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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 18, 1986 stars and stripes Page 25 Navratilova clips Evert in 57 minutes Dallas a Martina Navratilova overpowered Arch rival Chris Evert Lloyd 6-2, 6-1 in 57 minutes sunday to capture the Virginia slims of Dallas tournament for the seventh time. The 29-year-old Navratilova a naturalized citizen who lives in fort Worth administered the third worst whipping in her 13-year series of matches with Lloyd. Navratilova now is 36-32 against Lloyd and has won 14 of her last 15 indoor matches with Lloyd. Navratilova who recently passed the $10 million Mark in earnings broke Lloyd s service three times in the first set and the rout was on be fore a capacity crowd of 10,000 in Moody coliseum. Lloyd 31, of Boca Raton fla., had to resort to her second serve 18 times As Navratilova came to the net for some acrobatic volleys and game winners. She never broke Navratilova s service. It was their first meeting since the australian open in november. It looked easy but it want said Navratilova. I played the match Over in my head last night and i did t get to sleep until 1  Navratilova said she sensed Lloyd s tentative Ness at the Start of the match. I Felt Chris was nervous at the beginning and i did t feel threat ened said Navratilova. I did t think she could Hurt  Navratilova earned $40,000 for first place and Lloyd who won Here in 1974, got $20,000. Navratilova also clinched first place in the Vir Ginia slims Point standings. She played her Best and she s hard to beat when she plays her Best said Lloyd. She had no in forced  Lloyd said her problems beg nearly. My first serve let me Down and it had been Good All week she said. It was Navratilova s worst defeat of Lloyd since she beat her in the 1984 Amelia Allen tournament 6-2, 6-0. Navratilova also Defeated Lloyd by a 6-2, 6-0 score in the 1983 Vir Ginia slims of new York. Hester starts year with psf Ever Ace Heidelberg is sunday was a Day of firsts for Bill Hesler. Playing his first round of the year Hesler scored his first Hole in one when he Sank an 8-Iron shot on the 140-Yard no. 7 Hole at the Heidelberg Golf club. It was also the first Ace of the year scored on the Heidelberg course. Hesler the assistant circulation manager at the stars and stripes was playing with Joe Checkley and Jim Marshall of Heidelberg. Houston says probe planned of alleged football payments Houston a an Independent outside investigation will be conducted into published allegations that University of Houston football coach Bill Yeoman and his assistants illicitly doled out thousands of dollars to certain players the school s ath Letic director said. Torn Ford also said that the school s intercollegiate athletic Council would be convened to consider the allegations which appeared during the weekend in copyright stories in the Houston Post. Several former Cougar players were quoted on the payments in the reports they also told of other apparent Mcaa violations involving their status As students. The Post said saturday that Star wide receivers David Roberson and Lonell Phea who played in the late 1970s and Early 1980s, signed affidavits stating they received More than $26,000 Between them Over a four year period the Post said six others who played in the Early 1980s confirmed reports of Cash disbursements to players. Yeoman declined to comment on the claims and referred All questions to Ford. It s your Story. Write what you want to Yeoman told the Post. On sunday the Post reported that Roberson was allowed to remain in school and play football even though he was placed on athletic suspension for five of his nine semesters at the University. The Post quoted Phea As saying top ath letes regularly enrolled in Only nine hours per semester less than the minimum required for status As a full time student and that he and other athletes were encouraged to take less demanding classes. But they kept us in school Phea said. Coach Yeoman wanted me for nothing but football. He did t have no use for me other than that. I Ain t took no math or English since the first year i was there. But they could t afford to let me go Down because 1 was one of the key  there is a four year statute of limitations for the Mcaa to punish a school for violations. The Cash payment violations alleged by Roberson and Phea fall outside of that stat Ute but Mcaa enforcement official Bob Minnix told the fort Worth Star Telegram that if a current coaching staff is involved the Mcaa would conduct an investigation to some  if current violations Are found at us old violations could be used against the school to form what the Mcaa Calls a pattern for  Roberson s us academic transcript shows that he was on academic suspension five of the nine semesters he attended there yet he continued to attend school and play football the Post reported. After the fall semester of 1981, Roberson was suspended for one semester according to his transcript. However he was allowed to attend school the next semester the postpaid. After the summer semester of 1982, Roberson was suspended for two semesters but was allowed to attend school the next semester the newspaper said. After that semester the fall of 1982 Roberson was suspended again with the notation on his transcript that no further enrolment should be  yet Roberson attended school the next semester. The following semester the fall of 1983 Roberson again was suspended with another no enrolment notation. By this time he had completed his foot Ball eligibility and was suspended the next semester 37 hours Short of graduation. Roberson was a business education major in the College of technology although he took Only two business courses in his four years at us according to his transcript. Of boy said Lawrence Wolf Dean of the College of technology when told of Roberson s transcript. It seems strange the athlete could be suspended so Many times and continue to be readmitted Wolf said. In addition to receiving