European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 15,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Coin flip determines oily Winner Dakar Senegal a Fin land s Ari Vatanen driving a Peugeot 405 Turbo 16, won the autos Section and Frenchman Gilles Lalay on a Honda led the motor cyclists at the end of the Lith Paris Dakar rally Friday. The rally mostly across the de Sert and harsh terrain of North Africa began in Paris on Christma Day. A total of 396 competitors left for the 6,730-mile trip across France Spain Tunisia Libya niger Mali Guinea and Senegal to the finish line on the Beach a Dakar. Traditionally Only about a third of the Drivers make it. Vananan 36, also won the 1987 rally in a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, and the 1981 rally. This year he dulled with Peugeot teammate Jacky icky of Bel Gium who led most of the Way. Icky fell Back to second place six Days ago when Peugeot Talbot sport team Leader Jean Todt flipped a Coin in the 10th stage to decide which of his two top divers would be allowed to take the Check ered Flag As Winner. Todt said the flip ended a use less dangerous Competition be tween the two Drivers but other officials criticized his decision. Third Overall in the autos Sec Tion was Frenchman Patrick Tam Bay on a Mitsubishi Pajaro. Icky was philosophical about losing his Chance for Victory on flip. I still want to drive for Peugeot he said. It s a very testing rally As formidable a trial for the Drivers As for the  obeying instructions to the end icky pulled up As he approached the finish line and waited for Vata Nen to pass him. It is not a question of knowing who is the first or second Driver icky said. Each one makes disown  with co Driver Bruno Bergland of Sweden Vatanen brought Peugeot its third consecutive Victory in the Paris Dakar rally. Juha Kankkunen won last year. Peugeot has now decided to end its rally sponsorship in favor of prototype racing. In contrast to the autos Section Competition among the motorcyclists was open and keen. With four riders up front ital Ian Claudio Perruzzi on a Nagiya spaniard Calos Mas and italian Franco Picco on Yamaha and Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel on a Yamaha so Auto Lalay who had been leading since Bamako came in first Overall. Lalay 26, was second in 1986 and third in 1988. It was Honda s fifth win in the Paris Dakar and like Peugeot the company will be pulling out of next year s event. Picco was second and another Frenchman Marc Morales on a Honda was third. Of the 155 autos and 241 motorcycles which left Paris 104 autos and 60 motorcycles got to Dakar. The rally has been strongly criticized for accidents and deaths among participants and spectators but this year there were no serious casualties. Mahrer captures downhill Canada s Stemmle injured by the associated press Kitz Bushel Austria Daniel Mahrer of Switzerland prevented Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg from scoring a double Victory As Mahrer captured sat urday s world cup downhill Here on the Hahnenkamp course. With the course harder and faster than the previous Day when Girardelli won Mahrer clocked 1 minute 58.42 seconds to Edge Girardelli by seven hundredths of a second. Third was austrian Peter Wirnsberger in 1 58.67, with world cup Leader Pir min Zurbriggen of Switzerland fourth in 1 58.95. It s always Spe Cial to win at Kitz Bushel Mahrer said of the famous downhill race. It is the 49th year there has been the Down Hill Here. But i was nervous when Mahrer Girardelli was coming Down the  Mahrer started third and had to wait for Girardelli the 14th Down the course. Mahrer s Victory was his fourth world cup title of his career. The 27-year-old won two downhills last year. He finished 12th in the downhill at Calgary. Brian Stemmle of Canada underwent surgery saturday after suffering a cracked Pelvis and other injuries in a High Speed crash during the race. Stemmle 22, from Aurora Ontario fell on the upper part of the course com ing out of the Stei hang turn. Known As Steep pitch the turn has generated a number of crashes Over the years. Stemmle lost his balance going faster than 62 Mph and tumbled More than 100 meters. He became airborne lost a ski and came Down hard on his Back before stopping in the Side netting tearing a Hole in the Fence. The race was held up for 20 minutes As he was taken by helicopter to the local Hospital. A cracked Pelvis was the preliminary diagnosis said or. Rudolf Sporer of the local medical unit. He also said that Stemmle had internal injuries. Stemmle was taken to the Hospital at Innsbruck. Further examination disclosed that Stemmle also sustained lacerations of the rectum. Surgery was performed saturday afternoon said a spokesman at the Hospital. Stemmle had undergone knee surgery last year after the olympics and Accord ing to Canadian coaches had just been rounding into shape. He had finished 21st in Friday s Down Hill on the same course. His Best career finish in the downhill was a third place in Val Gardena Italy two years ago. With a Bright Sun taking away the Loose Snow that slowed the course the previous