European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 12, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Biondi sets 1 St world Mark of trials by Bill Barnard Austin Texas a Matt Biondi is coming As close As a Man can get to starting a fire in the water. The 6-foot-6 Biondi stayed on a Pace to swim seven events at the olympics when he blazed to a world record in the men s 100-meter freestyle wednesday night the first world Mark of the olym Pic trials. He shattered his previous record by .32 seconds and dominated a fast Field despite coasting to the Wall at the finish. My finish was a Little bit awkward i glided into it said Biondi of Moraga olympic swim trials Calif. I did t want to Jam it so i stretched it in. If that had gone right maybe some thing else would have gone  Biondi s winning time of 48.42 seconds gave him a spot in his third individual event at the Seoul olympics with an Opportunity for a fourth on Fri Day in the 50 freestyle. He also will swim in two freestyle relays and probably will be in the Medley relay As Well. This year i m swimming better than i Ever have said Biondi who now has the top 10 100-meter freestyle times Ever. Biondi s goal of swimming in seven events at the olympics has invited comparisons with the seven Gold medal performance of Mark Spitz in the 1972 olym pics. But he said the situation is much Dif Ferent than that of Spitz 16 years ago. Times have changed. It s infinitely More competitive now Biondi said. Spitz was competing versus americans and he held four world records. I have one. Ill be competing versus others in their Best  Biondi said winning seven races in the olympics would be up to the  among his adversaries in Seoul will be the Albatross Michael Gross of West Germany who at 6-7, is even taller than Biondi. Gross will race against Biondi in the 100 Butterfly 200 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay. With Biondi As the Anchor the . Matt Biondi leaves the Start in route to his world record 48.42 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle at the . Olympic trials. 400 freestyle relay team at Seoul will be awesome. The next three 100 freestyle finishers behind Biondi All were timed in under 50 seconds. Only three foreign swimmers two soviets and a Frenchman have gone under 50 seconds this year. Chris Jacobs of Livingston n.j., was second in 49.45 and will join Biondi in the olympic 100 Competition. Jacobs was followed by Tom Jager of Topanga Calif., in 49.88 and Troy Dai Bey of san Jose Calif., in 49.91. Dalbey finished ahead of Biondi in the 200 free style final after Biondi set an american record in the prelims. Pm glad to be on this relay Jager said. We be got some great Guys on it and it s going to be a fast one. Pm real proud to be on  Janet Evans of Placentia Calif., who set an american record in winning the 400 individual Medley on monday qualified for her second olympic event with a Victory in the 400 freestyle. Evans 16, was clocked in 4 06.43, fastest in the world this year but nearly a second slower than the world Standard she set last year. The previous Best in the world in 1988 was 4 07.02 by East Ger Many s Heike Freidrich. Tami Bruce of san Diego fourth in the preliminaries in 4 12.34, earned an olympic berth in the 400 freestyle with a second place time of 4 07.89. Bruce just missed an olympic spot tuesday with a third place finish in the 200 freestyle. Mitzi Kremer of Titusville fla., first in the 200 freestyle second in the 100 free style and a member of the 400 freestyle relay missed a Chance for another olympic berth by finishing third in the 400. Betsy Mitchell of Marietta Ohio and Beth Barr of Pensacola fla., won olym Pic berths with a 1-2 finish in the women s 100 backstroke. Mitchell was timed in 1 02.01 and Barr in 1 02.21, edging Anne Mahoney s 1 02.29. Mitchell s prelim time of 1 01.94 was third fastest in the world this year be Hind two East germans and she nearly duplicated the clocking in the final. Dan Veatch of Rockville md., won the men s 200 backstroke in 2 01.70 and Steve Bigelow of fort Wayne ind., was second in 2 02.45, edging third place finisher David Fairbanks of Cincinnati by .03. Both Veatch and Bigelow will have to improve to win at the olympics. Igor Poliansky of the soviet Union has the world record of 1 58.14 and has swum the Dis Tance in 1 59.97 this year. Robinson throws 1 hitter As giants top astros 5-0 by the associated press Houston Don Robinson pitched a one hitter facing Only 28 batters and threw his first shutout in eight years leading the san Francisco giants past the Houston astros wednesday night. Robinson 4-2, who has six saves in 39 Relief appearances this season gave up an infield hit off his Glove to Terry Puhl in the first inning. Robinson picked Puhl no Roundup off first base ending the inning and then retired the next 13 batters in order until Alex Trevino struck out in the sixth but reached first base on a wild pitch. Robinson making his eighth Start of the season struck out eight and did not walk a Batter in his fourth career shut out. His last Complete game was against the cardinals on aug. 13, 1982, and his last shutout was against the cubs on oct. 5, 1980. Jim Deshaies 8-9, allowed four hits and three runs in six innings. San Francisco scored two unearned runs in the fourth when third baseman Ken Caminiti made a throwing error Bob Melvin doubled and Jose Unbe s Fly Ball fell Between outfielders Gerald Young and Kevin Bass and second base Man Bill Doran for a two run double. The giants added a run in the fifth on Candy Maldonado s sacrifice Fly and two in the seventh on reliever Dave Meads error and another sacrifice Fly by Maldo Nado. Cardinals 1, Phillies 0 Philadelphia John Tudor Al Lowed three hits in eight innings and Terry Pendleton hit a run scoring single As the St. Louis cardinals beat the Phila Delphia Phillies. Tudor 6-5, who shut out the Phillies with a two hitter on june 23, struck out three and walked two. Todd Worrell pitched a perfect ninth for his 22nd save. St. Louis scored the Only run in the first on Ozzie Smith s one out double and Pendleton s single. Don Carman 9-6, gave up four hits in eight innings striking out a season High seven and walking one. It was the first 1-0 Victory for the cardinals since they beat Montreal last sept. 29. Tudor retired the first 13 batters be fore Lance Parrish singled past the out stretched Glove of a diving Smith at see no on Page 26 the cardinals Terry Pendleton avoids a pitch in the first inning against the Phillies