MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

     Signal Apparel Co., following its recent acquisition of
sports and lifestyle T-Shirt company American Marketing Works,
has announced that it is in the process of acquiring two apparel
companies, Ocean Pacific and Trench Manufacturing.  The
acquisitions are expected to nearly double the annual revenue
base of Signal and create a "major vertically integrated" apparel
mill, manufacturer and marketer with key licenses in all major
sports (Signal).... Jazz forward Karl Malone will serve as
captain of this year's Dutch Boy "In the Paint" Healthy Families
America Team, a team consisting of 27 NBA centers and forwards
dedicated to child abuse prevention (NBA/Dutch Boy)....Tim
Rosaforte and Rick Lipsey's "Inside Golf" column in the week's
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED note that Nike Golf dropped Curtis Strange,
but still has 17 PGA Tour players under contract (SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED, 2/6 issue).