European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 6,1989 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Navratilova outlasts Mcneil in Tokyo final from press dispatches Tokyo Martina Navratilova fought Back from a 3-5 deficit in the final set tiebreaker sunday and beat Lori Mcneil 6-7 3-76-3, 7-6 7-5 for the singles title in the pan Pacific open Tennis tournament. Navratilova the top seed and second ranked woman player in the world received $50,000 for the 140th singles title of her career. Mcneil seeded seventh and ranked 12th in the world pocketed $22,500 after losing to her fellow american for the sixth time in six matches. I had a big Chance to defeat Martina this time because i served much better throughout and my vol Ley was Good and i stayed with her. I never gave up Mcneil said. In the first set i made easy mistakes in Volley returns and she returned Well Navratilova said. Her service motion was faster than i had  the american pair of Zina Garrison and katrina Adams beat Claudia Kohide Kilsch of West Germany and american Mary Joe Fernandez 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 7-5 for the doubles title. The winning team earned $ 15,000 and the losing team received $7,500. . Extends Lead Over Paraguay Michael Chang rallied sunday for a three set Victory Over Hugo Chapalu As the United states extended its insurmountable Lead Over Paraguay in a first round Davis cup match at fort Myers Fla. Chang won 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 to put the americans ahead4-0 in the Best-of-5 match. The United states ensured its Victory saturday when Ken Flach and Robert Seguso swept Victor Pecci and Fernando g9nzalez 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. The americans will meet France in san Diego in april s quarterfinals. American Andre Agassi was scheduled to meet Vic Tor Pecci later sunday to conclude the match. The United states is seeking its first Davis cup title since 1982. Paraguay will play a relegation match later this year with the opponent yet to be determined. In other first round world group matches Mikael perfors beat Massimiliano Narducci 6-3, 6 4, 4-6, 6-7, 6-3 to give Sweden a 4-1 Victory Over Italy in Malmo Sweden. Perfors was hampered by leg cramps As the swedes who have played in six straight finals advanced despite being without Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg. Jonas Svensson made the final score 4-1, defeating Omar Camporese 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. In the next round Sweden will play Austria which swept Australia 5-0 in Vienna. At Marabella Spain Jorge Arrese came to the fore for Spain after its top player Emilio Sanchez was upset. Despite the Home court advantage Sanchez lost his match to Leonardo Lavalle 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 to knot the match at 2-2. But arese came Back to beat Francis co Maciel 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 for a 3-2 Victory that advanced Spain into the Quarter finals against Yugoslavia. France beat Israel 4-1 at Tel Aviv. France split two matches with Israel sunday after clinching Victory sat urday. Amos Mansdorf scored Israel s Only Victory by beating Yannick Noah but Henri Leconte came Back to defeat Gilad Bloom. Lyle leads los Angeles open los Angeles Sandy Lyle finished off a 68 and took a two shot Lead sunday in the delayed completion of the third round of the $1 million los Angeles open. The final round was scheduled for sunday afternoon. Lyle the husky Scot who holds the masters title was tied for the Lead with Mark Calcavecchia Hale Irwin and Fred couples when play was halted by darkness saturday. At that Point Lyle Calcavecchia and Irwin had completed nine holes couples 11. Lyle came Back at Daylight sunday and played the Back nine in 3-under-Par 33 in biting cold and moved in front alone at 202, 11-under-Par for 54 holes on the Riviera country club course. Calcavecchia chipped in from about 30 feet on the final Hole to finish off a 70 and Complete three round sat 204. Irwin wearing a Bandage to cover a Gash on his forehead dropped Back after making a double bogey on the 18th Hole. Irwin was hit in the head by a Ball in wednesday s pro am and had to have several stitches taken to close the Cut. He was Short and left in two chipped Short was on in four and 2-putted. Irwin had a third round 69 and was tied for third at 206 with couples and Steve Pate. Pate a two time Winner last year had a 68 and couples 69. Lyle got his approach to within two feet of the Flag for a Birdie on the 13th Hole then took the Lead alone with a 20-footer on the 15th. He stretched it out with another 20-foot Birdie putt on the 17th and got More breathing room when Irwin ran into his last Hole double bogey. The rain and wind that disrupted play Friday and saturday gave Way to Clear skies and colder