August 28, 2001

US Open tennis tournament begins; Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport advance; other first round results noted; photo (M)

Independent analysts say Computer Associates will probably defeat Sam Wyly's attempt to replace four members of its board, but Wyly's bid has already encouraged change at Computer Associates; since Ranger Governance, Wyly's investment company, began its bid in June, Computer Associates has added two new outside directors; chief executive, Sanjay Kumar, says company will add more board members next few months; Wyly has attacked board of Computer Associates as rubber stamp for chairman, Charles Wang, and Kumar (Market Place column) (M)

San Francisco Giants defeat New York Mets, 6-5; photo (M)

William Wrigley Jr, 37-year-old head of Wm Wrigley Jr Co, is being applauded for aggressively pushing company to reinvent itself with host of new products and marketing initiatives; years of stagnant volume growth in US give way to brisk sales of sugarless chewing gums and gains on rivals, makers of Dentyne and Carefree; company came out with antacid chewing gum in February, is experimenting with cold-relief gum in Canada and will team up on tooth-cleaning gum with Procter & Gamble, maker of Crest toothpaste; photos; chart (M)

Little League officials are investigating whether Danny Almonte, ace pitcher for Rolando Paulino All-Stars from Bronx, is 14 years old and should have been ineligible to play past two seasons and during recent World Series; probe follows discovery of document by Sports Illustrated reporter, issued by government officials in Dominican Republic, showing he was born in 1987; similar government document held by Rolando Paulino, president of Bronx league, shows Almonte was born in 1989; Little League rules require players to be no older than 12 during regular season and to turn 13 no earlier than August 1 in season in which they are competing; photo (M)