Jordanian and Palestinian Soccer Fans Battle

In an incident following hard on the heels of a soccer stampede in Guatemala City, in which 84 fans were killed earlier this week, about 30 people were injured when supporters of rival soccer teams, one ethnically Jordanian and the other predominantly Palestinian, clashed Friday in Amman, Jordan.

The supporters of the Faisali and Wahdat teams battled with stones, soft-drink bottles and wooden clubs at Amman International Stadium.

Witnesses said the trouble began when the referee blew his whistle, ending the game and erasing what Wahdat fans saw as a legitimate, last-second goal that would have tied the score. Instead, Faisali won, 1-0.

Police dispersed about 30,000 spectators, who then went on a rampage outside the stadium in the heart of the capital, smashing windows of shops and cars.

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A young Turkish soccer fan, celebrating Galatasaray’s European Cup Winners’ Cup victory over Paris St. Germain, accidentally killed his older sister with the family hunting rifle.

Anatolian news agency said Omer Kadan, 11, was being held in police custody in Istanbul.

It said the boy had started firing in the air shortly after his club upset the French side, 4-2, in Istanbul. One of the rounds struck his 13-year-old sister in the head.

Baseball

Angry about the direction of the team, Boston Red Sox first baseman Mo Vaughn lashed out at management and ignored a request to meet with the front office.

General Manager Dan Duquette confirmed that the team has tried to meet with Vaughn, joking that he was being considered to replace Manager Kevin Kennedy, who was fired the day after the season ended. Duquette said that he had narrowed his managerial search to 10 people, with an announcement planned after the World Series.

Vaughn, the team’s hitting and clubhouse leader, told the Boston Globe he didn’t expect to be happy with the decision.

“They’ll probably hire someone who’s a dictator because that’s what the GM wants,” he said. “He wants someone who will run back and tell him everything.”

Said Duquette: “I think everybody would agree that Mo gets his best results when he lets his bat do the talking between the lines.”

Duquette also announced that he has named a pitching coach, Joe Kerrigan, formerly of the Montreal Expos. Managers usually select their pitching coaches.

John Franco, the save leader among left-handers, re-signed with the New York Mets for two years. . . . Former major league pitcher Dave Stewart was named special assistant to San Diego Padre General Manager Kevin Towers. . . . The Texas Rangers hired Dan O’Brien III as assistant general manger. O’Brien’s father, Dan O’Brien II, was the Rangers’ general manager from 1973 to 1979.

Jurisprudence

Offensive lineman Casey Jones of Texas Tech will play today against No. 5 Nebraska, thanks to a temporary restraining order against the NCAA by District Judge John McFall in Lubbock.

Jones, a fifth-year senior, has not played this season because of an NCAA rule that requires athletes to have three-quarters of their course work completed toward a major by the ninth semester.

Jones changed his major, leaving much of his prior work no longer counting toward his requirements. The NCAA had denied Jones’ three appeals.

McFall scheduled a hearing for Oct. 30, when he will decide whether to issue an injunction against the NCAA.

Punter Todd Sauerbrun of the Chicago Bears was found guilty of reckless driving by a Waukegan (Ill.) judge. Police said Sauerbrun drove across a lawn near the Halas Hall practice facility in Lake Forest on Aug. 29 while children were playing nearby.

Judge John Radosevich ordered Sauerbrun to participate in a victim impact program, put him under court supervision for a year and fined him $500.

A cocaine-possession charge against former World Boxing Assn. heavyweight champion Tony Tubbs has been dropped in Cincinnati because a grand jury declined to indict him. Prosecutors presented evidence after police in suburban Norwood had brought the charge against Tubbs on Oct. 3.

Tennis

Pete Sampras and Thomas Muster were ousted from the round-robin Marlboro Championships in Hong Kong.

Sampras, the world’s top-ranked player, was upset, 6-4, 6-2, by Zimbabwe’s Bryon Black, No. 47 in the rankings.

“I dug myself into a hole, got deeper and deeper and could not get myself out,” Sampras said.

Muster hurt his hip during his match and was beaten by Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Fourth-seeded Richey Reneberg advanced to the semifinals despite losing to fellow American Vincent Spadea, 6-1, 0-6, 6-4. Reneberg needed to win only one set against Spadea to reach the semifinals because he had beaten Denmark’s Kenneth Carlsen in group play Thursday, 6-2, 6-2.

Jana Novotna ended Jennifer Capriati’s bid to reach her first semifinals in three years, handing the American a 6-4, 6-2 defeat in the European Indoors tournament at Zurich, Switzerland.

Second-seeded Iva Majoli of Croatia defeated No. 6 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlands, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); No. 3 Anke Huber of Germany beat Silvia Farina of Italy, 6-1, 6-1, and No. 5 Martina Hingis of Switzerland ousted Sabine Appelmans of Belgium, 6-3, 6-1.

Top-seeded American MaliVai Washington beat seventh-seeded Grant Stafford of South Africa, 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the Israel Open at Ramat Hasharon. Washington will play Spain’s Javier Sanchez in today’s semifinals. Sanchez, seeded fourth, defeated No. 6 Javier Frana of Argentina, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

South Africa’s Marcos Ondruska upset No. 5 Hernan Gumy of Argentina, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, and will play second-seeded Alberto Costa of Spain, who beat Australian Scott Draper, 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4.

Top-seeded Marcelo Rios stopped Bulgarian qualifier Orlin Stanoychev, 7-6 (7-0), 6-3, and reached the semifinals of the Toulouse Grand Prix in France. Mark Woodforde of Australia upset second-seeded Cedric Pioline of France, 6-4, 6-3.