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Cubs, Sanchez Sign 1-Year Deal The Cubs avoided arbitration withsecond baseman Rey Sanchez today by agreeing to terms on a one-yearcontract. Sanchez, 27, batted .285 last season after taking over forAll-Star Ryan Sandberg, who surprised the team by retiring.Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Polidor Killed in Robbery Attempt Former major league shortstopGustavo Polidor was shot and killed today when two men attempted tosteal his car and take his 1-year-old son. Polidor tried to make acomeback this year with the Florida Marlins as a replacement player,but he was dropped when the strike ended. "He just got back from theUnited States. He was going out on a shopping trip this morning withhis wife, Eduvigi, and his young son when they got him," the player'ssister, Milagros, said in a telephone interview. Polidor wasleaving his home in Santa Monica, a middle-class area in southwestCaracas, when two armed men approached his car, a police spokesmansaid. Polidor, 34, agreed to hand over the car but resisted when theattackers tried to take his son, Gustavo Adolfo. Polidor was shottwice in the head and died soon afterwards at a hospital near hishome, Milagros said. Polidor's son was not injured. Brits Take Lead in Paris Pairs Colin Montgomerie and Ian Woosnam ofBritain shot a combined 5-under-par 65 in Scotch foursomes today andtook a one-shot lead in the Paris Pairs event. Montgomerie andWoosnam, teaming up for the first time this week, closed with fourbirdies over the last five holes of the 6,539-yard St. Cloud courseto finish 11-under at par 129. Marbury Signs With Georgia Tech Stephon Marbury, the nation'stop-rated prep point guard, has signed with Georgia Tech, schoolofficials said today. Marbury's national letter of intent arrived atthe school this morning, spokesman Mike Finn said. BobbyHartstein, Marbury's coach at Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, hadtold the Daily News in New York that Marbury sent the letterThursday. Sanchez Vicario Defeats Grossman Top-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario,playing in her hometown, defeated No. 7 seed Ann Grossman of theUnited States 6-3, 7-5 today in the quarterfinals of the WTA outdoortournament. Sanchez Vicario's opponent in the semifinals will beAmanda Coetzer of South Africa, who beat sixth-seeded NathalieTauziat of France 6-2, 7-5.