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Zorn adds another title to her belt
FILE PHOTO • THE BATTALION
Junior archer MaryZom takes aim at practice this spring. Zom won her fourth gold medal in the last two weeks at the U.S. Open Saturday.
Merced,
Fernandez
lead Astros
over Marlins
By Steven Wine
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — If Jared Fernandez threw his
knuckleball on the Florida Turnpike, every
car would pass it.
But his 56-mph pitches were enough to
frustrate the Florida Marlins early, and a
98-mph fastball from Billy Wagner fin
ished them off, giving the Houston Astros
a3-1 victory Sunday.
Fernandez made a successful debut for
Houston, combining .
with Wagner and two
other hard-throwing
relievers on a Five-hitter.
Fernandez, recalled S
Friday from Triple-A
New Orleans, allowed
one run and three hits in I
51-3 innings. merc:ed
“You don’t know how
things are going to work out,” Houston
manager Jimy Williams said. “The Marlins
are a great team with a tremendous speed
and power, and they’re playing about as
well as anybody in the National League.”
The Marlins went 7-2 on a homestand
that has propelled them into the NL wild
card race, but they lost two of three games
to Houston. The Astros won five of six in
the season series.
“We don’t have to face them anymore,”
Marlins manager Jack McKeon said,
“except in the playoffs.”
Florida remained two games behind
wild-card leader Philadelphia.
The Astros increased their lead in the
NL Central to two games over St. Louis,
and they head home after playing 14 of 17
games on the road since the All-Star
break. Houston went 10-7 during the dif
ficult stretch.
Orlando Merced hit his second home
run of the season for the Astros, but pitch
ing again saved them. They scored three or
fewer runs for the 11th time in 13 games
but have gone 6-7 during that span.
Fernandez (l-O) filled in for right-han
der Roy Oswalt, who went on the disabled
list Wednesday with a groin injury. The
knuckleballer retired 11 in a row during
one stretch with pitches mostly in the 56-
65 mph range.
“They look so good to hit, they look
like a basketball,” McKeon said. “The
guys want to see how far they can hit it,
and that’s not how it works.”
It was Fernandez’s first appearance in
the majors since last September with
Cincinnati.
“I’m happy to be part of a winning
team,” he said. “I know what’s going on in
the standings and that these games are
important.”
Brad Lidge pitched 1 2-3 perfect
innings, and Octavio Dotel followed with a
1-2-3 eighth. Wagner gave up two hits in
the ninth but still earned his 33rd save in
36 chances.
Marlins leadoff hitter Juan Pierre said
Fernandez’s floaters made Wagner’s pitch
es look like 110-mph fastballs.
“You get different ends of the spec
trum,” Pierre said. “You have to sit back on
the knuckleball, and then you have three
guys throwing 95-plus. As major league
hitters you’ve got to make the adjustment,
and we didn’t do it.”
The Marlins’ best chance to rally came
in the sixth. Trailing 3-1, they had runners
at first and third with one out, but Brad
Ausmus threw out Luis Castillo trying to
steal second, and Ivan Rodriguez ground
ed out.
Rodriguez then was ejected for shout
ing at plate umpire Justin Klemm. It was
his second ejection in a week but only the
third of his career, he said.
“I feel bad because the fans come to see
me and the Marlins play. They don’t come
to see the umpire,” Rodriguez said. “I’m
just going to keep my mouth shut so they
don’t throw me out the rest of the season.”
Florida also threatened in the ninth
against Wagner. Pierre reached on an
infield single and Mike Lowell hit a two-
out single, but Juan Encarnacion broke
his bat on a 98-mph fastball and lined
softly to short.
Houston scored in the second when Jeff
Kent singled, Lance Berkman walked and
Adam Everett hit an RBI single.
Merced’s homer leading off the third
Pot the Astros ahead 2-1. Morgan
Ensberg followed with a double and scored
°nBerkman’s two-out bloop single.
Staff & Wire
READING, Pa. — Texas A&M
junior compound archer Mary Zorn
added the 7th annual U.S. Open title to
an ever-expanding list of accomplish
ments that seems to grow daily
Saturday afternoon.
Zom was never threatened in any of
her five matches in the single-elimina
tion tournament, according to results
released Friday by the National
Archery Association.
Zom defeated No. 11 Maxine Bots,
115-102 for the fourth major gold
medal she has won in the last two
weeks. Bots eliminated U.S.
Championship runner-up Jessica
Grant, 110-109 in the semifinals.
