European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 4, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 27 sports wire amp a drops claims against Mattingly from wire reports Louisville by. A new York Yankees Star Don Mattingly no longer is being asked to pay damages from a breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by the makers of Louisville slugger baseball bats. Hillerich and Bradbury however is asking the court to recognize the Validity of its contract with Mattingly which he signed As a minor leaguer and pays him $100 a year. James Milliman a lawyer for a amp a said the damage claims were dropped against the first baseman because the company decided that the alleged breach of contract was not necessarily Mattingly a fault. A amp a claims that Franklin sports industries of Stoughton mass., induced Mattingly and Kansas City royals outfielder to Jackson to violate their exclusive contracts with a amp a to endorse Louisville slugger bats. Lawyers for Bat manufacturer filed an amended complaint in  District court in Louisville on wednesday expanding a suit filed last october against Mattingly the rival sporting goods company. The suit asks the court to declare Franklin a use of Jackson a and Mattingly a names , Tudor cited new York a Bobby Bonilla of the Pittsburgh pirates and John Tudor of the St. Louis cardinals were named National league player and Pitcher of the month for april. Bonilla hit seven Home runs and drove in 21 runs during the month. He hit .279 with a slugging percentage of .570 and leads the no in Home runs Bis runs scored 17 and total bases 49. Tudor was 4-0 with an 0.96 earned run average. He allowed three runs on 19 hits in 28  Falls in Bow open Munich West Germany a Aaron Krickstein of the United states and Carl Uwe Steeb became the latest seeds to fall at the Bow open Tennis tournament losing second round matches thursday. Krickstein seeded second was ousted 6-2, 7-6 by i czechoslovak Karel Novacek. Steeb seeded fifth lost 17-5, 6-4 to West German Davis cup teammate Jens Woehrmann. \ Jim courier of the United states the no. 4 seed i who advanced to quarterfinals on wednesday is the Jonly seed left. Top seeded Stefan Edberg of Sweden lost in the Sec fond round wednesday and third seed Michael Chang of the United states was beaten monday. Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia Defeated Kevin cur Ren of the United states 7-5, 6-1.navratilova crushes Cueto Hamburg West Germany a Martina Navratilova of the United states moved into the quarterfinals of the $350,000 grand prix Tennis tournament beating Isabel Cueto of West Germany 6-2,6-2. Navratilova the world no. 2, will meet Leila Meskhi who beat seventh seeded Laura Gildemeister of Chile 1-6,6-3,6-1. Navratilova is seeded to face third seeded Arantha Sanchez of Spain the French open Champion who moved into the quarterfinals with an easy 6-1, 6-1 Victory Over West German Sylvia Hanika. Also in the quarterfinals is eighth seed Judith Wiesner of Austria who Defeated Wiltrud Probst of West Germany 6-3, 6-2. She meets Czechoslovakia a Petra Langova who beat Isabelle Demongeot of France 6-4,6-4. World no. 1 Steffi Graf of West Germany who had no match thursday will meet Helena Sutkova in the quarterfinals. Sutkova Defeated fellow czechoslovak Regina Raj Chertova 7-6 7-56-2.rams acquire Oblong Anaheim Calif. A the los Angeles rams acquired quarterback Chuck Long from the Detroit Lions wednesday for an undisclosed draft Choice. Long a first round draft Choice by the Lions in 1986, spent the first nine weeks of last season on injured Reserve with an Elbow injury and played in just one game. He was the Lions starter in 1987 and played seven games in 1988 after missing the entire preseason with a sore Elbow. He suffered strained knee ligaments six weeks into the 1988 season and spent five weeks on the disabled list. With the Lions he completed 330 of 602 for 3,743 Yards with 19 touchdowns and 28  Reese ailing Anaheim Calif. A Jimmie Reese a coach for the California Angels who once roomed with babe Ruth underwent emergency surgery wednesday for a heart problem the team announced. The 85-year-old Reese a member of the Angels staff for 18 years is expected to remain in the coronary care unit at St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica Calif., for four or five