European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 or the stars and stripes sunday july 26,19b7 Brisco smashes olympic fest record Durham . A olympic Champion Vale Ric Brisco a late entry sped loan easy record setting Victory Friday night in the women s 200-meter dash at the . Olympic festival. Brisco of los Angeles Jol out quickly and never was headed winning in 22.28 seconds the third fastest clocking by an american this year and smashing the festival Mark of 22.57 she had set in 1985. She also broke the stadium record of 23.07 established by Rae Australia in 1971. Brisco the american record Holder at 21.81, set in the 1984 los Angeles games did not enter the festival 200 until about five hours before the race. She was a tale replacement for Evelyn Ashford the world record Holder in inc women s 100, who withdrew because of injury. Another late withdrawal was Diane Dixon a 1984 olympian in the 1,600-Meier relay. No explanation was Given for her withdrawal. Brisco also the american record Holder in the 400 my Lars at 48.83 another record she set at the 1984 games where she won three golds was to try for a festival double saturday in la Quarter mile. She s also running sunday in the 1,600-meter relay Brisco won the 200, despite making a couple of mistakes. I came off inc curve in the wrong position. Had no lift and i was running too far Back Brisco said referring to her posture. Danny Etc Young of Jacksonville Fla. Finished a Dis Tant second in 22.96 and Randy givers of Venice. Calif., was third also in 22.96. Earlier Coleen Sommer the 1987 National Champi on equalled the . Olympic festival record in the women s High jump Clearing 6 feel 3 / inches. Sommer s performance matched the festival record set by Pam Spencer in 1981 and tied by Jane Clough in 1985.after Clearing her winning height Sommer of Chan Dler ariz., missed three times trying to equal her out door Best of 6-6, set in Duke s Wallace Wade stadium in 1982. I came very close on my last jump but i was Loo far away when 1 took off and it affected my jump Sommer said. I remember the last time i jumped 6-6 Here it seemed much easier. The new surface Here. Is harder than in was the last earlier Lance Deal uncorked the five bests losses in the Hammer throw in winning the first track and Field Gold medal. Deal 25, of Eugene ore., got off his Best loss on his last of six attempts 239-9. That was less than 4 feel Short of he meet record of 243-5, set last year by Ken Rax also of Eugene. Deal opened his series with a foul then had throws of 228-6,23s-5. 236-4, 236-0 and 2j9-9. James Driscoll of new Haven conn., finished Sec Ond at 224-9, and Mike Wrichman of Eugene was third at 214-11. After the first four events of the heptathlon the100-meter High hurdles High jump shot put and 200 meters Cathy Tyree of West Lafayette ind., had 3,490 Points and led runner up Sheila Tarr of Bakersfield calif., by 18 Points. The final three events Long jump discus and 800 meters were to be held saturday. Salt Lake s 27th straight ties record Salt Lake City a the Salt Lake trappers won their 27th consecutive game Friday night Matching the longest winning Streak in the history of organize baseball with a 7-2 Victory Over the Pocatello giants in a Pioneer league game. The trappers an Independent team and runaway leaders in the Southern division of the Rookie league had a Chance to break the record with a Victory saturday night at Home against Pocatello. The 27-game winning Streak equated the record Sei by Corsica a of the Texas league in 1902 and matched by the old Baltimore orioles of inc International league in 1921. The new York Gianoli set the major league record with 26 consecutive victories in 1916. The crowd of 7,657 at Derks Field had barely settled into heir Seal when the trappers put the game away with a six run firs inning. Jim Ferguson stole Home on the front end of a double steal before John Leake s rib single off loser Steve Connolly 2-3, made in 2-0. John Beuder then hit a grand slam his second Homer of the year to make it 6-0, right hander Kent Hetrick 6-1,went Alt the Way allowing five hits walking three and sinking out four Pocatello was the last team to beat the trappers winning 6-5 in Pocatello on june 24. According to manager Jim Gilli Gan the trappers were not worried As game time approached Friday. They be handled All this As Well As any Ball club i be seen he said. Ferguson who began the game second in the league in batting with a ,440 average said he and his team mates were looking Forward to the Chance to make history. There s no Way the learn will be Down for that he said. You come so close you want to go ahead and break the trappers entered the game As the top Hilling club in the league with a .349 team batting average and the top six hitters in me league. The trappers arc 30-3 and Lead Idaho Falls by 16 games in the Southern division standings. Magadan s 5 hits ignite mets by the associated press new York Dave Magadan is causing problems for new York met manager Davey Johnson but in s the kind of problem other managers envy. Magadan starting for the first time since june 26, and playing in Only his 45lh game of the year collected five hits in As Many at bats All singles and drove in one run As the mets Defeated the Houston astros7-4 to Complete the sweep of a double header Friday night in the first game Sid Fernandez pitched a five hitter for eight plus innings and Len. hit a run scoring single to break a fifth inning lie