European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page42 stars and stripes 182007 scoring record at Bay Hill Woods among leaders the associated press Day in Bradenton Fla for games m against Ecuador on March 25 in Orlando Fla Arnold Palmer had the rough raised past the Ankles the fairways were tight the greens were Quick and if that want enough he had Par at Bay Hill reduced to 70 to make it More challenging what he got was record scor ing with Tiger Woods Topping the charts Woods birdied four of his first six holes thursday the two he missed were inside 12 feet on his Way to a 6under 64 to share the Lead with Vaughn Taylor and Paul Casey after one round of the Arnold Palmer invitational eleven players had to return to the course Friday morning to Complete the round because of late storms that stopped play but of the 108 players who finished 42 scored in the 60s the previous record at Bay Hill for most sub70 rounds was 41 in the second round of the 2000 tournament hopefully Arnie Doest change it Casey said after his 9iron into 8 feet for Birdie on his final Hole the reason for such Good scor ing was the softness on the greens Woods twice spun the Ball off slopes to within 4 feet for birdies during his opening barrage Tay Lor took on the Flag Over the water with a 5iron at no 8 for Birdie the greens were very recep Tive Casey said when asked about the Good scoring in Breezy conditions that was key if you were in the Fairway and had the right club in your hand you could really attack the Flag judge jails bears lineman for probation violations Skokie 111 Chicago bears defensive lineman tank Johnson was sentenced thursday to four months in jail for violating Proba Tion in a 2005 gun Case Johnson was taken into custody and will spend the next 120 Days in the Cook county jail he could have been sentenced to up to a year behind bars he also must pay a Fine after pleading guilty to violating his probation Johnson was arrested on Mise Meanor weapons charges dec 14 after police raided his Home in the Lake county town of Gurnee about 40 Miles Northwest of Chica go and found six unregistered firearms at the time he was on Proba Tion in a november 2005 Cook county Case in that Case hed pleaded guilty to a Misdemeanour charge stemming from an arrest in which a nightclub Valet reported seeing Johnson with a hand gun in his sport Utility vehicle before he was sentenced Johnson pleaded with Cook county circuit judge John Moran for leniency your Honor i dont believe in a Man who belongs in jail he said but prosecutor Rick Cenar said jail time was appropriate just because Hes a profession Al football player and plays for the Chicago bears Doest put him above the Law Cenar said Johnsons lawyers said they had not yet decided whether to a sports briefs peal the sentence but suggested the football players celebrity influenced the sentence this sentence was unnecessarily harsh defense attorney Lorna Propes said its pretty unheard of for these circumstances Cenar called the sentence fair and appropriate eagles agree to terms with wide receiver Curtis wide receiver Kevin Curtis agreed to a six year contract with Philadelphia on thursday giving the eagles a potential replace ment for Donte Stallworth Curtis Deal could be Worth up to million and includes million in guaranteed Money a person familiar with the negotiations told the associated press on condition of anonymity be cause terms of the contract we rent released a third round pick in 2003 the 28yearold Curtis spent his first four seasons with the St Louis rams serving mostly As the no 3 hideout behind Tony Holt and Isaac Bruce he has 136 receptions for 1714 Yards and 12 touch Downs in 51 games Curtis had his Best season in 2005 when Bruce missed five games catching 60 passes for 801 Yards and six ads coming off his first healthy sea son since 2003 free agent Rua Ning Back Correll Buckwalter resigned with the eagles on Fri Day after missing three of the last four seasons due to knee injuries buckhalter rushed for 345 Yards and two touchdowns last season As Brian Westbrooks backup he missed All of the 2004 and 2005 seasons with a torn Tendon in his right knee and sat out the 2002 season with a torn ligament in his left knee buckhalter a fourth round draft pick out of Nebraska in 2001 has averaged 44 Yards per carry for his career he caught a career High 24 passes for 256 Yards and one touchdown last sea son quarterback a Feeley safety Quintin Mikell defensive end Juquan Thomas and Corner will James have All resigned with the eagles Browns sign do Robaire Smith Cleveland defensive lineman Robaire Smith signed a fou year contract with Cleve land on Friday Smith has played seven sea sons with Tennessee and Houston and started 44 games the last three seasons he has 46 tackles and 17 sacks in 97 games at both end and tackle the defensive line was one of the Browns biggest concerns this of season and Smith fits in with the teams 34 defense Smith will Likely be used As an end opposite orpheus Roye and could move in Side to tackle on passing Downs Smith was a sixth round Choice by Tennessee out of Michigan state in 2000 he signed with Houston after four seasons and Phelan m Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the 13th Hole during the first round of the Arnold Palmer invitational in Orlando Fla on thursday Woods Vaughn Taylor and Paul Casey shot 6underpar 64 set career highs with 100 tackles in 2004 