Jones Extends Streak; Bailey Injured

World champion Marion Jones remained unbeaten in the 100 meters this season, winning in 10.77 seconds Wednesday at the Weltklasse international track meet at Zurich, Switzerland.

Meanwhile, Donovan Bailey of Canada, the 1995 world champion and 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the men’s 100, left the track after injuring a hamstring about 60 meters into the race.

Meet doctor Roland Biedert, who examined Bailey, said he would be out “from two to four weeks.” The race was won by Nigeria’s Seun Ogunkoya in 9.96 seconds.

Jones, who has been timed under 11 seconds 12 times, ran away from the field as usual. Chryste Gaines, trailing by a substantial .27 of a second, finished second at 11.04, followed by Zhanna Pintusevich of Ukraine at 11.07.

Jones, who has run the nine fastest times in the world this year, has not lost since September 1997. She also won the women’s long jump with a leap of 23 feet 11 3/4 inches. It was her seventh long jump title of the season to go along with 14 100-meter titles, five 200-meter victories and one each at 60 and 400 meters.

Olympic 400-meter champion Michael Johnson fell short in an attempt to break the world record of 43.29 set 10 years ago at this meet by Butch Reynolds. Johnson won in 43.68, .06 of a second faster than his previous world best this season.

In the men’s 110-meter hurdles, Olympic champion Allen Johnson of the United States recorded the best time of the season, clocking 12.98 seconds.

Zurich’s fast track and $50,000 bonus for a world record failed to produce any world marks. The meet, with a budget of $3.68 million, traditionally attracts the top-flight competitors for every event.

Tennis

On his 27th birthday, Pete Sampras defeated Martin Damm of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2, in the ATP Championship at Mason, Ohio. Successfully defending his title would assure Sampras of regaining the No. 1 ranking next week from Marcelo Rios of Chile.

Second-seeded John McEnroe defeated Shlomo Glickstein of Israel, 6-4, 6-0, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Citibank Champions senior tournament at Purchase, N.Y.

Mikael Pernfors of Sweden beat Guillermo Vilas, 6-2, 6-4; John Lloyd of Britain stopped Eddie Dibbs, 6-3, 6-4, and Andres Gomez of Ecuador defeated Gene Mayer, 7-5, 6-4.

Rod Laver, who suffered a moderate stroke July 27, has been moved from the intensive care unit to a private room at the UCLA Medical Center. In addition, hospital spokeswoman Roxanne Yamaguchi Moster said Laver’s condition was upgraded from serious to fair.

Moster said doctors were hoping Laver would be moved to the rehabilitation unit at the hospital within seven to 10 days. Laver, 60, suffered the stroke during a taped television interview. He was moved out of the intensive care unit July 31, but returned several hours later when he developed a fever.

Hockey

Center Pierre Turgeon of the St. Louis Blues has received the highest arbitration award in NHL history, $4.65 million, for a one-year contract. It tops the $4.5-million contract given to the Montreal Canadiens’ Mark Recchi on Monday. Turgeon made $3 million last season and was expected to get a large raise because of the inflated salary trend caused by the unrestricted free-agent market.

The Mighty Ducks hired Newell Brown to fill one of two assistant coaching vacancies. Brown, 36, assisted new Duck Coach Craig Hartsburg with the Chicago Blackhawks the past two seasons.

The Buffalo Sabres and left wing Paul Kruse agreed to terms on a multiyear contract. Terms were not released.

Miscellany

Fabian Estay and Jose Manuel Abundis scored as Toluca of Mexico defeated Deportivo Alajuelense of Costa Rica, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup at Washington.

In another quarterfinal, Angel David Comizzo stopped three of five penalty kicks to give Leon of Mexico a 3-2 penalty-kick margin over Firpo of El Salvador after the teams had played to a 1-1 tie.

A $4-million lawsuit filed by an Indiana basketball recruit is “ludicrous,” according to Coach Bob Knight, who says the player was rejected for academic reasons, not because the university found out about his off-the-court problems. The suburban Chicago high school player, Mark Treadwell, a 6-foot-5 forward, filed suit in federal court last week.

He has a condition diagnosed as clinical depression and has been taking medication under a doctor’s care, according to the suit.

The six-count complaint charges Knight, St. Joseph’s High School and Coach Gene Pingatore with “interference with contractual relations.” Knight and Indiana are accused of “breach of contract,” and Knight and officials at the Westchester, Ill., high school are cited for “intentional infliction of emotional distress.”

One month after returning from post-concussion syndrome, Ricky Craven resigned his NASCAR Winston Cup ride with Hendrick Motorsports. Craven, 32, is believed to have suffered his injury after crashing his car during practice for the inaugural Winston Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway in April. Wally Dallenbach Jr. will replace Craven for the balance of the season, Hendrick said.

The NCAA has reduced the waiting period for a new Division I institution to be eligible for automatic qualification from eight to two years.

For example, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, which is entering its fifth year at the Division I level, is now eligible for automatic qualification for the men’s NCAA basketball tournament.

Names in the News

Kellee Booth of Coto de Caza shot a six-under-par 66, breaking all stroke-play qualifying records to run away with medalist honors in the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship at Ann Arbor, Mich. She completed 36 holes of stroke play at 138, two strokes better than Pearl Sinn’s record, set in 1988. Match play begins today.

Ottawa Senator left wing Sean McEachern was awarded a new two-year, $2.4-million contract after an arbitration hearing, the team said.

Coach Leonard Hamilton, who led the Miami basketball team to its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1960, signed a five-year contract extension through 2003.