Days. Or. Harry Rockoff performed the procedure to Clear blocked blood vessels near the heart after Reese experienced Chest pains Early tuesday evening. He was listed in fair condition wednesday night. He has spent 73 years in professional baseball beginning As a Bat boy for the los Angeles Angels of the Pacific coast league in 1917. He played for the new York Yankees in 1930-31, and the St. Louis cardinals in 1932.egan Heads . Ski team Park City Utah a Bill Egan who coached Kansas City chiefs receiver Stephone Paige and sex quarterback Bill Kenney in College was named menus head downhill coach for the . Ski team on wednesday. Egan 41, of Mammoth lakes Calif., taught physical education and coached football at Saddleback Calif., Community College and coached skiing at Mammoth Mountain ski area for 18 years. He joined the asst coaching staff two years ago As conditioning coach for the menus downhill team and last Winter assumed technical coaching duties in addition to his conditioning  boxers prevail Alma Ata soviet Union a in Imberg a Bradley Martinez was among the victims when soviet Amateur boxers Defeated a visiting United states team 6-4 on tuesday. The matches were held in Alma Ata the capital of the soviet Republic of Kazakhstan about 1,875 Miles Southeast of Moscow. Soviet Light flyweight Saibek balt Abayev beat Martinez 20, a native of rapid City . Among the american winners were lightweight Patrice Brooks 20, of St. Louis who won an award for the Best performance in beating Bakh Adzhyan Ama Bayev and Light welterweight Terron Millet 21, also from St. Louis who Defeated Alexander Banin 23. Bantamweight Sean Fletcher 22, of East Orange n.j., beat Albert Paleyev and featherweight Julian Wheeler 19, of Lawtell la., Defeated Valentin Yunu Sov 23. It was the second fight for Millet on the current soviet tour. In the first event on March 29, Millet lost to the most experienced soviet Boxer Konstantin Tsuyu but was awarded the prize for the Best technique. In other contests flyweight yes Bolat Kurmanov beat Ronald Dunlap 24, of Chicago welterweight Igor Yaremko beat Patrick Byrd 21, of Flint Mich. Light middleweight Dmitry Korsun beat Patrick Byrds brother Christopher 20 Light heavyweight Andrei Kun Pyavka beat Terry Mcgroom 24, of Chicago and heavyweight Igor Shishkin beat Javier Alvarez 28, of Austin  from Page 21 managed Only six Points in the same Span five by Bird. A jumper by Johnson tied the score for the 10th time in the half 48-48, before Ewing and Walker closed the period with baskets for a four Point Lead. In wednesdays other playoff game suns 120, jazz 10s Phoenix a Kevin Johnson Shook off a lingering Case of intestinal flu to score 16 of his 29 Points in the third period As Phoenix beat Utah for a 2-1 Lead in their first round playoff series. Phoenix can Clinch the Best-of-5 Western conference series with a Victory in game 4 Here Friday night. If Utah wins game 5 will be played sunday in Salt Lake City. The loss was the 10th straight at the Arizona veterans memorial coliseum since March 1986 for the jazz who Are 3-35 Here in their history. Thurl Bailey paced Utah with 30 Points Karl Malone had 26 and John Stockton 22. Tom Chambers added 23 Points for the suns a 13 in the fourth Quarter a while Mark West tied his career playoff High with 18. Utah opened the second half with a 14-4 run taking a 69-60 Lead on Bobby Hansen a Layup with 8 04 remaining in the third Quarter. Johnson who missed almost All of game 1 with the intestinal virus and sat out tuesdays practice to receive More intravenous treatment then scored nine Points in less than five minutes for a 77-77 tie with 3 21 left. Dan Majerle a Layup off an offensive rebound with 2 45 remaining and his two free throws 22 seconds later put Phoenix ahead 81-77 before Johnson a Layup and three Point play made it 9081 entering the fourth period. Chambers who has made Only 13 Field goals in 40 attempts in this series Sank five in a six minute Span to give the suns a 107-97 Lead with 2 38 to play. Stockton a three Point goal with 2 11 left Cut Utah a deficit to 107-102, but Jeff Komacek scored six of his 19 Points Down the stretch to Seal the Victory. Malone who averaged 31 Points during the regular season hit just eight of his 21 Field goals and now is 23 of 62 in the series. 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