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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 20, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Voss captures 2nd straight Bowling title from press dispatches new Orleans Brian Voss of Tacoma wash., won his second straight professional bowlers association title saturday defeating Walter Ray Williams or. Of Stock ton calif., 245-223, in the $200,000 Don Carter s greater new Orleans classic. Voss a former Usa eur Bowler at Mannheim West Germany will be the defending Champion at the True value open in Peoria 111. This week and will tie a Aba record of three straight victories if he wins there. I m on a Roll and my swing feels Good said Voss who shot to the top of the Aba earnings list with $72,915 after seven weeks. Top seeded Voss and Williams began the title game of the Stepladder finals with three strikes each. However in the fourth Frame Voss converted a nine count spare to take a one pin Lead As Williams picked up a two pin leave. Despite throwing every shot in or near the strike pocket Williams was not Able to recover and Voss sewed up the $38,000 first place Check when he knocked Down nine pins on his first Ball of the final Frame. In winning his eighth career Aba Crown Voss faced a Man who had eliminated three bowlers on his Way to the title game. Williams who collected $20,000 for second place opened the Stepladder finals with a 207-194 win Over Tony Westlake of Edmond okla., then downed third seeded Parker Bohn Iii of Freehold n.j., 222-191, and Pete Mccordic of Houston 255-204 to set up the championship match. Norman wins by 5 strokes Melbourne Australia Greg Norman fired a 5 under Par 68 sunday and scored a five shot Victory in the australian masters Golf championship his fifth win in the event in nine years. The australian finished with a 72-Hole total of 280 12 under Par after four straight birdies from the 14th through the 17th holes. English Amateur Russell Claydon finished second at285 after a 75 in the final round. Australian Bob Shearer who led for most of the final round before stumbling Over the closing holes finished tied for third at 286 with compatriot Craig Parry. Shearer had a final round 76 and Parry a 72. Norman earned $67,230 for his Victory. American Jack Nicklaus who began the final round Only four shots off the Pace bogeyed the first two holes and carded a 77, finishing 11 strokes behind Norman. Turner fires 66 in Hawaii Honolulu Sherri Turner fired a record tying 6 under Par 66 saturday for a record setting Victory in the $300,000 hawaiian ladies open Golf tournament. Turner shot a bogey free round to finish at 11-under Par 205, four strokes ahead of Friday s co Leader Sara Ann Mcgetrick. Turner the Lyga tour s leading Money Winner in 1988, started the final round one stroke behind Mcgetrick and Alice Ritzman who were at 6 under. She took the Lead for Good by shooting a 3-under 33 on the front nine of the 6,267-Yard Turtle Bay country club course on Oahu Island s North Shore. Turner who claimed a $45,000 first prize beat the previous tournament record of 9-under 207 set by 1987 Champion Cindy Rarick. Her final round of 66 equated the tournament record set by Terry to Myers in thurs Day s first round. Australian leads at san Diego san Diego Steve Elkington of Australia offset three bogeys with six birdies and an Eagle for a 5-under Par 67 saturday taking a two stroke Lead Over Greg Twiggs after three rounds in the $700,000 san Diego open. Elkington birdied the Par-5 18th despite hitting his to today third shot while standing in a Pond. He has a three Day total 200 at the Torrey Pines Golf course. Second round co Leader Mark Wiebe was alone in third place after a third round 70, which left him at 203 follow ing earlier rounds of 68 and 65. Johnny Miller and John Mccomish were four Back at 12-under 204, while four others were tied at 11-undergoing into sunday s final round. Dave Hill tops seniors Tampa Fla. Dave Hill shot a 3-under-Par 69 sat urday to take a one stroke Lead after two rounds of the $300,000 Sun coast classic pea seniors tour event. Hill shot a 36-Hole total of 137, 7-under Par a shot ahead of Chi Chi Rodriguez Bob Charles and Doug Sanders. . Speed skater wins 2 races Innsbruck Austria Dan Jansen of the United states finished first in both the 500 and 1,000-meter races sunday in a world cup Speed skating meet. Jansen clocked 37.38 seconds in winning the 500-meter event. South Korea s Kitae bae was second in 37.52. East Germany s Uwe Jens Mey who won saturday s 500 meter race finished third in 37.59. Jansen was timed in 1 minute 15.78 seconds in win Ning the 1,000 meters. Mey was second in 1 15.81, and East Germany s Andre Hoffmann wound up third in1 15.99. Norway s Geir Karlstad took the 5,000-meter event in 6 59.57. East Germany s Michael Spielman was second in 7 02.93 followed by Gerard Kempers of the Netherlands in 7 04.92. Graf whips Garrison in final Fairfax a. Steffi Graf of West Germany won the first 20 Points then capitalized on two late service Breaks