European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 20, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 27 sports wire it a Graf is. Seles for German title from wire reports Berlin a Steffi Graf eased into her 12th straight final when she Defeated soviet Natalia Zvereva 6-4, 62 saturday in the semifinals of the German open and will play Monica Seles for the title sunday. Graf who last lost at the French open almost twelve months and 66 matches ago found Zvereva a determined opponent but did not have to hit her Best form to Advance. Seles beat Sandra Cecchini of Italy 6-1, 6-3 and has won 23 straight matches. Graf the West Berlin crowds favorite is top seeded and Seles a yugoslavian is seeded second. They have played three times with Graf winning All their stops Gomez in semis Rome a third seeded Andres Gomez of Ecuador lost his Chance for a hat trick of titles at the $1.2 million italian open saturday As he wasted three match Points in losing 5-7,6-4,7-6 7-2 to austrian Thomas Muster. No. 4 seed Emilio Sanchez of Spain and soviet Andrei Chesnokov seeded eighth were playing for the right to oppose Muster in sundays final. Muster seeded 10th, won the 2-hour, 33-minute Marathon on his first match Point of a tiebreak smashing the Ball out of reach after Gomez lofted up a Lazy Low backhand. Chesnokov advanced late Friday by beating Alberto Mancini 7-6 7-36-0.Risebrough takes Over flames Calgary Alberta a Doug Risebrough knew he wanted to coach the Calgary flames from the moment the decision was made to fire Terry Crisp but As their assistant general manager he also knew part of his Job was to find the Best Man to succeed Crisp. A when the decision was made to search for a new head coach i was excited about the possibility of me becoming that coach a Risebrough 36, said Friday after being introduced As the sixth head coach in the franchises history. A but in my position i could prejudice Peoples opinion As to what to do. I waited for that even when general manager Cliff Fletcher offered him the Job Risebrough Ever the team Man said he weighed All the options to determine if it was a the Best sound decision for the Risebrough who will keep his Job As assistant general manager could have safely stayed in the front office. Instead the Man who shied away from nothing during 14 nil seasons took the risks that come with or Reed for Hawks Post Atlanta a the Field of possible replacements for Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Fratello has been narrowed to two a Orlando magic assistant Bob Weiss and new Jersey vice president Willis Reed. Hawks president Stan Kasten said Friday that Weiss and Reed Are the top candidates for the Job. The final selection will not be announced before wednesday Kasten said. A i want to emphasize we can to go wrong with either candidate a Kasten said. A the difficult question is who will be absolutely the Best not stung new York a George Steinbrenner says he is not upset by a sportscasters remark that the new York Yankees owner probably reacted with a racial comment after trading Dave Winfield. Dave Sims of fan radio speculated during a broadcast thursday that Steinbrenner might have said to himself a i finally got rid of that big Black a afterword league taps Barcelona Barcelona Spain apr Barcelona on saturday was named As the first european franchise in the world league of american football. Commissioner Tex Schramm made the announcement at month Rich stadium the main site of the 1992 summer olympics and said the owner of the franchise would not be named until september. Barcelona will play five games at Home in the month Rich stadium. The 12-team world league is scheduled to kick off a 10-week season next March. The Olaf earlier awarded franchises to Montreal Orlando Fla. Birmingham Ala. And san Antonio. The league financially backed by the nil is to announce three other . Franchises As Well As franchises in Mexico great Britain Italy and Germany at a later Date. Abc sports will televise the leagues sunday games live in the United states and the Cable Usa network will televise saturday and monday games. Winfield approved a Trade to the California Angels. In a prepared statement released Friday night at Yankee stadium Steinbrenner said a i suppose one could argue that i am a Man of Many attitudes and character traits. But when anyone suggests that i am racially biased its alarming. A i am not mad at Dave Sims of fan for what he said. I consider it to be a very Small indiscretion of Little meaning. I Bear him no ill will. I am not