The current U.S. and world cham
pion’s closest matches came in the
quarterfinal and semifinals.
Zorn eliminated fellow Aggie
archer and world championship silver
medalist Amber Dawson 117-111 in
the quarterfinal round before downing
No. 13 Ann Bakken 115-109 in the
semifinals.
Zorn’s score of 117 points against
Dawson fell two points shy of the cur
rent 12-arrow world record which
she tied in the semifinals of
the U.S. Intercollegiate Archery
Championships in May.
Zorn came within one point of
tying the 18-arrow world record in her
third round defeat of No. 16 Jessica
Mattson.
After a bye in the first round.
Tyson squanders $300
million, declares chapter
11 bankruptcy in court
NEW YORK (AP) - Mike Tyson has
filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court, claiming his
finances are in disarray.
The former heavyweight champion
has squandered nearly $300 million in
ring earnings through lavish spending
and bad advice. Tyson's handlers said
in a news release on Friday that Tyson
has taken control of himself and
wants to resolve his financial prob
lems.
They blamed his out-of-control
spending habits and subsequent
mounting debt on mismanagement
by others.
"As a professional fighter, who relied
on others to manage his affairs, he
discovered that his debts far exceeded
his assets," Tyson's attorney Debra
Grassgreen said. "Now, he has taken
the lead in bringing order to his finan
cial affairs."
The fighter frittered away millions on
mansions, Bentleys, jewelry, and even
Dawson beat No. 25 Joayn Fleury,
167-152, then knocked off No. 9
Becky Pearson, 167-164, before run
ning into her seemingly invincible
Aggie teammate in the quarterfinals.
A&M freshman Amanda Raffaelli
Bengal tigers while buying extravagant
gifts for his entourage. Don King also
took a huge chunk.
Tyson has a $100 million lawsuit
pending against King that goes to trial
in September. The suit claims King
cheated Tyson out of millions after he
got out of prison in 1995 and went
back to fighting for the promoter.
Earlier this year, as part of a divorce
settlement, Tyson agreed to pay his
ex-wife, Monica, $6.5 million from
future earnings.
Besides his financial problems,
Tyson is also facing possible jail time
again.
He pleaded innocent last month to
misdemeanor assault, harassment
and disorderly conduct charges for
pummeling two men during a brawl at
a Brooklyn hotel on June 21. Tyson's
lawyers claimed his actions were justi
fied because the two men allegedly
menaced the boxer first by telling him
they were armed. Prosecutors say the
assault went too far.
Tyson, who served three years in
prison for rape in the 1990s, faces up
to a year if convicted of the latest
charges.
beat her sister Tami in the first round
before falling to No. 6 Madeleine
Ferris 167-166 in the second round.
On the recurve side, Aggie fresh
man Kristi Nelson upset No. 29
Brooke Rosania in the first round
Robinson's jersey
retired by minor league
Brooklyn team
NEW YORK (AP) - Jackie Robinson,
who broke baseball's color barrier as a
member of the Brooklyn Dodgers
more than 50 years ago, had his jersey
number retired Sunday by the minor
league Brooklyn Cyclones.
The Cyclones, an affiliate of the New
York Mets, honored Robinson posthu
mously, retiring his No. 42.
"Even symbolically to have Jack rep
resented here in Brooklyn is of great
importance to me," Robinson's wife,
Rachel, said before the ceremony.
"Our roots are here, and a lot of our
history is here."
In 1947, Robinson became the first
black player in the major leagues,
often playing despite death threats
and racial taunts.
Robinson's 10-year career with the
Dodgers included six National League
pennants and one World Series title.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame
in 1962 and died in 1972. Robinson's
number was retired throughout the
before falling to No. 4 Stephanie
Miller, 143-142 in the second round.
No. 19 Dawn Chudy, an A&M sen
ior, was upset by fellow Texan
Lindsey Carmichael, 149-147, in the
first round.
major leagues in 1997.
"People usually associate Jackie
Robinson with baseball, but he should
be associated with all things good,"
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
said during the presentation.
The only other number to be
retired by the Brooklyn Cyclones is
14, worn by Gil Hodges, a former
Dodgers first baseman.
Furyk holds off Woods,
wins second title of year
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) - Jim
Furyk held off Tiger Woods and shot
a 4-under-par 68 Sunday to win the
Buick Open by two strokes. The vic
tory gives the 2003 U.S. Open cham
pion two titles in a year for the first
time.
Furyk had won one tournament in
each of the previous five seasons.