at least $18,000" during the four years he was at us Plica said he was allowed unrestricted use of the athletic department s wats line for Long distance Telephone Calls and was Given a jewelry store credit card that he used to buy expensive gifts for women he was dating. I did t get As much As Lonell. The most i got was about $375 and sometimes $250.1 think in my four years i probably totalled Between $8,000 and $10,000," Roberson said. Roberson said Yeoman kept Money for players in an envelope in the left Side Bot Tom drawer of his desk. It was a big Enve Lope and it had nothing but 100s in  a us Booster Steve Saxenian jr., owner of a carpet store once gave him $200 at a us basketball game Roberson said. I Don t recall Ever giving Roberson Money at a basketball game Saxenian told the Post although he acknowledged that Roberson was paid for cutting the grass at a House he owned. Roberson said Saxenian s wife paid him separately for the Yard work with $100 Bills and that the $200 was in addition to that. Phea said us officials dealt strictly in Cash and refused to arrange financing for athletes cars because of a one year Proba Tion the school received from the Mcaa in connection with a car that Darrell Shepard received after signing with the cougars. Kiehl captures super a at Vail Vail Colo. A West Germany s Marina Kiehl captured the 1986 women s world cup super giant slalom title win Ning the final super a of the season on Sun Day by 24-hundredths of a second Over aus Tria s Anita Wachter. Canada s Liisa Savi Jarvi placed third followed by West German Michaela Gerg Laurie Graham of Canada and Sigrid Wolf of Austria. Kiehl maintaining an aerodynamic tuck and keeping her skis Flat on the Snow for most of her run was timed in 1 minute 23.40 seconds. Wachter starting in the second seed had the fastest intermediate time but was slow on the Bottom of the course and was clocked in 1 23.64. Savi Jarvi who won the previous super a in Japan had a 1 23.90. Gerg had a time of 1 23.95, Graham came in at 1 24.37 and Wolf in 1 24.38. Pam Fletcher of Acton mass., who won saturday s downhill attacked the super a course and had the second fastest intermediate time but hooked a Gate and fell just three Gates from the finish. Kiehl who entered the final race As the super a standings Leader with a three Point Edge Over Italy s Micaela Marzola and a nine Point advantage on Savi Jarvi earned 25 Points with the Victory to finish the year with 75. Savi Jarvi took second with 56points. This is the first year the world cup has awarded a title in super a a hybrid be tween downhill and giant slalom. It was the first super a Ever held in the United states. The women s Overall standings changed Only slightly As a result of sunday s race. Switzerland s Maria Walliser finished in a tie for 12th, adding four Points to her Lead ing total and giving her 275 for the year. Runner up Erika Hess also of Switzer land finished 15th sunday but she remained at 238 Points because Only a skier s top three results in super a Are figured into the Overall total and Hess already had three better finishes in the discipline. Four races three giant slalom and a slalom remain on the women s schedule this season. Kiehl 21, of Munich has rapidly become a super a specialist having won five of the 13 races contested in the discipline. It was her second super a Triumph this season. Fletcher starting 38th, threw a scare into Kiehl. If Pam had finished it would have been close said Kiehl. Fletcher suffered a slight ankle sprain in her fall. I Don t think it s serious she said. I can t believe i hooked a tip. I did t need to do  the top american was Eva Tward Okens of Squaw Valley calif., who was 17th in 1 25.19. Wasmeier wins men s super a Whistler British Columbia a Markus Wasmeier of West Germany blistered an icy Whistler Mountain course in 1 minute 43.23 seconds sunday to win a world cup super giant slalom by nearly two seconds. The Victory for Wasmeier one of Only three skiers to score Points in All four Al Pine disciplines this season gave him the super a title with 105 Points in five races. Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland who could have caught Wasmeier with a Victory if Wasmeier had finished out of the top 10, was ninth in 1 45.69. He finished the season with 67 Points. It was the second super giant slalom Vic tory of the season for Wasmeier who also has two seconds and a third. Martin Hangl of Switzerland who started 21st, was second sunday in 1 44.94, with Peter Roth of West Germany third in 1 45.25. Hans Enn of Austria was fourth in 1 45.35 and Michael Eder completed a Strong showing for West Germany with a fifth place finish in 1 45.38. Shape rallies to take european forces swim title Munich the shape seals re bounded from a slow Start Here sunday to overwhelm the Field and continue domination of the european forces swim league. The Victory by the seals their fifth in seven years overshadowed record performances by Munich Dolphin Chrissy Planje and Patch Piranha Aryn Ballard. Planje swimming in the 15 to 19-year old division took three firsts. Ballard won three individual events for 11 to 12-year Olds and chalked up another Victory As a member of the winning relay squad. Kaiserslautern s Kingfish jumped out to a Quick Lead Over favored shape which brought a Strong contingent of 58 swim mers to the ninth annual meet. At the Midway Point Kaiserslautern had a slim 504-497 Lead Over shape with the Berlin Bear a cudas third with 430 Points. A Small but competitive Canadian team from Lahr was fourth. The seals reversed positions in the Sec Ond half of the meet and once in front the seals of coach Al Thomson never looked Back. After the final tally shape amassed 1,337 Points to 1,103 for Kaiserslautern. Berlin was third with 1,017 and the Lahr beavers fourth at 882. More than 500 swimmers representing 17 teams in three countries travelled to Munich s olympic swim Center for the meet  
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