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SHOOTING STIRS QUESTIONS ABOUT ARMING MILITARYRECRUITERS

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Daughters of Charity Health System, thehistorically cash-strapped foundation oper-ating two county medical centers, hasselected a new party willing to inject sub-

stantial funding into its bare coffers andkeep care center doors open for patients.

The health system’s Board of Directors,

which oversees Setonhospitals in Daly Cityand Moss Beach,announced Friday, July17, approval of a bidfrom BlueMountainCapital Management

offering to pay more than$250 million and spon-sor Integrity Healthcare

to manage and operate all six of the sys-tem’s hospitals and medical centers acrossthe state.

The selection of BlueMountain comesafter Prime Healthcare backed out of a $ 837million deal to buy the six Daughters of Charity Hospitals in March, due in part to

provisions placed on the deal by CaliforniaAttorney General Kamala Harris.

And though Harris must again consent to

the bo ard’s most recent decision , lo cal offi-cials l auded a deal b eing struck.

Daly City Councilman David Canepa cel-ebrated the announcement, and said it worksto shore up a future for the local hospitalsystem, which had been murky under thefallout of the previous deal failing.

“This clears up any ambiguity, or any fear

Deal offers Seton new lifeSavior willing to rescue threatened health care system

David Canepa

San Mateo toconsider salestax extensionResidents may vote on quarter-centsales tax to remain for 30 more yearsBy Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

San Mateo officials are moving to preemptivelyapproach vo ters and ask for a 30-year extensio n of a quarter-cent sales tax that could raise nearly $150 million to sup-port a wide variety of in frastructure and service needs.

Originally approved in 2009, Measure L is slated toexpire in 2 018 an d was passed as a temporary means to helpsupport critical services as the recession rocked the city’sfinancial footing.

On Monday nigh t, th e City Council will consider placinga 30-year extension of the tax th at raises nearly $5 milliona year on the November ballot.

Although the city has made strides in bolstering staffing

levels, building a budgetary reserve and restoring commu-

California home sales surgein June on strong economyBy Elliot SpagatTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN DIEGO — California home sales surged in June on astrong economy and low interest rates as prices reachedseven-year hig hs, a research firm repo rted Friday.

The median sales price for new and existing houses andcondominiums hit $417, 000, up 3 percent from $405,000in May and up 6.9 percent from $390,000 during the sameperiod last year, according t o CoreLogic Inc.

It was the highest median price posted since October2007.Sales rose from a year earlier for the fourth straigh t mont h

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Mahmoud Kedkad is about 15 min-utes away from his first meal in morethan 12 hours, and he is beginning tofeel absentmin ded.

The Redwood Shores resident sit s inthe Burlingame office of the YaseenFoundation during the last full day of Ramadan, Thursday, July 16, whichmeans he has been fasting all day fornearly one month, and the impact is

beginning to take its toll.But despite the occasional bout of

Observance through sacrificeAs Ramadan winds down, local Muslims reflect on values of fasting

AUSTIN WALSH/DAILY JOURNAL

Food is served to those breaking their day-long fast in observance of Ramadan. Below: Members of the Yaseen Foundation

pray in Burlingame during the last full day of Ramadan, Thursday, July 17.

See SETON, Page 18

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SPORTS PAGE 11

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See HOMES, Page 24See RAMADAN, Page 24

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This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1947President Harry S. Truman signed aPresidential Succession Act which

placed the speaker of the House andthe Senate president pro tempore nextin the line of succession after the vicepresident.

“Kindnesses are easilyforgotten; but injuries! what

worthy man does not keep those in mind?”— William Makepeace Thackeray, English author

Actor James Brolinis 75.

Actress Kristen Bellis 35.

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Sunday night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.Monday: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of thunder-storms. Highs in the mid 60s to l ower 70s.Monday nig ht through Friday: Partly cloudy. Lows inthe mid 50s. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.

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In A.D. 64 , the Great Fire of Rome began, consumingmost o f the city for about a week. (Some blamed the fire onEmperor Nero, who in t urn bl amed Christi ans.)In 1792, American naval hero John Paul Jones died inParis at age 45.In 1872 , Britain enacted voting by secret ballot.In 1925 , Adolf Hitler published the first volume of hisautob iograph ical screed, “Mein Kampf (My Struggle).”In 1932, the United States and Canada signed a treaty todevelop the St. Lawrence Seaway.In 1944 , Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier andwar minist er because of s etbacks s uffered by his country inWorld War II. American forces in France captured theNormandy town of St. Lo.

In 1955 , President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soviet PremierNikolai Bulganin, British Prime Minist er Anthony Eden andFrench Premier Edgar Faure met for a summit in Geneva.In 1969 , Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. , left a party onChappaquiddick Island near Martha’s Vineyard with Mary JoKopechne, 28; some time later, Kennedy’s car went off abridge into the water. (Kennedy was able to escape, butKopechne drowned.)In 1976, at the Montreal Olympics, Romanian gymnastNadia Comaneci received the first-ever perfect score of 10with her routine on uneven parallel bars. (Comaneci wouldgo on to receive six more 10s at Montreal.)In 1984 , gunman James Huberty opened fire at aMcDonald’s fast food restaurant in San Ysidro (ee-SEE’-droh), California, killi ng 2 1 people before being s hot deadby poli ce. Walter F. Mondale won the Democratic p residen-tial nomination in San Francisco. H

orse-racing regulations statethat no race horse’s name maycontain more than 18 letters

including spaces. Names that are toolong would be cumbersome on racingsheets.

***The most recognized smell in theworld is coffee. The second most i den-tifiable s mell is peanut butter.

***It requires about 850 peanuts to makean 18 -ounce jar of peanut butter.

***A female hors e is call ed a mare. Do youknow what is a male horse called?What about a young female horse and ayoung male horse? The height of ahorse is measured in a unique way. Doyou know what it is? See answer atend.

***The knee jerk reflex takes about 30millis econds. This is time between thestimulus, which is the tap on the liga-ment in the knee, and the responsiveknee jerk, which is the contraction o f the quadriceps muscle in the l eg.

***Good Housekeeping magazine, thefirst “female oriented” publication,debuted on May 2, 1885. GoodHousekeeping met with huge successas the first magazine to provide infor-mation about running a home, a broadrange of literary offerings and oppor-tunities for reader input

***Bay Meadows had been in San Mateosince 1934. The first horse transport-ed by air landed at Bay Meadows. Itwas in 1945 when El Lobo was flownfrom Los Angeles by hi s owner to con-test the Burlingame Handicap. After

landing safely on an airstrip adjacentto Bay Meadows, El Lobo completedthe history-making journey by win-ning the race.

***In horse racing, an exacta is a wagerthat picks th e first two finishers in arace in the exact order of their finish.A trifecta is a wager picking the firstthree finish ers in exact order.

***Tabasco sauce polis hes si lver.

***Most American car horns honk in thekey of F.

***The word cereal comes from Ceres, theRoman goddess of the harvest.

***The first athlete to appear on a box of Wheaties was baseball great LouGehrig in 1934. It was 50 years laterwhen the first female athlet e appearedon a bo x of Wheaties. It was Mary Lou

Retton in 1984.

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Hyperhidrosis affects 1 in 200 people.It is more commonly known as clam-my hands. Clammy hands are causedby overactive nerves that send sign alsto the sweat glands. It is an inheritedcondition.

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A gallon of water weighs 8.3 4 pounds.

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Dendrochronology is the science of calculating a tree’s age by its rings.

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When a rock is 10 inches or more indiameter, it is a boulder.

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Boulder, Colorado. has more usedbookstores per capita than any othercity in the country.

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No word in the English languagerhymes with month, orange, silver orpurple.

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An swe r : A male horse is a stallion. A young female horse is a fil ly, and a young m ale horse i s a colt . Horses aremeasured by hand. One hand is 4 inch-es.

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Former Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, is 94. Conductor KurtMasur is 88 . Skating champion and commentator Dick Buttonis 86. Olympic gold medal figure skater Tenley Albright,M.D., i s 80. Movie director Paul Verhoeven is 77. MusicianBrian Auger is 76. Singer Dion DiMucci is 76. Baseball Hall

of Famer Joe Torre is 75. Singer Martha Reeves is 74. Bluesguitarist Lonnie Mack is 74 . Pop-rock musician Wally Bryson(The Raspberries) is 66. Country-rock singer Craig Fuller(Pure Prairie League) is 66. Actress Margo Martindale is 64.Singer Ricky Skaggs is 61. Actress Audrey Landers is 59.Golfer Nick Faldo is 58.

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3Weekend • July 18-19, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL/STATE

FOSTER CITYPetty theft. Items were stolen from a

vehicle on St Vincent Lane before 7:41p.m. Monday, July 13.Suspended licens e . A man was cited andreleased for driving with a suspendedlicense and for displaying false evidence of registration on Foster City Boulevardbefore 10:33 a.m. Mon day, July 13.Arrests . Two men were arrested for pos ses-sion of controlled substance at VintagePark Drive before 7:46 p.m. Sunday, July12.Arrests . Two women were arrested for IDtheft, forgery, unlawful access card posses-sion and giving false ID to an officer onChess Drive before 4:19 a.m. Sunday, July12.

