Navy Torpedoes Chaump as Head Football Coach

George Chaump, whose 14-41 record as Navy’s head football coach included four losses to arch-rival Army, was fired Sunday.

The final blow was a 22-20 loss to Army on Saturday, a setback that ended Navy’s bid to put together its first three-game winning streak since 1981. The Midshipmen finished the season 3-8.

Chaump refused to comment on the decision. A replacement was not named.

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Cornerback Kevin Williams’ two interceptions and fumble recovery led to three Air Force touchdowns late Saturday night as the Falcons defeated Hawaii, 37-24, in Honolulu. Williams’ first interception and the fumble recovery pushed the Falcons, 8-4 overall and 6-2 in the Western Athletic Conference, to a 21-0 first-quarter lead over Hawaii (3-8-1, 0-8).

College Basketball

The UCLA men’s team (2-0) is ranked second behind North Carolina (4-0) in the USA Today/CNN poll. The Bruins moved up from fourth place after beating Kentucky, 81-80, Saturday. The Associated Press poll will be released today.

Swimming

Germany shaved nine-hundredths of a second off the world record in the men’s 200-meter medley relay with a time of 1 minute, 38.01 seconds in the European Sprint Swimming Championships in Stavanger, Norway. Finland set the old record in 1992.

Jirka Letzin, Mark Warnecke, Dirk Vandenhirtz and Silko Gunzel made up the German team, which finished 1.37 seconds ahead of Sweden.

Baseball

More than 100 major league players will begin a three-day meeting in Atlanta today with the hope of producing a counterproposal to the tax plan submitted by the owners on Nov. 17.

Bargaining talks are scheduled to resume under special mediator William J. Usery in Rye Brook, N.Y., on Friday, a last-gasp attempt to reach a settlement before the owners meet on Dec. 15 or 16 to implement their salary cap proposal. Usery will meet with the players on Tuesday to urge production of a counteroffer.

“All of us have some thoughts and ideas (regarding a proposal), but we’re not going to make a firm recommendation to the players,” union lawyer Eugene Orza said.

The Cincinnati Reds have threatened to take legal action to end the team’s lease at Riverfront Stadium unless efforts to build a new baseball park intensify, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

Hockey

NHL labor talks are scheduled to resume today in Chicago and to center on the rookie salary cap, salary arbitration and conditions for free agency. Negotiators last met Friday, when they declared a stalemate after failing to agree on the limit for the cap and whether arbitration should be binding.

Sami Ahlberg scored twice to lead Finnish team Ilves to a 4-3 victory over Wayne Gretzky’s team of touring NHL stars in Tampere, Finland.

Names in the News

After Sweden swept three tennis matches to capture the Davis Cup, Yevgeny Kafelnikov restored a little Russian pride by defeating Stefan Edberg, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, in Moscow. Magnus Larsson won the day’s second match, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, against Alexander Volkov, giving Sweden a 4-1 victory. . . . Nick Faldo of England defeated Nick Price and Ernie Els to win the Million Dollar Challenge in Sun City, South Africa, and take home golf’s richest prize--$1 million. . . . Yasuei Yakushiji won a majority decision over Joichiro Tatsuyoshi in Japan’s most lucrative match ever, a World Boxing Council bantamweight unification title bout in Nagoya. The two Japanese fighters received $1.7 million apiece. . . . Michael Jordan heads the Forbes magazine list of highest-paid athletes with $30.01 million, almost all from endorsements. . . . Reuben Reina defeated eight-time champion Pat Porter to win the men’s race at the U.S. Cross Country Championships in Portland, Ore. Olga Appell won the women’s race.