Powell Wins World Championship Tuneup

Mike Powell, the world record-holder in the long jump, leaped 27 feet 10 inches Monday to win his event at the Malmo Invitational Grand Prix track and field meet in Sweden.

It was Powell’s 22nd consecutive victory since the Barcelona Olympics last summer. He won the U.S. championship with a mark of 28-1 1/2 earlier this summer. The World Track and Field Championships begin Saturday at Stuttgart, Germany.

Powell failed to reach 26-3 in the first two rounds at Malmo, but gradually produced longer jumps despite drizzling rain. Carl Lewis, the Olympic long jump champion, did not compete.

“In a way I miss Carl Lewis,” Powell said. “I’m a man looking for challenges, which he gives me.”

Dennis Mitchell won the 100 meters in 10.22 seconds. Kevin Braunskill won the 200 in 20.61 seconds.

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Noureddine Morceli, the world-record holder in the 1,500, probably will skip the World Championships in a dispute about prize money.

Amar Brahmia, manager of the Algerian world record-holder, said the International Amateur Athletics Federation has made deals with other high-profile athletes, including Carl Lewis and Sergei Bubka, and that Morceli should also be paid.

Each champion in Stuttgart will receive a new Mercedes Benz, a compromise by the IAAF in lieu of prize money requested by the athletes and managers.

Hockey

The Kings signed Swiss goaltender Pauli Jaks, their fourth choice in the 1991 entry draft.

Jaks, 21, compiled a 20-8-1 record and 3.70 goals-against average last season in 29 games for Ambri Piotta of the Swiss League.

Golf

David Berganio of Sylmar, the 1993 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion, was among five players chosen to compete for the U.S. Walker Cup team.

Also chosen for the team were Todd Demsey of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Brian Gay of Daleville, Ala., Tim Herron of Wayzata, Minn., and Kelly Mitchum of Southern Pines, N.C.

They join Allen Doyle, John Harris, Justin Leonard, Jay Sigel and Danny Yates, who were selected earlier for the 34th Walker Cup competition.

The United States, which holds a 29-3-1 edge in the Walker Cup series, will meet a team from England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales at the Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn., Aug. 18-19.

Pro Basketball

Four teen-agers testified in Columbus, Ohio, that Jim Jackson of the Dallas Mavericks waved a gun at them as they were riding in a car last winter.

Jackson, the No. 4 pick in last year’s NBA draft, was charged with one count of aggravated menacing, one count of carrying a concealed weapon in a motor vehicle and four counts of disorderly conduct. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 11 months in jail and fined $2,250.

Boxing

Wilfredo Rivera of Puerto Rico won a unanimous 12-round decision over Stephan Johnson of Brooklyn, N.Y., in the Budweiser welterweight tournament championship at the Forum.

Johnson, who started slowly, sustained a cut over the left eye late in the fight.

Rivera, who improved his record to 18-0-1, earned $50,000 and a car for the victory. Johnson is 23-4-1.

Miscellany

Defending world champion Long Beach opens the Western Regional Little League baseball tournament in San Bernardino at 8 p.m. against Deer Valley of Phoenix. The winner of the 14-team, double elimination tournament advances to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., Aug. 23-28.

Names in the News

Striker Bruce Murray has signed a two-year contract to play for English soccer club Millwall. Murray, 27, joins a club that includes American strikers Kasey Keller and John Kerr.

Jeff Rutter led the Pittsburgh Power to the National Cycling League championship in Pittsburgh. The L.A. Wings finished fourth in the four-team final.

Don Dyer retired as basketball coach at the University of Central Arkansas. Dyer compiled a 606-277 record in 15 years at Henderson State and 14 at Central Arkansas.