and 102 tackles in 2005 Smith 6foot4 314 pounds started Only 12 games after re turning to Tennessee last season and his tackles dropped to 76 with just half a sack wizards Forward Butler to miss 710 Days Washington Washington wizards Forward Caron Butler will miss a week to 10 Days with a left knee injury and wont travel with the team on its March 2026 Road trip Jarvis Hayes probably will Start in butlers place coach Eddie Jordan said after practice Friday Butler Hurt the knee March 7 but continued to play he left Washington last game a win at the Indiana pacers on wednes Day Early in the second Quarter Butler had an Fri exam on the knee thursday that showed no structural damage and team Doc tors said he should rest Butler is averaging career highs in most statistical categories this season including Points rebounds assists 37 and steals the wizards entered Friday with a Hal game Lead Over the Miami heat in the Southeast Divi Sion Austria wins team event in world cup finals us sixth Lenzer Heide Switzerland Austria demonstrated its Domi Nance and depth Friday by win Ning its third straight nations team Competition without its top skiers Only Ted Ligets win in the final heat prevented the Ameri cans from finishing last again among the seven teams of six ski ers who competed in the world cup finals two men and two women raced one super each and four raced in the slalom heats placing sixth after the super heats the americans needed a Strong slalom showing but Resi Stiegler finished fifth and Bode Miller was sixth the us team entered its Best men yet the top two women were absent olympic giant slalom Champion Julia Mancuso who is still trying to catch two austrians in the Chase for the world cup Overall title skipped the team event to rest for the weekends Sla Lom and giant slalom Lindsey Kil Dow is out for the season after in Juring her knee in slalom training at the world championships Austria which took the Lead in the opening heat and stayed there finished with 23 Points Italy had 29 followed by France with 31 the United states finished sixth with 35 Points 11 world cup veterans on us mens soccer roster Chicago Hawaii Brian Ching is among 11 world cup vet Erans picked thursday for the us roster for exhibition games against Ecuador and Guatemala goalkeeper Kasey Keller mid fielder Damarcus Beasley As Well As defenders Oguchi Onyewu Carlos Bocanegra Steve Cherun Dolo and Jimmy Conrad were selected by interim coach Bob Brad Ley for his 24man roster also chosen were midfielder Clint Dempsey forwards Landon Dono Van Ching and Eddie Johnson and goalkeeper Tim Howard three players were chosen who have never played for the National team defenders Jay de Merit and Frank Simek and mid fielder Benny Teilhaber thirteen of the players Are based in Europe including seven in England players will Start training Mon Day in Bradenton Fla for games against Ecuador on March 25 in Tampa Fla and Guatemala on March 28 in Frisco Texas top european leagues Are off the weekend of March 2425 to enable players to join up with their National teams the United states has played just twice since last years world cup a 31 win Over Denmark on Jan 20 and a 20 Victory Over Mexico on feb 7 Howard Bocanegra and Dempsey also re turned from Europe for the mexi co match Boxer Tapia released from Hospital Albuquerque no five time world Champion Boxer Johnny Tapia was released from the Hospital after a three Day stay that began with an apparent co Caine overdose Tapia was upgraded from Seri Ous to fair condition wednesday at presbyterian Hospital and re leased later in the Day it has been a tragic week for the Tapia family after Tapia was hospitalized two relatives on their Way to visit the ailing Boxer were killed in a car crash state police said Tapias Broth Erin Law 39yearold Robert Gutierrez was killed along with his Nephew 23yearold Ben Gar Cia before Dawn tuesday when their car went off a Highway South of Bloomfield and rolled ejecting both men state police were investigating whether alcohol was a Factor investigators found empty bottles and partially consumed bottles at the scene Johnny Tapia who turned 40 last month was taken monday to the Hospital after paramedics responded to an Early morning Call about someone who want breath ing at a hotel room Albuquerque police said it appeared to be an overdose and Tapia would be charged with pos session of a controlled substance police had discovered a plastic bag containing cocaine Tapia won five titles in three weight classes including the Aba bantamweight title the if and who Junior bantamweight titles and the if featherweight Belt two goalies top list of Hobey Baker finalists Minneapolis notre Dame goalie David Brown and Boston University counterpart John Curry top the 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker award As the top College hockey player the Only two goalies to win the award Are Minnesota Robb stauber who led the gophers to a Cha championship in 198788 and Michigan states Ryan Miller who had 10 shutouts for the spartans in 200001 North Dakota Forward Ryan Duncan also was among the final 10 along with St Lawrence defend Seman Drew Bagnall Miami of Ohio Forward Nathan Davis air Force Forward Eric Ehn St Cloud state goalie Bobby Goepfert Michigan Forward to Hensick Dartmouth Forward David Jones and Nebras Kao Maha Forward Scott parse Davis Ehn and Jones Are juniors Duncan is a Sophomore the others Are seniors