LEAGUE NOTES

          At Troon, four-day attendance at the British Open was
     176,500, up from 161,000 when the tournament was last held
     there in '89 (AP, 7/21)....The Colorado Silver Bullets
     women's baseball team has recently drawn 10,000 in Alaska,
     30,000 in Denver and 4,800 in Akron (AP/HARTFORD COURANT,
     7/19)....In L.A., Julie Cart wrote on the "personality"
     issues facing pro tennis under the header, "Personalities
     Are Very Nice, But They're Not All There Is."   Cart: "There
     is a problem with grass-roots tennis in this country and the
     U.S. Tennis Assn.'s inability to reach a new, non-private
     club generation of players. ... This all comes back to
     [Andre] Agassi.  His mere presence in the sport will not
     automatically elevate tennis. ... Good tennis elevates
     tennis.  Rivalries elevate tennis" (L.A. TIMES, 7/20).