Daily Sports Capsule

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AUTO RACING	GOLF	FOOTBALL	BASEBALL
MISCELLANY

AUTO RACING

Dario Franchitti won another race and Alex Zanardi wrapped up his second straight CART FedEx Series championship yesterday in a crashed-filled Vancouver Molson-Indy. Franchitti, who earned his first CART victory two weeks earlier at Elkhart Lake, Wis., passed Michael Andretti for the lead seven laps from the end and pulled away to a win worth $100,000 from the race purse and an additional $340,000 bonus from Marlboro for becoming the first driver to win from the pole in 22 races.Zanardi needed only to be leading by 88 points with four races remaining to become the first driver since Bobby Rahal in 1987 to win consecutive titles in the open-wheel series.

GOLF

Germany's Sven Struver beat Sweden's Patrik Sjoland on the first playoff hole yesterday to win the European Masters. Struver, who began the day four shots behind Sjoland, clinched the title with a pressure-packed 4-foot birdie putt at the tricky par-4 18th. Minutes earlier, Struver made an almost identical putt at the same hole to set up the playoff. Struver shot a final-round 5-under 66 for a 263 total, while Sjoland, the leader after three rounds, struggled to a 70.

FOOTBALL

Kansas City defensive end Chester McGlockton, who missed the final four exhibition games, had back surgery but is expected to return this season. Surgeons removed a fragment of a lateral disc on Friday, the Chiefs said in a news release before their game against the Oakland Raiders, McGlockton's old team. Chiefs president Carl Peterson said the injury would not end the season for McGlockton.

BASEBALL

Mark Wohlers' strange season is finished.The Atlanta Braves transferred the reliever to the 60-day disabled list before yesterday's 4-0 win over the New York Mets. Wohlers, placed on the 15-day disabled list Aug. 21 for an "inability to pitch," isn't eligible to come off the list until after the start of the World Series. Atlanta transferred him to the 60-day list to make room on the 40-man roster for rookie Marty Malloy. Wohlers, 28, was 0-1 with eight saves in 27 appearances out of the bullpen with a 10.18 ERA. ... The Seattle Mariners called up their second baseman of the future on Sunday. Carlos Guillen, acquired by Seattle from Houston July 31 in a trade that sent Randy Johnson to the Astros, was brought up from Triple-A Tacoma. Manager Lou Piniella immediately inserted Guillen, 22, into the Mariners' lineup. Guillen hit .228 in 24 games (21-for-92) with one homer and four RBIs in Tacoma.

MISCELLANY

A copyright poll published in Sunday's Deseret News found that 58 percent of Utah residents polled said they don't feel at all a part of the 2002 Winter Games. About half said they don't want to. Sixty-nine percent said they don't know enough about plans, and a majority said Olympic organizers are not doing what they can to involve the public. Salt Lake Organizing Committee officials say they've done the best they can, especially given limited financial resources. On Tuesday, Olympic organizers, Gov. Mike Leavitt and other state and local government leaders are sponsoring an "Olympic Forum" at the Salt Palace to discuss plans with the hundreds of invited community, business and religious leaders. The public is also invited.
--compiled from wire reports