European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 9,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 23rodriguez grabs singles Lead by Tom Saunders staff writer Hanau West Germany a defending masters Champion Larry Schultz of Ramstein stopped by to watch the american Bowling Congress singles shootout tuesday. A i came Down to watch some of the action a said Schultz who bowls in the tourneys second squad which runs wednesday through Friday. But Schultz left too Early to see the Days big action Sam Rodriguez a 1255, the top count through three of four shifts. And when he was there Schultz was focusing his attention in the wrong place. Instead of eyeing the gun work of Sembach a Jeffrey Polczynski who rifled a 596-651�?1247, Schultz was keying on Ramstein a Lyle Sletten because a the has a similar style to mine and 1 want to watch Ball reaction and track  that a the same thing Rodriguez of the Worms equalizers had been doing All week a trying to find the zone. He finally did and during his first three game singles series he Seldom missed it. Rodriguez honed the zone for a 277-203-255�?735 series and finished with a 1255 total to wrench the Sabatini tops Grossman in italian open Rome apr defending Champion Gabriela Sabatini seeking to break out of a slump and put some fun Back into her life served notice tuesday that she a still a Force to be reckoned with at the italian open. The fourth seeded Argentine suffered through a Sloppy lapse in the first set but came on Strong to Post a 7-6, 6-0 second round Victory Over Ann Grossman of the United states. A a in a playing very Good Tennis and i think i can win the tournament again a said Sabatini the 1988 and 1989 Rome Champion. A a it a just a matter of getting my Confidence  Sabatini appeared full of Confidence As she moved out to a 5-1 Lead in the first set. But she then dropped five straight games As Grossman a 20-year-old from Grove City Ohio who is ranked no. 72 in the world frustrated her with Moon balls. Trailing 5-6, Sabatini decided to play an attacking game and it paid off As she held serve at love with four straight winners and then swept the tiebreaker 7-3. She closed out the set by running Down a drop shot and flicking a Cross court backhand Winner. Sabatini flashing her heavy topspin ground strokes with renewed Confidence cruised through the second set in 20 minutes. A i got off to a very Good Start but then i played too fast and lost patience a Sabatini said. Monica Seles the no. 2 seed was scheduled to play a night match against Radka a Bubakova. In other matches at the Foro Itali co sixth seeded Conchita Martinez of Spain advanced to the third round with a 6-0, 6-2 Victory Over Donna Faber of the United states no. 10 Raffaella Reggi of Italy beat Natalia Medvedeva of the soviet Union 6-0, 6-3 no. 13 Catarina Lindqvist of Sweden downed Nicole Jagerman of the Netherlands 7-5, 6-7, 6-2 and no. 11 Helen Kelesi of Canada crushed Laura Lapi of Italy 6-2,6-0. Two seeds were ousted. No. 7 Nathalie Tauz iat of France was eliminated by Italy a Laura Galarsa 6-3, 76, and no. 9 Laura Gildemeister of Peru lost 6-4, 7-6 to Regina Rajch to a of Czechoslovakia. American Bowling Congress singles Lead from Polczynski who bowled a shift earlier. A a that la help me in the Long run a Rodriguez said. �?o1 Only shot a 1047 in  but he answered with a respectable 1177 in doubles and ends the 18-game event with a 3479. He got out of his moan zone by making a simple adjustment. A i played off the one Board and threw a Little harder a he said. Earlier in the week he said he played inside More adjusting to the lanes. Despite the monster 735 series Rodriguez had to Shotgun two strikes and a handful of pins in the 10th Frame of his last game to put a lock on the Lead. A i ran out of Gas a he said. A playing outside Means you have to throw the Ball hard All the time. And All those strikes tire you  while Rodriquez found Comfort by moving outside Polczynski found it by moving inside. The 28-year-old Polczynski works Quality control with the 6914th electronic Security Squadron. Quality on the lanes though was hard for european Tennis Boris Becker fires a return from face level against Paolo Cane tuesday. Aguilera ousts Chang Hamburg West Germany apr Michael Chang who is preparing to defend his French open title lost his opening match for the second time in As Many weeks tuesday when he was ousted from the German open. Juan Aguilera of Spain scored a 6-3, 6-2 Victory Over Chang who was playing in Only his sixth match since recovering from a hip