European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday. September 16,1989 flames top soviet team in hockey icebreaker Byro Gloster Leningrad. . A one scoreboard was in English and the other in russian cyrillic characters but in any language the Calgary flames had just re corded the first win by an nil team in the soviet Union. Early goals by Gary Roberts and Al Mclnnis pow Rcd the Stanley cup champions to a 4-2 Victory thursday night Over  Shimik. One of the top clubs in the soviet league. Uniformed red army soldiers mingled with Canadian visitors in the stands and one Canadian reporter found time Between periods to Exchange a sweatshirt for Paul Mccartney records sold Only in the soviet Union. Soviet and Canadian flags waved inthe stands and advertisements for Pepsi and Budweis or were written in two languages on the boards around the rink but Calgary coach Terry Crisp said it Wasa Normal hockey atmosphere on the ice. Hockey is an International Lan  Crisp said. When the game s on you Don t know if you re in Calgary los Angeles or  the experience was perhaps most difficult for Calgary right Wing Sergei Makarov the offensive Star of the soviet National team during the last decade who was sold to the flames this summer. I found it a Little strange playing against my  Saiof Makarov returning to his Homeland for the first time since becoming a member of the flames. The rams who lost twice in Prague to the czechoslovakian National team before entering the soviet Union on tuesday needed Only 31 seconds to show their superiority to Woskres cask. A team from a Small town near Moscow. Joe Nicu Wandyk went through the Shimik defense and fired a shot that was tipped into the net by Roberts. Less than three minutes later while  was two men Short. Mclnnis fired a bul let from the Point that eluded goalie Alexei Char Iakov. Calgary made it 3-0 with five minutes left in the period when Paul Ranheim lifted a shot Over chars Iakov s shoulder. Shimik. The russian word for Chemi Cal settled Down after the Early problem but was unable to Capitali a on repeated Calgary penalties. The flames were two men Short in the first period and again Early in the second but Voskressensk failed to score both times. Shimik finally scored with 13 32 gone in the second period when Alexei Yash Kin blasted a hard shot from the Point that eluded Calgary goalie Ric Wamsley who had replaced starter Mike Mcmon three minutes earlier. But the flames quickly responded As Jiri Hrdina stole the puck from a Shimik de fens Man and scored from 20 feet. Washkin scored his second goal with less than five minutes remaining in the third period on another Voskressensk Power play. The Washington capitals who won two games in Sweden this week were to play their first game in the soviet Union on Friday night in Moscow. Sercl Makarov now a Canary flame signs Auto Raplis before his Moscow finale. Four tied in Boston classic by the associated press Sutton mass. John Mahaffey . Snead Jim Thorpe and Steve Pate shot 6-under 65s thursday for a one stroke Lead after the first round of the $700,000 Bank of Boston classic. Brad Faxon and Don Woolcy were at 66 As the tour ing pros went on a Par breaking spree Over the 7,110 Yard pleasant Valley country club course. " sixty seven of the 156 starters broke Par and 21 matched  Champion Mark Calcavecchia who won the British open and is tuning up for next week Snyder cup matches in England shot 67, and three former champions Here Wayne Levi Mark Lye and Sam Randolph were among 15 tied at 68. There were i4at69.with 19 another stroke Back. Playing one of his favorite courses where he won in 1978 after an upset Victory in the pea Mahaffey had six birdies As he began a bid to become the first two time Winner at pleasant Valley on the 25lh anniversary of the pea tour s first Stop. Snead who will be 40 next month Sank a 52-foot putt for an Eagle 3 on the 547-Yard fourth Hole to go from one stroke Over to one stroke under Par then had five birdies without a bogey the rest of the Way. Thorpe who started on the both Tec. Birdied five of his last six holes for a 31 on his second nine and Post ing two birdies and one bogey on his first nine. Pate who has been in the Money in 21 of 26 events this year moved into a lie for the Lead with six birdies on the first 10 holes. However he managed Only pars on the last eight holes. Murray leads by 2 in France St. Nom la Bre Teche France British player Andrew Murray took a two shot Lead after the first round of the lancome trophy Golf tournament thursday. Murray fired a 6-under 64 Over the 6,754-Yard St. Norn course with an Eagle and four birdies to head a Star packed Field. The 33-year-old briton who captured his first Ca reer title at the european open at Walton Heath eng land after 11 years on the circuit described his last few Days As a bit of a  australian Greg Norman fresh off a Victory at the greater Milwaukee open on sunday shot a 66 for a share of second with britons Roger Chapman and Colin Montgomerie and australian Peter Fowler. Shirley Furlong Chris Johnson 2 share Lead in Lyga tourney Kent Wash. Shirley Furlong and Chris John son shot 6-under 66s thursday to share the first round Lead in the Lyga s Safe co classic. Danielle Ammaccapane was alone in third at 67, followed by four at 68 Cindy Rarick Del Endig Champion Juli Inkster Barb Thomas and sue ertl. Tied at 69 were Marci Bozarth Beth Daniel Allison Finney and Dale egg Ling. Furlong and Johnson played the Back nine first on the 6.222-Yard Meridian Valley country club course. Furlong birdied the i3lh Hole with a 25-foot putt the 16th with a 10-footer and the 18th from 12 feet. She added three More birdies on her incoming nine with an 18-foot putt on the third a 10-footer on the fifth and an 8-Lbotcr on the seventh. Johnson a four time Winner of the Lyga tour rolled in Birdie putts of 12 feet on the 12th Hole and 15 feet on 13. She left her 6-Iron Tec shot four feet from the pin on the Par-3 15lh. And hit a 3-Iron second shot to within three feet on the 16th. Making Birdie on both. Coming in she birdied the second after hitting a 7 Iron within five feet. She Sank an 8-foot putt to Birdie the sixth and hit a 9-Iron second shot within inches on the seventh. Her Only bogey was on the 18th, where she caught a Bunker and wound up two putting from 25 feet. Is Spitz too old to go for Gold by John Nelson new York a they May get Gray but they won t go away. And that s the rhyme of this ancient Mariner. Like so Many athletes of the baby Boomer Era Mark Spitz is out to prove that age is no Factor. Perhaps the Best competitive swimmer Ever to dip a Pinky Spitz plans to win his 10th olympic Gold medal in the 1992 Barcelona games end ing 20 years of retirement. He will be 42, 20 years older than when he won seven Gold medals in the 1972 Munich olympics. If what i m attempting can spread the word that there s still some life some Energy in some body who s 40 years old then 1 think that would be doing More for the sport than the seven Gold medals m Munich Spitz said in an interview w ill Parade Magazine. Champion swimmer Rowdy Gaines 25 when he competed in the 84 games attested to Spitz s readiness at least five years a of. Before the los Angeles olympics he and Spitz chased each other through some 50-meter sprints just for fun. We did it four or five times and i was going All  Gaines said in the Parade article. I mean really All out. He beat my butt in three of them and the others were almost too close to  Spitz plans to compete in Only one race in Barcelona the 100-meter Butterfly. His 1972 world record time of 54.27 seconds in the event would t have made the medals at Seoul last year but he did swim in four qualifying races and three finals in the three Days beforehand. If he had entered Only the one race Spitz says he could have gone a second faster which still would have been a world record in 1984 and competitive in 1988. He s certain he can come within about 10 percent of his 1972 performance level