rod Marinelli.
Russell spent part of last season
with the Washington Redskins
after he was reinstated by the NFL
following a 1 1/2-year suspension
for a second violation of the
league s substance abuse policy.
Germany signs Klinsmann
BERLIN (AP) - Former star
striker Juergen Klinsmann agreed
to a two-year contract to coach
Germany, hoping to rebuild a
slumping team in time for the 2006
World Cup.
Klinsmann, 39, will become the
ninth coach of the three-time World
Cup champions and the youngest
in the country's history.
Germany finished second at the
2002 World Cup, but it was elimi
nated in the first round of both the
2000 and 2004 European
Championships and its attacking
players have struggled to make an
impact.
R ASEBALL
National League At A Glance
W L Pet GB
Atlanta 53 45 .541 -
Philadelphia 52 47 .525 1 1/2
Florida 49 50 .495 4 1/2
New York 47 51 .480 6
Montreal 38 61 .384 15 1/2
Central Division
W L Pet GB
St. Louis 63 36 .636
Chicago 53 46 .535 10
Cincinnati 50 50 .500 13 1/2
Houston 49 50 .495 14
Milwaukee 48 50 490 14 1/2
Pittsburgh 47 50 .485 15
West Division
W L Pet GB
Los Angeles 58 40 .592 -
San Diego 55 44 .556 31/2
San Francisco 55 46 .545 4 1/2
Colorado 42 57 .424 161/2
Arizona 32 69 .317 271/2
Today's Games
N Y. Mets (Seo 4-6) at Montreal (Armas
Jr. 2-3), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Ru. Ortiz 11-6) at Pittsburgh
(Ol.Perez 6-4), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Suppan 9-6) at Cincinnati
(Acevedo 7-9), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Myers 5-8) at Florida
(Penny 8-8), 7:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Wood 5-3) at Milwaukee
(Capuano 4-5), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (Fossum 2-9) at Houston
(Clemens 11-3), 8:05 p.m.
Los Angeles (Lima 9-3) at Colorado
(Fassero 2-6), 9:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Hermanson 4-3) at San
Diego (Lawrence 10-7), 10:05 p.m.
American League At A Glance
W L Pet GB
New York 62 36 .633 -
Boston 55 44 .556 71/2
Tampa Bay 45 53 .459 17
Baltimore 44 54 .449 18
Toronto 43 56 .434 19 1/2
Central Division
W L Pet GB
Minnesota 55 44 .556 -
Chicago 52 44 .542 1 1/2
Cleveland 50 50 .500 5 1/2
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Warner Robins head track and field coach Mark Taylor,
left, watches as Florida State and former Demon Willie
Reid sprints to the finish during a workout in early June
at Warner Robins High School.
TIRELESS
From page 1B
to FSU to work with him
some more Aug. 4.
“Willie’s on track to be the
fastest man on the team,”
Taylor said. “He has the
tools and the talent. All he
needs to do is get the ball
and put up some numbers
and the next thing he’ll be
doing is entering the
(National Football) League.”
'He has the tools and the talent. All he
needs to do is get the ball and put up
some numbers and the next thing hell be
doing is entering the (National Football)
League/
Warner Robins head track and field coach Mark Taylor, on
Willie Reid
BLEACHERS
From page 1B
hour working at the field.
The volunteer work they did
was nothing short of amaz
ing.”
The project culminated in
the mid 90s with the com
pletion of the press box, a
two-story structure above
the home bleachers.
One of the most stunning
features is the view/comfort
opposite the home field side.
“I have been to nearly
every GISA field in the
state, and very few come
close to comparing with our
visitors bleachers,” said
Westfield assistant football
coach Billy Sellers.
Most schools have
portable metal bleachers to
serve as the visitors section.
Even the ones with perma
nent structures rarely com
pare to the nicer home sec
tion. The visitors section at
Westfield, though, is identi
cal to the home section.
The question that seems
to constantly arise when the
bleachers are brought into
the conversation is, “What
W L Pet GB
Detroit 47 52 .475 8
Kansas City 35 62 .361 19
West Division
W L Pet GB
Texas 56 41 .577 -
Oakland 54 44 .551 21/2
Anaheim 52 47 .525 5
Seattle 38 60 .388 18 1/2
Today's Games
Minnesota (Silva 9-7) at Chicago White
Sox (Loaiza 9-5), 2:05 p.m.