REDWOOD CITY

Arrest . An intoxicated woman was arrestedon El Camino Real before 9:12 p.m.Tuesday, July 14.Arrest . A man was arrested after yelling ata resident on Finger Avenue before 11:21a.m. Tuesday, July 14.Theft. A black and green bike was stolenfrom a carport on Salt Court before 7:50p.m. Monday, July 13.S to le n v e h ic l e . A black Chevrolet truckwas sto len on Birch Street before 9:54 a.m.Friday, July 10.

Police reports

Well, that’s no goodPolice responded to an altercationinvolving spoiled pork at a market onFoster City Boulevard in Foster Citybefore 4:34 p.m. Sunday, July 12.

By Daniel MontesBAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

A San Bruno man who suffered a seizurewhile he was driving and caused a fatal caraccident i n 2 012 was s entenced Friday.

A San Mateo County Superior court judgesentenced Rodney Corsiglia, 52, to 33years and 8 month s to life in priso n, accord-

ing to th e district attorney.In addition, Corsiglia must pay $ 1,000 tothe state fund for victims, $9,208 to thefamily of one of the vi ctims and $317, 749to the family of the second victim, DistrictAttorney Steve Wagstaffe sai d.

Following a 14-day trial, a jury convictedCorsiglia of second-degree murder andvehicular manslaughter on June 4, 2014.

Rodney Corsiglia, 51,was driving on a suspend-ed license and over thespeed limit on SneathLane in San Bruno onJuly 28, 2012, when hesuffered a seizure andplowed into the back of acar stopped at a red light,

according to p rosecutors.The crash instantlykilled two of the passen-

gers in the rear-ended car and injured twovictims in a th ird car, according t o prosecu-tors.

The victims who died were fathers of atotal of five children, prosecutors said.

Corsiglia knew he had a seizure disorder

and was taking medication for it.Prosecutors said the seizures caused him tobe involved in seven car crashes between2002 and 2011.

Corsiglia had originally been scheduledto be sentenced on March 13, however, thesentencing was postponed, as the defenseattorney argued Corsiglia suffered fromdementia and a childhood brain injury, ren-

dering him disabled and incompetent, pros-ecutors said.Criminal proceedings were s uspended.After court appointed doctors evaluated

Corsigl ia’s competency, they determined hewas competent for the sentencing to contin-ue, prosecutors said.

Corsiglia’s defense attorney was notavailable for comment.

Man who caused fatal 2012 car crash sentenced

RodneyCorsiglia

By Janie HarTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — After a new law wentinto effect in January, more than half of all

new driver’s licenses issued in Californiathis y ear have gone to p eople who are in thecountry illegally, the st ate said Friday.

The California Department of MotorVehicles reported it has issued roughly397,000 licenses to people who live in thecountry illegally. A total of 759,000 licens-es were issued in the first six months of theyear.

The DMV issued 435,000 licenses in thefirst six months of 2014.

The new law initially generated huge in ter-est, with long lines at DMV offices inJanuary and February. The DMV expects to

see about one million more applicants overthe next three years who are covered underthe new law.

“We hope that all of those people will beable to pass the testing and have the neces-sary documents to obtain” a license, saidDMV spokeswoman J essica Gonzalez.

Supporters of the law say giving licensesto people regardless of their immigrationstatus makes the roads safer for everyone.New drivers say havi ng a l icense means theycan travel more freely for work or pleasure.

Some people had been driving without alicense.

“It’s great that people are taking advan-tage of this new law,” s aid Jackelin Aguilar,community organizer for Placer People of Faith Together, an Auburn, California-basedgroup that supports the new licenses.

“It’s definitely a step forward for the fami-lies, and having identification is huge,”Aguilar said.

Opponents say people who are in thecountry illegall y s hould not be rewarded.

Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA,which advocates for l egal and limited immi-gration, chided California for making lifeeasier for people in the country illegally, atthe expense of citizens and legal residents.

“There are now 400,000 more signals topeople all over the world that working ille-gally in California is encouraged by thegovernment itself,” he said.

About 687,000 people have applied forthe licenses issued to illegal immigrants.Applicants must pass drivin g tests and showproof of residency and identity.

Most new state licenses go to drivers in U.S. illegally

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4 Weekend • July 18-19, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNALLOCALTraffic stop leads to arrestsfor drugs, weapons, other charges

An illegal lane change on the 1100block of Industrial Road in San CarlosThursday night led to the arrests of twopeople for multiple charges includingbeing under the influence, possession of drugs, counterfeit money, weapon andother charges, according to the SanMateo County Sheriff’s Office.

At approximately 11:06 p.m., deputies stopped the car

for the lane change and expired registration. The driver,

David Wolcott Greenman III, 28, of SanFrancisco, was determined to be under theinfluence of a narcotic and in possessionof a concealed switchblade knife. Thepassenger, Rhiannon Dejong Cherf, 28,of San Francisco, initially gave deputiesa false identity, but her real identity waslocated inside her purse along withnumerous fake credit cards. She was alsodetermined to have an outstanding mis-

demeanor warrant out for trespassing and a felony warrantfor grand theft out of San Francisco, according to the

Sheriff’s Office.

Greenman was arrested and found to be in pos sessio n of avariety of types of prescription pills, for which he did nothave any prescriptions. Greenman also had several thou-sand dollars of various denominations stuffed in his pock-ets, as well as dozens of high value gift cards. Several of thebills were determined to be counterfeit, according to theSheriff’s Office.

Greenman was arrested and booked into San MateoCounty Maguire Correctional Facility for numerous felonycharges including identity theft, felony theft by accesscards, pos sessio n o f a credit card reader to defraud, po sses-sion of p ills without a prescription, as well as pos sessionof counterfeit currency, driving under the influence of ille-gal narcotics, driving on a suspended license, possessionof a controlled substance and possession of a switchbladeknife. Cherf was arrested and booked into San MateoCounty Maguire Correction al Facility for numerous chargesincluding providing false information to a peace officer,identity theft, being under the influence of a narcotic, aswell as two San Francisco warrants, according to theSheriff’s Office.

Both s uspects remain in custody, each with a b ail amountof $100 ,00 0 respectively, according to th e Sheriff’s Office.

Burglary suspect fleeswhen home’s burglar alarm sounds

A home burglary suspect fled after a home’s burglaryalarm sounded Thursday afternoon in Pacifica, police saidFriday.

Officers responded at about 1:30 p.m. to the 500 block of Monterey Road. Police said a person at the home heardsomeone banging on the home’s rear sliding glass door

Police said the suspects was able to break the outer paneof glass to the door, but was unable to get in the home.

Officers are describing the s uspect as a dark-skinn ed male,about 6 feet tall with a medium build. Police said he waswearing a red and white baseball cap and red shirt.

Someone saw him leaving the home in a gold older sportutility v ehicle, s uch as a Ford Explo rer.

Anyone with information about the attempted burglary isbeing asked to get in touch with the Pacifica PoliceDepartment at (650) 738-7314. People can make anony-mous tips to the Silent Witness Hotline at (650) 359-4444or online at www.cityofpacifica.org/depts/police/.

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Arlene Rita (Murphy) SandersJanuary 5, 1930 - June 1, 2015

Arlene Rita (Murphy) Sanders passed away at home on Monday June 1, 2015 at the age of 85. Shewas preceded in death by her husband Royce Nelson Sanders to whom she was happily marriedfor 61 years. She is survived by her six children, Michele Sanders (Brock Buchstaber), MichaelSanders(Michelle), Patricia Hutchison, Pamela (Jim) Rice, Cynthia (Dino) Antoniazzi, StevenSanders and six grandchildren Rebecca Hutchison, Jennifer Rice, Christina Rice, AlexanderAntoniazzi, Emily Antoniazzi, and Keith Sheehan; sisters Barbara Mack and Judith Murphy. She

was preceded in death by her sister s Phyllis Foster and Janiece Murphy.She was born January 5, 1930 in Grand Rapids Michigan to James and Mildred Murphy. She mether husband Royce, an Air Force Sergeant while living in Texas and it was love at rst sight. Whilea military wife, Arlene enjoyed traveling oversees and throughout the country with her family.After the birth of her six children and her husband’s retirement from the Air Force, the familysettled in Redwood City. Arlene loved volunteering at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church andSchool where all her children attended. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and nana andwherever she went, she made friends quickly.

Friends are invited to attend a Rosary Service which will take place at 7:00 pm on Thursday,June 11, 2015 at Redwood Chapel, 847 Woodside Rd., Redwood City, immediately followed by areception at Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City. The funeral mass and inter nment will be private.In lieu of owers donations may be made to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church or School inRedwood City or to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

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By Julia HorowitzTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO — California’s joblessrate dropped back to 6.3 percent in Juneafter seeing a slight increase in May, thestate Employment DevelopmentDepartment reported Friday.

