Two Share Lead at Senior Players Championship

Larry Gilbert and Dana Quigley, both career club pros before turning 50, each shot five-under-par 67s to share a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Senior Players Championship Thursday at Dearborn, Mich. South African John Bland and Dave Stockton were both at 68, one stroke better than Jack Nicklaus, John Schroeder, Vincente Fernandez and Larry Mowry.

Hale Irwin, winner of four senior events this season, was well off the pace with a 73. Graham Marsh, a three-time winner this year, was tied with defending champion Raymond Floyd at 70 in one of the few 72-hole tournaments on the Senior PGA Tour.

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Tom Lehman shot a five-under-par 66 and took the second-round lead in the weather-plagued $1.34-million Gulfstream World Invitational at Loch Lomond, Scotland. . . . Gary Hallberg, who has missed the cut in his last 18 PGA Tour events, shot a five-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Quad City Classic at Coal Valley, Ill.

Pro Football

Washington signed unrestricted free agent and long snapper Dan Turk, who played with Oakland last season. He will join his younger brother, Matt Turk, the Redskins’ Pro Bowl punter last season. . . . Chicago signed free agents Haywood Jeffires and Kevin Scott to one-year contracts. . . . Green Bay claimed running back Aaron Hayden off waivers from San Diego and rookie kicker Ryan Longwell from San Francisco.

Tennis

A right arm injury forced Wimbledon finalist Cedric Pioline of France to withdraw from his second-round match against Alex Corretja of Spain at the Swiss Open in Gstaad, Switzerland.

Auto Racing

The Indy Racing League has fined A.J. Foyt and Arie Luyendyk for their Victory Lane altercation after last month’s inaugural True Value 500K. Foyt was fined $20,000, and Luyendyk was fined $14,000 for the unsportsmanlike behavior they demonstrated after the June 7 race.

Jurisprudence

Former NASCAR team owner Junior Johnson and his company have filed a lawsuit against Brett Bodine, his wife and two companies owned by the Bodines to try to recover more than $51,000, though the lawsuit, filed in North Carolina, did not say what the money was for.

Redskin running back Terry Allen was charged with driving under the influence and fleeing police at 133 mph before crashing his Ferrari into a tree in Monroe, Ga.

Jermaine O’Neal of the Portland Trail Blazers received a 15-day suspended sentence for disorderly conduct in Columbia, S.C.

Pro Hockey

New York Islander owner John Spano will reportedly give the team back today to former owner John Pickett before NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has a chance to rule against him, according to a New York Post report. Spano, 33, was suspended by Bettman from day-to-day operations of the Islanders after Pickett charged Spano missed a scheduled $17-million payment required for the purchase of the team.

Ottawa signed free-agent center Derek Armstrong, who played for the Islanders last season, to a one-year contract.

Pro Basketball

Former USC guard Rodrick Rhodes, drafted in the first round by Houston, signed a three-year contract with the team. . . . Former Illinois guard Kiwane Garris, who went unpicked in the NBA draft, is practicing with the Clippers. . . . Free agents Antoine Carr and Shandon Anderson were re-signed by the Utah Jazz. Carr signed a one-year deal. Anderson signed a two-year deal. . . . John Thomas, the New York Knicks’ first-round draft pick from Minnesota, signed a multiyear contract.