N Y. Yankees (Lieber 7-6) at Toronto
(Batista 9-6), 7:05 p.m.
Boston (Schilling 12-4) at Baltimore
(Borkowski 1-2), 7:05 p.m.
Detroit (Robertson 9-5) at Cleveland
(Elarton 0-2), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Gobble 6-7) at Tampa Bay
(Hendrickson 7-8), 7:15 p.m.
Texas (Rogers 13-3) at Anaheim (Lackey
7- 10:05 p.m.
Seattle (Moyer 6-7) at Oakland (Mulder
13-3), 10:05 p.m.
Monday's Major League Linescores
Detroit 600 061 000-13 17 2
Cleveland 001 100 200- 4 8 0
Maroth, Yan (8) and IRodriguez, DiFelice
(7) ClLee, RiWhite (1), Miller (5), Howry
(7), Riske (9) and VMartinez. W-Maroth
8- L-ClLee 10-3. HRs-Detroit. CGuillen
(16). Thames (6). Cleveland, Merloni (4).
Boston 006 004 200-12 13 0
Baltimore 000 002 300- 5 9 0
PMartinez, Adams (7), Mendoza (8) and
Varitek Bedard, Rodriguez (5), Williams
(6), Groom (9) and JvLopez, Huckaby (9).
W-PMartinez 11-4. L-Bedard 4-5.
HR-Baltimore, Tejada (20).
New York 400 000 001 1-6 11 0
Toronto 000 110 102 0-5 9 0
(10 innings)
JVazquez, Quantrill (7), Gordon (7),
MRivera (9) and Posada Douglass,
Frederick (6), Speier (7), Chulk (9), Frasor
(10) and Zaun, Cash (10). W-MRivera 2-
1. L-Frasor 3-3. HRs-New York, Posada
(12). Toronto, CDelgado (13), Zaun (3).
Minnesota 110 200 020-6 14 2
Chicago 010 000 010-2 61
Radke, JRincon (8). Fultz (8), Nathan (9)
Oh, and about the reward.
It came seconds after he
picked up the phone and
gave Taylor the news.
“I told him I was happy
for him,” Taylor said. “And
then I told him (in jest), ‘you
know what this means now
don’t you?”’
“He said, ‘What?’
“’lt means we’ve got to get
a bigger tire.’”
would it cost?”
Several estimates put the
cost “well into six figures.”
With the cost of lumber
being high coupled with the
availability of cheaper build
ing alternatives, many
schools are deterred from
building wooden bleachers.
However, Westfield will
always be able to maintain
its majestic wooden bleach
ers as long as it continues to
have the volunteers and
support that it has enjoyed
since its inception.
The Hornet faithful con
tinue to provide upkeep for
the stands. A giant hornet
was painted on the side of
the home bleachers just a
few years ago; in the past
weeks, the bleachers have
also been treated to protect
against water damage.
You see, for those
involved, the bleachers are
not just a place to sit and
watch the games. They are a
reminder and a tribute to
the countless hours of work
and dedication put in by so
many people.
SPORTS
Corner
and HBlanco Buehrte, Politte (7), Cotts
(8) MJackson (9) and Burke. BDavis (9).
W-Radke 7-6. L-Buehrle 10-4.
HRs-Minnesota, HBlanco (6). Chicago,
Konerko (27), Borchard (1).
Texas 100 230 000-6 8 0
Anaheim 000 010 000-1 13 0
Drese, Francisco (7), JeNelson (9),
FCordero (9) and LairdK Escobar,
Hensley (8) and BMolina. W-Drese 7-5.
L-KEscobar 5-8. HRs-Texas, MYoung
(14), Matthews (8).
Seattle 040 100 000-5 12 1
Oakland 000 435 11 x-14 13 0
Blackley, Sherrill (5), Putz (6), JMateo (6),
MMyers (8) and DWilsonZito, RRincon
(7), Mecir (8), Dotel (9) and DMiller.
W-Zito 6-7. L-Blackley 1-3. HRs-Seattle,
Leone (3). Oakland, Durazo (14).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 010 120 000-4 8 1
Pittsburgh 101 000 000-2 6 0
JSWright, Alfonseca (6), Gryboski (7),
Reitsma (8), Smoltz (9) and JEstrada
Benson, Grabow (7), Meadows (8) and
Kendall W-JSWright 8-5. L-Benson 8-8
Sv-Smoltz (21). HR-Pittsburgh, JWilson
(9)
Philadelphia 110 001 000- 3 12 0
Florida 330 000 23x-11 12 0
Millwood. RHernandez (7), BPowell (8)
and Lieberthalßurnett, BHoward (6),
Perisho (6), Bump (7) and Redmond.
