Mark Singer, Ted Oh Make U.S. Open Field

Mark Singer, who formerly worked part time as a locker-room attendant at Valencia Country Club, earned a berth in the U.S. Open with a 36-hole total of even-par 144 at Valencia in a sectional qualifying tournament Monday.

Singer of North Hollywood finished third in the 59-player field and joined Mike Springer of Fresno, Kevin Wentworth of Manteca, Calif., and 16-year-old Ted Oh of Torrance in the Open field. Springer and Wentworth tied for medalist honors at three-under-par 141.

Singer, 27, who worked at Valencia from 1991-92, said he took the job “basically so I could have playing privileges there” and said local knowledge helped in his earning his first Open berth.

Elsewhere, five players, including 1987 Masters winner Larry Mize, qualified at Columbus, Ohio, where 1984 Masters champion Ben Crenshaw failed for the third year in a row.

Failing to qualify at Stockbridge, Ga., were touring pros Tim Simpson, Bobby Clampett, Peter Persons and Jodie Mudd. Michael Clark was the low qualifier there with a 36-hole score of eight-under-par 136.

Football

The New York Giants continued to rebuild their once-proud linebacking corps by signing free agent Michael Brooks, a Pro Bowl player for the Denver Broncos, to a three-year contract. The signing came on the same day the Giants re-signed running back Ottis Anderson.

Wide receiver/kick returner Raghib (Rocket) Ismail, still under contract to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, and his agent, Bob Woolf, arrived at the Raiders’ training camp in El Segundo to continue negotiations.

Running back Vince Workman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was stabbed while trying to break up a fight in a bar in Columbus, Ohio, police said. Workman was hospitalized Saturday for treatment of knife injuries to the neck and released Sunday.

Kansas City Chief wide receiver Tim Barnett, 26, has been arrested after an altercation with his wife for the second time in about 15 months. Barnett was arrested and charged with assault for allegedly shoving his wife and threatening her with a gun during an argument. In March of 1992, he was charged with battery after a dispute.

Cycling

Davide Cassani of Italy broke away about six miles from the finish and won the 15th and longest stage of the Tour of Italy by nearly a minute.

Cassani finished the 160-mile stage from Corvara to Lumezzane 46 seconds ahead of his nearest competitors, which included overall leader Miguel Indurain of Spain.

Olympics

Iran, which boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games and the 1984 Los Angeles Games, will boycott the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta if the United States maintains its “hostile stance,” Iran’s sports chief said.

The board of Lillehammer, Norway’s Olympic Organizing Committee approved switching the women’s downhill ski race at the 1994 Winter Olympics to the tougher men’s course at Kvitfjell.

Miscellany

The governing body for amateur sailing decided to cancel this month’s youth national championship at the Florida Yacht Club in Jacksonville because of the club’s rejection of a prospective black member.

Calvin Grove, former International Boxing Federation featherweight champion, knocked out Jeff Fenech with a straight right at 59 seconds of the seventh round at Melbourne, Australia, probably ending the three-time world champion’s comeback after only one fight.

Names in the News

Paul Ince became the first black captain of England’s soccer team. . . . Charles Theokas resigned as Temple’s athletic director effective Aug. 31 “to pursue other professional opportunities.”