The state added 22,900 nonfarm payroll jo bs in Jun e, he lp in g unempl oy men treturn to April levels after creeping up to6.4 percent.

The rate drop occurred even as the num-ber of peop le entering the workforce grew.

“It shows both growth in the labor forceand people finding work,” departmentspok esman Kevin Callori said.

A year ago, California’s jobless rate was7.5 percent.

With the exception of May, the state’sunemployment rate has steadily droppedsince February 2010 .

The employment department said May’srise in unemploy ment was due to an influxof people entering California’s workforceahead of the summer employment season.

The state still reported adding a revised46,200 job s that month.

The numbers are based on federal andstate surveys of employers and house-holds, but don’t take into account peoplewho have stopped looking for work or

thos e who are working part-time but wouldrather be working full-time.

California’s unemploy ment rate remainshigh er than the natio nal average. The U.S.unemployment dropped to 5.3 percent inJune, the lowest it’s been since April2008.

Callori says California’s rate representsa more positive picture, however. Thoughthe national unemployment rate shows adrop, this is only because there was asmall decrease in both the labor force andin employment.

More than 1.1 million people remainunemployed in California, though thenumber is down by 18,000 in the monthand by 217,000 in the past year. Over360,000 people received regular unem-ploy ment insurance benefits in J une.

Six sectors g rew in J une, including man-ufacturing; trade, transportation and utili-ties; financial activities; professional andbusiness services; educational and healthservices.

Professional and business services ledthe growth, posting 12, 700 jobs.

Five sectors reported monthly declines,including mining and logging; construc-tion; information; leisure and hospitality;and government. Leisure and hospitalityposted the largest monthly drop, down5,800 jobs.

State jobless rate drops to 6.3 percent in June

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Edda Gomez-PanzaniDr. Edda Gomez-Panzani, M.D., vice

president of Research and ScientificAffairs for IpsenBi o p h a r ma c e u t i c a l s ,died June 30, 2015, atage 50 in RedwoodShores. CarciNET saidher “achievements in t hemedical field will have apositive impact on

patients for decades tocome.”Born May 16, 1965, in Mexico City, she

became an M.D. in 1989, serving as trau-ma surgeon and ER physician. In 1994,she joi ned Procter and Gamble, mov ing t oCincinnati to manage P&G’s trials of drugs for osteoporosis, hormone replace-ment, mig raine and allergies.

As Sciele Pharma VP, she led clinical tri-als and wrote a paper that persuaded theFDA to chan ge its process for a new prod-uct, s aving Sciele several million dollars.

She moved to Redwood Shores in 2008with Tercica (now Ipsen), researching newcancer treatments. She earned FDA

approval for Somatuline, co-wrote papersand grew an int ernational reputation.

A member of the nation al championsh ipskydiving team, she called herself “anadrenaline junkie. ” She lo ved Maserati rac-ing and wild wolves. She earned her karateblack belt, winning national competi-tions. She flew to countries in crisis andworked 18-hour days as a trauma surgeon.

Dr. Gomez-Panzani requested no memo ri-

al service, but instead donations toDoctors Without Borders.

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By Lisa LererTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — With Democrati c presi -dential candidates in Iowa for the first face-

off of the 20 16 campaign, Hillary RodhamClinton promised to continue the work of the man she hopes to succeed in the WhiteHouse.

“The president does not get the credit hedeserves for saving us from a major crash,”Clinton told volunteers and campaignstaffers in Cedar Rapids on Friday. “Whenyou see what works you ought to keepdoing what works.”

All five Democratic primary candidateswere on t he prog ram later for a fundraiser inCedar Rapids sponsored by the state party,creating an opportunity for her challengersto confront her before more than 1,200influential party activists in the crucial cau-cus state.

Three months in to what seems like an all-but-inexorable march to the nomination,

Clinton has already built a vast campaigninfrastructure, run from a multistory head-quarters in New York City, with hundreds of staffers across the country.

On Friday, Clinton’s campaign said itbought $7.7 million worth of televisionadvertising time in early voting states, itsfirst ad buy for the 2016 contest. In Iowa,where caucus-goers cast the country’s firstballots, the campaign paid $3.6 million fortime in all eight media markets that servethe state. An additional $4.1 million of air-time was purchased in New Hampshire,which holds the first primary.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who’smounting an insurgent campaign challeng-ing Clinton, said he has “no illusions”about her political clout.

“We are going to be outspent in this cam-

paign, but I think peopleall over this country areresponding to a verysimple message and thatis that it is not accept-

able that the middle classis continuing to disap-pear,” he t old an audienceof veterans in CedarRapids.

Clinton’s first appear-ance with all her primary rivals comes dur-ing sign s that she has yet to win over someof her party’s most passionate backers, theactivists and small-dollar donors who willform the base of support i n th e general elec-tion if sh e should win the nomination.

Those Democrats have a far more favor-able view of President Barack Obama thanof Clinton, who’s spent decades in publiclife.

According to an Associated Press-GfKpoll this week, roughly two-thirds of Hispanics v iew Obama favorably, comp ared

with just over half of Hispanics who say thesame about Clinto n. Among self-identifiedliberals, Obama’s favorability stands at 87percent, to Clinton’s 72 percent. Half of Americans under the age o f 30 view Obamafavorably, compared with just 38 percentfor his former secretary of state.

Record-setting turnout by those groupstwice propelled Obama to the White Houseand would be crucial to Clint on’s success.

“I don’t like seeing that, obviously,”Clinton said of the poll, speaking toreporters on Thursday. “But I think peopleknow that I will fight for them. I’ll fight fortheir jobs, I’ll fight for their families, I’llfight on behalf of better education andhealth care.”

She added: “I’m very pleased with the s up-port I have.”

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WASHINGTON — As Navy Petty Officer2nd Class Randall Smith fights for his lifeafter being shot at a military support centerin Tennessee, hi s grandmother wonders whytroops at recruiting and reserve officesaren’t allowed to h ave guns.

It’s a question many were asking Friday, aday after the deadly s hoot ing that ki lled fourMarines and injured three others inChattanooga. Military officials say thePentagon shouldn’t rush to change the ban,which is governed in part by century-oldlaw, because arming troops in those facili-ties could cause more problems than itmight solve.

Speaking by phon e Friday, Linda Wallaceof Midlothian, Texas, s aid she was upset tolearn there was no s ecurity o utside where theshooting s took place. “A lot of people arelearning our bases aren’t guarded,” s he said.

Military officials said security at recruit-ing and reserve centers will be reviewed, butthe Army’s top officer said it’s too early tosay whether the faciliti es sho uld have secu-rity g uards or other increased protection.

“I think we have to be careful about ov er-arming ourselves, and I’m not t alkin g aboutwhere you end up attacking each other,”

Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff of theArmy, told reporters. Instead, he said, it’smore about “accidental discharges and

everything else that goes along with hav-ing weapons that are loaded that causesinjuries.”

Defense Secretary Ash Carter late Fridayasked the military services to determine if additional steps can be taken to ensure peo-

ple are safe at military installations, andsaid he wants a report back by the end of next week.

The comments came as Navy officialsconfirmed a separate incident outsideAtlanta, where a recruiter accidently shothimself in the leg with his personal .45-cal-iber pistol while discussing the Tennesseeshootings with one of his recruits. Officialssaid he sho wed the s ailor th e unloaded gun,then reloaded it and inadvertently dis-charged it as he was putting it back in his

holster.Tucked in strip malls in rural and suburban

communities and in high-traffic city spotslike New York’s Times Square, militaryrecruiting and reserve stations are designedto be open and welcoming to the public.The troops inside aren’t allowed to carryweapons.

The ban is largely due to legal issues,such as the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878,which prohibits the federal governmentfrom using the military for domestic lawenforcement. U.S. forces don’t routinelycarry guns when they are not in combat oron military bases. And Pentagon officialsare sensitive to any appearance of armedtroops within the United States.

“We’re always g oing to b e somewhat vul-nerable to a lo ne wolf, or whatever you wantto call it , a surprise sho oter, because we areout there with the population and that’swhere we have to be,” s aid Odierno.

Shooting stirs questions about arming military recruiters

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By Alicia A. CaldwellTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Just weeks beforeJoaquin “El Chapo” Guzman sn eaked out of amaximum security prison in Mexico, theU.S. government had requested formally thatthe drug kingpin be sent to the United Statesto stand trial on a variety of drug traffickingand conspiracy charges, the JusticeDepartment said on Friday.

The office of Mexico Attorney GeneralArely Gomez issued a statement late Thursdaysaying sh e told a congressional committee inthat country that the extradition request wassent June 25.

Guzman vanished from the prison througha tunnel in the shower floor of his cell on July11. Gomez’s office said she issued instruc-tions to review the request and submit it tocourts for consideration.

A variety of U.S. officials, including law-makers and law enforcement officials, hadcalled for Guzman’s transfer to the U.S. s incehis arrest in February 2014. Mexican offi-cials, however, said Guzman wouldn’t be sentto the U.S. until he had served time for all of

his crimes in Mexico.

