European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 5, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Joyner Kersee wins Long jump Jackie Joyner Kersee s win nude her Only the second double Gold owner. Ryno Milluzzi Rome a Jackie Joyner scr Seelof the United slates won Hie women s Long jump at the world track and Fiel championships Friday to become inc second double Gold medallist of the meet. Jun or Kersic who wan the he Plath Ian last tuesday took the Long jump with a leap of 7.36 meters 24 icel v inches on her third attempt. The Silver Niedal went to Elena Bulc Skaya of the soviet Union at 7.14 23-5 /4. With East Germany s Hciks Dree scr third m 7.13 23-4v. Broch scr who shares the world re Cord with Joyner Kersey at 7.45 24-5w took Only four jumps before injuring her left knee. She passed her tilth jump and went Over to shake hands with the Amer ican. Meanwhile Tore ten Voss of Easl Ger Many was on the verge of ending Daley Thompson s nine year reign in the de Cathlon. Thompson about to have his string of eight consecutive major championships broken was seventh after nine events with 7,498 and had virtually had no Chance of retaining his title. The loss would Mark the British Star s tint defeat since aug. 31, 1978, at the european championships in Prague. Voss 24, had 7,908 Points entering the final discipline the 1,500 meters. To break Thompson s world record of 8,847 set 31 the 1984 olympics the Auto me chanic from gust Row had to run 4 min utes 1.89 seconds or less. The Long jump and decathlon were two of five Gold medals being decide Friday. Ginka Zagor Cheva of Bulgaria won the women s 100-meter hurdles to claim the first. Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway won the women s 10,000 meter Gold Niedal in an unofficial time of 31 minutes 05.85 seconds. The other final scheduled during the sixth Day of Competition was the men discus Voss has been the Overall Leader in inc decathlon ire the Mcmond event. Thompson. The double Hymric diam i on and three  Lii list has been bothered by a Groin injury All season and it has clearly Ifil Caird his performance. Aller posting the Best time in the 100 meters he failed to win another event. American Carl Lewis the Man Thompson mocked Al inc 1984 olympics by wearing a to shirt that said is the world s second greatest athlete Gay headed the 17 who qualified for sat urday s final in the men s Long jump. In other qualifying rounds. Said oui to of Morocco won his semifinal heal in inc men s 5,000 meters defend ing Cham Pion Steve cram of Britain advanced in the men s 1,500 meters and Nialya Lisovskaya of the soviet Union moved ahead in the women s shot put. Zagos Chuva the world record Holder won the women s 100-meter hurdles in 12.34 seconds to beat out Easl germans Gloria Uibo and Cornelia Bosch Kcal. The two medals gave the Easl Ger mans a meet leading 18 Overall. Easl Germany claimed four Gold medals and four Overall thursday. Voss Long Juniper hike Dree scr and discus thrower Juergen Schult we retrying to sustain the moment urn established by the East German team. In the decathlon Thompson fared poorly in inc 110 meters hurdles 14.87secondshe discus 45. \ s meters 148 3 , in 54.4 meters i.?. He also had trouble in the pole vault the event that lifted Thompson into com Mand Al the 1984 olympics. Thompson recorded 4. To meters 15-9 in the vault. Lewis inc defending Champion and olympic Gold medallist Long jumped 8.36 meters 27 feet 5v inches on his first attempt. Other Long jumpers to qualify included soviet Robert Emmiyan who earlier this year leaped 8.86 meters 29-1americans Larry Myricks and Mike con Ley and cuban Jaime Jefferson. Astros Hatcher suspended Over tampered Bat Houston a National league presi Dent Bart Giamatti continuing a crackdown against scuffed baseballs and tampered bats handed a 10-Day suspension thursday to hous ton s Billy Hatcher for using a corked Bat. Hatcher was not available for comment but general manager Dick Wagner said Hatcher had told him he would not Appeal the suspension which started thursday. Asirosh manager Hal Lanier was fined an undisclosed sum because Giamatti holds that a manager is responsible for illegal bats used by his players. Hatcher was ejected from tuesday s game against the Chicago cubs after his Bat splintered revealing it had been injected Wilh Cork. I knew there probably would be a 10-Daysuspension for Billy but i Don t agree with the Fine Lanier said thursday. I Don t think it s a manager s Job to Check the inventory of the bats pitchers Kevin Rpu of the Philadelphia Phillies and Joe Niekro of the american league s Minnesota twins were suspended for 10 Days each after sandpaper was discovered i their Possession during a game. Their managers. Lee Elia and Tom Kelly and also Giamatti. Escaped fines because a directive by commissioner paler Ueberroth specified Ball and made no mention of doctored base balls. Mcenroe wins close match Connors Becker Advance Martin Lader new York up John Mcenroe flashed a touch of his old temper thursday night giving himself the lift he needed to pull out a four set Victory Over Richey Rene Berg in the second round of the . Open. The four time open Champion still struggling to find his game after taking a Long sabbatical last year Defeated Reneberg 7-6 7-32-6.6-4,6-2, the momentum in a tight match seemed 10 shift after Mcenroe was Given a code violation for abuse of Racket by chair Umpire Rich Kaufman when he threw his Racket after wasting a double break Point Opportunity in the fifth game of the third set. On his next Opportunity Mcenroe made the Deci Sive break at love to capture the set. In the final game of Hal set Mcenroe said some thing to a fan who applauded when he double faulted and the Man threw something soft at him but did t hit Mcenroe. Unperturbed Mcenroe broke in the Farsi and fifth games of the fourth set to end the match. I m not sure what it was maybe a Pillowcase Mcenroe said. It s happened to me before. I did Man age to play Well after thai so that s one Good thing. Igot pumped up from in Mcenroe the eighth seed had his serve broken the first two limes but was Able 10 recover and win the opening set. Fourth seed Boris Becker and no. 6 Jimmy Connors also came through with straight sets victories to and Vance along with Mcenroe to the third round. Becker compensated for an erratic serve to beat Jon Athan Canter 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 7-3and Connors Conlin used to Lake advantage of an easy draw with a 6-3, 6-2,6-1 decision Over Wayne Hunt. Martina Navratilova the defending women s Cham Pion and Steffi Graf who has replaced her As no. I in the seeding also won their second round matches with ease. Navratilova swept the final four games in gaining a 6-1,6-3 decision Over Robin White and Graf required one More game to dispose of Petra Huber 6-2, 6-3. It was the s7lh Victory in 58 matches this year for the 18 year old West German. All 16 seeded players in action thursday were successful and in the first three Days Only two seeds have been dismissed. Connors a five Lime open Champion has faced a wild card and a qualifier in his first two matches Andrji Hearn he was playing an opponent ranked no. 530 in the world. Andres Gomez the ninth seed got past Ronald age nor 6-4.6-2,4-6, 7-6 7-3winning on his sixth match Point no. 11 Henri Luconte Defeated italian Gianluca Pozzi 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, no. 13 Brad Gilbert overcame 29 percent serving in the opening set to turn Back Jay Berger. 4-6, 6-1 6-4. 6-3. And no. 16 Anders Jarry beat Peter Fleming. 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Hana Mandrikova the 1985 open Champion and fourth seed this year squandered three match Points in the second set before subduing to Durie 6-3, 6-7 i i-13. 6-2. The other seeded women to play All won in straight sets. Winners included no. 6 Helena Sutkova no. 8gabrtela Saba Iino six 9 Claudia to hic Kilsch no. 12 Beltina Bunge and no. 14 Catarina Lindqvist