European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 28,1990 the stars and stripes Page 21 Rickey Henderson. Closer to the record Henderson gets no. 892 of he Cobb by the associated press Oakland Calif. Rickey Henderson tied Tycobb s 62 year old american league Mark for career steals saturday As the Oakland athletics won their sixth in a Row defeating the Cleveland indians 6-3. Henderson stole third base with one out in the fifth inning giving him 892 steals in less than 11 a i Roundup major league seasons. Cobb set the Mark in 24 seasons from 1905 to 1928. I knew it was a tie Hender son said. It will probably be More exciting when i break the record. A tie Only makes me closer to the  i had an idea of what it meant but when you see Tycobb s name up there and Rickey tying him with so much left to go it made a special impression on everybody out there Oakland manager Tony la Russa said. Only Lou Brock 938 and Billy Hamilton 937 have More career see Al on Page 23 sports it -\.-,. I a Danny Sullivan s car bounces off Wall and tire flies through the air after crash on 20th Lap of sunday s Indianapolis 500 dutchman fakes indy 500 by Mike Harrisan motor sports writer Indianapolis Arie Luyendyk the Man who did t seem to belong up front finished in front of everyone Sun Day in the fastest Indianapolis 500 Ever. The 36-year-old dutchman on the threshold of stardom in indy car racing the past few years overpowered former Winner Bobby Rahal Over the final 33 laps pulling away at the end in a dazzling display of Speed and consistency. His average Speed of 185.984 Mph not Only broke Rahal s record of 170.722 in 1986, it was also the fastest 500-mile indy car race Ever breaking the Mark of 180.654 by Danny Sullivan at Michigan in 1988. It was the first race at indy run in less than three hours Luyendyk needing just 2 hours 41 minutes 18.248 seconds to Complete the 200  Don t care if we were doing 60 Miles per hour we got first place and that s what counts Luyendyk  Champion Emerson Fitti Paldi who dominated the first half of the race finished third behind Rahal 41.7 seconds behind the Winner after being slowed by two blistered tires. Al Unser or. Was fourth a Lap Down followed an other Lap behind three time Winner Rick Mears and four time Winner . Foyt five laps  s first indy car Victory of any kind came in his 76th race dating to 1984, making him the first to do that in the indy 500 since formula one Star Graham Hill of England in 1966.it was also the first time since Jimmy Clark of Scotland in 1965 and Hill the next year that foreign Drivers have won Ameri Ca s greatest race in consecutive years. Luyendyk the 1985 Rookie of the year when he finished seventh for his Only previous top 10 indy finish was second in a Road race at Portland ore., in 1988 in his Best previous  was the first front Row Start in an Oval race for Luyendyk who outshone both re Cord setting pole Winner Fittipaldi and Mears the other two front Row starters As Well As the rest of the 33-car  car was just working beautifully Luyendyk said. With 35, 30 laps to go i turned it up and there was just no body who could keep up with us. For me it was t a very hard race at All. I said if i had to win my first race i d want it to be Indianapolis but i m going to have to let this one sink , who had never led a Lap at indy passed Rahal for the Lead on Lap 168 and began to pull away running laps at Over 220 Mph in his Chevrolet pow ered Lola whenever he had a Clear track. Rahal had handling problems the last 30 laps and after getting As close As four tenths of a second wound up 10.7 seconds behind As the crowd of More than 400,000 stood and cheered the new indy  Winner is expected to earn a pay off of More than $1 million when the total purse Likely More than $6 million is announced at the Victory banquet monday , from Brazil had things pretty much his own Way until the race was nearly three quarters  set a Speedway record by leading the first 92 laps breaking the Mark of 81 at the Start of the 1927 race by Frank Lockhart and ended up leading for 128 laps. Rahal led 37 laps and Luyendyk the other 35.Fittipaldi lost the Lead briefly to Luyendyk when he made his first Green Flag pit Stop. He then regained the top spot when Luyendyk pitted on Lap 5 and again held it until he stopped on Lap 118. Rahal moved on top for two laps then Luyendyk for one Lap and Fittipaldi again As the Green Flag stops continued. The race started cleanly with Mears moving slightly ahead of Fittipaldi As the leaders crossed the starting line. But fit Tipaldi took the Lead by the first turn and began to move away. He began lapping slower cars by the eighth time around the 2 /2-mile  had built a Lead of about nine seconds when Sullivan the la 85 indy Winner spun and hit the Wall on lap20 Between turns one and two after a half Axle or Brake Rotor broke in the Back of the car. The Punske team said Sullivan had radioed in shortly before the Acci Dent that his car had a vibration. Sullivan who had been running eighth climbed from the car unaided. He later complained of  and was taken to methodist Hospital for further examination and observation. He was re leased before the end of the  hard Luck continued for Mario Andretti who was running a solid sixth when his engine blew after 60 laps. Andretti said we were pretty much on schedule. There was no big drama and everything seemed Fine. We were work ing Good. All of a sudden nothing. We were just coming to the time in the race when you try to do  Jordan scores 47 in bulls win Chicago a the bulls beat the pistons 107-102 saturday As Michael Jordan broke his silence and the spell that Detroit had cast Over Chicago. Jordan had help from Scottie Pip pen who had 29 Points and 11 re Bounds. They led a charge that brought the bulls Back from a 14-Point deficit in the third Quarter. The outcome Cut Detroit s Lead in the Best-of-7 Eastern conference final to 2-1. Jordan who Cut off Contact with the Media after tuesday night s 102-93 loss in Detroit said his decision not to talk was not a tactic and that he had not criticized his teammates As had been widely reported. I did t say you Guys weren t play Aba playoff ing Well i said we weren t playing Well Jordan said of tuesday s game. I did t talk because i wanted to give the other Guys a Chance to  we did not lose Faith Jordan said of the bulls astounding comeback that snapped a six game losing Streak to the pistons in the playoffs and regular sea son we did everything we had to do Down the stretch to win the Ball  Jordan said a team concept has Al ways been part of the bulls. Although i be always scored a lot of Points it has always been a team Effort Jordan said. I took advantage of my opportunities against the Best defensive player in the league Joe do Mars. Today the offensive player had the Edge. Scottie Pippen stepped in and de Nealy helped although not necessarily by scoring a lot of Points Jordan said. We were aggressive. I tried to push the Ball Down the court to make things  Detroit coach Chuck Daly said the bulls were Superb with Jordan dish ing it off. The game related to the offensive boards. They kicked our Butts on the offensive  the bulls with Only 15 offensive re Bounds in the first two games had 21 on saturday compared with 12 for the  was Alert he made the shots he had the Ball All the time Daly said. When we were up by 14 Points we did t have Many posses Sions and some Calls went against  if he would make any changes for monday afternoon s game at Chicago see Aba on Page 26 an sports television baseball new York Mots at Cincin Nati 1 30 .  baseball Boston at Texas 2 . Tuesday