European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 20.1888 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire widow of indy Spectator asks $9 million from press dispatches Indianapolis ind. A wrongful death Mil seeking s9 million has been filed by the widow of a Wisconsin Man killed by a flying tire at the 1987 Indi Ana polio 500. The suit was filed thursday against the Indianapolis motor Speedway . Auto gub and other defendants. Lytic k erlenbach. 91, of Rothschild wis. Was killed when a tire from a car driven by Gary flew High into the stands and nit Liim on the head during inc May 24,19b7. Race. Kurtenbach was watch ing he race with his wife stepdaughter and eight other relatives. Mrs Kurtenbach claims the car and lire were defective and that spectators were not adequately informed of the potential dangers of watching the race. She also claimed Sac did not inspect the can Well enough and did not have enough safety barriers around the track. also was named in the suit but he said he did not know anything about it. said he realized there was a problem Wilh his car just before the Accident and was heading into the pits to find out what was wrong when the lire flew off. Speedway officials were not immediately available for comment. A spokesman for Goodyear tire & rub Ber co., the lire i producer and another defendant said the company would have no comment until it had time to review the lawsuit. And hearing Date was set. Harry Wilson attorney for m is. Kurtenbach requested a jury trial. Sea Hawks Gilbert charged Seattle Seattle sea Hawks Reserve quarterback Gale Gilbert was charged thursday Wilh second de Gree rape and taking indecent liberties with a 21-year old woman he met at a Seattle nightspot authorities said. Dan Donohoe a spokesman for the King county prosecutor s office said Gilbert was no arrested but 11 to appear monday in King county Superior court. Efforts to Contact Gilbert were unsuccessful thurs Day. His Telephone rang unanswered and Sandy Gregory in the seahawks1 Public relations department said Gilbert s phone had been disconnected Gilbert s lawyer John Wolfe of Seattle said his Cli ent is innocent and looking Forward to a trial so he can be conc raied. Couples shoots opening 63 la Jolla Calif. Fred couples capped a 9 under Par 63 with a Birdie Birdie Birdie finish thurs Day to take the opening round Lead at the $650,000 Andy Williams open Oolf tournament. Couples who lost the Phoenix open in a playoff earlier this year birdied 10 of the 1b holes on the North course at the Tori Pines Golf club. Ii did t seem easy couples said. Bui it was a lot of i also earned him a 150,000 to Coupon Bond for the Low round of the Day. Phil Blackmar at Frfool-7 the tallest player on Hie pea tour birdied six holes in a Row at one stretch and dropped a 60-foot Eagle putt on his final Hole for s 6j that left him one shot Back american leads aussie masters Melbourne Australia american Jim Benepe aiming for his second straight tournament Victory fired a 5-Undcr-Par 68 for a share of the first round Lead in the 5238,000 australian masters Golf championship. Fred couples slugs 10 Birski on thursday. The second year pro from Chicago birdied the Par-4 18th to tie former . Masters Champion Bomhard longer of West Germany and australian Wayne Riley despite Windy conditions on the 6,160-Yard Hunting Dale course. Club plans re enactment Hastings on Hudson . The 100th anniversary of the first Golf match played on a permanent course in the United Stales will be marked sunday with a recreation of the event Al the St. Andrew s Golf club. Four members of the club accompanied by two caddies will play three holes which was the length of the course Laid out in 1888 on a Hillside pasture by John Reid who had played the game in Scotland. The golfers will dress As faithfully As possible the same As the foursome which played the first match at St. An Drews on feb. 22, 1888, and the clubs and Golf Bath used will be modelled after the equipment used in the historic match. Langston mariners agree Seattle Mark Langston who led the american league in strikeouts in 1987, agreed 1o a one year contract for �820.000, getting a $400,000 raise and avoiding an arbitration hearing scheduled for Friday. Langston 19-13 with 262 strikeouts last season can earn $42,000 in incentive bonuses. He had asked for 1975,000 in arbitration while the mariners hid offered j675,000. Tanana wins arbitration Case Detroit Pitcher Frank Tanana won his arbitration Case Wilh the Demit tigers thursday and was awarded $1.1 million by arbiter Frederick reel. Detroit had offered the left hander $300,000. There s no question it s a lot of Money banana said we happen to be in an Industry that generates an awful lot of Money. It was a pretty Good year and one that the arbitrator Felt was a million Dollar sea it was the sixth highest arbitration award since the arbitration process started in 1984. Bird ready to play Boston Larry Bird whose nose was broken to 1 loss to the Denver nuggets was expected to play Friday night when the Boston celtics conclude an eight game Road trip against the Portland Trail slaters a spokesman for the team said. Bird had his nose broken wednesday night in a second Quarter collision with Blair re Mussun Ai he attempted a drive to the Basket. Bird was called for t charging foul on the play. Bird was Onty Able to play sin minutes in the second half of the game As the nuggets Defeated the celtic 138-125. He wound up with to Points Well under the 39.2 Points a game he had averaged for hit last five outings. The celtics had a Day of thursday before taking on the blazers. He s intending to play Friday night said Duane Johnson a. Celtics spokesman Here. Lakers consider Hawaii training Honolulu the los Angeles lakers Playan want to i in in Hawaii this october and the Icahn i owner is looking into the possibility of either working Cut or playing exhibition games Here n team official Saij thursday. We talked to the players about it then we put it to n vote it was unanimous said assistant general manager Mitch Kupchak the trip has not been confirmed Kupchak said but it s a major Cash leads Milan Advance Milan Italy five seeded players including Wimbledon Champion pal cosh of Australia swept into the quarterfinals Wilh victories thursday in the $500,000 Stella Artois indoor tournament. Cash overcame Spain s Sergio Casal 6-3,7-6 7-5the Victory moved Cash into the final eight against France s lop player Yannick Noah who rallied to beat 22-year-old austrian Alex Antonitsch 3-6. 6-2.6-2, cosh beat Noah seeded fifth in four icis in their last meeting in the quarterfinals of last year s austra Lian open. Bui Noah beat Cash in their Only other meeting in the 1983 Davis cup. France s Henri la cont seeded seventh Defeated soviet Andrei Chesnokov in 7-6, 7-56-4. Navratilova blitzes Turnbull Oakland Calif top seeded Martina Rali Lova swept by the ailing Wendy Turnbull 6-2,6-0 in 41 minutes to move into the quarterfinals of the $250,000 Virginia slims of California Tennis tournament. Unknown to Navratilova. Turnbull who Al 35 ii two years older had a Metal Sliver removed from her right Eye earlier in the Day. Edberg upset at . Indoor Memphis Tenn. Unseeded Jim Clubb Defeated defending us. Indoor Champion Stefan Edberg the world s no. 3 Tennis player out of the 1415,000 tournament Wilh a stunning 6-4,6-4 Victory. In other matches Mikael perfors the ninth seed lopped no 8 Christo Van Rensburg. Kevin Curran swept past Aaron Krekstein no. 2 seed Andres Gomez of Ecuador Defeated no. 15 John Krick no. 5 Amos mansion of Israel edged India s Romesh Kris non third seeded David Pale advanced with a Sira Ghl set Victory Over Jim Pugh and no. 6 Andre Agassi bounced no 12 Paul Annacone. Fourth seeded Elliot Teltscher came Down with the flu and withdrew from the tournament allowing unseeded Robert Seguso to Advance to the quarterfinals. Saturday s programs superstition an to tha Fri Dom run n by to Congo of fit today re 00 am Rowl Schuh my it Vonty � Felting it unon n cd it Momti a. 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