European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday july 17,1988 Griffith Joyner sets world Mark of 10.49 in 100 Indianapolis a Florence grit Tith Joyner shattered the world re Cord in the women s 100-meter dash sat urday with a time of 10.49 seconds inner second round heat at the . Olym Pic  Joyner s sensational performance broke the world record of 10.76set by Evelyn Ashford of the United states on aug. 22, 1984 at Zurich Switz , Griffith Joyner 28, the wife of 1984 olympic triple jump Champion a Joyner and the sister in Law of Jackie Joyner Kersee the world record Holder in the heptathlon was timed in 10.60seconds in the first round. But that time was aided by a wind of 3.2 meters per second Over the allowable Reading of 2.0  the second round heat however there was no wind As Griffith Joyner Low ered the world record by .27  her sizzling first round race Griffith Joyner said my Start was Good. I capable of going for the world record. I knew the wind was blowing. I was just concentrating on what i was doing. I knew twas wind aided. 10.6 with or without wind is extremely fast she , not even a self inflicted thumb injury appeared to halt Joyner Ker see s bid to break the world record in the  started the Day 222 Points ahead of the record Pace she set during the1986 . Olympic festival at Houston and after the opening two events the Long jump and the javelin throw she still was212 ahead with one event remaining the 800 , who missed the Gold medal by Only five Points in the 1984olympics because of a hamstring injury injured her right thumb saturday during the Long jump her Best  fouling 9n her first attempt she leaped 22 feet 8 inches but As she landed her spikes grazed the  to be in some pain Joyner Kersee was treated for several minutes by two  then Shook off the pain and jumped 22-113/4, a trials record. Although it was far Short of her american record of 24-5 Viz and Short of her world heptathlon record of23-9 /2, it was Good enough to keep Joyner Kersee on target for the Overall world  then got off a javelin throw of 164-4, one Inch Short of her career  six events Joyner Kersee had a total of 6,401 Points compared with6,189 during her record performance. If she ran the 800 in two minutes,24.95 seconds she would break the re Cord for the third  did it for the first time in the 1986 Goodwill games at Moscow where she became the first Hep athlete to surpass 7,000 Points accumulating 7,148.about three weeks later she improved the record to 7,158.the temperature reached 120 degrees on the track Friday but the irrepressible Joyner Kersee did t let it deter her from setting a first Day world Best with 4,367  also set an american heptathlon record in the opening event the 100 meter High hurdles with a clocking of12.71 seconds broke the american heptathlon record in the High jump clearing6-4 set a trials record in the shot put at 51-4 and set a world heptathlon re Cord of 22.30 in the 200 , Calvin Smith the former world record Holder in the men s 100-meter dash equalled the fastest clocking Ever by an american with a time of 9.87seconds in a semifinal heat but an aiding wind will disallow the performance for record , whose Legal Best is 9.93, was aided by a wind of 4.9 meters per Sec Ond far above the allowable of 2.0.however, his time matched the wind aided 9.87 of William Snoddy in 1978, the fastest Ever by an  world record is 9.83, set by Ben Johnson of Canada at the 1987 world  Morgan Tim Lewis and Carl Schueler placed 1-2-3 in the men s 20-Kilometer walk final after third place finisher Paul Schwartzberg was automatically disqualified for three violations Carl Lewis Waves after running 100-meter dash in 9.96 in Friday s . Olympic trials. Along the course. Schueler who made the team in the50-Kilometer walk trials at Indianapolis in april had notified race officials prior to the 20-Kilometer walk that he would not compete in the Shorter event during the Seoul games. He tried letting Schwartzberg get thespot stopping about two strides before the finish line and permitting Schwartz Berg to step across first. But Schwartzberg