Orioles’ Wells Has Heart Checked

Baltimore pitcher David Wells was hospitalized in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to undergo tests for a rapid heartbeat, but Oriole officials have no reason to believe the problem is serious. . . . Chicago Cub third baseman Dave Magadan had a bone spur removed from his left hand and will be out six to eight weeks. . . . Craig Griffey, the younger brother of Ken Griffey Jr., and pitcher Mac Suzuki of Japan were sent down by the Seattle Mariners. . . . Bill Nicholson, 81, a member of the Philadelphia Phillies’ “Whiz Kids,” died of a heart attack at his home in Chestertown, Md.