leading a 5-2 new York Victory. Magadan who played first base raised his average 10 ,295 and increased his rib total to 14. In s always been a problem trying to find playing time for him Johnson said. I promised Dave that i would give him More action in the second half. "what111 i do Bench Keith Heman no Roundup Dez then Hojo Howard Johnson ? they Are having outstanding seasons and i can t take them Oul. I be talked to Magadan and he under stands the situation. What i might do now is give Keith More rest. I definitely will not move Johnson to Short because that would be unfair to Rafael Santana because he is also having a great Magadan gave credit to Lee Mazzilli the leading Pinch hitter in the major this season for his perfect performance. He old me to go up to Bat with Confidence my first time explained mag Adan. When i got the firs hit Lee told me to go for the second and he talked me through the entire what about More playing time it s hard to explain when the other Guys Are playing so Well Magadan this is the first Lime in my career that the cards Haven t been dealt my Way. In the minors i found in distracting when other Guys were getting restless Ai trying to replace me. Ill never complain now because our main goal is to try to win the Pennant. All i can do is play one game at a Tim and whatever happens happens in the second game John Mitchell 2 2, allowed four runs and five hits in five innings. Jesse Orosco pitched the final two innings for his 14th save. Bob Knepper 3-12, lost his fourth in a Row. Allowing four runs on seven hits in three other games Friday glints 4, cardinals 3 san Francisco Mike Aldrete Srun scoring triple broke a fifth inning lie and Jeff Robinson allowed one hit Over the final three innings lifting san fran Cisco Over St. 3, rods 2 Montreal Neal Heaton pitched six Hitler Over 7v innings and drove in the winning run in the third leading Montreal Over Cincinnati and snapping the expos three game losing Streak. Phillies mar to 5 Philadelphia Mike Schmidt and Juan Samuel each drove in three runs leading Philadelphia Over Atlanta. Pinto 3, padres 2 san Diego Johnny Ray hit a two run double and Mike Dunne pitched seven Hitler Over seven innings lifting Pittsburgh Over san Diego. Cabs 6, dodgers 4 los Angeles Andre Dawson drove in three runs and hit a two run Homer in the seventh inning As Chicago handed los Angeles in sixth straight loss. Orioles win 1 oth straight by the associated press Baltimore the Baltimore Ori Oles could t find a Way to score an earned run against Kansas City pitching Friday but they managed to keep their longest winning Streak since 1982 alive with a 3-1 win Over the royals. In winning their i oth straight the Ori Oles struck for three unearned runs in the Bottom of the eighth for a come from behind Victory that delighted a Home crowd of 41,687 that included Marine la. Col. Oliver North. Kansas City s pitching staff extended its Streak of not allowing an earned run to 28 innings but could t manage a win. Both Baltimore runs in a 2-1 win thursday Over the royals were unearned. In seems Tike that old thing where the Ball bounces Well for you when you re in a Good Streak said Baltimore shortstop cat Ripken or. I Don t know if you can make your own Breaks sometimes you need a Little the orioles received All the help they needed from a pair of Royal errors thai led to the Ihrcke unearned runs in inc eighth inning. With the royals clinging to a one run Lead Larry sheets opened inc inning with Only the fifth hit off Kansas City Al Roundup starter Bud Black. Black was lifted for Sieve Farr who has blown four of his last five save opportunities. Farr walked Terry Kennedy. He then fielded a bunt by Ken Gerhart tried for a Force at third and threw the Ball Inlo left Field allowing the lying run to score. Rookie John Davis replaced fan arid walked Pinch hitter Jim Dwyer intentionally. Then after Billy Ripken hit into a Force out Cal Ripken hit a line drive to left. To Jackson who had a toy football thrown at him earlier in the inning dropped Ripken s drive allowing two More runs to score. Kansas City manager Billy Gardner whose team has lost 13 of us last 16, said i m not getting depressed but it s just a Lough Way to go Down to defeat. Our pitching has been outstanding but we just can l get any runs in other games Friday White sox a Yankee 2 Chicago hot hitting Harold Bains Ihrcke run Homer and a Solo Sli Olby Carllon Fisk powered last place Chi Cago Over first place new White sox snapped a three game losing i break and handed the Yankees i hair third straight defeat Matching their longest losing string of the season. Tigers 6, Annieb 3detroit Lou Whitaker and Kirk Gibson sparked a three run eighth inning with doubles leading Detroit Over Cali Hunneman 7-0, got the win with three innings of one hit sox a mariners 4 Boston Don Baylor s sixth in Ning Homer his first in More than a month gave Boston a Victory Over Seattle and Kepi the red sox from sink ing 10 games under .500 for the first Lime in 11 years. Zanerra 6, Indus 3cleveland Pete Incaviglia snapped an eighth inning lie with a run scoring double and Bob Brower and Larry Parrish hit two run homers As Texas do feared 10, athletics 2 Milwaukee Robin Yount Dou bled in the go ahead run in the fifth in Ning and Steve Keifer s i rec run Homer keyed a four run seventh inning As Mil Waukee beat a toss t�in�6 Toronto Juan Beni quiz and Rick Leach hit three run homers in the seventh inning 10 k and Toronto Over
