European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday August 23, 1988 Kimball fails to make olympic team by Hank Lowenkron Indianapolis a Greg Louganis the de fending Gold medallist in springboard and platform div ing finished first in the platform event and Bruce Kimball failed to make the . Olympic team Sun Day to the Delight of a group of six protesters. Kimball under charges for vehicular homicide lost an intense three Way Battle for the second platform spot on the olympic team As the . Olympic diving trials ended. Louganis who missed getting a perfect score on an inward 1 i somersault Pike when one judge gave him a9.5 to go with six 10s, won the 20-dive event with 1,331.19 Points. I knew i had done a Good dive but i did t knowhow Good said Louganis who thought he might have received 9s or 9.5s on the dive. It s hard to believe i be been competing 12 years said Louganis who Hopes to become the first Man Towin Gold medals in both diving events in two olym pics. He won the springboard Competition Here Friday. Patrick Jeffrey who was fifth with four dives remaining moved past Kimball Mike Wantuck an Matt Scoggin to finish second with 1,261.71 Points. Before i left my hotel room i stared at myself in the Mirror for about two minutes and said you can do it i think i decided i could do it before i left the hotel Jeffrey said. His coach Vince Panzano who embraced the tearful Jeffrey As his Success became certain said the higher degree of difficulty Jeffrey had in his dives Over Kimballs was a key to the outcome. He never gave up today Panzano said. Wantuck placed third at 1,254.72, followed by Kim Ball whose participation was the subject of protest Bya group of Brandon fla., residents was fourth at 1,244.43. Scoggin second heading into the finals slipped to fifth at 1,244.01. Kimball is charged in the deaths of two teen agers in an aug. 1 Accident in Brandon. I knew going into the final dives that it was going to be rough going because of the difference in degree of difficulty said Dick Kimball Bruce Kimballs father and coach. He knew when he hit the water that he was t on the  when the dive was Over the Kimballs embraced. I just gave him a hug and told him i loved him an told him i was proud of him the diver s father said. When the scoreboard confirmed that Jeffrey a Triplen Caa Champion this year had overtaken Kimball the six protesters wearing pm to shirts with the words remember the victims in Blue letters on their backs cheered embraced each other and shed a few tears. For the second consecutive Day the five teen agers and the Mother of one sat silently whenever Kimball dived and applauded the other competitors. I m relieved that s it s Over. It s like a Burden has been lifted off our shoulders said the Mother Cherie Beck. Her 17-year-old daughter Jennifer organized the orderly protest that began with the group making the1,000-mile trip from Brandon and continued after their arrival thursday. I was just praying that he would t get on the team said Craig Diemler when asked what he was thinking about every time Kimball dived. The protesters have maintained Kimball should not be allowed to represent the United states. His car slowed into a group of teens on a dead end Street killing two teens and injuring six others. Kim Ball is charged with five felony counts of driving under the influence and is free on $10,000 Bond pending an aug. 29 court hearing. A s diving the National governing body for the sport has said it could not ban Kimball from the Tri als or the olympics if he  now diving is one thing he can hang on to the elder Kimball said saturday when he announced his son a six time National Champion on platform and a 1987 world cup Bronze medallist last year would retire from Competition if he did not make the olym Pic  younger Kimball who announced on tuesday that he had decided to compete because diving is my Job " was third going into the finals. He moved into second with three 10s and a pair of 9.5s for an inward1 a somersault Pike in the second round fell to third in the third round and moved Back to second in the next round. Jeffrey 23, and a senior journalism student at Ohio state moved into second with an 82.56 score in the ninth round and had the identical score in the 10th dive to put the pressure on Kimball who was diving after him. Kimball received 66.99 and once Scoggin took his last dive Jeffrey was on his Way to Seoul South Korea. ,. Louganis who led the Competition throughout the final round was never challenged