BRIEFLY : ANGELS TRADE PERISHO FOR THIRD-BASEMAN BELL.

Mike Bell, son of Detroit Tigers manager Buddy Bell, was acquired by the Angels on Friday in one of two trades with the Texas Rangers. Anaheim sent left-hander Matt Perisho to the Rangers for Bell, a 23-year-old third baseman - the position that his father played.

The Angels sent minor-league infielder Robert Sasser to Texas to complete the July 31 trade that brought them right-hander Ken Hill from the Rangers for catcher Jim Leyritz.

The Dodgers hired Marty Maier as their West Coast scouting supervisor and special-assignment scout.

A day after the San Francisco Giants announced they were cutting all ties with former scout Luis Rosa, a group of major-leaguers vowed to help Rosa fight sex-abuse charges.

Texas Rangers outfielder Juan Gonzalez traveled to San Pedro de Macoris to visit Rosa in jail. The former scout faces charges (which he has denied) that he coerced more than a dozen young Dominican players to have sex with him. The players also accused him of robbing them of pay and kicking them off the Giants' farm team if they protested.

GOLF: Scott Hoch, who would go over $2 million in winnings for the year if he won the Tour Championship in Houston, shot a 65 to take the midway lead.

Hoch's 36-hole total of 9-under-par 133 was one stroke ahead of Jim Furyk and two better than Mark Calcavecchia and David Duval, who was trying to become the first player to win three consecutive starts on tour since 1993.

Hoch, who made the cut in all 21 tournaments he played on the PGA Tour this year, made four consecutive birdies and five in six holes beginning on No. 8.

John Daly's lucrative endorsement deal with Reebok, first negotiated after he won the PGA Championship in 1991, will not be renewed, sources told The Associated Press. That leaves Daly with Callaway Golf as his only major sponsor.

Colin Montgomerie fumed over a triple-bogey 8 and an angry Bernhard Langer uncharacteristically threw a club away as the two leading contenders for the European money-winning title fell four strokes off the lead at the tour-ending Volvo Masters in Jerez, Spain.

England's Lee Westwood and Patrik Sjoland of Sweden led the field at 132 after 36 holes. Montgomerie shot a 1-under-par 71 and Langer had a 70.

TENNIS: Top-ranked Pete Sampras survived a sore shoulder and beat Thomas Muster 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Paris Open and went to the clinic for precautionary X-rays. Gilbert Ysern, the chief referee of the tournament, said that Sampras had an inflammation of the shoulder.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov entered the semifinals for the second consecutive year by beating Greg Rusedski 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden had an easier time getting to the semifinals when Richard Krajicek had to quit in the middle of their quarterfinal because of a knee injury.

Venus Williams was ousted from the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, losing her quarterfinal-round match to top-seeded Jana Novotna 7-5, 6-4. Novotna next will face No. 4 seed Conchita Martinez, the only semifinalist to drop a set on the day. Martinez outlasted Sandrine Testud of France 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain was upset by Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-1, 7-6 (7-1).

MOTOR SPORTS: Bobby Hamilton, coming off a victory at Rockingham (N,C.), kept the hot hand at Phoenix International Raceway, winning the pole for the Dura-Lube 500.

Dan Davis, a longtime Ford executive, was named director of Ford Special Vehicle Operations and head of the company's worldwide auto racing efforts.

William Donaldson announced that he has resigned as executive vice president at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to help with strategic planning for the Indy Racing League and the speedway.

TRACK AND FIELD: Evelyn Ashford, a four-time Olympic gold medalist and former 100-meter world record-holder, and Renaldo Nehemiah, the first to break 13 seconds for the 110-meter hurdles, have been elected to the Track and Field Hall of Fame. Joining them in the Hall's Class of 1997 are 1964 Olympic 200-meter champion Henry Carr and three-time Olympic race walker Henry Laskau.

OLYMPICS: The stiffest anti-drug program in international sports will be in full operation within 30 days for American athletes. Random, no-notice, out-of-competition tests will be the final element of a strict anti-doping package adopted by the U.S. Olympic Committee a year ago.

FOOTBALL: Dallas Cowboys fullback Daryl Johnston is out for the rest of the season after having neck surgery. Johnston underwent surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas to repair a herniated neck disc.