European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a the stars and stripes tuesday May 1,1990hockey i Frost defeats Norman quarrel with Miracle shot on 18settled Bern Switzerland apr the International ice hockey federation withdrew its threat to Boycott the 1992 Winter olympics after reaching an agreement with the French organizers sunday to expand the tournament and alter the format to include a Gold medal game. A there Are no problems they Are solved a Juan Antonio Sam ranch president of the International olympic committe said after meeting with Gunther Babetzki president of the i if and representatives of the Albertville organizing committee. A we have agreed to have a 16-Day tournament with playoffs a Babetzki said. A we also Hope the organizers will build a new training  the i if had threatened to pull out of the olympics if concerns Over playing facilities were not settled with the French organizers. Babetzki said earlier at the world hockey championships that a a it a possible that we wont take part in the olympic tournament if they done to accept our proposal to change the  the new playoff system an idea backed by Sam ranch will feature a Gold medal game. In the past the Field was split into two groups for preliminary round play with the top teams in each group qualifying for the medal round and the Best finisher in that round earning the Gold medal. Under the format for the next olympiad the eight group a teams in next years world championships in Finland qualify for the olympics As Well As the top four teams from the b group. As Host France might also be allowed to play in the 12-team tournament even if it does no to qualify. France made the Field in 1988, but did no to make the medal round. Hockey is traditionally one of the Best draws at the Winter games but it is not a major sport in France. New Orleans apr David Frost did no to even consider playing it Safe. Greg Norman should have expected that. Frost was in the Sand to the left of the Fairway with a Quarter of his Ball buried. It was 208 Yards a with a carry Over water a to the pin and he needed Par on the final Hole to get into a playoff with Norman in the $ 1 million us amp a classic. The faint of heart would have gone to the right around the water planning to Chip close and make a putt for Par. Only three golfers had birdied no. 18 on sunday. One was Norman who was playing three groups ahead of Frost and who posted a 65 on sunday the tournaments Best round. Frost went for it. His second shot went into the front Bunker right where he wanted it. Then he holed his blast from the Sand from 50 feet to once again Send Norman away a loser to a Miracle shot on the final Hole. �?o1 was going to have to hit a 2-Iron, if i was going to hit the Green but the Ball would have gone on past. It was the Only option i had a Frost said. A i play for All of the bunkers if i  it was the first tournament Victory for Frost since he won the world series of Golf last year and it stifled a typical sunday rally by Norman. Norman began five strokes off the Pace fought into the Lead after six holes and was tied with Frost at 11 under completing his round with a tap in Birdie on 18. A what can you say he hit a great shot a said Norman who lost the 1986 pea when Bob Tway holed from a Bunker on the 72nd Hole and the 1987 masters when Larry Mize holed a 140-foot Chip on the second playoff Hole. A i played really Well today a some great shots at the right time. In a really Happy with the Way i played a Norman said. A a in a out there trying to win and he a out there trying to win. Just a Well done to him. You just try to be Frost As philosophical As you can about  Frost picked up $180,000 As the winners share. Norman runner up to Tim Simpson Here last year won $ 108,000. Norman had eight birdies an Eagle and three bogeys sunday in a round which saw him need Only 21 putts. Frost shot 69 for a total of 276. He went into sundays play As the Leader at nine under but fell Oft the Pace on the front nine with a Birdie and three bogeys. He recovered on the Back nine with six birdies and took the Lead at 11 under with a Birdie on no. 15, the Island Green. Norman birdied no. 14, Eagle the 15th, birdied the 16th and bogeyed no. 17. He hit his drive on 18 straight into the wind then put his second shot within nine inches of the cup for a Tat it in that appeared to have clinched a playoff when frosts tee shot went left into the Sand. Russ Cochran the Only left handed golfer on the tour finished third at 279, and Brian Tennyson was fourth at 283. Mike Donald got a Hole in one on the 176-Yard 8th Hole. He finished with a 66. Beard wins seniors pro am Frisco Texas apr Frank Beard lost a six stroke Lead in sundays final round but held off two challenges in 94-degree heat to win the $400,000 Murata reunion seniors pro am Golf tournament. Beard who turns 51 on tuesday earned his first senior tour Victory and a $60,000 Check despite losing a big Lead. It was the biggest payday of his 29-year pro career. Beard finished with a 2-Over-Par 74. That gave him a 54-Hole total of 207, nine under Par. Walter Zembriski who started the Day eight strokes behind Beard finished with 209 to win $35,000. Dale Douglass was third at 210 for $29,000. Bodine wins from the pole Martinsville a. Apr Geoff Bodine making Good on a pre race prediction led the final 146 laps sunday to win the Hanes 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Bodine who started the 500-Lap race from the pole position earned his first Victory of the season and eighth of