for the Lead As heave what has become a traditional consistent performance that has brought him 47 National championships an olympic Silver medal on platform in the 1976 olympics when he was 16 and five world championships. Sindelar rallies to win International Castle Rock Colo. A Joey Sindelar Learned a lesson and won a Golf tournament sunday. This is definitely not some thing i was expecting when i teed off today Sindelar said after his record setting four Point Victory in the International Golf classic. He expected it even less a Day earlier. During a thunderstorm delay i saturday s third round Sindelar haying earned just three Point Sand needing seven under the modified stableford scoring system figured he was out of it since head Only two holes remaining. So he made airline reservations to get out of town saturday night. Then he went Back Back to Fin ish Birdie Birdie for the Points he had to have to qualify for the final round. Scoring was based on five Point for Eagle two for birdies none for Par minus one for bogey an minus three for double bogey or higher. Fast starts by Dan Pohl an Steve Pate sunday put Sindelar playing behind them in a catch up position. He overtook them with a record score of 17 Points and won by a margin of four on the strength of Putter that helped produce nine birdies Matching the record on Trecastle Pines Golf club course. Sindelar s Victory the fifth of his career and second of the sea son was Worth $180,000 from the total purse of $1 million. It pushed his year s earnings to $672,212 and enabled him to take the pea tour s Money winning Lead away from Chip Beck. Pohl and Steve Pate tied for Sec Ond Worth $88,000 apiece at 13points, Good enough to win either of the previous International tournaments. Wilander defeats Edberg Mason Ohio a second seed Mats Wilander rallied from a three game deficit in the second set to beat defend ing Champion Stefan Edberg 3-6, 7-6 7 57-6 7-5 sunday in the final 9f the association of Tennis professionals  had his serve broken twice and fell behind 3-0 in the second set be fore rallying to beat his fellow swede and win the Southwest Ohio tournament for the fourth time in its 10 , the tournament s top seed currently ranked no. 3 in the world dominated the first set and the first three games of the second set. He seemed concourse for an easy win when Wilander broke his serve and then held serve to close to 3-2."he Felt he d won the match and i Felt like i d lost it Wilander said. That first break to 3-1 was most  Wilander ranked second in the world played with More Confidence As he broke Edberg to even the score 5-5, then won a close  should have buried him when i had him 3-0," Edberg said. He played a goo service game to break me. I let him into the match and he started to play  broke me at 5-4.1 had the feeling he  players each dominated on their serve in the final set which had no breakpoints. A Volley into the net by Edberg gave Wilander control of the tiebreaker at 3-1, and Wilander gave himself three match Points when he returned serve at Edberg s feet for a 6-2  Ace by Edberg and a pair of inaccurate forehand by Wilander Cut it to 6-5. Edberg then served to Wilander backhand and charged the net giving Wilander room to Rifle a backhand re turn Down the line for the Winner. The first three set final in the tournament s history took 2 34 to play. Wilander who previously won the tournament in 1983,1984 and 1986, earned $77,600. Edberg who is 5-10 in his career against Wilander got $38,800. Both players said the week s play atthe Jack Nicklaus sports Center should enhance their chances in the . Open. The at championship is played on the same  i m very disappointed with losing this match said Edberg the defending Wimbledon Champion. I Sweden s Mats Wilander raises his fist after beating countryman Stefan Edberg. Thought i had him. But it looks Good forthe . Open. I played some very Good Tennis  Wilander who won the australian and French opens said he did t want to go into the . Open with the disappoint ment of a two set drubbing to Edberg hanging Over him. To win the second set tiebreaker Felt really important he said. If i would have lost in two sets 6-3, 6-2, it Wouldhave been really bad. If i would have played him again in the open i would have Felt so far  the fourth seeded team of Rick Leach of Laguna Beach Calif and Jim Pugh of Patos Verdes calif., beat the unseeded team of Jim Grabb of Tuscon ariz., and Patrick Mcenroe of Oyster bay., n.y., 6-2,6-4 to win the doubles