Baltimore Arena

VS. ROCHESTER AMERKS* WHEN: Tonight, 7:30.* WHERE: Baltimore Arena.VS. SPRINGFIELD* WHEN: Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.* WHERE: Springfield Civic Center.VS. HERSHEY BEARS* WHEN: Sunday, 7 p.m.* WHERE: Baltimore Arena.* RADIO: WLIF-AM 1300 (all three games).* OUTLOOK: The Jacks (29-22-3) are still very banged up with Kent Paynter, Chris Felix, Bobby Babcock, Vic Gervais out and Jeff Greenlaw and John Purves questionable for the weekend. The first-place Americans (30-18-8) played without both of their goalies -- Darcy Wakaluk and David Littman -- last week, but they have been returned from Buffalo.

Opponent: Hershey BearsSite: Baltimore ArenaTime: 5 p.m.Radio: WITH (1230 AM), WAMD (970 AM)Outlook: The Bandits and Bears are square in their season series fTC (4-4-1), but Hershey holds a 2-1-1 advantage here, which comes as no surprise since the home team is 11-18-4 at Baltimore Arena. The Bears had to give goalie Dominic Roussel back to the Philadelphia Flyers but got Tim Cheveldae. Cheveldae had won 141 games in the NHL (Detroit and Winnipeg) starting the season. The Bandits are 1-5-2 on Sundays.

The Washington Capitals will wrap up their 1991 preseason schedule with back-to-back games against the Philadelphia Flyers, including one at the Baltimore Arena, the team announced yesterday.The Capitals will play the Flyers at the Baltimore Arena on Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. and at the Spectrum the next day at 7 p.m.Washington's only preseason game at the Capital Centre will be Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. against the Buffalo Sabres.The Capitals also will play the Hartford Whalers and the New York Rangers twice and Buffalo three times during preseason.

Opponent: Philadelphia WingsSite: Baltimore ArenaTime: 8Outlook: The Thunder (3-2) can clinch one of the four Major Indoor Lacrosse League playoff spots with a win tonight over the defending league champion Wings (5-1). Baltimore, which is playing its final home game, is in second place in the standings, 1 1/2 games behind Philadelphia and Boston. The Thunder has not defeated the Wings at Baltimore Arena since sweeping them in two games in 1987, but Baltimore beat Philadelphia in a preseason scrimmage and the Thunder has won its past three, including a 14-10 win over Rochester in its previous outing.

Gold-medal winner Oksana Baiul, silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan and bronze medalist Chen Lu head an impressive lineup for the Campbell's Soups 1994 Tour of World Figure Skating Champions, coming to the Baltimore Arena on Sunday, April 17.The cast also includes Surya Bonaly, who finished fourth in the women's competition, and men's Olympic stars Elvis Stojko (silver), Philippe Candeloro (bronze), Viktor Petrenko, Brian Boitano and Scott Davis.Pairs gold medalists Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov will be there, as will Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Natalia Michkouteniok and Arthur Dmitriev, Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay, Maia Usova and Alexander Zhjulin, Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler and Jennie Meno and Todd Sand.

Inclement weather forced the postponement of yesterday's Fuel Fund Classic at the Baltimore Arena.Three boys and two girls games, including a matchup between Dunbar's second-ranked boys team and No. 4-ranked Woodlawn, were scheduled.Proceeds from the event were to have benefited the Fuel Fund of Central Maryland, which assists needy area families in paying fuel costs."We've been planning this for a year, but what can you do?," said Joni Scholwin, Fuel Fund Classic planning committee chairwoman.

Single-game tickets for University of Maryland home football games go on sale today at the Baltimore Arena box office, including tickets for the Terps' game against Penn State at Memorial Stadium Nov. 9.The Terps open the season in refurbished Byrd Stadium next Saturday, Sept. 7, against Virginia at noon. Other games in College Park are Sept. 14 vs. Syracuse (7 p.m.), Sept. 21 vs. West Virginia (4 p.m.) and Oct. 26 vs. Duke (homecoming, 1:30 p.m.).Tickets can be purchased at the Baltimore Arena by cash or check only.

Opponent: Springfield IndiansSite: Baltimore Arena, 7:30Radio: WITH (1230 AM)Outlook: Baltimore meets Springfield, 2-time defending Calder Cup champion, for the first time this season in the first of back-to-back games at the Arena. Baltimore halted a 3-game losing streak Sunday with a 3-2 victory over New Haven. Springfield, which won last season's series, 3-2-1, has LW Yvon Corriveau and C Terry Yake, formerly of the Washington organization.

Opponent: Canton InvadersSite: Baltimore ArenaTime: 4:05Radio: WWLG (1360 AM), WASA (1330 AM)Outlook: Canton's Marcelo Carrera is ninth in the National Professional Soccer League's points race, a notch ahead of the Spirit's Kevin Sloan. Baltimore leader Franklin McIntosh is third. The Invaders, last in the American Division, are the only team that has surrendered more than 500 points.