European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 20,1989 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Mecir dumps Connors to reach final from press dispatches Indian Wells. Calif. Seventh seeded Milos Lav Mccier beat no. 4 Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-4, and no.12 Yannick Noah beat unseeded Jay Burger 6-3, 6-4 saturday in the semifinals of the $702,500 champions cup men s Tennis . Of Czechoslovakia and Noah of France were to play in sunday s final. The Winner will receive$135.000 and the runner up $67,500. Noah won Here in i j82 and was runner up in 1984 and 86. Beck assumes pc Lead Ponte Vedra. Fla. A strange thing happened to Bruce Litzke and Mark Mccumber in their fight for the Lead of the tournament players championship on saturday. Lic Tzoc blew a five stroke Lead and Mccumber missed a half Inch putt. Taking advantage of the mis fortunes of his opponents Chip Beck moved into a one stroke Lead in inc $ 1.35 million tournament with a 4-Undcr- 68. Beck s three round total of 207 was one ahead of Tom Kite who shot a 69. Lic Tzoc. The second round Leader and Mccumber the defending Champion were at 209 along with Gary Koch Ben Crenshaw and Fred couples. Greg Norman and Gil Morgan were at 210 and Jack Nicklaus and craigsladlerat21l. 80-footer benefits Garbacz Tucson Ariz. An 80-foot Chip shot on the 15th Hole gave Lori Garbacz something to smile about and the third round Lead of the $300,000 Lyga Tucson open. Garbacz 30, caught up with Martha Nause on the 15th Hole saturday and then birdied nos. 16 and 18 to grab Atwo stroke Lead heading into sunday s final round. Seek ing her first Victory in 12 years Garbacz finished with a 5 Undcr-par67 and a 54-holc total of 204. Roe captures Spain tourney pals Spain Mark Roe of England Sank a 20 foot Bunker shot for an Eagle 3 on the 16th Hole Enro Ute to a 2-under- 71 sunday and won the $350,000 Catalonia open Golf tournament. The 25-year-old Roe finished with a 13-Undcr-par279, one shot better than Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain and Colin Montgomerie and Gordon Brand jr., both of Scotland. It was the briton s first euro pea european tour Victory in his five years on the circuit. Weber wins triple Crown Toledo Ohio Pete Weber became the third Man to win Bowling s triple Crown when he beat Dave Ferraro 221-216 saturday for the title in the $280,000 profession Al bowlers association National championship. Weber of Florissant mo., won the 1987 tournament of champions and the 1988 . Open the other two legs. He joined Billy Hardwick and Johnny Petraglia As the Only players to win the Aba s three major events. With his first prize of $54,000, the second largest on the Aba tour Weber moved within $958 of joining Mark Roth Marshall Holman and Earl Anthony As the Only bowlers to win $ i million in their careers. Dunn joins drag qualifiers Gainesville Fla. Mike Dunn joined a pair of Winston world champions Joe Amato and Bob Glidden As the qualifying leaders for sunday s motor Craft Quality parts Gator nationals at Gainesville raceway. The $851,850 event is the third Stop on the 19-Racc, $18 million Nora Winston drag racing series sched ule. Dunn of Ontario calif., claimed the no. 1 spot in funny car Competition and established track elapsed time and Speed records in the process with his 5.281-Sec Ond run at 280.19 Mph. Dunn s Effort came on Only the fourth run on his new up i special Oldsmobile Cutlass. Second quickest was Bruce Larson of Dauphin pa., at 5.330 and 276.07. Amato the defending Winston Champion in top fuel had a track record elapsed time of 5.058 at 284.27 in his try Keystone automotive special dragster for the no. 1 spot. Amato is from old forge Gary Ormsby from Roseville calif., and Winner of the first two Nora National events of the season is second at 5.092 and 284.00gliddcn, with nine Winston titles and 69 National event victories to his credit is the Leader in pro Stock with a 7.319, a track record at 189.27. Roffe upsets Mckinney crested Butte Colo. Diann Roff came from fourth tenths of a second off the Lead to tic Tam Ara Mckinney for the women s slalom title saturday at the . Alpine ski championships. Men s favorite Felix Mcgrath successfully defended his slalom , who had overtaken Mckinney on the second run of Friday s giant slalom to capture her first nation Al title nearly duplicated that feat . 