European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday March 9,1987 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson right edges Donald Witherspoon in record time for the 60-meter dash. Drechsler Johnson race to world sprint records Indianapolis a East German Heik drechsler and Canadian Ben Johnson raced to consecutive sprint records saturday in the world indoor championships before a Hoosier dome crowd of 20,023, the largest Ever to watch an indoor  Long striding 22-year-old drechsler won the women s 200-meter dash in a world record 22.27 seconds after winning the Long jump with a leap of 23 feet 3 a inches. Her performance in the sprint came Only about 15minutes after Johnson the world s top ranked men s 100-meter runner won the men s 60 meters in a world record 6.41. A third world indoor record was broken in the men s5,000-meter walk by Mikhail Schennikov of the soviet Union who was timed in 18 27.79, but drechsler an Johnson were the real crowd pleases. The 5-foot-11 drechsler from East Germany who owns the world indoor and outdoor records in the Long jump and shares the world outdoor record in the 200,began by capturing the jump. Her Best jump came on her second of six tries an she knew it. After Landing in the pit she came up smiling and raised her left Arm indicating her pleasure with the Effort. Following that she had Only one More Legal jump before fouling on her last three attempts and bruising her left Heel on her next to last , after about an hour s rest she came Back for the 200 and showed no ill effects of the Heel injury. She established a big Early Lead and won handily breaking the record of 22.39, set by her country to Man Marita Koch in 1983. Drechsler and Koch who retired this year share the world outdoor record of 21.71, a time which drechsler ran twice last year. Drechsler s indoor record for the Long jump is 24-Omand her outdoor Mark is 24-5 a. While drechsler had a relatively easy time winning her two events Johnson s event was marred by two false starts. The first appeared to be called against Johnson but apparently was not charged against anyone in the eight Man Field. The second originally charged to the Canadian was changed and went against Christian Haas of West Germany. When the second false Start was first called against Johnson he walked disconsolately around the infield of the track. But the reprieve appeared to revive his spirits and in the race be was out swiftly As usual. His time broke the world record of 6.44, which Johnson had run twice earlier this year. In addition to those Marks Johnson set a world indoor record of 5.55for 50 meters this year and in 1986, he ran the fastest Ever sea level time of 9.95 for the 100. Lee Mcrae of the United states the Only sprinter to beat Johnson indoors this season finished second in 6.50, breaking the american record of 6.54 set by Houston Mctear in 1978. Graf beats Evert Lloyd for Crown key Biscayne Fla. Up third seed Steff Graf adding emphasis to her recent Rise to no. 2 in the world rankings trounced second seeded Chris Evert Lloyd in the final of the Upton International players championships saturday using her Power Ful forehand and an effective service return to Cam a 6-1,6-2 Triumph. Graf 17, of West Germany won $ 150,000 for he Victory Over Evert Lloyd who took Home $60,000. In a rematch of last year s tournament final won by Evert Lloyd Graf took 59 minutes to win her Sec Ond straight tournament. The hard hitting teenager lost Only 20 games in seven matches Here Graf has yet to lose a set this year and won the Virginia slims of Florida two weeks ago. In a men s semifinal saturday ninth seed Milos Lav Mecir of Czechoslovakia beat fourth seeded Yannick Noah of France 7-5,5-1, retired. Noah had sprained a shoulder in winning a quarterfinal match wednesday against Mats Wilander. Mecir and lend were to play the final sunday. Graf playing aggressively on Evert Lloyd s first serve broke Evert Lloyd seven of the eight times she served. Evert Lloyd broke Graf twice once in each set. The Victory was the second straight for Graf Over Evert Lloyd after losing the first six times the two  last week replaced Evert Lloyd As the no. 2 player in the computer rankings and beat Martina Navratilova the top seed and no. I player in the world to Advance to the  Lloyd also playing her second tournament of the year had not lost a set in the Lipton before the finals. She had been a third round loser in the Virginia slims of  can say i m no. 2 in the world Graf said. I tournament i won because i beat both of them. I m very surprised How easily i won. She Ever Lloyd was not playing her Best  Evert Lloyd said Graf played better than she expected. Martina s beaten me a couple times that badly she said. It s been a while though. She Graf is going to be very very hard to beat this year if she plays like  in the second set of the Mccier Noah match Noa grimaced frequently and appeared very uncomfortable on the court while his game was obviously Notum to the form he showed in advancing to the Semi  i went to the court today i Felt All right but then i was a Little tentative Noah said. The pain was not so bad but because maybe i had taken too Many pills i could t play and i Felt dizzy. My head was spinning and i could t see very Well. Chicago tops devils extends unbeaten Streak to 8 by the associated press East Rutherford no. Chi Cago defens Eman Doug Wilson scored two goals including the winning tall with 2 56 to play As the Blackhawk Defeated the new Jersey devils 4-3 to extend their unbeaten Streak to eight games. They have won six and tied two during the Streak. Wilson s game Winner came when he put his own rebound past devils goalie Craig Billington. Chicago began play two Points behind second place St. Louis and one ahead of fourth place Minnesota in the Morris division. In other games saturday whalers a flyers 3 Hartford Conn. Sylvain tur Geon scored two goals and goalie Mike list slopped 28 shots As Hartford beat Philadelphia to extend its unbeaten nil Roundup Streak to six games. It was the fourth two goal game for Turgon since he returned to the lineup Jan. 9 from an abdominal injury that kept him out of action the first half of the season. He has 16 goals in 28 games. Otlera5,caiudlens3 Edmonton Jan Kerri scored his45th and 46th goals of the season on setups from Wayne Gretzky to leaded Monton Over Montreal. Mark Messier scored two goals an Jaroslav Pouzar had the other for the oilers. Mike Mcphee Brian Skrudland and Ryan Walter scored for the Ca Nadies. Maple Leafs 7, islanders 2 Toronto Steve Thomas and Russ Courtnell scored two goals each to Lead Toronto Over new York. Rick Vaive Wendel dark and Pete Ihnacak also scored for Toronto which entered the game five Points Back of these. Louis blues and the fourth and final playoff berth in the Morris  5, Nordques 5 Quebec Christian Ruttur s goal 37seconds into the third period lifted Buffalo to a tie with the Quebec nordic resin the first game of a Home and Home series. The tie allowed Quebec to hold on to fourth place and the last playoff spot in the Adams division. The Nordques whose 57 Points Are two More than Buffalo has were to play at Buffalo sunday night. Penguins 7, North Stan 3bloomington, Minn. Mario Lemieux and Troy Loney scored in the opening 1 33, and Pittsburgh went on to beat Minnesota. The Triumph was Pittsburgh s third Over Minnesota in As Many meetings this  scored his 44th and 45th goals of the year. Dave Hannan also scored twice for Pittsburgh while Randy Cunneyworth and Dan Quinn each added a goal and two assists. Dino Ciccarelli scored his 49th and50th goals while Dirk Graham also scored for  5, red wings 3 St. Louis Bernie Federko score the go ahead goal and set up Greg Paslawski s game Winner with an assist leading St. Louis Over Detroit. Bruins 3, capitals 2, Otbo Ston Steve Kasper convened the rebound of Ray Bourque s shot fro the Point for a Power play goal to give Boston a Victory Over Washington