Y ask Y: Speaking of track results agate, here's what The Associated Press sent at 1:06 p.m. Pacific time Friday, Sept. 23, 2001: BC-RUN-Flanders Indoor Results,0387 Flanders Indoor Results By The Associated Press At Ghent, Belgium Pole vault -- 1, Rodion Gataullin, Russia, 25-3 1/4 2, Romain Mesnil, France, 24-11 1/4. 3, Adam Ptacek, Czech Republic, 24-11 1/4 5, Tye Harvey, United States, 24-7 1/4. Around 5:15 p.m., I called New York AP Sports Agate Desk, and five minutes later, a correction was sent (but note the typo in the explainer line) BC-RUN-Flanders Indoor Results, 1st Ld-Writethru,0396 Eds: CORRECTS Pole valut distances. Flanders Indoor Results By The Associated Press At Ghent, Belgium Pole vault -- 1, Rodion Gataullin, Russia, 18-8 1/2. 2, Romain Mesnil, France, 18-4 1/2. 3, Adam Ptacek, Czech Republic, 18-4 1/2. 5, Tye Harvey, United States, 18- 1/2. It'll be interesting to see how many newspapers run the wrong agate in Saturday morning editions. Ken Stone http://www.mastersnitpicker.com
