European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 4, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 sports wire Irwin grabs stroke Lead in Australia from press dispatches Melbourne Australia two time . Open Champion Hale Irwin shot a 65 saturday to take a iwo shot Lead after the third round of the si.25 million australian Bicentennial classic Golf tournament. Irwin 43, turned Back the clock Wilh a Vintage at tacking performance Over the famed Royal Melbourne course in wet and Windy conditions. His round included an Eagle eight birdies and three bogeys. He played the first nine bunder Par and for a while looked Likely to break the course record of 64 he set a decade ago in winning the australian pea title. Irwin s rounds of 69-67-65 gave him a 15-under-Par total of 201. American Ben Crenshaw rising austra Lian Star Brett Ogle and australian Rodger Davis Fereall at 203. Ogle shot a Undcr-66 with seven birdies and a solitary bogey while Davis carded a 68 and Crenshaw a 70. American Fred couples is another shot Back at 204 after a solid third round 69. Irwin Winner of 17 . Tour events finished the 1988 season Only 72nd on the order of Merit but he has sparkled Over the Par-72 6,98 Yard layout. I m really enjoying myself and it was a particularly exciting Day he said. This course is recognize around the world As one of the supreme tests of Golf and it s always a pleasure to play it even if i was a bit up and Down emotionally today. Irwin who has been wearing Contact lenses since january after 20 years Waring spectacles said the rain had not worried him. If anything it made the putts Roll a Tittle truer on the greens he said. Irwin trailed overnight Leader Crenshaw by three shots at the Start of the third round. But Crenshaw s magical putting touch of Friday when he carded a 65, deserted him. Irwin has not won a . Tour event since the me Morial in 1985, although he won the Bahamas classic in 986 and the Hla invitational in Florida last year. Allem soars into first place Sun City a null Africa South african Fulton allem came from fifth place saturday to share a two stroke Lead Wilh Ken Green of the United states in the third Day of the million Dollar Challenge. Allem shot a six under Par 66 while Green had a two under Par 70 to enter the final round of the s 1.65-million event lied Al seven under Par 209. Green had a rough Day traversing the 7,665-Yard Gary player country club course scoring a bogey on the eighth Hole and a double bogey on the ninth. But he finished with two birdies saturday. There s no better Way to end the Day when you can make three three he said of problems hitting off the tee. I be had a hard Lime finding the Fairway with inc Driver. Tomorrow i think if pm going to have it Hance to win i m going to have to drive it  allem had seven birdies. Defending Champion Ian Woosnam of Wales scored a three under Par 69 to finish two shots behind at 211 Chip Beck of the United states had four consecutive birdies beginning Al the 14lh Hole to tie South african David Frost for fourth place with a store of 212. Buckshot 68 on saturday and Frost had a Par-72, american Don Pooley who had shared the Lead Wilh Green for Ibe first two Days and came close to the course record of 65 on thursday was four shots Back at 213 after shooting 74 on  Mcnully of South Africa the 1986 Champion shot 71 for a three Day 215 total be hard Langer of West Germany was 11 shots behind at 228 after snoot ing a six Over Par 78. ".-. "  Hatalsky White Nab Lead Largo Fla. Morris atals Rcv s sensational Iron on inc final Hole set up an easy Birdie for partner Donna while Friday to Complete a 64 and give the team a two shot Iead Midway through the 1800,000 . Penney classic. " a the Gusty winds that hampered opening round play subsided but the greens became drier and faster As 50 teams competed Over the 6,957-Yard North course at Bradmoor country club White who has t won on the Lyga tour since 1983, combined with Hatalsky for a two Day total of 12-Undcr-Par 132. They had eight birdies and no bogeys playing under the tournament s unique alternate shot format. Four teams Are two shots behind at 134, including first round leaders Patty Sheehan and Jay Haas who followed a 65 with a 69. Also Al 10-under Are Sally Little and Mike Sullivan 66martha Nause and Larry Mize 68 and Jody Rosenthal and Brad Faxon who shot a second straight 67 despite bogeys on the final two holes. Defending champions Steve Jones and Jane a Rafler who opened with a 67, played even Par 72. They Are seven shots behind White and Hatalsky who opened with a 68 thursday. Brodie paces seniors tourney Kaan Apall Hawaii former nil quarterback John Brodie fired a under-Par 65 Friday to take the Lead in the Kaan Pali classic the last Stop of these Nior pea tour. One stroke Back at 66, were Don january Bruce Crampton Lee elder and defending Champion Orville Moody. Harold Henning was next at 67. Seniors skins Field filled new York Billy Casper will join Arnold Palmer Chi Chi Rodriguez and Gary player in the$360,000 seniors skins game Jan. 21 and 12, tournament organizers announced saturday that Casper a two time . Open Champion and Winner of two seniors tournaments this year will make his first appearance in the two Day i Hple skins game Al the la Quinla Calif hotel Mountain course Rodriguez won $300,000 of the available $360,000 last year in the inaugural seniors skins game in Hawaii. Palmer and player Alto competed in that event. The event places a value on each Hole s10,000 on the first six 120,000 on the second six and $30,000 on the last six. If there is not a Clear Winner on any Hole the value is carried Over to the next Hole continuing until