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Monday September 20,1999
HOROSCOPES
Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is a 7.
A friend of yours needs help, and you're just the one to provide it. If the help that's needed is financial, take care. Lending a hand isn't the same as giving a handout. Help your friend find a job. It's more empowering.
Taurus (April 20-May 20; Today is a 7.
An authority figure might seem to have it in far for you, but you're just not going along with what this person wants. This person wants to be obeyed! You may think the request is ridiculous, but try not to giggle, OK?
Gemini (May 21-June 21: Today is an 8.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) today is an 8.
Every cloud has a silver lining, and you've popped through to the pay dirt again. Something you've studied has finally clicked into place, and you've gone from wondering to knowing. If you haven't quite yet, you will soon.
Cancer (June 22-July 22;Today is a 7.
Use skills you've learned recently. Also, try something that you've heard might work. This could be a new investment technique or a way to save money on groceries. The basic idea is the same: Get more for less.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):Today is a 5.
Today, the money comes from a partnership or legal matter. If there's somebody out there who's done you wrong, better call your attorney right now. No need to get upset about it. Sometimes a friendly letter on the right letterhead is all it takes.
Virao (Aua. 23-Sept. 22): Today is a 7.
Today, it may take you a while to get interested in working, but don't worry about that too much. Once you get up to speed, you'll be your usual super-efficient self. A new idea you come up with could even be quite profitable.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23);Today is an 8.
You should click right along today. Not only are you full of good ideas, but you're getting even more from a friend who's brilliant. The two of you encourage each other's creativity, and today, you could put on an awesome show. Try not to spend more than you have on it, though.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov 21): Today is a 6.
Saaittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today is a 7.
There could be a conflict today. Work demands are interfering with what you'd rather be doing at home. If you're on a flexible schedule, maybe you could request some time off. The first half of this week would be perfect.
Sell early and buy late. That should be your motto today. Make sure you're one of the first to get your product out there. You might also try something that you failed at before. It's not failure if you don't give up. It's practice.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19); today is an 8.
Today, the money comes in, or at least the opportunity to make some. You could sign a deal that makes your pocketbook pleasantly plump, and perhaps for not much more work than you're doing already. Your reputation precedes you.
Aaarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Today is a 7.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20: Today is a 6.
Tour luck changes for the better. Besides that, you could get pleasant news from far away. A friend could say something so funny that you roll on the floor laughing. But try not to get home late. Something or somebody needs your attention.
Hold your cards close today. Don't let everybody know what's in your hand. One person is practica ly peeking over your shoulder. The surprise will come from another quarter. Your plan may not even work, but your friend's might. Communicate.
Notes: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 19, 19.
total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25-th place vote, and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pvs
1. Florida St. (59) 3-0 1,738 1
2. Penn St. (7) 4-0 1,658 3
3. Florida (3) 3-0 1,628 4
4. Michigan 3-0 1,447 6
5. Texas A&M 2-0 1,426 7
6. Nebraska 3-0 1,412 4
7. Tennessee 1-1 1,396 2
8. Virginia Tech (1) 2-2 1,157 10
9. Miami 2-1 1,130 8
10. Georgia Tech 2-1 1,101 12
11. Georgia 2-0 1,096 11
12. Ohio St. 2-1 960 13
13. Purdue 3-0 927 14
14. Arkansas 2-0 858 15
15. Kansas St. 2-0 778 16
16. USC 2-0 637 17
17. BYU 2-0 526 25
18. UCLA 2-1 452 21
19. Michigan St. 3-0 435 —
20. Wisconsin 2-1 390 9
21. Marshall 3-0 297 —
22. Texas 3-1 252 —
23. Mississippi St. 3-0 211 —
24. Air Force 2-0 145 —
25. N.C. State 3-1 142 20
Other receiveings from Syracuse 119, Auburn 60, Okeechobee 58, Alabama 49, Southern 76, Stanford 6, Kennett 60, Oakland
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
New tailbacks pace Missouri to large win
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Before the season, the concern in Columbia was that Missouri didn't have anyone to replace Corby Jones and Devin West.
But, the Tigers have plenty of options.
The Tigers didn't punt all night, and failed to score only on two series that ended in interceptions
Tailbacks
DeVaughn Black
and Zain Glimore
and quarterbacks
Jimmy Dougherty
and Kirk Farmer
combined for 560
vards of offense as
Missouri (2-0) outgunned Western Michigan 48-34 Saturday night.