his Lascar Winston cup career. Before the race Bodine told anyone who would listen that he would give car owner Junior Johnson a Victory Over the Tough .526-mile Oval. The 41-year-old Bodine said a it ainu to bragging if you do  and Bodine did it after holding off challenges from Rusty Wallace and Alan Kulwicki. Bodine pulled away from second place Wallace late in the race for the Victory. Bodine from Julian n.c., gained his first Winston cup Victory Here in the Spring of 1984. In this Victory Bodines Ford thunderbird was 4.21 seconds ahead of Wallace a Pontiac grand prix. The Winner averaged 77.423 Mph. Bodine matched Kyle Petty a feat earlier this season at Rockingham n.c., winning from the pole and earning $95,950, which included the $38,000 nocal 76 Challenge Bonus. That prize which builds at $7,600 a race when it goes unclaimed goes to a Driver who wins from the pole. Morgan Shepherd who made up a lost Lap late in the race passed Darrell Wal trip 24 laps from the end and held on for third. Waltrip who had won the last three Winston cup events Here was fourth. Dale Earnhardt the Winston cup Points Leader finished fifth a Lap off the Pace followed by Ken Schrader and Mark Martin. Bodine became the seventh different Winner in eight races this season with Only Earnhardt winning twice. The Modem record is 14 winners in 29 races in 1988. Wallace started 17th in the Field but moved steadily to the front. He was ninth by Lap 55 and moved past Bodine into first place on Lap 115. A series of Green Flag pit stops began shortly after that and Wallace the Only Leader to take on two new tires instead of four found himself with a big Lead. But Bodine raced Back to Challenge and later to dominate. Kulwicki led several times and was running a Strong third when he ran into a mechanical problem on Lap 373 that eventually knocked him out of the race. There were 10 caution flags for 45 laps but none of them involved a serious incident or injury and there were no slowdowns after the Green Flag waved on Lap 367. The skies were threatening on and Ott throughout the race but the track surface remained dry. The crowd was estimated by officials at a Martinsville record of 43.500.nba from Page 21 Down just 98-97. Houston a Vernon Maxwell hit a Short jumper to make it 100-97 with 1 30 remaining and worthy made a pair of free throws with 1 19 left. Then worthy intercepted a pass by Akeem Olajuwon and broke away for a Layup that put the lakers on top 101-100 with 33 seconds to go. Worthy added another foul shot and Byron Scott hit two More for the final margin As Riley won his 100th career playoff game one More than red Auerbach a previous record. Suns 105, jazz 87 Salt Lake City a although he had no Way of knowing what was ahead Kevin Johnson figured feeling better was a sign of Good things to come. The Phoenix suns Point guard had been battling a lingering Case of intestinal flu that did not relent until game 2 of the Aba playoff series with the Utah jazz. A there was no Way 1 was going to sit out another playoff game if 1 could help it a said Johnson whose resurgence sunday gave Phoenix the first Road Victory of any team in the Aba playoffs. Johnson scored a game High 22 Points and put the shackles on Utah a John Stockton to Lead the suns to a 105-87 Victory Over the jazz their worst Ever playoff loss at Home. The suns win sent the Best-of-5 matchup to Phoenix for games wednesday and Friday. A fifth game if necessary would be played in Salt Lake City on sunday. Utah which had lost just five Home games this season has not won in nine tries at Phoenix since March 7, 1986. The 18-Point loss was the jazz second lowest playoff Point total and their worst loss in the Salt Palace. A we were prepared to play another lineup a said Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsimmons who left the decision to play up to Johnson. A the rested before the game. I done to need to Tell you where he does his resting. He was sitting Down most of the  Johnson played just nine minutes in the suns 113-96 loss on Friday. But he showed no effect from the illness sunday touching off a 7-2 flurry in the first Quarter that gave the suns their first substantial margin. Johnson played 39 minutes hitting seven of 14 shots and collecting seven assists. A they out worked us tonight in every aspect of the game a Utah a Karl Malone said. A they wanted it More than we did and it showed in the Way they  Malone the a bad a second leading scorer at 31 Points per game scored just four Points in the second half giving him 20 before fouling out with 3 22 remaining. Malone who hit just seven of 21 shots got Little help from All Star teammate Stockton who was held to 12 Points and eight assists. Six suns scored in double figures including Jeff homa Cek and Eddie Johnson with 16, and Mark West and Dan Maje Lewith 14. 76ers 107, Cavaliers 101 Philadelphia a Charles Barkley scored 32 Points As Philadelphia took a 2-0 series Lead. Play moves to Richfield Ohio for game 3 on tuesday and game 4, if necessary thursday. Barkley who scored 38 Points in the first game sparked a Victory run with nine Points in a 14-6 rally to Start the third period. That turned a 59-56 halftime deficit into a five Point Lead. The closest the cars got thereafter was 74-73 with 4 47 left in the third period. Hersey Hawkins who had 35 Points in game 1, scored 21 for the 76ers, while Johnny Dawkins and Mike Gminski had 18 each. Mark Price led Cleveland with 27 Points while Winston Bennett scored a career High 22, Brad Daugherty 21 and John Williams 18