European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 8,1990 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire a Nger grabs 2-Shof Lead in champions by the associated press Carlsbad. Calif. Paul Azinger took advantage of a me lapse by Ian Baker Finch to take a two shot Lead after saturday s third round of the tournament of champions. Azinger. Playing on his 30th birthday battled an erratic Putter to Post a 3-under-Par 69 that left him at 13-under 203 after 54 notes in the 1990 pea tour Lucko Stevem. Baker Finch an australian who led or shared the Lead through the first two rounds had to work hard to Salvage a Par 72. He stood at 205 for sunday s final round of the winners Only Competition. The difference came in an extremely difficult Home stretch Over the last four holes at la Costa. Azinger and Baker Finch playing in the final twosome were tied when they went to the tee on the 15th. Azinger needed Only 16 shots but Baker Finch played the final four in 18, twice having to one putt to save Par. British open Champion Mark Calcavecchia moved into Contention with a 68 that left him at 206. He was followed by Mark o Meara at 207 and Scott Hoch at 208. O Meara closed with a 63, the Best round of the tournament that is restricted to winners from the 1989 season. Hoch had a 71. Australians Greg Norman and Wayne Grady were next at 209. Norman shot a 71, Grady a 72. George Archer had the same seven under total but that was a whopping seven shots better than any competitor in the separate but simultaneous Competition for 1989 senior tour winners. The Only reason i play Golf is to try to win tournaments. I m going out tomorrow and try to make All the birdies i can maybe do something spectacular like beat the Young  Archer said after carding a 67. Al Geiberger with a 71, was a Distant second at 216. Lynn says Burns Job Safe san Francisco for the umpteenth time general manager Mike Lynn said saturday that Jerry Burns will return in 1990 for his fifth season As Minne Sota Vikings coach. Jerry bums will be Back next year Lynn said after saturday s 41-13 playoff loss to the san Francisco 49ers. Some people after a Blowout like this they re going to critique this team on this performance Lynn said. Idon t want to judge this football team this coaching staff or anyone connected with this organization on what happened Here today. I think that s unfair. I think you need to judge things on what happen Dover the entire course of the season. This team won the pfc Central division i m very proud personally of that that we re Back on top in that  the Vikings a preseason super bowl favorite needed a Victory Over the Cincinnati bengals in the regular season finale to finish 10-6 and to make the playoffs for the third straight year. Fan Dies in fall at Cleveland Cleveland a Man who attended saturday s nil playoff game at Cleveland stadium fell from the Side of an escalator to his death police said. The Cuya hoga county Coroner s office identified theman As Daniel Bulmahn 52, of Tonawanda n.y., a Buffalo suburb. Police said he was dead at the scene. The incident occur red moments after the Cleveland Browns Defeated the Buffalo Bills 34-30. There s absolutely no indication of any horseplay or fight said police dispatcher Michael Goga. It was purely an Accident according to is friends. Dickerson vows to ploy for Colts Indianapolis Eric Dickerson vowed saturday to play for the Indianapolis Colts in 1990, a Day after saying he might not even report for training Camp. If my health permits me and i Don t get Hurt All season no tragedy happens i will show up for the 1990 season Dickerson said in an interview with Bob Costas on Abc s nil  in an interview published Friday in the Atlanta Constitution Dickerson said. Right now i plan on coming in but there s still a Chance i might not show  Dickerson is under contract to play next season for $ 1.45 million the final year of the contract he signed following his Trade to Indianapolis by los Angeles in 1987. Bowden agrees to lifetime pact Tallahassee Fla. Florida state coach Bobby Bowden has agreed to terms of a lifetime contract that will double his salary to More than $600,000 a year according to his agent and University officials. The contract makes Bowden the highest paid collegiate coach in the state and one of the Best compensated in the nation interim athletic director Bob Goin said. Bowden had been earning about $300,000. Bowden 60, has a 122-40-3 record in 14 years of coaching the so minolts. Seton Hall recruits soviet eager new York Seton Hall has recruited a soviet Junior basketball player who plans to enrol in the big East school later this month according to a published report. Arturas Kamis Hovas 18, visited the school and took his College Entrance exams in late november according to the current Issue of big East briefs a private newsletter. The newsletter said Kamis Hovas a 6-foot-8 for Ward is currently living in