Black, starting his second game for departed second team All-American Devin West, ran for 205 yards and two touchdowns. Gilmore added a healthy assist with 139 yards on 17 carries.
Big half by Murphy paves way for 'Cats win
MANHATTAN, Kan. — After gaining just 18 yards on eight carriers in the first half, Frank Murphy hardly seemed en route to a second straight 100-yard game.
up with the 162 yards as No. 16 Kansas State finally ignited its offense and beat outmanued Texas-El Paso 40-7.
Murphy, a heralded junior college
transfer who was mostly a disappointment last season, became the first Wildcat with back-to-back 100-vard rushing
games in three years
Also helping awaken the offense was wide receiver Quincy Morgan, who totaled two touchdowns and 141 yards on four catches.
Kansas State (2-0) scored touchdowns off big plays by the defense and special teams while taking a 21-7 halftime lead against the Miners (1-2). Murphy and Morgan got rolling in the third quarter as the Wildcats beat an unranked team at home for the 47th consecutive time.
LAS VEGAS — Oscar De La Hoye went on his bicycle in the late rounds, assuming he had his fight against Felix Trinidad won. Then the wheels came off.
De La Hoya loses title by majority decision
BOXING
"I thought I had it in the bag," De La Hoya said. "I swear I did. The 11th and 12th rounds, I was protecting the rounds I had in the bag."
"My corner said keep attacking. I knew it was close. I put more pressure on him," said Trinidad, who landed several hard rights to De La Hoya's head in the final three rounds.
De La Haya's backpedaling back-fired in a big way, however, and fighting to the final bell paid off for Trinidad, who won a major decision Saturday night in the wetterweight showdown at Mandalay Bay.
Americans slam way to Federation Cup title
The unbeaten Trinidad, who defended the International Boxing Federation 147-pound title and won the World Boxing Council championship, said De La Hoya deserved a rematch.
TENNIS
STANFORD, Calif. — After another expected victory against an overwhelmed Russian opponent, Lindsay Davenport joined her U.S. teammates for the first display of emotion in an otherwise routine Federation Cup final.
and Monica Seles. Lee Greenwood's
Davenport defeated Elena Likhovteva 6-4, 6-4 yesterday clinching the Cup for the United States, then marched around the stadium holding a U.S. flag with teammates Venus and Serena Williams
Davenport: Victory cliched U.S. victory in Federation Cup.
U. S.A. blared from speakers as the four Americans, who gave the United States its 16th Fed Cup title, smiled broadly and waved to the crowd. Davenport and Venus Williams won singles matches Saturday to give the U.S.
team a 20 lead in the best of 5 event.
Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams are among the other rookies who have had 100 RBI and 100 runs.
Beltran singled and scored his 100th run on an RBI double by Jermaine Dye. The center fielder became the third Royals player to reach those marks — George Brett did it in 1979 and 1985, and Darrell Porter did it in 1979.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Carlos Beltran of the Kansas City Royals became the first rookie with 100 RBI and 100 runs in 24 years when he scored in the third inning of Friday night's game against the Oakland Athletics.
Beltran is the eighth rookie overall to reach the 100-100 marks and first since Boston's Fred Lynn had 105 BRI and 103 runs in 1975.
BASEBALL
Royals' rookie Beltran ioins elite record group
McGwire smacks pair of homers, closes on Sosa
ST. LOUIS — Mark McGwire hit his 57th and 58th home runs in consecu- atbats Sunday, pulling three behind major league leader Sammy Sosa.
After striking out in the first,
McGwire hit a 1-2 fastball from
Houston Astros right-hander Chris Holt
in the fourth, a two-run shot that put
the St. Louis Cardinals ahead 2-1.
McGwire cleared the bullpen in left center on Hoit's first pitch of the sixth, a drive estimated at 423 feet that again gave the Cardinals the lead at 3-2.
McGwire: Has three home runs in last three games.
McGwire has three homers in three games, including a grand slam on Friday night, and 515 for his career. This was his ninth multi-homer game of the season and the 62nd of his career, tying him Hank Aaron for third on the career list.
On Saturday, Sosa became the first player to hit 60 homers in consecutive seasons.
GYMNASTICS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The top three finishers in Saturday's World Team Trials round out the six-member U.S. women's gymnastics team that will compete in China next month in the world championships.