Day the course gained Speed. On Friday Girardelli won in 2 01.25 Over the same 3,500-meter run which dropped 890 meters. Girardelli and Zurbriggen Are ready to Battle for Points on sunday in a slalom that also be part of a combined even with saturday s downhill. Zurbriggen leads the Overall standings with 172 Points but Girardelli an aus Trian born skier is second with 157. Alberto Tomba of Italy the olympic Gold medallist in the slalom and giant Sla Lom is fourth for the season with 78 Points. Tomba lost valuable Points to both Zur Briggen and Girardelli by not competing in the downhills or combined event. Frenchwoman wins super a Grin Elwald Switzerland Carole Merle of France outclassed All rivals to win a challenging women s world cup super giant slalom saturday he second Victory this season and ending a 13-race Swiss win Streak. Merle who also won the season s Only previous super a finished the icy hard packed course in i minute 26.24 seconds nearly two seconds ahead of run Ner up Sigrid Wolf. Wolf an austrian gained on the lower part of the 2,115-meter course and was timed in 1 27.97. Third with 1 28.31 was Maria Walliser of Switzerland in rising form As she pre pares to defend her super a and Down Hill titles at the Alpine ski world championships starting Jan. 29 at Vail Colo. I m surprised myself and can t explain it Merle said after triumphing with the second biggest Lead Ever recorded in a world cup super a. When i looked at the piste in the morning i was sceptical because it looked too fast for me and not technical  Mateja Svet of Yugoslavia was the race s most prominent victim crashing on the lower part after her skis were knocked apart. Merle 24, is the Only non Swiss win Ner on the women s circuit this Winter. Until saturday the Swiss triumphed in every event since Merle s Victory in the season opening super a last november. Top american finishers saturday were Chantal Knapp of under Bill Center vt., 24th Hilary Lindh of Juneau Alaska 25th and Pam Fletcher of Acton mass., 27th. Karen Percy and Kerrin Lee were the top canadians. Percy placed 18th, Andlee was 23rd. Merle s Victory her third on the Cir Cuit lifted her into second place in the Overall season standings behind swis Sace Vreni Schneider. Schneider missed a Gate near the top and gave up. But she retained a virtually unbeatable Lead in the world cup Overall standings where she has 232  now has 132. Trevino says it won t work Palmer Calls world tour necessary by Bob Green a Golf writer Palm desert Calif. Arnold Palmer one of golfs most respected elder statesmen said the creation of a world tour is necessary for the continued development of the game. I d like to see a Summit meeting of All the Heads of the various Golf organizations our tour the european tour the australian and asian and the Japa Nese All of them Palmer said. Get them together and let them arrange a world wide schedule so that nobody would lose anything so that there would t be major conflicts. They could do it. It has to happen. It has to happen if Golf is going to continue to Progress and grow if Golf is going to continue to develop said Palmer for decades a dedicated inter nationalist and the Man who helped restore the British open to its current level of acceptance and prestige. Australian Greg Norman enthusiastically supports the world tour concept. I d be delighted to see it Norman said. I play an International schedule now and Golf around the world is improving every year. I d love to see a world tour of maybe 25 tournaments six or eight Here in the states six or eight in Europe and four or five in Japan and Australia All Over the  other authorities Are less certain Arnold Palmer. Wants Summit meeting citing practical considerations that would produce major problems for any would be organizers of a world Golf tour. I Don t see anything like that in the foreseeable future said pea tour commissioner Deane Beman. Lee Trevino was More Adamant. It won t work he said shaking his head. There Are too Many problems too Many people would have to give up too much. No it won t  there is he said the matter of control. Examples Are the masters con trolled by the Augusta National Golf club the British open controlled by the Royal and ancient Golf club of St. Andrews the . Open controlled by the . Golf association the pea controlled by the pea of America. In each Case the tournament is the showcase event and a major reve nue producer for each organization. It is highly unlikely any of those Spon Soring groups would surrender control to a Central world tour authority. The same holds True for other inter National events the Sun City Chal Lenge a $1 million South african event privately sponsored major japanese tournaments a number of european events tied in with a management group. Too Many problems said Trevi no. And How about television who gets the rights who does it and How do they do it arid when do they do it from Australia and Tokyo and St. An Drews no he said again shaking his head too Many  Palmer disagreed. Of course there Are problems. But problems can be solved. A world tour is needed he said. And i m convinced it is going