“That is one of the rea-sons we pushed for extra-dition,” said Jack Riley,the Drug EnforcementAdministration’s topagent. “We were afraid of this. Not that (Mexicanauthorities) weren’t capa-ble of keeping h im — buthe’d escaped before.”

Riley, the deputyadministrator, hasn’t really slept sinceGuzman’s escape. The last week has been aflurry of work speaking with his Mexicancounterparts and helping direct U.S. efforts tocapture one of the world’s most prolific andviolent drug lords for the third time since the1990s.

“This guy caused me one of the best daysand worst days of my li fe in a span of a year,”Riley said. “We are doing everything we canto t rack him down, much lik e we did a year orso ago when we hooked him.”

Before taking over as DEA’s operation schief in Washington last year, Riley spentfour years in Chicago tracking Guzman and

continuing to build a growing criminal caseagainst the drug lord. After Guzman’s 2014

arrest, authorities in Chicago, includingRiley, called for his extradition to the UnitedStates to face trial on a lit any of drug traffick-ing and other charges.

Guzman vanished nearly a week agothrough a sophisticated tunnel that opened inthe floor of his cell’s shower. Two Mexicanlawmakers said Thursday that at least 18 min-

utes passed before anyo ne was alerted.A surveillance video of Guzman’s cell

shows him walking to the shower — wherethere was a blind spo t in the security camera’sview — crouching down and then vanishing.

According to internal DEA documentsobtained by the Associated Press, U.S. drugagents learned Guzman and his associateswere plotting his escape almost immediatelyafter his arrest.

U.S. asked Mexicoto extradite druglord before escape

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A federal police hand out fliers to driver with photos of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmanoffering a reward of 60 million Mexican pesos for information near the Marquesa toll boothoutside Mexico City.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Vastfrozen plains exist next door toPluto’s big, rugged mountains

sculpted of ice, scientists saidFriday, three days after humanity’sfirst-ever flyby o f the dwarf planet.

The New Horizons spacecraftteam revealed close-up photos of those plains, which they’realready unofficially callingSputnik Planum after the world’sfirst man-made satellite.

“Have a look at the icy frozenplains of Pluto,” principal scien-tist Alan Stern said during a brief-ing at NASA headquarters. “Whowould have expected this kind of complexity?”

Stern described the pictures com-ing down from 3 billion miles

away as “beautiful eye candy.”“I’m still having to remind

myself to take deep breaths,” addedJeff Moore, head of the NewHorizons geology team at NASA’sAmes Research Center inCalifornia. “I mean, the landscapeis just astoundingly amazing.”

Spanning hundreds of miles, theplains are located in the promi-

nent, bright, heart-shaped area of Pluto. Like the mountains unveiledWednesday, t he plains look to be arelatively young 100 millionyears old — at the most. Scientistsspeculate internal heating — per-haps from icy volcanoes or gey-

sers— might still be shaping thesecrater-free regions.

“This could be only a week oldfor all we know,” Moore said. Hestressed that scientists have nohard evidence of erupting, geyser-like plumes on Pluto — yet.

Another possibility could bethat the terrain, like frozen mudcracks on Earth, formed as a resultof contraction of the surface.

The plains — which include clus-ters of smooth hills and fields of small pits — are covered withirregular-shaped, or polygon, sec-tions that look to be separated bytroughs.

Frozen plains in Pluto’s heart

By Alan FramTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A Republ ican -led House committee asked Fridayfor a briefing from the PlannedParenth ood official whose secretlyrecorded discussion of how herorganization obtains tissue fromaborted fetuses for research hasigni ted a new GOP poli tical offen-sive on abortion.

The letter to Planned Parenthoo dfrom GOP leaders of the HouseEnergy and Commerce Committeesaid comments by Dr. DeborahNucatola “raise most troublingquestion s with regard to y our orga-nization’s practices when per-forming abortions and whetherthose practices are consistent with

federal law.”P l a n n e d

Parenthood hasr e p r i m a n d e dNucatola andapologized forher “tone ands t a t e m e n t s . ”The group saysit o nly retrievesorgans with theconsent of

patients and says it has broken nolaws, which forbi d the commercialsale of fetal tissue and ban a late-term abortion procedure oppo-nents call “partial-birth abor-tion.”

Planned Parentho od officials didnot immediately say whetherNucatola would appear.

House panel ask to interviewPlanned Parenthood official

A close-up image of a region nearPluto’s equator.

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By Michelle Fauland Adamu AdamuTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DAMATURU, Nigeria — Nigeria’sIslamic extremists chose open-air pray-ing grounds for suicide bombingsFriday, one of the holiest days of theMuslim calendar. At least 15 peopledied as they prepared to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in northeastern Damaturu, saidpolice.

Nigerians who usually turn out intheir finest robes to pray on the holidaystayed home in fear in Damaturu and

Gombe town, where 50 people shop-ping for the holiday at the main marketdied in two bomb blasts late Thursdaynight, according to the NationalEmergency Management Agency.

One of the bombers was a child who

look ed about 10 y ears old and the otherwas an elderly woman, said the mili taryin a statement. Nigeria’s homegrownBoko Haram extremist group has usedmany women and girl bombers inrecent weeks, raising fears the insur-gents are turning some of their hun-dreds of captiv es into weapons . A mili-tary bomb disposal expert has told theAssociated Press that almost all thefemale bombers are strapped withexplosives that are remotely detonat-ed.

“No amount of terrorist acts woulddeter our resolve to stamp out terrorism

and insurgency in our fatherland,” said astatement from army spokesman Col.Sani Kukasheka Usman.

But Nigerians are weary of the mili-tary’s promises to halt the 6-year-oldinsurgency that has killed more than

13,000 people. Amnesty Internationalputs the toll at some 20,000 to include8,000 people it charges have died inmilitary detention — some shot, someof untreated wounds from torture, o thers

just starv ing o r asphyxiated to death inovercrowded cells .

“Our military keep making promisesand the bombs keep exploding. I’mtired,” one Nigerian woman wrote onTwitter.

The upsurge in violence comes afterthe May 29 inauguration of PresidentMuhammadu Buhari, a Muslim whoseelection pledge was to defeat the

extremists.Buhari is flyin g to Washingto n D.C.

for a Monday meeting with PresidentBarack Obama that is expected to focuson how the United States can help thefight against Boko Haram.

Multiple suicide bombs kill

64 in northeastern Nigeria

By Qassem Abdul-Zahra


BAGHDAD — A suicide car bombin gin Iraq’s eastern Diyala provi nce kill edat least 80 peopl e gathered at a market-place to mark the end of the holymonth of Ramadan.

Iraqi police officials said at least 50peopl e were also wounded in the att ackin the town of Khan Beni Saad.Hospital officials confirmed the deathtolls. The officials spo ke on condition

of anonymity because they were notauthorized to talk to the press.

The Islamic State group has claimedresponsibility for the attacks, accord-ing t o messages p osted on Twitter. Theclaim could not be independently veri-fied but it was posted by accounts co m-monly associated with the group.Security has been ramped up in areas

across Iraq since the start of Ramadanamid fears that the Sunni militantgroup would use the occasion to wagean assault on civilians to destabilizethe Shiit e-led gov ernment in Baghdad.

Parts of the predominantly-mixedDiyala province were captured by theIslamic State group last year. Iraqiforces and Kurdish fighters have sinceretaken those areas, but clashesbetween the militants and securityforces continue. In August last year, atleast 64 people were killed in an attackon a Sunni mosque in the volatileprovince. The attack prompted Sunnilawmakers to pull out of sensiti ve talkslast summer aimed at forming a newgov ernment after Prime Minister Haideral-Abadi was n amed premier-elect.

Iraq: Suicide car bomb kills at least 80 in eastern province

Hurdle cleared forGreece as Germanybacks bailout planBy Elena Becatoros and Geir Moulson


ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s prop osed b ailo ut cleared fur-ther key hurdles Friday after German lawmakers overwhelm-ingl y gave their backing t o anoth er financial rescue and theEuropean Union said it would release a short-term loan toensure Athens avoids a debt default.

The developments, along with the Greek parliament’sapproval early Thursday of creditor-demanded austeritymeasures, contributed to a positive initial assessment fromEurope’s bailout fund. In a statement, the EuropeanStability Mechanism said it approved a “decision to grant,in principle, stability support to Greece in the form of aloan program.”

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, meanwhile, reshuffled hiscabinet after a rebellion earlier this week in his party’sranks over the austerity measures, replacing two ministerswho voted against him and changing another eight minis-ters and deputy mini sters.

Though the broad outlines of the Greek bailout wereagreed Monday by the eurozone’s 19 leaders, the ESM’sdecision formally kick-starts the process by which Greecebegins negotiating t he details.

The discussions, which are expected to last four weeks,will include economic targets and reforms deemed necessaryin return for an anticipated 85 billi on euros ($93 bill ion)over three years.

“This agreement offers a chance to put th e Greek economyback on track,” said Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the eurozone’stop official who also chairs the ESM board. “It’s not goingto be easy. We are certain to encounter problems in theyears to come. But I believe we will be able to resolvethem.”

