Walt Walvick and Co., Bermuda Bowl winners in 1995 and runners-up in both 1996 (Olympiad) and 1997 (Bermuda Bowl) were sent packing yesterday by Team Magic, the Swedish team captained by Tomas Brenning. Sweden pulled away at the end to win easily, 132-84, in the Round of 32 match in the Vivendi Rosenblum Teams.

The histrionics of 1-IMP victories was not repeated - all but one match was decided by a double-digit margin. The exception - the American team captained by Bart Bramley had to pull out all the stops to eliminate Berry Westra's team from the Netherlands, 113-106.

Today's matches:

5 American teams still in McConnell

China scores gigantic win in Louis Vuitton McConnell The Chinese team captained by Gang Liu scored just under 4 IMPs per board to ring up a convincing 219-61 victory over the Netherlands team led by Betty Speelman.

China faces a rugged foe today - the powerful Austrian squad led by Marie Erhart. In a battle of American giants, Alan Truscott's squad edged the team captained by Kathie Wei-Sender by only 6 points.

Going into today's Round of Eight, the United States still had four teams. China, Austria, Germany and France have one team apiece.

Today's matches:

Paolo Marino and Daniele Pagani of Italy tied for the Lipton Ice Tea Junior Triathlon championship. They compiled the best total scores in the teams, pairs and individual.

R. Jagniewski of Poland averaged just under 67% for three sessions to score a solid triumph in the Lipton Ice Tea Junior Individual, which drew 112 players.

M. Schollaart of the Netherlands was next with 61.15%. Tom Carmichael of the United States took third place with 60.52%.

The team captained by Andrzej Orlow of Poland pulled away to a 7 Victory Point lead in the Elf Senior Teams after two days of play. The four teams at the top of the standings after today's play will qualify for tomorrow's semifinals.

ORLOW, with 158 VPs is the only team that has won all eight of its matches. The United States team captained by Robert Rosen is second with 151. They have lost two matches by small margins. Karl Rohan of Austria is third with 143 points, followed by John Solodar of the United States with 142. A host of teams still are close enough to break into the top four.