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Daily Sports Capsule

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GOLF	TENNIS	BASEBALL
AUTO RACING	HORSE RACING	LOCAL

GOLF

Tom Wargo shot his highest score in three days, a 3-under-par 69, yesterday but it was still good enough to maintain a two-shot lead over defending champion Gil Morgan in The Tradition.

Wargo, looking for his fourth win on the Senior PGA Tour, was at 12-under 204 heading into Sunday's final round of the $1.4 million event. Morgan, who has already won three events this season, kept the pressure on by carding a birdie at the 18th hole for a 69.

... Lee Westwood, a 24-year-old British golfer, shot a 5-under-par 67 yesterday despite two bogeys to take a one-stroke lead in the Freeport-McDermott Classic. Westwood, who started playing at 13 after watching Jack Nicklaus on television, had seven birdies, putting him at 12-under 204 after three rounds, one stroke ahead of Steve Flesch and two ahead of Duffy Waldorf. ... Unheralded Swede Carin Koch, the leader the first two days, slipped to a 73 yesterday and dropped back into a tie with Donna Andrews after three rounds of the LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge. Koch, seeking her first tour victory, had 15 pars, one birdie and two bogeys en route to a 7-under-par 209 total on the 6,412-yard Twelve Bridges Golf Club. Andrews, a five-time winner, shot her third straight sub-par round, a 70.

TENNIS

Andre Agassi won the davis cup Davis Cup yesterday against Russia. Agassi won his 16th straight Davis Cup singles match with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 rout of 18-year-old Russian Marat Safin, tying the American record for consecutive victories set by Bill Tilden from 1920-26. Earlier, Yevgeny Kafelnikov rallied from a set down in a must-win match for the Russians to beat Jim Courier 6-2, 5-7, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 on a cold, blustery day that had many fans at Stone Mountain's International Tennis Center huddled under blankets.Agassi needed only one hour, 35 minutes to finish off Safin, the world's 170th-ranked player and a Davis Cup rookie. In the first singles, Courier missed a chance to give the Americans a commanding lead against the country they beat in a classic final three years ago in Moscow. The U.S.-Russia tie began a day late after heavy rain forced a postponement. That threw the schedule into turmoil, since the Russians are expected to use Kafelnikov and perhaps Safin in the doubles today. They don't have to announce their team until one hour before the 10 a.m. match against Americans Richey Reneberg and Todd Martin.. ... Monica Seles was upset at the Family Circle by Irina Spirlea 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5). Seles had rallied from 4-1 in the third set and twice served for the match, but she couldn't hold off the ninth-seeded Spirlea.

BASEBALL

Brian Taylor, will particpate in the New York Yankees extended spring training program. After sitting out the 1994 season following the medical procedure, the lefthander has appeared in just 28 games at the rookie or Class A level the past three seasons. ... Sean Casey's vision in his right eye was nearly normal, but the Cincinnati Reds first baseman probably will need surgery to repair a broken bone below the eye.

AUTO RACING

Jeremy Mayfield continued his week-long mastery of the tricky track in qualifying yesterday, zooming to the pole position for today's Texas 500 Winston Cup race. Mayfield, who is second to Wallace in the points race, has been quick around the track since practice began. He led the first session with a speed of 182.113 mph, raised it to 184.313 mph to also lead the second session. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Busch Grand National Coca-Cola 300 for his first NASCAR victory. He gave up the lead to make a pit stop with 15 laps left to take four new tires, returned in third place, then nuzzled up behind leader Joe Nemechek and scared him out of the way with one lap to go. The victory was worth $66,075, but it made the Earnhardt family a three-generation winner on the circuit and it proved that 23-year-old Dale Jr. can carry on the tradition begun by grandfather Ralph Earnhardt and continued by his father.

HORSE RACING

Indian Charlie and Real Quiet finished 1-2 in the Santa Anita Derby on Saturday, providing trainer Bob Baffert with a 1-2 punch for the Kentucky Derby. Indian Charlie, unbeaten in four starts, was very impressive in his stakes debut, taking the lead away from Orville N Wilbur's on the final turn and going on to a clear-cut victory. Real Quiet came on in the stretch to finish second ahead of Artax, who had won stakes in his previous two starts.

LOCAL

New England Christian Academy in Swansea is hosting its Second Annual Golf Marathon and is looking for 44 die-hard golfers who'll attempt to play 100 holes of golf that day at the Lakeville Country Club, raising money for charity in the process. Every golfer gets a top quality golf shirt, a dozen balls, and his own golf cart for the day to match all the golf he can play. All proceeds benefit the school as it endeavors to maintain its standards of excellence. Golfers solicit pledges for the number of holes they play and are asked to make a pledge of $1 per hole themselves.Those interested in participating are asked to call Janice Simon Mulford at 990-0146.

-- Compiled from wire reports