Liberia says four remainingEbola patients have recovered

MONROVIA, Liberia — The four remaining patientsinfected during Liberia’s recent string of Ebola cases haverecovered, meaning there are currently no confirmed casesin the country though more than 100 people are still undersurveillance, a h ealth official s aid Friday.

“There are no Ebola cases anywhere in Liberia as wespeak, ” Deputy Health Minist er Tolbert Nyenswah tol d theAssociated Press.

In an interview earlier with state media, he said the fourpatients had recovered and would be discharged in a ceremo-ny on Monday.

“It is still too early to say is it is over,” Nyenswah cau-tioned in the interview, noting that 123 contacts werebeing monitored.

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Journalists and other government officials gather at the scene of a bomb blast, at Sabon-Gari Local Government Secretariaton the outskirts of the city of Zaria, in Kaduna, Nigeria.

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Dow 18,086.45 –33.80 10-Yr Bond 2.3490 –0.13%

Nasdaq 5,210.14 +46.96 Oil (per barrel) 50.80

S&P 500 2,126.64 +2.35 Gold 1,133.00

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEHertz Global Holdings Inc.(HTZ),up $2.02 to $19.01

The rental-car company restated more than two years of financial results andannounced plans to cut costs and buy back stock.SolarWinds Inc.(SWI),down $11.51 to $35.54

The management software developer reported mixed financial results,with profittopping forecasts,but revenue falling short.Honeywell International Inc.(HON), up $1.97 to $105.54

The industrial conglomerate reported better-than-expected second-quarter profitand gave a positive fiscal outlook for 2015.Kansas City Southern (KSU),up $6.05 to $98.60

The railroad company reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit,butits revenue missed Wall Street forecasts.NasdaqGoogle Inc.(GOOG),up $93.08 to $672.93

The technology company reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit,ending six straight quarters of missed expectations.Mattel Inc.(MAT),down 84 cents to $24.31

The toy company swung to a second-quarter loss on weak Barbie sales,but theearnings results topped Wall Street expectations.Ericsson (ERIC),up 25 cents to $10.80

The Swedish wireless equipment maker reported better-than-expected profit andsales as its North America business stabilized.Advanced Micro Devices Inc.(AMD),down 8 cents to $1.79

The chipmaker reported worse-than-expected second-quarter profit and revenueand provided a disappointing fiscal outlook.

Big movers

By Matthew CraftTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A stro ng week fizzledto a close on Friday as the stock mar-ket eked out a small gain. But a fewcompanies made big moves. Googlesurged after reporting strong results,

pushing the Nasdaq to another recordhigh.

It was a quiet end to an eventfulweek. Markets around the world ralliedon Monday after Greece and its credi-tors agreed to a broad framework for anew loan program. Stronger quarterlyearnings reports from a range of bigU.S. companies, including Citigroupand JPMorgan Chase, added moreencouragement.

“It appears the sky is clearing,” saidLinda Duessel, senior equity strategis tat Federated Investors.

Before this week, concerns aboutChina’s plunging s tock market and theprospect of Greece leaving the euro“had been bogg ing us down,” she said.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index

edged up 2. 35 poi nts, or 0.1 percent,to close at 2,126.64. The broad-mar-ket measure finished the week with again of 2. 4 percent, its best perform-ance in four months.

The Nasdaq rose 46. 96 po ints , or 0. 9

percent, to 5,210.14, closing out itsbest week in nine months. The DowJones industrial average lost 33.80points, or 0.2 percent, at 18,086.45.

Google jumped after reporting prof-its and sales that top ped analyst s’ fore-casts late Thursday. The results endedsix consecutive quarters in whichGoogle’s earnings fell short of ana-lysts’ targets. Google rose $97.84 , or16 percent, to $699.62.

Earnings reports out this week havelooked better than Wall Street expect-ed. Analys ts forecast that second-quar-ter earnings will shrink 3.3 percentcompared with the prior year, accord-ing to S&P Capital IQ. Last week, theprediction was for a drop of 4.4 per-cent.

Greece’s deal cleared another hurdleon Friday when German lawmakers

overwhelmingly backed it. TheEuropean Union also said it would getAthens enough money for it to keepmaking its debt payments.

Europe’s major markets finishedmixed after rallying earlier this week.

Germany’s DAX lost 0.4 percent whileFrance’s CAC edged up 0.1 percent.Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.3 per-cent.

Back in the U.S., Comerica reporteda drop i n quarterly earnings, partially aresult of the Dallas-based bank settingaside more money to cover losses onloans to oil companies. The newsdrove Comerica’s stock down $3.19,or 6.3 percent, to $47.28.

Bond prices barely moved, leavingthe 10-year Treasury note at 2.35 per-cent. The dollar dropped to 124. 06 yenwhile rising to $1.0838 for everyeuro.

In commodities trading, preciousand industrial metals sank. Gold fell$12 to settle at $1,131.90 an ounce,while silver sank 15 cents to $14.92an ounce. Copp er fell 3 cents to $2.50

a pound.Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell two

cents to close at $50.89 a barrel inNew York. Brent crude, the interna-tional benchmark, rose 18 cents toclose at $57. 10 a barrel in London.

Nasdaq logs best week in nearly nine months“It appears

the sky is clearing.”— Linda Duessel, senior equity strategist at Federated Investors


NEW YORK — Tesla Motors says it’sadding a new “Ludicrous Mode” to high-performance versions of its Model S elec-tric car.

CEO Elon Musk said Friday that the

upgrade will cost $10,000 for new buyers

of the Model S, whose base price is$70,000. Current Model S owners will beable to get t he upgrade for $5,0 00 p lus thecost of installation in the next six months.

It will allow the car to go from zero to 60

miles per hour in 2.8 seconds. Tesla had

referred to a previous package as “Insane

Mode.”

Musk al so s aid Tesla will upgrade the bat-tery pack of the Model S to improve itsrange, something it pl ans to do every year.The upgrade will cost about $3,000, and itwill give the car a range of about 300 mileson th e highway on a sin gle battery charge,about 15 miles more than the current ver-sion.

The company also announced a rear-wheel drive versio n of the Model S that willcost about $5,000 less than the standardmodel.

Earlier this month Tesla said its deliver-

ies grew 52 percent to more than 11,000 inthe second quarter.

Shares of the Palo Alto-based companyrose $7.98, or 3 percent, to close at$274. 66 on Friday.

The name “ludicrous mode” comes fromMel Brooks’ 1987 “Star Wars” spoof “Spaceballs,” where a spaceship is able tosurpass light speed - traveling so fast itturns plaid. Tesla said the next version of its Roadster car will have a “maximumplaid” speed, but that Roadster won’t beavailable for another four years.

‘Ludicrous Mode’? Tesla adds power to already-fast Model S


SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is movingforward with the spinoff of its sizable stakein China’s Alibaba Group, and announced aname for it : Aabaco.

Yahoo st ockho lders will get s hares in thenew entity, Aabaco Holdings Inc., whichwill hold nearly 384 million shares inAlibaba, according to documents filed

Friday with regulators.That stake is currently worth about $32

billion.Investors are enthusiastic about the plan,

which Yahoo has touted as a tax-free trans-action.

Federal authorities are reviewing theirpolicy on such deals.

CEO Marissa Mayer has said she doesn’tbelieve any policy change would affect thespinoff.

The filing says Yahoo won’t proceed with-out assurances the deal is tax-free forinvestors, but Aabaco could be liable if

authorities ultimately determine that taxesare owed.

Sunny vale-based Yahoo exp ects the s pin-off to clo se in the fourth quarter.

Mattel shares fall asBarbie sales, dollar cut earnings

NEW YORK — Shares of Mattel Inc. fell3.3 percent Friday after the company report-ed a second-quarter loss as another decline inBarbie sales and a strong dollar cut into rev-enue.

After the market closed on Thursday, thetoy maker reported a loss of $11.4 milli on,or 3 cents per share, after reporting a p rofit inthe same period a year earlier. Its adjustedresults of a profit o f 1 cent per share beat Wall

Street expectations for a loss of 5 cents pershare.But, revenue fell 7 percent to $988.2 mil-

lion, missing forecasts of $9 99.9 million.Worldwide sales of Barbie fell 11 percent

even after discounting currency swings. Thestronger U.S. dollar has been hurting retail-ers’ international business. Barbie is thecompany’s largest brand and sales have beensuffering for more than a year.

Overall, Girls & Boys Brands sales fell 13percent globally to $601.8 million, whileFisher-Price Brand sales rose 2 percent to$336. 8 mill ion. American Girl Brands salesrose 1 percent to $84.2 million.

Mattel stock fell 84 cents to close at

$24. 31 o n Friday. Its sh ares have fallen morethan 33 percent o ver the past y ear.

Google gains $50B in valueon day that may set a record

NEW YORK — Goog le i s already one of thelargest companies in t he world, and on Fridayit’s making one of the largest stock marketmoves ever.

