European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. May 19. 1989 the stars and stripes Pago 23 Vilseck Baum older sprinters Golden by Ben Abrams prep sports editor Augsburg West Germany Emmanuel Riddix and an Jancita Kirkland put on a dazzling demonstration of running to highlight the action in thursday s final Day of the Germany a track and Field championships at Rosnau stadium. Vilsick s Reddix won the 100 and 200 meters and anchored the Falcons to Victory in both the 400 and 1.600-meter relays. Baum older s Kirkland triumphed in the 100 and 400 meters and duplicated Riddix s achievements in the relays. Kirkland s achievements were a Little sweeter than Riddix s because she helped her team win the girls title with 135 Points. Fulda showed too much depth in the boys Competition scoring in every event while chalking up 145 Points. Despite Reddix s heroics. Vilseck had to Settle for third place with 54 Points. Bamburg s Reggie Collier came into the meet with the Yucai s fastest times in both the Century and 200, having clocked 10.6 and 21.1, respectively. But Reddix beat him in both events in the championships nipping Collier at the wire in the 100 with a 10.8 clocking and Ermany a track winning the 200 by a slightly wider margin in 21.9. Kirkland won both of her races rather easily hitting the tape in the 100 in 12.5. The year s second Best time. She was clocked in 1 02.3 in the 400 meters. Vilsick actually had More championships than Fulda but the 19x9 Champion had a flock of seconds and thirds As it scored 10 or More Points in seven different events. Cunis Claxton took the 300-Intcrmc Diate hurdles in 41.7. With teammate Mark Diggs Fin Ishing second and Dave  taking sixth. Fulda s other champions Wen buddy Briggs in the 1.500 and Mike Smith in the discus and the sprint Medley relay team of Law Ellen. Diggs. Leon Winfrey and Briggs. Antonio Wells. John Streator and Marlon  joined Riddix in the legs of the 400-meter relay and Wells. Maurice Dean and Marcus Stucks ran the first three legs in the 1,600 relay. Wells accounted for a fifth Vilsick championship by winning the Long jump with a 2l-9 / Effort. Other firsts were recorded by Berlin s Carlos mar shall with a Glossy 49.7 time in the 400. Ulm s Trevor Harris in the 110-meter High hurdles. Baum older s l d Eussry in the shot and scan Johnson in the triple jump Lahr s Dave Langlois with a 1 57.4 in the 800, Tony Cook in the 3,010 and Mike Bratzke in the High jump and Augsburg s Mark Schonholz in the pole vault. In addition to Kirkland s victories in the 100 and 400. Baum older also got a winning Effort from Christy Harris in the 200 with a 26.1 clocking. Pam Williams who took the 300-meter hurdles and the triple jump joined Kirkland and Kasha and Grinina Mccall in the 400 relay and Patrice Mccrary and the Mccall Sisters preceded Kirkland in the Long relay. Only one record fell in the two Day meet. That was recorded by Danielle Larose of Lahr in the shot put with a 37-5 i heave. Lahr also got a Victory from Rox Anne Bievenue in the High jump. Ansbach got championship performances from Candy mines in the i0&metcr hurdles Sharon Wesley in the discus and Monica Taylor in the 800 meters. Diana Rodriguez won the 3,000 meters and Tina Broughton took the Long jump for Giessen. Vilsick s Tracy wrinkle won the 1,500 meters and the osterholz quartet of Margo Branch Shin cd Jor Dan. Tammy Branch and Shamria Fields took the sprint Medley. At 79, Ken Griffey or. Mokes it big in Seattle Nyji scour Seattle a the Seattle Mari ners believe Ken Griffey jr., just two years out of Cincinnati s mock scr High school and six weeks into his initial major league season is headed for Star Dom. Mariners manager Jim  is leading the cheers for Griffey and he says he does t want to put undue pres sure on the son of the Cincinnati reds outfielder Ken Griffey. Life Burc docs make it Clear he has enormous expectations for the Rookie however. To me the Young Man is an awesome Talent Lefebyre said. He shows you he can do anything. He can beat you with his Bat he can beat you with his legs on the bases he can beat you with his legs in the Outfield running balls Down and he can beat you with his Arm. He can make the spectacular play As Well As the  the rapid talking  took a breath and resumed his accolades about Griffey. He has really made a great positive contribution for us. He s going to definitely be an Impact player. He s going Tobe a Guy who can carry a team. He s going to be a player that people will say let s go out and Sec Ken Griffey play regardless if it s in Seattle