Second Soccer Player Charged In Bribe Case

Jorge Burruchaga, who helped Argentina win the World Cup in 1986, was charged in Paris today in connection with allegations that Olympique Marseille, European club soccer champion, offered bribes to opposing players.

Burruchaga is the second Valenciennes player charged in the scandal. He and teammate Christophe Robert are two of three players alleged to have been offered money by a Marseille player to throw a match so Marseille could save its energy for the Champions Cup final against AC Milan.

Police today swept into Olympique's training camp in the Pyrenees mountains and took away 10 players for questioning.

Eric de Montgolfier, the prosecutor, said Burruchaga was charged with "passive corruption." The player is accused of responding positively to the bribe offer, but is not accused of actually receiving money.

Robert, who was charged earlier, has admitted receiving $45,000 to play poorly in the May 20 game won by Marseille, 1-0.

-- A federal appeals court panel in Chicago overturned the mail-fraud conviction of Norby Walters, a former New York-based sports agent accused of using cash to recruit college athletes as clients.

Basketball

Lisa Leslie of USC had 21 points and 11 rebounds as the United States opened the medal round of the women's world-championship qualifying tournament in Brazil with an 89-78 victory over Cuba. Brazil beat Canada 82-70. All four teams have qualified for next year's world championships in Australia.

-- Rhonda Smith, a junior at the University of Washington, scored 24 points in 17 minutes of playing time to lead the U.S. to a 64-53 victory over Finland in the R. William Jones Cup tournament in Taiwan.

-- Clarence "Bighouse" Gaines, Winston-Salem State coach, retired. Gaines, 70, had a 47-year career with 828 victiries and 447 losses - 47 wins short of the mark set by the late Adolph Rupp at Kentucky.

Golf

John McComish, aided by a 25-foot birdie putt from off the 17th green, outdueled Redmond's Scott Williams to win the Oregon Open.

McComish, a former PGA Tour player from Salem, shot a 3-under-par 69 in the final round for a three-round total of 9-under 207 at Sunriver Resort. Williams finished at 208 after his 69, the same third-round score turned in by Chris Mitchell of Spokane, who was third at 211.

-- Heather Graff of Kennewick shot a 76 to win the girls 16-18 division of the North & South Junior Championship in Pinehurst, N.C. She had a three-day total of 228.