in the second set and captured the $300,000 Vir Ginia slims of Washington sunday with a 6-1, 7-5 Victory Over Zina Garrison. Graf the world s top ranked player won 25 of the 29 Points in the first set. Garrison did not Register a Point until the sixth game of the match and could not Muster a Point off Graf s serve until the second set. Garrison made a match of it in the second set holding serve throughout the first eight games and getting a serv ice break to pull into a 5-5 tie. Graf who has not lost a set in 12 matches in 1989, broke the deadlock by notching a service break at 30, the holding serve at 15. Graf who earned $60,000, has an 84-3 record since the beginning of 1988. Garrison ranked no. 9 in the world won $27,000. Becker captures Milan tourney Milan Italy top seeded Boris Becker of West Germany Defeated unseeded Alexander Volkov of the soviet Union 6-1, 6-2 sunday in the final of the $492,500 Stella Artois indoor Tennis championships. The 21-year-old West German earned $75,000 As he won his first tournament on the grand prix circuit since the new York masters last december. Kriek Gilbert play in Tennis final Memphis Tenn. Johan Kriek was Able to Call upon his Power game when he needed it most saturday As he beat Michael Chang 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 in the semifinals of the $415,000 Volvo Tennis indoor championship. Kriek s Victory sends him into sunday s final against Brad Gilbert who beat Kevin Curren 7-6 7-36-4. Waltrip nips Wallace at wire Daytona Beach Fla. Darrell Waltrip stole a Victory from Rusty Wallace saturday in a Goody s 300 Busch grand National Stock car race marked by three wild crashes including one in the midst of the Lead pack just a turn from the end. Waltrip passed Wallace in the final 100 Yards to win by half a car length picking up his fifth Victory in this event. The three time Winston cup Champion was fourth heading into the last Lap around the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway Oval trailing Wallace Dale Jar rett and Geoff Bodine. As the leaders raced into the third turn on the High banked track Jarrett attempted to catch Wallace on the outside. Jarrett s car suddenly Slid sideways and Bodine ran into it. Meanwhile Waltrip slipped underneath the tangle along with Rob Moroso. Those two caught Wallace but Waltrip was lower on the track. Wallace moved his Pontiac Down the banking keeping Waltrip s Chevrolet behind him but finally had to Sli Deback toward the Middle of the track. Waltrip was Able to nudge just ahead of Wallace at the end with Moroso right behind in third. Dale Earnhardt was fourth with Bodine righting his Carand finishing fifth. Brown retains title in Budapest Budapest Hungary Simon Brown of washing ton d.c., knocked Down Jorge Maysonet three times and stopped the puerto rican at 2 01 of the third round to retain his International boxing federation welterweight title saturday in the first professional fight in a Warsaw act country since world War ii. Brown the first professional Boxer to defend a world title behind the Iron curtain absorbed an Early flurry from the challenger before turning on the Power to de stroy Maysonet with a devastating assault. Although reports said the 8,200-seat Arena was sold out Only about 2,000 of the seats were taken. Brown s third successful defense of the title took his record to 28-1. Maysonet dropped to 19-3. Soc elects Steinbrenner Portland Ore. New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner won election As vice president of the . Olympic committee on saturday then joked that his players voted unanimously to have him spend More time on the olympics than baseball. Steinbrenner said one of the ways he can Aid America s olympic program is by helping the ruling bodies of Var ious sports make connections with corporations and other sources of financial support. We have to get behind these athletes and give them All the advantages that other nations Are giving their ath letes Steinbrenner said. I Don t care How we do it. We be got to get it  asked whether he will be spending More time on the olympics and less on the Yankees Steinbrenner joked they had a vote on that in new York and it was unanimous that i do that. The players were right on top of  soc president Robert h. Helmick running unopposed won a second term. Also elected vice presidents were attorney and former team handball player Michael b. Lenard and businessman William b. Tutt. Five time olympian Willye White nominated by a coalition of groups hoping for a female officer was Defeated in voting by the soc s House of delegates. Indoor Clay court banned London a controversial indoor Clay court on which Austria Defeated Australia in one of the biggest upsets in recent Davis cup history has been banned from the tournament. The International Tennis federation said that experimental surfaces such As that used in Vienna in Austria s 5-0 Victory Over Australia two weeks ago would be prohibited from future Davis cup matches. 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