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Rev. C. W. Fox Jr.Episcopal priestThe Rev. Charles W. Fox Jr., a retired Episcopal priest who helped to found St. Matthew's Mission in East Baltimore, died July 21 of injuries he suffered in a fall at his Baltimore home. He VTC was 80.He had been a resident of Baltimore since the founding of St. Matthew's in January 1948.In 1972, St. Matthew's -- at the corner of Bond Street and Lafayette Avenue in East Baltimore -- and The Church of Our Savior -- across from the Broadway entrance to Johns Hopkins Hospital -- were merged into the Episcopal Church of the Holy Covenant, 5657 The Alameda.

Rusty Wallace has been run into, run over and sideswiped His cars have been airborne, rolled, crushed and turned into something that looks like an accordion."

THE LOST BOY.Thomas Wolfe.University of North Carolina.81 pages. $16.50.In 1937, a year before he died, Thomas Wolfe wrote a novella based on the death of his brother, Grover, from typhoid fever in 1904. Grover then was 12 and Thomas, the youngest child, only 4. The absence of Grover -- a precociously grave and gentle boy, his mother's favorite -- left a void in the family that, for Wolfe, was haunted by faint, elusive memories.The result was "The Lost Boy," a continuation of the Gant family saga that began with "Look Homeward, Angel."

TORONTO -- Atlanta manager Bobby Cox made it official last night that the Braves' World Series hopes will ride on the arms of pitchers working with three days' rest.For the Toronto Blue Jays, the key is a left-hander who hasn't started in almost three weeks: Jimmy Key. Despite ranking third on Toronto's all-time win list with 116 and going 5-0 in September, Key was bumped from the rotation when manager Cito Gaston decided to use three starters in the American League Championship Series.Adding to the intrigue is the possibility that tonight will be Key's last game with the club.

TORONTO -- Atlanta manager Bobby Cox made it official last night that the Braves' World Series hopes will ride on the arms of pitchers working with three days' rest.For the Toronto Blue Jays, the key is a left-hander who hasn't started in almost three weeks: Jimmy Key. Despite ranking third on Toronto's all-time win list with 116 and going 5-0 in September, Key was bumped from the rotation when manager Cito Gaston decided to use three starters in the American League Championship Series.Adding to the intrigue is the possibility that tonight will be Key's last game with the club.

First baseToronto: John OlerudAtlanta: Sid Bream, Brian HunterOlerud is quietly emerging as one of baseball's best hitters. The lean left-handed batter, often overlooked in the middle of the Blue Jays lineup, has a good stroke and adequate power.Bream is one of baseball's premier overachievers and has been a solid postseason performer despite gimpy knees. Hunter will be used mainly as a pinch hitter/designated hitter against the Blue Jays' predominant right-handed staff.Edge: Toronto, because Olerud does everything better.

PITTSBURGH -- With an entire city, his manager and his teammates holding their collective breath, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Tim Wakefield calmly kept his team in the hunt for a successful October.The 26-year-old knuckleballer, barely two years removed from a going-nowhere-fast career as a first baseman, kept the Pirates alive in the National League Championship Series, beating the Atlanta Braves, 3-2, at Three Rivers Stadium last night.Wakefield was not only effective on the mound, but made a critical fielding play in the third, throwing out second baseman Mark Lemke, who had doubled to lead off the inning and was moving to third on Atlanta pitcher Tom Glavine's sacrifice attempt.

ATLANTA -- This hasn't been the greatest of seasons for Atlanta Braves outfielder Ron Gant.After breaking into the elite of National League outfielders with a stellar 1991 season that included 32 home runs and 105 RBI, Gant slipped a bit this year, hitting 17 homers and driving in 80 runs.So, with fellow outfielders Otis Nixon and Deion Sanders stealing his thunder, Gant felt he needed something, anything, to put himself back in the forefront.He took care of that yesterday with one swing that yielded a fifth-inning grand slam that propelled the Braves to a 13-5 clubbing of the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 2."

LONG POND, Pa. -- Davey Allison's championship chase may have come to an abrupt end yesterday when he suffered a broken arm, broken wrist, broken collarbone and other injuries in a terrifying accident with 51 laps to go in the Miller Genuine Draft 500.The accident also left Allison's car owner, Robert Yates, blasting NASCAR for not controlling the speeds Winston Cup stock cars are traveling.Allison, the pole-sitter, dominated the first 350 miles of the race, but lost control of his Ford Thunderbird coming out of Turn 2 on Lap 149 at Pocono International Raceway, after making a sudden dive to the bottom of the racetrack to block eventual winner Darrell Waltrip.

Rick Viers was busy tearing down the motor in Harry Gant's No. 33 car after a third-place finish in the Goodwrench 500 at Rockingham Speedway last March when he heard a former classmate from North Harford High hollering to him from across the track fence."