In Six-Player Trade, Slocumb Goes to Red Sox

The Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox made a long-anticipated trade Monday, the Red Sox acquiring relief ace Heathcliff Slocumb and the Phillies getting outfielder Lee Tinsley.

The Phillies also got outfielder Glenn Murray and pitcher Ken Ryan, sending outfielder Rick Holyfield and pitcher Larry Wimberly to Boston.

Slocumb, 29, had 32 saves last year, fourth best in the National League, but a weak finish combined with the emergence of reliever Ricky Bottalico made him expendable.

Tinsley batted .284 in 100 games for the Red Sox last year and gives the Phillies insurance in case Lenny Dykstra does not fully recover from knee surgery.

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The Angels signed right-handed starter Shawn Boskie to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

Boskie was 7-7 with a 5.64 earned-run average in 20 starts for the Angels in 1995.

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The Minnesota Twins signed former Dodger outfielder Roberto Kelly to a minor league contract and invited him to major league spring training. Kelly, 32, batted .274 in 24 games with the Montreal Expos, then was traded to the Dodgers, where he batted .279 in 112 games. . . . The Cleveland Indians signed infielder Scott Leius to a minor league contract and invited him to their major league camp, and the Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with free agent outfielder Pedro Munoz on a one-year contract. . . . The Colorado Rockies signed right-hander Curtis Leskanic, who led NL relievers with 107 strikeouts last season, catcher Jayhawk Owens and outfielder Harvey Pulliam to one-year contracts.

Tennis

Australian Open finalist Michael Chang, Todd Martin, Patrick McEnroe and Pat Galbraith were named to the U.S. team that will play Mexico in the opening round of Davis Cup World Group play Feb. 9-11 in Carlsbad, Calif.

Mats Wilander filed a lawsuit in London against the International Tennis Federation over drug allegations.

The lawsuit claimed a breach of contract over allegations that Wilander and Czech Karel Novacek tested positive for cocaine at last year’s French Open. Both players have denied the allegations.

Pro Football

A federal judge rebuffed the latest attempt by Dallas Cowboy cornerback Clayton Holmes to challenge his suspension for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. Judge Sidney Fitzwater denied an injunction in Holmes’ $30-million lawsuit against the NFL and NFL Management Council three days before the Super Bowl.

Auto Racing

Al Unser Jr., the biggest winner in the International Race of Champions series with nine victories and two championships, was among four drivers announced to complete the 12-man field for this year’s all-star series.

Joining Unser are fellow Indy car stars Scott Pruett and Robby Gordon, and SCCA Trans-Am champion Tom Kendall.

Indy Racing League driver Eliseo Salazar was released from Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Fla., after receiving treatment for injuries suffered last in a crash during practice for the Indy 200.

Miscellany

Ennis Davis, the City Section 3-A football player of the year, has made an oral commitment to USC. A 6-4 1/2, 305-pound tackle, Davis led Reseda High to the 3-A championship. . . . The New York Yacht Club, which once held the America’s Cup for 132 years, has picked the Massachusetts-based syndicate PACT 2000 to represent it at the 1999-2000 regatta off Auckland, New Zealand. . . . Australia defeated Fiji, 5-0, at Adelaide, Australia, to clinch the top spot in the Oceania Zone qualifying tournament for the soccer competition at the Atlanta Olympics. . . . A Norwegian appeals panel upheld an order banning Aham Okeke, one of Europe’s top sprinters, from all competitive sports for 2 1/2 years for using performance-enhancing substances in 1994. . . . Charlie Jewtraw, who won the first event at the first Winter Olympic Games, died in Hobe Sound, Fla. He was 95. Jewtraw won the 500 meters in speedskating at Chamonix, France, in 1924.