tempera Tures sunday. Wilkins May return against kicks Atlanta Atlanta s Dominique Wilkins who injured his right thumb against Utah last week should be Able to return to action wednesday when the Hawks play the new York kicks the Aba team s physician said. Wilkins sat out two games including the Hawks game saturday in Phoenix because of the injury. An examination in Atlanta Friday by or. David Apple showed Wilkins suffered a sprained thumb. Apple said Wilkins should suffer no after effects and also should be Able to play in the Aba All Star game feb. 12. Soviet sets pole vault record Moscow radion Gat Ullin broke his world indoor pole vault record saturday Clearing 19 feet 9 inches at the soviet Union s Winter championships Tass reported. Gat Ullin a Silver medallist at the 1988 olympics added three quarters of an Inch to the record of 19-8 /4 he had set Jan. 22 at Leningrad. His latest record came at Gomel in the byelorussian Republic. Gat Ullin a student from Tashkent in Uzbekistan is threatening countryman Sergei Bubka for the distinction As the world s no. 1 vaulter. Before this season Bubka the 1988 olympic Cham Pion and the two time world Champion held the world indoor record of 19-7. He still is the world outdoor record Holder at 19-10 �/2. Johnson trains for 92 games san Sebastian Spain Ben Johnson banned from track and Field for two years following his Posi Tive drug test at the Seoul olympics is preparing to compete in the 1992 games at Barcelona a published report said saturday. I be started to train again Johnson was quoted As saying in Al Diario Vasco which translated his re Marks into Spanish. I Hope to have the Chance to run again against Carl Lewis and beat  Johnson beat Lewis in an apparent world record 9.79 seconds at Seoul but Johnson lost the Gold medal and the record when he tested positive for anabolic steroids. Johnson still holds the record at 9.83. The International Amateur athletic federation banned Johnson from Competition for two years As a result of the positive drug test. The jamaican born Canadian said he never knowingly used steroids. Japanese captures Marathon Beppu Japan Satoru Shimizu of Japan out dulled Yakov Tolstiko of the soviet Union Over the last 1 a Miles and won the 38th Beppu Oita Manichi Marathon by nine seconds sunday. The 25-year-old Shimizu finished in 2 hours 12 minutes 26 seconds More than four minutes faster than his previous Best of 2 16 53. It was his first Victory in five marathons. Tolstiko finished second in 2 12 35, six seconds ahead of Japan s Futoshi Shinohara. Shimizu and Tolstiko had broken away from the Lead group of eight runners approaching the 24-mile Point in the 26-mile, 385-Yard race. In All 360 of the 508 runners finished the race run in Fine weather with a temperature of about 50 degrees. Americans Ric Sayre and Mike Cook both withdrew during the race. Drag racing delayed one week Pomona Calif. Rain on saturday forced a one week postponement of the Nora chief Auto parts internationals at the los Angeles county fair Lex. The $896,400 event the 1989 season opener for the 18-race, $17-million Nora Winston drag racing series has been rescheduled feb. 10-12. Bowlers set Marathon record Dover Del. Six Dover bowlers completed a 24 hour Marathon saturday knocking Down 79,154 pins to unofficially break the world record set in Detroit last year. The guinness Book of world records must still verify the accomplishment but unofficially the bowl ers broke the record of 78,384 pins. A group of austra Lian bowlers reportedly rolled a combined 83,012, but that record has t been confirmed by guinness. Goodbye Halo wins at Anita Arcadia Calif. Goodbye Halo a runner up for eclipse awards the past two years captured the $215,300 la Canada stakes at Santa Anita saturday and with it the meeting s championship for 4-year-old fillies. Ridden by Pat Day she beat pacesetter Seattle smooth by 2 a lengths in running the 1 is Miles Over a Sloppy track in 1 54 2-5. East German takes bobsled title Cortina Italy East German Veteran Wolfgang Hoppe scored a sensational comeback sunday to win the world two Man bobsled championship with a razor thin margin Over Gustav Weder of Switzerland. The 36-year-old East German Star used his experience and Superb driving ability Down the 1,288-meter course to Edge Weder by a Mere six hundredths of a second after the four championship runs. Hoppe s aggregate time was 3 minutes and 38.05 seconds. Weder who led after the first two runs on saturday had 3 38.11 and Janis Kipurs of the soviet Union the outgoing world Champion and 1988 Gold medallist in Calgary was third in 3 39.89. There were 38 sleds from 22 countries both records for a world championship but the artificially refrigerated Cortina track had no problem despite the Lack of Snow and the warm temperatures. 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