European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 21,1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports so Norman wins open App Noto Australia s Greg no Maui. Winsby 5strokes by Bob Green to Turnberry Scotland a bolstered by support from the greatest player i be Ever seen and fighting away a haunting memory Greg Norman won the one he wanted when i hit thai shot on the eighth Hole that was it. I was walking up to the eighth Green and i said to myself Well Guys i m playing too Good. You can t shut the Gate now1, Norman  was right. No one even came close to shutting the Gate. Not this time. Not on this Bright sunny Day on Scotland s Western coast. Norman leading All the Way shot a final round 69 and coasted to a a Shol Victory sunday in the il5lh British open Golf championship. He was virtually unchallenged. He led by three shots when he walked off the first Green and no one Ever got closer. I got the Monkey off my Back said Norman who led by a Tingle stroke going into the final round of both the Masien and the . Open earlier his season and let both get away. He admitted those memories at tempted to crowd to the front of his mind. It s something you think about he said. I d be a liar if said those thoughts weren t there. But you try to keep it out of your  he got a Little help in that area. Last night he said i was having dinner and Jack Miklaus slopped by my table. He said he wanted to talk to me so i said sure i pushed Back my chair and he Sal Down and he said nobody wants you to win this tournament More than i do. You deserve to win one he gave me a couple of Little tips like concentrating on grip pressure. Coming from the greatest player i be Ever seen that was something really Spe Cial 1 choked up. That really helped. And when i walked off 18, Jack was the first Man 10 congratulate me said Norman who scored his first major tournament Triumph with a 280 score even Par for four trips Over to Rabeiro s Ailsa course. It came with something approaching ease just As he d wan Ledit to. I always thought i d like to win my first Mjor by a lot not have to make a 4 footer on the last Hole so i could savor it savor the moment the Jaunty australian said. He did. He was so relaxed so comfortable he stretched out full length by his Golf Bagon the 16th Fairway while wailing Tor Tommy Nakajima to play a third shot. By that time it was Over. Norman s approach from the rough on the eighth slopped five feet from the Flag. He tapped it in for a Birdie and reached the turn with a a Shol margin when a Beautiful approach shot nestled in some 30 inches from the cup on the 14th. Norman had a 6-Strqke Lead and from that Point on it was simply a struggle for second place. Norman who has already set a single season Money winning record in the United state with 1547,779, added an other 1105,000 to his bankroll with this the most important Victory of his Globe trotting career. It also established him As the leading player in the world. In his last eight starts he has won three times been Sec Ond in three including the masters had see open on Page 26 Witherspoon stops Bruno in 11 the London up1 Tim Witherspoon snuffed Rutan 89-year-old British dream saturday when be thumped Frank Bruno into submission at the end of the Mill round to retain his world boxing association . Bruno who was bidding to become the first British bom heavyweight to win the world title since Bob  took it in 1897, had his dream ended by three thunderous rights on the Chin forcing his Comer to throw in the Towel. Withespoon weighed in at a flabby 234 pounds but Bruno it 227, could nol capitalize on his lethargy. "1 knew i could get him said Wilhen Poon whose record is now 2s-2, dreamed it would go this  the fight before a crowd of 40.000-ptus in Wembley stadium Drew a wild and riotous response from hundreds of Bruno supporters who charged the police cordon that escorted the Champion and his handlers Ann the ring. Police said later there were injures and a me arrests but could not give exact figures. He was great but i was greater Witherspoon Al i Gat a Lough fight. I Don t think be should quit and to should get another Chance because he was deter Koed to bring Britain some  told each other afterwards that we loved each other like  Bruno occasionally rocked the Champion with right hands thai pierced Witherspoon i Slack defense and the american who maintained his record of never having been knocked off his feet in he professional career said he hit me As hard As anyone Ever  it was feared the 24-year-old briton had suffered broken jaw during Witherspoon s i Lih round barrage. Bruno s manager Terry Lawless said sunday in fighter was taken to a Hospital because of the swelling on the left Side of his face. Frank bad half a dozen precautionary a rays on his jaw and pm Happy to report that he was Dis charged