The Internet g iant reported strong second-

quarter results on Thursday and its shares areup about 15 percent in afternoon trading.That pushed Google’s Class A stock above$700 for the first time.

Google’s market capitalization, alreadyaround $400 billi on, rose $52 bill ion duringthe day, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.

Including the gains in Google Inc.’s ClassA and nonvoting Class C shares, that puts thecompany on pace for the biggest s ingle-daymarket cap gain ever.

Not adjusting for inflation, the currentrecord holder is Apple. Apple Inc.’s marketcap rose $46.4 billion in value on April 25,2012, after a better-than-expected first-quar-ter report.

Yahoo names Alibaba spinoff Aabaco

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By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The San Mateo White Sox, a U19Palomino League baseball team, has twiceadvanced to the Palomino Zone Tournament— which is ess entially t he state tournament— in 2009 and 2010.

White Sox manager Lenny So uza believesthis year’s squad has a chance to become thethird.

“It’s tough to do,” said Souza, who alsomanages the Aragon High School team.“The top four teams in our league can play

with any of the top teams in the state.”San Mateo begins its bid for a Zone

Tournament berth as the top seed in theRegion Tournament kicking off next weekat Santa Clara’s Washington Park. TheWhite Sox went 11-1 in regular-season playin capturing the league title.

The top eight teams from the league —which stretches from San Mateo toMonterey — qualify for the RegionTournament, with the top two advancing tothe Zone Tournament in Compton at theMLB Youth Basebal l Academy.

The White Sox have leaned heavily on

their pitching this season and the quartet of Kevin Hahn, Chad Franquez, Aldo Seversonand Evan McClain. Hahn and Seversonserve primarily as the starters, withFranquez and McClain comin g on in reli ef.

“Our pit ching staff is unreal,” Souza said.“The pitching staff is where we are(strongest).”

Hahn has been nothin g sho rt of a miracle.The 2014 Daily Jo urnal Male Athlete o f theYear, Hahn spent his senior year battling aintestinal disorder which led to numeroussurgeries. Hahn didn’t pitch competitivelyagain until this summer and has simply

been stell ar.“Hahn, he’s so legit. Never lost a game

this summer. Like, at all,” Souza said. “Wedon’t keep stats, but if I had to guess, hisERA isn’t above one and half. … Kevin’shad a good outing every single time he’sgone out there.”

As well as the White Sox have pitched,the offense has been just as good. Led by2014 Serra graduate and leadoff hitter NolanDempsey, Souza has put to gether a s quad of all-league talent.

San Mateo Palomino sets sights on playoffs

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San Bruno shortstop Kyle Patterson fires a throw to first for an out during San Bruno’s 4-3,eight-inning win over San Carlos in the Peninsula Joe DiMaggio tournament.

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

For five innings, San Carlos starting pitch-er Jordan Brandenburg had the San Bruno bat-ting order befuddled in the semifinals of thePeninsula Joe DiMaggio tournament Fridayevening at Tom Lara Field in San Bruno.

After throwing 18 pitches in the firstinning, he threw a total of 40 pit ches over thenext four, limiting San Bruno to just five basehits.

When Brandenburg walked San Bruno’sRory McDaid on four pitches to lead off thesixth innin g, Brandenburg was lifted with a 3-0 lead.

That’s when the San Bruno offense camealive. It scored once in the sixth againstreliever Jordan Mann and then t ied the game inthe bottom of the seventh on a McDaid two-run double to send the game into extra innings.

In the bottom of the eighth, San Brunowalked off with the improbable 4-3 win whenJoe Katout’s line drive to the left-center fieldgap eluded the San Carlos centerfielder and fellin for a base hit, driving in AntonioMartinucci with the game-winning run.

“I was looking for a ball up,” Katout said.“Off the bat, I was thin king , ‘I got th is. ’ But he(the centerfielder) was covering ground.”

San Bruno will now play the winner of Burlingame-South City in the championshipgame at 11 a.m. Sunday at Marchbanks Field.Sunday’s winner will get the league’s wild cardto the Joe DiMaggio state tournament next

week in Napa.Katout’s base hi t ended a dramatic at-bat . SanBruno loaded the bases in the bottom of theeighth , with Joe Galea leading off with a dou-ble, Martinucci drawing a walk and DylanArsenault legging out a infield hit to bring upKatout.

As San Carlos’ Mann went into his windupfor his first pitch to Katout, Galea broke fromthird. Galea and the ball ended up at the plate atnearly the same time and Kaout managed tofoul the pitch off.

“I didn’t realize [Galea] was so close to theplate,” Katout said.

Katout quickly fell behind 0-2, fouled off four pitches before taking ball one.

San Bruno rallies for win

By Doug Ferguson


ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The grandpursuit of Jordan Spieth, redemption forDustin Johnson, the mystery that hasbecome Tiger Woods. It all came to amomentary halt Friday in the gloaming of St. Andrews when Tom Watso n sai d goodbyeto the British Open.

Watson, the most prolific winner of

golf’s oldest champi-onship in the last centu-ry, finished his 129thround with lights fromthe Royal & Ancientclubhouse illuminatingthe 18th green. The five-time champion madebogey. The score wasirrelevant.

“There were no tears,”Watson said. “This is a joyous occasion. I

have a lot of great, great memories. Andthos e memories fill ed me up.”

Everything else about this wet and wildsecond round remained unsettled.

A heavy downpour at dawn flooded the OldCourse and disrupted the start by more thanthree hours. Johnson and Spieth teed off sho rtly b efore 6 p.m. and were headed in dif-ferent directions when it was too dark tocontinue.

In swift, sh ifting weather — umbrellas onone hole, sunglasses on the next —

John son made three birdies in four holes o nthe front nine and built a two-shot leadbefore he made his first bogey of the tour-nament. He three-putted on t he par-3 11th i nwind so severe he had to back off a 4-footputt and wipe hi s eyes.

John son was at 1 0-under par.

Spieth three-putted for bogey three timesin 11 holes to offset three birdies and wasfive shots behind Johnson, whom he beat

Dustin Johnson still in control at St. Andrews


SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge inCalifornia dismissed a lawsuit alleging USSoccer and other organizations had not doneenough to reduce the risk of injury from concus-sions and repetitive “heading” of balls.

The seven soccer players named as plaintiffshad no right to bring the suit, in part becausethey had failed to show injuries or imminentdanger of injury, or that the defendants were toblame, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamiltonruled Thursday.

Among the defendants was FederationInternationale de Football Association, or FIFA.

Hamilton said her court did not have jurisdic-tion over FIFA, noting it was a Swiss associa-tion.

She dismissed the suit against FIFA outrightand allowed the soccer players to amend theirsuit against the other organizations, sayingthey would have to provide additional evidence,including specific facts supporting injuryclaims and a causal link to the organizationsbeing sued.

Plainti ffs’ attorney Steve Berman said he willappeal the decision regarding FIFA and amendthe complaint based on the judge’s instructions.

“The epidemic of concussions in soccer - par-ticularly in regards to youth players - is an issuethat FIFA and U.S. Soccer cannot dodge anylonger,” he said.

FIFA said in a statement it welcomed the rul-

ing.“The court concluded that FIFA cannot be held

responsible for football played throughout theUnited States and, as such, all claims relating toconcussion and negligence against FIFA mustbe dismissed,” it said.

The plaintiffs — four of whom were under 17— were members of soccer clubs in their com-munities, according to Hamilton’s ruling.

The lawsuit filed last year demanded that thesoccer governing bodies alter rules regardingplayer substitutions to ensure injured playerscan be taken out of games and limit headers forplayers 17 and younger, among other changes.

The NFL, NHL and U.S. college sports gov-erning body the NCAA have all faced similarconcussion lawsuits.

Judge dismissesconcussion suit

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PHOENIX — Arizona shortstop Cliff Pennington’s throwing error allowed thego-ahead run to score in the 12th inning andSan Francisco beat the Diamondbacks 6-5on Friday night, the Giants’ fourth straightvictory.

With the bases loaded and one out,Pennington — who entered the game in the11th inni ng — fielded Angel Pagan’s bounc-er and threw home to try and get the force-out. But the throw bounced in front of theplate and got past catcher WelingtonCastillo.

Hunter Pence of the Giants had tied thegame with a two-run homer in the th ree-runseventh and added a double and single. JoePanik and Matt Duffy also had three hitsapiece for the Giants.

Ryan Vogels on (7-6), th e last of 10 pitch -ers used by the Giants, threw two scorelessinnings to get the victory. Vogelsong wassent to the bullpen at the All-Star break tomake room for Monday’s anticip ated returnof Tim Hudson. It was Vogelso ng’s t hirdcareer win in relief, first since Sept. 14,

2005.Randall Delgado (4-3) gave up the

unearned run in two innings for the loss.Chris Owings homered and David Peralta

had three hits, two of them triples, forArizona, which lost its fourth straight. TheDiamondbacks’ A.J. Pollock doubled twiceand scored both times an d Paul Goldschmidthad two sacrifice flies.

