European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday april 10. 19bb the stars and stripes Pago 27 sports wire close finishes expected in Andy car circuit from Pirn dispute Lin Phoenix aril. Rick mean says everyone in wrested in indy car racing might As Well get used to close Corn petition. Mear was Juit 17 one thousandths of a second slower than Mario Andretti Friday on the first Day of practice for sunday s season opening Decker 200 at Phoenix International raceway. In fact the lop 10 Drivers Friday were less Nan one second apart on their fastest laps on the one mile Oval. I think you re Gonna see a lot of thai Type of Jose Competition this cars said. One big reason o the stability of the Rule. Theta have been no major changes in the rules where everybody has 10 slant Over again. With the rules inc Way they Are right now we read within a ton and we Veall pretty much explored that to. All Chr cars Are getting fairly much the same. No body is going to act any real advantage. If you have your own car and get an advantage you Tan maybe hang onto in for a Little longer but nobody s going to have a huge advantage any andr clip driving a Chevrolet powered Lola had a fast Lap of 162.264 Mph. While mean in the new Punske pc 7-Chevrolet, was right behind at 162.140. High temperatures reaching into the 90s made the Day on inc track since suffering serious head injuries last september in a crash during tire testing at Indiana Polis was third at 161.573. Guerrero driving a Lola cos won said. It s a Little different being out there with cars around me on the track after All of our testing but it feels real Good being Brayton was fourth and two time defending cart pig series Champion Bobby Rahal fifth both of them in Lolas with inc new Judd engines. The Judd originally built us a Honda Power Plant two years ago. Pushed Brayton to a 159.667 and Rahal to a 158.137.rounding out the top 10 were Mears teammate Danny Sullivan Ai 15b.u7, Aric Luyendyk of the Netherlands at 157.999, Al Unser or. 157.598. Michael Andretti 1s7.577, Emerson Fittipaldi of Drazil 156.815 and Raul to Csc of Brazil 155.952, Mayotte wins Connors upset Chicago second seeded Tim Mayotte sur Vived an Early rash of errors to score a 6-1, w Quarter final Victory Over Dan Goldic Friday night after lop seeded Jimmy Connors was eliminated by eighth seeded Paul Annacone at the j 315,000 Volvo Chicago ten Nis tournament. Mayolle rated ninth in the world was to face unseeded Scot Davis of Largo. Fla., a fr-3, 6-1 Winner Over John Ross of Gainesville fla., in one of sat urday s semifinals. Annacone s opponent in the other semifinal will be third seeded Brad Gilbert of Piedmont Calif. Gilbert a scary Viu Cipr of i a i a to of Knoxville tenn., stunned the 35-year old Connors 7-5,6-1, beating him for the first time. Navratilova survives Hilton head Island . Top seeded Martina Navratilova needed three sell and nearly two hours Friday to beat no 8 seed Rafarla Reggi of Italy in the 1300.000 family Circle Magazine cup Tennis tournament. Navratilova won inc match 4-6,6-2, fr-3 and was to meet no. 3 seed Manuela male Eva of Bulgara in the semis. To to Day Malcova Defeated fifth seeded Lori Mcneil of hous ton 7-6 7-26-4 in the quarterfinals. No. 6 seed Zina Garrison also of Houston Defeated the no. 14 seed Helen Kelesi of Canada. 7-6 7-2. 6-1. Garrison was to meet no. 2 seed Gabriela Sabnani in the semifinal round in further Contention for the 160,000 top Defeated no. 9 seed Sylvia Hanika of West Germany 6-2,5-2. Navratilova Graf May meet Amelia Island fat. Second ranked Martina Navratilova will compete in Bausch & lomb championships creating tic possibility of her first match in seven months against no. I Stem Graf. Navratilova entered As a replacement for injured Hana Mandrikova in the $300,000 tournament which starts monday. Graf will be seeded no. S and Navratil Tova no. 2 in the 56-Ptaycr Field which Means the rivals could meet in the finals. Mississippi tourney tied Hattiesburg miss. Second year pro Bria Mogg fired a 3-Undcr-pnr 67 Friday to tic Frank con Ner Tor the Lead after iwo rounds of the Deposit Gua Ranty Golf classic Al the Halti Schurg country club. Most 24, birdied the second third and fourth holes for the second consecutive Day and was at 5-Undcr-Par 135 at the Halfway Point of the 1200,000 tournament. Conner the first round Leader followed his opening 65 with a 70 to keep a share of the top spot. Walker grabs Inamori Lead Powas Calif. Colleen Walker fired a 4-under Par 67 Friday to take a Ore shot Lead Over first Day Leader Lenore risen House after two rounds of the j2z5.000 san Diego Inamori classic. Walker who has finished among the top 10 at five of this season s seven Lyga tournaments made seven birdies and two bogeys for a two Day total of 7-undcr135 at the 6,021-Yard. Par-71 Stone Ridge country club , who started with a two Shol Lead after shooting a career Best 65 in the first round remained at 6-Undcrafier Matching Par with two . Whorton sets swim Mark Indianapolis freshman David Wharton of Southern California set an american a . Open Anda meet record Friday in winning the 400.mi.