later was disqualified for  therefore with Schwartz Berg ineligible and Schueler giving up disposition the olympic position will go to fifth place finisher Jim Heiring. After the race three walkers including Morgan were treated for heat exhaustion in the track s medical tent. None was seriously injured. Davis Homer gives reds 6-3 win Over expos by the associated press Montreal Eric Davis hit Athree run Homer in the eighth inning to give the Cincinnati reds a 6-3 vict9ryover Montreal Friday night snapping the expos eight game winning Streak. With the reds trailing 2-1, Barry Lar Kin started the eighth with a single off reliever Jeff Parrett 10-3, and Kat Daniels Drew a walk. Chris Sabo sacrificed to move the runners to second and  Paul o Neill grounded out Davis hit a 1-0 pitch Over the right Field Fence for his 15th Homer of the season. It was a neck High Slider Parrett said. I made a bad  Parrett who has emerged As the Ace of the Montreal bullpen started the eighth in Relief of John Dopson. Dopson had thrown about 100 pitches and he was going to face the top of their batting order so i figured i d make a change expos manager Buck Rodgers said. Parrett s had a hot hand lately the reds added two runs off Tim Burke in the ninth on one out Sim Les by Larkin and Daniels Sabo s sacrifice Fly and o Neill s rib single. Jose Rijo 10-4, allowed Only three hits no Roundup in seven innings struck out six and did not walk a Batter in posting his career High 10th Victory. He won nine with Oakland in 1986. John Franco pitched the final two innings for his 15th save allowing Andres Galarraga s 21st Homer a Solo shot in the ninth. The reds broke a scoreless tie in the seventh when to Diaz reached on a two out error by third baseman Tim Wall achand scored on Jeff Treadway s triple off Dopson who allowed five hits struck out six and walked one in seven innings. That hit was the one that got us going said manager Pete Rose. Montreal took the Lead with two run sin the Bottom of the seventh. In other games Friday dodgers 3, cubs 2 Chicago Pinch hitter trac Woodson s two out rib single in the top of the 10th inning gave los Angeles a Victory Over Chicago. Steve sax tied the game in the eight with a sacrifice Fly after Jeff Hamilton tripled off 15-game Winner Greg mad Dux who allowed seven hits in nine in  Pena 4-3, pitched two innings to extend his scoreless string to 18, covering his last 10 appearances. Jess Orosco pitched the 10th for his sixth save. Braves 4, mets 3atlanta Dale Murphy s Homer in the 10th inning enabled Atlanta to snap a four game losing Streak and handed new York its fourth loss in five  Home run came on an 0-1 pitch from mets Relief Ace Randy Myers 5-1,and gave the Victory to reliever Paul Assenmacher 4-4.the mets who trailed 3-0 after three innings pulled into a 3-3 tie on Darryl Strawberry s National league leading 22nd Home run a High drive into the right Field seats off reliever Bruce Sutler leading off the eighth inning. Kevin Mcreynolds who went 5-for-6 thursday night also homered for the mets. Pirates 8, giants 5pittsburgh Bobby Bonilla hit a tie breaking two run Home run and Barry Bonds had a Solo Homer and Atwo run double As Pittsburgh beat san Francisco for its seventh Victory in a  Bob Kipper 2-2, pitched 3% witless innings for the Victory As the pirates and Cut the new York mets Lead inthe no East to 2 / 2 games the closes they be been since May 16, when they trailed the mets by two  the score tied at 5, Andy Van Slyke doubled to open the pirates fifth off Kelly Downs 8-8. Bonilla the National league s ail Star third baseman followed with a drive into the right Field seats for his 18th Homer of the season. Astros 5. Phillies 2 Philadelphia Glenn Davis Hita three run Homer and Jim Deshaies Al Lowed three hits in seven innings Shouston won its fifth straight game and handed the Phillies their fourth straight loss. Padres 7, cardinals 3st. Louis Tony Gwynn broke a ninth inning tie with a two run single and carmelo Martinez singled in two More runs As san Diego downed St. Louis extending the cardinals losing Streak to eight games