Miscellany

Gary Dickinson won the $250,000 American Bowling Congress Senior Masters in Akron, Ohio, by beating Roger Tramp, 246-226 in the semifinals and top-seeded John Petraglia, 238-236 in the finals.

Steve Park held off Jimmy Spencer for a victory in the Detroit Gasket 200 in Brooklyn, Mich., setting a rookie record for the NASCAR Busch Grand National series in the process. It was the second win for Park and his seventh top-five finish. David Green had six top fives in 1991.

Joe Amato had the fastest run in NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series history in qualifying for the Champion Auto Stores Nationals at Brainerd, Minn. Amato covered the quarter-mile in 4.562 seconds at 317.01 mph.

Jack Sprague finally shook his short-track jinx as he edged Ron Hornaday to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Federated Auto Parts 250 at Nashville Speedway USA in Nashville, Tenn.

Belmont Stakes winner Touch Gold will not race in Saturday’s Travers at Saratoga, N.Y., because of an injury to his left foreleg.

Post-apartheid South Africa burst onto the international soccer stage when its national team defeated the visiting Congo Republic 1-0 and secured a berth in the World Cup finals for the first time.

A day after winning the 1-meter springboard title, 17-year-old Troy Dumais won the 3-meter springboard at the Dallas Morning News National Diving Championships in Dallas.

The Chicago Blackhawks, their trade for Chris Gratton voided by an arbitrator, have requested another hearing, according to the Philadelphia Flyers who are attempting to acquire the Tampa Bay Lightning center.