Alameda calif., with Golden state guard Sarunas Marchilonis who starred for the soviet olympic team in Seoul and like Kamasho Vas is a native of Lithuania. Kamis Hovas 18, has to be cleared for eligibility by the Mcaa but the newsletter said he plans to arrive in new Jersey on Jan. 9, and attend classes at Seton Hall on Jan. 22, the first Day of the Spring semester. Kamis Hovas played with a lithuanian club team that toured the United states in november. When the team returned Home he stayed with a Friend in Oak Hurst n.j., according to the newsletter. Trade unites Broten Brothers Bloomington Minn. Aaron Broten the top scorer in the new Jersey devils history was traded to the Minnesota North stars for Center Bob Brooke. The Deal unites Broten with his older brother Cal for the first Lime since 1980-81 when they were with the University of Minnesota. Aaron Broten in his nine year nil career All with the devils has scored 469 Points on 162 goals and 307 assists in 641 games. This season in 42 games he has 18 Points including 10 goals and eight assists. He plays primarily on a checking line. Van Rensburg triumphs Salamander Bay Australia South african Christo Van Rensburg outplayed swede Mikael pc Runfors 7 6 7-26-2 sunday to win the International Tennis classic a four Man round Robin exhibition tournament. Van Rensburg ended the three Day event with a 3-0 record. World no. 1 Ivan lend of Czechoslovakia finished second 2-1ahead of pc Runfors 1-2 and West German Carl Urc Steeb 0-3. Lindl recovered from a minor Back injury Defeated Stemb 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the other singles match sunday at the Roche Racquet resort. Van Rensburg trailed 3-5 in the first set again pern tors but then dominated the rest of the match. The South african ranked 27th in the world served crisply won numerous Points at the net and frequently beat perfors with Low sliced backhands. Lindl required physiotherapy for his Back injury after his Victory but declared himself fit for the new South Wales open which begins monday in Sydney. Muster outlasts Arias Adelaide Australia Thomas Muster of Austria rallied from 0-3 in the final set to out last american Jimmy Arias sunday night and win the $ 150.000-Dollar . Australian hard court Tennis  won the Tina 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in 2 hours 20  austrian Lethander is on the comeback Trail after being seriously injured when hit by a drunk Driver in an Auto Accident in Florida last , the third seed twice broke Arias serve in the final set to record his first tournament win since suffering the career threatening knee injury. There were times when i wanted to give up but i kept working Muster said of his comeback from injury. Arias whose last grand prix Victory was in 1983, recovered from a second set slump to take an Early 3-0lead in the third set and was later serving for a virtually unstoppable 4-1  Muster broke serve and then repeated the deed in the 1 Ith game before wrapping up the title. Bittner nudges Gstrein Kranska Gora Yugoslavia West Ger Many s Armin Bittner edged Bernhard Gstrein of aus Tria sunday to win the fifth slalom race in this season s world ski cup. Bittner clocked the Best aggregate time of 1 47.84 minutes. Gstrein trailed second with a total time of1 47.95. This was Bittner s second Victory this season and his sixth  s Paul Accola placed third 0.49 seconds behind the Winner. Fourth was Jonas Nilsson o Sweden the Winner of a slalom held Here on saturday in 1 48.59.both sunday s runs in this yugoslav Alpine resort were flagged with 66 Gates Down the icy Vii Ranc track with an Overall vertical drop of 199  world cup Overall Leader old Christian Furu sch of Norway finished seventh in 1 48.84. Canada Salain Villiard surprised by placing 8th, his Best Ever result in the world cup. He clocked 1 49.20 at the finish. Vatanen holds Paris Dakar Lead n Guimil niger an Vatanen maintained a wide Lead As the 12th Paris Dakar rally rested sunday mid Way in its grueling trek through Africa. But the Tough conditions took a toll on the motorcycle leaders. Vatanen of Finland with his navigator Bruno Berg Lund of Sweden guided his Peugeot 405 to a seventh place finish saturday in the longest stage of the rally a780-Kilometer 484-mile leg from n Guimil to Agacz in  Bino Zurca of Japan in a Mitsubishi won the leg with 3 hours 26 minutes 52 seconds of penalty time. Vatanen was 34 minutes behind. Overall Vatanen still has almost a two hour Lead Over second placed Philippe Wambergue of France in a Peugeot 205. Another Peugeot 405, driven by Bora Wal Degaard of Sweden is less than two minutes behind  the motorcycle division Edi Orioli of Italy atop a Caliva opened up a huge Lead after the abandon ment of two of his major rivals saturday just three Days ago Orioli was in third place behind frenchmen Stephan a Peterhansel and Cyril Neveu. 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