European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 18, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Price paces open by 2 strokes Lytham England a Nick Price expanded his Lead to Ivo strokes and the american presence faded sunday in the ram delayed third round of the British open Golf championship. Price a native of South Africa who now lives in the United states scrambled to a 69 and completed 54 holes at the Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf club in 206. That was 7-under-Par and two in front of defending Champion Nick Faldo of England and seve Ballesteros of Spain tied at 209. Another european masters Champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland was next at 209. Lyle moved up with a 4 under Par 67, the Best round of the Day. No one else was within six shots of the Lead apparently setting up a non american struggle in the final round monday a Day late finish made necessary when saturday s play was rained out. Although goaded by the we re better than they Are comment by Tony Jacklin the United states forces could do Little to contradict the european Ryder cup Captain s pre tournament declaration. The leading americans were six shots Back going into monday s final round of the Chase for the oldest of All the world s Golf titles this being the 117th British open and one that has t been won by a . Citi zen since 1983. Pea Champion Larry Nelson Andy bean and do Pooley were tied for fifth at 212 with Eduardo Romero of Argentina. Nelson had a bogey free 68. The Veteran Pooley playing in his first British open shot 69 and bean fought a Balky Putter on the Way to a round of Par 71.romero shot 69. Craig Stadler tied for third going into the Day s play and carrying most of the american Hopes ballooned to an 81 that included a pair of triple bogeys and a fat 44over the Back nine. But he was not alone in his miseries. Jack Nicklaus played that Side in 40 on the Way to a75 for 220. Fuzzy Zoeller took 43 strokes Over those nine holes and was at 76-222. Hubert Green who los five birdies when his fast Start saturday was wiped from the records in the rain out bogeyed three in arow on the Back in a 39 and finished at 73-220. Lanny Wadkins started the Day with a 5-Iron shot that found the cup for a Hole in one on the first but he had to work hard to match Par 71 and finished three rounds at 215. Some other leading american scores Fred couples71-213 Gary Koch 70-213, Brad Faxon 70-213 Bob Tway 72-214 Ben Crenshaw 68-214 Payne stewart68-216 . Open Champion Curtis strange 69-217, and Tom Watson 72-218. Price who lists his Home country As Zimbabwe but carries a British passport and has his Home in Florida held a one stroke Lead when the Day s play started. After Matching a first Hole Birdie with a bogey on the fourth Price engineered a two shot swing on the 490 Yard Par-5 sixth Hole. That provided him with a three stroke Lead and he remained in front the rest of the Way. The big swing came after Ballesteros who won the first of his four major titles on this course in 1979, hooked his drive into a Bush. He burrowed into the Bush after it but he could Only make a chop at it left handed moving the Ball a couple of inches. Another left handed Hack with the inverted Sand wedge got it out. He put his fourth shot on the Green and 2-Puttedfrom Long Range for a bogey-6 on the easiest Hole. Price playing in the same threesome with Balleste Ros got his approach into a greenside Bunker came out to about 10 feet and made the Birdie putt. Joyner Kersee sets world heptathlon Mark in . Trials Indianapolis a Jackie Joyner Kersee bettered her world record heptathlon Point total by 57 Points sat urday at the . Olympic trials. She needed to run the 800 in 2 min utes 24.95 seconds to break the record for the third time and did so easily witha 2 20.70 timing which was Good for 814 Points and a 7,215 Point total. It bettered her old Mark by 57  won the High jump and shot put Friday and captured the Long jump  High jump of 6-4 bettered her old american heptathlon record of 6-2%. She broke the heptathlon Point mar 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.she also set an american heptathlon record in the opening event the 100-meter High hurdles with a clocking of 12.71 seconds broke the american heptathlon record in the High jump Clearing 6-4 set a trials record in the shot put at51-4 /4, and set a world heptathlon re Cord of 22.30 in the 200  Greiner finished second in the heptathlon with 6,226 Points. Wend Brown beat 1987 world championship Bronze medallist Jane Frederick for the third spot on the team 6,079 to 6,048. Florence Griffith Joyner who ran the fastest 100 meters Ever by a woman sat urday snowed it was no Fluke sunday running the second fastest time in history in the  Joyner 28, was clocked in 10.70 seconds in winning her semifinal heat and advancing to the final set for late , Griffith Joyner was timed in 10.49 in the quarterfinals smashing eve Lyn Ashford s world record of 10.76. There was some controversy Over the 10.49 time because the wind Reading on the sprint gauge was an uncharacteristic 0.00 meters per second while the wind Reading on the gauge at the triple jump area where that event was being con ducted at the same time was above the allowable 2.0 meters per , the wind Reading during Griffith Joyner s race was a Legal 1.6  the uncertainty Over whether the wind gauge was operating properly during Griffith Joyner s race saturday Bob Hersh National records chairman for track and Field said he would submit the 10.49 clocking to the world govern ing body for record consideration. Jeanette Bolden a member of the1984 . Olympic team in the 100 meter dash had her chances to repeat dashed , who finished fourth in the los Angeles games suffered a rupture of the left Achilles Tendon during the second round heats of the 100. Meet official said she probably would undergo surgery when she returns Home to los  the men s 100 final saturday Carl Lewis won in an wind aided 9.78 seconds. He was joined on the olympic team by Dennis Mitchell who ran 9.86,and Calvin Smith 9.87. In the triple jump Willie Banks soared59-3 on his first attempt but was aided by a wind of 4.9 meters per second. He the leaped 59-8 a on his final try but by then the wind was 5.2 meters per  other triple jumpers to make the team were Charlie Simpkins who cleared a58-10, and Robert Cannon with 57-10 /4. There also was a Surprise in the men High jump final As Thomas Mccants and Jerome Carter the co american record holders failed to make the  Howard led the High jumpers by Clearing 7-8, he was followed by Holli Conway and Brian Stanton at 7-7 / each. Jackie Joyner Kersee Long jumps 22-11 % in route to a heptathlon world record Baum older Boxer gains olympics p. 23