W-Burnett 2-5. L-Millwood 8-6. Sv-Bump
(1). HRs-Philadelphia, Rollins (4).
Florida, Cabrera (22).
Arizona 200 000 002-4 8 1
Houston 000 010 000-1 6 0
Webb, Randolph (8), Aquino (9) and Brito
Pettitte, Oliver (6), Weathers (7),
DMiceli (9) and Ausmus, RChavez (9).
W-Webb 4-11. L—Pettitte 6-4. Sv-Aquino
(1). HRs-Arizona, Hairston (6).
LGonzalez (17).
New York 210112 102-10 16 2
Montreal 107 400 25x-19 18 0
Erickson, Wheeler (3), Bottalico (4), Yates
(6), JoFranco (7), Stanton (7), Zeile (8)
and VWilson JoPatterson, SKim (5),
Wright, relievers lead Braves
By ALAN ROBINSON
AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH - If this
was Kris Benson's final start
for Pittsburgh, it mirrored
much of his major league
career. It was disappointing.
Jaret Wright and four
Atlanta relievers shut down
the Pirates on Monday night
in a 4-2 Braves victory keyed
by two hits from Johnny
Estrada off Benson.
J.D. Drew ran his hitting
streak to 22 games with a
single in Atlanta's go-ahead
fifth inning against Benson
(8-8), who is expected to be
dealt by Saturday's deadline
for trading without waivers.
Benson was 4-1 in his previ
ous seven starts and 3-0 in
his last five.
"I didn't get the win, but I
can't be disappointed with
the last two months,” said
Benson, who finally appears
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Horgan (6), Tucker (7), Ayala (7),
Corcoran (9) and Schneider. W-Ayala 3-
6. L-Erickson 0-1. HRs-New York,
Hidalgo 2 (16). Cameron (17). Wright (1).
Montreal. Vidro (12), TBatista (15),
Calloway (1).
St. Louis 010102 010 04-9121
Cincinnati 300 002 000 01-6 7 2
(11 innings)
WWilliams, Calero (7), Kline (8), Tavarez
(9), Eldred (10). King (10), Isringhausen
(11) and Matheny PWilson, TJones (8),
Graves (10), PNorton (11), Riedling (11)
and Laßue. W-King 4-1. L-PNorton 1-3.
HRs-St. Louis, Pujols (29), Rolen (21),
Edmonds (25). Cincinnati, Dunn (27),
DJimenez (7), WPena (16).
Chicago 000 000 300-3 8 0
Milwaukee 000 100 000-1 5 0
Clement, Rusch (7), Hawkins (9) and
Barrett VSantos, Adams (8) and
GBennetl. W-Clement 8-9. L-VSantos 9-
5. Sv-Hawkins (14). HR-Chicago, DeLee
(19).
Los Angeles 030 040 200-9 12 0
Colorado 021 121 000-7 11 0
Ishii, Sanchez (5), Dreifort (7), Mota (8),
Gagne (9) and Lo Duca Estes, Simpson
(6) Harikkala (7), Bernero (8) and
CJohnson. W-Sanchez 2-1. L-Simpson
0-1. Sv-Gagne (29). HRs-Los Angeles.
Beltre (28), JHernandez (7). Colorado.
Helton (20), Castilla (22), Bumitz (24).
San Francisco 000 002 000-2 5 1
San Diego 000 020 10x-3 7 0
Rueter, FRodriguez (6). Eyre (7), Herges
(7) and Pierzynski Peavy, Linebrink (6),
Otsuka (8), Hoffman (9) and
RaHernandez. W-Linebrink 5-1.
L-FRodriguez 3-5. Sv-Hoffman (27).
HR-San Diego, KGreene (6).
National League leaders
BATTING-Bonds, San Francisco, .362;
Casey, Cincinnati, .343; Helton, Colorado,
.336; Overbay, Milwaukee, .335; Loretta,
San Diego, .334; Rolen, St. Louis, .328.
RUNS-Pujols, St. Louis, 86; BAbreu,
Philadelphia, 77; Helton, Colorado, 76;
Bonds, San Francisco, 75; JDrew, Atlanta,
73.
