European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 24,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 23 sports Wir Ethompson says no to nuggets from wire reports Washington a earlier in the week John Thompson seemed ready to Chase the Rainbow. In the end he turned Down a $6 million pot of nuggets. The Georgetown basketball coach announced Friday his a extremely painful decision to spurn Denver a offer to become general manager. Thompson 48, had agonized Over the lucrative overture from the nuggets the first Black owned team in professional sports for five Days. Clearly weary As he appeared at a Campus news conference he said a i talked with an awful lot of people who mean an awful lot to me. Then i gave myself a Day of reflection. And i have decided to remain at  Thompson who took Georgetown to the Mcaa title in 1984, has been among the nations winning est coaches for nearly two decades and has been the target of several Aba offers. He called the Denver Opportunity a the most serious by  leads Buick Harrison . A Blaine Mccallister took the Lead at the Buick classic but could not shake persistent . Open Champion Hale Irwin. A this was kind of a hurdle Day for me in getting by what could have been a bad Day a Irwin said after a 69 left him two strokes behind Mccallister after two rounds. Mccallister returning from an illness that sidelined him much of the season overcame a poor Start to shoot a 67 that put him at 133.alcott birdies Way to Lead Rochester . A Amy Alcott birdied the last two holes Friday for a bogey free round of 65 and a two stroke Lead Over fast closing defending Champion Patty Sheehan and Kathy Postlewait after two rounds of the Lyga Rochester International. Alcott completed 36 holes at 134, setting a course record by standing 10 under Par after two Tours of the 6,162-Yard Locust Hill country club course. Sheehan who could Only match Par on thursday and started the second round four shots out of the Lead Rode an Eagle and six birdies to a 64 that tied the course record. Postlewait who shared the 18-Hole Lead with Nancy Lopez shot a second 68 to join Sheehan at 136. Lopez shot 70 on , Olazabal tied in Irish open por Marnock Ireland a a surprised Marc Farry and a serious Jose Maria Olazabal produced spectacular finishes saturday to share the Lead after three rounds of the Irish open Golf tournament. Farry who would be the first French Winner on the european tour in 20 years Sank a 40-foot Birdie putt on the 18th Green to join Olazabal at the top. �?o1 am surprised to be where i am. I Haven to done very Well recently a Farry said after shooting 70 for a 54-Hole total of 210. Spanish Ryder cup Ace Olazabal Sank a 55-Yard pitch for an Eagle 3 on the Par-5 16th to gain his share of the Lead but he was not in a Good mood. Maybe _ _ a Little too serious and my Caddie told me i Wasny to putting my mind on the game properly. He is the chief so i listened to him and tried not to talk  takes seniors Lead Concord mass. A Chi Chi Rodriguez fired an 8-under 64 Friday to take a two shot Lead Over Harold Henning after one round of the $350,000 digital seniors classic. Rodriguez holds a three stroke Lead Over Lee Trevino George Archer Dick Hendrickson Terry Dill and Mike  grabs Early pole Portland Ore. A Danny Sullivan led a record shattering Parade in the first round of qualifying on Friday and grabbed the provisional pole position for sundays . Joe a 200 indy car race. Sullivan Stop Lap Speed of 122.129 Mph edged Michael Andretti Winner of last weekends Detroit race who reached 121.643 on his final Lap  paces Mexico up trials Mexico City a Gerhard Berger of Austria his Mclaren Honda coping Best with the City a 7,250-foot Altitude averaged 128.057 Mph on Friday in taking the provisional pole for sundays mexican grand prix. Bergers fast Lap came on his fourth qualifying circuit of the 2.747-mile track. Nigell Mansell of Britain who inherited a Ferrari ride this season when Berger switched to Mclaren was next at 127.346 Mph accomplished on his 20th Lap. Ricardo Patrese of Italy driving a Williams reached 127.069 Mph and Mclaren a Ayrton Senna was fourth at 126.867. Senna the brazilian who has started from the pole in four of five races this season was to get another Chance at the no. 1 spot during saturdays second qualifying session. In saturdays practice Eric Bernard of France crashed head on into a safety Wall. Bernard a Espo larousse Lamborghini hit a wet spot at the hairpin curve