European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 stars and strikes june Percival will attempt comeback with cardinals the associated press Louis former Allstar closer Troy out of the majors since injuring his right Arm in the Middle of the 2005 sea will try to make a comeback with the Louis the 37yearold Percival and the cardinals agreed on a minor league contract he will re port to triple Percival was working As a Spe Cial assignment pitching instructor for the los Angeles Angels be fore asking to be released from his coaching contract on May the cardinals made the announcement before their game against the Percival spent most of his Ca with the Angels and signed As a free agent with Detroit be fore the 2005 the right hander Hurt his forearm in july that Percival tried to pitch last sea son for the but was unable to do he threw out the ceremonial first Ball for the Angels this finals game 1 ratings Are worst for Aba new York game 1 of the Aba finals Drew the lowest rating Ever for an opening game in prime dropping 19 percent from last sports briefs the san Antonio spurs 8576 Victory Over the Cleveland Cava Liers on thursday night earned a rating and 11 share on the previous Low was a in last years game 1 Between Miami and Dallas earned a rat ing and 14 Scott leads Jude Daly has More personal problems Adam Scott is cruising along with fellow australian Andrew buckle close ignoring the pain of blistered and John Daly at least his fans keep cheering even when his personal life is More thrilling than his Scott shot a 4under 66 that gave him a on stroke clubhouse Lead when darkness suspended the second round of the Stanford Jude championship on Friday a bogey free performance overshadowed by daily telling police his wife woke him up by at tacking him with a Steak his Lead stood when among 26 players who returned saturday morning to the pc John Daly South wind to finish the second stumbled on his final Hole with a double bogey on the par4 9th for a 66 that dropped him to 4 that left the worlds fourth ranked golfer with the 36hole Lead at 7 under and a 133 Dalys personal problems sur faced just before the delay As peo ple noticed red Marks on both almost As if he had been As he prepared to tee off on the Horn and he released a statement that Sher Rie Daly attacked him Friday morning and was letting police in she want around when deputies arrived after 6 so Daly was left to file charges if he wanted her a department spokesman said charges had not been filed As of late Friday after playing on a sponsors sex had two bodyguards with him As he shot a 74 that left him at 4 Over and playing this he had fans cheering him As he had two double five bogeys and five Pettersen on top in Lyga Havre de Suzann Pettersen teed off Early at Bulle before temperatures soared into the and a torrid finish with three straight birdies Over the final four holes sent her to a 5under 67 and a on shot Lead Over Karrie Webb in the Lyga Michelle Wie shot a 2over making the Cut Only when Karen playing in the final bogeyed the final Hole allowing Wie and 12 others to survive for the Haas in front after 65 West Des Iowa Jay Haas got off to a Good Start in his bid for his third champions tour Victory of the holing a 20foot Birdie putt on the final Hole Friday to take a on stroke Lead in the principal Charity Clas who leads the Money list and has eight top10 finishes this shot a 6under penguins to stay in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh a Cit coun to Board approved a million Bond Issue for a new Arena and authorized a 30year lease with the Pittsburgh the agreement thursday binds the team to the City for at least 30 although formal lease Docu ments were still being sports exhibition authority officials Bucks Patterson fined Cincinnati a judge or dered Milwaukee Bucks Forward Ruben Patterson to pay a Fine for failing to Register As a convicted sex offender after he moved into a new pleaded no con test Friday to the Misdemeanour said Hamilton county prosecutor Joseph the Fine was the maximum amount Hamilton county municipal judge Ted Berry could have in Vick dog fighting not just Rural activity from Back Page in when investigators raided a Vic owned Home in Surry As part of a drug investigation involving a Cousin of they stumbled upon a Clandestine Kennel out sixty six mostly pit were along with evidence of an organized fighting opera Tion treadmills rigged up for training break Sticks that Are used to pry apart the powerful jaws of fighting animals blood soaked carpeting that might have been used in a fight ing pit veterinary medicines for treating wounds and rape hideous contraptions used to restrain female pit bulls during the Breeding Vick denied any wrongdoing shortly after authorities raided his since Hes declined comment on the advice of his redskins running Back Clinton Portis quickly de fended Vicks right to be involved in dog saying its his property its his Portis later but gab Riel who grew up in Rural emailed the