RBI-Rolen, St. Louis, 89; Castilla,
to be developing into the No.
1 starter the Pirates long
envisioned. "It (the trade
talk) didn't bother me at all.
It's the position I'm in and I
didn't let it affect me."
In a matchup of two
streaking teams, the Braves
won their fourth in a row,
their 21st in 28 games overall
and their 10th in 11 road
games to open a 1 1/2-game
lead over Philadelphia in the
NL East.
The Phillies lost 11-3 to
Florida.
The Braves also improved
to a season-high eight games
over .500 (53-45) while beat
ing Pittsburgh for the ninth
time in 12 games the last two
seasons. The Pirates had won
three straight overall and 20
of 26, plus 14 of 15 home
games.
Benson, the No. 1 pick in
the 1996 draft, gave up seven
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Colorado, 84; Pujols, St. Louis, 73; Beltre.
Los Angeles, 73.
HITS-Loretta, San Diego, 132; Pierre,
Florida, 128; JWilson, Pittsburgh. 127;
Overbay, Milwaukee, 124.
HOME RUNS-Thome, Philadelphia, 31;
Pujols, St. Louis, 29; Beltre. Los Angeles,
28; Dunn, Cincinnati, 27; Edmonds, St.
Louis, 25.
PITCHING (11 Decisions)-Milton,
Philadelphia, 11-2, .846. 4.40; PWilson.
Cincinnati, 9-2, .818, 3.84; Schmidt, San
Francisco, 12-3, .800, 2.79.
SAVES-Graves, Cincinnati, 34; Benitez,
Florida, 33; Gagne, Los Angeles, 29;
Kolb, Milwaukee, 29; Mesa, Pittsburgh,
29; Hoffman, San Diego, 27;
Isringhausen, St. Louis, 25.
American League leaders
BATTING-IRodriguez, Detroit, .355;
Mora. Baltimore. .343; ISuzuki, Seattle,
.336; VGuerrero, Anaheim, .334;
MRamirez, Boston, .331.
RUNS-Damon, Boston, 80; VGuerrero,
Anaheim, 79; Lawton, Cleveland, 75;
CGuillen, Detroit, 74; MYoung, Texas, 72;
Sheffield, New York, 72.
RBI-Tejada, Baltimore, 92; DOrtiz,
Boston, 90; MRamirez, Boston, 82;
VGuerrero, Anaheim, 81; VMartinez,
Cleveland, 78; THafner, Cleveland, 76;
JGuillen. Anaheim, 75.
HITS-ISuzuki, Seattle, 143; MYoung,
Texas, 139; VGuerrero, Anaheim, 127;
Crawford, Tampa Bay, 126; Tejada,
Baltimore, 125; IRodriguez, Detroit, 125;
CGuillen, Detroit, 123.
HOME RUNS-Konerko, Chicago. 27;
MRamirez, Boston, 27; DOrtiz, Boston,
26; Blalock, Texas, 24; ARodriguez, New
York, 24; Teixeira, Texas, 23.
PITCHING (11 Decisions)-Mulder,
Oakland, 13-3, .812, 3.51; Rogers, Texas,
13-3, .812, 4.36; ClLee, Cleveland, 10-3,
.769, 4.65; Schilling, Boston, 12-4, .750,
3.37; PMartinez, Boston, 11-4.
SAVES-MRivera, New York, 35;
FCordero, Texas, 30; Nathan, Minnesota,
27; DBaez, Tampa Bay, 19; Guardado,
Seattle, 18; Foulke, Boston, 16; Julio,
Baltimore, 15; Urbina, Detroit, 15;
Percival, Anaheim, 15.
hits and four runs in six
innings. His career record
dropped to 43-49, but that
didn't keep manager Lloyd
McClendon from giving him
a hug.
"I told him I didn't know
what's going to happen, but
I'm proud of the way he's
gone about his business,"
McClendon said. "He's been
fantastic. He's certainly
turned the corner and
pitched the way we always
felt he could pitch."
So has Wright (8-5), who
had only nine wins from
2000-03. He lasted just five
innings on a drizzly, muggy
night, but still checked
Pittsburgh on two runs and
five hits, including Jack
Wilson's solo home run.
The Pirates were coming
off a three-game sweep of the
Reds in which they scored 26
runs.
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