Carl Crawford singled to start the 12thand, with one out, Gregor Blanco walked.Vogels ong p ut down a bunt that go t pastDelgado for a single to load the bases andbring up Pagan.

Arizona took a 5-2 lead into the seventh,when the Giants rallied against relieverEnrique Burgos. One-out singles by Panikand Duffy put runners at first and third andBuster Posey brought a run ho me with a sac-rifice fly. That brought up Pence, who sent

an 0-1 pitch into the seats in right field andit was 5-5.

Aaron Hill’s two-out, pinch-hit RBI dou-ble put Arizona up 5-2 in the sixth.

The teams combined for 30 strikeouts, 16

by San Francisco.

Giants win marathonBy Janie McCauley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND — Sonny Gray rarely gives uphome runs, and this time he surrendered two,one a grand slam. Oakland’s All-Star ace rarelyneeds long innings to get through opposingbatting orders. On Friday night he threw 38pitches just to finish the sixth.

Trevor Plouffe hit a grand slam against Grayin the sixth inning afterBrian Dozier led off thegame with his 20th homerun, and the MinnesotaTwins beat the Athletics 5-0 on Friday night.

“It is a surprise when hegives up a home run. It real-ly came down to two pitch-es where they scored alltheir runs,” A’s manager

Bob Melvin said. “He threw a lot of pitches inthe sixth, something he normally doesn’t do.”

After Aaron Hicks drew a one-out walk in thesecond, Gray (10-4) retired 11 straight beforeDozier walked to get things going in the sixth.

Gray — who won hi s only two previous startsagainst the Twins, both in 2013 — allowed fiveruns and five hits in six innings with fourstrikeouts and two walks. He was done after that38-pitch sixth.

“I made a few bad pitches and they tookadvantage,” Gray said. “I hung an 0-2 pitch toPlouffe, he put a good swing on it and got justenough of it. Maybe my stuff just wasn’t assharp.”

Plouffe figured he had a sacrifice fly, callinghis second career grand slam “a little wind-aided.”

“I’ll take it,” he said.Ervin Santana received the game ball from

Joe Mauer after his first win with Minnesota,and he waited months to finally earn it.

Santana worked out of a bases-loaded jam inthe third and won in his third start since return-

ing from an 80-game suspension for perform-ance-enhancing drugs.The veteran right-hander allowed five hits to

improve to 15-6 with a 2.03 ERA in 27 startsagainst the A’s.

“I don’t know (why) but I like it,” he said,grinning. “Good numbers.”

Minnesota (50-40) holds the second-bestrecord in the AL behind division-leading KansasCity.

Gray surrendered just his sixth and seventhhomers of 2015. Dozier also hit No. 20 atOakland last season.

“The sixth was just weird. There’s no way toexplain it, ” Oakland catcher Stephen Vogt said.“They laid off some good pitches that Sonnyusually gets swings on. It’s more a credit to theirhitt ers. Five days ago he was at his sharpest. It’snot easy to come off a break and feel great.”

Plouffe also singled for Minnesota, whichhad lost nine of 10 at the Oakland Coliseum andhasn’t won a series here since a two-game setMay 18-19, 2011. The Twins have lost fourstraight series in Oakland.

Trainer’s roomAthletics: RHP Jesse Hahn, sidelined since

July 6 with a strained forearm in his pitchingarm, will receive a platelet-rich plasma injec-tion Tuesday and has been shut down indefinit e-

ly. Because he has had a previous Tommy Johnelbow reconstructive surgery, the A’s are beingespecially cautious. “There’s really notimetable at this point,” Melvin said. ...Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte (st rained rightshoulder) threw a bullpen Thursday — 30 pitch-es from the right, 20 from the left — and is setfor another Saturday. ... Melvin remains opti-mistic LHP Sean Doolit tle (shoulder) will returnsometime this season. .. . OF Coco Crisp (neck)took dry swings and could resume baseballactivities and batting practice over the comingweek.

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Giants 6, D’backs 5, 12 inningsGiants ab r h bi Arizona ab r h bi

Pagan cf 6 0 1 0 Pollock cf 6 2 2 0Panik 2b 6 2 3 0 D.Peralta lf 6 1 3 1M.Duffy 3b 7 1 3 0 Gldschmdt 1b 3 0 2 2Posey c 4 0 1 1 Tomas rf 6 0 0 0Pence rf 6 2 3 2 Ja.Lamb 3b 5 0 1 0Crawford ss 6 1 3 1 W.Castillo c 6 1 2 0Belt 1b 6 0 1 0 Owings 2b 5 1 2 1

Maxwell lf 2 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 5 0 1 0Blanco ph-lf2 0 0 0 Delgado p 0 0 0 0M.Cain p 2 0 0 0 Ray p 2 0 0 0Arias ph 1 0 0 0 Chafin p 0 0 0 0Machi p 0 0 0 0 A.Hill ph 1 0 1 1Kontos p 0 0 0 0 Burgos p 0 0 0 0Osich p 0 0 0 0 O.Perez p 0 0 0 0Strickland p0 0 0 0 D.Hudson p 0 0 0 0Adrnza ph 1 0 0 0 Inciarte ph 1 0 0 0Romo p 0 0 0 0 Ziegler p 0 0 0 0Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Pnington ss 1 0 0 0Y.Petit p 0 0 0 0Susac ph 1 0 0 0Casilla p 0 0 0 0Vgelsong p 1 0 1 0

Totals 51 6 16 4 Totals 47 5 14 5

Giants 1 1 3 1 — 6 16

Arizona 1 2 1 1 — 5 14 1

E—Pennington (5).DP—San Francisco 1.LOB—SanFrancisco 15, Arizona 11. 2B—Pagan (13), M.Duffy(14), Pence (6), B.Crawford 2 (19), Pollock 2 (20),W.Castillo (9), Ahmed (9),A.Hill (8). 3B—D.Peralta 2(6).HR—Pence (4),Owings (3).SB—Owings (12).S—Panik.SF—Posey,Goldschmidt 2.

San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO

M.Cain 5 8 4 4 0 5Machi 2-3 2 1 1 0 0Kontos 2-3 1 0 0 1 0Osich 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Strickland 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Romo 1 1-30 0 0 0 2Lopez 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Y.Petit 1-3 1 0 0 0 1Casilla 1 0 0 0 1 1Vogelsong W,7-6 2 2 0 0 1 2Arizona IP H R ER BB SO

Ray 5 8 2 2 0 8Chafin H,6 1 0 0 0 1 2Burgos BS,2-4 2-3 3 3 3 0 1O.Perez 1-3 1 0 0 0 0D.Hudson 1 0 0 0 1 2Ziegler 2 1 0 0 0 1Delgado L,4-3 2 3 1 0 2 2

Twins 5, A’s 0Minnesota ab r h bi Oaland ab r h bi

Dozier 2b 4 2 1 1 Burns cf 4 0 1 0Hunter rf 5 1 2 0 Vogt c 4 0 1 0Mauer 1b 4 0 1 0 Zobrist lf 3 0 1 0Sano dh 3 1 0 0 Reddick rf 3 0 0 0Plouffe 3b 4 1 2 4 Smlnski ph-rf 1 0 0 0E.Rosario lf 4 0 2 0 B.Butler dh 4 0 0 0Hicks cf 3 0 0 0 I.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0

K.Suzuki c 4 0 0 0 Canha ph 1 0 0 0Santana ss 4 0 0 0 Lawrie 3b 4 0 1 0Sogard 2b 3 0 0 0Semien ss 3 0 1 0

Totals 35 5 8 5 Totals 33 5

Minnesota 1 4 — 5 8 1

Oakland — 5 2

E—Dozier (4),Lawrie 2 (16).LOB—Minnesota 6,Oak-land 7. HR—Dozier (20),Plouffe (12).SB—E.Rosario(8),Burns (18). CS—E.Rosario (5).

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO

E.Santana W,1-0 7 2-35 0 0 1 1Duensing 1 1-30 0 0 0 1Oakland IP H R ER BB SO

Gray L,10-4 6 5 5 5 3 4Otero 1 2 0 0 0 3Abad 1 1 0 0 0 0Fe.Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 2

WP—E.Santana.

Umpires—Home,Tom Hallion;First,Dan Bellino;Second,Gabe Morales; Third,Alfonso Marquez.

T—2:42. A—23,462 (35,067).

Sonny Gray

Steven Gerrard scores in MLSdebut, Galaxy rout Quakes 5-2

CARSON — Steven Gerrard scored in the 37thminute of his MLS debut before assisting onRobbie Keane’s tiebreaking goal in the LAGalaxy’s 5-2 victory over the San JoseEarthquakes on Friday night.

Keane also scored twice on penalty kicks forhis second straight hat trick in league play. Hisnew partnership with Gerrard got off to a tanta-lizing start for the Galaxy, who roared back froma two-goal deficit for their fourth win in fivegames.

Two of Keane’s goals were created by Gerrardin his official debut game in the top NorthAmerican league.

The longtime Liverpool star and England cap-tain played briefly in two non-league Galaxygames this month, but a sellout crowd properlywelcomed him in a dynamic victory for thedefending MLS champions .