associated press to say a native of  apolo after Portis simply was conveying a fact of life on the Back roads of his Home i know its fashionable for peo ple to have a lot of indoor you see people walking around with dogs in their dogs As showing off their i just feel theres a whole other Side to Jones in the at least where i came theres no such thing As an indoor pet unless its a people have dogs for two reasons they Are either guard dogs or fighting widespread Appeal although dog fighting might be associated largely with the Back water its actually a nation Al cutting across social and racial the humane society of the United states estimates that at least and perhaps As Many As Are involved in contests ranging from Imp Romp Bac Kalley Battles to highly sophisticated contests where the pots run into the six it has started to become less a Rural activity and More an Urban said John who handles do fighting issues for the National humane its largely a recreational activity for gang major City police such As Chicago and have units dedicated solely to shutting Down the countless underground forty eight states have made dog fighting a felony Idaho and Wyoming Are the except but there Are in for dog fighting is a but its not Ille Gal to be a Spectator or even to Breed dogs with the purpose of you actually have to catch them in a said state Chip a suburban Atlanta Republican who has tried unsuccessfully during the last two legislative sessions to toughen the that Why we have no one in jail for dog gruesome picture Weigner widow denies he was involved in dog but authorities in Liberty county paint a much different after Weigner was gunned authorities combed his property for within the Home they found the dog where some 26 animals were cared for in relative com its my understanding that this is where the High Breed dogs were said Liberty county sheriffs Chip those were the Lucky out officers found a barn that was apparently used by birthing behind that was a Squal fenced off pen where Weigner kept the rest of the More than 300 pit bulls that were on the property the night he was it was Fairchild the dogs were chained off to posts and walking around in water with fees float ing on top of they would Chain one dog next to another so could get close but not get at each because they would rip each other their Only hous ing was these 35gallon plastic Drums that had been turned Over in the Kelli a professor at North Carolina states College of veterinary serves on a state task Force that opposes Ani Mal teaches a course to animal cruelty investigators and has been an expert witness in Sev eral dog fighting Shes also treated plenty of Ani Mals that emerged from the fight ing youll see the obvious injuries that Are consistent with Punk lacerations from Usu ally on the neck and fore Ferris the ones that get chewed up beyond that usually dont the survivors Are often Cov ered in old recently healed wounds and fresh since a veterinarian is unlikely to be on the animals Are subjected to Doit yourself medical including hastily placed Staples and rudimentary South Carolinas attorney Gen eral Henry Mcmaster paints an equally gruesome he tells of dogs being poked with electric prods to make them go harder during or being tied to the Back of a pickup truck for grueling he said he believes family been stolen to serve As bait dogs helpless animals that help ensure a pit Bull has the proper blood lust for an actual they will tape the Mouth shut so the bait dog cant Hurt their prize pit Mcmaster then  put them in the pit and let them be chewed to they want their dogs to learn How to according to investigators have heard of pit bulls being injected with steroids to make them stronger and having cocaine rubbed on their Gums so they will be even More hyped up for a perhaps the most telling Rule about the nature of this sport is this should police the referee is to name the next meet ing people who say its not in my Ferris Are not look county will continue investigation the associated press r the prosecutor who questioned Why Federal authorities would take an interest in a suspected do fighting Case possibly involving Michael Vick sounded a conciliatory tone Friday and said there would be parallel Surry county commonwealths attorney Gerald Poindexter said sheriff Harold Brown and the rest of the team that has been investigating the Case since 66 dogs were found on the property on april 25 still intend to meet soon to review their they launched a Independent Federal i Vestiga Poindexter said of the which has had a representative involved in the local probe All we pursuing Paral Lel one Day within hours of being told that a sealed Federal search warrant was being executed at the Poindexter reacted much suggesting that Vicks celebrity As an nil quarterback was governments Vick this week cancelled his youth football Camp at citing a scheduling the Camp was scheduled to Start june but an email gent from the Camps web site said All papists would be refund dec