26, of Squaw Valley calif., had led the first run with a time of 40.53 seconds. Roff 21, of Williamson n.y., was second at 40.93. Roff uncorked a 40,83 on the second run easily the fastest of the afternoon and when Mckinney managed a 41.23, they finished in a rare lie with aggregate times of 1 minute 21.76 seconds. Kenyan wins 4th straight title Stavanger Norway John Ngugi of Kenya captured his fourth straight world championship title in Cross country running sunday by winning the men s12-Kilometer race in 39 minutes 42 seconds. The 27-year-old Ngugi the olympic 5,000-meter Champion last year was 28 seconds ahead of runner up Tim mulching of great Britain. Wilfred Sirochi of Kenya placed third 39 seconds behind Ngugi. Stephen Mone Ghitti of Australia finished fourth Tafa Tesfaye of Ethiopia was fifth and Alejandro Gomez of Spain  won the men s team Competition followed by great Britain and  Sergent of France won the women s 6-k race seven seconds ahead of Nadezhda Stepanova of the soviet Union. Lynn Williams of Canada placed third 14 seconds behind the  soviet Union won the women s team event Fol Lowed by France and the United states. Ciccarelli tallies 7 Points Hartford Conn. If the Washington capitals had pried Dino Ciccarelli from Minnesota sooner the already might have clinched the Patrick division title. Washington won for the fifth straight time since acquiring the Spunky Ceccarclli March 7, As one of the newest of the new look capitals had a club record seven Points four goals three assists in an 8-2 rout of the whalers saturday night at the civic Center. Nil standings summaries on Page 22. Winfield contemplates surgery fort Lauderdale Fla. New York Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield says he May require surgery to repair an injured  has not played since Spring training started three weeks ago while doctors decided a course , 37, said his Back Hurt him last season when he hit .322 with 25 homers and 107 runs batted in. Whatever i have to do i m willing to  Winfield said of the possibility of surgery. Yanks get Hall from indians fort Lauderdale. Fla. The new York Yankees obtained outfielder Mel Hall from the Cleve land indians on sunday for Catcher Joel Skinner and outfielder Turner Ward. Hall 28, a left handed hitter batted .280 in 150 games with the indians last year with six Home runs and 71 runs batted in. He collected at least 70 Bis in each of his last three seasons with Cleveland and hit18 Home runs in 1986 and 1987. This Spring he was hitting .324 with 8 rib in 13 games. Skinner injured nearly half of last season batted.227 with the Yankees and had four homers and 23 Bis in 88 , 23. A switch hitter spent the 1988 season with the Yankees Columbus farm club in the International league where he batted .251 in 134 games with seven homers and 50 Bis. Favorite claims Tokyo Marathon Tokyo pc race favorite Hiromi Taniguchi of Japan won his second Tokyo International Marathon sunday finishing the 26.2-Milc course in 2 hours. 9 minutes and 34 seconds. Behind Taniguchi. Who also won the race in 1987,was Belgium s Eddy Hill Buyck in 2 12 16, a personal Best. Tetsuhiko Kim of Japan was third in 2 16 55. Taniguchi a pc race favorite and one of Japan s top Marathon runners pulled away from a id Man pack near the Halfway Mark and led the rest of the Way. Australian sets record Brisbane Australia australian Kerry Saxby sunday set a world record of 20 minutes 32.75 seconds Lor the women s 5,000-Mclcr walk sunday at the australian track and Field championships. Saxby Cut More than 12 seconds off her own pre Vious world record for the distance set last year in Perth. She won the race by More than two minutes it was the-19th world record or world Best of her career and her fourth this year. Korean lifts Torres Crown Seoul South Korea South korean challenger Lee yol woo became the new world boxing Council Light flyweight Champion sunday by stopping Mexico German Torres in the ninth round of a scheduled 12 round title  boxers staged a slug fast from the Start until the referee halted the bout seconds before the ninth round ended with Torres helpless under a constant attack by  korean challenger was penalized for Rabbit punches in the fifth round. He overcame the difficulty and took the offensive forcing Torres to keep Backie Daling. The 32-year-old mexican showed signs of fatigue in the eighth round. Many of his punches were wide and went  the Middle of the ninth round Torres was visibly Hurt after taking a pair of punches on his swollen  Strong right sent him staggering toward the rope and the referee immediately stopped the fight. It was Lee s first world in Lac since he turned pro in 1985. He has since compiled a record of 16 wins against one defeat. 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