European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday july 24,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Griffith shatters record by Bert Rosenthal Indianapolis a Florence Griffith Joyner was a vision in Speed. Greg Foster was a profile in courage. The two who were once engaged were linked in drama on Friday at the . Olympic colourfully dressed Griffith Joyner shattered the american record in the . Track trials women s 200-meter dash and Foster competing for the first time since suf Fering a broken left forearm advanced through his first two heats in the men s 110-meter High Joyner who earlier in the trials set the women s world record of10.49 seconds in the 100-meter dash won her second round heat in 21.77 seconds. That erased the . Record of21.81, set by olympic Gold medallist Valerie Brisco at the 1984 los Angeles the courageous Saga of hurdler Greg Foster ended in disappointment saturday afternoon when he failed Roget through his semifinal heat at the . Olympic Foster s valiant bid came to a sad halt Griffith Joyner s remarkable charge through the women s sprints continued with amazing , who suffered a broken left forearm july 4, did not finish his semifinal heat in the men s 110-meter High heartwarming Story came up Short when he stopped before the ninth of the 10th hurdles after having hit the sixth and slamming into the he stopped running Foster whose left Arm was heavily wrapped with tape grabbed the Arm in apparent be had a great career Foster said. I m not Mother would have been proud of s Mother and several 9ther members of the family were killed in a automobile Accident a couple of years suffered the injury during a routine hurdles Drill and underwent emergency surgery. He was hospitalized for three Days and As soon As he was released from the Hospital he resumed see trials on Page 26 Daryl Boston of the White sox beats Ellis Burks throw Home with a slide past red sox Catcher Rich gedman at Boston Friday. Athletics Down tigers by the associated press Oakland Calif. Dave Hender son and Jose Canseco hit consecutive Home runs in the sixth inning for Oak land s first hits Friday night and the athletics beat the Detroit tigers 4-1 in a matchup of division leaders. The athletics maintained their s a game Lead Over Minnesota in the american league West. Detroit s Lead in the Al East was Cut to one game Over new York. Storm Davis 8-4, went 6 a innings for his third straight Victory. Dennis eckers Ley pitched the ninth for his major league leading 30th save. Jeff Robinson 11-4, lost for just the second time in 12 decisions and had his three game winning Streak stopped. Rob Inson took a no hitter and 1-0 Lead into the sixth but left trailing 3-1. Mike Gallego led off by drawing Rob Inson s third walk. One out later Hen Derson hit his 13th Home run. Cansec followed with his major league leading 26th Homer a 450-foot drive deep into the left Center Field bleachers. The a s added a run in the seventh when Gallego singled with two out and Luis Polonia tripled Detroit scored in the first when Lou Whitaker doubled with one out went to third on Pat Sheridan s single and scored Al Roundup on Davis wild pitch. Twins 6, orioles 1 Minneapolis Frank Viola be came baseball s first 16-game Winner pitching eight shutout innings As Minne Sota beat Baltimore. Viola 16-2, won his seventh straight Start and remained unbeaten in 19 Deci Sions at the metronome since May 22, 1987. He gave up five hits and lowered his american league leading earned run average to 2.18. I feel Good regardless of where i pitching Viola said. My Confidence is real Good right now. Every time out know i m going to keep us in the game especially with our offence and Viola who struck out six and walked three had been tied with Greg Maddux of the Chicago cubs for the most Victo Ries in the majors. The thing that makes Viola so Goodis that he has three Good pitches said Larry sheets who homered off relieve Juan Berenguer in the ninth. And whoever taught him that change should be shot. Before you could look for the fastball or curve but the change really puts him Over the twins ended a three game losing Streak. The game Drew 52,284, the fourth consecutive 50,000-plus crowd in Minnesota. Kirby Puckett went 3-for-4, including two run Homer. He singled twice against left hander Jeff Ballard 4-8, an raised his average against lefties to .440. Ballard lost his fourth straight has lost six of its last seven. Yankees 9, royals 8 Kansas City to. Rickey Hen Derson reached base five times score three runs and stole three bases As new York beat Kansas went 3-for-4 and increased his american league leading stolen base total to 49. He scored on Willie ran Dolph s single in the sixth inning Cap Ping a three run rally As the Yankees overcame an 8-6 deficit. Reliever Neil Allen 3-2, got the Victory. Dave Righetti pitched the ninth for his 12th save and the 150th of his career tying Rich Gossage for first place on the Yankees All time list. Israel Sanchez 0 1, took the loss. Red sox 4, White sox 3 Boston Larry Parrish hit a two run double and Boston won its ninth straight game without a loss under Man see Al on Page 26 mets sweep 2 from braves by the associated press new York David Cone scattered six hits for his first Victory since june 24 and Mackey Sasser an Dave Magadan each drove in two runs As the new York mets Defeated the Atlanta braves 5-1 to sweep a double header Friday the opener Dwight Gooden pitched an eight hit Ter and struck out his 1,000th career Batter As the mets won 6-1.with the Pittsburgh pirates losing to los Angeles the mets increased their Lead to two games in the National league East. Cone 10-2, struck out seven and walked one for his third Complete game. He lost his shutout in the seventh inning when Andres Thomas hit his 10th Homer. The mets who had lost eight of their last 12 games scored two unearned runs in the first inning against Rick Mahler 8-9.lenny Dykstra the Lead off Batter reached first Roundup when first baseman Gerald Perry booted his grounder. Dykstra took third on Wally Backman s single an scored on Magadan s sacrifice Fly. A walk to Darryl Strawberry and a single by Kevin Mcreynolds loaded the bases and Backman scored on Howard Johnson s and Johnson walked with two outs m the sixth inning and Sasser doubled to score both run ners and give the mets a 4-0 mets added a run in the seventh on Magadan s rib the first game Gooden struck out Dion James with two out in the second inning and became Only the third Pitcher in major league history to reach 1,000 before his 24th birthday. Gooden struck out four for see no on Page 26 americans Clinch Davis cup zone title Page 25 Lyga tour Rookie takes open Lead Page 27
