European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes monday june 29,1987 Moses regains winning form san Jose. Calif. A Edwin Moses avenged his Only loss in 10 years by decisively beating Danny Harris inthe. Men s too Mctyr intermediate hurdles and Mark Witherspoon upset Ca Llewis in the men s 100-meter dash sat urday in the Usa Mobil outdoor track and Field championships. Harris ended Moses 122-Racc winning Streak on june 4 at Madrid the first loss for the two time olympic Champion since August 1977.on saturday Harris was no match for Moses. Harris 21, the three Lime inca Champion from Iowa slate led at inc first hurdle. But hat was the Only time he was in front. Moses took a slight Lead by the second hurdle and moved smartly away from Ham s the rest of the Way. When Harris went Over the seventh hurdle slightly off balance the Battle was Over. Moses 31, was limed in 47.99 second sin beating Karris by about 10 Yards. Har Ris the olympic Silver medallist was clocked in 48.70, just ahead of David Patrick third in 48.76. Moses had said if he did t make an technical mistakes he could beat Harris who was in the sixth Grade when Moses began the longest winning Streak Ever by a track athlete. Moses form on saturday was nearly flawless although he did t come close to his world record of 47.02. I hit the first hurdle and probably another moms said. "1 lost a whole step at the Start just like pc steady in the semifinals Bui liter were no other mistakes and he won impressively to inc cheers of a crowd of 13,724 at san Jose cily col paid tribute to Moses but said Moses could be beaten again. You have to give him credit Harris said. He came Back and ran like Champion. I still feel i can Beal Edwin. My Confidence is at a High level. Youcan t win every Moses has now won 125 of 126 races Over the last 10 years. I m glad it s Over Moses said of in hoopla surrounding his rematch with Harris. I think it is More exciting forthe fans rather than me winning a the Lime. I think it s Good for the sport Moses said he has heard the Rumor thai he s old he s slow he s washed up. They said the same thing about a Jirec Abdul Sabhar the 40-year-old Center who helped the los Angeles lakers Winthe Aba title this season. I never thought one race would make such an Impact on my career Moses won the men s 100 in 10,04, the Best by an american this year ending Lewis bid for a second triple in the National Witherspoon left edges Carl Lewis at the finish or the 100-meter dash saturday at the Usa Mobil meet in Caliroi. Lewis had won the 200 and Long jump on Friday and was attempting to Malin the three victories he accomplished inthe the 1983 meet at Indianapolis. But Witherspoon Lewis training partner rallied in the final 30 meters to overtake Early pacesetter let Mcrae of Pittsburgh then held off Lewis a the finish. Lewis finished in 10,05 and Mcrae in10.08. Despite the defeat Lewis will get a Hance to win four Gold medals in the Sec Ond world championships at Rome this summer. Such a feat would Maich his old medal haul in the 1984 olympics the first Hryce finishers in the race qualified for the 100 event in inc world championships and fourth place finisher Harvey glance limed in 10.21, will join them on the 400-meter relay learn. In the inaugural world championships at Helsinki Finland in 1983, Lewis won Gold medals in the 100, Lon jump and relay the three events in which he competed. Lewis suffering from an injured lower hamstring applied ice and electrical stimulation to the area after the race. The one reason i ran was to make the team he said. From the firs step Felt my leg hurting. 1 just relaxed All the Way. I just wanted to get in Lewis said he and Witherspoon were both injured but we re not dead Witherspoon who has been involve Din two Auto accidents in the past two months said he was bothered by an in jury to his right foot suffered while train ing on an indoor basketball court two weeks ago. Witherspoon said he wanted to with draw from the meet before thursday preliminaries but was talked into com Peting by Lewis. I was going to forget it Witherspoo said. He said a couple of Strong wow to me. He said it would be a shame if i did Trun. He forced me to Butch Reynolds the sensational Quarter Miler from Ohio state continued his winning performances in Fije men i 40cmeters. Reynolds the Mcaa Champion who has run the two fastest 400s Ever at Sealevel was pressed Early by Roddie Haley the 1933 Mcaa Champion from Arkan Sas. But the powerfully Buitt Reynolds put away the much smaller hate at the lop of the final Straightaway and won handily in 44.46 the time equated the meet and Slad Iuni records thai Reynolds set in Friday s semifinals. Azinger cards 63, leads by 3 in few Paul Azinger. Best round of my life Cromwell Conn. A Pau Lazinger shot an a under Par 63 on a Rainy saturday afternoon o take a three stroke Lead Over Wayne Levi after three rounds of the $700,000 Sammy Davis Hartford open. Azinger the pea tour s no. 2 Money Winner had birdies on Ehe third fourth fifth seventh 10th. Ill i7lhandl8lhhrles. His bogey free round fell one stroke Short of ii course record set by Las year s Winner Mac o Grady it was by far the Best round of my life Azinger said. Every drive i hit went exactly where i wanted. Every Iron i hit went exactly where i Azinger was at 16-under-Par 197after three rounds Over the Par-71, 6,786-Yard tournament players club of Connecticut course. His score through three rounds was two shots belter than the previous 54-Hole Standard for the tournament established in 1984 by Peter Jacobsen. Levi. The first round Leader shot a 68 saturday and was at 200. West German ukr hard Langer the 36-Hole Leader faltered to a 72 to drop into a tie with Gene Sauers at 202. Sauers had a 68saturday. Dan Forsman John Inman and Rob in Lohr were at 203, six strokes off the Lead. Inman and Lohr Shol 67s and Foreman had a 69. Git Morgan and Tim Simpson with 67s, and Doug Tewell with a 68, were at 204. . Open runner up Tom wat son had a 70 and was among three play ers at 20 5. Azinger who lied for third in last year s greater Hartford open fell from the Money winning Lead last week whence missed the Cut in the . Open. Scott Simpson who won the open moved into the earnings us but i silting out this tournament. Azinger 27, of Holyoke mass., has failed to finish higher than 25th since winning the Lai vegas invitational inlay. The reason i shot so Well today was because my Driver set me up aging Craid. Every tee shot was solid right where i wanted heavy rain interrupted play for an hour and 40 minutes before like leaders teed off and it rained through most of the afternoon. Aki Omachi of Tokyo was disqualified when he began play before the Siren sounded to officially resume the tournament