Woods carded a 66 in the final
round to finish at 19 under, tying for
second place with Chris DiMarco,
Geoff Ogilvy and Briny Baird. It was
Woods' final tuneup before the PGA
Championship which will be his last
chance this season to win a major.
Cowboys and Texans square off in weekend scrimmage
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Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson tries to break away from Don
McGee on a play that scored a touchdown for Houston
By JAIME ARON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANTONIO — From
first string to fourth, the
Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks
did a good job in their first
chance to impress new coach
Bill Parcells.
Chad Hutchinson threw
two touchdown passes and
Quincy Carter was effective,
too, as the Cowboys drove for
six scores on five possessions
in a scrimmage against the
Houston Texans on Saturday
night. As a group, the four
Dallas QBs were 17-of-25 for
199 yards.
The Cowboys’ defense also
got off to a good start, holding
Houston scoreless on their
first four 10-play possessions.
The Texan’s offensive
line, which allowed an NFL
record-shattering 76 sacks
last season, got off to an omi
nous start by allowing eight,
including three against
starter David Carr on the
opening series.
Carr and backup Tony
Banks weren’t even able to
get a first down on their first
two drives. They finally
clicked on their final tries,
with Carr throwing a 23-yard
touchdown pass to Andre
Johnson, the third overall pick
in the draft, and Banks tossing
a TD to JaJuan Dawson.
“The most frustrating
things was we gO out and
practice in training camp and
think we’re doing good, then
we go out and lay an egg,”
Carr said. “We shouldn’t have
played this way.”
Regardless of how Carr
plays this preseason, he’ll
start the opener. The
Cowboys’ QBs are a differ
ent story.
Parcells has said he’ll go
with the player who moves
the team best, with
Hutchinson and Carter get
ting the most chances. They
were both listed as first-
string on a depth chart
released late Friday,
although Carter got the start
ing nod Saturday night.
Carter completed his first
three passes while taking the
Cowboys from their 20 to the
Houston 7. Antonio Bryant
helped by taking an end
around 17 yards.
Then the drive stalled as
Carter threw two incomple
tions. Dallas settled for a field
goal by Ola Kimrin.
Hutchinson, who went 6-
of-9 for 71 yards, capped his
first series — which started at
the 30 — by throwing a 26-
yard touchdown pass to
Reggie Swinton. The big play
on the drive was a 42-yard run
by RaShard Lee, an undrafted
rookie from Middle
Tennessee State.
Carter, who finished 5-of-7
for 48 yards, started the next
possession and drove from the
Dallas 40 to the Houston 24,
with an 18-yard pass to Terry
Glenn along the way.
Hutchinson relieved him and
ended the series with a screen
pass that Aveion Cason turned
into a 13-yard gain, then a 7-
yard TD pass to new tight end
Dan Campbell.
“It was a start. I don’t con
sider it any more than that,”
Hutchinson said.
Said Carter: “It was impor
tant for us to come out and
play well because this is a
brand-new offense.”
Clint Stoerner, listed
behind undrafted rookie Tony
Romo on the Dallas depth
chart, got a field goal out of
his only possession. Romo
played the final series, which
began at the Houston 35, and
produced two field goals.
The teams will meet again
Aug. 15 in a preseason game
at Texas Stadium.
A heavily pro-Cowboys
crowd of about 30,000 saw a
much friendlier game than last
year’s scrimmage, which
included a tussle and the start
of a rivalry between the cross
state teams. Emotions were
further stirred when Houston
beat Dallas 19-10 in last sea
son’s opener.
While both teams talked
tough leading up to this get-
together, there were no inci
dents — not even when
Cowboys defensive end Greg
Ellis pulled down Carr by his
jersey on the third play, vio
lating the scrimmage’s
stiffest rule.
Ellis made it clear he
meant no harm, helping Carr
up immediately and patting
him on the helmet.
Cowboys starters Dat
Nguyen and Roy Williams
SPORTS IN BRIEF
bounced with glee before and
after plays, and linebacker
Jamal Brooks celebrated wild
ly after a third-down stop
deep in Dallas territory.
Houston’s most eye-pop
ping play was safety Glenn
Sumter hitting receiver Zuriel
Smith so hard his helmet
came off. But the most signif
icant was the Carr-to-Johnson
TD, which sent Carr running
to the end zone to congratu
late his new favorite target.
“It definitely took a lot of
weight off my shoulders,”
Carr said. “I’ll be able to sleep
better tonight.”
Parcells wasn’t keen on the
scrimmage, but team owner
Jerry Jones had committed to
it before hiring the coach.