injury. Their match lasted 80 minutes. Chang seeded seventh had a Bye into the second round. Top seeded Boris Becker struggled Early but recovered and rolled past Paolo Cane of Italy 7-5, 6-1 to reach the third round of the $1 million tournament. A Aguilera played Well and i missed a few shots and on Clay sometimes that Sall it takes a Chang said. A a it a frustrating not to hit the shots you want to hit but hopefully it will come with  but time is running out for Chang. He starts the defense of the French open title on May 28. He has just one tournament next weeks italian open in Rome to re gain his form. Last week Chang lost to Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia in the opening round of a tournament in Munich. Chang said his hip problem is completely healed. But it has Cost him dearly. He was unable to Start his year until feb. 26, but his comeback in Memphis was Short lived when he was beaten in his opening match. Chang 18, then took another break after aggravating the injury and has won Only two matches since. On tuesday he looked Rusty and was unable to counter the attacking and confident play of Aguilera who two weeks ago upset top seeded Stefan Edberg in the Monte Carlo open. A being out for so Long has definitely Hurt me Vou lose the match toughness but hopefully it will All come Back in Rome a Chang said. In other matches fifth seeded Jay Berger of the United states ousted West Germany a Patrik Kuehnen 6-2, 6-2 and loth seeded american Jim courier breezed into the third round by Downing Paul Laarhuis of the Netherlands 6-2, 61. Polczynski to find during the team and doubles events earlier in the week. The turning Point for Polczynski said teammate Jerry Michie was when a the quit  Polczynski a Normal style of cranking the Ball flipping the wrist to generate a big spin and a killer Hook failed him at first and he found himself throwing an untypical straight Ball. Until the third game of his six game singles show. A after opening with a 188 and 184, that a when i moved Over five boards and started cranking Quot he said. The lefty then shot Down a 224 for a 596 opening series. His second started with a 247, and he added on a 191 and a 213 for a 651 and a 1247 total. Polczynski admits he s a Cranker. �?o1 just love to Crank a he said. And he did. A my teammates and my wife Brenda Are my driving Force a said Polczynsky. Michie turned in a 1211 total on the same Lane. Satch Parks of Frankfurt and Rhein Mains Joseph rising each shot 1196. Lyle Sletten Mark Stanfield and Duane Hudson All of Ramstein shot 1195, 1 194 and 1191,  Seikaly named a bad a most improved new York apr Miami Center Rony Seikaly who had a disappointing Aba Rookie season tuesday was named the league s most improved player beating out Reggie Miller of Indiana. Seikaly received 37 of a possible 92 votes from a National panel of sports writers and broadcasters a three from each of the leagues 27 cities and 1 i representing the National Media. Miller finished second with 30 votes. He was followed by Minnesota a Tony Campbell with 13, Phoenix s Jeff Horna Cek with four Philadelphia a Hersey Hawkins with three and Chicago a Scot tic Pippen Phoenix a Mark West Philadelphia a Derek Smith Dallas Roy tar Pley and Indiana a Ditlef Schrempf with one each. Seikaly. The first College player Ever drafted by the heat struggled in his Rookie season in 1988-89, averaging 10.9 Points and 7.0 rebounds per game. In the 1989-90 season Seikaly led Miami in scoring with a 16.6 average and ranked sixth in the league in rebounding average with 10.4 per game. He also improved his Field goal percentage from .448 to .502 and finished 16th in the league in blocked shots with 124. A i had a rough Rookie year a Seikaly said a because there was no Veteran ahead of me i could learn from so i had to learn on my  this season Seikaly benefited from being reunited with his former Syracuse teammate guard Sherman Douglas. But Seikaly still was not satisfied. A if i had my game All set now i think i would be tired of playing a he said. �?o1 would have nothing to strive for. There Are so Many aspects i still have to improve on. In a still  Miller in his third season in the league finished eighth in the league in scoring with an average of 24.6 Points an improvement of 8.6 Over last season. He also was ninth in the Aba in 3-Point shooting percentage at .414, and his 150 3-pointers were the third highest total in the league. Racing Roundup on leave motor sports columnist Randy  is on vacation for two weeks. His racing Roundup column will resume Mav 23