one player wins a Hole outright. Braves Eye new stadium Atlanta Atlanta braves president Stan Kas Len says he is seriously considering moving the base Ball team from downtown in an open air stadium i suburban Gwinnett county Kasten said the move could come As Early As the1991 season. The braves have a lease to play in the Atlanta Ful ton county stadium until the end of 1990. Kraslen said it is unlikely team will renew its lease with the stadium. Instead Kasten said he is seeking to move the Tea to a new baseball Only stadium in the suburbs. The most Likely and by far the most advanced discussions Are with Gwinnett Kraslen told the at Lanta Constitution in a Story in saturday s editions. "1 believe the discussions we be had with Gwinnett id particular to be very serious. We Are treating them very seriously and that includes everyone up to Ted Turner the owner of the braves .1 discussions have entered on financial feasibility of building it 40,000-10-45,000-seat stadium that would have natural grass and would be placed in a setting. Similar to royals stadium in Kansas City. An open air stadium would Cost Aboul $55 million according to Charles s. Sanders the braves business manager.  Elliott collects $629,364 new York series Champion Bill Elliott collected �629,364 Friday night As a record amount of Post season awards were banded out during the annual Lascar Winston cup awards banquet. Awards totalling $2,647,066 were distributed during the Black tie affair in the grand ballroom of the Wal Dorf Astoria hotel. Elliott the 33-year-old Driver from Dawsonville picked up More than $500,000 from series Spon Sor re. Reynolds tobacco Usa plus $25,000 from nocal gasoline and $ 12,000 each from the sep  the Champion spark plug co. He also received $30,000 from Busch Beer for leading the series with six pole positions plus the j25.000 True value hard Charger award the $20,000 gatorade Circle of Cham pions award and $5,000 from scars Roebuck and co. When we started racing in Winston cup we had no idea what we were getting into Elliott said we were Jusi a Bunch of boys from inc mountains in Georgia who were trying to make a race just please god let us get in the Field. We never had a single thought then that we would be Able to come this far. Wings  guilty of Dpi Bloomfield Hills  judge ordered Detroit red wines Forward Clr Klima to spend Fri Day afternoon in jail after he pleaded guilty to Violat ing the terms of his probation with a second Drunken driving arrest. Judge Edward Sosnick ordered him there so he can get a feel for what it s like to be in jail 4slh District court spokeswoman Molly Forward said after Friday s ruling. Klima 23, also was ordered to work for the next 10days Wilh paraplegic and quadriplegic children Al children s Hosp Lafof Michigan in ctr Oil where he will receive counselling Forward said. Joyner wins Owens award Phoenix Florence Griffith Joyner the mercurial sprinter who set two world records and won three olympic Gold medals and one Silver was named win Ner of the Jesse Owens memorial award As the nation s outstanding track and Field athlete Lor 1988 Friday night. Griffith Joyner beat unimpressive Field that included eight other olym Pic Gold medallists. In the balloting by members of the Media and the athletics con Gress the National governing body for the sport Griffith Joyner received 1,418 Points. Her sister in Law Jack Griffith Joyner in Joyner a Croce Winner of the Owens award in 1987 and 1988, who won two olympic golds arid broke the world heptathlon record twite ill s year rift Sicil Secund with 1,070 Points. Carl Lewis Winner of golds in the men s 100 and Long jump and a Silver in the 200 Al the Seoul games placed third with 556 Points. He was followed by won. In s olympic High jump Champion Louise hitter Wilh 506 and men s 110-meter High hurdles Gold medallist Roger kingdom with 504. Other candidates were men s 200-meter Gold Mcd. Alist Joe Deloath men s 400-meter olympic Champi on Sieve Lewis men s 400-meter intermediate hurdles Winner Andre Phillips and 1,600-meter relay Anchor Man Butch Reynolds. The Owens award is named for the legendary olym Pic Star Jesse Owens who won four Gold medals at the 1936 Berlin games. Griffith Joyner just missed duplicating Owens  the Seoul game she won. Inc women s 100 meter and 200-meter dashes ran the third leg on the winning 400-meter relay team and completed her magnificent Seoul journey by anchoring the United Sta Lesto a second place finish in the l,600-Meler relay. It look a world record by the soviet Union learn to beat  .-./-,.- Buffalo bids for University games Colorado Springs. Cold. Buffalo n.y., has been picked As the United states bid City for the. 1993 world University games. Jeff Farris president of the United states Cote a at sports Council the organization that coordinates a Panie spation in the games made the announce ment Friday. Farris also is head of the National association of intercollegiate athletics. Buffalo was competing with a bid from the Tri City area of Raleigh Durham and Chapel Hill . F 30 to share $1.8 million Jackpot Laurel my. Thirty pc pc will share in the record double triple  million Jackpot at Laurel race course Afler picking the top three finishers in the third and fifth races Laurel spokesman left Whiteman said 8,122 people picked the top three in the third race correctly Friday. The 30 people who then picked the Correct 13-11 combination in the fifth race will receive $60,927.90 apiece. The top i rec horses in the fifth race were skating lady Windy Royal and mighty Juliet. The third race included ii horses and was com prised of older runners with established form. The fifth race was for year-Olds