European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes monday March 19,1990nissans run 1-2 Sebring Fla. Apr Back up Drivers Derek Daly and Bob Earl driving a Nissan Ftp ext Turbo edged another Nissan by less than i i minutes to win saturdays International motor sports association 12 hours of Sebring. The team averaged 102.993 Mph and drove 301 laps 1,237.110 Miles around the 13-turn, 4.11-mile course to split the winners Check of $60,000. Cheoff Brabham who was teamed with Chip Robinson passed the Jaguar of Davy Jones and Jan Lammers on the final Lap to claim second finishing 1 27.820 behind the leaders before 75,000 fans at Sebring International raceway. Brabham and Robinson Nissan s two primary Drivers were slated to drive Seperac cars but teamed up to accumulate i Mesa Points. That left Back up Drivers Daly and Earl to co drive another Nissan. A Justice is now served a said Daly who scored his first Simsa win in his Sebring debut. A the strength of our team really fhe top three cars All finished on the Lead Lap. The Nissan of John Paul or. And Kevin c Ogan finished fifth to give Nissan three of the top five positions. It was the manufacturers second win of the season and the second win in a Row at Sebring. From the five hour Point to the 10-hour Mark the winners and the porsche team of Henri Pescarolo John Winter and Bob Wollek swapped the Lead several times. But Pescarolo and Gnu Driver Ali Starte Oag collided coming into a turn sending both cars into a Concrete Wall. Oag had to be Cut out of his car was briefly unconscious and was in stable condition at Highland medical Center late saturday. Pescarolo walked away from the incident. Mechanical failure claimed other challengers. The Jaguar of Price Cobb and John Nielsen was a pre race favorite and running in fourth place when a blown engine 2% hours into the event ended their Day. Minutes later the porsche 962 of Bob Wollek Dominic Dobson and Sard Van Der Mcrae was in second place when a blown head Gasket ousted the team. Chavez nabs title at Bell Las vegas apr Julio Cesar Chavez just seconds away from his first defeat knocked Down Meldrick Taylor and stopped him with two seconds left in their Junior welterweight title fight saturday night. Chavez losing by six Points on one card and five on another landed a crashing right to the jaw that dropped Taylor in a Neutral Corner. Taylor struggled up at the count of 5, but after a few More counts referee stopped the bout. A a there a no fight Worth a to Nan a life a Steele said. A i stopped it because Meldrick had taken a lot of hard shots. Chavez Richard Steele when i see a fighter who has taken enough i Stop the fight i Don t care How much time is Lou Duva one of Taylor a co Nermen was on the apron shaking his fist when Steele stopped the bout. A the got up at six. You be got to give the Guy a Chance a Duva said. A it was a title a with two seconds left in the last round there is no Way he should have stopped it a said Taylor. A the did no to say anything to me. He did no to count Chavez the world boxing Council 140-Pound Champion won the International boxing federations title from Taylor with his 56th knockout. The 27-year-old mexican is 69-0. A the Steele choked a said Dan Duva Louis son and Taylor a promoter. Taylor who weighed 139%, was marked badly about both eyes and bled from the Mouth Early in the fight Mark ably Chavez 139%, appeared u marked despite the War of attrition in which he had engaged. Chavez who formerly held pieces of the Junior lightweight and Leglu weigh championships earned $1.4 million for his Victory before a sellout crowd of 9,130 at the Las vegas Hilton Center to was an 8 /2-to-5 favorite. Taylor who had never been knocked Down before earned $1.1 million As he suffered his first defeat after 24 victories and a draw. In a preliminary fight heavyweight Greg Page needed just one minute 36 seconds to Knock out previously unbeaten Matthis Fleming of St. Maarten West indies. A Page of Las vegas is 31-8 with 23 knockouts. Vanderbilt stuns no. 10 Iowa by the associated press Iowa City Iowa a Wendy schol Lens scored 23 Points to Lead Vanderbilt to a 61-56 upset of no. 10 Iowa in a second round game of the Mcaa women a Mideast regional on saturday night. The sixth seed lady commodores 23-10playing in their fourth Mcaa tournament had never made it past the first round before. They came from behind several times in the second half. The third seeded Hawk yes finished 23-6. Iowa held a 28-25 halftime Edge fell behind 31-30, then went on a 9-2 run capped by a Basket by Jolette Law for a 39-33 Lead with 14 47 remaining. But then Caa women lady commodores scored 12 of the next 16 Points five by Scholtens for a 45-43 Lead on Kris Beckers Basket with 9 40 remaining. Iowa scored seven straight Points for a 50-45 Lead with 6 11 left but the lady commodores used their height advantage inside and scored 11 straight Points. Mcnae Sallquist a Basket with 2 06 remaining gave them a 56-50 Lead. Iowa a Stephanie Schueler made a three Point shot with 40 seconds left. After two free throws by Becker Law hit a three Pointer and Iowa trailed 58-56 with 19 seconds