leading to the starting line Straightway and he lost control. The 25-year-old Frenchman remained stunned for almost 30 seconds then climbed out of the wreck on his own. Bernard appeared unhurt but was taken taken by ambulance for a medical checkup.. Hoops team beats estonians Jove a .s.r. A Anthony Avent scored 20 Points and Carl Beckett added 18 More Friday night As the big East All Star basketball team beat Tallin Kalev ii of Estonia 109-84. Avent a senior Forward from Seton Hall had 12 second half Points As the big East pulled away from a 56-47 halftime Edge. The big East is 1-2 on its tour of Finland and the soviet  wins easily Portsmouth England a olympic Champion Roger kingdom had an easier time than he expected in a wind blown triangular meet against Britain and Kenya on Friday. His main rival in the 110-meter hurdles Colin Jackson fell at the last hurdle and a below Par kingdom scored a comfortable Victory. Kingdom won in a wind aided 13.11 seconds Well off his world record of 12.92. Jackson had a years Best of 13.08 and had been expected to test the american but tangled with the last Barrier and finished eighth in 23.78. American Arthur Blake who was challenging Jackson for second when the briton fell was second in 13.28. The United states won the menus meet with 94 Points to 86 for Britain and 63 for Kenya. It also took a limited women a Field meet from Britain 63-47.Salvemini bowls to Lead Fresno Calif. A Joe Salvemini of Oklahoma City charged into the top seeded position for the finals of the professional bowlers association Fresno open Fri Day night out distancing Hugh Miller of Seattle by 395 pins after 24 games of match play. Salvemini is guaranteed a berth in saturdays championship game against one of the four players who also qualified for the Stepladder finals. Fifth seeded Marc Mcdowell of Madison wis., with 9,749 pins opens the finals against no. 4 Bob Handley of Pompano Beach fla., who had a pinball of 9,766. The first game Winner meets Dave Arnold of Mesa ariz., whose pinball of 9,833 placed him third. The Winner of the second match advances to play Miller with the survivor taking on Salvemini for the $18,000 winners  coach Dies Reading a. A John Potsklan who led Albright College to nine titles in his 29 years As a football and baseball coach has died after a lengthy illness. Potsklan died Friday at Reading Hospital where he had been a patient since june 14. He was 69. Potsklan was Albright a football coach from 1955 to 1984, compiling a record of 144-122-5. At the time of his retirement he was among the top 10 coaches in Mcaa division  takes Krickstein a place Wimbledon England a Aaron Krickstein the eighth seed for this weeks Wimbledon Tennis championships confirmed saturday he has withdrawn because of an injured Arm. Qualifier Shuzo Matsuoka of Japan will take the americans place in a first round match against brazilian Luiz Mattar. The seedlings will still go from one to 16 but there will be no no. 8.Navratilova breezes in final Eastbourne England a Martina Navratilova won her ninth Eastbourne title saturday with a 6-0, 6-2 Victory Over fellow american Gretchen Magers. The match played in a Strong wind took just 47 minutes and was the most one sided final at Eastbourne since Wendy Turnbull claimed just two games from Navratilova in 1983. The Only pressure Navratilova came under was from the wind As the unseeded Magers failed to find any rhythm. She won just 24 Points in the match which was lifted from the mediocre Only in the final game As Navratilova hit a pair of magnificent shots. A it was terribly humiliating a said 26-year-old Magers. A it was a combination of the wind and her smart play and aggressiveness. She was on top of everything and did no to let me get into any rhythm or do anything to Hurt  takes Manchester open Manchester England a Pete Sampras of the United states beat israelis Gilad Bloom 7-6,7-6 to win his first grass court title saturday at the Manchester open. The 18-year-old californian tipped by Fred Perry As a future Wimbledon Champion took the tiebreakers 11-9, 7-3 to Clinch Victory. The no. 2 seed who received $33,150, is the youngest player to win an at event this  beats Leconte for title Wentworth England a Guy forget won the Wentworth classic menus grass court Tennis tournament by beating his countryman Henri Leconte 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in saturdays final. 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