Sam Jethroe and about two dozen other...

Sam Jethroe and about two dozen other former Negro Leagues players will become eligible for annual pensions of $7,500 to $10,000, baseball owners decided.

Golf

Hale Irwin birdied the 17th hole to break a daylong deadlock with Gil Morgan and win the MasterCard Championship at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, with a final round 68.

Michelle McGann, caught in a duel with hard-charging Karrie Webb, made a 30-inch putt for par on the first playoff hole to win the HealthSouth Inaugural at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Winter Sports

Austrian Thomas Sykora improved on his near-perfect record by winning his fifth World Cup slalom race this season at Wengen, Switzerland, in 1:34.03.

Pernilla Wiberg earned her fifth World Cup slalom victory at Zwiesel, Germany, defeating Elfi Eder of Austria by 1.69 seconds. . . . The undefeated German men won their third consecutive biathlon World Cup 4x7.5-kilometer relay, and Russia took its third women’s relay in a row at Anterselva, Italy. . . . Dutch skaters Bob De Jong and Carla Zijlstra eclipsed rink records during easy victories in World Cup speedskating at Miola di Pine, Italy. De Jong won the men’s 10,000-meter race in 13 minutes, 51.56 seconds. Zijlstra skated 7:18.59 to win the women’s 5,000-meter event. . . . Vladimir Smirnov of Kazakhstan won the men’s 30-kilometer classical-style World Cup race at Lahti, Finland.

Miscellany

Christian Peter, a former Nebraska defensive tackle who was drafted and then released by the New England Patriots last April, has agreed to a three-year contract with the New York Giants. . . . Mississippi State punter Andy Russ kicked four field goals to lead the South to a 26-13 victory over the North in the Hula Bowl at Honolulu. . . . Joe Ruttman won a last-lap shootout with Jack Sprague in a NASCAR truck race at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. . . . World indoor champion Bruny Surin won the 50-meter sprint in 5.67 seconds at the Hamilton Indoor Games.