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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 26,19bb the stars and stripes Page 25 Gardner snares dutch Cycle up australian Winner Wayne Gardner mates sweeping Tarn to dutch up win. Assen Netherlands a Wayne Gardner or Australia an saturday won the dutch grand prix motorcycling race in the to oct class earning 20 Point to Ward the 1988 world championship Itic. Gardner Wai timed in 44 minutes. 15.49 seconds As he won his first grand prix event of tic season. He finished 11.31 seconds ahead or championship Leader Eddie Lawson of the United states who came in second in44.26.80. Third was Christian Surron or Francein 44.3 5.22. Although he started the race in the pole position Gardner quickly dropped Back to fourth place Dunn the first Lapof the 20-Lap, 7s-Milc race while Lawson took the Lead. Gardner then edged his Way Forward to second position in the fourth up. Weaving his Honda in and out of Lawson s Slipstream he finally slipped past him in he Ullh  that Cloud of had Luck that s been hovering above me in the past seven or eight races has blown away Gardner said after the  australian who holds third place in he championship standings added that his ambition for the season was to take Over As runner up from american racer Wayne Rainey. Lawson leads with 142 Points. Raine has 106 and Gardner 105. Lawson had obvious trouble keeping his Yamaha balanced and complained he had chosen the wrong rear lire for the Bike. When Gardner was closing in i knew right then there was no catching him Lawson  did t even think i was going to finish he  in the Soock event included american Randy Mamola and belgian Didier de Radigue who is eighth in the championship standings. Lendl ouster demanded for appalling behaviour Blarr Siddons Wimbledon England a Ivan undo be come Ivan the terrible in the houses of parliament saturday with members calling for Tennis top player to be disciplined for remarks made during an argument with an Umpire at Wimbledon. One conservative my even called for lend to be disqualified from the grand slam tournament because of appalling  Money seems to talk even louder than foul Lan Guage when it comes to disciplining bad Baha Vior my Peter Rost said. Another conservative my Irvine Patnick said Lindl s outburst during a five set Victory Over Michil schapers on Friday set a bad example for fans particularly children. This sort of indiscipline among spans stars. Has got to be stamped out Patnick said. Lendl was criticized for shouting at British Umpire Gerry Armstrong after a Call that went against the top seed. What More bad news have you got for me Are you going to Tell me that my House burned Down i Hale your guts press association Britain s Domestic new Agency quoted Lendl As saying. At his news conference after the match Lendl had described the scene on court no. 2 As very peaceful and  All England Lawn Tennis club said Lendl had not been fined or even warned for the outburst. Ros said Lack of action in the Case showed the Wimbledon authorities to be pusillanimous when it came to cracking Down on players who step Over the lines of Good behaviour. Money he said was behind  is so much Money in the game now that there is a reluctance on the part of authorities particularly the Wimbledon authorities to discipline stars who behave in this appalling Way he  profanity left Lindl s tips but the mrs said the Czechoslovakia born resident of Greenwich conn.,still had gone Over the Edge. There is no doubt that with the terrible example this Man Lendl has set to those who hero worship him he should have been disqualified from Wimbledon on the spot said Rosl who was described by press association As a senior member of the parliamentary ten Nis  the match against a diapers was the second in a Rowin which Lendl. Never Placid but not known As an Umpire baiter had raved at  my Harry Greenway said Lendl should quickly change his ways i Trust Lendl will cease this disgraceful behaviour forthwith or there will be legitimate demands for his suspension from the game Greenway a Tennis coach said. Izmir of Rennes in Shaun is finals 1rak.lion, Greece Karl Upton hit a two run Homer Here saturday to Lead Izmir to a 9-2 Victory Over Hilling Don and a berth in the championship game of the Safe Small units round Robin softball tournament. Izmir will play Florenne sunday forthe championship. Both teams carry 4-1 records into the showdown  scored three runs in the Bot Tom of the seventh to eke out an 18-17victory in their previous meeting. Izmir continued its Power hitting Dis play in the second inning. Jerry Ander son tripled off the left Field Fence 275 feel away and Upton followed with his Homer Over the right Field Fence. Izmir never trailed after that. Upton now has nine homers and 27 runs batted in in five games in the tournament. In other games saturday Florenne 8, Weythm fled 4kenny Wade started Florenne five run outburst in the lop of the firs with a two run triple Down the right Field line. Kenny Smith later added Atwo run double to left Center. Frank Martinez had two hits drove in a run and scored a run to Lead Wethersfield. Shape 10, i Mellon 3shape benefited from Iraklion s errors to take a 5-2 Lead into the seventh and then exploded for five More runs in that inning to insure the  Williams hit an inside the Park Homer to Cap the  in the biggest upset of the tournament so far Wethersfield came Back from its loss to Florennce knocking shape out of the championship game. A shape win would have Cre ated a three Way tic. Wethersfield battered shape wit five runs on five hits in the Bottom of the first with shape contributing two errors. Dave Mclearn also had a two run triple in the inning. In nines 5, Iraklion 3florenncs, trailing 1-p, clinched its spot in the championship game in the third inning when Dewayne Harris singled John Harvey walked zen Rodriguez singled in the tying run and Mike Strouse followed with a two run single. To photo Ivan the terrible undo. Not liked at Wimbledon Wimbledon from Page 23 Tina also advanced to the last 16 by beat ing Catherine Tangier of France 6-2, 6-3. The women s 14th seed Katerina a Leeva of Bulgaria recorded a shutout. She beat Belinda Cordwell of new Zea land 6-0, 6-0, for the second double Iove Victory of the tournament. Top Seede Steffi Graf shut out Huna 6-0,6-0 in the first round. Arn sports television baseball san Diego at Atlanta 8 pin. Snody. Radio baseball Pittsburgh at Montreal 7 30 . Sunday  
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