or on the East coast or the West or  Griffey 19, the first player chosen in the 1987 june draft is taking it in stride. I m having fun Griffey said. I m seeing the Ball a lot belter. I m doing the things i need to do and we re  in the mariners 21-18 Start Griffey has hit .303 with three Home runs and nine Bis. Me has been outstanding on the bases and in the Outfield and he has already been an american league player of the week. The mariners Are a 13-year-old fran Chise still looking for their first winning season. But with Griffey s help and left Here s enthusiastic positive approach the mar Iners arc showing signs they re winners this season. They be already put together a six game winning Streak the team longest since 1985. If we continue to play hard Strong baseball Day in and Day out. Well be All right Griffey said. We re taking it a Day at a time though. Jim left Burc told us we re not going to win 120 games this year so he wants us to just take it one Day at a time. That takes a lot of pressure off  Griffey who won t turn 20 until nov. 21, is the mariners Center fielder. The left handed hitting Griffey was put on the Bench against left handers for a week by Lefebyre last month but  issuing Griffey every Day now. In his Sec Ond professional season Griffey played 58 games at class a san Bernardino and in games at class a Vermont last sea son. He was ticketed to go to class aaa Calgary of the Pacific coast league this season. But Griffey had a sensational Spring and  and general manager Woody Woodward decided he was ready for the mariners. There was no doubt in his ability  explained. But there was some concern about How he was going to Han dle certain situations How tic was going to handle some setbacks. We had the feeling everything was Ken Griffey or s .303 an Hajje has helped Power he mariners to a 21-18 Start. Going to be All right. But you never know until it actually  "1 had no idea what to expect grif Fey said. They said Don t worry about yourself in Spring training. Now i just want to contribute to the team As much As  Griffey and his 39-year-old father playing in his 17th major league season Are the first father son combination Ever to play in the major leagues at the same time. Griffey s father told him his Strong support is making the other mariners play belter. He told me if i performed Well a lot of Guys would t want to be showed up by a 19-year-old and that would help the  Spain s bruguera stuns Connors in italian open Rome a unseeded scr i Bru Guera of Spain ousted fifth seeded Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1 in the third round of the $1 million italian open thursday. The 37-year-old Connors was no match for the hard hitting 18-year-old spaniard who took just under an hour to beat him. Connors is bruguera s second upset victim in the tournament. In the first round the 85th-Rankcd bruguera ousted no. 13 seed Andres Gomez of Ecuador. Bruguera was joined in the quarterfinal round by unseeded Mark Kover mans of the Netherlands and Jordi a Rose of Spain both of whom registered three set victories. Arr Csc upset loth Sec did Darren Ca Hill of Australia 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. He reached the third round with a Surprise Victory Over no. 7 seed Aaron Krickstein on wednesday. On Friday Arr Csc will meet the Winner of thursday s late match be tween no. 1 seed Mats Wilander of swe Den and unseeded Jay bar Ger. Koch crimans won his third match in a Row when he beat Italy s Diego Nargiso 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. The dutchman who upset no. 3 seed Kent Carlsson of Sweden in the first round and ousted Veteran Jose Luis Clerc of Argentina in the second will play bruguera in his quarterfinal match. Connors had struggled in his first two matches against qualifiers Cedric proline of France and Italy s Massimo  american Andre Agassi the no. 2 seed has breezed through the first two rounds. The two americans future a grudging Mutual respect but they Are clearly far from friends. Agassi s next opponent will be Leonar do Lavalle of Mexico. But he is already looking beyond to the quarterfinals. I m real interested to see the Guillermo Pyrcz Roldan Jim courier match he said after the Sampras match. They re both Good players. But i be played both of them and i be always managed to keep them under  Agassi is bursting Over the horizon like a blazing Sun inc. At Rome his popularity is phenomenal. The crowd cheers when he removes his warm up suit before his matches. Bal boys and bal girls draw lots to earn the right to work when he plays