-Ief individual Medley race in the 6slh Mcaa division i men s swimming and diving meet. Leading from Start to finish Wharton won the event in 3 minutes 42.23 seconds Topping the american and meet Marks by More than three seconds. Jeff Kos Toff of Stan Ord set the record of 3 46.54 in 19ss. The us open record of 3 43.04 was set last year by Thomas Damy of Hungary. Tomba takes giant slalom Westola Italy double olympic ski Champion Alberto Tomba demonstrating he has quickly recovered from Back pains on Friday won a Fis giant Sla Lom race in this resort near Bologna. He closest opponents were nearly three seconds behind. Tie 21-year-old italian who had dropped out of a race thursday because of a Light Back Strain showed a Clear Cut superiority in an All italian Field including world cup Vot crans Robert Erlacher Ivano Camozzi and Carlo Gerosa. Richmond gives Tarrant new pact Richmond. A. Richmond coach Dick tar rant who led the spiders to the Mcaa tournament round of 16 and their Best record Ever has signed new Multi year contract athletic director Chuck boric said Friday. Terms of the pact were not , 57, a former High school coach in new Jersey came to Richmond As an assistant in 1978 and was elevated to head coach in 1981. He ins an Overall record of 137-76 m Richmond. The spiders recorded n school record 26 victories in 1987-88, including Mcaa tournament triumphs Over Indiana and Georgia tech Andujar to miss one Start Cincinnati Joaquin Andujor will miss Hii first scheduled Start of the season for the Houston astros because of strained Muscles in his suffered the injury while taking1 batting practice in Houston last week. He was scheduled to Start saturday against the Cincinnati reds. On Friday. Manager Hal Lanier replaced Andujor with Danny Darwin who began the season in the Bull pen. Andujar was expected to miss just one Start. Wilkins must pay agent Tacoma Wash. All Star Forward Dominique Wilkins of inc Atlanta Hawk must pay his former agent g. Patrick scaly $253,630, . District court judge Jack Tanner has ruled that Wilkins must abide by a disputed settlement agreement that pays Healy a Tacoma Law yer $250,000 plus j2.630 in interest. Scaly contended he loaned 190,000 to Wilkins in August 1986, which lie said never was repaid. He also said he incurred several thousand dollars Worth of expenses while working As Wilkins agent which he said also were not paid. Saints to train in Wisconsin new Orleans the new Orleans saints announced Friday they will train at the University of wis Consin Al la Cross this summer despite pleas from Loui Siana gov. Buddy Roemert Suyin the stale. The main reason is the weather saints president and general manager Jim Finks said. It s the combi nation of heat humidity and rain. Our medical people have been concerned All along that players could have serious problems if we work them twice a Day in the kind of heat we have Here in the saints have a one year agreement with Wisconsin Lacrosse to hold their Camp there this year. The saints have trained in Louisiana since Tom Benson bought the team three years ago. They spent one summer in Ruston and two in Hammond. Cash is a father again Clermont Ferrand France australian Tennis Star pol Cash who missed this weekend s Australia France Davis cup because his Girlfriend was expecting a baby has become the father of a baby Daugh Ter teammate Darren Cahill said. s a Little girl bul i Don t know the name Achiu told a news conference after losing to Yanuck Noah inthe first singles match. It was born two Days ago but we just Learned the , who won win Bzdon last year and starred in Australia s 1986 David cup Victory stayed in Oslo nor Way to await the birth of his second child with his Girt Friend. Ana Brilt Kristianscn. They already have a son. Supers Atlon an to sunday s programs �1� a pm Tacor a of Sway a an95crmcvekx to gang to Tosh it n0t i new Ltd Hom b pm of a my Luna no. Saw of put hot of w it it Van i us i u�0 m no monday program