Trout hits walk-off homerANAHEIM — Mike Trout returned from his

second straight All-Star MVP performance witha walkoff home run with two outs in the ninthFriday night, lifting the Los Angeles Angels toa 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox after theywere no-hit through six innings by Wade Miley.

Trout, who led off Tuesday’s All-Star Gamewith a home run against major league ERA leaderZack Greinke, drove an 0-1 pi tch from Red Soxcloser Koji Uehara (2-4) way over the fence inleft-center for his American League-leading27th homer.

The win went to Joe Smith (2-1), who pitcheda perfect ninth.

Miley retired his first 16 batters before walk-ing Chris Iannetta with one out in the sixth.Kole Calhoun broke up the no-hit b it in the sev-

enth with a leadoff double over the head of cen-ter fielder Mookie Betts .

Dodgers, Nationals suspended after fiveinnings because of power outage

WASHINGTON — A game delayed three timesbecause of a lighting malfunction was suspend-ed after five innings Friday night with theWashington Nationals leading the Los AngelesDodgers 3-2.

No announcement was made on the day andtime the game would be completed.

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RODEZ, France — Peter Sagan might bethe unluckiest rider at the Tour de France.“So close yet s o far” could be his ni ckname.

With a few more pumps on his pedals, afew more ounces of speed and power, the

spunky Slovakian could have won fourstages by now.

Instead, he has four second places.He blamed only himself for t he latest addi-

tion Friday to his unwanted collection. In aman-to-man duel on an uphill final sprintagainst Greg van Avermaet, Sagan mistimedhis finish, easing up just a fraction too earlyagainst the Belgian rider who pushed to thevery end.

“My stupid mistake,” said the Tinkoff-Saxo rider.

Chris Froome was faultless. Again.Another stage down, another step closer tosipping champagne on the Champs-Elyseesfor the race leader.

“Just happy to tick that day off. One daycloser to Paris n ow,” he said.

For most of the flat-to-hilly Stage 13

from Muret deep in southern France, sixlow-placed riders rode in a breakaway at thefront o f the race. None were a threat for thepodium in Paris. The closest to Froome,Cyril Gautier, was more than an hour behindhim in the overall standings. So Froomeand the main pack happ ily let t he escape getaway, hoping instead for a breather on the198-kilometer (123-mile) trek after threegrueling days of climbing in the Pyreneesand under unrelenting sun that melted tar-mac.

Riding past plantations of yellow sun-flowers and golden fields of harvestedwheat, the riders worked on staying hydrat-ed as temperatures soared into the mid-30sCelsius (mid-90s Fahrenheit ). A loss of con-centration proved very painful for Jean-Christophe Peraud. Last year’s runner-up

suffered a nasty spill at speed on the flat,tearing strips of skin off his left leg andarms as he hit the deck hard and rolled sev-eral times. The French l eader of th e AG2R LaMondiale team gingerly picked himself upand remounted, gritting his teeth. A Tourdoctor then patched him up on the move,wrappin g h is wounds in bandages as Peraudgripp ed the sp eeding medical car.

“When it’s hot like that, you need a newbottle of water every 10-15 minutes,” saidFroome. “It was tough.”

And it go t tougher.As the finish in Rodez drew close, the

peloton woke from its slumber. Like micetrying to escape a hunting cat, the escapees

rode furiously, eyeing the stage win in thetown of 26,000 people. Their specialitydishes include aligot, a mix of meltedcheese and mashed potato, and tripe.

The cat had other plan s.Riders took turns at the front of the pelo-

ton t o pil e on speed. The gap melted like icecream. With 7 kilometers (4 miles) to ride,it had shrunk from minutes to 40 s econds. Itwas clear this would be agonizingly close.

The pack caught its prey inside the lastkilometer (half-mile), swallowing up thelast three escapees. That was when vanAvermaet and Sagan pounced, surgingahead, two powerful riders competing forone prize.

The 30-year-old Belgian made the top 10on five previous stages. Not bad, but nocigar. As well as second places on Stages 2,5 and 6, 25 -year-old Sagan also pl aced thirdtwice. Both were ravenous to win.

Van Avermaet, it turned out, just a fractionmore so.

Sensing a rider — he didn’t know it was

Sagan — on his wheel, he emptied his tank.Sagan, sprinting behind, off his saddle, satback down just a tad too early.

“Incredible,” said van Avermaet, whorides for the BMC team.

“I was dead, really dead,” he said. “Ithought I’d caught second. I pushed for theline and was so happy he didn’t overtakeme.”

Sagan glowered at a reporter who askedhow it felt to be second again. He is themost consistent sprinter of this Tour, wear-ing the g reen jersey awarded for that quality.But he last won a stage in 2013. He wonthree the year before that.

“I’m very ang ry and disappoint ed,” Sagansaid. “I sat down and all the pain comes.Bad.”

The cat-mouse chase killed Froome’shopes for an uneventful day. The Britishleader of the Sky team and his clos est po di-um challengers threw themselves into thefinal sprint because they didn’t want to losetime, even j ust a few seconds, to each other.Mission accomplished. Froome’s leadremains unchanged, wit h Tejay van Garderenof BMC still 2 minutes, 52 seconds backand Nairo Quintana third, still 3:09 back.

“What started off as quite an easy steadystage t urned crazy by the end,” Froo me said.“The guys started panicking that theyweren’t goin g to catch the breakaway.”

He is bracing for more hostilities o n theshort but very sharp uphill finish of Saturday’s Stage 14 at Mende.

“I’m in a great po siti on, ” he said. “But farfrom over.”

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“[Dempsey] is always on base. He’s oneof the best base runners I’ve ever had,”Souza.

Dempsey and No. 2 hitter RyanKammueller, out of Burling ame, have g ivenSan Mateo a formidable 1-2 punch at th e topof the order. With all-WCAL Chris

Papapietro in the No. 3 spot, Isiah Fitzhughbatting cleanup and Ocean Division Playerof the Year Ro Mahanty, out of Hillsdale,hitting No. 5, the White Sox have put upsome runs t his s eason.

“Mahanty was killing the ball until hegot hurt,” Souza said. “He’s been workingthrough [an injury] for the last couple of weeks.”

Mahanty’s injury, however, highlightsthe biggest issue facing San Mateo— depth. Souza said he’s carried 15 p layerson the roster and there have been gameswhere only nine or 10 players show upbecause of inj ury or work/vacatio n commit-ments.

Souza, who said he went into the summeron a high following Aragon’s run to the

semifinals of Central Coast Section

Division II tournament, hasn’t let the

injuries dampen his enthusiasm.

“We’ve been banged up,” Souza said. “But

I’m really pumped for doing what we’ve

done.”

San Mateo, which is 22-7 overall this

summer, started by winning 13 of its first

14 games before a bit of a July slide took

over. But the White Sox appear to have

righted the ship after going 3-1 in RenoJuly 18 and 19. Souza said the team will

spend most of next week preparing for the

tournament opener Thursday or Friday.

They’ ll scrimmage league power Santa

Clara Red Sox and have a practice/meeting

the day before their first g ame to make sure

everyone is in the right frame of mind.

Because if the White Sox are on top of

their game, they should have what it takes

to advance to the state tournament.

“This is a Zone (Tournament) team in my

mind,” Souza said. “I thin k thes e guys real-

ly exp ect to go far. I just ho pe we keep [our

game] tight. ”

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Five-time British Open champion Tom Watson waved to the fans from St. Andrews’ famousSwilcan Bridge. It was Watson’s final time playing in the British Open.

by one shot in the U.S. Open last month to cap-ture the second leg of the Grand Slam.

Both were just short on the par-5 14th hole in

two shots when they chose to mark their golf balls and return at 7 a.m. Saturday to resume theround.

“I’m in a good spot,” Johnson said.“Definitely got very tricky this afternoon, allday. Even the front side, the wind was howlingand it was blowing s traight left-to-right prettymuch. It played very tough all day.”

Danny Willett of England had to cope with thewind, too, and he had a 3-under 69 to walk off the 18th green with his name atop the leader-board at 9-under 135.

“Yeah, I think it’s a childhood dream andlooking up there it’s still a little bit surreal, butsomething I’m going to have to get used to,”Willett said. “Otherwise, no point in being upthere. We’re going to t ry and rest up and then tryand go out for another good weekend and hope-fully, we can be up there in two days’ time.”

Watson wasn’t the only player to bid farewellto the Old Course.

Nick Faldo, the three-time Open championregarded as Britain’s greatest champion, cameout of the TV tower to play St. Andrews one lasttime. He switched into a sweater that he wore forhis first Open title in 1987 at Muirfield, thrusthis arms in the air atop the Swilcan Bridge, andsaved par for a 71.

And then there was Woods, headed toward thewrong kind of history. Barring a burst of birdieswhen he returns Saturday morning — the k ind of form he has not shown in two years — he waslikely to miss the cut in the U.S. Open and theBritish Open for the first time in the same year.Woods was 5 over with seven holes to play.

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