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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, September 2, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday septum bar 2,1986 the stars and stripes pegs 21 a my Inq amp Hula Mem  his wami atm beam Connors Jarryd ousted in open Becker advances by bos Greene new York a Jimmy Connors certainly was t impressed by Todd Todd woes Ken Thoon it up after  Jln Uny Connors in . Open. Appio he did t do anything  con nors did sunday. The 84th-Rankedwiiskcii eliminated the . Open s rive time Champion 6-2, 6-4, 7-5. Ali redid Connors said was keep a few balls in play. I think ctn a i the end he was doing his Best 10 give ii its me. Bui 1 wat doing my Best not to Lake  and the Sim cd cd Connors did t Lake it ending his Skircak of semifinal appearances in America s Premier Tennis event at 1 1, several years ago Guys in my Posi Tion never would feel they could beat  Witsken said. But now he s getting older and the buys Realise he beatable Hal we have a  Connors followed another seed 10 the sidelines in the third round. Earlier Sun Day. Gary Donnelly ranked 2llth in the world upset i 3lh-Secdc j Anders Jarryd of Sweden 6-3, 5-7, 6 1, 6-3. But Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker of West Germany the no. 3 seed won As did no. 7 Zakirn Nystrom of Sweden and no. 16 Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia. In the women s singles All of the seeded players moved into the fourth round led by no 1 Chris even Lloyd a sin time Winner and defending Champion Hana Mandrikova of Czechoslovakia who is seeded fourth. Others winning third round matches cart no. 6 crud 3 Kobe Kilsch of West Germany no. 7 Helena Sutkova of Czecho Slovakia no. 9 Manuela Malaga of bul Garia and no. 12 Zina Garrison and no4 Carina Lindqvist of Sweden. Wit Sven placing in his finl .open, said he fell Connors did i have the weapons to really Hurt him. He does t have a huge serve. He s not going to Start hitting winners. He Beals you by his toughness Wil skin said but you have � Tot of than and you get to hit a or l of balls and make a lot of things  the right hander from Carmel ind.,needed six match Points to close out the two hour 11-minute Victory Over the 33 year old Connors. Witsken a fourth round spot clinched leaped1 into he air in Victory after the final Point. The open has been one of the More successful tournaments in Connors Ca reer. Hal is the Only person a win themen s singles on All three surfaces on which it has been played grass in 1974, Clay in 1976 and hard count in 1975, 1932 and 1981 but sunday he made his carries a nil since losing to Australia s Job i  in the quarterfinals in 1973. The loss also ended Connors worst year Ever in grand slam events. Became of a 10-Monih suspension he could t play in the French open and he suffered a first round loss at Wimbledon. Last year he reached the semifinals Ofalt three grand slam tournaments. My game was Flat. My Zeal for the came was Flat and was Flat. It All equals vial Connors said. It was a combination of Witsken s see open on pose 26 Richmond wins rain delayed Southern 500 Darlington , a pole Sitter Tim Richmond passed Sill Elliott with seven laps remaining sunday to win inc Southern Sod Lascar Stock car race at Darlington International race Way Trie race was delayed by rain for 2 hours 16 minutes after the first 14 laps it was delayed again in the Lale going for about is laps. Richmond has won five of the last 11 races on the Winston cup circuit he passed Elliott on the front Straightaway after Elliott the 1985 Evert Winner hit inc wait in Lite first urn. Elliott whose win a year ego earned hint a is million Bonus had taken he Lead when Richmond s teammate Geoff boding. Ran out of is on Lap 352 of the 367-Lap event. Elliott hit the Mil in the first turn sending up Sparks and tire smoke. The crash slowed inc Pau Sony Kllc ca., native enough for Richmond to catch up. La was nerve wracking All Day Long Richmond said after his first Victory at Darlington unfortunately Bill had problems. If he had the d probably have won. He of his Darlington is Ripe Elliott said the car All of a sudden got Loose and i Tost  the thing is. You keep coming Here and sooner or later it s going to bite you Elliott said of the 1.366-Milespeedway. That s Whai ii did to  Richmond averaged i2l.068mph. He was the third straight pole Winner to Cap Ture the Southern 500, which this year ended Jii near darkness. Elliott did it Las year and Harry Gant won from the pole in j5s4. Richmond won s60.0ss of the1477.000 purse after leading five differ ent limes far a total om6b laps. He beat Bobby Allison by 2.3 seconds at the Fin ish. The Victory Kepi the Ashland Ohio resident in third place in the Winston cup standings Wilt 3,095 Points 223 Points behind Leader Dale Yainh Lidl and1m behind Darrell Wall rip. Wall rip finished fifth while Earnhardt was one Lap Down in ninth. A record eight Drivers were on the Lead a Al the finish and there were 16 Lead changes among nine Drivers. The rain had 12 cautions for 79 laps. Before he ran out of Gas Sodine handled to straight laps grabbing the Lead after a Camion on Lap 243 whoa earn Hardt had to make Pil slops on consecutive taps. Earnhardt lost the Lead when he pulled into the pits Loo fast hit one of his Crew members and had to return again to gel fresh lires on the led sid4 of his car. Richmond led the race which lasted 4hours, 8 minutes for the tint 5s laps 23 of which were run under caution and 83 of the first 90 Lap. Flodine who is Richmond stable male in the Hendrick motor sports team appeared to be running u we As Rich mond and led four different times for j 62 laps. Hulbert beats pal to win at Memphis Memphis Tenn. Apr Mike Hul Bert Sank a one fool Birdie putt on the 18th Hole sunday to beat his boyhood Friend Joey Sindelar by one stroke in the $605,912 Federal express St. Jude classic Hulbert one of four golfers to Tor he Lead entering sunday s play shot a 3 under Par 69 in the final round for a 72 Hole total of 2�0. It was Nice and Short Hulbert said of the pull that brought him the 5105,912 first priv. It Felt Fine and. I could  Joey in the background and hews Happy As a Lark and then it was Over i Sliu can t believe  Sindelar who started the final round two strokes behind the leaders had a final round 6& and was in the Lead at 7 under until Hulbert birdied the 16th Hole to tie for the  the Par-5 Isth As Sindelar waited near the Green for what appeared to be a playoff Hulbert hit his second shot into the rough on the right Side of Usu Fairway. About i2s Yards from the pin. His third shot hit the Green and rolled to within 12 inches of the cup. When it s your turn to win 1 Gutti it s your turn to win Hulben said after winning his first pea tour event. The 28-year-old Orlando Fla. Golfer grew up with Sindelar in Horseheads . They have been playing Golf together since the age of 10 and roomed together during the tournament. I know ail the folks at Home Are excited because they be been waiting for us to do something on the tour Sindelar said As Hulbert accepted the Winner s trophy and Check. Hulbert who had to Wail until displaying partners Gary Koch and Larry Nelson holed Oul 10 sink the Birdie putt said he was t nervous i Felt Fine he said. My hands went on the club and Felt Tine. When i stepped on no. I Iee 1 had some butter flies but 1 Felt   
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