Elise Ray, Jeanette Antolin and Alyssa Beckerman will join three other gymnasts who petitioned directly onto the world team. The alternate for the Oct. 9-16 competition in Tianjin, China, is Jamie Dantzscher.
Three gymnasts to join team competina in China
Happ, chris, is a 19th Danitzscher.
Beckman, who fell on the beam
and scored a 8.825, barely held off
Dantzscher. Beckman posted an
all-around score of 74.737, and
Dantzscher had a 74.724.
Jennie Thompson became the third woman to petition directly onto the world team. Thompson was suffering from an upper-respiratory infection and skipped the finals Saturday. She joined fellow petitioners Kristen Maloney and Vanessa Atler on the sidelines.
Sosa reaches 61; Cubs to play Cardinals
The Associated Press
The style is all his. And now he has a record all to himself as well — the first man to reach 60 homers twice.
CHICAGO — Sammy Sosa has used his home run hop 61 times so far, bouncing out of the batter's box, following the flight of another ball as it sails over a fence and then stutter-stepping his way around the bases.
"I'm sure he's not done for the year," Milwaukee pitcher Jason Bere said Saturday after surrendering No. 60.
And Bere was prophetic. Sosa came back yesterday and hit a prodigious home run in his
first at-bat for No. 61 off Hideo Nomo.
On the heels of his 66-homer season a year ago when he lost to Mark McGwire by four in baseball's epic home run derby, Sosa hasn't let up.
And now with 13 games left after yesterday, he has a slim chance of matching McGwire's 70. McGwire did his part yesterday, hitting two against Houston to reach No. 58.
"We knew he'd strike out a lot, but he had such potential," said Jim Lefebvre, who was Sosa's first Cubs manager in 1982 and is now managing the Brewers the rest of the season.
"He's one of the real treasures we have in the game now. People ask me if I saw greatness in Sammy. I saw a five-tool guy with three outstanding traits — a great body type, he is absolutely fearless, and he wanted to be great. He worked hard at it. But to think he'd hit 60 — and twice — I couldn't have predicted that."
Beginning today, Sosa and McGwire will go head-to-head in the first of six meetings between the Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals in the final two weeks.
Cubs manager Jim Riggleman said his team will pitch to McGwire and expects that the Cardinals will do the same with Sosa.
Who could have? When Sosa reached 60,
he ended a seven-game homerless streak.
Sosa: Became only player to hit 60 home runs twice.
Chiefs victorious against Broncos, embarrass Carter
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The deeper Denver goes into the post-John Elway Era, the further it gets from Superbowl chances.
Converting points off a Terrell Davis fumble and two turnovers by Elway's rookie replacement, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Broncos 26-10 yesterday and dropped the two-time defending Super Bowl champions to 0-2.
Brian Griese completed 11 of 16 passes for 107 yards with one interception and one fumble, before being replaced by Bubby Brister with 9:17
left in the game. Brister didn't fare any better, throwing an interception that led to Pete Stoyanovich's fourth goal field, of 27-yards with 214 left.
Perhaps most embarrassed was Dale Carter, Kansas City's former Pro Bowl cornerback who had signed a free-agent contract with the Broncos.
Carter got beat twice on dee, patterns by Derrick Alexander, who totaled 117 yards on six catches. He also nullified a 15-yard sack of Elvis Grbac when he was called for illegal contact on the Chiefs' last touchdown drive.
Kimble Anders, who injured his ankle late in the fourth quarter, carried 22 times for a career-high 142
yards at Cincinnati his first
victory as a head coach.
The Broncos cut the lead to 16-10 on the first play of the fourth on Davis' 1-yard leap following a Kansas City turnover deep in its own territory.
After a scoreless first quarter, Jason Elam put the Broncos on top 30 with a 50-yard field goal early in the second quarter.
Then Griese, who did not throw an interception in Denver's 38-21 loss to Miami last Monday night, was picked off by safety Jerome Woods on the Chiefs 43. A few minutes later, Stoyanovich made it 3-3 with a 19-yarder.
But then Grbac, who had appeared to be injured in the previous series, moved the Chiefs 66 yards on 9 plays, aided by Carter's penalty and capped
Alexander, who also made more than 100 yards in the opener in Chicago, beat Carter for 30 yards on the drive.
by Bam Morris' 5-yard run with 9:25 to play for a 23-10 lead.
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