without need of treatment Lawless said. There is no serious damage just swelling and bruising caused by those last few punches. I be spoken to him on the phone and the biggest injury is to his Pride. He s a bit sore but he s in perfectly Good  Champion extra weight seemed to affect his mobility. The fight stifled sluggishly and the Pace slackened in the first few rounds Bruno tried to up the Tempo in the fourth As he lagged Witherspoon with a series of hard jabs. Witherspoon appeared tired at the end of the fourth and walked into More jabs in the fifth but started to score with his right. Bruno seemed to freeze in the sixth even though Witherspoon still seemed Ponder Ous. The londoner caused swelling under Witherspoon s left Eye in the seventh but the Champion bloodied Bruno s nose in a fierce Exchange. The seventh passed without the knockout Witherspoon had predicted. The eighth and ninth followed a Simitar pattern although Bruno tried to mount a Challenge As he backed the Champion onto the  maintained the assault in the i oth even taking a right to the Chin on the Bell and looking unshaken. Then came Witherspoon s Lith round assault. He pinned Bruno in the Comer rocked him with a swing ing left and ripped his exposed Chin with three rights. Bruno then slipped to the Canvas. Referee Isidro Rodriguez called a Hall As Lawless threw in the Towel with the Bell ringing for the end of the round. Withespoon will fight Tony Tubbs in the next stage or promoter Don King s program to unify the world heavyweight championship. Witherspoon beat Tubbs on Points Over 15 rounds at Atlanta Jan. 17 to win the Aba verion of the title. Yanks Lemond captures Lead in tour de France Serre Chevalier France up american Greg Lemon took the Overall Lead from team mate and five time Champton Ber Nard Tinault sunday on the 17lh Kate of the tour de France Cycle Clastic i spaniard Eduardo Choza Fin listed alone to win the stage through the High Alps in 5 hours j2 minutes 52 seconds. Sunday s stage ended Wilh a Steep climb up the 7,91 7-foot col de Organon. Lemond the first american Ever to Wear the race Leader s Yel Tow Jersey in the tour s 83-year Ory finish shed 6 minutes. 26 seconds later. Switzerland s in Zim Kennann placed third and colom Bian Samuel Cabrera fourth. . Cagers nip soviets in final Madrid Spain Jap guard Kenny Smith scored 14 of his 23 Points in the second half As the United states held off a late rally and beat the soviet Union 87-85 sunday night to win the world basketball championship. Center David Robinson scored 20points, 17 in the finl half As the Ameri cans won their first world championship since 1954. The soviets who beat the americans by one Point in the final of the last Cham a on Shim in Colombia four years ago rallied from an 18-Point deficit Wilh 7 45 to  soviets Cut the Lead to two twice in the final minute As the crowd of 9,300 chanted Russia  Valdemaras Kho Michus hit a three Point Shol from the left Corner to make n s j-83 Wilh to seconds to go. Smith a 6-foot-3 guard from North Carolina made it 87-83 on a Dave with 15 seconds left. Sergei Tarakanov scored on a inside move making it 87-85 with 10 seconds to go the americans lost the Ball on an in Bounds pass with four seconds left but Valdis Valters missed a desperation Shol at the  a tight Man to Man defense and a running offence the americans never trailed in the first half. They took their biggest Lead 10 Points when Reserve Brian Shaw of the University of California Santa Barbara banked in a follow up shot with three seconds left in the half Robinson 6-foot-11 from Navy opened the scoring with a follow up an dominated the first half with a series of inside moves 15-foot jump shots and several blocks. He outdo Etc 7-1 Center Arvida Sabonis who bad six Points in the  Bogues the 5-3 guard from Wake Forest ran the fast break to perfection dishing off six assists. In earlier tournament games Here Sun Day Spain beat Italy 8749 to finish fifth and China nipped Greece 112-111 on a Basket by Wang Libin Wilh five seconds left. China wound up in ninth place. Spain finished fourth in the test world championship in 1982 and was the Silver medallist at the 1984 olympics behind the United states. The top scorer for Spain was Jordi Villacampa with 23 Points. Renato Villalta led Italy with 18. Greece overcame a 110-105 deficit logo ahead 111-110 in the last minute. Nietos Gallis scored a three Point shot. Then after a foul shot he put Greece ahead with 59 seconds  China missed Greece had the Ball with 40 seconds left. However after Greece missed a shot. China look posses Sion and Libin scored from underneath. Gallis quickly brought the Ball up court but lost control just after the half Coon line Gallis wound up with 49 Points. He took the scaring tic for the tournament finishing with 337 Points in the to game tournament