ORIOLES FORCED TO MAKE UP TWO HOME GAMES DUE TO FLOYD

          The Orioles were forced to postpone the final two games
     of their series against the A's due to Hurricane Floyd, and
     in Baltimore, Joe Strauss reports that the Orioles "are
     confronted with shoe-horning two games" against a wild-card
     contender into a scheduled day off September 23.  Strauss:
     "Safe to say, the Orioles are unlikely to wave off a
     guaranteed gate of about 41,000." Yesterday's dual
     postponements "makes it likely that refunds will be extended
     for at least one of those games" (Baltimore SUN, 9/16).
          COULD PPV BE EFFECTED? Top Rank CEO Bob Arum expressed
     concern that Hurricane Floyd could "alter the level of PPV
     profit" from Saturday's Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad
     bout.  Arum has projected the fight will do 850,000 buys. 
     Arum: "I can't predict how many (PPV) buys we will lose
     because of the hurricane, but my feeling is the losses will
     be minimal" (Bob Raissman, N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 9/16).