Beer Company Becomes Sponsor for America-3

America-3 announced Monday that Coors Light has become one of its four major corporate sponsors in the syndicate’s America’s Cup 1992 campaign.

Spokeswoman Barbara Wolfe said America-3 and its donors have agreed not to disclose the amount of each contribution, but that Coors Light’s is “very generous, but less than $3 million.”

Coors Light is the first beer company to join the 1992 Cup effort, but its logo will not adorn the craft. It joins Red Lion Hotels, Chevrolet and Digital Equipment Corporation as America-3’s top-level donors. Coors Light’s contributions are a combination of “cash and gifts in kinds,” according to Wolfe.

“The commitment of Coors Light to developing excellence in national sports competition is what makes us excited about this relationship,” said Peter dePenaloza, America-3’s director of corporate development.

BASEBALL

David Grigsby hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning as the Cubs rallied to defeat the Angels, 3-1, and win the San Diego Collegiate League Championship at San Diego State’s Smith Field. The Cubs won the last two games of the best-of-three series after losing Saturday’s opener.

Grigsby, of Southwestern College, was three for four. Teammate Darren Milne of Brigham Young doubled twice in his two at-bats and scored the Cubs’ first run. Stanford’s John Lynch, a graduate of Torrey Pines High, picked up the victory.

In all, 22 men were left on base--seven by each team through the first four innings.

TENNIS

Two San Diegans won their first-round matches at the U.S. national amateur championships in Kiamesha Lake, N.Y.

San Diego’s Gene Carswell, the seventh-seeded player, defeated Raymond Hindle of Amherst, N.H., 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 3-0, retired, at the Concord Resort Hotel. La Jolla’s Jacqueline Geller turned back Paola Duran of Miami Lakes, Calif., 6-3, 6-1.

SWIMMING

Mt. Carmel graduate Lars Jorgensen, an 1988 Olympian, won the 800-meter Freestyle in the opening day of the Phillips 66 national championships in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Jorgensen’s time of 8 minutes, 2.56 seconds was the sixth fastest time in the world this year at that distance. As the top-seeded swimmer in the 400 and 1,500 freestyles, Jorgensen has a chance swim his way to two more titles before Friday.