Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 5, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rose or. Continued from Page c1 Northern league clubs Are allowed to carry up to four vet Erans and Winnipeg has four now Berrios Catcher Andy Stew Art first baseman Greg Morrison and fielder Darryl Brinkley. The Gold eyes Are already expected to make one Veteran change today when they activate Veteran fielder Amaury Gar Cia. Garcia is again eligible after a 30-Day stay on the inactive list and arrived in Winnipeg late saturday night. The fish have three catchers in Camp Stewart Andy Larned and Rookie Casey Clary. Stewarts name has been in the mix with the Canadian olympic team and Lanier is nervous hell lose Stewart on july 15 when that roster is named. Morrison has been fighting a muscle injury along his ribcage All season and was hitting .275 with four homers and 16 rib in 27 games prior to yesterdays action. The Medicine hat alta., native has also fought the Ball in the Field with a team leading nine errors. Rose just completed his season in the mexican league with the Aguascalientes Riel Eros batting .266 with two homers and 23 rib in 54 games with no errors at first base. The Gold eyes 23-17 open a four game series with the St. Paul saints 25-14 tonight at 7 . At can West global Park. i Brief Schumacher goes 9 for 10 Magny Cours France ? with a daring four pit Stop strategy Michael Schumacher won the French grand prix yesterday for his ninth Victory in 10 formula one races this season. He held off a Strong Challenge by the Renault team led by Fernando Alonso of Spain who ended Ferrari a string of three straight 1-2 finishes. Its Millers time in Vancouver Richmond . ? beginning the Day one stroke behind the Lead at the greater Vancouver classic Ryan Miller carded a final round 66 to take his first Canadian tour title yesterday. Thorpe wins Long Island classic East Meadow . ? in his Victory at the Long Island classic last year Jim Thorpe set the Standard for excellence with a 60 in the second round tying a champions tour record. He did not come close to that this year but his consistency with rounds of 65 and 69 preceding his 3-under-Par 67 yesterday gave him the title for a second consecutive year. Armstrong hangs Back Charleroi Belgium ? Lance Armstrong played it Safe in the first full stage of the tour de France. The five time Winner saved himself for the ordeal to come and finished Back in the pack in 48th. A final All out burst of Speed secured estonian Jaan Kirsipuu a Victory in the 202.5?Kilometre trek. Drugs to overshadow . Trials san Jose Calif. ? . Track and Field is facing a Nightmare scenario ? six athletes fighting drug bans might compete at the . Olympic trials which Start Friday in Sacramento because their cases Are unresolved. Among those in question Are 100-metre world record Holder Tim Montgomery and five time olympic Gold medallist Marion Jones. Even if the athletes qualify for the olympics they could be prevented from competing by the International track and Field federation. Dane ukrainian win triathlon Sater Sweden ? Denmark a Torbjorn sind Balle and Ukraine a Tamara Kozulins won titles yesterday at the world Long distance triathlon championships. Lindballe took the Lead for Good about seven Kilometres into the final 30-Kilome?Tre run. The event also included a four Kilometre swim and 120-Kilometre cycling leg. Kozulins won the women a title by a margin of 43 seconds. She had a combined time of 6 41.29. Canadian fastest on wheels Atlanta ? Diane Roy of Hatley que., won the Gold medal yesterday in the women a 10-Kilome?Tre wheelchair race at the peach tree Road race the final Stop on the America series circuit. Greece continued from Page c1 when referee Markus Merk blew the final whistle about 15,000 greek fans in the stadium of Light cheered. I Hope this reverberates in Greece. I Hope when we get into Athens on Mon Day there will be incredible scenes said coach Otto Reh Hagel a German who helped Greece become the first team to win the european title with a foreign coach. Portugal which dominated Possession nearly tied it with 16 minutes remaining but with goalkeeper Antonios Nikoo Lidis out of position Ronaldo lobbed the Ball Over the crossbar. Traianos Dellas blocked Ronaldo a shot with 10 minutes to go and Niko Zolidis allowed a rebound of Ricardo Carvalho a 25-Yard shot but Portugal did to have anyone in front. Eusebio the greatest player in Portu gals history stood on the podium As 50,000 portuguese fans watched in Dis appointment As their heroes received the second place medals. We have to lift our chins up and look to the future said Ronaldo who wept and was comforted by Eusebio. This does tend Here. We showed we have a great team and Well keep no Host had Ever lost a european championship final and Only two have lost world cup finals ? Brazil in 1950 and Sweden in 1958. We could to take advantage of our chances Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said. There were shots that could have gone in which would have changed the Greece upset the portuguese 2-1 in the tournament opener on june 12, ousted defending Champion France 1-0 in the Quarter finals on a goal by Charistmas then beat the favoured czech Republic 1?0 in the semifinals on an overtime header by Dellas nearly identical to Charistmas goal yesterday. The greeks did not allow a goal in their final 343 min utes of the tournament ;