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 dash. A photo drechsler Johnson race Jiff to world Spring records Indianapolis api 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 3vi performance in the sprint came Only about is minutes after Johnson the world s top ranked men s ,100-meter runner won the men s 60 meters in a world a record 6.41.a third world indoor record was broken in the me 5.000-meter walk by Mikhail Schennikov of the Union who was timed in 18 27.79, but drechsler Johnson were the real crowd pleases. Athe 5-foot-11 a drechsler from East Ger map who owns the world indoor and outdoor records info Lon jump and shares the world outdoor record Bine 200, began by capturing the jump. Fher Best jump came on her second of so tries and she knew it. After Landing in the pit me came unsmiling and raised her left Arm indicate inner pleasure with the Effort. Following that she had Only one Nelre Legal jump before fouling on her last three attempts Ana bruising her left Heel on her next to last try. Of then after about an hour s Resul he came Back forthe 200 and showed no ill effects Ojue Heel injury. Big Early Lead and won handily of 22.39, set by her country to she stashed breaking to record Man Nepta Koch in 1983. R ser and Koch who retired this year share Theu door record of 2 1 .7 1a time which drechsler Raff once last year. Ser s indoor record for the Long jump is 24-0 ii her outdoor Mark is 24-5 i. R while drechsler had a relatively easy time winning or 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 he 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 Mclearin 1978. Graf Mats even Lloyd Foff Crown Biscayne Fla. A sle Fli Graf adding Phasis to her recent Rise to no. 2 in the world rank Ings ripped Chris Evert Lloyd 6-1,6-2 saturday to Winthe International players championships. Graf who was seeded third Here because she move ahead of Evert Lloyd in the rankings Only this week needed just 59 minutes to beat Evert , Ivan lend overcame the elements his own temper and Jimmy Connors to reach the men s final with a wet and wild 3-6,7-6,7-6,6-3 semifinal Victory. In sunday s final Lendl was to play ninth Seede Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia in a rematch of their . Open final last year. Mecir advanced when shoulder injury forced fourth seed Yannick Noah of France to retire while trailing 7-5, 5-1 in saturday second semifinal. Graf lost Only 20 games in seven matches Here including her 6-3,6-2 rout of no. I Martina Navratilova in the semifinals. Graf earned $130,000. Even Lloyd took Home $60,000. The 17-year-old German broke Evert Lloyd s serve in every game except one. After losing her own serve in the first game she used an overpowering topspin fore hand and a slice backhand to dominate the next six ing. This is the biggest tournament i be Ever noted that Evert Lloyd was t playing her made some easy errors Graf said of her rival. Evert Lloyd said that May be True but the Way Graf played had a lot to do with her own mistakes. She played better than i expected Evert Lloyd said. She s going to be very hard to beat this year if she plays like the Lendl Connors match Lendl won the second set tiebreaker 9-7 on his eighth set Point Friday afternoon. After rain delayed the match at 6-6 in the third set Lendl came Back saturday to win the third set tiebreaker 11-9 on his seventh set Point saturday afternoon. He then broke Connors twice in the fourth set and held on to end the match after 4 hours 42 Days were extremely tense said Len who like Connors received a code of conduct violation Friday for arguing with officials. Yesterday Jimmy and i were the Only two people on the court we weren mad at we were mad at the Umpire the linesmen even the people in the wind was gust ing at 35 Mph Friday but conditions were much better saturday which also happened to be Lendl s 27th birthday. The restart was delayed two hours to dry the court after an Early morning rain but the Sun was shining and the wind was negligible during the think the delay helped me because yesterday was extremely Windy lend said and in extreme wind it s very Bard to serve Well. Jimmy s serve in t that Good anyway. All he does is twist it had 18 aces. Connors did t serve an Ace. Chicago lops devs extends unbeaten Freak to 8 by the associated East Rutherfordjr. Chi Cago defens Eman Doug Vilson score two goals including Tny winning tally with 2 56 to play As Thecla Hawks Defeated the new Jersey devils 4-3 to extend their unbeaten Streak to eight games. They have we six and tied two during the s game Winner came when he put his own rebound past devils goalie Craig Billington. / Chicago Beean Alay two Points behind second place and one ahead of fourth place a a Costa in the Morris division. In other Gaies saturday ers 5, flyers 3 hartf0rd, Conn. Sylvain tur Geon Scrofi two goals and goalie Mike tit stopped 28 shots As Hartford beat Philadelphia to extend its unbeaten nil Roundup Streak to six games. It was the fourth two goal game for Turgeon since he resumed 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. Oilers a canadians 3 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 Clark 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 Norn s a Nordques s 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 tie allowed Quebec to hold on to found place and the last playoff spot inthe Adams division. The Nordques whose 57 Points Are two More than Buffalo has were to play at Buffalo sunday night. Penguins 7, North stars 3 Bloomington Minn. Mariol Mieux 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 Fedurko 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 converted the rebound of Ray Bourque s shot fro the Point for a Power play goal to give Boston a Victory Over washing pcs