remaining. But Donna Harris Sank three of four free throws to ice the game for the lady commodores who hit 57.5 percent of their shots to 36.5 percent for the Haw Keyes. Harris had 11 Points for Vanderbilt. Fra Thea Price led Iowa with 18 Law added 13. In other second round games saturday it was Providence 77, Maryland 75 Clemson 61, Connecticut 59 South Carolina 76, Northwestern 67 Washington 77, Depaul 68 North Carolina state 81, Michigan 64 Louisiana tech 89, Southern Mississippi 70 Stephen f. Austin 78, Long Beach state 62 Mississippi 66, Nevada Las vegas 62, and Stanford 106, Hawaii 76. Evans Breaks record Texas takes title Austin Texas apr Stanford freshman Janet Evans broke her own american record in the 1,650-Yard freestyle saturday with a time of 15 39.14 at the Mcaa women a swimming and diving championships. But Texas won the meets final event the 400 relay and reclaimed the National title it lost to Stanford last year. Texas which had won five straight titles before Stanford a Victory needed to finish in front of the Cardinal in the 400 to regain the championship. Leigh Ann Fetter who had won the 50 and 100-Yard freestyles brought the lady longhorns from a Yard Back in the final leg with a split of 48.13 to win with a 3 17.23. Florida finished in 3 18.29 and Stanford swam a 3 18.86. Texas which trailed the Cardinal by Caa swimming 21 Points coming into the final Day finished with 632 Points to win the closest championship in the history of the nine year meet. Stanford had 622.5 Points and Florida was third with 477. Evans winning time on the final Day of Competition was 5.84 seconds faster than the record she set last year and gave Stanford 20 Points in the Battle for the team title. Stanford compiled 42 Points in the 1,650, with four finishers in the top 16, while Texas got 17 on Andrea Hayes second place finish. The Cardinal then led 453.5 Points to 408 for Texas with six events to go. A i gave it my All but it Felt Good a comfortable a Evans said after the race. A i would like to keep bringing the re Cord three members of Florida a american record holding 200 Medley relay dominated the next event the 200 backstroke taking first second and fifth. Sophomore Kristen Linehan won the event in 1 57.02, while her Roommate Lea Loveless recorded a 1 57.45. Lorraine Perkins finished fifth in 1 59.15. Fetter then helped Texas close the Gap to 497.5-487 with a Victory in the 100 freestyle As four Texas swimmers scored Points. Fetter the american record Holder in the 50, won in 48.48. Brown s Jennifer Boyd was second in 48.92. Stanford a Jill Johnson won the 200 breaststroke in 2 12.32 and teammate Lori Heisick was second in 2 12.62. The 1-2 finish helped the Cardinal momentarily fend off Texas which had three swimmers finish in the top eight. Gretzky slate flurry puts Kings into playoffs by the associated press Boston a Wayne Gretzky set up the tying goal and scored the game Winner with 1 40 left saturday As the los Angeles Kings clinched the final Smythy division playoff berth by rallying to beat the Boston Bruins 5-4. Gretzky a assist on John Tonelli a second period goal gave him 100 for the season the 10th straight time he a had 100 or More assists. In other games on saturday islanders 6, rangers 3 Uniondale . A the islanders ended their 14-game wingless Streak As Brent Sutter scored three goals and Pat Lafontaine had a goal and two assists. The islanders were 0-11-3 since their last Victory on feb. 10 at Boston a slump that dropped them from first to fifth in the Patrick division. North stars 6, penguins 2 _ Pittsburgh a Rookie Mike Modano scored his first hat trick As the North stars ended the penguins nil Roundup seven game winning Streak at the civic Arena. Red wings 4, blues 3, of St. Louis a Joe Kocur scored on a breakaway with 1 13 remaining in overtime. Brett Hull scored his nil Cading 68th goal and set a team season scoring record with 108 Points and Adam Oates set a season record with his 74th assist for the blues. The records broken by Hull and Oates were both held by Bernic Fedurko now with the red wings. Nordques 6, flyers 3 Quebec a Giro Jarvi ended a tie at 6 00 of the third period and Joe Sakic scored two goals in the last 71 seconds As Quebec snapped an eight game wingless string and dealt another blow to Philadelphia a fading play Oit chances. Devils 4, oilers 1 Edmonton Alberta a Brendan Shanahan had two goals and an assist. The Victory kept new Jersey in second place in the Patrick division three Points ahead of the Pittsburgh penguins and six behind the new York rangers. Flames 5, whalers 4 Calgary Alberta a Paul Ranheim scored on a snapshot Midway through the third period for the game Winner. Canadians 3, Blackhawk 2, of. A Montreal a Stephane Richer scored 1 32 into overtime As the canadians 38-26-9, remained Gnu heated in their last five games. Jets 5, Maple Leafs 4, of Toronto a Peter Taglianetti scored with Zigni seconds left in overtime. I the win moved Winnipeg four Points behind Seu place Edmonton in the smythe division. Canucks 3, capitals 1 ,. Landover my. A Trevor Linden a Fluke goal Ai 7 29 of the third period keyed the Victory Tor Vancou i a