upset with Sims who is Black said he Wasny to accusing Stein Brenner of being a racist. A a it a just one of those things you can speculate on a he was quoted As telling the new York daily news. Quot i could be wrong and i done to have a problem if in a s Kelly top baseball player Tucson Ariz. A Arizona state Sophomore Center fielder Mike Kelly was named player of the year by collegiate baseball newspaper. Kelly has a .369 batting average this season with 76 Bis and 83 hits in 60 games for the Sun devils. He also has 19 Home runs and 19 stolen bases and is trying to become Only the second player in Pacific-10 conference history to hit 20 homers and steal 20 bases in the same tied for colonial Lead fort Worth Texas a Ben Crenshaw battled Back from a pair of penalties on one swing and gained a share of the Lead Friday after two rounds of the $ i million colonial National invitation tournament. But for a losing Battle with the Rule Book on the 12th Hole at the colonial country club Crenshaw would have a two shot advantage Over Russ Cochran at the tournaments Halfway Point. Billy Mayfair is third at 135. As it was a self imposed penalty and another assessed a couple of holes later turned Crenshaw a potential 63 into a 65 and left him in a tic for the top spot with Cochran at 134. Crenshaw was addressing his Ball in the 12th Fairway when it moved and he he promptly called a one stroke penalty on himself. Two holes later he added another stroke for not replacing the Ball to its original position after it takes Sanders Lead Houston a unlucky Hole no. 13 at the Deer Wood club was a Lucky one for Lee Trevino at the Doug Sanders Kingwood celebrity classic on Friday. The 397-Yard Par-4 has More than its share of hazards. There a a water Hazard As you approach the Green which is on a Dogleg left and a stand of Pine Trees in the Middle of the Fairway. A that 13 is a monster and there were some monster scores on it today. It almost forces you to hit a Driver or you will have a Long Iron coming said Trevino who shot a 7-Undcr 65 to Lake the Lead. Trevino cleared the Trees and 2-putted for Par. Quot ill take it on that Hole Quot he said. The Hole took its toll on a lot of golfers during fridays first round of the senior pea l our event. But Jim Ferree 2 strokes Back in second birdied it. George fanning was in third place after a 69. Gary player Bob c Harles and Dave Hill were lied for fourth at 70.boxall still ahead in Italy Golf Monza Italy a briton Richard Boxall who racked up a big Lead with to o course records in the first two rounds shot a steady 2-under-Par 70 saturday to slay in front in the $495,000 italian open Golf tournament. Boxall a 70 gave him 199, still live ahead of the release Morgan Foxboro. Mass. A the new England patriots have released wide receiver Stanley Morgan a move that will allow the 13-year Veteran to sign with another nil team without compensation to the patriots. Morgan 35, started 174 of 179 games for the patriots and is the team s All time leading receiver with 534 catches for 10,352 Yards and 67 touchdowns. He s a four time pro bowl selection and is sixth on the career list for receiving yardage 17th in pass receptions and fourth in 100-Yard receiving games with 38.unser loses qualifying engine Indianapolis a a Unser or s qualifying engine burned out Friday weakening his chances to overtake defending Champion Emerson Fittipaldi Lor the Indianapolis 500 pole when tune trials resume. In the final full practice session before the May 2 7 race. Bernard Jourdain s Hopes ended after two crashes ruined his primary and backup cars Lou Dan. Last year s co Rookie of the year had been first in line to qualify when time trials reopened. Fittipaldi won the provisional pole May 13 after qualifying at a record 225.301 Mph. Fifteen Drivers qualified in a rain shortened session leaving 18 vacancies in the lineup. Unser. Who set a Praet Iee Lap record of 228.502 Mph the previous week leads 13 Drivers waiting for their Chance to earn the inside front Row starting spot. Unser reached 224.955 Mph Friday in his Lolu Chevrolet using his Reserve race engine. In scr a qualifying engine which reached a record 228.502 Mph in practice the previous week failed earlier in the captures second stage Sala Consilina. Italy a Giovanni l Idan a of Italy won the second stage of the 73rd tour of Italy Cycle race saturday covering the 239 Kilometres from Bari to Sala Consilina in 6 hours 33 minutes. 14 seconds at an average Speed of 36.476 Kph. 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