Lancaster Leads After Shooting Second 65

Neal Lancaster, who scored his only tour victory this year in a rain-shortened tournament, shot his second consecutive five-under 65 Friday to take the second-round lead in the soggy Hardees Classic at Coal Valley, Ill.

Lancaster’s 10-under 130 at the Oakwood Country Club put him a shot ahead of Bob Estes, who also had a 65 to follow an opening-round 66. Kirk Triplett also shot a 65 Friday, giving him a two-round total of 132. First-round leader Robert Wrenn shot par and was bunched with Kenny Perry, Russ Cochran and Mark McCumber at seven under.

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Rain washed out the first round of the Brickyard Crossing Senior PGA Championship at Indianapolis.

College Football

The NCAA sent Alabama an official letter of inquiry citing two potentially major violations.

One concerned the eligibility of Antonio Langham and whether Coach Gene Stallings was diligent enough in investigating Langham’s dealings with a sports agent.

The other allegation involves sports agent and admitted Alabama fan Jerry Albano, who arranged loans totaling $10,000 for former player Gene Jelks in January of 1990, shortly after Jelks played his last game for the Crimson Tide.

Pro Basketball

Dallas Maverick rookie guard Jason Kidd was convicted in Oakland after entering a no-contest plea in a hit-and-run accident.

No one was seriously injured in the early-morning accident on May 22 when the former California star’s utility vehicle sideswiped another car near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Kidd’s vehicle flipped and he fled the scene.

Kidd will pay a maximum $1,000 fine for the misdemeanor hit-and run and speeding and serve two years’ probation. Kidd was also sentenced to 100 hours of community service.

Roy Tarpley, banned from the NBA since 1991 for refusing to take a drug test, met with Commissioner David Stern in the final step of his reinstatement process. League officials wouldn’t discuss the meeting other than to say Stern’s timetable of ruling on the case by the end of the month remains intact.

Former Indiana University guard Damon Bailey signed a one-year contract with the Indiana Pacers. Bailey, drafted 44th in June, is recovering from surgery on both knees and isn’t expected to play until the second half of the season.

Baseball

Outfielder Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants underwent a 30-minute operation to remove a bone chip from his right elbow.

Michael Jordan was given permission to play for the Chicago White Sox’s team in the Arizona Fall League, the Scottsdale Scorpions. . . . The Cleveland Indians fired eight full-time employees and laid off seven others. . . . The Seattle Mariners laid off 17 employees. . . . The High Desert Mavericks of the Class-A California League signed a two-year player development contract with the Baltimore Orioles.

Tennis

Japan’s Nana Miyagi, ranked 127th in the world, scored her second upset in two days and advanced to the semifinals of the Nichirei International Ladies Championships in Tokyo. Miyagi defeated sixth-seeded Sabine Hack of Germany, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5. Top-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario needed nearly three hours to beat Japan’s Ai Sugiyama, 6-3, 6-7 (7-5), 7-5.

Auto Racing

Austrian Gerhard Berger, driving a Ferrari, took the provisional pole position for the Portuguese Grand Prix after the Williams-Renault of Damon Hill flipped into the sand during qualifying at Estoril, Portugal. Hill was unhurt.

Ted Musgrave set a track qualifying record in winning the pole for Sunday’s Goody’s 500 on the half-mile track at Martinsville, Va., Speedway.

Miscellany

Keith Holmes, facing charges for a 1993 drive-by shooting, outpointed Andrew Council to win the vacant WBA Intercontinental junior-middleweight title in Upper Marlboro, Md. Holmes, arrested Thursday in Arlington, Va., will be extradited to the District of Columbia and charged with assault with intent to kill in the shooting, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney said.

Despite speculation that Chinese women had taken drugs to enhance their performances at the World Swimming Championships earlier this month, the results of the 169 tests on all the medal winners and world-record holders were negative, FINA, the sport’s governing body, said. . . . Tim Hallam, director of media services for the Chicago Bulls, was freed on his own recognizance on drug and weapon charges.

Frank R. (Dutch) Weimer, a boxer who was a title contender in the 1930s, died of natural causes at 83. . . . Former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Danny White has filed for bankruptcy in Phoenix.