European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 17 Nyambri top world indoor records Don Paige in stride betters 9yearold Mark new York up Don the former Villanova track broke the 9yearold world indoor record in the run and Suleiman Nyambri broke the world indoor re Cord Friday night to highlight the 74th annual Wanamaker millrose helped by a fast Pace set by evil Lariva team mate Mark Paige broke the record of set by Mark Winzenried on in Louis with a time of in other meet Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland won the Wanamaker mile for the third straight year and fourth time in five tying the american indoor record of Renaldo Nehe Miah easily captured the mens 60yard hurdles and Stanley Floyd out sprinted a Strong Field to win the 60yard Belger broke out from the Field at the Start and set a very fast cruising through the first Quarter mile in 54 seconds and leading Paige until one Lap was left in the at that Paige suddenly sprinted from the Back of the passed the tiring and pulled away As the crowd of 211 stood and cheered for a behind who won this event three consecutive years before Bill Martin captured the race last was Mike Boit in Belger finished third in and Martin was fourth in Paige said that he strained tendons in his left ankle in a meet in los Angeles last week and i Haven really trained this the millrose is always my Peak last week i tried for the this week i just wanted to but my foot Felt Good and i heard that we were on a record maybe not training for two weeks in the Alberto who thrilled local crowds last fall by winning the new York City led until two laps were left in the when the olympic Silver medallist in the passed him and went on to win in that time eclipsed the Mark of by Emiel Puttemans in Salazar was second in South african Sydney who was involved in a controversy involving his finished fifth in the race and was never a in the which featured one of the strongest Fields of the Craig Masback of the new York Pioneer apparently the designated Rab bit of the set a fast Early he led through the first half mile in before being overtaken by Ray Coghland countryman from As Masback quickly dropped Back into the Coghlan and american Star Steve Scott sprinted to the the three remained in that order until the last when Coghlan used a burst of Speed to pass Flynn while Scott struggled in a vain attempt to hold onto with the crowd again standing and cheering for a Coghlan maintained his Lead and tied the record set a year ago by Flynn was second in while Thomas Wes Singh age of West Germany passed Scott in the last 50 Yards to place third in Scott was fourth in in the sprint results earlier in the Nehe Miah continued to dominate the hurdles season with a time of in the 60yard Benita Fitzge Rald sprung a upset in the women 60yard Chandra Cheeseborough outlasted a Tough Field to win the women 60 in and Stanley Floyd won the mens 60 in the world indoor record Holder who last week set a world record in the 50yard easily outdistanced five competitors in the final with a time of that was faster than Greg Fosters winning time last year of when Nehemiah was unable to compete because of an but it was Well Short of his world indoor record of competing finished in a time of three time defending Champion Houston running for the first time this was eliminated in the trials while University of Georgia football Star Herschel Walker made it to the where he finished second was Carl Lewis of the University of Houston in and a shocking third was Emmit an unattached runner from in in the women High Joni Huntley of the Pacific coast club was the tying her Ameri can indoor record of 6feet4 which she set last year at the millrose she then missed three times at a world record of in the women Maggie Keyes of Cal poly state took a 20yard Lead at the Start and surprised preface favourites Jan Merrill and Francie Larrieu to win in a time of Merrill and Larrieu were both timed in the four russian athletes who were scheduled to compete suddenly pulled out before the meet As a protest against the decision that allowed a Villanova to the soviet group included olympic Gold medallists Vera Komi Sova and Lyudmila the controversy Over Maree flared earlier this week when millrose director Howard Schmertz at tempted to get him eligible for the the inter National Amateur athletic federation bans All South african athletes from competing in International but Schmertz claimed that Maree was to become an american citizen this on Isaaf president Adriaan Paulen decided that Maree was Brad Pursley of Abilene Christian won the pole vault at Connors Nefs rare win Over Borg in Challenge Toronto up Jimmy ending a subservience that had lasted 26 Defeated five time Wimbledon Champion Bjorn Borg 63 Friday night in the third round of the Tennis the 28yearold in one of the most memorable comebacks Ever staged against rallied from a 14 deficit to take the first set with three service Breaks and completely dominated the second set As borgs machine like style broke it was Connors first Victory Over the super swede since the South american open in november 1978 and reopened one of the most colourful and dramatic rivalries in ten since Borg had run off nine straight we produced great said con who claimed the Bounty As the first player in the tournament to defeat Ever time i play there is great i enjoy it and in going to play him that whats great about who appeared to be Rushing his shots in the Early tied the first set when he broke borgs service and dead locked the game and began a string of four straight service Breaks against his 1ranked the last five or six times i played him Ive had some difficulty but Ive always been anxious for the next when we we and i always know ill face him five or six times a year that Beautiful for Beautiful for one of the few players in the game who does not shy from rallying with con nors roared out to a 50 Lead in the second set before Borg managed to break Back once after the outcome was the lat night match came As a much needed thriller to a tournament that had been plagued with poor temper tantrums and a default by Hie Nastase be cause of obscene language and some fans who paid up to a seat for boxes for the entire week attended the third round which were essentially extravagant John Mcenroe and Vitas Gerulaitis were already assured berths in saturdays semifinals after emerging from the first two rounds undefeated under the tournaments double elimination in semifinal Mcenroe was to face while Connors was to meet Mcenroe earlier staged a methodical using a Strong return and Superior to prevail 63 Over Gerlai Mcenroe and Gerulaitis staged a one 20minute match which had Only one rally that went More than 10 and was for the most part a Case of my serve your it was really a Case of one player hold ing serve until the other one said the number two ranked player in the he was serving very Well at times and he made a lot of but i had a Good return i was getting Good place the 22yearold open Champion re lied on his customary aggressive play at the net to break the seventh ranked Gerulaitis in the eighth game of the first set and the seventh game of the second Gerulaitis served six aces but was often he lost the first set when he double faulted in the ninth Mcenroe said he was not concerned about whom he met in saturdays it Doest really matter whether i face Jimmy or Bjorn Borg but i do want to know just who it will be before i turn in for the he i change any thing about my preparation like i eat a hamburger if i faced Borg and a Steak if i faced but mentally you like to know who youre facing the next in afternoon matches Between players Al ready eliminated from the american Sandy Mayer Defeated Wojtek Fibak of and South african John Kriek downed romanian Hie Scholastic Mark cracked in 800 new York a John mar a 17yearold senior at Plain High set a National Scholastic indoor record of 1 seconds for 800 meters Friday night in the millrose games at mad Ison Square who finished second in the race to Peter broke the previous Mark of set by Larry Kelly in 1965 at in winning the millrose 800 for the second consecutive was clocked in
